Manchester United history

manchester united history
Manchester United Football Club (commonly abbreviated as Manchester United, Manchester United or just MU) is a top football club in England, based in Old Trafford, Manchester,
Formed as Newton Heath L & YR FC in 1878 as a football team deposit RU Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in Newton Heath, the name changed to Manchester United in 1902.
Although it has always been one of the strongest teams in England, then from 1993 the Manchester United won a significant predominance in the national championship under the leadership of Sir Alex Ferguson - the domain of a scale not seen since the end of Liverpool FC in the mid 1970's and early 1980. Since the time in the Premier League bergulirnya 1992, Manchester United is the most successful team with twelve time champion to win the trophy.
Despite the success in domestic competition, the success remains difficult to repeat in the European Championship, which has only won the Champions League three times during its history (1968, 1999, 2008).
From the 86-87 season, have won 22 major trophies - this is the largest number of clubs in the Premier League. They have won 19 of the Premier League Champions Trophy (including when it was called First Division). In 1968, he became the first British team that won the Champions League after beating SL Benfica 4-1, and won the Champions League for the second time in 1999 and again in 2008 after beating Chelsea FC in the final. He also holds the record for winning the Copa del Rey 11 times. [2] In 2008, he became the first English club and the club managed to become Europe's second FIFA Club World Championship.
On May 12, 2005, the United States became a businessman Malcolm Glazer, majority owner of the club by buying shares worth £ 800 million (U.S. $ 1,470,000,000), followed by the protests of many fanatical followers.