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