NEWTON HEATH & MANCHESTER UNITED OPPONENTS
COMPLETE HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD

Explore every Newton Heath and Manchester United opponent in full detail. Discover complete head-to-head records, results, wins, draws, defeats and goal records against every club faced in competitive football from 30/10/1886 to today.

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From local Lancashire rivals in the club’s early Newton Heath years to the giants of English, European and world football, Manchester United’s story has been shaped by the teams they have faced. The club’s earliest competitive opponents helped lay the foundations of its footballing identity, while decades of league, cup and European campaigns created a rich tapestry of rivalries, repeat meetings and historic contests. Every opponent tells part of the story, whether it be long-standing domestic battles, one-off cup ties, or famous European nights under the lights of Old Trafford.

Some head-to-head records reflect total dominance, while others reveal fierce, evenly matched rivalries that have defined entire eras. Encounters with clubs such as Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City and Leeds United form part of the club’s domestic backbone, while clashes with teams such as Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Juventus have helped define United’s global stature.

Across every era, this archive charts the complete statistical story against every opponent faced by Newton Heath and Manchester United, showing who the club has played, how often they met, and how those contests helped shape one of football’s richest histories.

Click on an opponent link below for a statistical breakdown unrivalled by other sites as we are proud to showcase the club’s entire history of first team games offering stats on appearances, goals, opponent manager, club manager, stadium, competition, opponent nationality, red cards, cup finals, penalties for, penalties against, own goals for, own goals against, most goals v opponent, most goals conceded against opponent, hat-tricks and a chronological list of all matches played.

Sorted By :- Diff (DESC) \| Records Found :- 237
No	Opponent	Nationality	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff ▼	Win%
1.	Aston Villa	England	202	108	42	52	372	259	+113	53.47
2.	Leicester City	England	141	74	31	36	285	184	+101	52.48
3.	Newcastle United	England	183	93	41	49	351	259	+92	50.82
4.	Southampton	England	135	70	38	27	239	147	+92	51.85
5.	Fulham	England	96	59	22	15	189	102	+87	61.46
6.	West Ham United	England	158	74	34	50	279	196	+83	46.84
7.	Chelsea	England	199	82	61	56	312	238	+74	41.21
8.	Luton Town	England	42	31	7	4	96	27	+69	73.81
9.	Charlton Athletic	England	60	39	11	10	126	61	+65	65.00
10.	Norwich City	England	72	42	13	17	126	66	+60	58.33
11.	Blackpool	England	89	49	18	22	173	114	+59	55.06
12.	Nottingham Forest	England	116	55	25	36	206	148	+58	47.41
13.	Coventry City	England	84	43	18	23	140	83	+57	51.19
14.	Wigan Athletic	England	20	19	0	1	62	5	+57	95.00
15.	Barnsley	England	39	23	11	5	83	27	+56	58.97
16.	Port Vale	England	45	30	5	10	97	42	+55	66.67
17.	Crystal Palace	England	70	43	14	13	119	65	+54	61.43
18.	Leeds United	England	117	51	38	28	173	121	+52	43.59
19.	Queens Park Rangers	England	53	34	13	6	98	46	+52	64.15
20.	Tottenham Hotspur	England	207	96	53	58	326	274	+52	46.38
21.	Middlesbrough	England	127	64	30	33	220	169	+51	50.39
22.	Birmingham City	England	106	49	32	25	164	114	+50	46.23
23.	Blackburn Rovers	England	113	52	29	32	211	165	+46	46.02
24.	Sunderland	England	147	67	38	42	254	208	+46	45.58
25.	Bradford City	England	51	24	15	12	86	41	+45	47.06
26.	Burnley	England	139	68	26	45	240	195	+45	48.92
27.	Portsmouth	England	75	36	19	20	121	81	+40	48.00
28.	Stoke City	England	108	44	36	28	166	127	+39	40.74
29.	Derby County	England	107	47	30	30	193	156	+37	43.93
30.	Oldham Athletic	England	44	21	12	11	91	54	+37	47.73
31.	West Bromwich Albion	England	134	57	33	44	235	198	+37	42.54
32.	Bolton Wanderers	England	121	54	25	42	195	159	+36	44.63
33.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	England	117	57	21	39	195	159	+36	48.72
34.	Everton	England	215	97	49	69	324	290	+34	45.12
35.	Hull City	England	32	21	5	6	62	28	+34	65.63
36.	Sheffield United	England	99	48	16	35	167	137	+30	48.48
37.	Watford	England	37	24	6	7	64	34	+30	64.86
