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 :- Opponent (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.	AC Milan	Italy	12	6	1	5	15	17	-2	50.00
3.	Accrington Stanley	England	5	2	3	0	19	8	+11	40.00
4.	Ajax Amsterdam	Holland	5	3	0	2	7	3	+4	60.00
5.	Aldershot	England	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	100.00
6.	Anderlecht	Belgium	8	5	1	2	25	8	+17	62.50
7.	Arsenal	England	245	100	55	90	368	349	+19	40.82
8.	ASK Vorwarts	Germany	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
9.	Aston Villa	England	202	108	42	52	372	259	+113	53.47
10.	Atalanta	Italy	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	50.00
11.	Athinaikos	Greece	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	50.00
12.	Athletic Bilbao	Spain	6	3	0	3	16	11	+5	50.00
13.	Atletico Madrid	Spain	4	0	2	2	2	6	-4	0.00
14.	AZ Alkmaar	Holland	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4	50.00
15.	Barcelona	Spain	15	4	5	6	19	27	-8	26.67
16.	Barnet	England	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
17.	Barnsley	England	39	23	11	5	83	27	+56	58.97
18.	Basel	Switzerland	6	2	2	2	11	8	+3	33.33
19.	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Germany	6	4	2	0	16	6	+10	66.67
20.	Bayern Munich	Germany	13	2	5	6	16	21	-5	15.38
21.	Benfica	Portugal	11	8	2	1	25	11	+14	72.73
22.	Besiktas JK	Turkey	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	50.00
23.	Birmingham City	England	106	49	32	25	164	114	+50	46.23
24.	Blackburn Rovers	England	113	52	29	32	211	165	+46	46.02
25.	Blackpool	England	89	49	18	22	173	114	+59	55.06
26.	Boavista	Portugal	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
27.	Bodo Glimt	Norway	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
28.	Bolton Wanderers	England	121	54	25	42	195	159	+36	44.63
29.	Bootle Reserves	England	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0.00
30.	Bordeaux	France	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
31.	Borussia Dortmund	Germany	6	3	1	2	13	5	+8	50.00
32.	Bournemouth	England	26	14	7	5	52	31	+21	53.85
33.	Bradford City	England	51	24	15	12	86	41	+45	47.06
34.	Bradford Park Avenue	England	22	10	3	9	40	38	+2	45.45
35.	Brentford	England	22	11	3	8	44	38	+6	50.00
36.	Brighton	England	37	21	6	10	60	37	+23	56.76
37.	Bristol City	England	36	15	10	11	49	41	+8	41.67
38.	Bristol Rovers	England	7	3	2	2	12	10	+2	42.86
39.	Brondby	Denmark	2	2	0	0	11	2	+9	100.00
40.	Burnley	England	139	68	26	45	240	195	+45	48.92
41.	Bursaspor	Turkey	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
42.	Burton Albion	England	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8	66.67
43.	Burton Swifts	England	14	7	4	3	36	21	+15	50.00
44.	Burton United	England	12	8	3	1	29	10	+19	66.67
45.	Burton Wanderers	England	6	2	1	3	8	10	-2	33.33
46.	Bury	England	44	23	8	13	66	49	+17	52.27
47.	Cambridge United	England	4	2	2	0	7	1	+6	50.00
48.	Cardiff City	Wales	31	15	8	8	60	46	+14	48.39
49.	Carlisle United	England	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	50.00
50.	Celta Vigo	Spain	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	50.00
51.	Celtic	Scotland	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	50.00
52.	CFR Cluj	Romania	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	50.00
53.	Charlton Athletic	England	60	39	11	10	126	61	+65	65.00
54.	Chelsea	England	198	81	61	56	311	238	+73	40.91
55.	Chester City	England	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
56.	Chesterfield	England	20	13	1	6	41	22	+19	65.00
57.	Club Brugge	Belgium	4	3	1	0	13	2	+11	75.00
58.	Colchester United	England	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
59.	Copenhagen	Denmark	5	3	0	2	8	5	+3	60.00
60.	Coventry City	England	84	43	18	23	140	83	+57	51.19
61.	Crawley Town	England	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
