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NEWTON HEATH/
MANCHESTER UNITED
BY SEASON

Manchester United by season

Explore every Newton Heath and Manchester United season in full detail. Discover season-by-season records, results, trophies, and key moments from the club’s history, from the club’s 1st competitive match on 30/10/1886 to today.

Across 127+ seasons of competitive football, from the humble beginnings of Newton Heath battling in the lower leagues to the global force of Manchester United, the club’s journey has been one of resilience, reinvention, and glory. The early years were marked by financial struggles and fluctuating league positions, but the rebirth as Manchester United in 1902/1903 sparked new ambition. Under the guidance of Ernest Mangnall, United secured their first-ever league title in 1907/1908, a landmark moment that signaled the club’s arrival as a major force in English football, swiftly followed by FA Cup success in 1908/1909.

Through the brilliance and tragedy of the Busby Babes, United rose from the devastation of the 1958 Munich disaster to reach the summit of European football, as Sir Matt Busby led the club to their first European Cup in 1967/1968, a decade after the tragedy, becoming the first English club to lift the prestigious trophy. The roller coaster of the 1970s including a relegation to league division two in 1973/1974 and two FA Cup winning finals during the 1980s gave way to Sir Alex Ferguson’s era of dominance, where league titles, domestic cups, and two Champions League triumphs defined the modern Manchester United legacy. Under Ferguson, United achieved the coveted domestic double (league and FA Cup) three times: in 1993–94, 1995–96, and 1998–99 — the latter part of an unprecedented Treble winning season, adding the Champions League to complete one of football’s greatest feats.

