2018–19 Manchester United F.C. season

Manchester United 2018–19
Club information
Manager	Jose Mourinho (until 18 December) Ole Gunnar Solskjær (from 19 December as caretaker, from 28 March as permanent manager)
Stadium	Old Trafford, Sir Matt Busby Way
League Season information
Cup placements
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Third round
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
Season statistics
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The 2018–19 season was Manchester United's 27th season in the Premier League and their 44th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. The club will participate in the Premier League, the FA Cup, EFL Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

This season is the first since 2005–06 without club captain Michael Carrick, who retired after the 2017–18 season and joined the club's coaching staff. Assistant manager Rui Faria decided to leave the club after the conclusion of the 2017–18 season and has now been replaced by Kieran McKenna (who is now Mourinho's new first-team coach alongside Carrick).

Pre-season and friendlies

United preceded their 2018–19 campaign with tour of the United States. The first three games were announced on 3 April 2018, with the opposition provided by Club América, San Jose Earthquakes and Liverpool. The club later announced that the tour would see them compete in the 2018 International Champions Cup. In the 2018 competition, United will play against Milan at StubHub Center in Carson, California, Liverpool at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Real Madrid at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The final pre-season game will see Manchester United play against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena on 5 August. Alexis Sánchez's arrival in the United States was delayed as he was not issued with a visa due to the 16-month suspended jail sentence he accepted in February for tax fraud in Spain.

Date	Opponents	H/A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
19 July 2018	Club América	N	1–1	Mata 78'	37,766
22 July 2018	San Jose Earthquakes	N	0–0		32,549
25 July 2018	Milan	N	1–1 (9–8p)	Sánchez 12'	21,742
28 July 2018	Liverpool	N	1–4	A. Pereira 31'	101,254
31 July 2018	Real Madrid	N	2–1	Sánchez 18', Herrera 27'	64,141
5 August 2018	Bayern Munich	A	0–1		75,000

Premier League

Main article: 2018–19 Premier League

Matches

On 14 June 2018, the Premier League announced the fixtures for the 2018–19 season.

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
10 August 2018	Leicester City	H	2–1	Pogba 3' (pen.), Shaw 83'	74,439	1st
19 August 2018	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	2–3	Lukaku 34', Pogba 90+5' (pen.)	30,592	10th
27 August 2018	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–3		74,400	13th
2 September 2018	Burnley	A	2–0	Lukaku (2) 27', 44'	21,525	10th
15 September 2018	Watford	A	2–1	Lukaku 35', Smalling 38'	20,537	8th
22 September 2018	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–1	Fred 18'	74,489	6th
29 September 2018	West Ham United	A	1–3	Rashford 71'	56,938	10th
6 October 2018	Newcastle United	H	3–2	Mata 70', Martial 76', Sánchez 90'	74,519	8th
20 October 2018	Chelsea	A	2–2	Martial (2) 55', 73'	40,721	9th
28 October 2018	Everton	H	2–1	Pogba 27', Martial 49'	74,525	8th
3 November 2018	Bournemouth	A	2–1	Martial 35', Rashford 90+2'	10,792	7th
11 November 2018	Manchester City	A	1–3	Martial 58' (pen.)	54,316	8th
24 November 2018	Crystal Palace	H	0–0		74,516	7th
1 December 2018	Southampton	A	2–2	Lukaku 33', Herrera 39'	30,187	7th
5 December 2018	Arsenal	H	2–2	Martial 30', Lingard 69'	74,507	8th
8 December 2018	Fulham	H	4–1	Young 13', Mata 28', Lukaku 42', Rashford 82'	74,523	6th
16 December 2018	Liverpool	A	1–3	Lingard 33'	52,908	6th
22 December 2018	Cardiff City	A	5–1	Rashford 3', Herrera 29', Martial 41', Lingard (2) 57' (pen.), 90'	33,028	6th
26 December 2018	Huddersfield Town	H	3–1	Matić 28', Pogba (2) 64', 78'	74,523	6th
30 December 2018	Bournemouth	H	4–1	Pogba (2) 5', 33', Rashford 45', Lukaku 72'	74,556	6th
2 January 2019	Newcastle United	A	2–0	Lukaku 64', Rashford 80'	52,217	6th
13 January 2019	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–0	Rashford 44'	80,062	6th
19 January 2019	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	2–1	Pogba 27' (pen.), Rashford 42'	74,532	6th
29 January 2019	Burnley	H	2–2	Pogba 87' (pen.), Lindelöf 90+2'	74,529	6th
3 February 2019	Leicester City	A	1–0	Rashford 9'	32,148	5th
9 February 2019	Fulham	A	3–0	Pogba (2) 14', 65' (pen.), Martial 23'	25,001	4th
24 February 2019	Liverpool	H	0–0		74,519	5th
27 February 2019	Crystal Palace	A	3–1	Lukaku (2) 33', 52', Young 83'	25,754	5th
2 March 2019	Southampton	H	3–2	A. Pereira 53', Lukaku (2) 59', 88'	74,459	4th
10 March 2019	Arsenal	A	0–2		60,000	5th
30 March 2019	Watford	H

