Manchester United vs French opponents
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Explore the complete statistical record of every Newton Heath and Manchester United competitive first-team match played against French opposition. This page includes results, wins, draws, defeats, goals scored, goals conceded, opponents faced, stadiums, managers, attendances, red cards, penalties, own goals, hat-tricks, and a full chronological list of all matches played against clubs from France.

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	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	17	11	4	2	29	15	+14	64.71
A	17	7	8	2	24	13	+11	41.18
Total	34	18	12	4	53	28	+25	52.94

France (French clubs)

First Match Played:	12 May 1965 Strasbourg W 5-0 @ Stade de la Meinau
Last Match Played:	17 Apr 2025 Olympique Lyonnais W 5-4 @ Old Trafford
Highest Attendance:	(75521) 04 Mar 2008 Olympique Lyonnais W 1-0 @ Old Trafford
Most Goals Scored vs This Nationality:	(5) See table below
Most Goals Conceded vs This Nationality:	(4) See table below

Player

1.	van Nistelrooy, Ruud	5	7
2.	Solskjær, Ole-Gunnar	5	9
3.	Ibrahimovic, Zlatan	3	2
4.	Rashford, Marcus	3	6
5.	Hernández, Javier	2	1
6.	Law, Denis	2	2
7.	Lukaku, Romelu	2	2
8.	Fernandes, Bruno	2	4
9.	Beckham, David	2	10
10.	Giggs, Ryan	2	11
11.	Bruce, Steve	1	1
12.	Mkhitaryan, Henrikh	1	1
13.	Zirkzee, Joshua	1	1
14.	Charlton, Bobby	1	2
15.	Connelly, John	1	2
16.	Herd, David	1	2
17.	Coppell, Steve	1	2
18.	Hill, Gordon	1	2
19.	Pearson, Stuart	1	2
20.	Blackmore, Clayton	1	2
21.	Larsson, Henrik	1	2
22.	Tevez, Carlos	1	2
23.	Mainoo, Kobbie	1	2
24.	Ugarte, Manuel	1	2
25.	Yoro, Leny	1	2
26.	McClair, Brian	1	3
27.	Dalot, Diogo	1	3
28.	Maguire, Harry	1	3
29.	Sheringham, Teddy	1	5
30.	Cole, Andrew	1	7
31.	Keane, Roy	1	8
32.	Ronaldo, Cristiano	1	8
33.	Neville, Gary	1	10
34.	Silvestre, Mikaël	1	11
35.	Scholes, Paul	1	15

