Manchester United Football Club is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The club was founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to its current stadium in 1910. United have won more trophies than any other club in English football, with a record 20 League titles, 12 FA Cups, five League Cups and a record 21 FA Community Shields. In 1998–99, the club became the first in the history of English football to achieve the continental European treble. The team has rivalries with Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal and Leeds United.
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Manchester United Football Club is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The club was founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to its current stadium in 1910. United have won more trophies than any other club in English football, with a record 20 League titles, 12 FA Cups, five League Cups and a record 21 FA Community Shields. In 1998–99, the club became the first in the history of English football to achieve the continental European treble. In 2016–17, they became one of five clubs to have won all three main UEFA club competitions. Manchester United was the highest-earning football club in the world for 2016-17, with an annual revenue of €676. 3 million. As of 2015, it is the world’s most valuable football brand, estimated to be worth USD 1. 2 billion. The team has rivalries with Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal and Leeds United, and is one of the most widely supported football clubs in the country. It is the third most valuable club in world football, valued at £3.15 billion in 2019. The Glazer family is the largest shareholder of the club, with shares worth almost £800 million in 2005. The Manchester United shirt is the most expensive in football, and the most popular in the Premier League, with more than £1.5 million sold every week. The Red Devils have won the FA Cup, League Cup, Champions League, Europa League, Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.
In 1968, under the management of Matt Busby, Manchester United became first English football club to win the European Cup. Alex Ferguson won 38 trophies as manager, including 13 Premier League titles and 5 FA Cups and 2 UEFA Champions Leagues, between 1986 and 2013, when he announced his retirement. The 1958 Munich air disaster claimed the lives of eight players. In the 1938–39 season, the last year of football before the Second World War, the team finished 14th in the First Division before the resumption of football in October 1945. In October 1945, James W Gibson, who invested £2,000 in 1931, invested in the club and assumed control of the football club. The following year, he led the club to the 14th place in the Second Division, where it remained until the end of the First World War. In November 1945, he sold the club for £1,000, making the club the first British club to do so. After the war, the club relegated to the Second Division in 1925, but regaining promotion to Second Division in 1934. In 1922, three years after the resumption of football following the First World War, the club was relegated to the Third Divison. In 1934, Manchester United became a all-time yo-yo club, achieving its all- time lowest position of 20th place of 20 in the 20th year of football.
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