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Manchester United. / 53.4631; -2.2913. Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd ), or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional association 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 . [2]
Manchester United's record signing is Paul Pogba, who signed for the club from Juventus for a world record fee of £89.3 million in August 2016. [36] [37] The signing of Anthony Martial for £36 million in 2015 set a world record for the transfer of a teenager, [38] and the £80 million paid for Harry Maguire in 2019 was a world record for a ...
History of Manchester United F.C. The history of Manchester United F.C. spans the period from 1878 to the present day. For detail on individual periods of the club 's history, see one of the following articles: For a season-by-season account of Manchester United's history, see List of Manchester United F.C. seasons .
Managerial history From 1878 to 1914, the team was selected by a committee whose secretary had the same powers and role as a manager has today. There were four secretaries during this period, A. H. Albut, James West, Ernest Mangnall and John Bentley. Ernest Mangnall was the first man to bring any major silverware to the club, winning the club's first ever Football League title in 1908. This ...
The 2021–22 season was Manchester United 's 30th season in the Premier League and their 47th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. On 27 August 2021, Cristiano Ronaldo returned to the club from Juventus after 12 years away, having left for Real Madrid in 2009 for a world record transfer fee .
The 2020–21 season was Manchester United's 29th season in the Premier League and their 46th consecutive season in the top flight of English football.The club finished second in the Premier League, their joint-highest finish since the retirement of Alex Ferguson in 2013, were knocked out of the EFL Cup in the semi-finals by local rivals Manchester City, in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup by ...
Arrival of Alex Ferguson: 1986–1992. Alex Ferguson joined Manchester United from Aberdeen on 6 November 1986, the same day that previous manager Ron Atkinson was dismissed, and immediately set about rebuilding the club's youth system. [1] [23] In Ferguson's first game in charge, the team lost 2–0 to Oxford United; his first victory came on ...