62.	Crewe Alexandra	England	6	6	0	0	20	2	+18	100.00
63.	Croatia Zagreb	Croatia	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	50.00
64.	Crystal Palace	England	70	43	14	13	119	65	+54	61.43
65.	CSKA Moscow	Russia	6	4	2	0	12	6	+6	66.67
66.	Darwen	England	12	6	3	3	27	13	+14	50.00
67.	Debreceni Vsc	Hungary	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
68.	Deportivo La Coruna	Spain	6	3	0	3	10	9	+1	50.00
69.	Derby County	England	107	47	30	30	193	156	+37	43.93
70.	Dinamo Bucharest	Romania	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
71.	Djurgardens IF	Sweden	2	1	1	0	7	2	+5	50.00
72.	Doncaster Rovers	England	8	4	3	1	19	6	+13	50.00
73.	Dukla Prague	Czech Republic	4	1	2	1	6	4	+2	25.00
74.	Dundee United	Scotland	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	50.00
75.	Dynamo Kiev	Ukraine	4	3	1	0	9	2	+7	75.00
76.	Estudiantes De La Plata	Argentina	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1	0.00
77.	Everton	England	215	97	49	69	324	290	+34	45.12
78.	Exeter City	England	5	3	2	0	10	3	+7	60.00
79.	FC Astana	Kazakhstan	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	50.00
80.	FC Midtjylland	Denmark	2	1	0	1	6	3	+3	50.00
81.	FC Twente	Holland	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0.00
82.	FCSB	Romania	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
83.	Fenerbahce	Turkey	7	3	1	3	14	10	+4	42.86
84.	Ferencvaros	Hungary	3	1	0	2	4	5	-1	33.33
85.	Feyenoord	Holland	4	3	0	1	9	3	+6	75.00
86.	Fiorentina	Italy	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	50.00
87.	Fleetwood Rangers	England	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0.00
88.	Fulham	England	96	59	22	15	189	102	+87	61.46
89.	Gainsborough Trinity	England	20	13	5	2	36	14	+22	65.00
90.	Galatasaray	Turkey	8	2	4	2	13	10	+3	25.00
91.	Gamba Osaka	Japan	1	1	0	0	5	3	+2	100.00
92.	Glossop	England	14	11	2	1	34	10	+24	78.57
93.	Gornik Zabrze	Poland	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	50.00
94.	Gothenburg	Sweden	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	50.00
95.	Granada CF	Spain	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
96.	Grimsby Town	England	38	16	7	15	66	66	0	42.11
97.	Halifax Town	England	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	100.00
98.	Hartlepool United	England	1	1	0	0	4	3	+1	100.00
99.	Hereford United	England	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
100.	Hibernians	Malta	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4	50.00
101.	Higher Walton	England	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
102.	Hjk Helsinki	Finland	2	2	0	0	9	2	+7	100.00
103.	Honved	Hungary	2	2	0	0	5	3	+2	100.00
104.	Huddersfield Town	England	50	23	16	11	95	68	+27	46.00
105.	Hull City	England	32	21	5	6	62	28	+34	65.63
106.	Inter Milan	Italy	4	2	2	0	5	1	+4	50.00
107.	Ipswich Town	England	59	30	10	19	95	69	+26	50.85
108.	Istanbul Basaksehir	Turkey	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	50.00
109.	Juventus	Italy	14	6	2	6	17	17	0	42.86
110.	Kettering Town	England	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	100.00
111.	Kosice	Slovakia	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
112.	LASK Linz	Austria	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00
113.	Lazio	Italy	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0.00
114.	LDU Quito	Ecuador	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
115.	Leeds United	England	116	51	38	27	172	119	+53	43.97
116.	Legia Warsaw	Poland	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	50.00
117.	Leicester City	England	141	74	31	36	285	184	+101	52.48
118.	Leyton Orient	England	12	6	4	2	18	8	+10	50.00
119.	Lille	France	6	3	2	1	4	2	+2	50.00
120.	Lincoln City	England	29	13	4	12	47	42	+5	44.83
