Manchester United Football Club is a professional football club based in Old Trafford , Greater Manchester , which plays in the English Premier League with the most English Premier League titles of all time. 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.

Manchester United has won numerous trophies in English football, including a record 20 League titles, 12 FA Cups , four League Cups and a record 21 FA Community Shields . The club has also won three European Cups , one UEFA Cup , one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup , one UEFA Super Cup , one Intercontinental Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup.. In 1998-1999.

The Munich Air Disaster of 1958 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. while Alex Ferguson won a total of 38 major titles, from November 1986 to May 2013, [4] [5] when he announced his retirement after 26 years at the club.

Manchester United was the third richest football club in the world for 2011–12 in terms of revenue, with annual revenues of €395.9 million, and the second most valuable club in 2013, valued at $3.165 billion. And in January 2015, Manchester United was named the second richest club in the world.