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