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{{Infobox football club season
| club               = [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
| season             = 2010–11
| manager            = [[Alex Ferguson|Sir Alex Ferguson]] 
| chairman           = [[Joel Glazer|Joel]] and [[Avram Glazer]]
| chrtitle           = Co-chairmen
| stadium            = [[Old Trafford]]
| league             = [[2010–11 Premier League|Premier League]]
| league result      = 1st
| cup1               = [[2010–11 FA Cup|FA Cup]]
| cup1 result        = Semi-finals
| cup2               = [[2010–11 Football League Cup|League Cup]]
| cup2 result        = Fifth Round
| cup3               = [[2010–11 UEFA Champions League|UEFA Champions League]]
| cup3 result        = Runners-up
| cup4               = [[2010 FA Community Shield|Community Shield]]
| cup4 result        = Winners
| league topscorer   = [[Dimitar Berbatov]] (20)
| season topscorer   = Dimitar Berbatov (21)
| highest attendance = 75,486 {{nowrap|(vs. [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]],}}<br />19 March)
| lowest attendance  = 46,083 {{nowrap|(vs. [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]],}}<br />26 October)
| average attendance = 75,109<!-- (1,427,077 attendance / 19 LEAGUE games) = 75,109 | 22 May 2011-->
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The 2010–11 season is [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]'s 19th season in the [[English Premier League|Premier League]].

In September, [[Nemanja Vidić]] named as Manchester United's new captain.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nemanja Vidic to retain Manchester United captaincy |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/9011010.stm}}</ref>

== Pre-season ==
Manchester United started their season with a tour in North America for the first time since 2004.<ref>{{cite news |title=United plan pre-season tour |url=http://www.manutdtalk.com/united-plan-pre-season-tour-next-stop-the-usa/1217/ |access-date=2011-08-10 |archive-date=2011-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923020327/http://www.manutdtalk.com/united-plan-pre-season-tour-next-stop-the-usa/1217/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Date
!Opponents
!Result
!Scorers
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|16 July 2010
|[[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]
|[http://www.manutd.com/Home/Fixtures-And-Results/Match-Reports/2010/Jul/Celtic-1-United-3.aspx 3 – 1]
|[[Dimitar Berbatov|Berbatov]], [[Danny Welbeck|Welbeck]], [[Tom Cleverley|Cleverley]]
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|21 July 2010
|[[Philadelphia Union]]
|[http://www.manutd.com/Home/Fixtures-And-Results/Match-Reports/2010/Jul/Philadelphia-Union-0-United-1.aspx 1 – 0]
|[[Gabriel Obertan|Obertan]]
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|25 July 2010
|[[Kansas City Wizards]]
|[http://www.manutd.com/Home/Fixtures-And-Results/Match-Reports/2010/Jul/KC-Wizards-2-United-1.aspx 1 – 2]
|[[Dimitar Berbatov|Berbatov]]
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|28 July 2010
|[[MLS All-Star 2010|MLS All-Stars]]
|[http://www.manutd.com/Home/Fixtures-And-Results/Match-Reports/2010/Jul/MLS-AllStars-2-United-5.aspx 5 – 2]
|[[Federico Macheda|Macheda]] (2), [[Darron Gibson|Gibson]], [[Tom Cleverley|Cleverley]], [[Javier Hernández Balcázar|Hernández]] 
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|30 July 2010
|[[C.D. Guadalajara|Guadalajara]]
|[http://www.manutd.com/Home/Fixtures-And-Results/Match-Reports/2010/Jul/Chivas-3-United-2.aspx 2 – 3]
|[[Chris Smalling|Smalling]], [[Nani]]
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|4 August 2010
|[[League of Ireland|Airtricity League XI]]
|[http://www.manutd.com/Home/Fixtures-And-Results/Match-Reports/2010/Aug/Airtricity-League-1-United-7.aspx 7 – 1]
|[[Park Ji-Sung|Park]] (2), [[Michael Owen|Owen]], [[Javier Hernández Balcázar|Hernández]], [[Antonio Valencia|Valencia]], [[Jonny Evans|Evans]], [[Nani]]
|}

