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Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson (born 31 December 1941) is a Scottish former football manager and player, best known for managing Manchester United from 1986 to 2013. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time and has won more trophies (49) than any other manager in the history of football. [5]
The period from 1986, when Alex Ferguson was appointed as Manchester United manager, to 2013, when he announced his retirement from football, was the most successful in the club's history. Ferguson joined the club from Aberdeen on the same day that Ron Atkinson was dismissed, [1] and guided the club to an 11th-place finish in the league. [2]
The year after, Ferguson won United their first league title in 26 years. Over the following decade, Ferguson would go on to win the Premier League title another six times, including a hat-trick of titles from 1999 to 2001. In 1999, he led Manchester United to an unprecedented Treble of the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League.
Sir Alex Ferguson cemented his legacy with his second Champions League win [Getty Images] This is a tale of two sets of tears. The first takes place in the suffocating glare of the global ...
Alex Ferguson won a record 13 league championships from 1993 to 2013 as manager of Manchester United.. The top level of the English football league system from its formation in 1888 was the Football League, until the introduction of a Second Division in 1892 when it became known as the Football League First Division. [1]
Ernst Happel was the first manager to win the title with two different clubs. Ottmar Hitzfeld, winning manager in 1997 and 2001. Jupp Heynckes, winning manager in 1998 and 2013. Alex Ferguson won two titles as manager of Manchester United in 1999 and 2008, and reached a further two finals.
Both teams had chances to score in the second half but neither did and the score finished 1–1. United then faced Chelsea at Old Trafford, recording their third-straight defeat to the Blues in the season after losing 1–0, courtesy of an own goal by Phil Jones. A week later, Sir Alex Ferguson managed his last game at Old Trafford against Swansea.
The 1998–99 season was Manchester United's seventh season in the FA Premier League and their 24th consecutive season in the top division of English football. After finishing the previous season without winning any titles, United won the Treble of the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League in 1998–99, the first side in English football to do so.