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 :- Win% (DESC) \| Records Found :- 237
No	Opponent	Nationality	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win% ▼
1.	Aldershot	England	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	100.00
2.	ASK Vorwarts	Germany	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
3.	Barnet	England	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
4.	Boavista	Portugal	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
5.	Bodo Glimt	Norway	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
6.	Bordeaux	France	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
7.	Brondby	Denmark	2	2	0	0	11	2	+9	100.00
8.	Bursaspor	Turkey	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
9.	Chester City	England	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
10.	Colchester United	England	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
11.	Crawley Town	England	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
12.	Crewe Alexandra	England	6	6	0	0	20	2	+18	100.00
13.	Debreceni Vsc	Hungary	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
14.	Dinamo Bucharest	Romania	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
15.	FCSB	Romania	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
16.	Gamba Osaka	Japan	1	1	0	0	5	3	+2	100.00
17.	Granada CF	Spain	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
18.	Halifax Town	England	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	100.00
19.	Hartlepool United	England	1	1	0	0	4	3	+1	100.00
20.	Hereford United	England	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
21.	Higher Walton	England	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
22.	Hjk Helsinki	Finland	2	2	0	0	9	2	+7	100.00
23.	Honved	Hungary	2	2	0	0	5	3	+2	100.00
24.	Kettering Town	England	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	100.00
25.	Kosice	Slovakia	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
26.	LASK Linz	Austria	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00
27.	LDU Quito	Ecuador	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
28.	Newport County	Wales	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
29.	Omonia Nicosia	Cyprus	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
30.	Oswaldtwistle Rovers	England	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
31.	Otelul Galati	Romania	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
32.	Palmeiras	Brazil	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
33.	PAOK	Greece	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
34.	Pecsi Munkas	Hungary	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
35.	Peterborough United	England	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
36.	Real Betis	Spain	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
37.	SC Braga	Portugal	2	2	0	0	6	3	+3	100.00
38.	Schalke 04	Germany	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	100.00
39.	Scunthorpe United	England	1	1	0	0	5	2	+3	100.00
40.	Shamrock Rovers	Ireland	2	2	0	0	9	2	+7	100.00
41.	Sheriff Tiraspol	Moldova	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
42.	Shrewsbury Town	England	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
43.	South Melbourne	Australia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
44.	Southport Central	England	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
45.	Spartak Varna	Bulgaria	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
46.	Staple Hill	England	1	1	0	0	7	2	+5	100.00
47.	Sturm Graz	Austria	4	4	0	0	10	1	+9	100.00
48.	Tranmere Rovers	England	2	2	0	0	11	0	+11	100.00
49.	Viktoria Plzen	Czech Republic	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
50.	Waterford	Ireland	2	2	0	0	10	2	+8	100.00
51.	West Manchester	England	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7	100.00
52.	Weymouth	England	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
53.	Workington Reds	England	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
54.	Wrexham	Wales	5	5	0	0	17	2	+15	100.00
55.	Yeovil Town	England	4	4	0	0	17	0	+17	100.00
56.	Zorya Luhansk	Ukraine	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
57.	Wigan Athletic	England	20	19	0	1	62	5	+57	95.00
58.	Olympiakos Piraeus	Greece	6	5	0	1	15	4	+11	83.33
59.	Northampton Town	England	5	4	1	0	21	6	+15	80.00
60.	Rangers	Scotland	5	4	1	0	7	1	+6	80.00
61.	Glossop	England	14	11	2	1	34	10	+24	78.57
62.	Club Brugge	Belgium	4	3	1	0	13	2	+11	75.00
63.	Dynamo Kiev	Ukraine	4	3	1	0	9	2	+7	75.00
64.	Feyenoord	Holland	4	3	0	1	9	3	+6	75.00
65.	Panathinaikos	Greece	4	3	1	0	10	2	+8	75.00
66.	Partizan Belgrade	Serbia	4	3	0	1	5	2	+3	75.00
67.	Rapid Vienna	Austria	4	3	1	0	7	0	+7	75.00
