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 :- Opponent (DESC) \| Records Found :- 237
No	Opponent ▼	Nationality	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
1.	Zorya Luhansk	Ukraine	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
2.	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Russia	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0.00
3.	Zalaegerszeg	Hungary	2	1	0	1	5	1	+4	50.00
4.	Young Boys	Switzerland	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	50.00
5.	York City	England	4	3	0	1	6	5	+1	75.00
6.	Yeovil Town	England	4	4	0	0	17	0	+17	100.00
7.	Wrexham	Wales	5	5	0	0	17	2	+15	100.00
8.	Workington Reds	England	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
9.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	England	117	57	21	39	195	159	+36	48.72
10.	Wolfsburg	Germany	4	3	0	1	9	6	+3	75.00
11.	Wimbledon	England	32	17	8	7	56	30	+26	53.13
12.	Willem II	Holland	2	1	1	0	7	2	+5	50.00
13.	Wigan Athletic	England	20	19	0	1	62	5	+57	95.00
14.	Widzew Lodz	Poland	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	0.00
15.	Weymouth	England	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
16.	West Manchester	England	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7	100.00
17.	West Ham United	England	158	74	34	50	279	196	+83	46.84
18.	West Bromwich Albion	England	134	57	33	44	235	198	+37	42.54
19.	Watford	England	37	24	6	7	64	34	+30	64.86
20.	Waterford	Ireland	2	2	0	0	10	2	+8	100.00
21.	Walthamstow Avenue	England	2	1	1	0	6	3	+3	50.00
22.	Walsall	England	17	10	5	2	40	12	+28	58.82
23.	Villarreal	Spain	7	2	5	0	5	2	+3	28.57
24.	Viktoria Plzen	Czech Republic	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
25.	Videoton	Hungary	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	50.00
26.	Vasco Da Gama	Brazil	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0.00
27.	Valencia	Spain	10	2	6	2	8	6	+2	20.00
28.	Tranmere Rovers	England	2	2	0	0	11	0	+11	100.00
29.	Tottenham Hotspur	England	207	96	53	58	326	274	+52	46.38
30.	Torpedo Moscow	Russia	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.00
31.	Swindon Town	England	6	3	1	2	16	12	+4	50.00
32.	Swansea City	Wales	32	16	6	10	54	34	+20	50.00
33.	Sunderland	England	147	67	38	42	254	208	+46	45.58
34.	Stuttgart	Germany	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	50.00
35.	Sturm Graz	Austria	4	4	0	0	10	1	+9	100.00
36.	Strasbourg	France	2	1	1	0	5	0	+5	50.00
37.	Stoke City	England	108	44	36	28	166	127	+39	40.74
38.	Stockport County	England	19	10	2	7	32	20	+12	52.63
39.	Staple Hill	England	1	1	0	0	7	2	+5	100.00
40.	Sporting Club Lisbon	Portugal	4	3	0	1	7	7	0	75.00
41.	Spartak Varna	Bulgaria	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
42.	Sparta Prague	Czech Republic	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	50.00
43.	Southport Central	England	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
44.	Southend United	England	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0.00
45.	Southampton	England	135	70	38	27	239	147	+92	51.85
46.	South Shore	England	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	50.00
47.	South Shields	England	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	66.67
48.	South Melbourne	Australia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
49.	Shrewsbury Town	England	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
50.	Sheriff Tiraspol	Moldova	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
51.	Sheffield Wednesday	England	124	54	27	43	200	171	+29	43.55
52.	Sheffield United	England	99	48	16	35	167	137	+30	48.48
53.	Shamrock Rovers	Ireland	2	2	0	0	9	2	+7	100.00
54.	Shakhtar Donetsk	Ukraine	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	50.00
55.	Sevilla	Spain	5	0	2	3	4	9	-5	0.00
56.	Scunthorpe United	England	1	1	0	0	5	2	+3	100.00
57.	Schalke 04	Germany	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	100.00
