MANCHESTER UNITED

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Full name - Manchester United Football Club

Founded - 1878, as Newton Heath LYR F.C.

Original shirt colors: red and white

Alternate shirt colors: white, black and
yellow

Nickname: "the red devils", "the mancunians", "busby babes"

Country: England National Flag England

National Confederation:
The FA (The Football Association)

League - FA English Premier League



Possible Titles:
Local Tournaments: Premier League, League Cup, FA Cup, FA Community Shield / International Tournaments: UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup, European Super Cup


Titles Won:
- International Tournaments (5)
UEFA Champions League 1968, 1999
Intercontinental Cup 1999
European Super Cup 1991
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1991
- National Tournaments (45)
Premier League 16 (1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965, 1967, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007)
League Cup 2 (1992, 2006)
FA Cup 11 (1909, 1948, 1963, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004)
FA Community Shield 16 (1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965, 1967, 1977, 1983, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007)


Last season: League champion; FA Cup finalist; Carling Cup semi-finalist; Champions League semi-finalist
Domestic honours: League champion 16; FA Cup champion 11; League Cup champion 2


Greatest players: Fabien Barthez, David Beckham, George Best, Steve Bruce, Eric Cantona, Bobby Charlton, Andrew Cole, Duncan Edwards, Rio Ferdinand, Bill Foulkes, Ryan Giggs, Tim Howard, Mark Hughes, Paul Ince, Roy Keane, Denis Law, Billy Meredith, Bryan Robson, Cristiano Ronaldo, Peter Schmeichel, Paul Scholes, Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Jaap Stam, Nobby Stiles, Tommy Taylor, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dennis Viollet, Norman Whiteside, Dwight Yorke, Louis Saha, Gary Neville, Philip Neville, Laurent Blanc, Gary Pallister, Nicky Butt, Diego Forlan, Wes Brown, Juan Sebastian Veron, Alan Smith, Gabriel Heinze, Liam Miller


IN: Dimitar Berbatov(Tottenham), Owen Hargreaves (Bayern Munich, undisclosed), Anderson* (FC Porto, undisclosed), Nani* (Sporting Lisbon, undisclosed), Tomasz Kuszczak (West Brom, undisclosed) (* Combined transfer fee for Anderson and Nani was £30 million), Carlos Tevez (Unattached, loan).

OUT:Fraizer Campbell (Tottenham),Louis Saha (Everton),Chris Eagles (Burnley),Fangzhuo Dong (Released),Mikael Silvestre (Arsenal),Lee Martin (Nottm Forest),Craig Cathcart (Plymouth),Danny Simpson (Blackburn), Kieran Richardson (Sunderland, undisclosed), Giuseppe Rossi (Villarreal, undisclosed), Alan Smith (Newcastle, £6 million), Tim Howard (Everton, undisclosed), Ritchie Jones (Yeovil, loan), Ryan Shawcross (Stoke, loan), Gabriel Heinze (Real Madrid, undisclosed)


Stadium Info: Name: Manchester United FC Football Ground "Old Trafford". Address: Sir Matt Busby Way, Old Trafford, (Manchester) M16 0RA. Capacity: 68.400. Tel: (0161) 868 8000. Fax: (0161) 868 8868



Club officials

Owner: Malcolm Glazer

Honorary Life President: Martin Edwards

Manchester United Limited

Joint Chairmen: Joel Glazer & Avram Glazer

Directors: Bryan Glazer, Kevin Glazer, Edward Glazer & Darcie Glazer

Chief Executive: David Gill

Chief Operating Officer: Michael Bolingbroke

Commercial Director: Richard Arnold

Manchester United football club

Directors: David Gill, Michael Edelson, Sir Bobby Charlton, Maurice Watkins

Club Secretary: Ken Ramsden

Assistant Club Secretary: Ken Merrett

Coaching and Medical Staff

Manager : image Sir Alex Ferguson

Assistant Manager: Carlos Queiroz

First Team Coach: Mike Phelan

Technical Skills Development Coach: René Meulensteen

First Team Coach (Strikers): Ole Gunnar Solskjær

Goalkeeping Coach: Tony Coton

Fitness Coach: Tony Strudwick

Strength & Conditioning Coach: Mick Clegg

Caretaker Reserve Team Coach: Brian McClair

Chief Scout: Jim Lawlor

Chief European Scout: Martin Ferguson

Director of Youth Academy: Brian McClair

Director of Youth Football: Jimmy Ryan

Club Doctor: Dr. Steve McNally

Assistant Club Doctor: Dr. Tony Gill

First Team Physiotherapist: Rob Swire




Below is the list of first team players with their squad numbers for 2007/08 season:

Team Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson

1. Edwin van der Sar
2. Gary Neville (c)
3. Patrice Evra
4. Hargreaves
5. Rio Ferdinand
6. Wes Brown
7. Christiano Ronaldo
8. Oliveira Anderson
9. Dimitar Berbatov
10. Wayne Rooney
11. Ryan Giggs
12. Ben Foster
13. Park Ji Sung
14. Zoran Tosic
15. Nemanja Vidic
16. Michael Carrick
17. Luis Nani
18. Paul Scholes
19. Danny Welbeck
20. Fabio Da Silva
21. Rafael Da Silva
22. John O'Shea
23. Jonny Evans
24. Darren Fletcher
28. Darren Gibson
29. Tomasz Kuszczak
32. Carlos Tevez
34. Rodrigo Possebon
41. Federico Macheda
42. Richard Eckersley



Overview

Manchester United are the most successful Premier League club having won the title nine

Manchester United Chants
Glory Glory Man United!
Glory glory Man United,
Glory glory Man United,
Glory glory Man United,
And the reds go marching on on on.
Just like the Busby Babes in Days gone by,
We'll keep the Red Flags flying high,
You've got to see yourself from far and wide,
You've got to hear the masses sing with pride

United! Man United!
We're the boys in Red and we're on our way to
Wem-ber-ly! Wem-ber-ly!
We're the famous Man United and we're going to Wem-ber-ly!
Wem-ber-ly! Wem-ber-ly!
We're the famous Man United and we're going to Wem-ber-ly!

In Seventy-Seven it was Docherty,
Atkinson will make it Eighty-Three,
And everyone will know just who we are
They'll be singing 'Que Sera Sera'

United! Man United!
We're the boys in Red and we're on our way to Wem-ber-ly!
Wem-ber-ly! Wem-ber-ly!
We're the famous Man United and we're going to Wem-ber-ly!
Wem-ber-ly! Wem-ber-ly!
We're the famous Man United and we're going to Wem-ber-ly!

Glory Glory Man U