A black-and-white photo of a football team. The players are on three levels, with four on the bottom row, four on the middle row and three on the top row. The player sitting second from the left on the bottom row has a ball at his feet, and the player in the middle of the top row is wearing a flat cap.
The Manchester United team at the start of the 1905–06 season, in which they were runners-up in the Second Division and were promoted.

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 67 major trophies: the League Championship a record twenty times (seven times in the Football League era and a record thirteen times in the Premier League era), the FA Cup twelve times, the League Cup six times, the Community Shield a record 21 times (including four shared titles), the European Cup three times, the UEFA Europa League once, the European Cup Winners' Cup once, the European Super Cup once, the Intercontinental Cup once and the FIFA Club World Cup once.[1] The club has also never been out of the top two divisions of English football since entering the Football League. As of the end of the 2022–23 season, the club has played a total of 5,889 competitive matches, and has competed in the top flight for 98 of their 124 seasons.[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.

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. They 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, Manchester United became the first English club to enter European competition, entering the European Cup, following the Football Association's refusal to allow Chelsea 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 had won it the year before. 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 the 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 their 10th Premier League title in the 2007–08 season, and followed it with a third Champions League title 10 days later. The following season, Manchester United became the first British club to win the FIFA Club World Cup, before becoming the first English club to claim three consecutive league titles twice. In 2010–11, Manchester United won their 19th top division title, passing Liverpool's previous record of 18, before winning a 20th title in 2012–13. In 2016–17, Manchester United won their first UEFA Europa League trophy, making them only the fifth club to win the three main European club competitions.[6]