58.	SC Braga	Portugal	2	2	0	0	6	3	+3	100.00
59.	Sarajevo	Yugoslavia	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	50.00
60.	Saint Etienne	France	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6	75.00
61.	Rotor Volgograd	Russia	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0.00
62.	Rotherham United	England	10	7	2	1	21	7	+14	70.00
63.	Rostov	Russia	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	50.00
64.	Roma	Italy	8	5	1	2	21	9	+12	62.50
65.	Rochdale	England	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	50.00
66.	Red Star Belgrade	Yugoslavia	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	66.67
67.	Real Sociedad	Spain	8	4	3	1	11	3	+8	50.00
68.	Real Madrid	Spain	11	2	4	5	17	22	-5	18.18
69.	Real Betis	Spain	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
70.	Reading	England	22	14	7	1	46	20	+26	63.64
71.	RB Leipzig	Germany	2	1	0	1	7	3	+4	50.00
72.	Rayos Del Nexaca	Mexico	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0.00
73.	Rapid Vienna	Austria	4	3	1	0	7	0	+7	75.00
74.	Rangers	Scotland	5	4	1	0	7	1	+6	80.00
75.	Raba Vasas Eto	Hungary	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	50.00
76.	Queens Park Rangers	England	53	34	13	6	98	46	+52	64.15
77.	PSV Eindhoven	Holland	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	33.33
78.	Preston North End	England	76	32	22	22	125	104	+21	42.11
79.	Portsmouth	England	75	36	19	20	121	81	+40	48.00
80.	Porto	Portugal	9	3	4	2	17	14	+3	33.33
81.	Port Vale	England	45	30	5	10	97	42	+55	66.67
82.	Plymouth Argyle	England	16	9	2	5	25	24	+1	56.25
83.	Peterborough United	England	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
84.	Pecsi Munkas	Hungary	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
85.	Partizan Belgrade	Serbia	4	3	0	1	5	2	+3	75.00
86.	Paris Saint Germain	France	4	2	0	2	6	7	-1	50.00
87.	PAOK	Greece	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
88.	Panathinaikos	Greece	4	3	1	0	10	2	+8	75.00
89.	Palmeiras	Brazil	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
90.	Oxford United	England	16	9	3	4	32	17	+15	56.25
91.	Otelul Galati	Romania	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
92.	Oswaldtwistle Rovers	England	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
93.	Omonia Nicosia	Cyprus	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
94.	Olympique Marseille	France	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	50.00
95.	Olympique Lyonnais	France	6	3	3	0	13	10	+3	50.00
96.	Olympiakos Piraeus	Greece	6	5	0	1	15	4	+11	83.33
97.	Oldham Athletic	England	44	21	12	11	91	54	+37	47.73
98.	Notts County	England	50	21	15	14	79	64	+15	42.00
99.	Nottingham Forest	England	116	55	25	36	206	148	+58	47.41
100.	Norwich City	England	72	42	13	17	126	66	+60	58.33
101.	Northampton Town	England	5	4	1	0	21	6	+15	80.00
102.	Newport County	Wales	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
103.	Newcastle United	England	183	93	41	49	351	259	+92	50.82
104.	New Brighton Tower	England	6	4	0	2	11	6	+5	66.67
105.	Nelson	England	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	66.67
106.	Nantes Atlantique	France	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4	50.00
107.	Montpellier Herault	France	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	50.00
108.	Monaco	France	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	0.00
109.	Milton Keynes Dons	England	1	0	0	1	0	4	-4	0.00
110.	Millwall	England	14	10	3	1	32	7	+25	71.43
111.	Middlesbrough	England	127	64	30	33	220	169	+51	50.39
112.	Manchester City	England	198	81	55	62	280	278	+2	40.91
113.	Maccabi Haifa	Israel	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	50.00
114.	Luton Town	England	42	31	7	4	96	27	+69	73.81
115.	Loughborough Town	England	10	7	2	1	29	7	+22	70.00
116.	Lks Lodz	Poland	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	50.00
