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Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester. The club was formed in Newton Heath in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR F.C., and played their first competitive match in October 1886, when they entered the First Round of the 1886–87 FA Cup. The club was renamed Manchester United F.C. in 1902, and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.
The club has won a total of 60 major trophies, including the League Championship a record 19 times (a record 12 times in the Premier League era), the FA Cup a record 11 times, the League Cup four times, the Charity Shield a record 19 times (including four shared titles), the European Cup three times, the European Cup Winners Cup once, the European Super Cup once, the FIFA Club World Cup once and the Intercontinental Cup once.[1] Manchester United is the only English club to have been crowned world champions, in 1999 and 2008. The club has never finished outside of the top three in the Premier League and has never been out of the top two divisions of English football since entering the Football League. As of the end of the 2010–11 season, they have played a total of 5,227 competitive matches.[2]
This list details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season. Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in the English league that season. Records of competitions such as the Lancashire Cup and the Manchester and District Challenge Cup are not included due to them being considered of less importance than the FA Cup and the League Cup.
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History
The club formed in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR F.C.[3] At this time organised League football did not exist; "first class matches" were arranged on a largely ad-hoc basis and supplemented by cup competitions. Official records from these matches are sketchy at best, and are often extrapolated from newspaper reports at the time. In 1886, the club entered the FA Cup for the first time, but were knocked out in the first round. The club entered The Combination in 1888, but the league was wound up before the season could be completed.[4] The club then joined the Football Alliance in 1889, and in 1892 were elected to the newly formed Football League First Division. Upon joining the Football League, the club dropped the "LYR" from their name, before financial troubles forced the club to restructure in 1902, including a change of name to Manchester United F.C.[5]
In 1956–57, the club became the first English club to enter European competition, entering the European Cup, following the Football Association's refusal to allow Chelsea F.C. to enter the previous year. Eleven years later, in 1968, they became the first English club to win the European Cup, and only the second British side after Celtic F.C. had won it in 1967. Meanwhile, in 1960–61, Manchester United entered the inaugural Football League Cup, only to decline to enter for the next five years. In 1992–93, they became founder members and inaugural champions of the Premier League, and, in 1998–99, they won an unprecedented Treble of Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League. This was followed by two more Premier