Manchester United F.C.
association football club in Manchester, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Manchester United Football Club (F.C.)[5] is a professional football club. It is based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It plays in the Premier League, the highest level of English football. Its nickname is "the Red Devils". The club started as Newton Heath LYR Football Club, in 1878. It changed its name to Manchester United in 1902. It moved to its current stadium, Old Trafford, in 1910.
Full name | Manchester United Football Club[1] | |||
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Nickname(s) | The Red Devils[2] | |||
Short name | Man United/Utd United MUFC[3][4] | |||
Founded | 5 March 1878; 146 years ago (1878-03-05), as Newton Heath LYR F.C. 1902; 122 years ago (1902), as Manchester United F.C. | |||
Ground | Old Trafford | |||
Capacity | 74,140 | |||
Owner | Manchester United plc (NYSE: MANU) | |||
Co-chairmen | Joel and Avram Glazer | |||
Manager | Erik ten Hag | |||
League | Premier League | |||
2023–24 | Premier League, 8th of 20 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Manchester United has won more trophies than any other club in English football.[6][7] It has won 20 League titles, 13 FA Cups, six League Cups and 21 FA Community Shields. United has also won three UEFA Champions Leagues, one UEFA Europa League, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, one UEFA Super Cup, one Intercontinental Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup. In 1998–99, the club became the first club in the history of English football to win the continental European treble.[8] It won the UEFA Europa League in 2016–17 and became one of five clubs to win all three top UEFA club competitions.
Matt Busby led the club to lots of success by using youth players until the Munich air disaster in 1958. The Munich air disaster is a famous plane crash in the club's history. Eight Manchester United players died as well as other staff. In 1968, the manager Matt Busby guided Manchester United to the European Cup. It became the first English football club to win this trophy.
Sir Alex Ferguson is one of the most famous managers of the club. He won 38 trophies as manager. This includes 13 Premier League titles, five FA Cups and two UEFA Champions Leagues, between 1986 and 2013.[9][10][11] He retired in 2013.
Manchester United was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1991. Malcolm Glazer bought the club in May 2005. This valued the club at almost £800 million. After this, the company became private again. In August 2012, it went public once more. It made an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. Manchester United was the highest-earning football club in the world in 2016–17. It had an annual revenue of €676.3 million.[12] It was the most valuable football club in the world in 2024.[13] Its value was £4.96 billion ($6.2 billion).[13] As of June 2015, it is also the world's most valuable football brand. Its estimated value is $1.2 billion.[14][15]
Manchester United has the most fans in the world.[16][17] It has big rivalries with Liverpool F.C., Manchester City, Arsenal and Leeds United.