117.	Liverpool	England	218	85	61	72	296	294	+2	38.99
118.	Lincoln City	England	29	13	4	12	47	42	+5	44.83
119.	Lille	France	6	3	2	1	4	2	+2	50.00
120.	Leyton Orient	England	12	6	4	2	18	8	+10	50.00
121.	Leicester City	England	141	74	31	36	285	184	+101	52.48
122.	Legia Warsaw	Poland	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	50.00
123.	Leeds United	England	117	51	38	28	173	121	+52	43.59
124.	LDU Quito	Ecuador	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
125.	Lazio	Italy	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0.00
126.	LASK Linz	Austria	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00
127.	Kosice	Slovakia	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
128.	Kettering Town	England	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	100.00
129.	Juventus	Italy	14	6	2	6	17	17	0	42.86
130.	Istanbul Basaksehir	Turkey	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	50.00
131.	Ipswich Town	England	59	30	10	19	95	69	+26	50.85
132.	Inter Milan	Italy	4	2	2	0	5	1	+4	50.00
133.	Hull City	England	32	21	5	6	62	28	+34	65.63
134.	Huddersfield Town	England	50	23	16	11	95	68	+27	46.00
135.	Honved	Hungary	2	2	0	0	5	3	+2	100.00
136.	Hjk Helsinki	Finland	2	2	0	0	9	2	+7	100.00
137.	Higher Walton	England	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
138.	Hibernians	Malta	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4	50.00
139.	Hereford United	England	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
140.	Hartlepool United	England	1	1	0	0	4	3	+1	100.00
141.	Halifax Town	England	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	100.00
142.	Grimsby Town	England	38	16	7	15	66	66	0	42.11
143.	Granada CF	Spain	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
144.	Gothenburg	Sweden	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	50.00
145.	Gornik Zabrze	Poland	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	50.00
146.	Glossop	England	14	11	2	1	34	10	+24	78.57
147.	Gamba Osaka	Japan	1	1	0	0	5	3	+2	100.00
148.	Galatasaray	Turkey	8	2	4	2	13	10	+3	25.00
149.	Gainsborough Trinity	England	20	13	5	2	36	14	+22	65.00
150.	Fulham	England	96	59	22	15	189	102	+87	61.46
151.	Fleetwood Rangers	England	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0.00
152.	Fiorentina	Italy	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	50.00
153.	Feyenoord	Holland	4	3	0	1	9	3	+6	75.00
154.	Ferencvaros	Hungary	3	1	0	2	4	5	-1	33.33
155.	Fenerbahce	Turkey	7	3	1	3	14	10	+4	42.86
156.	FCSB	Romania	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
157.	FC Twente	Holland	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0.00
158.	FC Midtjylland	Denmark	2	1	0	1	6	3	+3	50.00
159.	FC Astana	Kazakhstan	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	50.00
160.	Exeter City	England	5	3	2	0	10	3	+7	60.00
161.	Everton	England	215	97	49	69	324	290	+34	45.12
162.	Estudiantes De La Plata	Argentina	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1	0.00
163.	Dynamo Kiev	Ukraine	4	3	1	0	9	2	+7	75.00
164.	Dundee United	Scotland	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	50.00
165.	Dukla Prague	Czech Republic	4	1	2	1	6	4	+2	25.00
166.	Doncaster Rovers	England	8	4	3	1	19	6	+13	50.00
167.	Djurgardens IF	Sweden	2	1	1	0	7	2	+5	50.00
168.	Dinamo Bucharest	Romania	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
169.	Derby County	England	107	47	30	30	193	156	+37	43.93
170.	Deportivo La Coruna	Spain	6	3	0	3	10	9	+1	50.00
171.	Debreceni Vsc	Hungary	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
172.	Darwen	England	12	6	3	3	27	13	+14	50.00
173.	CSKA Moscow	Russia	6	4	2	0	12	6	+6	66.67
174.	Crystal Palace	England	70	43	14	13	119	65	+54	61.43
175.	Croatia Zagreb	Croatia	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	50.00
176.	Crewe Alexandra	England	6	6	0	0	20	2	+18	100.00
