2023–24 Manchester United F.C. season

Manchester United 2023–24
Club information
Manager	Erik ten Hag
Stadium	Old Trafford, Sir Matt Busby Way
League Season information
Final League position	Premier League, TBD
Cup placements
FA Cup	Final
EFL Cup	Fourth round
Champions League	Group stage
Season statistics
Top goalscorer	Bruno Fernandes (8)
← 2022–23	2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season is the 137th season in the history of Manchester United, their 32nd season in the Premier League and their 49th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. The club are participating in the Premier League, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the UEFA Champions League.

It will be the first season since 2010–11 without goalkeeper David de Gea and defender Phil Jones, who left the club when their contracts expired. With De Gea and Jones' departures, United were without either a Premier League winner in their squad for the first time since the 1992–93 season; however, the short-term signing of Jonny Evans, who won three Premier League titles with the club, for their pre-season campaign means that this is briefly not the case.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
5 July 2023	MF	Mason Mount	Chelsea	Undisclosed
18 July 2023	DF	Jonny Evans	Unattached	Free
20 July 2023	GK	André Onana	Inter Milan	Undisclosed

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
26 June 2023	MF	Zidane Iqbal	Utrecht	Undisclosed
30 June 2023	MF	Ethan Galbraith	Leyton Orient	Free
	DF	Phil Jones	Free agent	Released
	DF	Di'Shon Bernard
	DF	Axel Tuanzebe
	GK	Eric Hanbury
	MF	Charlie Wellens
	FW	Manni Norkett	Nottingham Forest	Free
	DF	Ethan Laird	Birmingham City	Undisclosed
8 July 2023	GK	David de Gea	Free agent	Released
20 July 2023	DF	Björn Hardley	Utrecht	Undisclosed
22 July 2023	MF	Charlie Savage	Reading	Undisclosed
23 July 2023	DF	Alex Telles	Al-Nassr	Reported as £6 million
25 July 2023	FW	Anthony Elanga	Nottingham Forest	Reported as £15 million

Kits

Home

Away

Third

Pre-season and friendlies

United announced a tour of the United States in July 2023, with friendly matches against Wrexham – who are co-owned by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney and who also have former United goalkeeper Ben Foster in their squad – in San Diego, and Borussia Dortmund in Las Vegas. On 12 May, the club announced their third and fourth pre-season friendlies in the US against fierce rivals Arsenal in New York City, and in Houston against Real Madrid, which will be played one day after Wrexham game. A fifth friendly, the first based in the UK, against Lyon in Edinburgh was also added to the pre-season calendar. On 25 May, the club announced a friendly against Roses rivals and EFL Championship club Leeds United in Oslo. A seventh match, against Athletic Bilbao in Dublin, was announced on 13 June. On 29 June, the club announced a home friendly against French club Lens, to be played the day before the match against Athletic Bilbao.

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

Friendly 12 July 2023	Manchester United	2–0	Leeds United	Oslo, Norway
17:00 CEST	Emeran  67' Hugill  81'	Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Referee: Rohit Saggi

Friendly 19 July 2023	Manchester United	1–0	Lyon	Edinburgh, Scotland
14:00 BST	Van de Beek  49'	Report		Stadium: BT Murrayfield Stadium Attendance: 48,484 Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

Friendly 22 July 2023	Arsenal	0–2 (3–5 pen)	Manchester United	New York City, United States
17:00 EDT 22:00 BST		Report	Fernandes  30' Sancho  37'	Stadium: MetLife Stadium Attendance: 82,262 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez (United States)
		Penalties
	Ødegaard Trossard Vieira Jorginho		Casemiro Dalot Lindelöf Rashford Eriksen

Friendly 25 July 2023	Manchester United	1–3	Wrexham	San Diego, United States
19:30 PDT	Jurado  45'	Report	Lee  29' Hayden  36' Dalby  69'	Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium Attendance: 34,248 Referee: Ismail Elfath