League table

2018–19 Premier League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Manchester City  (C)	38	32	2	4	95	23	+72	98	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Liverpool	38	30	7	1	89	22	+67	97
3	Chelsea	38	21	9	8	63	39	+24	72
4	Tottenham	38	23	2	13	67	39	+28	71
5	Arsenal	38	21	7	10	73	51	+22	70	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Manchester Utd	38	19	9	10	67	52	+15	66
7	Wolves	38	16	9	13	47	46	+1	57	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
8	Everton	38	15	9	14	54	46	+8	54
9	Leicester City	38	15	7	16	51	48	+3	52
10	West Ham Utd	38	15	7	16	52	55	−3	52
11	Watford	38	14	8	16	52	59	−7	50
12	Crystal Palace	38	14	7	17	51	53	−2	49
13	Newcastle Utd	38	12	9	17	42	48	−6	45
14	Bournemouth	38	13	6	19	56	70	−14	45
15	Burnley	38	11	7	20	45	68	−23	40
16	Southampton	38	9	12	17	45	65	−20	39
17	Brighton	38	9	9	20	35	60	−25	36
18	Cardiff City  (R)	38	10	4	24	34	69	−35	34	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	Fulham  (R)	38	7	5	26	34	81	−47	26
20	Huddersfield Town  (R)	38	3	7	28	22	76	−54	16

Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	David de Gea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Victor Lindelöf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Eric Bailly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Phil Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Marcos Rojo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Paul Pogba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	Alexis Sánchez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	Juan Mata	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Romelu Lukaku	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	Anthony Martial	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	Chris Smalling	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Jesse Lingard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	Andreas Pereira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	Fred	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	Ashley Young	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	Marcus Rashford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	GK	Sergio Romero	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	Ander Herrera	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	Luke Shaw	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	Timothy Fosu-Mensah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	Antonio Valencia (c)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	Marouane Fellaini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	Nemanja Matić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF	Matteo Darmian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	DF	Axel Tuanzebe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF	Scott McTominay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	Joel Castro Pereira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	GK	Lee Grant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	DF	Diogo Dalot	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	—	Own goals	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	–

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
6 June 2018	DF	Diogo Dalot	Porto	Undisclosed
21 June 2018	MF	Fred	Shakhtar Donetsk	Undisclosed
3 July 2018	GK	Lee Grant	Stoke City	Undisclosed
28 November 2018	GK	Paul Woolston	Newcastle United	Free

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
25 May 2018	DF	Joe Riley	Bradford City	Undisclosed
15 June 2018	MF	Indy Boonen	KV Oostende	Free
21 June 2018	GK	Ilias Moutha-Sebtaoui	Anderlecht	Released
30 June 2018	MF	Michael Carrick	Retired
30 June 2018	GK	Max Johnstone	Released
30 June 2018	DF	Jake Kenyon	Released
30 June 2018	MF	Devonte Redmond	Released
30 June 2018	GK	Theo Richardson	Released
30 June 2018	MF	Charlie Scott	Released
3 July 2018	GK	Sam Johnstone	West Bromwich Albion	Undisclosed
17 July 2018	DF	Daley Blind	Ajax	€16m
30 January 2019	DF	Ro-Shaun Williams	Shrewsbury Town	Undisclosed
1 February 2019	MF	Marouane Fellaini	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Undisclosed

Loan out

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To
1 July 2018	End of season	GK	Dean Henderson	Sheffield United
27 July 2018	21 December 2018	MF	Matty Willock	St Mirren
28 July 2018	End of season	DF	Cameron Borthwick-Jackson	Scunthorpe United
2 August 2018	9 January 2019	GK	Joel Castro Pereira	Vitória de Setúbal
6 August 2018	End of season	DF	Axel Tuanzebe	Aston Villa
9 August 2018		DF	Timothy Fosu-Mensah	Fulham
13 August 2018		FW	James Wilson	Aberdeen
15 August 2018		GK	Kieran O'Hara	Macclesfield Town
28 August 2018		DF	Demetri Mitchell	Heart of Midlothian
11 January 2019		MF	Ethan Hamilton	Rochdale
18 January 2019		DF	Regan Poole	Newport County
31 January 2019		MF	Zak Dearnley	Oldham Athletic
31 January 2019		GK	Joel Castro Pereira	Kortrijk
31 January 2019		MF	Tom Sang	AFC Fylde
31 January 2019		MF	Callum Whelan	Port Vale
31 January 2019		MF	Matty Willock	Crawley Town