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Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.
Manchester United has won many trophies in English football, including a record 19 league titles, a record 11 FA Cups, four League Cups and a record 19 FA Community Shields. The club has also won three European Cups, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, one UEFA Super Cup, one Intercontinental Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup. In 1998–99, the club won a Treble of the Premier League, the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League, an unprecedented feat for an English club.
Manchester United is one of the wealthiest and most widely supported football teams in the world. As of April 2012, the club is number one in Forbes magazine's annual ranking of the world's 50 most valuable sports teams, valued at £1.4 billion. 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.
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| Full name | Manchester United Football Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Red Devils | |
| Founded | 1878, as Newton Heath LYR F.C. | |
| Ground | Old Trafford (Capacity: 75,811) | |
| Owner | Glazer family | |
| Co-chairmen | Joel and Avram Glazer | |
| Manager | Sir Alex Ferguson | |
| League | Premier League | |
| 2011–12 | Premier League, 2nd | |
| Website | Club home page | |
          Home colours | ||
Honours
Manchester United's first trophy was the Manchester Cup, which it won as Newton Heath in 1886. In 1908, the club won its first league title, and won the FA Cup for the first time the following year. Manchester United won the most trophies in the 1990s; five league titles, four FA Cups, one League Cup, five Charity Shields (one shared), one UEFA Champions League, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, one UEFA Super Cup and one Intercontinental Cup.The club currently holds the record for most top-division titles (19), the most FA Cups (11), and the most FA Cup Final appearances (18). Manchester United holds the record for the most Premier League titles (12), and was the first English team to win the European Cup in 1968. The club's most recent trophy came in August 2011 with the 2011 FA Community Shield title.
The only major honour that Manchester United has never won is the UEFA Europa League, although the team reached the quarter-finals in 1984–85 and the semi-finals of the competition's precursor tournament, the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, in 1964–65.
Domestic :
- League
1907–08, 1910–11, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11
Second Division : 2
1935–36, 1974–75
- Cups
1908–09, 1947–48, 1962–63, 1976–77, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2003–04
League Cup : 4
1991–92, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10
FA Charity/Community Shield: 19 (15 outright, 4 shared)
1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965*, 1967*, 1977*, 1983, 1990*, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 (* shared)
European :
1967–68, 1998–99, 2007–08
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup : 1
1990–91
UEFA Super Cup : 1
1991
Worldwide :
1999
FIFA Club World Cup : 1
2008
Doubles and Trebles :
- Doubles :
1993–94, 1995–96, 1998–99 (as part of the Treble)
League and League Cup : 1
2008–09
European Double (League and European Cup) : 2
1998–99 (as part of the Treble), 2007–08
- "The Treble" (League, FA Cup and European Cup) : 1
Especially short competitions such as the Charity/Community Shield, Intercontinental Cup (now defunct), FIFA Club World Cup or UEFA Super Cup are not generally considered to contribute towards a Double or Treble.
- Courtesy of : wikipedia.org
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