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Who is City Football Group?
City Football Group is a private equity firm based in the United Kingdom.
Firm facts
City Football Group
- Type
- private equity firm
- Headquarters
- United Kingdom
- Website
- cityfootballgroup.com
- Owned by
- Newton Investment and Development — Sole Proprietorship L.L.C.
- Backed by
- Silver Lake,CMC Football Holdings Limited,Vega FZ, LLC
Industries
Last verified 2026-10-30
How they work
City Football Group owns and operates football clubs internationally. It acquired a majority interest in Palermo FC in July 2022. Newton Investment and Development is its majority owner; Silver Lake holds a minority interest of nearly 17%.
CFG invests in clubs while retaining local identities and providing shared sporting and commercial expertise. The Palermo transaction is a verified completed majority purchase, not a player transfer or sponsorship.
- Sector focus
- Football clubs and related sports activities. Its historical club acquisitions establish its buyer record; the reviewed pages do not publish a general open acquisition mandate or financial target range.
- Capital model
- An operating sports group backed by majority owner Newton Investment and Development and minority investor Silver Lake.
- Geography
- An international club footprint spanning Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific; this footprint is not a formal geographic acquisition restriction.
Their portfolio
Showing 10 of 10 known holdings — coverage is still partial.
Company
Sector
What they do
- SectorMedia & telecomWhat they doOperates a Brazilian professional football club based in Salvador, Bahia.
- SectorMedia & telecomWhat they doOperates a French professional football club and associated sporting activities in Troyes.
- SectorMedia & telecomWhat they doOperates a professional football club and associated sporting activities in Girona, Spain.
- SectorMedia & telecomWhat they doOperates a Belgian professional football club based in Lommel.
- SectorMedia & telecomWhat they doOperates professional football teams and related sporting and commercial activities in Manchester, England.
- SectorMedia & telecomWhat they doOperates professional football teams in Australia’s A-Leagues from Melbourne.
- SectorMedia & telecomWhat they doOperates a professional football club and player-development activities in Montevideo, Uruguay.
- SectorMedia & telecomWhat they doOperates a professional Major League Soccer club and associated football activities in New York.
- SectorMedia & telecomWhat they doOperates a professional Italian football club based in Palermo; CFG acquired a majority stake in July 2022.
- SectorConsumer & retailWhat they doOperates recreational soccer centres and youth soccer clubs across the United States.
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Sources
- cityfootballgroup.com · website
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- cityfootballgroup.com · research
The truth, first.Data as at 2026-10-30