List Of Manchester United F.C. Seasons
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester. The club was formed in Newton Heath in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR F.C., and played their first competitive match in October 1886, when they entered the First Round of the 1886–87 FA Cup. The club was renamed Manchester United F.C. in 1902, and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.
The club has won a total of 60 major trophies, including the League Championship a record 19 times (a record 12 times in the Premier League era), the FA Cup a record 11 times, the League Cup four times, the Charity Shield a record 19 times (including four shared titles), the European Cup three times, the European Cup Winners Cup once, the European Super Cup once, the FIFA Club World Cup once and the Intercontinental Cup once. Manchester United is the only English club to have been crowned world champions, in 1999 and 2008. The club has never finished outside of the top three in the Premier League and has never been out of the top two divisions of English football since entering the Football League. As of the end of the 2011–12 season, they have played a total of 5,281 competitive matches.
This list details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season. Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in the English league that season. Records of competitions such as the Lancashire Cup and the Manchester and District Challenge Cup are not included due to them being considered of less importance than the FA Cup and the League Cup.
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