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'''Manchester United Football Club''' (popularly abbreviated as '''MUFC''' or '''Man Utd''') is an English [[Association Football|Football club]] based in [[Manchester]]. It is one of the most popular clubs in the world, supported by millions of people; it is also amongst the richest clubs in the world, currently owned by [[United States of America|American]] businessman [[Malcolm Glazer]] following his takeover in 2005.
'''Manchester United Football Club''' (popularly abbreviated as '''MUFC''' or '''Man U''') is an [[association football (soccer)]] club based in [[Salford]] which competes in the English [[Premier League]]. It is amongst the richest clubs in the world, currently owned by [[United States of America|American]] businessman [[Malcolm Glazer]] following his takeover in 2005.


The club, whose players are also known as ''The Red Devils'', has had great success in domestic competitions and has also consistently done well in European tournaments, winning 16 [[Premier League|domestic league]] titles (including nine since 1992) and 2 [[UEFA Champions League|European]] titles, including the 1968 European Cup title, the first ever won by an English club.
Manchester United was founded in 1878 as Newton Heath Cricket & Football Club by employees of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway.  The club's name was changed in 1902 and, in 1910, it moved to its present venue at [[Old Trafford Football Ground|Old Trafford]] in Salford, which is adjacent to [[Manchester]].  The club has the same nickname as [[Salford RLFC]]: the ''Red Devils''.  Old Trafford is currently the largest club stadium in Great Britain with a capacity of over 75,000.


United's stadium, [[Old Trafford]] (also known as ''The Theater of Dreams''), situated on the outskirts of the city, has a capacity of more than 75,000 and is considered one of the best in Europe.
With the single exception of [[Liverpool FC]], Manchester United is the most successful club in English football, having won the [[European Cup]] three times and the English championship 18 times.


[[Sir Alex Ferguson]] is the present manager of the club, having served there since 1986. [[Gary Neville]] is the captain. Manchester United were the most successful English club in the 1990s, winning the Premiership title every season of that decade since its inception in 1992 except the 1994/1995 season ([[Blackburn Rovers F.C]]) and 1997/1998 season ([[Arsenal F.C]])). Recently since 2000, Manchester United have faced tougher competition from a resurgent Arsenal and an extremely wealthy [[Chelsea F.C]] (Owned by Russian billionaire [[Roman Abrohamovich]]) but still won three Premier League titles in the last seven seasons; 2000/2001, 2002/2003 and 2006/2007.
Current manager Sir [[Alex Ferguson]] has been in the job since 1986.

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Manchester United Football Club (popularly abbreviated as MUFC or Man U) is an association football (soccer) club based in Salford which competes in the English Premier League. It is amongst the richest clubs in the world, currently owned by American businessman Malcolm Glazer following his takeover in 2005.

Manchester United was founded in 1878 as Newton Heath Cricket & Football Club by employees of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. The club's name was changed in 1902 and, in 1910, it moved to its present venue at Old Trafford in Salford, which is adjacent to Manchester. The club has the same nickname as Salford RLFC: the Red Devils. Old Trafford is currently the largest club stadium in Great Britain with a capacity of over 75,000.

With the single exception of Liverpool FC, Manchester United is the most successful club in English football, having won the European Cup three times and the English championship 18 times.

Current manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been in the job since 1986.

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