List of Manchester United F.C. records and statistics

Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester. The club was founded as Newton Heath LYR F.C. in 1878 and turned professional in 1885, before joining the Football League in 1892. After a brush with bankruptcy in 1901, the club reformed as Manchester United in 1902. Manchester United currently play in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. They have not been out of the top tier since 1975, and they have never been lower than the second tier.[1] They have also been involved in European football ever since they became the first English club to enter the European Cup in 1956.[2]

Ryan Giggs, Manchester United's record appearance maker

Wayne Rooney, Manchester United's record goalscorer

This list encompasses the major honours won by Manchester United and records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Manchester United players on the international stage, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club. The club's attendance records, both at Old Trafford, their home since 1910, and Maine Road, their temporary home from 1946 to 1949, are also included in the list.

The club currently holds the record for the most Premier League titles with 13, and the highest number of English top-flight titles with 20. The club's record appearance maker is Ryan Giggs, who made 963 appearances between 1991 and 2014, and the club's record goalscorer is Wayne Rooney, who scored 253 goals in 559 appearances between 2004 and 2017.

All stats accurate as of match played 26 December 2020.

Honours

Winners' and runners-up medals from Manchester United's UEFA Champions League final appearances in 2008, 2009 and 2011

Manchester United's first trophy was the Manchester Cup, which they won as Newton Heath LYR in 1886.[3] Their first national senior honour came in 1908, when they won the 1907–08 Football League First Division title. The club also won the FA Cup for the first time the following year. In terms of the number of trophies won, the 1990s was Manchester United's most successful decade, during which they won five league titles, four FA Cups, one League Cup, five Community Shields (one shared)^[A], 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, with 20. They were also the first team to win the Premier League, as well as holding the record for the most Premier League titles (13), and became the first English team to win the European Cup when they won it in 1968. Their most recent trophy came in May 2017, when they won the UEFA Europa League.[4]

League

• First Division / Premier League (Level 1)^[B]: 20 – record
  • 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, 2012–13
• Second Division (Level 2)^[B]: 2
  • 1935–36, 1974–75

Cups

• FA Cup: 12
  • 1908–09, 1947–48, 1962–63, 1976–77, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2015–16
• League Cup: 5
  • 1991–92, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2016–17
• FA Charity/Community Shield^[A]: 21 (17 outright, 4 shared) – record
  • 1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965*, 1967*, 1977*, 1983, 1990*, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016 (* joint holders)

European

• European Cup / UEFA Champions League: 3
  • 1967–68, 1998–99, 2007–08
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1
  • 1990–91
• UEFA Europa League: 1
  • 2016–17
• European Super Cup: 1
  • 1991

Worldwide

• Intercontinental Cup: 1
  • 1999
• FIFA Club World Cup: 1
  • 2008

Players

Paul Scholes has made the third-highest number of appearances for Manchester United.

All current players are in bold

Appearances

• Youngest first-team player: David Gaskell – 16 years, 19 days (against Manchester City, Charity Shield, 24 October 1956)[5]
• Oldest first-team player: Billy Meredith – 46 years, 281 days (against Derby County, First Division, 7 May 1921)[6]
• Oldest post-Second World War player: Edwin van der Sar – 40 years, 211 days (against Barcelona, UEFA Champions League, 28 May 2011)[7]
• Most consecutive League appearances: 206 – Steve Coppell, 15 January 1977 – 7 November 1981[8]
• Shortest appearance: 11 seconds – Chris Smalling v Norwich City, Premier League, 26 February 2012[9]

Most appearances

Competitive, professional matches only. Appearances as substitute (in parentheses) included in total.

	Name	Years	League[10]	FA Cup[11]	League Cup[12]	Europe[13]	Other^[C][14]	Total[15]
1	Ryan Giggs	1991–2014	672 (117)	074 (12)	041 0(6)	157 (23)	019 0(3)	963 (161)
2	Bobby Charlton	1956–1973	606 00(2)	078 0(0)	024 0(0)	045 0(0)	005 0(0)	758 00(2)
3	Paul Scholes	1994–2011 2012–2013	499 0(95)	049 (17)	021 0(7)	134 (21)	015 0(1)	718 (141)
4	Bill Foulkes	1952–1970	566 00(3)	061 0(0)	003 0(0)	052 0(0)	006 0(0)	688 00(3)
5	Gary Neville	1992–2011	400 0(21)	047 0(3)	025 0(2)	117 0(8)	013 0(2)	602 0(36)
6	Wayne Rooney	2004–2017	393 0(39)	040 0(7)	020 0(7)	098 0(8)	008 0(1)	559 0(62)
7	Alex Stepney	1966–1978	433 00(0)	044 0(0)	035 0(0)	023 0(0)	004 0(0)	539 00(0)
8	Tony Dunne	1960–1973	414 00(0)	055 0(1)	021 0(0)	040 0(0)	005 0(0)	535 00(1)
9	Denis Irwin	1990–2002	368 0(12)	043 0(1)	031 0(3)	075 0(2)	012 0(0)	529 0(18)
10	Joe Spence	1919–1933	481 00(0)	029 0(0)	000 0(0)	000 0(0)	000 0(0)	510 00(0)

