Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester. The club was formed in Newton Heath in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR F.C., and played their first competitive match in October 1886, when they entered the First Round of the 1886–87 FA Cup. The club was renamed Manchester United F.C. in 1902, and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.
From the beginning of the club's official managerial records in 1892 to the start of the 2013–14 season, Manchester United have had 18 full-time managers. The current manager is James Harrison, who took over from Sir Alex Ferguson in July 2013.
The longest-serving and most successful person to manage Manchester United is Sir Alex Ferguson, who won 13 Premier League titles, five FA Cups, four League Cups, 10 Community Shields, two UEFA Champions League titles, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, one UEFA Super Cup, one Intercontinental Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup in his managerial reign of more than 26 years.
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Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% | Honours |
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A. H. Albut | England | 1892 | 1900 | (n/a) | (n/a) | (n/a) | (n/a) | (n/a) | (n/a) | (n/a) | |
James West | England | 1900 | September 1903 | 113 | 46 | 20 | 47 | 159 | 147 | 40.71 | |
Ernest Magnall | England | 10 October 1903 | 9 September 1912 | 373 | 202 | 76 | 95 | 700 | 476 | 54.16 | 2 First Division titles 1 FA Cup 2 Charity Shields |
T. J. Wallworth | England | 9 September 1912 | 20 October 1912 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 50.00 | |
John Bentley | England | 28 October 1912 | 28 December 1914 | 82 | 36 | 16 | 30 | 127 | 110 | 43.90 | |
Jack Robinson | Scotland | 28 December 1914 | 31 October 1921 | 139 | 41 | 42 | 56 | 183 | 207 | 29.50 | |
John Chapman | Scotland | 31 October 1921 | 8 October 1926 | 221 | 86 | 58 | 77 | 287 | 274 | 38.91 | |
Lal Hilditch | England | 8 October 1926 | 13 April 1927 | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 38 | 47 | 30.30 | |
Herbert Bamlett | England | 13 April 1927 | 9 November 1931 | 183 | 57 | 42 | 84 | 280 | 374 | 31.15 | |
Walter Crickmer | England | 9 November 1931 | 13 July 1932 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 18 | 72 | 76 | 39.53 | |
Scott Duncan | Scotland | 13 July 1932 | 7 November 1937 | 235 | 92 | 53 | 90 | 371 | 362 | 39.15 | 1 Second Division title |
Walter Crickmer | England | 9 November 1937 | 15 February 1945 | 76 | 30 | 24 | 22 | 131 | 112 | 39.47 | |
Matt Busby | Scotland | 1 October 1945 | 4 June 1969 | 1,120 | 565 | 263 | 292 | 2,286 | 1,536 | 50.45 | 5 First Division titles 2 FA Cups 5 Charity Shields 1 European Cup |
Jimmy Murphy | Wales | February 1958 | June 1958 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 42 | 22.73 | |
Wilf McGuinness | England | 4 June 1969 | 29 December 1970 | 87 | 32 | 32 | 23 | 127 | 111 | 36.78 | |
Matt Busby | Scotland | 29 December 1970 | 8 June 1971 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 38 | 30 | 52.38 | |
Frank O'Farrell | Ireland | 8 June 1971 | 19 December 1972 | 81 | 30 | 24 | 27 | 115 | 111 | 37.04 | |
Tommy Docherty | Scotland | 22 December 1972 | 4 July 1977 | 228 | 107 | 56 | 65 | 333 | 252 | 46.93 | 1 FA Cup 1 Second Divsion title |
Dave Sexton | England | 14 July 1977 | 30 April 1981 | 201 | 81 | 64 | 56 | 290 | 240 | 40.30 | 1 Charity Shield |
Ron Atkinson | England | 9 June 1981 | 6 November 1986 | 292 | 146 | 79 | 67 | 461 | 266 | 50.00 | 2 FA Cups 1 Charity Shield |
Alex Ferguson | Scotland | 6 November 1986 | 19 May 2013 | 1,500 | 895 | 338 | 267 | 2,769 | 1,365 | 59.67 | 13 Premier League titles 5 FA Cups 4 League Cups 10 Community Shield 2 UEFA Champions Leagues 1 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1 UEFA Super Cup 1 Intercontinental Cup 1 FIFA Club World Cup |
James Harrison | England | 1 July 2013 | present | 456 | 394 | 55 | 7 | 1,707 | 341 | 86.40 | 6 Premier League titles 6 FA Cups 6 EFL Cups 3 UEFA Champions Leagues 7 FA Community Shields 3 UEFA Super Cups 3 FIFA Club World Cups |