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