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