Key

Winners Runners-up Promoted Relegated

Seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season
Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Community
Shield
UEFA
FIFA
Top goalscorer(s)[lower-alpha 1]
Division Tier Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos Player(s) Goals
1886–87[lower-alpha 2] R1 N/A[lower-alpha 3] N/A[lower-alpha 4] Jack Doughty4
1888–89[lower-alpha 5] Combination 128222713+1418 Jack Doughty
Roger Doughty
6
1889–90 Alliance 2292114045-520 8th R1 Willie Stewart10
1890–91 Alliance 2273123755-1817 9th QR2 Bob Ramsay7
1891–92 Alliance 2212736933+3631 2nd[lower-alpha 6] QR4 Bob Donaldson
Alf Farman
20
1892–93 Div 1 1 3066185085-351816th[lower-alpha 7] R1 Bob Donaldson16
1893–94 Div 1 3062223672-3614 16th[lower-alpha 8] R2 Bob Donaldson10
1894–95 Div 2 2 3015877844+34383rd[lower-alpha 9] R1 Dick Smith20
1895–96 Div 2 30153126657+9336th R2 Joe Cassidy16
1896–97 Div 2 3017585634+22392nd[lower-alpha 10] R3 Joe Cassidy25
1897–98 Div 2 3016686435+29384th R2 Henry Boyd22
1898–99 Div 2 34195106743+24434th R1 Joe Cassidy20
1899–1900 Div 2 34204106327+36444th QR3 Joe Cassidy16
1900–01 Div 2 34144164238+43210th R1 Tommy Leigh14
1901–02 Div 2 34116173853-152815th RInt Stephen Preston11
1902–03 Div 2 34158115338+15385th R2 Jack Peddie15
1903–04 Div 2 3420866533+28483rd R2 Tommy Arkesden15
1904–05 Div 2 3424558130+49533rd RInt Jack Peddie17
1905–06 Div 2 3828649028+6262 2nd R4 Jack Picken25
1906–07 Div 1 1 38178135356-342 8th R1 George Wall13
1907–08 Div 1 3823698148+3352 1st R4 Winners Sandy Turnbull27
1908–09 Div 1 38157165868-103713th Winners Jimmy Turnbull22
1909–10 Div 1 38197126961+8455th R1 George Wall14
1910–11 Div 1 3822887240+3252 1st R3 Enoch West20
1911–12 Div 1 381311144560-153713th R4 Enoch West23
1912–13 Div 1 38198116943+26464th R3 Enoch West22
1913–14 Div 1 38156175262-53614th R1 George Anderson15
1914–15 Div 1 38912174662-163018th R1 George Anderson10
1915–19[lower-alpha 11]
1919–20 Div 1 421314155450+44012th R2 Joe Spence14
1920–21 Div 1 421510176468-44013th R1 Tom Miller
Teddy Partridge
8
1921–22 Div 1 42812224173-3228 22nd R1 Joe Spence15
1922–23 Div 2 2 421714115136+15484th R2 Ernie Goldthorpe14
1923–24 Div 2 421314155244+84014th R2 Arthur Lochhead14
1924–25 Div 2 42231185723+3457 2nd R1 William Henderson14
1925–26 Div 1 1 42196176673-744 9th SF Frank McPherson20
1926–27 Div 1 421314155264-124015th R3 Joe Spence19
1927–28 Div 1 42167197280-83918th R6 Joe Spence24
1928–29 Div 1 421413156676-104112th R4 Jimmy Hanson20
1929–30 Div 1 42158196788-213817th R3 Harry Rowley
Joe Spence
12
1930–31 Div 1 42782753115-6222 22nd R4 Tommy Reid20
1931–32 Div 2 2 42178177172-14212th R3 Joe Spence19
1932–33 Div 2 421513147168+3436th R3 Bill Ridding11
1933–34 Div 2 42146225985-263420th[lower-alpha 12] R3 Neil Dewar8
1934–35 Div 2 42234157655+21505th R4 George Mutch19
1935–36 Div 2 42221288543+4256 1st R4 George Mutch23
1936–37 Div 1 1 421012205578-2332 21st R4 Tommy Bamford15
1937–38 Div 2 2 42229118250+3253 2nd R5 Harry Baird
Tommy Bamford
15
1938–39 Div 1 1 421116155765-83814th R3 Jimmy Hanlon12
1939–40[lower-alpha 13] Div 1311153+2310th Billy Bryant2
1940–45[lower-alpha 14]
1945–46[lower-alpha 15] R4 Jimmy Hanlon
Jack Rowley
Billy Wrigglesworth
2
1946–47 Div 1 42221289554+4156 2nd R4 Jack Rowley28
1947–48 Div 1 42191498148+3352 2nd Winners Jack Rowley28
1948–49 Div 1 422111107744+3353 2nd SF Runners-up Jack Rowley29
1949–50 Div 1 421814106944+15504th R6 Jack Rowley23
1950–51 Div 1 42248107440+3456 2nd R6 Stan Pearson23
1951–52 Div 1 42231189552+4357 1st R3 Jack Rowley30
1952–53 Div 1 421810146972-346 8th R5 Winners Stan Pearson18
1953–54 Div 1 421812127358+15484th R3 Tommy Taylor23
1954–55 Div 1 42207158474+10475th R4 Dennis Viollet21
1955–56 Div 1 42251078351+3260 1st R3 Tommy Taylor25
1956–57 Div 1 42288610354+4964 1st Runners-up Winners European CupSF Tommy Taylor34
1957–58 Div 1 421611158575+1043 9th Runners-up Winners European CupSF Dennis Viollet23
1958–59 Div 1 422471110366+3755 2nd R3 Bobby Charlton29
1959–60 Div 1 421971610280+2245 7th R5 Dennis Viollet32[lower-alpha 16]
1960–61 Div 1 42189158876+1245 7th R4 R2 Bobby Charlton21
1961–62 Div 1 42159187275-33915th SF N/A[lower-alpha 17] David Herd17
1962–63 Div 1 421210206781-143419th Winners N/A[lower-alpha 17] Denis Law29
1963–64 Div 1 42237129062+2853 2nd SF N/A[lower-alpha 17] Runners-up Cup Winners' CupQF Denis Law46
1964–65 Div 1 4226978939+5061 1st SF N/A[lower-alpha 17] Inter-Cities Fairs CupSF Denis Law39