38.	Sheffield Wednesday	England	124	54	27	43	200	171	+29	43.55
39.	Walsall	England	17	10	5	2	40	12	+28	58.82
40.	Huddersfield Town	England	50	23	16	11	95	68	+27	46.00
41.	Brighton	England	38	22	6	10	63	37	+26	57.89
42.	Ipswich Town	England	59	30	10	19	95	69	+26	50.85
43.	Reading	England	22	14	7	1	46	20	+26	63.64
44.	Wimbledon	England	32	17	8	7	56	30	+26	53.13
45.	Millwall	England	14	10	3	1	32	7	+25	71.43
46.	Glossop	England	14	11	2	1	34	10	+24	78.57
47.	Gainsborough Trinity	England	20	13	5	2	36	14	+22	65.00
48.	Loughborough Town	England	10	7	2	1	29	7	+22	70.00
49.	Bournemouth	England	26	14	7	5	52	31	+21	53.85
50.	Preston North End	England	76	32	22	22	125	104	+21	42.11
51.	Swansea City	Wales	32	16	6	10	54	34	+20	50.00
52.	Arsenal	England	245	100	55	90	368	349	+19	40.82
53.	Burton United	England	12	8	3	1	29	10	+19	66.67
54.	Chesterfield	England	20	13	1	6	41	22	+19	65.00
55.	Crewe Alexandra	England	6	6	0	0	20	2	+18	100.00
56.	Anderlecht	Belgium	8	5	1	2	25	8	+17	62.50
57.	Bury	England	44	23	8	13	66	49	+17	52.27
58.	Yeovil Town	England	4	4	0	0	17	0	+17	100.00
59.	Burton Swifts	England	14	7	4	3	36	21	+15	50.00
60.	Northampton Town	England	5	4	1	0	21	6	+15	80.00
61.	Notts County	England	50	21	15	14	79	64	+15	42.00
62.	Oxford United	England	16	9	3	4	32	17	+15	56.25
63.	Wrexham	Wales	5	5	0	0	17	2	+15	100.00
64.	Benfica	Portugal	11	8	2	1	25	11	+14	72.73
65.	Cardiff City	Wales	31	15	8	8	60	46	+14	48.39
66.	Darwen	England	12	6	3	3	27	13	+14	50.00
67.	Rotherham United	England	10	7	2	1	21	7	+14	70.00
68.	Doncaster Rovers	England	8	4	3	1	19	6	+13	50.00
69.	Roma	Italy	8	5	1	2	21	9	+12	62.50
70.	Stockport County	England	19	10	2	7	32	20	+12	52.63
71.	Accrington Stanley	England	5	2	3	0	19	8	+11	40.00
72.	Club Brugge	Belgium	4	3	1	0	13	2	+11	75.00
73.	Olympiakos Piraeus	Greece	6	5	0	1	15	4	+11	83.33
74.	Tranmere Rovers	England	2	2	0	0	11	0	+11	100.00
75.	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Germany	6	4	2	0	16	6	+10	66.67
76.	Leyton Orient	England	12	6	4	2	18	8	+10	50.00
77.	Brondby	Denmark	2	2	0	0	11	2	+9	100.00
78.	Sturm Graz	Austria	4	4	0	0	10	1	+9	100.00
79.	Borussia Dortmund	Germany	6	3	1	2	13	5	+8	50.00
80.	Bristol City	England	36	15	10	11	49	41	+8	41.67
81.	Burton Albion	England	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8	66.67
82.	Panathinaikos	Greece	4	3	1	0	10	2	+8	75.00
83.	Real Sociedad	Spain	8	4	3	1	11	3	+8	50.00
84.	Waterford	Ireland	2	2	0	0	10	2	+8	100.00
85.	Brentford	England	23	12	3	8	46	39	+7	52.17
86.	Dynamo Kiev	Ukraine	4	3	1	0	9	2	+7	75.00
87.	Exeter City	England	5	3	2	0	10	3	+7	60.00
88.	Hjk Helsinki	Finland	2	2	0	0	9	2	+7	100.00
89.	Rapid Vienna	Austria	4	3	1	0	7	0	+7	75.00
90.	Shamrock Rovers	Ireland	2	2	0	0	9	2	+7	100.00
91.	South Shields	England	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	66.67
92.	West Manchester	England	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7	100.00
93.	Boavista	Portugal	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
94.	Cambridge United	England	4	2	2	0	7	1	+6	50.00
95.	Colchester United	England	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
96.	CSKA Moscow	Russia	6	4	2	0	12	6	+6	66.67
97.	Debreceni Vsc	Hungary	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
98.	Feyenoord	Holland	4	3	0	1	9	3	+6	75.00
99.	Kosice	Slovakia	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
100.	LASK Linz	Austria	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00
101.	Rangers	Scotland	5	4	1	0	7	1	+6	80.00
102.	Saint Etienne	France	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6	75.00
103.	Aldershot	England	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	100.00
104.	Athletic Bilbao	Spain	6	3	0	3	16	11	+5	50.00
105.	Djurgardens IF	Sweden	2	1	1	0	7	2	+5	50.00
106.	Kettering Town	England	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	100.00
107.	Lincoln City	England	29	13	4	12	47	42	+5	44.83
108.	New Brighton Tower	England	6	4	0	2	11	6	+5	66.67
109.	Schalke 04	Germany	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	100.00
110.	Sheriff Tiraspol	Moldova	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
111.	Staple Hill	England	1	1	0	0	7	2	+5	100.00
112.	Strasbourg	France	2	1	1	0	5	0	+5	50.00
113.	Willem II	Holland	2	1	1	0	7	2	+5	50.00
114.	Ajax Amsterdam	Holland	5	3	0	2	7	3	+4	60.00
115.	ASK Vorwarts	Germany	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