Player

1.	Scholes, Paul	15	1
2.	Giggs, Ryan	11	2
3.	Silvestre, Mikaël	11	1
4.	Irwin, Denis	10	0
5.	Beckham, David	10	2
6.	Neville, Gary	10	1
7.	Solskjær, Ole-Gunnar	9	5
8.	Neville, Phillip	8	0
9.	Keane, Roy	8	1
10.	O'Shea, John	8	0
11.	Ronaldo, Cristiano	8	1
12.	Rooney, Wayne	8	0
13.	van der Sar, Edwin	8	0
14.	Butt, Nicky	7	0
15.	Cole, Andrew	7	1
16.	Brown, Wesley	7	0
17.	van Nistelrooy, Ruud	7	5
18.	Ferdinand, Rio	7	0
19.	Carrick, Michael	7	0
20.	Rashford, Marcus	6	3
21.	Berg, Henning	5	0
22.	Sheringham, Teddy	5	1
23.	Smith, Alan	5	0
24.	Fletcher, Darren	5	0
25.	Evra, Patrice	5	0
26.	Vidic, Nemanja	5	0
27.	Smalling, Chris	5	0
28.	Pogba, Paul	5	0
29.	Lindelöf, Victor	5	0
30.	van der Gouw, Raimond	4	0
31.	Fortune, Quinton	4	0
32.	Stam, Jaap	4	0
33.	Yorke, Dwight	4	0
34.	Nani, Luis	4	0
35.	Bailly, Eric	4	0
36.	Martial, Anthony	4	0
37.	Young, Ashley	4	0
38.	de Gea, David	4	0
39.	Shaw, Luke	4	0
40.	Fernandes, Bruno	4	2
41.	McClair, Brian	3	1
42.	Johnsen, Ronny	3	0
43.	Barthez, Fabien	3	0
44.	Blanc, Laurent	3	0
45.	Verón, Juan Sebastián	3	0
46.	Park, Ji-Sung	3	0
47.	Mata, Juan	3	0
48.	Dalot, Diogo	3	1
49.	McTominay, Scott	3	0
50.	Rodrigues, Fredico "Fred"	3	0
51.	Maguire, Harry	3	1
52.	Best, George	2	0
53.	Brennan, Shay	2	0
54.	Charlton, Bobby	2	1
55.	Connelly, John	2	1
56.	Crerand, Pat	2	0
57.	Dunne, Patrick	2	0
58.	Dunne, Tony	2	0
59.	Foulkes, William	2	0
60.	Herd, David	2	1
61.	Law, Denis	2	2
62.	Stiles, Nobby	2	0
63.	Albiston, Arthur	2	0
64.	Buchan, Martin	2	0
65.	Coppell, Steve	2	1
66.	Greenhoff, Brian	2	0
67.	Hill, Gordon	2	1
68.	McGrath, Chris	2	0
69.	McIlroy, Sammy	2	0
70.	Nicholl, Jimmy	2	0
71.	Pearson, Stuart	2	1
72.	Stepney, Alex	2	0
73.	Blackmore, Clayton	2	1
74.	Hughes, Mark	2	0
75.	Ince, Paul	2	0
76.	Martin, Lee A.	2	0
77.	Pallister, Gary	2	0
78.	Phelan, Mike	2	0
79.	Robson, Bryan	2	0
80.	Sealey, Les	2	0
81.	Sharpe, Lee	2	0
82.	Clegg, Michael	2	0
83.	Carroll, Roy	2	0
84.	Forlán, Diego	2	0
85.	Heinze, Gabriel	2	0
86.	Richardson, Kieran	2	0
87.	Larsson, Henrik	2	1
88.	Anderson, Oliveira	2	0
89.	Hargreaves, Owen	2	0
90.	Tevez, Carlos	2	1
91.	Valencia, Antonio	2	0
92.	Blind, Daley	2	0
93.	Fellaini, Marouane	2	0
94.	Herrera, Ander	2	0
95.	Ibrahimovic, Zlatan	2	3
96.	Lingard, Jesse	2	0
97.	Romero, Sergio	2	0
98.	Lukaku, Romelu	2	2
99.	Greenwood, Mason	2	0
100.	Telles, Alex	2	0
101.	van de Beek, Donny	2	0
102.	Wan-Bissaka, Aaron	2	0
103.	Casemiro, Carlos	2	0
104.	Dorgu, Patrick	2	0
105.	Garnacho, Alejandro	2	0
106.	Højlund, Rasmus	2	0
107.	Mainoo, Kobbie	2	1
108.	Mazraoui, Noussair	2	0
109.	Mount, Mason	2	0
110.	Onana, André	2	0
111.	Ugarte, Manuel	2	1
112.	Yoro, Leny	2	1
113.	Grimes, Ashley	1	0
114.	Houston, Stewart	1	0
115.	McCreery, David	1	0
116.	Greenhoff, Jimmy	1	0
117.	Macari, Lou	1	0
118.	Donaghy, Mal	1	0
119.	Wallace, Danny	1	0
120.	Bruce, Steve	1	1
121.	Schmeichel, Peter	1	0
122.	Bosnich, Mark	1	0
123.	May, David	1	0
124.	Djemba Djemba, Eric	1	0
125.	Howard, Tim	1	0
126.	Bardsley, Phil	1	0
127.	Rossi, Giuseppe	1	0
128.	Saha, Louis	1	0
129.	Berbatov, Dimitar	1	0
130.	Gibson, Darron	1	0
131.	da Silva, Fabio	1	0
132.	da Silva, Rafael	1	0
133.	Hernández, Javier	1	2
134.	Mkhitaryan, Henrikh	1	1
135.	Rojo, Marcos	1	0
136.	Schweinsteiger, Bastian	1	0
137.	Matic, Nemanja	1	0
138.	Sánchez, Alexis	1	0
139.	Chong, Tahith	1	0
140.	Pereira, Andreas	1	0
141.	James, Daniel	1	0
142.	Tuanzebe, Axel	1	0
143.	Cavani, Edinson	1	0
144.	Ighalo, Odion	1	0
145.	Zirkzee, Joshua	1	1
146.	Amass, Harry	1	0
147.	Eriksen, Christian	1	0

