List of Manchester United F.C. seasons

Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester. The club was formed in Newton Heath in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR F.C., and played their first competitive match in October 1886, when they entered the First Round of the 1886–87 FA Cup. The club was renamed Manchester United F.C. in 1902, and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.

A black-and-white photo of a football team. The players are on three levels, with four on the bottom row, four on the middle row and three on the top row. The player sitting second from the left on the bottom row has a ball at his feet, and the player in the middle of the top row is wearing a flat cap. — The Manchester United team at the start of the 1905–06 season, in which they were runners-up in the Second Division and were promoted.

The club has won a total of 67 major trophies: the League Championship a record twenty times (seven times in the Football League era and a record thirteen times in the Premier League era), the FA Cup twelve times, the League Cup six times, the Community Shield a record 21 times (including four shared titles), the European Cup three times, the UEFA Europa League once, the European Cup Winners' Cup once, the European Super Cup once, the Intercontinental Cup once and the FIFA Club World Cup once.^[1] The club has also never been out of the top two divisions of English football since entering the Football League. As of the end of the 2022–23 season, the club has played a total of 5,889 competitive matches, and has competed in the top flight for 98 of their 124 seasons.^[2]

This list details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season. Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in the English league that season. Records of competitions such as the Lancashire Cup and the Manchester and District Challenge Cup are not included due to them being considered of less importance than the FA Cup and the League Cup.

History

The club formed in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR F.C.^[3] At this time organised League football did not exist; "first class matches" were arranged on a largely ad-hoc basis and supplemented by cup competitions. Official records from these matches are sketchy at best, and are often extrapolated from newspaper reports at the time. In 1886, the club entered the FA Cup for the first time, but were knocked out in the first round. They entered The Combination in 1888, but the league was wound up before the season could be completed.^[4] The club then joined the Football Alliance in 1889, and in 1892 were elected to the newly formed Football League First Division. Upon joining the Football League, the club dropped the "LYR" from their name, before financial troubles forced the club to restructure in 1902, including a change of name to Manchester United F.C.^[5]

In 1956–57, Manchester United became the first English club to enter European competition, entering the European Cup, following the Football Association's refusal to allow Chelsea to enter the previous year. Eleven years later, in 1968, they became the first English club to win the European Cup, and only the second British side after Celtic had won it the year before. Meanwhile, in 1960–61, Manchester United entered the inaugural Football League Cup, only to decline to enter for the next five years. In 1992–93, they became founder members and inaugural champions of the Premier League, and, in 1998–99, they won an unprecedented Treble of the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League. This was followed by two more Premier League titles in 1999–2000 and 2000–01, making Manchester United only the fourth club to win three consecutive English league titles. The club picked up their 10th Premier League title in the 2007–08 season, and followed it with a third Champions League title 10 days later. The following season, Manchester United became the first British club to win the FIFA Club World Cup, before becoming the first English club to claim three consecutive league titles twice. In 2010–11, Manchester United won their 19th top division title, passing Liverpool's previous record of 18, before winning a 20th title in 2012–13. In 2016–17, Manchester United won their first UEFA Europa League trophy, making them only the fifth club to win the three main European club competitions.^[6]

