In 1956–57, Manchester United became the first English club to enter European competition, entering the European Cup, following the Football Association's refusal to allow Chelsea to enter the previous year.
Upon joining the Football League, the club dropped the "LYR" from their name, before financial troubles forced the club to restructure in 1902, including a change of name to Manchester United F.C. The club then joined the Football Alliance in 1889, and in 1892 were elected to the newly formed Football League First Division. They entered The Combination in 1888, but the league was wound up before the season could be completed. In 1886, the club entered the FA Cup for the first time, but were knocked out in the first round. Official records from these matches are sketchy at best, and are often extrapolated from newspaper reports at the time. At this time organised League football did not exist "first class matches" were arranged on a largely ad-hoc basis and supplemented by cup competitions. The club formed in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR F.C. Records of competitions such as the Lancashire Cup and the Manchester and District Challenge Cup are not included due to them being considered of less importance than the FA Cup and the League Cup. Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in the English league that season. This list details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season. As of the end of the 2022–23 season, the club has played a total of 5,889 competitive matches, and has competed in the top flight for 98 of their 124 seasons. The club has also never been out of the top two divisions of English football since entering the Football League. The club has won a total of 66 major trophies: the League Championship a record twenty times (seven times in the Football League era and a record thirteen times in the Premier League era), the FA Cup twelve times, the League Cup five times, the Community Shield a record 21 times (including four shared titles), the European Cup three times, the UEFA Europa League once, the European Cup Winners' Cup once, the European Super Cup once, the Intercontinental Cup once and the FIFA Club World Cup once. in 1902, and moved to Old Trafford in 1910. The club was renamed Manchester United F.C. The club was formed in Newton Heath in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR F.C., and played their first competitive match in October 1886, when they entered the First Round of the 1886–87 FA Cup.
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Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester. The Manchester United team at the start of the 1905–06 season, in which they were runners-up in the Second Division and were promoted.
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