121.	Liverpool	England	217	84	61	72	293	292	+1	38.71
122.	Lks Lodz	Poland	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	50.00
123.	Loughborough Town	England	10	7	2	1	29	7	+22	70.00
124.	Luton Town	England	42	31	7	4	96	27	+69	73.81
125.	Maccabi Haifa	Israel	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	50.00
126.	Manchester City	England	198	81	55	62	280	278	+2	40.91
127.	Middlesbrough	England	127	64	30	33	220	169	+51	50.39
128.	Millwall	England	14	10	3	1	32	7	+25	71.43
129.	Milton Keynes Dons	England	1	0	0	1	0	4	-4	0.00
130.	Monaco	France	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	0.00
131.	Montpellier Herault	France	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	50.00
132.	Nantes Atlantique	France	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4	50.00
133.	Nelson	England	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	66.67
134.	New Brighton Tower	England	6	4	0	2	11	6	+5	66.67
135.	Newcastle United	England	183	93	41	49	351	259	+92	50.82
136.	Newport County	Wales	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
137.	Northampton Town	England	5	4	1	0	21	6	+15	80.00
138.	Norwich City	England	72	42	13	17	126	66	+60	58.33
139.	Nottingham Forest	England	115	54	25	36	203	146	+57	46.96
140.	Notts County	England	50	21	15	14	79	64	+15	42.00
141.	Oldham Athletic	England	44	21	12	11	91	54	+37	47.73
142.	Olympiakos Piraeus	Greece	6	5	0	1	15	4	+11	83.33
143.	Olympique Lyonnais	France	6	3	3	0	13	10	+3	50.00
144.	Olympique Marseille	France	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	50.00
145.	Omonia Nicosia	Cyprus	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
146.	Oswaldtwistle Rovers	England	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
147.	Otelul Galati	Romania	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
148.	Oxford United	England	16	9	3	4	32	17	+15	56.25
149.	Palmeiras	Brazil	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
150.	Panathinaikos	Greece	4	3	1	0	10	2	+8	75.00
151.	PAOK	Greece	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
152.	Paris Saint Germain	France	4	2	0	2	6	7	-1	50.00
153.	Partizan Belgrade	Serbia	4	3	0	1	5	2	+3	75.00
154.	Pecsi Munkas	Hungary	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
155.	Peterborough United	England	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
156.	Plymouth Argyle	England	16	9	2	5	25	24	+1	56.25
157.	Port Vale	England	45	30	5	10	97	42	+55	66.67
158.	Porto	Portugal	9	3	4	2	17	14	+3	33.33
159.	Portsmouth	England	75	36	19	20	121	81	+40	48.00
160.	Preston North End	England	76	32	22	22	125	104	+21	42.11
161.	PSV Eindhoven	Holland	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	33.33
162.	Queens Park Rangers	England	53	34	13	6	98	46	+52	64.15
163.	Raba Vasas Eto	Hungary	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	50.00
164.	Rangers	Scotland	5	4	1	0	7	1	+6	80.00
165.	Rapid Vienna	Austria	4	3	1	0	7	0	+7	75.00
166.	Rayos Del Nexaca	Mexico	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0.00
167.	RB Leipzig	Germany	2	1	0	1	7	3	+4	50.00
168.	Reading	England	22	14	7	1	46	20	+26	63.64
169.	Real Betis	Spain	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
170.	Real Madrid	Spain	11	2	4	5	17	22	-5	18.18
171.	Real Sociedad	Spain	8	4	3	1	11	3	+8	50.00
172.	Red Star Belgrade	Yugoslavia	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	66.67
173.	Rochdale	England	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	50.00
174.	Roma	Italy	8	5	1	2	21	9	+12	62.50
175.	Rostov	Russia	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	50.00
176.	Rotherham United	England	10	7	2	1	21	7	+14	70.00
177.	Rotor Volgograd	Russia	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0.00
178.	Saint Etienne	France	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6	75.00
