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Manchester United F.C.
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| Full name |
Manchester United Football Club |
| Nickname(s) |
The Red Devils, United, Man Utd |
| Founded |
1878, as Newton Heath LYR FC |
| Ground |
Old Trafford |
| Capacity |
76,312 |
| Chairman |
 Joel & Avram Glazer |
| Manager |
 Sir Alex Ferguson |
| League |
Premier League |
| 2006–07 |
Premier League, 1st |
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Manchester United Football Club
is an English football club, based at the Old Trafford stadium in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and one of the most popular sports clubs in the world, with over 50 million supporters worldwide.[1][2] The club is one of the most successful in English football, second only to Liverpool F.C. in terms of trophies won by an English club. They are Premier League's reigning champions, and have now won the Premier League/Football League 16 times. They have also won the FA Cup a record 11 times, the League Cup twice, the European Cup twice, the UEFA Cup Winners Cup once, the Intercontinental Cup once, and the European Super Cup once.[3] The club has had the highest average attendance in English football in all but six seasons since 1964-65.[4] In the late 1990s and early 2000s the club were world leaders in revenue. As of 2007, they have the fourth largest turnover in club football.[5]
The current manager of Manchester United is Sir Alex Ferguson, who has held the position since 6 November 1986. The current club captain is Gary Neville, who succeeded Roy Keane in November 2005. |
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