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The 2008–09 season was Manchester United's 17th season in the Premier League, and their 34th consecutive season in the top division of English football. The club won a third consecutive Premier League title for the second time to equal Liverpool's record of 18 league titles. [1]
After the name change in 1902, the club colours were changed to red shirts, white shorts, and black socks, which has become the standard Manchester United home kit. [106] Very few changes were made to the kit until 1922 when the club adopted white shirts bearing a deep red "V" around the neck, similar to the shirt worn in the 1909 FA Cup final.
The 2007–08 season was Manchester United's 16th season in the Premier League, and their 33rd consecutive season in the top division of English football.Despite a slow start in the league, they won their 10th Premier League title (their 17th top division title overall, just one behind Liverpool's then record of 18) and beat Chelsea on penalties in the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final to claim ...
The Manchester United winger's 31 goals from 34 league appearances helped see off stiff opposition for this award from Arsenal's Emmanuel Adebayor and Fernando Torres of Liverpool. This was the first Premier League season that a player has scored more than 30 goals since Alan Shearer 's 31-goal haul for Blackburn Rovers twelve years prior.
In the first knockout round of the Champions League, Ronaldo faced his former club Manchester United for the first time. After scoring the equaliser in a 1–1 draw at home, [138] he scored the winning goal in a 2–1 win on his first return to Old Trafford. [139] He did not celebrate scoring against his former club as a mark of respect. [140]
18 September 2007 – 21 May 2008: Teams: Competition proper: 32 Total: 76: Final positions; Champions: Manchester United (3rd title) Runners-up: Chelsea: Tournament statistics; Matches played: 125: Goals scored: 330 (2.64 per match) Attendance: 5,380,947 (43,048 per match) Top scorer(s) Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) 8 goals
This meant that Manchester United, having won the 2006–07 Premier League, received around €19.5 million, and Chelsea, as runners-up, received around €16.5 million. [126] As winners of the Champions League, Manchester United earned places in the 2008 UEFA Super Cup and the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup.
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