Key

Winners	Runners-up	Promoted	Relegated

Seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season
Season	League										FA Cup	EFL Cup	Community Shield	UEFA FIFA	Top goalscorer(s)^[a]
Season	Division	Tier	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Community Shield	UEFA FIFA	Player(s)	Goals
1886–87^[b]	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R1	N/A^[c]		N/A^[d]	Jack Doughty	4
1888–89^[e]	Combination		12	8	2	2	27	13	18	—	—				Jack Doughty Roger Doughty	6
1889–90	Alliance		22	9	2	11	40	45	20	8th	R1				Willie Stewart	10
1890–91	Alliance		22	7	3	12	37	55	17	9th	QR2				Bob Ramsay	7
1891–92	Alliance		22	12	7	3	69	33	31	2nd^[f]	QR4				Bob Donaldson Alf Farman	20
1892–93	Div 1	1	30	6	6	18	50	85	18	16th^[g]	R1				Bob Donaldson	16
1893–94	Div 1 ↓	1	30	6	2	22	36	72	14	16th^[h]	R2				Bob Donaldson	10
1894–95	Div 2	2	30	15	8	7	78	44	38	3rd^[i]	R1				Dick Smith	20
1895–96	Div 2		30	15	3	12	66	57	33	6th	R2				Joe Cassidy	16
1896–97	Div 2		30	17	5	8	56	34	39	2nd^[j]	R3				Joe Cassidy	25
1897–98	Div 2		30	16	6	8	64	35	38	4th	R2				Henry Boyd	22
1898–99	Div 2		34	19	5	10	67	43	43	4th	R1				Joe Cassidy	20
1899–1900	Div 2		34	20	4	10	63	27	44	4th	QR3				Joe Cassidy	16
1900–01	Div 2		34	14	4	16	42	38	32	10th	R1				Tommy Leigh	14
1901–02	Div 2		34	11	6	17	38	53	28	15th	RInt				Stephen Preston	11
1902–03	Div 2		34	15	8	11	53	38	38	5th	R2				Jack Peddie	15
1903–04	Div 2		34	20	8	6	65	33	48	3rd	R2				Tommy Arkesden	15
1904–05	Div 2		34	24	5	5	81	30	53	3rd	RInt				Jack Peddie	17
1905–06	Div 2 ↑		38	28	6	4	90	28	62	2nd	R4				Jack Picken	25
1906–07	Div 1	1	38	17	8	13	53	56	42	8th	R1				George Wall	13
1907–08	Div 1		38	23	6	9	81	48	52	1st	R4		Winners		Sandy Turnbull	27
1908–09	Div 1		38	15	7	16	58	68	37	13th	Winners				Jimmy Turnbull	22
1909–10	Div 1		38	19	7	12	69	61	45	5th	R1				George Wall	14
1910–11	Div 1		38	22	8	8	72	40	52	1st	R3				Enoch West	20
1911–12	Div 1		38	13	11	14	45	60	37	13th	R4		Winners		Enoch West	23
1912–13	Div 1		38	19	8	11	69	43	46	4th	R3				Enoch West	22
1913–14	Div 1		38	15	6	17	52	62	36	14th	R1				George Anderson	15
1914–15	Div 1		38	9	12	17	46	62	30	18th	R1				George Anderson	10
1915–19^[k]	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—				—	—
1919–20	Div 1		42	13	14	15	54	50	40	12th	R2				Joe Spence	14
1920–21	Div 1		42	15	10	17	64	68	40	13th	R1				Tom Miller Teddy Partridge	8
1921–22	Div 1 ↓		42	8	12	22	41	73	28	22nd	R1				Joe Spence	15
1922–23	Div 2	2	42	17	14	11	51	36	48	4th	R2				Ernie Goldthorpe	14
1923–24	Div 2		42	13	14	15	52	44	40	14th	R2				Arthur Lochhead	14
1924–25	Div 2 ↑		42	23	11	8	57	23	57	2nd	R1				William Henderson	14
1925–26	Div 1	1	42	19	6	17	66	73	44	9th	SF				Frank McPherson	20
1926–27	Div 1		42	13	14	15	52	64	40	15th	R3				Joe Spence	19
1927–28	Div 1		42	16	7	19	72	80	39	18th	R6				Joe Spence	24
