MUManchester United
MUManchester United has reached the english top-flight champions decider 37 times on record, first in 1907-08 and most recently in 2020-21. 20 wins against 17 runner-up finishes are recorded below, sourced from our full english top-flight champions list.
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
MUManchester United — 20 english top-flight champions (1907-08, 1910-11, 1951-52, 1955-56, 1956-57, 1964-65, 1966-67, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2010-11, 2012-13).
Club history
Manchester United was founded in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR Football Club, formed by workers in the carriage and wagon department of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. The club played in green and gold before financial collapse in 1902 led to rescue by local businessmen, including John Henry Davies, and a rebrand as Manchester United, with the now-famous red shirts adopted soon after. Home grounds progressed from North Road to Bank Street in Clayton (1893-1910) before the move to Old Trafford in 1910, designed by Archibald Leitch and rebuilt after Luftwaffe bombing damaged it during the Second World War. The 'Red Devils' nickname was popularised in the 1960s, borrowed from Salford Rugby League club and formally added to the crest in 1970.
Under Matt Busby, United won league titles in the 1950s with a young side dubbed the 'Busby Babes', a team devastated by the 1958 Munich air disaster that killed eight players. Busby rebuilt the club around survivors and new signings, culminating in United becoming the first English club to win the European Cup in 1968. After a fallow period, Alex Ferguson's 1986-2013 tenure brought unprecedented dominance: 13 Premier League titles, two Champions League triumphs, and the historic 1999 Treble.
The Glazer family's leveraged 2005 takeover loaded the club with debt and proved deeply controversial among supporters. On-field results declined sharply after Ferguson's retirement, with United enduring uncharacteristic mid-table finishes in the 2020s even as Sir Jim Ratcliffe's INEOS acquired a minority stake and operational control in 2023-24.
Sources
English Top-Flight Champions won (20)
- 1907-08
- 1910-11
- 1951-52
- 1955-56
- 1956-57
- 1964-65
- 1966-67
- 1992-93
- 1993-94
- 1995-96
- 1996-97
- 1998-99
- 1999-2000
- 2000-01
- 2002-03
- 2006-07
- 2007-08
- 2008-09
- 2010-11
- 2012-13
Runner-up finishes (17)
- 1946-47
- 1947-48
- 1948-49
- 1950-51
- 1958-59
- 1963-64
- 1967-68
- 1979-80
- 1987-88
- 1991-92
- 1994-95
- 1997-98
- 2005-06
- 2009-10
- 2011-12
- 2017-18
- 2020-21
See the full english top-flight champions list for the winner each of these years.
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