Manchester United

Micula Daniel
Manchester United
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional soccer club that
plays in the Premier League, the highest tier of English association football.
Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to
Manchester United in 1902 and moved to its current home, Old Trafford, in 1910.
With a capacity of around 75,000, Old Trafford is the second-largest football
stadium in the United Kingdom after Wembley Stadium, and the ninth-largest in
Europe.
Short history
In 1968, under the management of Sir Matt Busby, Manchester United became
the first English football club to win the European Cup. This success came ten years
after the 1958 Munich air disaster, which claimed the lives of eight players. The
club’s most successful period came under Sir Alex Ferguson, who led the team to
28 major honors between November 1986 and May 2013. Manchester United
remain the most successful team in English domestic football, having won a total of
20 league titles, more than any other English club, as well as 12 FA Cups and 5
League Cups.
 Stadium
The Old Trafford stadium, commonly known as "The Theatre of
Dreams," was originally opened on February 19, 1910 with a capacity
of approximately 80,000. During the Second World War, Old Trafford
was used by the military as a depot, and on March 11, 1941 was
heavily damaged by a German bombing raid. The stadium was rebuilt following the war and
reopened on August 24, 1949. The addition of floodlighting, permitting evening matches, was
completed in 1957 and a project to cover the stands with roofs was completed in 1959. After a
series of additions during the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s, capacity at Old Trafford reached
56,385 in 1985. The conversion of the stadium to an all-seater reduced capacity to approximately
44,000 by 1992, the lowest in its history. Thereafter, the club began to expand capacity throughout
the stadium, bringing capacity to approximately 58,000 by 1996,
approximately 68,000 by 2000, and approximately 76,000 in
2006. Current capacity at Old Trafford is 75,454.
 Legends of the club
Since the inception of the Premier League in 1992, the club has
enjoyed consistent success and growth with popular players such as Eric
Cantona, David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Roy Keane, Bryan
Robson, Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie. The
popularity of these players, club’s distinguished tradition and history, and
the on-field success of Red Devils first team have allowed it to expand the
club into a global brand with an international follower
base.
 Sir Alex Ferguson
Sir Alex Ferguson is the most successful manager in British football history, winning 13 Premier League titles with Manchester
United.
Having spent all of his playing career in Scotland, Ferguson first went into management with East Stirlingshire in 1974 before
joining St Mirren in the same year. At St Mirren, Ferguson transformed a Second Division team into the 1977 First Division
champions.
Ferguson further enhanced his reputation at Aberdeen, where he guided the club to three top-flight titles, four Scottish Cups, and
triumphs in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Super Cup. He replaced Ron Atkinson at Old Trafford in 1986, winning his first FA
Cup in 1990. He also added another UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Super Cup to his collection.
Ferguson ended Man Utd’s 26-year wait for a top-flight title in the inaugural Premier League season of 1992/93. He went on to
enjoy unprecedented success over the next two decades until his retirement at the end of the 2012/13 campaign.
The basis of the Red Devils' success was the "Class of 92", with Ryan Giggs, David Beckham, Gary Neville, Phil Neville, Paul
Scholes and Nicky Butt among the "Fergie’s fledglings" coming to prominence in the early to mid-1990s.
During his reign at Old Trafford, Ferguson also won the FA Cup five times and the League Cup on four occasions. United also
claimed two UEFA Champions League trophies under his management, including the 1999 win in Barcelona with two stoppage-time
goals in a 2-1 victory over Bayern Munich. United’s 13th Premier League title and 20th top-flight triumph overall came with four
matches to spare in 2012/13 as Ferguson exceeded 800 Premier League matches managed and 1,400 matches in all competitions.
In total, he lifted more than 30 trophies in his time in charge at Old Trafford. He won Premier League Manager of the Season on
11 occasions, as well as picking up the monthly accolade 27 times and numerous other individual awards, such as LMA Manager of the
Year and LMA Manager of the Decade.
His all-time Premier League record stands at 528 wins from 810 matches.
 Ryan Giggs
Ryan Joseph Giggs  is a Welsh football coach and former player. He is the manager of the Wales
national team and a co-owner of Salford City. Giggs played his entire professional
career for Manchester United and briefly served as the club's interim manager after the sacking
of David Moyes in April 2014. Giggs is regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation.
Giggs is one of the most decorated footballers of all time. During his time at United, he
won 13 Premier League winner's medals, four FA Cup winner's medals, three League
Cup winner's medals, two UEFA Champions League winner's medals, a FIFA Club World
Cup winners medal, an Intercontinental Cup winner's medal, a UEFA Super Cup winner's
medal and nine FA Community Shield winner's medals. Manchester United and Liverpool are
the only clubs in English football history to have won more league championships than
Giggs. Giggs captained United on numerous occasions, particularly in the 2007–08 season
when regular captain Gary Neville was ruled out with various injuries.
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https://www.premierleague.com/managers/344/Alex-Ferguson/overview

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Giggs

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