Players
First-team squad
- As of 15 March 2011
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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On loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Reserves and academy
For the reserve and academy squads, see Manchester United F.C. Reserves and Academy.
Former players
For details of former players, see List of Manchester United F.C. players and Category:Manchester United F.C. players.
Club captains
For a list of club captains, see List of Manchester United F.C. players#Club captains.
Player records
For player records, including player awards, see List of Manchester United F.C. records and statistics.
Club officials
- Owner: Glazer family via Red Football Shareholder Limited
- Honorary president: Martin Edwards
- Manchester United Limited
- Co-chairmen: Joel Glazer & Avram Glazer
- Chief executive: David Gill
- Chief operating officer: Michael Bolingbroke
- Commercial director: Richard Arnold
- Chief of Staff: Ed Woodward
- Non-executive directors: Bryan Glazer, Kevin Glazer, Edward Glazer & Darcie Glazer
- Manchester United Football Club
- Directors: David Gill, Michael Edelson, Sir Bobby Charlton, Maurice Watkins
- Club secretary: John Alexander
- Global ambassador: Bryan Robson
- Coaching and medical staff
- Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson
- Assistant manager: Mike Phelan
- First team coach: René Meulensteen
- Goalkeeping coach: Eric Steele
- Fitness coach: Tony Strudwick
- Reserve team manager: Warren Joyce
Managerial history
Dates | Name | Notes |
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1878–1892 | Unknown | |
1892–1900 | A. H. Albut | |
1900–1903 | James West | |
1903–1912 | Ernest Mangnall | |
1912–1914 | John Bentley | |
1914–1922 | Jack Robson | |
1922–1926 | John Chapman | First manager from outside England |
1926–1927 | Lal Hilditch | |
1927–1931 | Herbert Bamlett | |
1931–1932 | Walter Crickmer | |
1932–1937 | Scott Duncan | |
1937–1945 | Walter Crickmer | |
1945–1969 | Matt Busby | |
1969–1970 | Wilf McGuinness | |
1970–1971 | Matt Busby | |
1971–1972 | Frank O'Farrell | First manager from outside the United Kingdom |
1972–1977 | Tommy Docherty | |
1977–1981 | Dave Sexton | |
1981–1986 | Ron Atkinson | |
1986–present | Alex Ferguson | Both most honours won and longest serving in Manchester United's history |
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. In terms of the number of trophies won, Manchester United's most successful decade was the 1990s; the club won 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 the most FA Cups, with 11, and the record for the most FA Cup Final appearances, with 18.Manchester United and Liverpool have each won a joint-record 18 top-division titles, but Manchester United holds the record for the most Premier League titles (11), and was the first English team to win the European Cup in 1968. The most recent trophy came in August 2010, when the club won the FA Community Shield.
The only major honour that Manchester United has never won is the UEFA Europa League,[152] 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
- First Division(until 1992) and Premier League:18
- Second Division:2
Cups
- FA Cup: 11
- League Cup: 4
- FA Charity/Community Shield: 18 (14 outright, 4 shared)
European
Worldwide
Doubles and Trebles
- Doubles:
- League and FA Cup: 3
- League and League Cup: 1
- European Double (League and European Cup): 2
- "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 Super Cup are not generally considered to contribute towards a Double or Treble.
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- ^ a b c Barnes et al. (2001), p. 9.
- ^ James (2008), p. 92.
- ^ Sources are divided on the exact date of the meeting and subsequent name change. Whilst official club sources claim that it occurred on 26 April, the meeting was reported by the Manchester Evening Chronicle in its 25 April edition, suggesting it was indeed on 24 April.
- ^ Barnes et al. (2001), p. 118.
- ^ Barnes et al. (2001), p. 11.
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