Manchester United Football Club

The Manchester United Football Club (better known as Manchester United, or simply as Man Utd.) Is a football club originally from Manchester, England, considered one of the most popular in the world, 6 because it has more than 330 million of international following, August 7 which is equivalent to almost 5% of the population mundial.9 With a value of USD 269 million according to Forbes magazine in late 2011.10 is the richest football club (where surpasses Spanish Real Madrid and Bayern Munich German) 11 and the second most valuable of any sport (after the U.S. baseball team New York Yankees) 12 13
Similarly, Manchester United has had the highest average attendance in English football in the last 50 years, with few exceptions it has been surpassed by Liverpool.14 Its main achievements are winning the First Division / Premier League 19 times, England in the Super 19, the FA Cup in 11, the League Cup in England in April, the European Cup / Champions on 3 and the Cup Winners Cup in ocasión.15 is also the only English club to become world club champions, to win the Intercontinental Cup in 1999 and the FIFA Club World Cup in 2008, defeating the then American champions Palmeiras and Liga de Quito, respectively.
Although he joined the First Division in 1892, the club was originally born under the name of Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, with the team of Lancashire and Yorkshire railway depot Railway Company, located in Newton Heath. After being close to bankruptcy in 1902, J. H. Davies took over the club and changed the name, calling Manchester United. Its headquarters, Old Trafford was bombed during World War II which led to the club to find the love of their neighbors Manchester City, who allowed them to play at Maine Road for a time in exchange for an annual fee. The United Matt Busby appointed as coach after the Second World War and its policy, then unheard of promoting most of the players from the club's youth team was very successful, winning the league in 1956 and 1957. This success was a stop on the way to the Munich air disaster of 1958, in which eight players of the team were killed. Despite this tragedy, the group was able to recover and won the league in 1965 and 1967 and the European Cup in 1968.
The club was again remarkable success until the 1990s, when Alex Ferguson led the team to the award of eight league championships in eleven years, most recently in the Champions League and Premier League for the 2007-08 season. In 1999, Manchester United became the first English team to win the Champions League, the Premier League and the FA Cup in the same season (which is known as the 'triplet' club).