2014–15 Manchester United F.C. season

Manchester United

2014–15 season
Co-chairmen	Joel and Avram Glazer
Manager	James Harrison
Stadium	Old Trafford
Premier League	1st
FA Cup	Winners
FA Community Shield	Winners
League Cup	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Winners
UEFA Super Cup	Winners
FIFA Club World Cup	Winners
Top scorer(s)	League: Rooney (27) All: Rooney (44)

The 2014–15 season will be Manchester United's 23rd season in the Premier League, and their 40th consecutive season in the top-flight of English football.

United will begin the season on August 2014, by commencing their Premier League campaign. As well as this, they will also compete in the two domestic cups, the FA Cup and the League Cup. They will also compete in the UEFA Champions League, after winning the competition in the previous season they will compete in the UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	James Harrison
Assistant Manager	Andrew Collins
Assistant Coach	Ryan Giggs
Goalkeeper Coach	Peter Schmeichel
Fitness Coach	Mark Jones
Assistant Fitness Coach	Dave Little
Chief Scout	Jim Lawlor
Club Doctor	Steve McNally
Assistant club doctor	Tony Gill
Director of Youth Development	Brian McClair
Under 21 Team Manager	Warren Joyce
Under 18 Team Manager	Paul McGuinness
Chief Opposition Scout	Richard Thompson
Performance Analyst	Max Reckers

Other information

Owner	Glazer Family
Chairmen	Avram Glazer  Joel Glazer
Executive Vice Chairman	Ed Woodward
Directors	David Gill  Michael Edelson  Sir Bobby Charlton  Sir Alex Ferguson
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Old Trafford (75,635  / 105x68 metres)
Training Ground	Trafford Training Centre

Squad

First team squad

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Fee	Notes
1	GK		David de Gea	24	EU	2011	190	0	2020	£17.8M
2	RB		Rafael	24	Non-EU	2008	164	5	2018	Youth
3	LB		Luke Shaw	19	EU	2014	49	0	2019	£34M
4	CB		Phil Jones	23	EU	2011	106	6	2017	£16.5M
5	CB		Thomas Vermaelen	29	EU	2014	19	1	2018	Swap
6	CB		Jonny Evans	27	EU	2006	193	6	2018	Youth
7	CM		Luka Modric	29	EU	2013	105	13	2019	£25M
8	CM		Juan Mata	27	EU	2014 (Winter)	69	24	2018	£37.1M
9	RW		Asier Illarramendi	25	EU	2013	101	30	2018	£20M
10	CF		Wayne Rooney	29	EU	2004	514	284	2019	£30M
12	CM		Ilkay Gundogan	24	EU	2014 (Winter)	61	15	2019	£25M
13	LW		Gareth Bale	25	EU	2014	120	54	2019	£60M
14	CF		Richairo Živković	18	EU	2015 (Winter)	0	0	2018	£10M
15	LM		William Carvalho	23	EU	2014	45	20	2019	£37M
16	CF		Edinson Cavani	28	Non-EU	2014	40	21	2019	£76.7M
17	CAM		Marco Reus	25	EU	2014	51	5	2020	£26.4M
20	CF		Robin van Persie	31	EU	2012	132	79	2019	£24M
21	CB		Mats Hummels	26	EU	2014	55	4	2019	£18M
22	RW		Wilfried Zaha	22	EU	2013	33	9	2018	£15M
23	CB		Ron Vlaar	30	EU	2014	47	0	2018	£12.3M
24	GK		Joel Castro Pereira	18	EU	2014	14	0	2018	Youth
25	CF		Carlos Fierro	20	Non-EU	2014	7	10	2018	£4.7M
27	CF		Hervin Ongenda	19	EU	2014	4	1	2017	£1.2M
29	RW		Lorenzo Cristeg	22	EU	2014	3	0	2014	£4M
30	RB		Guillermo Varela	22	Non-EU	2013	76	8	2021	£2M
32	LB		Marnick Vermijl	23	EU	2012	20	5	2019	Youth
33	CAM		Agostinho Cá	21	EU	2014	0	0	2018	£3M	On loan at Barcelona B
40	CB		Frank Bagnack	19	Non-EU	2014	0	0	2017	£2.2M	On loan at Barcelona B
44	LW		Adnan Januzaj	20	EU	2012	69	24	2020	Youth
46	CM		Joe Rothwell	20	EU	2014	2	1	2018	Youth
47	CF		James Wilson	19	EU	2013	31	40	2018	Youth
49	GK		Vanja Milinković	18	Non-EU	2014	4	0	2017	Youth
50	CB		Timothy Fosu-Mensah	17	EU	2014	5	2	2018	Youth
60	CF		Eero Markkanen	23	EU	2014	0	0	2018	£5M
70	LB		Abner	18	Non-EU	2014	0	0	2018	£4M
75	LM		Tosin Kehinde	16	Non-EU	2014	4	1	2018	Youth
86	LM		Rubén Belima	23	Non-EU	2014	0	0	2018	£5M
99	LW		David Babunski	21	Non-EU	2014	7	6	2018	£3.3M
—	CM		Enzo Fernández	20	EU	2014	0	0	2018	£4M
—	CF		Kelechi Iheanacho	20	Non-EU	2014	0	0	2018	£3M