League titles in 1999–2000 and 2000–01, making Manchester United only the fourth club to win three consecutive English league titles. The club picked up its tenth Premier League title in the 2007–08 season, and followed it with a third Champions League title ten days later. The following season, Manchester United became the first English club to win the FIFA Club World Cup, before claiming a third consecutive Premier League title for a second time in 2008–09. In 2010–11, Manchester United gained its nineteenth top division title while passing Liverpool's record.
Key
- P = Played
- W = Games won
- D = Games drawn
- L = Games lost
- F = Goals for
- A = Goals against
- Pts = Points
- Pos = Final position
- Alliance = Football Alliance
- Combination = The Combination
- Div 1 = Football League First Division
- Div 2 = Football League Second Division
- Prem = Premier League
- F = Final
- Group = Group stage
- QF = Quarter-finals
- QR1 = First Qualifying Round
- QR2 = Second Qualifying Round
- QR3 = Third Qualifying Round
- QR4 = Fourth Qualifying Round
- RInt = Intermediate Round
- R1 = Round 1
- R2 = Round 2
- R3 = Round 3
- R4 = Round 4
- R5 = Round 5
- R6 = Round 6
- SF = Semi-finals
Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated Seasons
Results of league and cup competitions by season Season Division P W D L F A Pts Pos FA Cup League
CupCharity
ShieldEurope Name Goals League Top goalscorer[6] 1886–87 n/a[7] n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a R1 Jack Doughty 2 1888–89[8] Combination 12 8 2 2 27 13 18 n/a[8] n/a Jack Doughty
Roger Doughty6 1889–90 Alliance 22 9 2 11 40 45 20 8th R1 Willie Stewart 10 1890–91 Alliance 22 7 3 12 37 55 17 9th QR2 Robert Ramsay 7 1891–92 Alliance 22 12 7 3 69 33 31 2nd[9] QR4 Bob Donaldson
Alf Farman20 1892–93 Div 1 30 6 6 18 50 85 18 16th[10] R1 Bob Donaldson 16 1893–94 Div 1 30 6 2 22 36 72 14 16th[11] R2 Bob Donaldson 10 1894–95 Div 2 30 15 8 7 78 44 38 3rd[12] R1 Dick Smith 20 1895–96 Div 2 30 15 3 12 66 57 33 6th R2 Joe Cassidy 16 1896–97 Div 2 30 17 5 8 56 34 39 2nd[13] R3 Joe Cassidy 25 1897–98 Div 2 30 16 6 8 64 35 38 4th R2 Henry Boyd 22 1898–99 Div 2 34 19 5 10 67 43 43 4th R1 Joe Cassidy 20 1899–1900 Div 2 34 20 4 10 63 27 44 4th QR3 Joe Cassidy 16 1900–01 Div 2 34 14 4 16 42 38 32 10th R1 Tom Leigh 14 1901–02 Div 2 34 11 6 17 38 53 28 15th RInt Stephen Preston 11 1902–03 Div 2 34 15 8 11 53 38 38 5th R2 Jack Peddie 15 1903–04 Div 2 34 20 8 6 65 33 48 3rd R2 Tommy Arkesden 15 1904–05 Div 2 34 24 5 5 81 30 53 3rd RInt Jack Peddie 17 1905–06 Div 2 38 28 6 4 90 28 62 2nd R4 Jack Picken 25 1906–07 Div 1 38 17 8 13 53 56 42 8th R1 George Wall 13 1907–08 Div 1 38 23 6 9 81 48 52 1st R4 Winners Sandy Turnbull 27 1908–09 Div 1 38 15 7 16 58 68 37 13th Winners Jimmy Turnbull 22 1909–10 Div 1 38 19 7 12 69 61 45 5th R1 George Wall 14 1910–11 Div 1 38 22 8 8 72 40 52 1st R3 Enoch West 20 1911–12 Div 1 38 13 11 14 45 60 37 13th R4 Winners Enoch West 23 1912–13 Div 1 38 19 8 11 69 43 46 4th R3 Enoch West 22 1913–14 Div 1 38 15 6 17 52 62 36 14th R1 George Anderson 15 1914–15 Div 1 38 9 12 17 46 62 30 18th R1 George Anderson 10 1915–19[14] Not held – – – – – – – – – – 1919–20 Div 1 42 13 14 15 54 50 40 12th R2 Joe Spence 14 1920–21 Div 1 42 15 10 17 64 68 40 13th R1 Tom Miller
