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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 .
Winners' and runners-up medals from Manchester United's UEFA Champions League final appearances in 2008, 2009 and 2011 Trophy cabinet of United on display in the Old Trafford museum. Manchester United's first trophy was the Manchester Cup, which they won as Newton Heath LYR in 1886. [3]
The first five champions in the Premier League era – Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United – had all won the title at least once prior to 1992. Leicester City were champions for the first time in 2016, becoming the first team to win the Premier League without having previously won the First Division.
After Busby's retirement, Manchester United were unable to produce sustained success until the arrival of Alex Ferguson, who became the club's longest-serving and most successful manager, winning 38 trophies including 13 league titles, five FA Cups and two Champions League titles between 1986 and 2013. [9]
On 6 May, Manchester United won the Premier League for the ninth time in 15 years; Giggs broke Alan Hansen's record for the most league titles won, with his ninth winner's medal. The following season was even more successful, as in the Champions League Manchester United defeated Barcelona in the semi-final to set up the first all-English final.
Ten players have won the title with more than one club. Having won 13 Premier League championships, Manchester United have more title-winning players to their name than any other club, with 86 players awarded 247 medals. Ryan Giggs, who spent his entire career at the club, [10] has won more medals than any other player with 13. Over a third of ...
Andy Cole (Manchester United 9–0 Ipswich Town, 4 March 1995) Alan Shearer (Newcastle United 8–0 Sheffield Wednesday, 19 September 1999) Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur 9–1 Wigan Athletic, 22 November 2009) Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United 7–1 Blackburn Rovers, 27 November 2010) Sergio Agüero (Manchester City 6–1 Newcastle United ...
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.