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Manchester United v Bayern Munich - The Facts

The two clubs didn't meet in a competitive match until September 1998.

Manchester United v Bayern Munich

Played: 9
United wins: 2
Bayern wins: 3
Draws: 4

Past meetings:

2009/2010 – Champions League quarter-final
Manchester United 3-2 Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich 2-1 Manchester United

2001/2002 – Champions League second group stage
Manchester Utd 0-0 Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich 1-1 Manchester United

2000/2001 – Champions League quarter-final
Bayern Munich 2-1 Manchester United
Manchester United 0-1 Bayern Munich

1998/1999 – Champions League final (Camp Nou, Barcelona)
Bayern Munich 1-2 Manchester United

Champions League group stages
Manchester United 1-1 Bayern Munich
B Munich 2-2 Manchester United

Manchester United 2-1 Barcelona, 1991 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

With the five-year ban on English clubs' participation in European club competition lifted in 1990, Fergie had his first crack at Europe in charge of Manchester United. He didn't do too badly in that first season back, beating Johan Cruyff's Barcelona in the Cup Winners' Cup final to become only the second manager – along with Cruyff – to lift the trophy twice.

The Greatest Moment in Football History

The final 3 minutes of Manchester United v Bayern Munich in the 1999 Champions League Final.

A single UEFA camera covered the last 3 minutes. This is the rare pitch side footage of that beautiful night in Barcelona. Enjoy!

Alex Ferguson - 26 Glorious Years

Sir Alex Ferguson: The Official Manchester United Celebration of 26 Years at Old Trafford

With 26 years as manager of Manchester United, Alex Ferguson is the longest serving manager in their history after overtaking Sir Matt Busby's record on 19 December 2010. His tenure is also the longest of all the current League managers. During this time, Ferguson has won many awards and holds many records including winning Manager of the Year most times in British football history. In 2008, he became the third British manager to win the European Cup on more than one occasion.

The Trophies:

Premier League (13)

FA Cup (5)

League Cup (4)

FA Charity/Community Shield (10)

Champions League (2)

Cup Winners' Cup (1)

UEFA Super Cup (1)

Intercontinental Cup (1)

FIFA Club World Cup (1)

The Facts:

38 Major trophies won at Old Trafford

9,496 Days spent in charge of Manchester United

936 Games won as Manchester United manager

1010 The most appearances by a single player under Ferguson at Old Trafford – Ryan Giggs

40 Oldest player - Edwin van der Sar

1,058 Managers in English game who have been sacked, resigned or left by mutual consent since he took over

Sir Alex Ferguson: The Official Manchester United Celebration of 26 Years at Old Trafford

Manchester United v Barcelona - Last Three Minutes

Manchester United's European Cup Semi Final Second Leg against Barcelona at Old Trafford on 29th April 2008

The final 3 minutes of this great game were captured on video. Watch as the fans wait anxiously for the final whistle. A stunning goal from Paul Scholes gave Manchester United a famous 1-0 win over Barcelona.

Manchester United 4 Benfica 1 (1968 European Cup)

Did You Know?

Manchester United became the first English team to win the European Cup (1968), as Matt Busby's boys battered the Portuguese champions, on a glorious night at Wembley.

The scorer of United's third goal in the final, Brian Kidd, was celebrating his 19th birthday that day.

Denis Law (The Stretford End King), was unable to play because of a knee injury and had to watch the match on television in hospital.

George Best was named European Footballer of the Year in 1968. It was 40 years until another United player claimed the award, when Cristiano Ronaldo won it in 2008.

European Capital Of Trophies

Manchester United Fans banner on the Stretford End - 'European Capital of Trophies'.

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Sir Alex Ferguson Quotes

"We have people coming here to admire the scenery and enjoy their crisps."

"When an Italian tells me its pasta on the plate I check under the sauce to make sure. They are the inventors of the smokescreen."

"Sometimes you look in a field and you see a cow and you think it's a better cow than the one you've got in your own field. It's a fact. Right? And it never really works out that way."

"Go and make your mistakes in the first team. You'll learn more in a month in the first team than you will in two years in the reserves."

"You can't applaud a referee."

Sir Matt Busby Quotes

"It was a very simple team talk. All I used to say was 'Whenever possible, give the ball to George'"

"Nobby Stiles a dirty player? No, he's never hurt anyone. Mind you, he's frightened a few!"

"He (George Best) was able to use either foot - sometimes he seemed to have six."

"I never wanted Manchester United to be second to anybody. Only the best would be good enough."

“In all modesty, my summing up of 1955-6 and 1956-7 must be that no club in the country could live with Manchester United.”

"He (Bobby Charlton) was idolized from his twentieth year on."

"If you don't put them in, you can't know what you've got."

"Germany was one thing and facing Old Trafford another. When I approached the ground and moved over the bridge along which our supporters had squeezed fifty abreast in there tens of thousands to shout for us I could scarcely bear to look. I new the ghosts of the babes would still be there, and there they are still, and they will always be there as long as those who saw them still cross the bridge, young, gay, red ghosts on the green grass of Old Trafford."

"Over the years people called several players the new Duncan Edwards. First Dave Mackay, then Bryan Robson. But none of them came close. He was the only player that made me feel inferior."

"I do not worry about conceding goals because I know my forwards will double it at the other end."

"Manchester is my Heaven."