No	Opponent Manager	Count

1.	Puel, Claude	4
2.	Tuchel, Thomas	4
3.	Frantz, Paul	2
4.	Herbin, Robert	2
5.	Kasperczak, Henryk	2
6.	Tigana, Jean	2
7.	Courbis, Rolland	2
8.	Baup, Elie	2
9.	Halilhodzic, Vahid	2
10.	Marcos, Angel	2
11.	Le Guen, Paul	2
12.	Perrin, Alain	2
13.	Deschamps, Didier	2
14.	Galtier, Christophe	2
15.	Fonseca, Paulo	2

No	MUFC Managers	Count

1.	Ferguson, Alex	22
2.	Solskjaer, Ole-Gunnar	4
3.	Busby, Matt	2
4.	Sexton, Dave	2
5.	Mourinho, Jose	2
6.	Amorim, Ruben	2

No	Stadium	Count

1.	Old Trafford	16
2.	Geoffrey Guichard	2
3.	Stade Velodrome	2
4.	Stade Felix Bollaert	2
5.	Stade de Gerland	2
6.	Le Parc des Princes	2
7.	Stade de la Meinau	1
8.	Home Park	1
9.	Stade de la Mosson	1
10.	Stade Louis II	1
11.	Stade Lescure	1
12.	Stade Beaujoire	1
13.	Stade de France	1
14.	Groupama Stadium	1

No	Competition	Count

1.	European Cup	24
2.	Europa League	6
3.	Cup Winners Cup	4

No	Opponent	Count

1.	Lille	6
2.	Olympique Lyonnais	6
3.	Olympique Marseille	4
4.	Paris Saint Germain	4
5.	Saint Etienne	4
6.	Bordeaux	2
7.	Monaco	2
8.	Montpellier Herault	2
9.	Nantes Atlantique	2
10.	Strasbourg	2

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

France

No	Date	Player	Opponent	HAN	WDL	F-A

1.	18-10-2005	Scholes, Paul	Lille	H	D	0-0
2.	22-02-2017	Bailly, Eric	Saint Etienne	A	W	1-0
3.	12-02-2019	Pogba, Paul	Paris Saint Germain	H	L	0-2
4.	02-12-2020	Rodrigues, Fredico "Fred"	Paris Saint Germain	H	L	1-3

No	Date	WDL	F-A	Opponent	Competition

No cup finals found for opponent nationality: France.

No	Date	Player	Pens	WDL	F-A	Opponent

1.	19-03-1991	Bruce, Steve	1	W	2-0	Montpellier Herault
2.	20-02-2002	van Nistelrooy, Ruud	1	D	1-1	Nantes Atlantique
3.	26-02-2002	van Nistelrooy, Ruud	1	W	5-1	Nantes Atlantique
4.	16-02-2017	Ibrahimovic, Zlatan	1	W	3-0	Saint Etienne
5.	06-03-2019	Rashford, Marcus	1	W	3-1	Paris Saint Germain
6.	20-10-2020	Fernandes, Bruno	1	W	2-1	Paris Saint Germain
7.	17-04-2025	Fernandes, Bruno	1	W	5-4	Olympique Lyonnais

No	Date	Count	F-A	Competition	Opponent	Opponent scorers

17-04-2025

5-4

Europa League

Olympique Lyonnais

Corentin Tolisso 71', Nicolas Tagliafico 77', Rayan Cherki 104', Alexandre Lacazette 109' (pen)

No	Date	OG	F-A	Opponent	Scorers
No own goals recorded against opponents from France.

Date	OG	WDL	F-A	HAN	Comp	Opponent	Player
06-03-1991	1	D	1-1	H	Cup Winners Cup	Montpellier Herault	Martin, Lee A.
15-03-2011	1	W	2-1	H	European Cup	Olympique Marseille	Brown, Wesley
20-10-2020	1	W	2-1	A	European Cup	Paris Saint Germain	Martial, Anthony

Manchester United most goals scored vs opponent

Manchester United most goals conceded vs opponent

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition

12-05-1965	Strasbourg	W	5-0	A	Europa League
26-02-2002	Nantes Atlantique	W	5-1	H	European Cup
17-04-2025	Olympique Lyonnais	W	5-4	H	Europa League

