Original Nike training shirt Manchester United 2002/04

Manchester United Football Club (MUFC for short) is an English football club based in Manchester, founded in 1878 as Newton Heath L&YR FC and adopted its current name in 1902. The club is the most successful team in English football history.

They are currently the most successful English club with 20 major trophies since Ferguson joined Manchester United in November 1986. They have already won the English national championship 20 times and became the first club to win the Premier League, which replaced the Football League First Division in the 1992/93 season. The club won the European Cup I/UEFA Champions League in 1968, 1999 and 2008 and was the losing finalist in both 2009 and 2011. Both finals were lost to FC Barcelona. Manchester United play their home games at Old Trafford, a stadium with a capacity of 76,312 seats. The latest expansion of 7,900 seats was obtained by raising the northeast and northwest corners of the stadium. Even after this expansion, the stadium is sold out almost every game. The club therefore achieves the highest average audience numbers in the Premier League. The club's home matches are played in a red, white and black uniform.

On May 12, 2005, the club came into the hands of American businessman Malcolm Glazer. He paid 800 million pounds, about 1.2 billion euros. Since May 16, he managed to acquire 75% of the shares. This percentage was necessary to take the club off the stock exchange.

Manchester United is one of the few clubs that managed to reach the European top with its youth academy. Manchester United is a partner of UNICEF and acts as national ambassador for the UN Children's Fund.

Manchester United was one of the few top European clubs to succeed in winning all three UEFA main competitions (European Cup I/UEFA Champions League, European Cup II, and UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League) together with Ajax, Chelsea, Juventus and Bayern Munich. to win.