1928–29	Div 1		42	14	13	15	66	76	41	12th	R4				Jimmy Hanson	20
1929–30	Div 1		42	15	8	19	67	88	38	17th	R3				Harry Rowley Joe Spence	12
1930–31	Div 1 ↓		42	7	8	27	53	115	22	22nd	R4				Tommy Reid	20
1931–32	Div 2	2	42	17	8	17	71	72	42	12th	R3				Joe Spence	19
1932–33	Div 2		42	15	13	14	71	68	43	6th	R3				Bill Ridding	11
1933–34	Div 2		42	14	6	22	59	85	34	20th^[l]	R3				Neil Dewar	8
1934–35	Div 2		42	23	4	15	76	55	50	5th	R4				George Mutch	19
1935–36	Div 2 ↑		42	22	12	8	85	43	56	1st	R4				George Mutch	23
1936–37	Div 1 ↓	1	42	10	12	20	55	78	32	21st	R4				Tommy Bamford	15
1937–38	Div 2 ↑	2	42	22	9	11	82	50	53	2nd	R5				Harry Baird Tommy Bamford	15
1938–39	Div 1	1	42	11	16	15	57	65	38	14th	R3				Jimmy Hanlon	12
1939–40^[m]	Div 1		3	1	1	1	5	3	3	10th	—				Billy Bryant	2
1940–45^[n]	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—				—	—
1945–46^[o]	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R4				Jimmy Hanlon Jack Rowley Billy Wrigglesworth	2
1946–47	Div 1		42	22	12	8	95	54	56	2nd	R4				Jack Rowley	28
1947–48	Div 1		42	19	14	9	81	48	52	2nd	Winners				Jack Rowley	28
1948–49	Div 1		42	21	11	10	77	44	53	2nd	SF		Runners-up		Jack Rowley	29
1949–50	Div 1		42	18	14	10	69	44	50	4th	R6				Jack Rowley	23
1950–51	Div 1		42	24	8	10	74	40	56	2nd	R6				Stan Pearson	23
1951–52	Div 1		42	23	11	8	95	52	57	1st	R3				Jack Rowley	30
1952–53	Div 1		42	18	10	14	69	72	46	8th	R5		Winners		Stan Pearson	18
1953–54	Div 1		42	18	12	12	73	58	48	4th	R3				Tommy Taylor	23
1954–55	Div 1		42	20	7	15	84	74	47	5th	R4				Dennis Viollet	21
1955–56	Div 1		42	25	10	7	83	51	60	1st	R3				Tommy Taylor	25
1956–57	Div 1		42	28	8	6	103	54	64	1st	Runners-up		Winners	European Cup – SF	Tommy Taylor	34
1957–58	Div 1		42	16	11	15	85	75	43	9th	Runners-up		Winners	European Cup – SF	Dennis Viollet	23
1958–59	Div 1		42	24	7	11	103	66	55	2nd	R3			Bobby Charlton	29
1959–60	Div 1		42	19	7	16	102	80	45	7th	R5			Dennis Viollet	32^[p]
1960–61	Div 1		42	18	9	15	88	76	45	7th	R4	R2			Bobby Charlton	21
1961–62	Div 1		42	15	9	18	72	75	39	15th	SF	N/A^[q]			David Herd	17
1962–63	Div 1		42	12	10	20	67	81	34	19th	Winners	N/A^[q]			Denis Law	29
1963–64	Div 1		42	23	7	12	90	62	53	2nd	SF	N/A^[q]	Runners-up	Cup Winners' Cup – QF	Denis Law	46
1964–65	Div 1		42	26	9	7	89	39	61	1st	SF	N/A^[q]		Inter-Cities Fairs Cup – SF	Denis Law	39
1965–66	Div 1		42	18	15	9	84	59	51	4th	SF	N/A^[q]	Shared^[r]	European Cup – SF	David Herd	33
1966–67	Div 1		42	24	12	6	84	45	60	1st	R4	R2			Denis Law	25
1967–68	Div 1		42	24	8	10	89	55	56	2nd	R3	N/A^[q]	Shared^[r]	European Cup – Winners	George Best^[s]	32^[t]
1968–69	Div 1		42	15	12	15	57	53	42	11th	R6	N/A^[q]		European Cup – SF Intercontinental Cup – Runners-up	Denis Law	30
1969–70	Div 1		42	14	17	11	66	61	45	8th	Third place	SF			George Best	23