== Transfers ==

=== In ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Pos.
! Name
! From
! Fee
|-
| DF
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Smalling]] 
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] 
| £7 million <ref>{{cite news |title= Manchester United beat Arsenal to signing of Fulham's Chris Smalling |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jan/26/manchester-united-chris-smalling-fulham}}</ref>
|-
| FW
| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Javier Hernández Balcázar|Javier Hernández]] 
| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[C.D. Guadalajara|Guadalajara]] 
| £10 million <ref>{{cite news
|title=Javier Hernandez (Guadalajara to Manchester United)
|url=http://sports.xin.msn.com/barclays-premier-league/photogallery.aspx?cp-documentid=4247710&page=7
}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|}

===Loan out===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Pos.
! Name
! To
|-
| FW
| {{flagicon|SEN}} [[Mame Biram Diouf]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]
|-
| FW
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Danny Welbeck]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] 
|-
| MF
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tom Cleverley]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan]] 
|-
| DF
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Ritchie De Laet|De Laet]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] 
|}

===New deal===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Pos.
! Name
|-

| DF
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Nemanja Vidić]] <ref>{{cite news
|title= Nemanja Vidic agrees new 'long-term' deal with United
|url= http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=809957&sec=transfers&cc=4716
|access-date= 2011-09-22
|archive-date= 2010-07-27
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100727202558/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=809957&sec=transfers&cc=4716
|url-status= dead
}}</ref>
|-
| MF
| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ryan Giggs]] <ref>{{cite news |title= New deal for Giggs
|url=http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2011/Feb/New-deal-for-Giggs.aspx}}</ref>
|-
| MF
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Darren Fletcher]] <ref>{{cite news |title= Fletcher signs new United deal
|url=http://www.sport24.co.za/Soccer/EnglishPremiership/Fletcher-signs-new-United-deal-20110304}}</ref>
|-
| DF
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Patrice Evra]] <ref>{{cite news |title= Evra seals new United deal |url= http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/3424385/Manchester-United-confirm-Patrice-Evras-new-contract.html }}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
| FW
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Wayne Rooney]] <ref>{{cite news |title= Wayne Rooney signs five-year Manchester United deal |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/9118602.stm}}</ref>
|}

===Retired===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Pos.
! Name
|-
| DF
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gary Neville]] <ref>{{cite news |title=Manchester United defender Gary Neville retires |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/9385692.stm}}</ref>
|}

== Community Shield ==
Community Shield is match between the champions of [[English Premier League|Premier League]] and the champions of the [[FA Cup]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Date
!Opponent
!Result
!Scorers
!Attendance
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|8 August 2010
|[[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
|[http://www.manutd.com/Home/Fixtures-And-Results/Match-Reports/2010/Aug/Chelsea-1-United-3.aspx 3 – 1]
|[[Antonio Valencia|Valencia]], [[Javier Hernández Balcázar|Javier Hernández]], [[Dimitar Berbatov|Berbatov]]
|84,623
|}

== Premier League ==
{{legend2|#CCFFCC|Win|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#FFFFCC|Draw|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#FFCCCC|Loss|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

[[File:Nani goal celebration.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Nani celebrates with Hernández and Giggs]]

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!width=30|{{tooltip|Pos|Position}}
!Club
!width=30|{{tooltip|M|Matches played}}
!width=30|{{tooltip|W|Win}}
!width=30|{{tooltip|D|Draw}}
!width=30|{{tooltip|L|Lose}}
!width=30|{{tooltip|G+|Goales for}}
!width=30|{{tooltip|G-|Goals against}}
!width=30|{{tooltip|+/-|Goal difference}}
!width=30|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|-
|'''1'''||align=left|'''[[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]'''
|'''38'''||'''23'''||'''11'''||'''4'''||'''78'''||'''37'''||'''+41'''||'''80'''
|-
|2||align=left|[[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
|38||21||8||9||69||33||+36||'''71'''
|-
|3||align=left|[[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]
|38||21||8||9||60||33||+27||'''71'''
|}