Goalscorers

Bobby Charlton was Manchester United's highest all-time goalscorer until 2017, when his total of 249 goals was surpassed by club captain Wayne Rooney.

• Most goals in a season in all competitions: 46 – Denis Law, 1963–64[16]
• Most League goals in a season: 32 – Dennis Viollet, Division 1, 1959–60[16]
• Most League goals in a 38-game season: 31 – Cristiano Ronaldo, Premier League, 2007–08[17]
• Top League scorer with fewest goals in a season: 6[18]
  • Bobby Charlton, 1972–73
  • Sammy McIlroy, 1973–74
• Most goals scored in a match: 6
  • Harold Halse v Swindon Town, 25 September 1911[19]
  • George Best v Northampton Town, 7 February 1970[20]
• Goals in consecutive league matches: 10 consecutive matches – Ruud van Nistelrooy, 22 March 2003 to 23 August 2003[21]
• Fastest goal: 12 seconds – Bryan Robson v Burnley, League Cup, 26 September 1984
• Fastest hat-trick: 4 minutes – Ernie Goldthorpe v Notts County, Second Division, 10 February 1923[22]
• Fastest four goals: 13 minutes – Ole Gunnar Solskjær v Nottingham Forest, Premier League, 6 February 1999[23]
• Most hat-tricks: 18 – Denis Law (3 November 1962 – 17 April 1971)[24]

Overall scorers

Competitive, professional matches only, appearances including substitutes appear in brackets.

	Name	Years	League[25]	FA Cup[26]	League Cup[27]	Europe[28]	Other^[C][29]	Total[30]	Goals per game
1	Wayne Rooney	2004–2017	183 (393)	022 0(40)	005 0(20)	039 0(98)	004 00(8)	253 (559)	0.45
2	Bobby Charlton	1956–1973	199 (606)	019 0(78)	007 0(24)	022 0(45)	002 00(5)	249 (758)	0.33
3	Denis Law	1962–1973	171 (309)	034 0(46)	003 0(11)	028 0(33)	001 00(5)	237 (404)	0.59
4	Jack Rowley	1937–1955	182 (380)	026 0(42)	000 00(0)	000 00(0)	003 00(2)	211 (424)	0.50
5	Dennis Viollet	1952–1962	159 (259)	005 0(18)	001 00(2)	013 0(12)	001 00(2)	179 (293)	0.61
	George Best	1963–1974	137 (361)	021 0(46)	009 0(25)	011 0(34)	001 00(4)	179 (470)	0.38
7	Joe Spence	1919–1933	158 (481)	010 0(29)	000 00(0)	000 00(0)	000 00(0)	168 (510)	0.33
	Ryan Giggs	1991–2014	114 (672)	012 0(74)	012 0(41)	029 (157)	001 0(19)	168 (963)	0.17
9	Mark Hughes	1983–1986 1988–1995	120 (345)	017 0(46)	016 0(38)	009 0(33)	001 00(5)	163 (467)	0.35
10	Paul Scholes	1994–2011 2012–2013	107 (499)	013 0(49)	009 0(21)	026 (134)	000 0(15)	155 (718)	0.22

Award winners

Ballon d’Or

The following players have won the Ballon d'Or while playing for Manchester United:[31]

• Denis Law – 1964
• Bobby Charlton – 1966
• George Best – 1968
• Cristiano Ronaldo – 2008

European Golden Shoe

The following players have won the European Golden Shoe while playing for Manchester United:

• Cristiano Ronaldo (31 goals) – 2008[32]

FIFA World Player of the Year

The following players have won the FIFA World Player of the Year award while playing for Manchester United:

• Cristiano Ronaldo – 2008[33]

UEFA Club Footballer of the Year

The following players have won the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award while playing for Manchester United:[34]

• David Beckham – 1999
• Cristiano Ronaldo – 2008

FIFA Puskás Award

The following players have won the FIFA Puskás Award while playing for Manchester United:

• Cristiano Ronaldo – 2009[35]

Internationals

Manchester United's international players are listed in the players' lounge at Old Trafford.

