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Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club who play at Old Trafford in Stretford, Greater Manchester. Having won a joint-record 18 league titles and a record 11 FA Cups, Manchester United is one of the most successful clubs in the history of English football, and are the reigning Premier League champions and Football League Cup holders. The club is one of the wealthiest and most widely supported football teams in the world.


Founded as Newton Heath LYR F.C. in 1878, the club joined The Football League in 1892 and has played in the top division of English football since 1938, with the exception of the 1974–75 season. They were the first English club to win the European Cup, in 1968, and the Treble, in 1999; they added a third Champions League title in 2008.

Alex Ferguson has been manager since 6 November 1986 and is the most successful manager in the club's history, having won 26 major honours. The club captain is Gary Neville who succeeded Roy Keane in November 2005. Average attendances at Old Trafford have been higher than at any other English club ground for all but six seasons since 1964–65.

Manchester United Manager
Sir Alex Ferguson (1986-Present)

Manchester United First Team Players
1 Edwin Van Der Sar 2 Gary Neville (Captain)
3 Patrice Evra 4 Owen Hargreaves
5 Rio Ferdinand 6 Wes Brown
7 Michael Owen 8 Anderson
9 Dimitar Berbatov 10 Wayne Rooney
11 Ryan Giggs (Vice-Captain) 12 Ben Foster
13 Park Ji Sung 14 Zoran Tosic
15 Nemanja Vidic 16 Michael Carrick
17 Nani 18 Paul Scholes
19 Danny Welback 20 Fabio
21 Rafael 22 John O'shea
23 Jonny Evans 24 Darren Fletcher
25 Antonio Valencia 26 Gabriel Obertan
27 Federico Macheda 28 Darron Gibson
29 Thomsz Kuszczak 32 Mame Biram Diouf

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