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