• First international: Jack Powell and Tom Burke for Wales against England (26 February 1887)[36]
  • All nine of Newton Heath's international players played for Wales.[36] The first non-Welshman to be capped, and the first after the club's change of name to Manchester United, was Charlie Roberts, who was capped for England against Ireland on 25 February 1905.[37]
• Most international caps (total): 170 – Cristiano Ronaldo – Portugal (61 while with the club)[38]
• Most international caps as a United player: 106 – Bobby Charlton – England[37]

FIFA World Cup

The following players have won the FIFA World Cup while playing for Manchester United:

• Bobby Charlton – 1966
• Nobby Stiles – 1966
• John Connelly – 1966
• Paul Pogba – 2018

UEFA European Championship

The following players have won the UEFA European Championship while playing for Manchester United:

• Peter Schmeichel – 1992
• Fabien Barthez – 2000

Copa América

The following players have won the Copa América while playing for Manchester United:

• Kléberson – 2004

CONCACAF Gold Cup

The following players have won the CONCACAF Gold Cup while playing for Manchester United:

• Javier Hernández – 2011

Olympic Games

The following players have won a gold medal in football at the Olympic Games while playing for Manchester United:

• Harold Hardman – 1908
• Gabriel Heinze – 2004

Highest transfer fees paid

Manchester United's record signing is Paul Pogba, who signed for the club from Juventus for a world record fee of £89.3 million in August 2016.[39][40] The signing of Anthony Martial for £36 million in 2015 set a world record for the transfer of a teenager,[41] and the £80 million paid for Harry Maguire in 2019 was a world record for a defender.[42]

	Player	From	Fee	Date
1	Paul Pogba	Juventus	£89.3 million[39][40]	August 2016
2	Harry Maguire	Leicester City	£80 million[42]	August 2019
3	Romelu Lukaku	Everton	£75 million[43]	July 2017
4	Ángel Di María	Real Madrid	£59.7 million[44]	August 2014
5	Aaron Wan-Bissaka	Crystal Palace	£50 million[45]	June 2019
6	Fred	Shakhtar Donetsk	£47 million[46]	June 2018
	Bruno Fernandes	Sporting CP	£47 million[47]	January 2020
8	Nemanja Matić	Chelsea	£40 million[48]	July 2017
9	Juan Mata	Chelsea	£37.1 million[49]	January 2014
10	Anthony Martial	Monaco	£36 million[41]	September 2015

Progression of record fee paid

Rio Ferdinand, signed in July 2002 from Leeds United for £29.3 million, then Manchester United's most expensive purchase.

The first transfer for which Manchester United (then Newton Heath) had to pay a fee was the transfer of Gilbert Godsmark from Ashford in January 1900, paying £40 for the forward.[50] The club's first £1,000 transfer came in 1910, when they signed Leslie Hofton from Glossop.[50] When the club signed Tommy Taylor from Barnsley in 1953, the fee was intended to be £30,000. However, Matt Busby did not want to burden the young player with the "£30,000-man" tag, and Barnsley agreed for the fee to be reduced by £1 to £29,999. Busby then took the extra pound from his wallet and gave it to the lady who had been serving the teas.[51]

Manchester United made their first six-figure signing in August 1962 with the transfer of Denis Law from Torino for £110,000,[50] a new British record.[52] The club broke the British transfer record again in 1981 with the £1.5 million signing of Bryan Robson from West Bromwich Albion.[53] When Andy Cole signed for United in January 1995, the club paid £7 million, almost double their previous record of £3.75 million, which they paid for Roy Keane 18 months earlier.[50] In the summer of 2001, the club broke their transfer record twice in the space of a month, first paying PSV Eindhoven £19 million for Ruud van Nistelrooy, and then £28.1 million to Lazio for Juan Sebastián Verón. Manchester United have broken the British transfer record three times since buying Verón, with the signings of Rio Ferdinand in July 2002, Ángel Di María in August 2014 and Paul Pogba in August 2016.