68.	Saint Etienne	France	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6	75.00
69.	Sporting Club Lisbon	Portugal	4	3	0	1	7	7	0	75.00
70.	Wolfsburg	Germany	4	3	0	1	9	6	+3	75.00
71.	York City	England	4	3	0	1	6	5	+1	75.00
72.	Luton Town	England	42	31	7	4	96	27	+69	73.81
73.	Benfica	Portugal	11	8	2	1	25	11	+14	72.73
74.	Millwall	England	14	10	3	1	32	7	+25	71.43
75.	Loughborough Town	England	10	7	2	1	29	7	+22	70.00
76.	Rotherham United	England	10	7	2	1	21	7	+14	70.00
77.	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Germany	6	4	2	0	16	6	+10	66.67
78.	Burton Albion	England	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8	66.67
79.	Burton United	England	12	8	3	1	29	10	+19	66.67
80.	CSKA Moscow	Russia	6	4	2	0	12	6	+6	66.67
81.	Nelson	England	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	66.67
82.	New Brighton Tower	England	6	4	0	2	11	6	+5	66.67
83.	Port Vale	England	45	30	5	10	97	42	+55	66.67
84.	Red Star Belgrade	Yugoslavia	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	66.67
85.	South Shields	England	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	66.67
86.	Hull City	England	32	21	5	6	62	28	+34	65.63
87.	Charlton Athletic	England	60	39	11	10	126	61	+65	65.00
88.	Chesterfield	England	20	13	1	6	41	22	+19	65.00
89.	Gainsborough Trinity	England	20	13	5	2	36	14	+22	65.00
90.	Watford	England	37	24	6	7	64	34	+30	64.86
91.	Queens Park Rangers	England	53	34	13	6	98	46	+52	64.15
92.	Reading	England	22	14	7	1	46	20	+26	63.64
93.	Anderlecht	Belgium	8	5	1	2	25	8	+17	62.50
94.	Roma	Italy	8	5	1	2	21	9	+12	62.50
95.	Fulham	England	96	59	22	15	189	102	+87	61.46
96.	Crystal Palace	England	70	43	14	13	119	65	+54	61.43
97.	Ajax Amsterdam	Holland	5	3	0	2	7	3	+4	60.00
98.	Copenhagen	Denmark	5	3	0	2	8	5	+3	60.00
99.	Exeter City	England	5	3	2	0	10	3	+7	60.00
100.	Barnsley	England	39	23	11	5	83	27	+56	58.97
101.	Walsall	England	17	10	5	2	40	12	+28	58.82
102.	Norwich City	England	72	42	13	17	126	66	+60	58.33
103.	Brighton	England	38	22	6	10	63	37	+26	57.89
104.	Oxford United	England	16	9	3	4	32	17	+15	56.25
105.	Plymouth Argyle	England	16	9	2	5	25	24	+1	56.25
106.	Blackpool	England	89	49	18	22	173	114	+59	55.06
107.	Bournemouth	England	26	14	7	5	52	31	+21	53.85
108.	Aston Villa	England	202	108	42	52	372	259	+113	53.47
109.	Wimbledon	England	32	17	8	7	56	30	+26	53.13
110.	Stockport County	England	19	10	2	7	32	20	+12	52.63
111.	Leicester City	England	141	74	31	36	285	184	+101	52.48
112.	Bury	England	44	23	8	13	66	49	+17	52.27
113.	Brentford	England	23	12	3	8	46	39	+7	52.17
114.	Southampton	England	135	70	38	27	239	147	+92	51.85
115.	Coventry City	England	84	43	18	23	140	83	+57	51.19
116.	Ipswich Town	England	59	30	10	19	95	69	+26	50.85
117.	Newcastle United	England	183	93	41	49	351	259	+92	50.82
118.	Middlesbrough	England	127	64	30	33	220	169	+51	50.39
119.	Aa Aalborg	Denmark	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	50.00
120.	AC Milan	Italy	12	6	1	5	15	17	-2	50.00
121.	Atalanta	Italy	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	50.00
122.	Athinaikos	Greece	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	50.00
123.	Athletic Bilbao	Spain	6	3	0	3	16	11	+5	50.00
124.	AZ Alkmaar	Holland	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4	50.00
125.	Besiktas JK	Turkey	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	50.00
126.	Borussia Dortmund	Germany	6	3	1	2	13	5	+8	50.00
127.	Burton Swifts	England	14	7	4	3	36	21	+15	50.00
128.	Cambridge United	England	4	2	2	0	7	1	+6	50.00
129.	Carlisle United	England	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	50.00
130.	Celta Vigo	Spain	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	50.00
131.	Celtic	Scotland	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	50.00
132.	CFR Cluj	Romania	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	50.00
133.	Croatia Zagreb	Croatia	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	50.00
134.	Darwen	England	12	6	3	3	27	13	+14	50.00
135.	Deportivo La Coruna	Spain	6	3	0	3	10	9	+1	50.00
136.	Djurgardens IF	Sweden	2	1	1	0	7	2	+5	50.00
137.	Doncaster Rovers	England	8	4	3	1	19	6	+13	50.00
138.	Dundee United	Scotland	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	50.00
139.	FC Astana	Kazakhstan	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	50.00
140.	FC Midtjylland	Denmark	2	1	0	1	6	3	+3	50.00
141.	Fiorentina	Italy	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	50.00
142.	Gornik Zabrze	Poland	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	50.00
143.	Gothenburg	Sweden	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	50.00
144.	Hibernians	Malta	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4	50.00
145.	Inter Milan	Italy	4	2	2	0	5	1	+4	50.00