1970–71	Div 1		42	16	11	15	65	66	43	8th	R3	SF			George Best	21
1971–72	Div 1		42	19	10	13	69	61	48	8th	R6	R4			George Best	26
1972–73	Div 1		42	12	13	17	44	60	37	18th	R3	R3			Bobby Charlton	7
1973–74	Div 1 ↓		42	10	12	20	38	48	32	21st	R4	R2			Lou Macari Sammy McIlroy	6
1974–75	Div 2 ↑	2	42	26	9	7	66	30	61	1st	R3	SF			Lou Macari Stuart Pearson	18
1975–76	Div 1	1	42	23	10	9	68	42	56	3rd	Runners-up	R4			Lou Macari	15
1976–77	Div 1		42	18	11	13	71	62	47	6th	Winners	R5		UEFA Cup – R2	Gordon Hill	22
1977–78	Div 1		42	16	10	16	67	63	42	10th	R4	R2	Shared^[r]	Cup Winners' Cup – R2	Gordon Hill	19
1978–79	Div 1		42	15	15	12	60	63	45	9th	Runners-up	R3			Jimmy Greenhoff	17
1979–80	Div 1		42	24	10	8	65	35	58	2nd	R3	R3			Joe Jordan	13
1980–81	Div 1		42	15	18	9	51	36	48	8th	R4	R2		UEFA Cup – R1	Joe Jordan	15
1981–82^[u]	Div 1		42	22	12	8	59	29	78	3rd	R3	R2			Frank Stapleton	13
1982–83	Div 1		42	19	13	10	56	38	70	3rd	Winners	Runners-up		UEFA Cup – R1	Frank Stapleton	19
1983–84	Div 1		42	20	14	8	71	41	74	4th	R3	R4	Winners	Cup Winners' Cup – SF	Frank Stapleton	19
1984–85	Div 1		42	22	10	10	77	47	76	4th	Winners	R3		UEFA Cup – QF	Mark Hughes	24
1985–86	Div 1		42	22	10	10	70	36	76	4th	R5	R4	Runners-up	Ban on English teams	Mark Hughes	18
1986–87	Div 1		42	14	14	14	52	45	56	11th	R4	R3			Peter Davenport	16
1987–88	Div 1		40	23	12	5	71	38	81	2nd	R5	R5			Brian McClair	31
1988–89	Div 1		38	13	12	13	45	35	51	11th	R6	R3			Mark Hughes Brian McClair	16
1989–90	Div 1		38	13	9	16	46	47	48	13th	Winners	R3			Mark Hughes	15
1990–91	Div 1		38	16	12	10	58	45	59^[v]	6th	R5	Runners-up	Shared^[r]	Cup Winners' Cup – Winners	Mark Hughes Brian McClair	21
1991–92	Div 1		42	21	15	6	63	33	78	2nd	R4	Winners		Cup Winners' Cup – R2 Super Cup – Winners	Brian McClair	24
1992–93	Prem^[w]		42	24	12	6	67	31	84	1st	R5	R3		UEFA Cup – R1	Mark Hughes	16
1993–94	Prem		42	27	11	4	80	38	92	1st	Winners	Runners-up	Winners	Champions League – R2	Eric Cantona	25
1994–95	Prem		42	26	10	6	77	28	88	2nd	Runners-up	R3	Winners	Champions League – Group	Andrei Kanchelskis	15
1995–96	Prem		38	25	7	6	73	35	82	1st	Winners	R2		UEFA Cup – R1	Eric Cantona	19
1996–97	Prem		38	21	12	5	76	44	75	1st	R4	R4	Winners	Champions League – SF	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	19
1997–98	Prem		38	23	8	7	73	26	77	2nd	R5	R3	Winners	Champions League – QF	Andy Cole	25
1998–99	Prem		38	22	13	3	80	37	79	1st	Winners	R5	Runners-up	Champions League – Winners	Dwight Yorke^[x]	29^[y]
1999–2000	Prem		38	28	7	3	97	45	91	1st	N/A^[z]	R3	Runners-up	Champions League – QF Super Cup – Runners-up Intercontinental Cup – Winners Club World Championship – Group	Dwight Yorke	24
2000–01	Prem		38	24	8	6	79	31	80	1st	R4	R4	Runners-up	Champions League – QF	Teddy Sheringham	21
2001–02	Prem		38	24	5	9	87	45	77	3rd	R4	R3	Runners-up	Champions League – SF	Ruud van Nistelrooy	36