Post-Ferguson, the club has faced rebuilding phases, but continued to add silverware and thrilling moments. Across all those seasons, United have amassed over 2,972 wins in competitive play, countless memorable nights, and a history woven deeply into the fabric of English and world football.
Click on a season 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, 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.
Sorted By :- For (DESC) | Records Found :- 128
No Season P W D L F ▼ A Diff Win%
1. 1956-1957 57 38 10 9 143 72 +71 66.67
2. 2002-2003 63 42 10 11 130 61 +69 66.67
3. 1964-1965 60 36 14 10 128 55 +73 60.00
4. 1998-1999 63 36 22 5 128 63 +65 57.14
5. 1963-1964 56 30 10 16 127 89 +38 53.57
6. 1957-1958 59 27 14 18 126 97 +29 45.76
7. 1993-1994 63 41 16 6 126 57 +69 65.08
8. 1999-2000 59 38 11 10 124 66 +58 64.41
9. 1965-1966 58 29 18 11 123 76 +47 50.00
10. 2006-2007 60 42 7 11 123 51 +72 70.00
11. 2001-2002 58 33 11 14 122 69 +53 56.90
12. 2020-2021 61 35 14 12 121 68 +53 57.38
13. 2009-2010 56 39 6 11 120 47 +73 69.64
14. 2011-2012 54 35 8 11 120 56 +64 64.81
15. 2008-2009 66 44 15 7 119 46 +73 66.67
16. 2010-2011 60 39 14 7 114 55 +59 65.00
17. 2012-2013 54 36 8 10 114 65 +49 66.67
18. 1984-1985 60 34 14 12 113 62 +51 56.67
19. 2019-2020 61 33 16 12 112 51 +61 54.10
20. 1967-1968 54 29 13 12 110 67 +43 53.70
21. 1994-1995 59 36 13 10 110 48 +62 61.02
22. 2007-2008 57 39 11 7 110 33 +77 68.42
23. 1959-1960 45 21 7 17 109 84 +25 46.67
24. 2022-2023 62 41 9 12 108 63 +45 66.13
25. 1905-1906 42 31 6 5 107 34 +73 73.81
26. 2000-2001 57 32 12 13 107 50 +57 56.14
27. 2005-2006 56 35 13 8 106 44 +62 62.50
28. 2016-2017 64 37 18 9 105 46 +59 57.81
29. 1947-1948 48 25 14 9 103 56 +47 52.08
30. 1948-1949 51 25 14 12 103 52 +51 49.02
31. 1958-1959 43 24 7 12 103 69 +34 55.81
32. 1976-1977 59 29 14 16 103 81 +22 49.15
33. 1997-1998 52 30 12 10 102 43 +59 57.69
34. 1990-1991 60 32 16 12 101 63 +38 53.33
35. 2017-2018 56 37 7 12 101 40 +61 66.07
36. 1960-1961 48 20 11 17 100 88 +12 41.67
37. 2004-2005 61 35 16 10 100 44 +56 57.38
38. 2024-2025 60 23 17 20 99 83 +16 38.33
39. 1946-1947 44 23 12 9 98 56 +42 52.27
40. 2003-2004 55 35 8 12 98 49 +49 63.64
41. 1951-1952 43 23 11 9 95 54 +41 53.49
42. 1996-1997 54 28 14 12 95 54 +41 51.85
43. 2013-2014 55 29 10 16 94 57 +37 52.73
44. 1907-1908 44 27 7 10 93 52 +41 61.36
45. 1983-1984 58 27 19 12 93 56 +37 46.55
46. 1982-1983 60 31 17 12 92 51 +41 51.67
47. 1995-1996 49 32 10 7 92 46 +46 65.31
48. 1969-1970 59 23 23 13 91 70 +21 38.98
49. 1968-1969 58 23 16 19 90 69 +21 39.66
50. 1954-1955 45 21 8 16 89 78 +11 46.67
51. 1935-1936 45 23 13 9 88 46 +42 51.11
52. 1937-1938 46 24 10 12 88 54 +34 52.17
53. 1966-1967 45 25 12 8 88 52 +36 55.56
54. 1971-1972 55 24 16 15 88 71 +17 43.64
55. 2023-2024 52 25 8 19 88 85 +3 48.08
56. 2015-2016 59 31 14 14 87 54 +33 52.54
57. 1987-1988 48 29 12 7 86 45 +41 60.42
58. 1975-1976 52 30 11 11 85 55 +30 57.69
59. 1977-1978 52 19 14 19 85 80 +5 36.54
60. 1991-1992 58 30 21 7 85 43 +42 51.72
61. 2018-2019 53 26 11 16 85 70 +15 49.06
62. 1904-1905 37 24 7 6 83 33 +50 64.86
63. 1950-1951 46 27 8 11 83 42 +41 58.70
64. 1955-1956 43 25 10 8 83 55 +28 58.14
65. 1896-1897 42 23 8 11 82 47 +35 54.76
66. 1927-1928 47 19 8 20 82 84 -2 40.43
67. 1962-1963 48 18 10 20 82 84 -2 37.50
68. 1974-1975 51 30 12 9 82 39 +43 58.82
69. 1952-1953 47 21 11 15 81 79 +2 44.68
70. 1894-1895 32 15 8 9 80 50 +30 46.88
71. 1925-1926 49 23 8 18 80 85 -5 46.94
72. 1949-1950 47 21 15 11 80 50 +30 44.68
73. 1961-1962 49 19 11 19 80 80 0 38.78
74. 1985-1986 52 27 12 13 80 43 +37 51.92
75. 1934-1935 45 24 5 16 79 59 +20 53.33
76. 1970-1971 50 20 13 17 78 75 +3 40.00
77. 1978-1979 53 21 18 14 78 74 +4 39.62
78. 1910-1911 41 24 8 9 77 44 +33 58.54
79. 1903-1904 41 22 12 7 76 47 +29 53.66
80. 1953-1954 43 18 12 13 76 63 +13 41.86
81. 1912-1913 43 21 10 12 75 47 +28 48.84
82. 1902-1903 41 20 9 12 74 47 +27 48.78
83. 1992-1993 50 27 15 8 73 35 +38 54.00
84. 1931-1932 43 17 8 18 72 76 -4 39.53
85. 1932-1933 43 15 13 15 72 72 0 34.88
86. 1898-1899 36 19 6 11 71 49 +22 52.78
87. 1908-1909 44 21 7 16 71 71 0 47.73
88. 1979-1980 47 25 11 11 71 44 +27 53.19
89. 2014-2015 44 23 11 10 71 44 +27 52.27
90. 2021-2022 49 20 14 15 71 69 +2 40.82
91. 1895-1896 33 16 4 13 70 64 +6 48.48
92. 1909-1910 39 19 7 13 69 63 +6 48.72
93. 1928-1929 44 15 13 16 69 77 -8 34.09
94. 1911-1912 45 17 13 15 68 72 -4 37.78
95. 1929-1930 43 15 8 20 67 90 -23 34.88
96. 1897-1898 33 17 7 9 66 37 +29 51.52
97. 1920-1921 44 15 11 18 66 71 -5 34.09
98. 1899-1900 35 20 4 11 64 30 +34 57.14
99. 1989-1990 49 20 12 17 64 61 +3 40.82
100. 1988-1989 48 18 15 15 63 41 +22 37.50
101. 1933-1934 44 14 7 23 61 90 -29 31.82
102. 1986-1987 48 17 15 16 61 52 +9 35.42
103. 1930-1931 46 8 10 28 60 121 -61 17.39
104. 1981-1982 45 22 12 11 59 32 +27 48.89
105. 2025-2026 33 15 11 7 59 47 +12 45.45
106. 1938-1939 44 11 17 16 58 70 -12 25.00
107. 1924-1925 43 23 11 9 57 25 +32 53.49
108. 1892-1893 33 7 7 19 56 92 -36 21.21
109. 1906-1907 40 17 9 14 56 60 -4 42.50
110. 1919-1920 44 14 14 16 56 52 +4 31.82
111. 1926-1927 45 13 16 16 56 69 -13 28.89
112. 1936-1937 44 11 12 21 56 83 -27 25.00
113. 1980-1981 49 16 21 12 56 42 +14 32.65
114. 1922-1923 45 18 15 12 54 41 +13 40.00
115. 1923-1924 44 14 14 16 53 47 +6 31.82
116. 1913-1914 39 15 6 18 52 63 -11 38.46
117. 1972-1973 47 13 15 19 51 67 -16 27.66
118. 1900-1901 37 15 5 17 46 45 +1 40.54
119. 1914-1915 39 9 12 18 46 63 -17 23.08
120. 1921-1922 43 8 12 23 42 77 -35 18.60
121. 1893-1894 34 7 3 24 41 79 -38 20.59
122. 1901-1902 35 11 6 18 39 55 -16 31.43
123. 1973-1974 45 11 12 22 39 50 -11 24.44
124. 1891-1892 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 66.67
125. 1945-1946 4 2 1 1 9 6 +3 50.00
126. 1886-1887 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0.00
127. 1890-1891 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 50.00
128. 1889-1890 1 0 0 1 1 6 -5 0.00
Totals 6044 2991 1423 1630 10540 7376 +3164 49.49
 

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