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition

17-04-2025

Olympique Lyonnais

5-4

Europa League

Manchester United hat-tricks vs opponent

No	Date	Player		WDL	F-A	Opponent

16-02-2017

Ibrahimovic, Zlatan

3-0

Saint Etienne

No	Date	Opponent	F-A	HAN	Scorers	Opp Scorers
1.	12-05-1965	Strasbourg	5-0	A	John Connelly 19', David Herd 40', Denis Law 61', 88', Bobby Charlton 73'
2.	19-05-1965	Strasbourg	0-0	H
3.	14-09-1977	Saint Etienne	1-1	A	Gordon Hill 78'	Christian Synaeghel 80'
4.	05-10-1977	Saint Etienne	2-0	H	Stuart Pearson 32', Steve Coppell 65'
5.	06-03-1991	Montpellier Herault	1-1	H	Brian McClair 1'	Lee Martin 6' (o.g.)
6.	19-03-1991	Montpellier Herault	2-0	A	Clayton Blackmore 45', Steve Bruce 47' (pen)
7.	04-03-1998	Monaco	0-0	A
8.	18-03-1998	Monaco	1-1	H	Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 53'	David Trezeguet 6'
9.	29-09-1999	Olympique Marseille	2-1	H	Andrew Cole 79', Paul Scholes 83'	Ibrahim Bakayoko 41'
10.	19-10-1999	Olympique Marseille	0-1	A		William Gallas 69'
11.	01-03-2000	Bordeaux	2-0	H	Ryan Giggs 41', Teddy Sheringham 84'
12.	07-03-2000	Bordeaux	2-1	A	Roy Keane 33', Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 84'	Michel Pavon 9'
13.	18-09-2001	Lille	1-0	H	David Beckham 90'
14.	31-10-2001	Lille	1-1	A	Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 6'	Bruno Cheyrou 65'
15.	20-02-2002	Nantes Atlantique	1-1	A	Ruud van Nistelrooy 90'+4 (pen)	Viorel Moldovan 9'
16.	26-02-2002	Nantes Atlantique	5-1	H	David Beckham 18', Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 31', 78', Mikaël Silvestre 38', Ruud van Nistelrooy 64' (pen)	Frederic Da Rocha 17'
17.	15-09-2004	Olympique Lyonnais	2-2	A	Ruud van Nistelrooy 56', 61'	Cristiano Gomez Cris 35', Pierre-Alain Frau 44'
18.	23-11-2004	Olympique Lyonnais	2-1	H	Gary Neville 19', Ruud van Nistelrooy 53'	Mahamadou Diarra 40'
19.	18-10-2005	Lille	0-0	H
20.	02-11-2005	Lille	0-1	A		Milenko Acimovic 38'
21.	20-02-2007	Lille	1-0	A	Ryan Giggs 83'
22.	07-03-2007	Lille	1-0	H	Henrik Larsson 72'
23.	20-02-2008	Olympique Lyonnais	1-1	A	Carlos Tevez 87'	Karim Benzema 54'
24.	04-03-2008	Olympique Lyonnais	1-0	H	Cristiano Ronaldo 41'
25.	23-02-2011	Olympique Marseille	0-0	A
26.	15-03-2011	Olympique Marseille	2-1	H	Javier Hernandez 5', 75'	Wesley Brown 83' (o.g.)
27.	16-02-2017	Saint Etienne	3-0	H	Zlatan Ibrahimovic 15', 75', 88' (pen)
28.	22-02-2017	Saint Etienne	1-0	A	Henrikh Mkhitaryan 16'
29.	12-02-2019	Paris Saint Germain	0-2	H		Presnel Kimpembe 53', Kylian Mbappe 60'
30.	06-03-2019	Paris Saint Germain	3-1	A	Romelu Lukaku 2', 30', Marcus Rashford 90'+4 (pen)	Juan Bernat 12'
31.	20-10-2020	Paris Saint Germain	2-1	A	Bruno Fernandes 23' (pen), Marcus Rashford 87'	Anthony Martial 55' (o.g.)
32.	02-12-2020	Paris Saint Germain	1-3	H	Marcus Rashford 32'	Neymar 6', 90'+1, Marquinhos 69'
33.	10-04-2025	Olympique Lyonnais	2-2	A	Leny Yoro 45'+5, Joshua Zirkzee 88'	Thiago Almada 25', Rayan Cherki 90'+5
34.	17-04-2025	Olympique Lyonnais	5-4	H	Manuel Ugarte 10', Diogo Dalot 45'+1, Bruno Fernandes 114' (pen), Kobbie Mainoo 120', Harry Maguire 120'+1	Corentin Tolisso 71', Nicolas Tagliafico 77', Rayan Cherki 104', Alexandre Lacazette 109' (pen)