Transfers in bold are also records for fees paid by British clubs[54][55]

Date	Player	Bought from	Fee[50][56]
January 1900	Gilbert Godsmark	Ashford	£40
January 1903	Alex Bell	Ayr Parkhouse	£700
July 1910	Leslie Hofton	Glossop	£1,000
March 1914	George Hunter	Chelsea	£1,300
September 1920	Tom Miller	Liverpool	£2,000
November 1921	Neil McBain	Ayr United	£6,000
February 1938	Jack Smith	Newcastle United	£6,500
March 1949	John Downie	Bradford Park Avenue	£18,000
March 1953	Tommy Taylor	Barnsley	£29,999
September 1958	Albert Quixall	Sheffield Wednesday	£45,000
August 1962	Denis Law	Torino	£110,000
August 1968	Willie Morgan	Burnley	£117,000
February 1972	Martin Buchan	Aberdeen	£125,000
March 1972	Ian Storey-Moore	Nottingham Forest	£200,000
January 1978	Joe Jordan	Leeds United	£350,000
February 1978	Gordon McQueen	Leeds United	£495,000
August 1979	Ray Wilkins	Chelsea	£825,000
October 1980	Garry Birtles	Nottingham Forest	£1,250,000
October 1981	Bryan Robson	West Bromwich Albion	£1,500,000
June 1988	Mark Hughes	Barcelona	£1,800,000
August 1989	Gary Pallister	Middlesbrough	£2,300,000
July 1993	Roy Keane	Nottingham Forest	£3,750,000
January 1995	Andy Cole	Newcastle United	£7,000,000
July 1998	Jaap Stam	PSV Eindhoven	£10,750,000
August 1998	Dwight Yorke	Aston Villa	£12,600,000
June 2001	Ruud van Nistelrooy	PSV Eindhoven	£19,000,000
July 2001	Juan Sebastián Verón	Lazio	£28,100,000
July 2002	Rio Ferdinand	Leeds United	£29,300,000
September 2008	Dimitar Berbatov	Tottenham Hotspur	£30,750,000
January 2014	Juan Mata	Chelsea	£37,100,000
August 2014	Ángel Di María	Real Madrid	£59,700,000
August 2016	Paul Pogba	Juventus	£89,300,000

Highest transfer fees received

David Beckham was sold to Real Madrid for a then club record of £24.5 million in July 2003.

The club's record sale came in July 2009, when they sold Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid for £80 million.[57]

	Player	To	Fee	Date
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	£80 million	July 2009[57]
2	Romelu Lukaku	Inter Milan	£74 million	August 2019[58]
3	Ángel Di María	Paris Saint-Germain	£44.3 million	August 2015[59]
4	David Beckham	Real Madrid	£24.5 million	June 2003[60]
5	Morgan Schneiderlin	Everton	£24 million	January 2017[61]
6	Memphis Depay	Lyon	£16 million	January 2017[62]
7	Danny Welbeck	Arsenal	£16 million	September 2014[63]
8	Jaap Stam	Lazio	£15.25 million	August 2001[64]
9	Juan Sebastián Verón	Chelsea	£15 million	August 2003[65]
10	Daley Blind	Ajax	£14 million	July 2018[66]

Progression of record fee received

The first player for whom Manchester United, then Newton Heath, received a fee was William Bryant, who moved to Blackburn Rovers for just £50 in April 1900. That same month, Manchester City paid five times more for Scottish forward Joe Cassidy. The club's first £1,000 sale came 12 years later with the sale of Harold Halse to Aston Villa.[50]

The club's first British record sale came in March 1949, when Derby County paid £24,500 for Johnny Morris. However, 35 years passed before Manchester United next broke the record for the biggest sale by a British club; the sale of Ray Wilkins to Milan for £1.5 million in June 1984 was also the club's first million-pound sale. Another British record followed two years later with the sale of Mark Hughes to Barcelona for £2.5 million. The club's record sale increased fivefold in the space of two transfers over the next 15 years; first with the £7 million sale of Paul Ince to Internazionale in 1995, and then the 2001 transfer of Jaap Stam to Lazio for £15.25 million.[50] Manchester United broke the world transfer record for the first time in July 2009 with the £80 million sale of Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid.[57]