1965–66 Div 1 42181598459+35514th SF N/A[lower-alpha 17] Shared[lower-alpha 18] European CupSF David Herd33
1966–67 Div 1 42241268445+3960 1st R4 R2 Denis Law25
1967–68 Div 1 42248108955+3456 2nd R3 N/A[lower-alpha 17] Shared[lower-alpha 18] European CupWinners George Best[lower-alpha 19]32[lower-alpha 20]
1968–69 Div 1 421512155753+44211th R6 N/A[lower-alpha 17] Denis Law30
1969–70 Div 1 421417116661+545 8th Third place SF George Best23
1970–71 Div 1 421611156566-143 8th R3 SF George Best21
1971–72 Div 1 421910136961+848 8th R6 R4 George Best26
1972–73 Div 1 421213174460-163718th R3 R3 Bobby Charlton7
1973–74 Div 1 421012203848-1032 21st R4 R2 Lou Macari
Sammy McIlroy
6
1974–75 Div 2 2 4226976630+3661 1st R3 SF Lou Macari
Stuart Pearson
18
1975–76 Div 1 1 42231096842+2656 3rd Runners-up R4 Lou Macari15
1976–77 Div 1 421811137162+947 6th Winners R5 UEFA CupR2 Gordon Hill22
1977–78 Div 1 421610166763+442 10th R4 R2 Shared[lower-alpha 18] Cup Winners' CupR2 Gordon Hill19
1978–79 Div 1 421515126063-345 9th Runners-up R3 Jimmy Greenhoff17
1979–80 Div 1 42241086535+3058 2nd R3 R3 Joe Jordan13
1980–81 Div 1 42151895136+1548 8th R4 R2 UEFA CupR1 Joe Jordan15
1981–82[lower-alpha 21] Div 1 42221285929+3078 3rd R3 R2 Frank Stapleton13
1982–83 Div 1 421913105638+1870 3rd Winners Runners-up UEFA CupR1 Frank Stapleton19
1983–84 Div 1 42201487141+30744th R3 R4 Winners Cup Winners' CupSF Frank Stapleton19
1984–85 Div 1 422210107747+30764th Winners R3 UEFA CupQF Mark Hughes24
1985–86 Div 1 422210107036+34764th R5 R4 Runners-up Ban on
English teams
Mark Hughes18
1986–87 Div 1 421414145245+75611th R4 R3 Peter Davenport16
1987–88 Div 1 40231257138+3381 2nd R5 R5 Brian McClair31
1988–89 Div 1 381312134535+105111th R6 R3 Mark Hughes
Brian McClair
16
1989–90 Div 1 38139164647-14813th Winners R3 Mark Hughes15
1990–91 Div 1 381612105845+1359[lower-alpha 22] 6th R5 Runners-up Shared[lower-alpha 18] Cup Winners' CupWinners Mark Hughes
Brian McClair
21
1991–92 Div 1 42211566333+3078 2nd R4 Winners Brian McClair24
1992–93 Prem[lower-alpha 23] 42241266731+3684 1st R5 R3 UEFA CupR1 Mark Hughes16
1993–94 Prem 42271148038+4292 1st Winners Runners-up Winners Champions LeagueR2 Eric Cantona25
1994–95 Prem 42261067728+4988 2nd Runners-up R3 Winners Champions LeagueGroup Andrei Kanchelskis15
1995–96 Prem 3825767335+3882 1st Winners R2 UEFA CupR1 Eric Cantona19
1996–97 Prem 38211257644+3275 1st R4 R4 Winners Champions LeagueSF Ole Gunnar Solskjær19
1997–98 Prem 3823877326+4777 2nd R5 R3 Winners Champions LeagueQF Andy Cole25
1998–99 Prem 38221338037+4379 1st Winners R5 Runners-up Champions LeagueWinners Dwight Yorke[lower-alpha 24]29[lower-alpha 25]
1999–2000 Prem 3828739745+5291 1st N/A[lower-alpha 26] R3 Runners-up Dwight Yorke24
2000–01 Prem 3824867931+4880 1st R4 R4 Runners-up Champions LeagueQF Teddy Sheringham21
2001–02 Prem 3824598745+4277 3rd R4 R3 Runners-up Champions LeagueSF Ruud van Nistelrooy36
2002–03 Prem 3825857434+4083 1st R5 Runners-up Champions LeagueQF Ruud van Nistelrooy44[lower-alpha 27]
2003–04 Prem 3823696435+2975 3rd Winners R4 Winners Champions LeagueRound of 16 Ruud van Nistelrooy30
2004–05 Prem 38221155826+3277 3rd Runners-up SF Runners-up Champions LeagueRound of 16 Wayne Rooney17
2005–06 Prem 3825857234+3883 2nd R5 Winners Champions LeagueGroup Ruud van Nistelrooy24
2006–07 Prem 3828558327+4689 1st Runners-up R4 Champions LeagueSF Wayne Rooney
Cristiano Ronaldo
23
2007–08 Prem 3827658022+5887 1st R6 R3 Winners Champions LeagueWinners Cristiano Ronaldo42[lower-alpha 28]
2008–09 Prem 3828646824+4490 1st SF Winners Winners Cristiano Ronaldo26
2009–10 Prem 3827478628+5885 2nd R3 Winners Runners-up Champions LeagueQF Wayne Rooney34
2010–11 Prem 38231147837+4180 1st SF R5 Winners Champions LeagueRunners-up Dimitar Berbatov[lower-alpha 29]21[lower-alpha 30]
2011–12 Prem 3828558933+5689 2nd R4 R5 Winners Wayne Rooney34
2012–13 Prem 3828558643+4389 1st R6 R4 Robin van Persie30[lower-alpha 31]
2013–14 Prem 38197126443+2164 7th R3 SF Winners Wayne Rooney19
2014–15 Prem 38201086237+2570 4th R6 R2 Wayne Rooney14
2015–16 Prem 38199104935+1466 5th Winners R4 Anthony Martial17
2016–17 Prem 38181555429+2569 6th R6 Winners Winners Zlatan Ibrahimović28
2017–18 Prem 3825676828+4081 2nd Runners-up R5 Romelu Lukaku27
2018–19 Prem 38199106554+1166 6th R6 R3 Paul Pogba16
2019–20 Prem 38181286636+3066 3rd SF SF Anthony Martial23
2020–21 Prem 38211167344+2974 2nd R6 SF Bruno Fernandes28
2021–22 Prem 381610125757+2958 6th R4 R3 Cristiano Ronaldo24
2022–23 Prem 3823695843+1575 3rd Runners-up Winners Marcus Rashford30