2002–03	Prem		38	25	8	5	74	34	83	1st	R5	Runners-up		Champions League – QF	Ruud van Nistelrooy	44^[aa]
2003–04	Prem		38	23	6	9	64	35	75	3rd	Winners	R4	Winners	Champions League – Round of 16	Ruud van Nistelrooy	30
2004–05	Prem		38	22	11	5	58	26	77	3rd	Runners-up	SF	Runners-up	Champions League – Round of 16	Wayne Rooney	17
2005–06	Prem		38	25	8	5	72	34	83	2nd	R5	Winners		Champions League – Group	Ruud van Nistelrooy	24
2006–07	Prem		38	28	5	5	83	27	89	1st	Runners-up	R4		Champions League – SF	Wayne Rooney Cristiano Ronaldo	23
2007–08	Prem		38	27	6	5	80	22	87	1st	R6	R3	Winners	Champions League – Winners	Cristiano Ronaldo	42^[ab]
2008–09	Prem		38	28	6	4	68	24	90	1st	SF	Winners	Winners	Champions League – Runners-up Super Cup – Runners-up Club World Cup – Winners	Cristiano Ronaldo	26
2009–10	Prem		38	27	4	7	86	28	85	2nd	R3	Winners	Runners-up	Champions League – QF	Wayne Rooney	34
2010–11	Prem		38	23	11	4	78	37	80	1st	SF	R5	Winners	Champions League – Runners-up	Dimitar Berbatov^[ac]	21^[ad]
2011–12	Prem		38	28	5	5	89	33	89	2nd	R4	R5	Winners	Champions League – Group Europa League – Round of 16	Wayne Rooney	34
2012–13	Prem		38	28	5	5	86	43	89	1st	R6	R4		Champions League – Round of 16	Robin van Persie	30^[ae]
2013–14	Prem		38	19	7	12	64	43	64	7th	R3	SF	Winners	Champions League – QF	Wayne Rooney	19
2014–15	Prem		38	20	10	8	62	37	70	4th	R6	R2			Wayne Rooney	14
2015–16	Prem		38	19	9	10	49	35	66	5th	Winners	R4		Champions League – Group Europa League – Round of 16	Anthony Martial	17
2016–17	Prem		38	18	15	5	54	29	69	6th	R6	Winners	Winners	Europa League – Winners	Zlatan Ibrahimović	28
2017–18	Prem		38	25	6	7	68	28	81	2nd	Runners-up	R5		Champions League – Round of 16 Super Cup – Runners-up	Romelu Lukaku	27
2018–19	Prem		38	19	9	10	65	54	66	6th	R6	R3		Champions League – QF	Paul Pogba	16
2019–20	Prem		38	18	12	8	66	36	66	3rd	SF	SF		Europa League – SF	Anthony Martial	23
2020–21	Prem		38	21	11	6	73	44	74	2nd	R6	SF		Champions League – Group Europa League – Runners-up	Bruno Fernandes	28
2021–22	Prem		38	16	10	12	57	57	58	6th	R4	R3		Champions League – Round of 16	Cristiano Ronaldo	24
2022–23	Prem		38	23	6	9	58	43	75	3rd	Runners-up	Winners		Europa League – QF	Marcus Rashford	30

Notes

References

General

Murphy, Alex (2006). The Official Illustrated History of Manchester United. London: Orion Books. ISBN 0-7528-7603-1.
Shury, Alan; Landamore, Brian (2005) [2002]. The Definitive Newton Heath F.C. 'Definitive' Club Histories (2nd ed.). Nottingham: SoccerData. ISBN 1-899468-16-1.
"StretfordEnd.co.uk". Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
Rundle, Richard. "Manchester United". Football Club History Database. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2010.

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