Manchester United Football Club is a professional football club based at Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, founded in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR Football Club before adopting its current name in 1902. Playing in red shirts, the club is one of the most widely supported in the world and one of the most successful in English football history, having won a record number of top-flight English league titles and multiple European Cup/UEFA Champions League titles, most famously completing the treble of league, FA Cup and European Cup in 1999 under manager Sir Alex Ferguson, whose 26-year tenure remains the longest and most decorated in the club's history.
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Developed into a global star at Manchester United (2003-2009), returning for a second spell (2021-2022).
One of English football's fiercest rivalries, rooted in the historic economic and civic rivalry between the cities of Manchester and Liverpool.
The Manchester Derby, an all-Manchester football rivalry that intensified sharply after Manchester City's ownership change and rise from 2008 onward.
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They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.
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Manchester United Football Club is a professional football club based at Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, founded in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR Football Club before adopting its current name in 1902. Playing in red shirts, the club is one of the most widely supported in the world and one of the most successful in English football history, having won a record number of top-flight
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Manchester United was founded in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR Football Club before renaming in 1902.
Manchester United Football Club, based at Old Trafford in Greater Manchester, England, was founded in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR Football Club before adopting its current name in 1902. Playing in red, the club is one of the most successful in English football history, having won a record number of top flight English league titles and multiple European Cup and UEFA Champions League titles, most famously completing the treble of league, FA Cup and European Cup in 1999 under manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
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