NEWTON HEATH/
MANCHESTER UNITED
OPPONENTS RECORDS

Across their storied history, from the early days as Newton Heath to becoming Manchester United in 1902, the club has faced a remarkable range of opponents (over 235), reflecting football’s evolution. In the Newton Heath era (pre-1902), fierce battles with regional rivals like Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, and Derby County laid the competitive foundation, though results were often mixed as the club fought for survival.

As Manchester United, the club grew into a dominant force, boasting strong win records over historical opponents such as Aston Villa, Everton, and Sheffield Wednesday, especially during the Busby and Ferguson eras. United’s head-to-head stats show sustained dominance over many mid-table clubs, while rivalries with Liverpool, Arsenal, and Manchester City remain some of the most fiercely contested, with near-balanced records over long periods.

European campaigns have added glamour and challenge, with clubs like Barcelona, Bayern Munich, and Real Madrid providing some of the most memorable — and toughest — encounters. Overall, United’s cumulative record spans over 6,000 thousand matches, with a high overall win percentage, tempered by spirited resistance from both historical and modern adversaries.

Click on a link below for a statistical breakdown unrivalled by other sites as we are proud to showcase the clubs entire history of first team games offering stats on appearances, goals, opponent manager, club manager, stadium, competition, opponents, 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.

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No	Opponent	National Flag	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	244	99	55	90	365	347	+18	40.57
8.	ASK Vorwarts		Germany	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
9.	Aston Villa		England	200	107	42	51	368	256	+112	53.50
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	0	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	24	14	5	5	46	25	+21	58.33
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	21	11	3	7	43	35	+8	52.38
36.	Brighton		England	35	20	6	9	55	33	+22	57.14
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	138	68	25	45	238	193	+45	49.28
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	68	41	14	13	115	63	+52	60.29
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	213	96	49	68	323	289	+34	45.07
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	95	58	22	15	186	100	+86	61.05
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	0	0.00
114.	LDU Quito		Ecuador	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
115.	Leeds United		England	115	51	37	27	171	118	+53	44.35
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	216	83	61	72	291	291	0	38.43
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	197	80	55	62	278	278	0	40.61
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	0	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	181	92	41	48	349	257	+92	50.83
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	114	54	24	36	201	144	+57	47.37
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		Yugoslavia	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	0	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	145	66	37	42	252	208	+44	45.52
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	205	95	52	58	322	272	+50	46.34
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	156	74	32	50	277	194	+83	47.44
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	115	56	20	39	190	157	+33	48.70
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