Last updated: 29 June 2015

Month by Month review

May

May 21: Ryan Giggs announces his retirement from professional football after 24 years at the club and a record 967 appearances.

May 22: It is announced that Rio Ferdinand will leave the club and that Ryan Giggs would stay at the club as a coach.

June

June 8: United trigger the buyout clause on Marco Reus' contract with a £26.4 million bid for the 24 year old.

June 10: United complete the signing of Portuguese youngster William Carvalho following a bid of £37 million.

June 11: United complete the signing of Marco Reus of £26.4 million.

July 17: Nemanja Vidic agrees a move to Internazionale which will be completed on July 1.

June 22: United made a bid of £34 million for Southampton youngster Luke Shaw and a £18 million bid for Borussia Dortmund's Mats Hummels.

June 26: The transfer of Luke Shaw for £34 million was completed along with the £18 million transfer of Mats Hummels.

July

July 1: Nemanja Vidic completed his move to Serie A side Internazionale. Rio Ferdinand left the club after his contract expired, Federico Macheda, Alex Buttner, Michael Keane and Ben Amos were all released.

July 4: Bébé completed a £500,000 move to Portuguese side Pacos de Ferriera. Federico Macheda moved to Cardiff City after his release.

July 7: Alex Buttner moved to Russian side Dynamo Moscow after his release.

July 9: Michael Keane moved to Blackburn Rovers after his release and Ben Amos moved to Blackpool.

July 15: Manchester United make a £65 million offer for PSG's Edinson Cavani.

July 17: Following his contract expiry Rio Ferdinand moved to Queen's Park Rangers.

July 18: United's bid for Edinson Cavani was rejected and United made a new bid of £76.7 million (€85 million).

July 21: Patrice Evra moved to Italian side Juventus for £1.2 million.

July 22: The £76.7 million bid for Edinson Cavani was accepted at around 8 pm and by 11 pm he was in Manchester for his medical with personal terms agreed in Paris.

July 23: United begin their pre-season tour of the USA with a 7–0 victory over LA Galaxy, with two goals from Wayne Rooney, Marco Reus and Adnan Januzaj and another from Luka Modric.

July 24: United offered £12.3 million for Aston Villa's defender Ron Vlaar.

July 25: United complete the deal for Edinson Cavani on a five year deal.

July 26: A hat-trick from Wayne Rooney and goals from Juan Mata, Gareth Bale and new signing William Carvalho give United a 6–2 victory of Serie A side AS Roma.

July 27: United complete the transfer of Ron Vlaar from Aston Villa ona four and a half year deal on wages estimated around £80,000 a week.

July 29: Goals from William Carvalho and Gareth Bale give United a 2–0 victory Internazionale as United face Nemanja Vidic for the first time since he left the club.

August

August 2: A 4–0 victory over Real Madrid thanks to a Gareth Bale hat-trick and stunner from from Marco Reus put United into the International Champions Cup final against arch rivals Liverpool.

August 4: United enquire about Arsenal's defender Thomas Vermaelen. United face Liverpool in the Champions Cup final and win 3–0 thanks to quick goals from Rooney and Mata and a late goal from Marco Reus.

August 5: Arsenal respond to United's enquiry asking for either £15 million or a swap deal of Phil Jones or Chris Smalling.

August 7: United offer Chris Smalling in a swap deal for Arsenal's Thomas Vermaelen.

August 9: United complete the transfer of Thomas Vermaelen with Chris Smalling going to Arsenal.