Transfers in bold are also British record transfers

Date	Player	Sold to	Fee[56]
April 1900	William Bryant	Blackburn Rovers	£50
April 1900	Joe Cassidy	Manchester City	£250
October 1909	Alex Downie	Oldham Athletic	£600
June 1911	Ted Connor	Sheffield United	£750
July 1912	Harold Halse	Aston Villa	£1,200
August 1913	Charlie Roberts	Oldham Athletic	£1,750
December 1920	Tommy Meehan	Chelsea	£3,300
September 1937	George Mutch	Preston North End	£5,000
March 1948	Joe Walton	Preston North End	£10,000
March 1949	Johnny Morris	Derby County	£24,500
January 1962	Dennis Viollet	Stoke City	£25,000
March 1962	Warren Bradley	Bury	£40,000
June 1972	Francis Burns	Southampton	£50,000
June 1972	Alan Gowling	Huddersfield Town	£60,000
March 1973	Ted MacDougall	West Ham United	£130,000
March 1977	Gerry Daly	Derby County	£175,000
April 1978	Gordon Hill	Derby County	£250,000
August 1979	Brian Greenhoff	Leeds United	£350,000
October 1980	Andy Ritchie	Brighton & Hove Albion	£500,000
June 1984	Ray Wilkins	Milan	£1,500,000
August 1986	Mark Hughes	Barcelona	£2,500,000
July 1995	Paul Ince	Internazionale	£7,000,000
August 2001	Jaap Stam	Lazio	£15,250,000[64]
June 2003	David Beckham	Real Madrid	£24,500,000[60]
July 2009	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	£80,000,000[57]

Managerial records

Sir Alex Ferguson was the manager of Manchester United for 1,500 matches, more than any other manager.

• First full-time manager: Jack Robson – Robson was manager of Manchester United for 6 years and 10 months, starting on 28 December 1914, before pneumonia forced his retirement in October 1921.[67]
• Longest-serving manager: Sir Alex Ferguson – 26 years, 194 days (1,500 matches; 6 November 1986 to 19 May 2013)[68][69]

Team records

Matches

• First competitive match: Newton Heath 2–7 Blackburn Olympic Reserves, Lancashire Cup, 27 October 1883[70]
• First FA Cup match: Fleetwood Rangers 2–2 Newton Heath, first round, 30 October 1886[71]
• First Combination match: Newton Heath 4–3 Darwen, 22 September 1888[72]
• First Football Alliance match: Newton Heath 4–1 Sunderland Albion, 21 September 1889[73]
• First Football League match: Blackburn Rovers 4–3 Newton Heath, 3 September 1892[74]
• First match at Old Trafford: Manchester United 3–4 Liverpool, 19 February 1910[75]
• First European match: Anderlecht 0–2 Manchester United, European Cup preliminary round, first leg, 12 September 1956[76]
• First League Cup match: Exeter City 1–1 Manchester United, first round, 19 October 1960[77]

Record wins

• Record win: 10–0 v Anderlecht, European Cup preliminary round, second leg, 26 September 1956[78]
• Record League win:[78]

10–1 v Wolverhampton Wanderers, First Division, 15 October 1892

9–0 v Walsall, Second Division, 3 April 1895

9–0 v Darwen, Second Division, 24 December 1898

9–0 v Ipswich Town, Premier League, 4 March 1995

9–0 v Southampton FC, Premier League, 2 February 2021

• Record FA Cup win: 8–0 v Yeovil Town, 12 February 1949[78]
• Record European win: 10–0 v Anderlecht, European Cup preliminary round, second leg, 26 September 1956[78]
• Record Champions League win: 7–1 v Roma, Champions League quarter-final, second leg, 10 April 2007[78]
• Record home win 10–0 v Anderlecht, European Cup preliminary round, second leg, 26 September 1956[78]
• Record away win:[78]

7–0 v Grimsby Town, Second Division, 26 December 1899

8–1 v Nottingham Forest, Premier League, 6 February 1999

Record defeats

• Record defeat: 0–7[78]

v Blackburn Rovers, First Division, 10 April 1926

v Aston Villa, First Division, 27 December 1930

v Wolverhampton Wanderers, Second Division, 26 December 1931

• Record League defeat: 0–7[78]

v Blackburn Rovers, First Division, 10 April 1926

v Aston Villa, First Division, 27 December 1930

v Wolverhampton Wanderers, Second Division, 26 December 1931

• Record Premier League defeat:[79]

0–5 v Newcastle United, 20 October 1996

0–5 v Chelsea, 3 October 1999

1–6 v Manchester City, 23 October 2011

1–6 v Tottenham Hotspur, 4 October 2020

• Record FA Cup defeat:[78]