Friendly 26 July 2023	Real Madrid	0–2	Manchester United	Houston, United States
19:36 UTC−5	Bellingham  6' Joselu  89'	Report		Stadium: NRG Stadium Attendance: 67,801 Referee: Lukasz Szpala (United States)

Friendly 30 July 2023	Manchester United	2–3	Borussia Dortmund	Las Vegas, United States
18:00 PDT	Dalot  24' Antony  52'	Report	Malen  43', 44' Moukoko  71'	Stadium: Allegiant Stadium Attendance: 50,857 Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

Friendly 5 August 2023	Manchester United	3–1	Lens	Manchester
12:30	Rashford  49' Antony  53' Casemiro  59'			Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 57,802

Friendly 6 August 2023	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Manchester United	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
TBA			Pellistri  90+3'	Stadium: Aviva Stadium Attendance: 50,238

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League			Matchday 1		&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	+0	!—
FA Cup			Third round		&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	+0	!—
EFL Cup			Third round		&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	+0	!—
UEFA Champions League			Group stage		&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	+0	!—
Total					&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	−0	—

Last updated: pre-season
Source: Soccerway

Premier League

Main article: 2023–24 Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
2	Manchester City  (C)	38	28	7	3	94	33	+61	91	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
1	Arsenal	38	28	5	5	91	29	+62	89
3	Liverpool	38	24	10	4	86	41	+45	82
4	Aston Villa	38	20	8	10	76	61	+15	68
5	Tottenham	38	20	6	12	74	61	+13	66	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Chelsea	38	18	9	11	77	63	+14	63	Qualification for the Conference League play-off round
7	Newcastle Utd	38	18	6	14	85	62	+23	60
8	Manchester Utd	38	18	6	14	57	58	−1	60	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
9	West Ham Utd	38	14	10	14	60	74	−14	52
10	Crystal Palace	38	13	10	15	57	58	−1	49
11	Brighton	38	12	12	14	55	62	−7	48
12	Bournemouth	38	13	9	16	54	67	−13	48
13	Fulham	38	13	8	17	55	61	−6	47
14	Wolves	38	13	7	18	49	63	−14	46
15	Everton	38	13	9	16	40	51	−11	40
16	Brentford	38	10	9	19	56	65	−9	39
17	Nottm Forest	38	9	9	20	49	67	−18	32
18	Luton Town  (R)	38	6	8	24	52	85	−33	26	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	Burnley  (R)	38	5	9	24	41	78	−37	24
20	Sheffield Utd  (R)	38	3	7	28	35	104	−69	16

Source: 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

• Everton were deducted eight points for breaching profitability and sustainability rules. They were originally deducted 10 points but this was reduced to six after an appeal. The club were then deducted an additional two points for further PSR breaches.
• Nottingham Forest were deducted 4 points for breaching profitability and sustainability rules. The club appealed the decision but were unsuccessful.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: pre-season
Source: Soccerway

Matches

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

1 14 August 2023	Manchester United	v	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Manchester
20:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Referee: Simon Hooper

2 19 August 2023	Tottenham Hotspur	v	Manchester United	Tottenham
17:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

FA Cup

Main article: 2023–24 FA Cup

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

EFL Cup

Main article: 2023–24 EFL Cup

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Champions League

Having finished third in the 2022–23 Premier League, United qualified for the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League. They entered the competition in the group stage, which was drawn on 31 August 2023, with United in pot 2 along with 2022–23 La Liga runners-up Real Madrid, 2022–23 UEFA Champions League runners-up Inter Milan, 2022–23 Bundesliga runners-up Borussia Dortmund, 2022-23 La Liga third place finishers Atlético Madrid, 2022-23 Bundesliga third place finishers RB Leipzig, 2022–23 Primeira Liga runners-up Porto and 2022–23 Premier League runners-up Arsenal.

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixtures

1 20 September 2023	Bayern Munich	4–3	Manchester United	Munich
21:00	Sané  28' Gnabry  32' Kane  53' (Pen) Tel  90+2'	Report	Højlund  49' Casemiro  88', 90+5'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

External links

• Official website