August 10: United begin the new season by thrashing rivals Manchester City in the FA Community Shield 5–1 with goals from new signings Edinson Cavani and Marco Reus and goals from Rooney, Bale and Hernández.

August 12: United collect their second trophy of the season by thrashing Europa League winners Sevilla 5–0 thanks to a brace from Wayne Rooney, Adnan Januzaj, Asier Illarramendi and a first ever goals from Marnick Vermijl.

August 16: United begin their defence of the Premier League title with a 3–0 victory over Swansea, goals from Asier Illarramendi, Gareth Bale and Luka Modric extending their unbeaten league run to 41 games.

August 24: United extend their unbeaten run to 42 games with a 7–0 victory away at Sunderland thanks to goals from Hummels, Mata, Modric, van Persie, Illarramendi and a brace from Bale.

August 30: Goals from Rooney, Varela, Januzaj and a William Carvalho brace helped United beat Burnley 5–0 and extend their unbeaten run to 43 games.

September

September 1: Despite earlier discussions, United become the most active club on deadline day bringing in Carlos Fierro for £4.7m, Hervin Ongenda for £1.2m, Lorenzo Insigne for £16.1m and Lorenzo Crisetig for £4m. They also sold Danny Welbeck to Arsenal for £16m and Javier Hernández to Real Madrid for £24.7m.

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Premier League	—	Winners	18 August 2014	24 May 2015
FA Cup	Third round	Winners	4 January 2015	30 May 2015
League Cup	Third round	Winners	24 September 2014	1 March 2015
UEFA Champions League	Group stage	Final	17 September 2014	6 June 2015
FA Community Shield	Final	Winners	10 August 2014
UEFA Super Cup	Final	Winners	12 August 2014
FIFA Club World Sup	Semi-Finals	Winners	16 December 2014	20 December 2014

Friendlies

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
23 July 2014	LA Galaxy	N	7–0	Modric 13', Rooney (2) 42' (pen.), 45', Reus (2) 62', 84', Januzaj (2) 88', 90'	86,432
26 July 2014	Roma	N	6–2	Rooney (3) 36', 45' (pen.), 62', Mata 39', Carvalho 73', Bale 82'	54,117
29 July 2014	Internazionale	N	2–0	Carvalho 42', Bale 71'	61,238
2 August 2014	Real Madrid	N	4–0	Bale (3) 16', 38, 84', Reus 89'	109,318
4 August 2014	Liverpool	N	3–0	Rooney 55', Mata 57', Reus 88'	51,014

FA Community Shield

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
10 August 2014	Manchester City	N	5–0	Cavani 18', Rooney 41', Reus 47', Bale 52', Hernández 89'	83,782

UEFA Super Cup

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
12 August 2014	Sevilla	N	5–0	Rooney (2) 11', 56', Vermijl 42', Januzaj 67', Illarramendi 81'	30,854