Notes

  1. Goals in all competitions (Football League or Premier League, FA Cup, EFL Cup, European and FA Community Shield) are counted.
  2. The club did not start playing league football until 1888.
  3. The EFL Cup, historically more known as the League Cup, was first created for the 1960–61 season.
  4. The first UEFA club competition, the European Cup, currently known as the UEFA Champions League, was created for the 1955–56 season.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the First World War.
  12. Lowest League finish
  13. The 1939–40 season was abandoned in early September and all results annulled, after only three matches had been played; Manchester United were tenth in the table at the time.
  14. No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the Second World War.
  15. The FA Cup was contested in 1945–46 but the Football League did not resume until the following season.
  16. 32 goals in the First Division
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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. They then missed two consecutive seasons in 1967–68 and 1968–69.
  18. 1 2 3 4 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.
  19. Joint top scorer with Ron Davies of Southampton
  20. 28 goals in the First Division
  21. The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.
  22. Manchester United were deducted one point after a brawl in a game with Arsenal on 20 October 1990.
  23. The 22 top English clubs broke away from the Football League to form the FA Premier League as the new top tier of the English football pyramid.
  24. Joint top scorer with Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink of Leeds United and Michael Owen of Liverpool
  25. 18 goals in the Premier League
  26. Manchester United did not enter the 1999–2000 FA Cup due to their commitment to the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship in Brazil.
  27. 25 goals in the Premier League
  28. 31 goals in the Premier League
  29. Joint top scorer with Carlos Tevez of Manchester City
  30. 20 goals in the Premier League
  31. 26 goals in the Premier League

References

General

  • Murphy, Alex (2006). The Official Illustrated History of Manchester United. London: Orion Books. ISBN 0-7528-7603-1.
  • Shury, Alan; Landamore, Brian (2005) [2002]. The Definitive Newton Heath F.C. 'Definitive' Club Histories (2nd ed.). Nottingham: SoccerData. ISBN 1-899468-16-1.
  • "StretfordEnd.co.uk". Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  • Rundle, Richard. "Manchester United". Football Club History Database. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2010.

Specific

  1. "Trophy Room". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 2007. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2007.
  2. "Won, Drawn, Lost". StretfordEnd.co.uk. Barn End Media. Archived from the original on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2020. Excludes matches from the abandoned 1939–40 season
  3. Murphy, Alex (2006). "1878-1915: From Newton Heath to Old Trafford". The Official Illustrated History of Manchester United. London: Orion Books. p. 11. ISBN 0-7528-7603-1.
  4. Shury, Alan; Landamore, Brian (2005) [2002]. "History of Newton Heath F.C.". The Definitive Newton Heath F.C. 'Definitive' Club Histories (Second ed.). Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 11. ISBN 1-899468-16-1. ...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.
  5. Murphy, Alex (2006). "1878-1915: From Newton Heath to Old Trafford". The Official Illustrated History of Manchester United. London: Orion Books. p. 15. ISBN 0-7528-7603-1.
  6. "Manchester United achieve European clean sweep". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 May 2017. Archived from the original on 12 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.

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