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Winners' and runners-up medals from Manchester United's UEFA Champions League final appearances in 2008, 2009 and 2011 Trophy cabinet of United on display in the Old Trafford museum. Manchester United's first trophy was the Manchester Cup, which they won as Newton Heath LYR in 1886. [3]
Manchester United is one of the most widely supported football clubs in the world [11] [12] and have rivalries with Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal and Leeds United. Manchester United was the highest-earning football club in the world for 2016–17, with an annual revenue of €676.3 million, [ 13 ] and the world's third-most-valuable ...
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.
The first five champions in the Premier League era – Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United – had all won the title at least once prior to 1992. Leicester City were champions for the first time in 2016, becoming the first team to win the Premier League without having previously won the First Division.
Manchester United won the 1966–67 Football League title by four points over Nottingham Forest with a game to spare; this secured their second European Cup appearance in three seasons for 1967–68. After overcoming the Maltese champions, Hibernians , in the first round, United were handed yet another trip to Yugoslavia, this time to take on ...
Ten players have won the title with more than one club. Having won 13 Premier League championships, Manchester United have more title-winning players to their name than any other club, with 86 players awarded 247 medals. Ryan Giggs, who spent his entire career at the club, [10] has won more medals than any other player with 13. Over a third of ...
Manchester United are the only English club to have won the Intercontinental Cup, while United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City are the only English teams to have lifted the Club World Cup. [16] [17] Lower down in the hierarchy of English football are many other competitions, not included in the tables on this page.
In third place, English clubs have secured 48 titles, including a record 8 wins in the Cup Winners' Cup. French clubs, ranked sixth on the list, have won the Intertoto Cup the most times (12). Italian clubs have a distinction of being the only ones who have won the three main UEFA competitions in the same season (1989–90). [4]