Manchester United FC is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Barclays Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.
Man United have won many trophies, including a record Twenty League titles, a record 11 FA Cups, four League Cups and a record 20 FA Community Shields.
The club has also won 3 European Cups, 1 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, 1 UEFA Super Cup, 1 Intercontinental Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup. In 1998–99, the club won a continental treble of the Premier League, the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League, the only English team every to do this.
The 1958 Munich air disaster claimed the lives of eight players. In 1968, under the management of Matt Busby, Manchester United was the first English football club to win the European Cup. Alex Ferguson won 28 major honours, and 38 in total, from November 1986 to May 2013,when he announced his retirement after 26 years at the club. Fellow Scot David Moyes was appointed as his replacement on 9 May 2013.
Manchester United is the third-richest football club in the world for 2011–12 in terms of revenue, with an annual revenue of 395.9 million euros, and the second most valuable sports team in 2013, valued at 3.165 billion dollars.
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