1–7 v Burnley, first round, 13 February 1901

0–6 v Sheffield Wednesday, second round, 20 February 1904

• Record European defeat: 0–5 v Sporting CP, Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final, 18 March 1964[80]
• Record home defeat:[78]

0–6 v Aston Villa, First Division, 14 March 1914

1–7 v Newcastle United, First Division, 10 September 1927

0–6 v Huddersfield Town, First Division, 10 September 1930

• Record away defeat: 0–7[78]

v Blackburn Rovers, First Division, 10 April 1926

v Aston Villa, First Division, 27 December 1930

v Wolverhampton Wanderers, Second Division, 26 December 1931

Streaks

• Longest unbeaten run (all major competitions)^[D]: 45 matches, 26 December 1998 to 3 October 1999[81]
• Longest unbeaten run (League): 29 matches –
  • 26 December 1998 to 25 September 1999[82]
  • 11 April 2010 to 5 February 2011[83]
• Longest winning streak (League): 14 matches, 15 October 1904 to 3 January 1905[82]
• Longest losing streak (League): 14 matches, 26 April 1930 to 25 October 1930[82]
• Longest drawing streak (League): 6 matches, 30 October 1988 to 27 November 1988[82]
• Longest streak without a win (League): 16 matches, 19 April 1930 to 25 October 1930[82]
• Longest scoring run (League): 36 matches, 3 December 2007 to 15 November 2008[82]
• Longest non-scoring run (League): 5 matches, 22 February 1902 to 17 March 1902;[82] 7 February 1981 to 14 March 1981[84]
• Longest streak without conceding a goal (League): 14 matches, 15 November 2008 to 18 February 2009[85]

Wins/draws/losses in a season

• Most wins in a league season: 28 – 1905–06, 1956–57, 1999–2000, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13[1]
• Most draws in a league season: 18 – 1980–81[1]
• Most defeats in a league season: 27 – 1930–31[1]
• Fewest wins in a league season: 6 – 1892–93, 1893–94[86]
• Fewest draws in a league season: 2 – 1893–94[86]
• Fewest defeats in a league season: 3 – 1998–99, 1999–2000[1]

Goals

• Most League goals scored in a season: 103 – 1956–57, 1958–59[81]
• Most Premier League goals scored in a season: 97 – 1999–2000[81]
• Fewest League goals scored in a season: 36 – 1893–94[86]
• Most League goals conceded in a season: 115 – 1930–31[1]
• Fewest League goals conceded in a season: 22 – 2007–08[87]

Points

• Most points in a season:

Two points for a win: 64 in 42 matches, First Division, 1956–57[1]

Three points for a win:

92 in 42 matches, Premier League, 1993–94[1]

91 in 38 matches, Premier League, 1999–2000[1]

• Fewest points in a season:

Two points for a win:

22 in 42 matches, First Division, 1930–31[1]

14 in 30 matches, First Division, 1893–94[86]

Three points for a win: 48 in 38 matches, First Division, 1989–90[1]

Attendances

• Highest home attendance: 83,260 v Arsenal at Maine Road,^[E] First Division, 17 January 1948[88]
• Highest home attendance at Old Trafford: 76,098 v Blackburn Rovers, 31 March 2007[81]
• Highest away attendance: 135,000 v Real Madrid, European Cup, 11 April 1957[81]
• Lowest post-War home league attendance: 8,456 v Stoke City at Maine Road,^[E] First Division, 5 February 1947[89]

Season-by-season performance

League record by opponent

Footnotes

A. ^ Between 1949 and 1993, when the Charity Shield finished in a draw, the Shield would be shared by the two teams. In the 1980s and early 1990s, the Shield itself was held by each club for six months.[90]

B. ^ The Premier League took over from the First Division as the top tier of the English football league system upon its formation in 1992. The First Division then became the second tier of English football, the Second Division became the third tier, and so on. The First Division is now known as the Football League Championship, while the Second Division is now known as Football League One.

C. ^ The "Other" column constitutes goals and appearances (including those as a substitute) in the FA Community Shield, the UEFA Super Cup, the Intercontinental Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup.

D. ^ Major competitions include the Premier League, the FA Cup, the League Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

E. ^ Due to bomb damage to Old Trafford, in the period between the end of the Second World War and 1949, Manchester United played their home games at Maine Road, the home of Manchester City,[75] with the exception of two FA Cup matches in the 1947–48 season, which were played at Goodison Park, Liverpool, and Leeds Road, Huddersfield, respectively.

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