116.	AZ Alkmaar	Holland	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4	50.00
117.	Bursaspor	Turkey	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
118.	Dinamo Bucharest	Romania	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
119.	Fenerbahce	Turkey	7	3	1	3	14	10	+4	42.86
120.	Granada CF	Spain	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
121.	Hibernians	Malta	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4	50.00
122.	Inter Milan	Italy	4	2	2	0	5	1	+4	50.00
123.	Nantes Atlantique	France	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4	50.00
124.	Nelson	England	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	66.67
125.	Otelul Galati	Romania	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
126.	RB Leipzig	Germany	2	1	0	1	7	3	+4	50.00
127.	Real Betis	Spain	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
128.	Swindon Town	England	6	3	1	2	16	12	+4	50.00
129.	Weymouth	England	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
130.	Zalaegerszeg	Hungary	2	1	0	1	5	1	+4	50.00
131.	Aa Aalborg	Denmark	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	50.00
132.	Barnet	England	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
133.	Basel	Switzerland	6	2	2	2	11	8	+3	33.33
134.	Bordeaux	France	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
135.	Celtic	Scotland	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	50.00
136.	Copenhagen	Denmark	5	3	0	2	8	5	+3	60.00
137.	FC Midtjylland	Denmark	2	1	0	1	6	3	+3	50.00
138.	Galatasaray	Turkey	8	2	4	2	13	10	+3	25.00
139.	Halifax Town	England	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	100.00
140.	Olympique Lyonnais	France	6	3	3	0	13	10	+3	50.00
141.	Partizan Belgrade	Serbia	4	3	0	1	5	2	+3	75.00
142.	Pecsi Munkas	Hungary	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
143.	Porto	Portugal	9	3	4	2	17	14	+3	33.33
144.	Raba Vasas Eto	Hungary	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	50.00
145.	SC Braga	Portugal	2	2	0	0	6	3	+3	100.00
146.	Scunthorpe United	England	1	1	0	0	5	2	+3	100.00
147.	Shrewsbury Town	England	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
148.	Southport Central	England	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
149.	Sparta Prague	Czech Republic	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	50.00
150.	Spartak Varna	Bulgaria	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
151.	Villarreal	Spain	7	2	5	0	5	2	+3	28.57
152.	Walthamstow Avenue	England	2	1	1	0	6	3	+3	50.00
153.	Wolfsburg	Germany	4	3	0	1	9	6	+3	75.00
154.	Young Boys	Switzerland	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	50.00
155.	Zorya Luhansk	Ukraine	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
156.	Athinaikos	Greece	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	50.00
157.	Bradford Park Avenue	England	22	10	3	9	40	38	+2	45.45
158.	Bristol Rovers	England	7	3	2	2	12	10	+2	42.86
159.	Carlisle United	England	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	50.00
160.	Dukla Prague	Czech Republic	4	1	2	1	6	4	+2	25.00
161.	FCSB	Romania	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
162.	Gamba Osaka	Japan	1	1	0	0	5	3	+2	100.00
163.	Higher Walton	England	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
164.	Honved	Hungary	2	2	0	0	5	3	+2	100.00
165.	Istanbul Basaksehir	Turkey	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	50.00
166.	Legia Warsaw	Poland	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	50.00
167.	Lille	France	6	3	2	1	4	2	+2	50.00
168.	Liverpool	England	218	85	61	72	296	294	+2	38.99
169.	Lks Lodz	Poland	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	50.00
170.	Manchester City	England	198	81	55	62	280	278	+2	40.91
171.	Montpellier Herault	France	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	50.00
172.	Newport County	Wales	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
173.	Omonia Nicosia	Cyprus	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
174.	PAOK	Greece	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
175.	Peterborough United	England	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
176.	Red Star Belgrade	Yugoslavia	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	66.67
177.	Rochdale	England	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	50.00
178.	South Melbourne	Australia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
179.	Valencia	Spain	10	2	6	2	8	6	+2	20.00
