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