Manchester United F.C.

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"MUFC" and "Manchester United" redirect here. For other uses, see MUFC
(disambiguation).
This article is about the men's football club. For the women's football club, see
Manchester United W.F.C. For the basketball team, see Manchester Eagles.
Not to be confused with F.C. United of Manchester.
Manchester United
The words "Manchester" and "United" surround a pennant featuring a ship in full
sail and a devil holding a trident.
Full name Manchester United Football Club
Nickname(s) The Red Devils[1]
Short name Man United/Utd
United
MUFC[2][3]
Founded 1878; 142 years ago, as Newton Heath LYR F.C.
1902; 118 years ago, as Manchester United F.C.
Ground Old Trafford
Capacity 74,879[4]
Owner Manchester United plc (NYSE: MANU)
Co-chairmen Joel and Avram Glazer
Manager Ole Gunnar Solskj?r
League Premier League
2018�19 Premier League, 6th of 20
Website Club website

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours
Current season
Manchester United Football Club is a professional football club based in Old
Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, that competes in the Premier League, the top
flight of English football. Nicknamed "the Red Devils", the club was founded as
Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, changed its name to Manchester United in
1902 and moved to its current stadium, Old Trafford, in 1910.

Manchester United have won more trophies than any other club in English football,
[5][6] with a record 20 League titles, 12 FA Cups, five League Cups and a record 21
FA Community Shields. United have 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 in the
history of English football to achieve the continental European treble.[7] By
winning the UEFA Europa League in 2016�17, they became one of five clubs to have
won all three main UEFA club competitions.

The 1958 Munich air disaster claimed the lives of eight players. In 1968, under the
management of Matt Busby, Manchester United became the first English football club
to win the European Cup. Alex Ferguson won 38 trophies as manager, including 13
Premier League titles, 5 FA Cups and 2 UEFA Champions Leagues, between 1986 and
2013,[8][9][10] when he announced his retirement.

Manchester United was the highest-earning football club in the world for 2016�17,
with an annual revenue of �676.3 million,[11] and the world's third most valuable
football club in 2019, valued at ?3.15 billion ($3.81 billion).[12] As of June
2015, it is the world's most valuable football brand, estimated to be worth $1.2
billion.[13][14] After being floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1991, the club
was purchased by Malcolm Glazer in May 2005 in a deal valuing the club at almost ?
800 million, after which the company was taken private again, before going public
once more in August 2012, when they made an initial p