177.	Crawley Town	England	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
178.	Coventry City	England	84	43	18	23	140	83	+57	51.19
179.	Copenhagen	Denmark	5	3	0	2	8	5	+3	60.00
180.	Colchester United	England	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
181.	Club Brugge	Belgium	4	3	1	0	13	2	+11	75.00
182.	Chesterfield	England	20	13	1	6	41	22	+19	65.00
183.	Chester City	England	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
184.	Chelsea	England	199	82	61	56	312	238	+74	41.21
185.	Charlton Athletic	England	60	39	11	10	126	61	+65	65.00
186.	CFR Cluj	Romania	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	50.00
187.	Celtic	Scotland	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	50.00
188.	Celta Vigo	Spain	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	50.00
189.	Carlisle United	England	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	50.00
190.	Cardiff City	Wales	31	15	8	8	60	46	+14	48.39
191.	Cambridge United	England	4	2	2	0	7	1	+6	50.00
192.	Bury	England	44	23	8	13	66	49	+17	52.27
193.	Burton Wanderers	England	6	2	1	3	8	10	-2	33.33
194.	Burton United	England	12	8	3	1	29	10	+19	66.67
195.	Burton Swifts	England	14	7	4	3	36	21	+15	50.00
196.	Burton Albion	England	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8	66.67
197.	Bursaspor	Turkey	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
198.	Burnley	England	139	68	26	45	240	195	+45	48.92
199.	Brondby	Denmark	2	2	0	0	11	2	+9	100.00
200.	Bristol Rovers	England	7	3	2	2	12	10	+2	42.86
201.	Bristol City	England	36	15	10	11	49	41	+8	41.67
202.	Brighton	England	37	21	6	10	60	37	+23	56.76
203.	Brentford	England	23	12	3	8	46	39	+7	52.17
204.	Bradford Park Avenue	England	22	10	3	9	40	38	+2	45.45
205.	Bradford City	England	51	24	15	12	86	41	+45	47.06
206.	Bournemouth	England	26	14	7	5	52	31	+21	53.85
207.	Borussia Dortmund	Germany	6	3	1	2	13	5	+8	50.00
208.	Bordeaux	France	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
209.	Bootle Reserves	England	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0.00
210.	Bolton Wanderers	England	121	54	25	42	195	159	+36	44.63
211.	Bodo Glimt	Norway	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
212.	Boavista	Portugal	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
213.	Blackpool	England	89	49	18	22	173	114	+59	55.06
214.	Blackburn Rovers	England	113	52	29	32	211	165	+46	46.02
215.	Birmingham City	England	106	49	32	25	164	114	+50	46.23
216.	Besiktas JK	Turkey	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	50.00
217.	Benfica	Portugal	11	8	2	1	25	11	+14	72.73
218.	Bayern Munich	Germany	13	2	5	6	16	21	-5	15.38
219.	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Germany	6	4	2	0	16	6	+10	66.67
220.	Basel	Switzerland	6	2	2	2	11	8	+3	33.33
221.	Barnsley	England	39	23	11	5	83	27	+56	58.97
222.	Barnet	England	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
223.	Barcelona	Spain	15	4	5	6	19	27	-8	26.67
224.	AZ Alkmaar	Holland	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4	50.00
225.	Atletico Madrid	Spain	4	0	2	2	2	6	-4	0.00
226.	Athletic Bilbao	Spain	6	3	0	3	16	11	+5	50.00
227.	Athinaikos	Greece	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	50.00
228.	Atalanta	Italy	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	50.00
229.	Aston Villa	England	202	108	42	52	372	259	+113	53.47
230.	ASK Vorwarts	Germany	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
231.	Arsenal	England	245	100	55	90	368	349	+19	40.82
232.	Anderlecht	Belgium	8	5	1	2	25	8	+17	62.50
233.	Aldershot	England	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	100.00
234.	Ajax Amsterdam	Holland	5	3	0	2	7	3	+4	60.00
235.	Accrington Stanley	England	5	2	3	0	19	8	+11	40.00
236.	AC Milan	Italy	12	6	1	5	15	17	-2	50.00
237.	Aa Aalborg	Denmark	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	50.00
	Totals		6050	2995	1424	1631	10550	7383	+3167	49.50