Lee Carsley’s first match in charge will take place at the CFA only hours before Pep Guardiola’s first team begin their Premier League season against Sunderland.
It’s likely to be a baptism of fire in the North Group for the 42-year-old coach who took over from Jason Wilcox this summer as fixtures against Everton, Liverpool and Manchester United all feature in the opening period of the season.
The first Manchester derby of the season at U18 level is scheduled for Saturday 17 September at the City Football Academy with the return taking place on the 3 December at United’s Carrington ground.
The final match of the initial stage will then take place on 18 February at home against Middlesbrough.
Where City end up in the North Group will decide which group they go into, with the top four from both the north and south regions going into a national Group 1
At that stage, clubs will only play each other once before the Premier League champion is decided.
Fixtures:
13/8/2016 City v West Brom
20/8/2016 Everton v City
27/8/2016 City v Liverpool
10/9/2016 Blackburn v City
17/9/2016 City v Manchester United
24/9/2016 Sunderland v City
1/10/2016 City v Wolves
15/10/2016 City v Derby
22/10/2016 Newcastle v City
29/10/2016 City v Stoke
5/11/2016 Middlesbrough v City
19/11/2016 City v Everton
26/11/2016 West Brom v City
3/12/2016 United v City
10/12/2016 City v Blackburn
7/1/2017 Liverpool v City
14/1/2017 City v Sunderland
21/1/2017 Wolves v City
28/1/2017 City v Newcastle
4/2/2017 Derby v City
11/2/2017 Stoke v City
18/2/2017 City v Middlesbrough