179.	Sarajevo	Yugoslavia	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	50.00
180.	SC Braga	Portugal	2	2	0	0	6	3	+3	100.00
181.	Schalke 04	Germany	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	100.00
182.	Scunthorpe United	England	1	1	0	0	5	2	+3	100.00
183.	Sevilla	Spain	5	0	2	3	4	9	-5	0.00
184.	Shakhtar Donetsk	Ukraine	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	50.00
185.	Shamrock Rovers	Ireland	2	2	0	0	9	2	+7	100.00
186.	Sheffield United	England	99	48	16	35	167	137	+30	48.48
187.	Sheffield Wednesday	England	124	54	27	43	200	171	+29	43.55
188.	Sheriff Tiraspol	Moldova	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
189.	Shrewsbury Town	England	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
190.	South Melbourne	Australia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
191.	South Shields	England	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	66.67
192.	South Shore	England	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	50.00
193.	Southampton	England	135	70	38	27	239	147	+92	51.85
194.	Southend United	England	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0.00
195.	Southport Central	England	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
196.	Sparta Prague	Czech Republic	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	50.00
197.	Spartak Varna	Bulgaria	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
198.	Sporting Club Lisbon	Portugal	4	3	0	1	7	7	0	75.00
199.	Staple Hill	England	1	1	0	0	7	2	+5	100.00
200.	Stockport County	England	19	10	2	7	32	20	+12	52.63
201.	Stoke City	England	108	44	36	28	166	127	+39	40.74
202.	Strasbourg	France	2	1	1	0	5	0	+5	50.00
203.	Sturm Graz	Austria	4	4	0	0	10	1	+9	100.00
204.	Stuttgart	Germany	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	50.00
205.	Sunderland	England	146	67	37	42	254	208	+46	45.89
206.	Swansea City	Wales	32	16	6	10	54	34	+20	50.00
207.	Swindon Town	England	6	3	1	2	16	12	+4	50.00
208.	Torpedo Moscow	Russia	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.00
209.	Tottenham Hotspur	England	207	96	53	58	326	274	+52	46.38
210.	Tranmere Rovers	England	2	2	0	0	11	0	+11	100.00
211.	Valencia	Spain	10	2	6	2	8	6	+2	20.00
212.	Vasco Da Gama	Brazil	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0.00
213.	Videoton	Hungary	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	50.00
214.	Viktoria Plzen	Czech Republic	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
215.	Villarreal	Spain	7	2	5	0	5	2	+3	28.57
216.	Walsall	England	17	10	5	2	40	12	+28	58.82
217.	Walthamstow Avenue	England	2	1	1	0	6	3	+3	50.00
218.	Waterford	Ireland	2	2	0	0	10	2	+8	100.00
219.	Watford	England	37	24	6	7	64	34	+30	64.86
220.	West Bromwich Albion	England	134	57	33	44	235	198	+37	42.54
221.	West Ham United	England	158	74	34	50	279	196	+83	46.84
222.	West Manchester	England	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7	100.00
223.	Weymouth	England	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
224.	Widzew Lodz	Poland	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	0.00
225.	Wigan Athletic	England	20	19	0	1	62	5	+57	95.00
226.	Willem II	Holland	2	1	1	0	7	2	+5	50.00
227.	Wimbledon	England	32	17	8	7	56	30	+26	53.13
228.	Wolfsburg	Germany	4	3	0	1	9	6	+3	75.00
229.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	England	117	57	21	39	195	159	+36	48.72
230.	Workington Reds	England	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
231.	Wrexham	Wales	5	5	0	0	17	2	+15	100.00
232.	Yeovil Town	England	4	4	0	0	17	0	+17	100.00
233.	York City	England	4	3	0	1	6	5	+1	75.00
234.	Young Boys	Switzerland	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	50.00
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		6044	2991	1423	1630	10540	7376	+3164	49.49