The Red Devils, the nickname of Manchester United has won 12 Premier League titles and two Champions League under manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
Other teams such as Arsenal and Chelsea are always trying to challenge Manchester United, but Ferguson could always build a squad to the dominant force since the handle.
Ferguson, in the 2010-11 season, surpassed the record 18 times Liverpool won the league title with the present 19th title for United.
The record is clear it will be difficult later equaled by anyone who replaces Ferguson.
Facts about Manchester United
- Established: 1878
- Headquarters Stadium: Old Trafford (capacity 76 212 people)
- Nickname: The Red Devils
- The color of the costume: red and white
- Scorer of all time: Bobby Charlton
- Winner of the First Division / Premier League: 19 times in 1907-1908, 1910-1911, 1951-1952, 1955-1956, 1956-1957, 1964-1965, 1966-1967, 1992-1993, 1993-1994, 1995 -1996, 1996-1997, 1998-1999, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2010-11
- FA Cup winners: 11 times in 1909, 1948, 1963, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004
- Champions League Cup: 4 times in 1991-92, 2005-06, 2008-09, 2009-10
- Winner of the European Cup / Champions League: 3 times in the years 1967-1968, 1998-1999, 2007-08
- Winner of Winners' Cup: 1 times in 1990-1991
- Winner of the UEFA Super Cup: 1 times in 1991
- Winner of the Intercontinental Cup: 1 times in 1999
- Winner of the FIFA Club World Cup: 1 times in 2008
The history of Manchester United
At first, the club was named Newton Heath L & YR F.C. which was established in 1878.
The name later changed to Manchester United in 1902.
The Red Devils won the first title in 1908.
But the new MU experiencing sustained success in the 1950s, once handled by legendary manager Sir Matt Busby.
Busby is able to provide three titles in the decade of the 50s, and made Manchester United the first English club to compete in the European Cup, where they lost in the semi-finals by Real Madrid in 1957.
The club is currently experiencing profound grief in 1958 when the plane carrying the team home from a European match crashed, killing eight players in the tragedy known as the Munich air disaster.
Busby, who survived the accident, along with the club's greatest player, Sir Bobby Charlton, trying to rebuild the team.
With the support of some players such as George Best and Denis Law, MU won two league titles in the '60s, before claiming their first European Cup, beating Benfica in the final in 1968.
After Busby resigned in 1969, no manager can approach its success until Ferguson arrived in 1986.
For nearly three decades menangai Manchester United, Ferguson has built a phenomenal record that brings MU won more league titles than Liverpool.
Several United players' 90s such as Ryan Giggs, David Beckham, Paul Scholes, Gary Neville, Phil Neville and become an integral part of the club's heyday
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