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Following their league title win the previous season, Manchester United first competed in European football competition in 1956–57. 1954–55 Football League winners Chelsea had been denied the opportunity to take part in the inaugural European Cup by The Football League's chairman Alan Hardaker, who feared that European football would damage the integrity of the English game.
Ryan Giggs, Manchester United's record appearance maker Wayne Rooney, Manchester United's record goalscorer. Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester. The club was founded as Newton Heath LYR F.C. in 1878 and turned professional in 1885, before joining the Football League ...
Manchester United is one of the most widely supported football clubs in the world [11] [12] and have rivalries with Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal and Leeds United. Manchester United was the highest-earning football club in the world for 2016–17, with an annual revenue of €676.3 million, [ 13 ] and the world's third-most-valuable ...
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.
As a Premier League side, Manchester United entered the FA Cup in the third round proper. The draw took place on 6 December, and United were given a home draw with Aston Villa. [58] The match was played on 10 January 2022. [59] Villa had two goals disallowed for offside as Scott McTominay scored the only goal in a 1–0 win for United. [60]
Action from the pre-season game against Liverpool in South Carolina.. On 23 February 2024, United announced a tour of the United States, with friendly matches against rivals Arsenal and Liverpool at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California (near Los Angeles), on 27 July and at Williams–Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina, on 3 August, respectively. [4]
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 ...
The 1971–72 season was Manchester United's 70th season in the Football League, and their 27th consecutive season in the top division of English football. [1] In a pre-season competition United participated in the Watney Cup, which was contested by the teams that had scored the most goals in each of the four divisions of the Football League the previous season who had not been promoted or ...