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Manchester United opponent nationality records

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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Manchester United club crest PWDLFA record
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
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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
Other information
Goals scored Appearances Opponent manager Club manager
No Player Goals Apps
1. van Nistelrooy, Ruud 5 7
2. Solskjaer, Ole-Gunnar 5 9
3. Ibrahimovic, Zlatan 3 2
4. Rashford, Marcus 3 6
5. Hernandez, 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, Mikael 1 11
35. Scholes, Paul 1 15
No Player Apps Goals
1. Scholes, Paul 15 1
2. Giggs, Ryan 11 2
3. Silvestre, Mikael 11 1
4. Irwin, Denis 10 0
5. Beckham, David 10 2
6. Neville, Gary 10 1
7. Solskjaer, 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. Lindelof, 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. Veron, Juan Sebastian 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. Forlan, 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. Hojlund, Rasmus 2 0
107. Mainoo, Kobbie 2 1
108. Mazraoui, Noussair 2 0
109. Mount, Mason 2 0
110. Onana, Andre 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. Hernandez, 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
Manchester United stadiums played at Manchester United by competition Manchester United opponents Manchester United opponent nationality
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
1. France 34
Manchester United red cards Manchester United cup finals
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.
Manchester United penalties scored Manchester United penalties conceded
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
1. 17-04-2025 1 5-4 Europa League Olympique Lyonnais Corentin Tolisso 71', Nicolas Tagliafico 77', Rayan Cherki 104', Alexandre Lacazette 109' (pen)
Manchester United own goals for Manchester United own goals against
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 W 5-4 H Europa League
Manchester United hat-tricks vs opponent  
No Date Player G WDL F-A Opponent
1. 16-02-2017 Ibrahimovic, Zlatan 3 W 3-0 Saint Etienne
 
Matches played vs French opposition
No Date Comp Opponent WDL F-A HAN Scorers Opp Scorers
1. 12-05-1965 EL Strasbourg W 5-0 A John Connelly 19', David Herd 40', Denis Law 61', 88', Bobby Charlton 73'
2. 19-05-1965 EL Strasbourg D 0-0 H
3. 14-09-1977 CWC Saint Etienne D 1-1 A Gordon Hill 78' Christian Synaeghel 80'
4. 05-10-1977 CWC Saint Etienne W 2-0 H Stuart Pearson 32', Steve Coppell 65'
5. 06-03-1991 CWC Montpellier Herault D 1-1 H Brian McClair 1' Lee Martin 6' (o.g.)
6. 19-03-1991 CWC Montpellier Herault W 2-0 A Clayton Blackmore 45', Steve Bruce 47' (pen)
7. 04-03-1998 EC/UCL Monaco D 0-0 A
8. 18-03-1998 EC/UCL Monaco D 1-1 H Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 53' David Trezeguet 6'
9. 29-09-1999 EC/UCL Olympique Marseille W 2-1 H Andrew Cole 79', Paul Scholes 83' Ibrahim Bakayoko 41'
10. 19-10-1999 EC/UCL Olympique Marseille L 0-1 A William Gallas 69'
11. 01-03-2000 EC/UCL Bordeaux W 2-0 H Ryan Giggs 41', Teddy Sheringham 84'
12. 07-03-2000 EC/UCL Bordeaux W 2-1 A Roy Keane 33', Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 84' Michel Pavon 9'
13. 18-09-2001 EC/UCL Lille W 1-0 H David Beckham 90'
14. 31-10-2001 EC/UCL Lille D 1-1 A Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 6' Bruno Cheyrou 65'
15. 20-02-2002 EC/UCL Nantes Atlantique D 1-1 A Ruud van Nistelrooy 90'+4 (pen) Viorel Moldovan 9'
16. 26-02-2002 EC/UCL Nantes Atlantique W 5-1 H David Beckham 18', Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 31', 78', Mikael Silvestre 38', Ruud van Nistelrooy 64' (pen) Frederic Da Rocha 17'
17. 15-09-2004 EC/UCL Olympique Lyonnais D 2-2 A Ruud van Nistelrooy 56', 61' Cristiano Gomez Cris 35', Pierre-Alain Frau 44'
18. 23-11-2004 EC/UCL Olympique Lyonnais W 2-1 H Gary Neville 19', Ruud van Nistelrooy 53' Mahamadou Diarra 40'
19. 18-10-2005 EC/UCL Lille D 0-0 H
20. 02-11-2005 EC/UCL Lille L 0-1 A Milenko Acimovic 38'
21. 20-02-2007 EC/UCL Lille W 1-0 A Ryan Giggs 83'
22. 07-03-2007 EC/UCL Lille W 1-0 H Henrik Larsson 72'
23. 20-02-2008 EC/UCL Olympique Lyonnais D 1-1 A Carlos Tevez 87' Karim Benzema 54'
24. 04-03-2008 EC/UCL Olympique Lyonnais W 1-0 H Cristiano Ronaldo 41'
25. 23-02-2011 EC/UCL Olympique Marseille D 0-0 A
26. 15-03-2011 EC/UCL Olympique Marseille W 2-1 H Javier Hernandez 5', 75' Wesley Brown 83' (o.g.)
27. 16-02-2017 EL Saint Etienne W 3-0 H Zlatan Ibrahimovic 15', 75', 88' (pen)
28. 22-02-2017 EL Saint Etienne W 1-0 A Henrikh Mkhitaryan 16'
29. 12-02-2019 EC/UCL Paris Saint Germain L 0-2 H Presnel Kimpembe 53', Kylian Mbappe 60'
30. 06-03-2019 EC/UCL Paris Saint Germain W 3-1 A Romelu Lukaku 2', 30', Marcus Rashford 90'+4 (pen) Juan Bernat 12'
31. 20-10-2020 EC/UCL Paris Saint Germain W 2-1 A Bruno Fernandes 23' (pen), Marcus Rashford 87' Anthony Martial 55' (o.g.)
32. 02-12-2020 EC/UCL Paris Saint Germain L 1-3 H Marcus Rashford 32' Neymar 6', 90'+1, Marquinhos 69'
33. 10-04-2025 EL Olympique Lyonnais D 2-2 A Leny Yoro 45'+5, Joshua Zirkzee 88' Thiago Almada 25', Rayan Cherki 90'+5
34. 17-04-2025 EL Olympique Lyonnais W 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)
 

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