Teddy Partridge8 1921–22 Div 1 42 8 12 22 41 73 28 22nd R1 Joe Spence 15 1922–23 Div 2 42 17 14 11 51 36 48 4th R2 Ernie Goldthorpe 14 1923–24 Div 2 42 13 14 15 52 44 40 14th R2 Arthur Lochhead 14 1924–25 Div 2 42 23 11 8 57 23 57 2nd R1 William Henderson 14 1925–26 Div 1 42 19 6 17 66 73 44 9th SF Frank McPherson 20 1926–27 Div 1 42 13 14 15 52 64 40 15th R3 Joe Spence 19 1927–28 Div 1 42 16 7 19 72 80 39 18th R6 Joe Spence 24 1928–29 Div 1 42 14 13 15 66 76 41 12th R4 Jimmy Hanson 20 1929–30 Div 1 42 15 8 19 67 88 38 17th R3 Harry Rowley
Joe Spence12 1930–31 Div 1 42 7 8 27 53 115 22 22nd R4 Tom Reid 20 1931–32 Div 2 42 17 8 17 71 72 42 12th R3 Joe Spence 19 1932–33 Div 2 42 15 13 14 71 68 43 6th R3 Bill Ridding 11 1933–34 Div 2 42 14 6 22 59 85 34 20th R3 Neil Dewar 8 1934–35 Div 2 42 23 4 15 76 55 50 5th R4 George Mutch 19 1935–36 Div 2 42 22 12 8 85 43 56 1st R4 George Mutch 23 1936–37 Div 1 42 10 12 20 55 78 32 21st R4 Tommy Bamford 15 1937–38 Div 2 42 22 9 11 82 50 53 2nd R5 Harry Baird
Tommy Bamford15 1938–39 Div 1 42 11 16 15 57 65 38 14th R3 Jimmy Hanlon 12 1939–40[15] Div 1 3 1 1 1 5 3 3 9th[15] n/a Billy Bryant 2 1940–45[16] Not held – – – – – – – – – – 1945–46 n/a[17] n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a R4 Jimmy Hanlon
Jack Rowley
Billy Wrigglesworth2 1946–47 Div 1 42 22 12 8 95 54 56 2nd R4 Jack Rowley 28 1947–48 Div 1 42 19 14 9 81 48 52 2nd Winners Jack Rowley 28 1948–49 Div 1 42 21 11 10 77 44 53 2nd SF Runners-up Jack Rowley 29 1949–50 Div 1 42 18 14 10 69 44 50 4th R6 Jack Rowley 23 1950–51 Div 1 42 24 8 10 74 40 56 2nd R6 Stan Pearson 23 1951–52 Div 1 42 23 11 8 95 52 57 1st R3 Jack Rowley 30 1952–53 Div 1 42 18 10 14 69 72 46 8th R5 Winners Stan Pearson 18 1953–54 Div 1 42 18 12 12 73 58 48 4th R3 Tommy Taylor 23 1954–55 Div 1 42 20 7 15 84 74 47 5th R4 Dennis Viollet 21 1955–56 Div 1 42 25 10 7 83 51 60 1st R3 Tommy Taylor 25 1956–57 Div 1 42 28 8 6 103 54 64 1st Runners-up Winners European Cup – SF Tommy Taylor 34 1957–58 Div 1 42 16 11 15 85 75 43 9th Runners-up Winners European Cup – SF Dennis Viollet 23 1958–59 Div 1 42 24 7 11 103 66 55 2nd R3 Bobby Charlton 29 1959–60 Div 1 42 19 7 16 102 80 45 7th R5 Dennis Viollet 32[18] 1960–61 Div 1 42 18 9 15 88 76 45 7th R4 R2 Bobby Charlton 21 1961–62 Div 1 42 15 9 18 72 75 39 15th SF n/a[19] David Herd 17 1962–63 Div 1 42 12 10 20 67 81 34 19th Winners n/a[19] Denis Law 29 1963–64 Div 1 42 23 7 12 90 62 53 2nd SF n/a[19] Runners-up Cup Winners' Cup – QF Denis Law 46 1964–65 Div 1 42 26 9 7 89 39 61 1st SF n/a[19] Inter-Cities Fairs Cup – SF Denis Law 39 1965–66 Div 1 42 18 15 9 84 59 51 4th SF n/a[19] Shared[20] European Cup – SF David Herd 33 1966–67 Div 1 42 24 12 6 84 45 60 1st R4 R2 Denis Law 25 1967–68 Div 1 42 24 8 10 89 55 56 2nd R3 Shared[20] European Cup – Winners George Best[21] 32[22] 1968–69 Div 1 42 15 12 15 57 53 42 11th R6 Denis Law 30 1969–70 Div 1 42 14 17 11 66 61 45 8th Third place SF George Best 23 1970–71 Div 1 42 16 11 15 65 66 43 8th R3 SF George Best 21 1971–72 Div 1 42 19 10 13 69 61 48 8th R6 R4 George Best 26 1972–73 Div 1 42 12 13 17 44 60 37 18th R3 R3 Bobby Charlton 7 1973–74 Div 1 42 10 12 20 38 48 32 21st R4 R2 Lou Macari
Sammy McIlroy6 1974–75 Div 2 42 26 9 7 66 30 61 1st R3 SF Lou Macari