146.	Istanbul Basaksehir	Turkey	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	50.00
147.	Legia Warsaw	Poland	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	50.00
148.	Leyton Orient	England	12	6	4	2	18	8	+10	50.00
149.	Lille	France	6	3	2	1	4	2	+2	50.00
150.	Lks Lodz	Poland	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	50.00
151.	Maccabi Haifa	Israel	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	50.00
152.	Montpellier Herault	France	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	50.00
153.	Nantes Atlantique	France	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4	50.00
154.	Olympique Lyonnais	France	6	3	3	0	13	10	+3	50.00
155.	Olympique Marseille	France	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	50.00
156.	Paris Saint Germain	France	4	2	0	2	6	7	-1	50.00
157.	Raba Vasas Eto	Hungary	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	50.00
158.	RB Leipzig	Germany	2	1	0	1	7	3	+4	50.00
159.	Real Sociedad	Spain	8	4	3	1	11	3	+8	50.00
160.	Rochdale	England	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	50.00
161.	Rostov	Russia	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	50.00
162.	Sarajevo	Yugoslavia	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	50.00
163.	Shakhtar Donetsk	Ukraine	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	50.00
164.	South Shore	England	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	50.00
165.	Sparta Prague	Czech Republic	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	50.00
166.	Strasbourg	France	2	1	1	0	5	0	+5	50.00
167.	Stuttgart	Germany	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	50.00
168.	Swansea City	Wales	32	16	6	10	54	34	+20	50.00
169.	Swindon Town	England	6	3	1	2	16	12	+4	50.00
170.	Videoton	Hungary	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	50.00
171.	Walthamstow Avenue	England	2	1	1	0	6	3	+3	50.00
172.	Willem II	Holland	2	1	1	0	7	2	+5	50.00
173.	Young Boys	Switzerland	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	50.00
174.	Zalaegerszeg	Hungary	2	1	0	1	5	1	+4	50.00
175.	Burnley	England	139	68	26	45	240	195	+45	48.92
176.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	England	117	57	21	39	195	159	+36	48.72
177.	Sheffield United	England	99	48	16	35	167	137	+30	48.48
178.	Cardiff City	Wales	31	15	8	8	60	46	+14	48.39
179.	Portsmouth	England	75	36	19	20	121	81	+40	48.00
180.	Oldham Athletic	England	44	21	12	11	91	54	+37	47.73
181.	Nottingham Forest	England	116	55	25	36	206	148	+58	47.41
182.	Bradford City	England	51	24	15	12	86	41	+45	47.06
183.	West Ham United	England	158	74	34	50	279	196	+83	46.84
184.	Tottenham Hotspur	England	207	96	53	58	326	274	+52	46.38
185.	Birmingham City	England	106	49	32	25	164	114	+50	46.23
186.	Blackburn Rovers	England	113	52	29	32	211	165	+46	46.02
187.	Huddersfield Town	England	50	23	16	11	95	68	+27	46.00
188.	Sunderland	England	147	67	38	42	254	208	+46	45.58
189.	Bradford Park Avenue	England	22	10	3	9	40	38	+2	45.45
190.	Everton	England	215	97	49	69	324	290	+34	45.12
191.	Lincoln City	England	29	13	4	12	47	42	+5	44.83
192.	Bolton Wanderers	England	121	54	25	42	195	159	+36	44.63
193.	Derby County	England	107	47	30	30	193	156	+37	43.93
194.	Leeds United	England	117	51	38	28	173	121	+52	43.59
195.	Sheffield Wednesday	England	124	54	27	43	200	171	+29	43.55
196.	Bristol Rovers	England	7	3	2	2	12	10	+2	42.86
197.	Fenerbahce	Turkey	7	3	1	3	14	10	+4	42.86
198.	Juventus	Italy	14	6	2	6	17	17	0	42.86
199.	West Bromwich Albion	England	134	57	33	44	235	198	+37	42.54
200.	Grimsby Town	England	38	16	7	15	66	66	0	42.11
201.	Preston North End	England	76	32	22	22	125	104	+21	42.11
202.	Notts County	England	50	21	15	14	79	64	+15	42.00
203.	Bristol City	England	36	15	10	11	49	41	+8	41.67
204.	Chelsea	England	199	82	61	56	312	238	+74	41.21
205.	Manchester City	England	198	81	55	62	280	278	+2	40.91
206.	Arsenal	England	245	100	55	90	368	349	+19	40.82
207.	Stoke City	England	108	44	36	28	166	127	+39	40.74
208.	Accrington Stanley	England	5	2	3	0	19	8	+11	40.00
209.	Liverpool	England	218	85	61	72	296	294	+2	38.99
210.	Basel	Switzerland	6	2	2	2	11	8	+3	33.33
211.	Burton Wanderers	England	6	2	1	3	8	10	-2	33.33
212.	Ferencvaros	Hungary	3	1	0	2	4	5	-1	33.33
213.	Porto	Portugal	9	3	4	2	17	14	+3	33.33
214.	PSV Eindhoven	Holland	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	33.33
215.	Villarreal	Spain	7	2	5	0	5	2	+3	28.57
216.	Barcelona	Spain	15	4	5	6	19	27	-8	26.67
217.	Dukla Prague	Czech Republic	4	1	2	1	6	4	+2	25.00
218.	Galatasaray	Turkey	8	2	4	2	13	10	+3	25.00
219.	Valencia	Spain	10	2	6	2	8	6	+2	20.00
220.	Real Madrid	Spain	11	2	4	5	17	22	-5	18.18
221.	Bayern Munich	Germany	13	2	5	6	16	21	-5	15.38
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