180.	Workington Reds	England	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
181.	Atalanta	Italy	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	50.00
182.	Bodo Glimt	Norway	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
183.	Celta Vigo	Spain	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	50.00
184.	Chester City	England	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
185.	Crawley Town	England	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
186.	Croatia Zagreb	Croatia	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	50.00
187.	Deportivo La Coruna	Spain	6	3	0	3	10	9	+1	50.00
188.	Dundee United	Scotland	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	50.00
189.	Gornik Zabrze	Poland	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	50.00
190.	Hartlepool United	England	1	1	0	0	4	3	+1	100.00
191.	Hereford United	England	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
192.	LDU Quito	Ecuador	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
193.	Olympique Marseille	France	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	50.00
194.	Oswaldtwistle Rovers	England	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
195.	Palmeiras	Brazil	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
196.	Plymouth Argyle	England	16	9	2	5	25	24	+1	56.25
197.	Rostov	Russia	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	50.00
198.	Sarajevo	Yugoslavia	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	50.00
199.	Shakhtar Donetsk	Ukraine	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	50.00
200.	Stuttgart	Germany	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	50.00
201.	Viktoria Plzen	Czech Republic	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
202.	York City	England	4	3	0	1	6	5	+1	75.00
203.	Besiktas JK	Turkey	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	50.00
204.	CFR Cluj	Romania	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	50.00
205.	FC Astana	Kazakhstan	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	50.00
206.	FC Twente	Holland	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0.00
207.	Fiorentina	Italy	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	50.00
208.	Fleetwood Rangers	England	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0.00
209.	Gothenburg	Sweden	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	50.00
210.	Grimsby Town	England	38	16	7	15	66	66	0	42.11
211.	Juventus	Italy	14	6	2	6	17	17	0	42.86
212.	Maccabi Haifa	Israel	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	50.00
213.	Monaco	France	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	0.00
214.	PSV Eindhoven	Holland	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	33.33
215.	Rayos Del Nexaca	Mexico	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0.00
216.	Rotor Volgograd	Russia	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0.00
217.	South Shore	England	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	50.00
218.	Sporting Club Lisbon	Portugal	4	3	0	1	7	7	0	75.00
219.	Torpedo Moscow	Russia	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.00
220.	Videoton	Hungary	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	50.00
221.	Widzew Lodz	Poland	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	0.00
222.	Bootle Reserves	England	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0.00
223.	Estudiantes De La Plata	Argentina	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1	0.00
224.	Ferencvaros	Hungary	3	1	0	2	4	5	-1	33.33
225.	Lazio	Italy	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0.00
226.	Paris Saint Germain	France	4	2	0	2	6	7	-1	50.00
227.	Southend United	England	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0.00
228.	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Russia	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0.00
229.	AC Milan	Italy	12	6	1	5	15	17	-2	50.00
230.	Burton Wanderers	England	6	2	1	3	8	10	-2	33.33
231.	Vasco Da Gama	Brazil	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0.00
232.	Atletico Madrid	Spain	4	0	2	2	2	6	-4	0.00
233.	Milton Keynes Dons	England	1	0	0	1	0	4	-4	0.00
234.	Bayern Munich	Germany	13	2	5	6	16	21	-5	15.38
235.	Real Madrid	Spain	11	2	4	5	17	22	-5	18.18
236.	Sevilla	Spain	5	0	2	3	4	9	-5	0.00
237.	Barcelona	Spain	15	4	5	6	19	27	-8	26.67
	Totals		6051	2996	1424	1631	10553	7383	+3170	49.51