== Champions League ==

{|  class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" 
! Date
! Opponents
! H / A
! Result
! Scorers
|-  bgcolor="#ffffdd"
| 14 September 2010
|[[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]]
| H
| 0 – 0
|  / | 
|-  bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 29 September 2010
|[[Valencia C.F.|Valencia]]
| A
| 1 – 0
| [[Javier Hernández Balcázar|Hernández]] 85&#39;
|-  bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 20 October 2010
|  rowspan="2" | [[Bursaspor]]
| H
| 1 – 0
| [[Nani]] 7&#39;
|-  bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 2 November 2010
| A
| 3 – 0
|[[Darren Fletcher|Fletcher]] 48', [[Gabriel Obertan|Obertan]] 73', [[Bébé]] 77'
|-  bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 24 November 2010
|[[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]]
| A
| 1 – 0
| [[Wayne Rooney|Rooney]] 87&#39;
|-  bgcolor="#ffffdd"
| 7 December 2010
|[[Valencia C.F.|Valencia]]
| H
| 1 – 1
| [[Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira|Anderson]] 62&#39;
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width="175"|Team
!width="20"|{{tooltip|P|Matches played}}
!width="20"|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}}
!width="20"|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}
!width="20"|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}}
!width="20"|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width="20"|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width="20"|{{tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width="20"|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- 
|align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]'''
|'''6'''||'''4'''||'''2'''||'''0'''||'''7'''||'''1'''||'''+6'''||'''14'''
|- 
|align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Valencia C.F.|Valencia]]
|6||3||2||1||15||4||+11||'''11'''
|- 
|align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]]
|6||1||3||2||3||6||–3||'''6'''
|- 
|align=left|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Bursaspor]]
|6||0||1||5||2||16||−14||'''1'''
|}

{|  class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" 
! Date
! Round
! Opponents
! H / A
! Result
! Scorers
|-  bgcolor="#ffffdd"
| 23 February 2011
|  rowspan="2" | Round of 16
|  rowspan="2" | [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]
| A
| 0 – 0
|  / | 
|-  bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 15 March 2011
| H
| 2 – 1
| [[Javier Hernández Balcázar|Hernández]] (2) 5&#39;, 75&#39;
|-  bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 6 April 2011
|  rowspan="2" | Quarter-final
|  rowspan="2" | [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
| A
| 1 – 0
| [[Wayne Rooney|Rooney]] 24&#39;
|-  bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 12 April 2011
| H
| 2 – 1
| [[Javier Hernández Balcázar|Hernández]] 43&#39;, [[Park]] 77&#39;
|-  bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 26 April 2011
|  rowspan="2" | Semi-final
|  rowspan="2" | [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]
| A
| 2 – 0
| [[Ryan Giggs|Giggs]] 67&#39;, [[Wayne Rooney|Rooney]] 69&#39;
|-  bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 4 May 2011
| H
| 4 – 1
| [[Valencia]] 26&#39;, [[Gibson]] 31&#39;, [[Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira|Anderson]] (2) 72&#39;, 76&#39;
|-  bgcolor="#ffdddd"
| 28 May 2011
| Final
| [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| /
| 1 – 3
| [[Wayne Rooney|Rooney]] 34&#39;
|}

== Squad ==

{| border="0"
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!|No.
!|Pos.
!|Name

|-
|align="left"|1||align="left"|GK||align="left"|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Edwin van der Sar]]

|-
|align="left"|2||align="left"|MF||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gary Neville]]

|-
|align="left"|3||align="left"|DF||align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Patrice Evra]]

|-
|align="left"|4||align="left"|MF||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Owen Hargreaves]]

|-
|align="left"|5||align="left"|DF||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Rio Ferdinand]]

|-
|align="left"|6||align="left"|DF||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Wes Brown]]

|-
|align="left"|7||align="left"|FW||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Michael Owen]]

|-
|align="left"|8||align="left"|MF||align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira|Anderson]]

|-
|align="left"|9||align="left"|FW||align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Dimitar Berbatov]]

|-
|align="left"|10||align="left"|FW||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Wayne Rooney]]

|-
|align="left"|11||align="left"|MF||align="left"|{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ryan Giggs]]