Stuart Pearson18 1975–76 Div 1 42 23 10 9 68 42 56 3rd Runners-up R4 Lou Macari 15 1976–77 Div 1 42 18 11 13 71 62 47 6th Winners R5 UEFA Cup – R2 Gordon Hill 22 1977–78 Div 1 42 16 10 16 67 63 42 10th R4 R2 Shared[20] Cup Winners' Cup – R2 Gordon Hill 19 1978–79 Div 1 42 15 15 12 60 63 45 9th Runners-up R3 Jimmy Greenhoff 17 1979–80 Div 1 42 24 10 8 65 35 58 2nd R3 R3 Joe Jordan 13 1980–81 Div 1 42 15 18 9 51 36 48 8th R4 R2 UEFA Cup – R1 Joe Jordan 15 1981–82 Div 1 42 22 12 8 59 29 78[23] 3rd R3 R2 Frank Stapleton 13 1982–83 Div 1 42 19 13 10 56 38 70 3rd Winners Runners-up UEFA Cup – R1 Frank Stapleton 19 1983–84 Div 1 42 20 14 8 71 41 74 4th R3 R4 Winners Cup Winners' Cup – SF Frank Stapleton 19 1984–85 Div 1 42 22 10 10 77 47 76 4th Winners R3 UEFA Cup – QF Mark Hughes 24 1985–86 Div 1 42 22 10 10 70 36 76 4th R5 R4 Runners-up Mark Hughes 18 1986–87 Div 1 42 14 14 14 52 45 56 11th R4 R3 Peter Davenport 16 1987–88 Div 1 40 23 12 5 71 38 81 2nd R5 R5 Brian McClair 31 1988–89 Div 1 38 13 12 13 45 35 51 11th R6 R3 Mark Hughes
Brian McClair16 1989–90 Div 1 38 13 9 16 46 47 48 13th Winners R3 Mark Hughes 15 1990–91 Div 1 38 16 12 10 58 45 59[24] 6th R5 Runners-up Shared[20] Cup Winners' Cup – Winners Mark Hughes
Brian McClair21 1991–92 Div 1 42 21 15 6 63 33 78 2nd R4 Winners - Cup Winners' Cup – R2
- Super Cup – Winners
Brian McClair 24 1992–93 Prem 42 24 12 6 67 31 84 1st R5 R3 UEFA Cup – R1 Mark Hughes 16 1993–94 Prem 42 27 11 4 80 38 92 1st Winners Runners-up Winners Champions League – R2 Eric Cantona 25 1994–95 Prem 42 26 10 6 77 28 88 2nd Runners-up R3 Winners Champions League – Group Andrei Kanchelskis 15 1995–96 Prem 38 25 7 6 73 35 82 1st Winners R2 UEFA Cup – R1 Eric Cantona 19 1996–97 Prem 38 21 12 5 76 44 75 1st R4 R4 Winners Champions League – SF Ole Gunnar Solskjær 19 1997–98 Prem 38 23 8 7 73 26 77 2nd R5 R3 Winners Champions League – QF Andy Cole 25 1998–99 Prem 38 22 13 3 80 37 79 1st Winners R5 Runners-up Champions League – Winners Dwight Yorke[25] 29[26] 1999–2000 Prem 38 28 7 3 97 45 91 1st n/a[27] R3 Runners-up Andy Cole
Dwight Yorke22 2000–01 Prem 38 24 8 6 79 31 80 1st R4 R4 Runners-up Champions League – QF Teddy Sheringham 21 2001–02 Prem 38 24 5 9 87 45 77 3rd R4 R3 Runners-up Champions League – SF Ruud van Nistelrooy 36 2002–03 Prem 38 25 8 5 74 34 83 1st R5 Runners-up Champions League – QF Ruud van Nistelrooy 44[28] 2003–04 Prem 38 23 6 9 64 35 75 3rd Winners R4 Winners Champions League – R2 Ruud van Nistelrooy 30 2004–05 Prem 38 22 11 5 58 26 77 3rd Runners-up SF Runners-up Champions League – R2 Wayne Rooney 17 2005–06 Prem 38 25 8 5 72 34 83 2nd R5 Winners Champions League – Group Ruud van Nistelrooy 24 2006–07 Prem 38 28 5 5 83 27 89 1st Runners-up R4 Champions League – SF Wayne Rooney
Cristiano Ronaldo23 2007–08 Prem 38 27 6 5 80 22 87 1st R6 R3 Winners Champions League – Winners Cristiano Ronaldo 42[29] 2008–09 Prem 38 28 6 4 68 24 90 1st SF Winners Winners Cristiano Ronaldo 26 2009–10 Prem 38 27 4 7 86 28 85 2nd R3 Winners Runners-up Champions League – QF Wayne Rooney 34 2010–11 Prem 38 23 11 4 78 37 80 1st SF R5 Winners Champions League – Runners-up Dimitar Berbatov 21 Notes and references
- ^ "Trophy Room". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 2007. http://www.manutd.com/en/Club/Trophy-Room.aspx. Retrieved 28 May 2007.
