Manchester United
Manchester United Football Club (or simply MU or Man Utd) is a professional football club based at Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The club is playing in the English Premier League, the top league in the English football system. Nicknamed “The Red Devils”, the club was founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, renamed Manchester United in 1902 and moved to its current stadium, Old Trafford, in 1910.
Manchester United is one of the most successful clubs in England, holding a record 20 times English football championship, won 12 FA Cups, 5 League Cups and holds a record of 21 times won FA Community Shields. The club has won European Cups/UEFA Champions League, one UEFA Europa League, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, one UEFA Super Cup, one Intercontinental Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup. In the 1998–99 season, Manchester United became the first and only English team to win the treble in a single season, which included the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League titles.
Manchester United was the second most profitable football club in the world for the 2013-14 season, with an annual turnover of 518 million euros and the third in terms of football value in the world in 2015 with a value of $1.98 billion. As of June 2015, the club has the largest football brand value in the world, estimated at $1.2 billion. This is one of the teams with the largest number of fans in the world. The club has been operated as a limited liability company since 1991 and after being listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1991. The club has a number of rivalries, among which are Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal and Leeds United.