|-
|align="left"|12||align="left"|DF||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Smalling]]

|-
|align="left"|13||align="left"|MF||align="left"|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Park Ji-Sung]]

|-
|align="left"|14||align="left"|FW||align="left"|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Javier Hernández Balcázar|Javier Hernández]]

|-
|align="left"|15||align="left"|DF||align="left"|{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Nemanja Vidić]]

|}
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!|No.
!|Pos.
!|Name

|-
|align="left"|16||align="left"|MF||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Michael Carrick]]

|-
|align="left"|17||align="left"|MF||align="left"|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Nani]]

|-
|align="left"|18||align="left"|MF||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Paul Scholes]]

|-
|align="left"|19||align="left"|FW||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Danny Welbeck]]

|-
|align="left"|20||align="left"|DF||align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Fábio Pereira da Silva|Fábio]]

|-
|align="left"|21||align="left"|DF||align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rafael Pereira da Silva|Rafael]]

|-
|align="left"|22||align="left"|DF||align="left"|{{flagicon|IRL}} [[John O'Shea]]

|-
|align="left"|23||align="left"|DF||align="left"|{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Jonny Evans]]

|-
|align="left"|24||align="left"|MF||align="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Darren Fletcher]]

|-
|align="left"|25||align="left"|MF||align="left"|{{flagicon|ECU}} [[Antonio Valencia]]

|-
|align="left"|26||align="left"|FW||align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Gabriel Obertan]]

|-
|align="left"|28||align="left"|MF||align="left"|{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Darron Gibson]]

|-
|align="left"|29||align="left"|GK||align="left"|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Tomasz Kuszczak]]

|-
|align="left"|33||align="left"|FW||align="left"|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Bébé]]

|-
|align="left"|34||align="left"|GK||align="left"|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Anders Lindegaard]]

|}
|}

==Squad statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!No.
!Pos.
!Name
!League
!Europe
|-
|align="left"|1||align="left"|GK||align="left"|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Edwin van der Sar]]
|33||10
|-
|align="left"|3||align="left"|DF||align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Patrice Evra]]
|34||9
|-
|align="left"|5||align="left"|DF||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Rio Ferdinand]]
|19||7
|-
|align="left"|7||align="left"|FW||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Michael Owen]]
|11||2
|-
|align="left"|8||align="left"|MF||align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira|Anderson]]
|18||6
|-
|align="left"|9||align="left"|FW||align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Dimitar Berbatov]]
|32||7
|-
|align="left"|10||align="left"|FW||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Wayne Rooney]]
|28||9
|-
|align="left"|11||align="left"|MF||align="left"|{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ryan Giggs]]
|25||8
|-
|align="left"|12||align="left"|DF||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Smalling]]
|16||9
|-
|align="left"|13||align="left"|MF||align="left"|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Park Ji-Sung]]
|15||9
|-
|align="left"|14||align="left"|FW||align="left"|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Javier Hernández Balcázar|Javier Hernández]]
|27||9
|-
|align="left"|15||align="left"|DF||align="left"|{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Nemanja Vidić]]
|35||9
|-
|align="left"|16||align="left"|MF||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Michael Carrick]]
|28||11
|-
|align="left"|17||align="left"|MF||align="left"|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Nani]]
|33||12
|-
|align="left"|18||align="left"|MF||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Paul Scholes]]
|22||7
|-
|align="left"|21||align="left"|DF||align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rafael Pereira da Silva|Rafael]]
|16||7
|-
|align="left"|22||align="left"|DF||align="left"|{{flagicon|IRL}} [[John O'Shea]]
|20||6
|-
|align="left"|23||align="left"|DF||align="left"|{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Jonny Evans]]
|12||3
|-
|align="left"|24||align="left"|MF||align="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Darren Fletcher]]
|25||7
|-
|align="left"|25||align="left"|MF||align="left"|{{flagicon|ECU}} [[Antonio Valencia]]
|10||7
|}
<ref>{{cite web |title=Manchester United Squad Stats |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team/squad?id=360&cc=4716 |access-date=2011-08-10 |archive-date=2011-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923191233/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team/squad?id=360&cc=4716 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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