- ^ "Won, Drawn, Lost". StretfordEnd.co.uk. http://www.stretfordend.co.uk/realtreat/wondrawnlost.html. Retrieved 28 May 2011. Excludes matches from the abandoned 1939–40 season
- ^ Murphy, Alex (2006). "1878-1915: From Newton Heath to Old Trafford". The Official Illustrated History of Manchester United. London: Orion Books. p. 11. ISBN 0-75287-603-1.
- ^ Shury, Alan; Landamore, Brian (2005) [2002]. "History of Newton Heath F.C.". The Definitive Newton Heath F.C.. 'Definitive' Club Histories. Allan Kristensen and Tony Brown (Second Edition ed.). Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 11. ISBN 1899468161. "...the Combination was wound up in April 1889. From Newton Heath's viewpoint, that was a pity. They had almost completed their programme of 16 games and had the best record of the 20 clubs."
- ^ Murphy, Alex (2006). "1878-1915: From Newton Heath to Old Trafford". The Official Illustrated History of Manchester United. London: Orion Books. p. 15. ISBN 0-75287-603-1.
- ^ Goals in all competitions (Football League or Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and European) are counted.
- ^ The club did not start playing league football until 1888.
- ^ a b The 1888–89 season was cut short for Newton Heath, as the Combination was wound up in April 1889, and so the team was unable to complete its programme of 16 matches. However, records show that the club had the best record of all the teams in the league at that point.
- ^ In 1892, the Football Alliance and the Football League decided to merge. Due to their second place finish in the 1891–92 Football Alliance, Newton Heath were elected to the Football League First Division for the following season.
- ^ Formal promotion and relegation had not yet been established, and so the bottom team in the Football League First Division would play a so-called "Test match" against the top team in the Second Division, Small Heath. Newton Heath drew the original Test match 1–1, then won the replay 5–2, and retained their place in the First Division.
- ^ Formal promotion and relegation had still not been introduced, and so another Test match was played between Newton Heath and Liverpool, the winners of the Second Division. Newton Heath lost, and were relegated.
- ^ As a reward for finishing in 3rd place, Newton Heath played yet another Test match against the team that finished third from bottom in the First Division, Stoke City. They lost, and remained in the Second Division.
- ^ For finishing in 2nd place, Newton Heath had to play Test matches against Burnley and Sunderland in order to gain promotion to Division One. They beat Burnley over two legs, but lost to Sunderland and remained in Division Two.
- ^ No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the First World War
- ^ a b The 1939–40 season was abandoned in early September and all results annulled, after only three matches had been played; Manchester United were ninth in the table at the time.
- ^ No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the Second World War
- ^ The FA Cup was contested in 1945–46 but the Football League did not resume until the following season.
- ^ 32 goals in the First Division
- ^ a b c d e Despite entering the first League Cup in 1960–61, like many other major clubs Manchester United declined to take part again until the 1966–67 season.
- ^ a b c d From 1939 to 1993, in the event of a draw, the Charity Shield would be shared between the two competing teams, with each team having possession of the trophy for six months.
- ^ Joint top scorer with Ron Davies of Southampton
- ^ 28 goals in the First Division
- ^ The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win
- ^ Manchester United were deducted one point after a brawl in a game with Arsenal on 20 October 1990.
- ^ Joint top scorer with Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink of Leeds United and Michael Owen of Liverpool
- ^ 18 goals in the Premier League
- ^ Manchester United did not enter the 1999–2000 FA Cup due to their commitment to the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship in Brazil.
- ^ 25 goals in the Premier League
- ^ 31 goals in the Premier League
- Murphy, Alex (2006). The Official Illustrated History of Manchester United. London: Orion Books. ISBN 0-75287-603-1.
- Shury, Alan; Landamore, Brian (2005) [2002]. The Definitive Newton Heath F.C.. 'Definitive' Club Histories. Allan Kristensen and Tony Brown (Second Edition ed.). Nottingham: SoccerData. ISBN 1899468161.
- "StretfordEnd.co.uk". http://www.stretfordend.co.uk/. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
- Rundle, Richard. "Manchester United". Football Club History Database. http://www.fchd.btinternet.co.uk/MANCHESU.HTM. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
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