Premier League

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
16 August 2014	Swansea City	H	3–0	Illarramendi 9', Modric 32', Bale 59'	75,339	1st
24 August 2014	Sunderland	A	7–0	Bale (2) 4', 47', Hummels 21', Mata 33', Modric 48, van Persie 62', Illarramendi 83'	43,217	1st
30 August 2014	Burnley	A	5–0	Varela 12', Rooney 34', Carvalho (2) 52', 78', Januzaj 82'	31,399	1st
14 September 2014	QPR	H	7–0	Bale 3', van Persie (2) 16', 32', Rooney (3) 45+4', 75', 82', Modric 60'	75,355	1st
21 September 2014	Leicester City	A	4–0	Gundogan (3) 45+4', 78', 89', Januzaj 72'	31,784	1st
27 September 2014	West Ham United	H	3–0	Rooney (2) 37', 86', Bale 89'	75,317	1st
5 October 2014	Everton	H	2–0	Rooney 42', van Persie 73'	75,294	1st
20 October 2014	West Bromwich Albion	A	6–0	Cavani (3) 10', 68', 74', Bale (2) 33', 35', Carvalho 89'	25,794	1st
26 October 2014	Chelsea	H	1–0	van Persie 90+5'	75,327	1st
2 November 2014	Manchester City	A	2–0	Illarramendi 90+2', Bale 90+6'	45,358	1st
8 November 2014	Crystal Palace	H	5–0	Rooney 16', Wilson (3) 45+2', 68', 80' (pen), Januzaj 90+3'	75,325	1st
22 November 2014	Arsenal	A	3–0	Rooney 42', Cavani 67', Reus 81'	60,074	1st
29 November 2014	Hull City	H	5–0	Rooney 9', Cavani 22', Carvalho (3) 71', 89', 90+4'	75,345	1st
2 December 2014	Stoke City	H	5–0	Rooney (2) 17', 38', van Persie (3) 44', 72', 86'	75,388	1st
6 December 2014	Southampton	A	4–1	Rooney 5', Illarramendi (3) 17', 37', 59'	32,503	1st
13 December 2014	Liverpool	H	5–2	Rooney 9', van Persie 36', Bale 44', Wilson 67', Carvalho 78'	75,331	1st
23 December 2014	Aston Villa	A	4–0	van Persie 10', Rooney 34', Zaha 61', Fierro 84'	41,273	1st
26 December 2014	Newcastle United	H	5–1	Carvalho (2) 10', 44', Rooney (2) 26', 64', Reus 59'	75,318	1st
28 December 2014	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1	Fierro 71'	35,711	1st
1 January 2015	Stoke City	A	3–0	Illarramendi 24', Rooney 65', Carvalho 82'	27,203	1st
10 January 2015	Southampton	H	3–0	Rooney 21', Januzaj 68', Illarramendi 80'	75,395	1st
17 January 2015	QPR	A	3–0	Cavani (3) 12', 47', 90+1'	18,098	1st
31 January 2015	Leicester City	H	3–0	Hummels 9', Rooney 52', Cavani 74'	75,329	1st
7 February 2015	West Ham United	A	3–1	van Persie 32', Rooney 71', Modric 85'	34,499	1st
10 February 2015	Burnley	H	4–1	Carvalho 3', Cavani (3) 40', 65', 81'	75,356	1st
21 February 2015	Swansea City	A	2–2	Mata (2) 36', 74'	20,809	1st
4 March 2015	Sunderland	H	4–0	Rooney 44', Bale 70', Modric 74', Gundogan 85'	75,344	1st
11 March 2015	Newcastle United	A	3–0	Mata 68', Cavani (2) 74', 88'	49,801	1st
15 March 2015	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3–0	Rooney 13', Januzaj 76', Carvalho 84'	75,112	1st
22 March 2015	Liverpool	A	3–0	Mata (3) 68', 74', 90+2'	44,405	1st
4 April 2015	Aston Villa	H	5–0	Wilson (3) 15', 55', 71', Gundogan 44', Rooney 85'	75,397	1st
7 April 2015	Manchester City	H	5–0	Rooney 7', Cavani 11', Mata (2) 44', 70', Wilson 82'	75,313	1st
12 April 2015	Chelsea	A	2–0	van Persie 2', Rooney 66'	41,749	1st
25 April 2015	Everton	A	4–0	Rooney 7', Wilson (3) 25', 71', 84'	39,497	1st
2 May 2015	West Bromwich Albion	H	6–0	Wilson 6', Varela 22', Bale (3) 42', 68', 75', Illarramendi 89'	75,454	1st
9 May 2015	Crystal Palace	A	4–0	Fierro 13', Wilson 24', Vermijl 74', Fosu-Mensah 83'	25,009	1st
17 May 2015	Arsenal	H	2–0	Bale (2) 40', 58'	75,323	1st
24 May 2015	Hull City	A	4–0	Wilson (4) 62', 71', 88', 90+5'	24,745	1st

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Manchester United (C)	38	36	2	0	143	9	+134	110
2	Chelsea (Q)	38	25	8	5	71	34	+37	83
3	Manchester City (TQ)	38	23	7	8	80	41	+39	77
4	Arsenal (TQ)	38	22	8	8	69	38	+31	74
5	Liverpool (TQ)	38	18	8	12	53	51	+2	62

Summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	36	2	0	143	9	+134	110	19	0	0	76	4	+71	17	2	0	67	5	+62

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Last updated: 24 May 2014.

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
4 January 2015	Round 3	Yeovil Town	A	5–0	Bale 25', Wilson 68', Ongenda 74', Januzaj (2) 88', 90+6'	9,264
23 January 2015	Round 4	Cambridge United	A	12–0	van Persie 2', Reus 4', Varela 5', Hummels 10', Carvalho 32', Babunski (2) 47', 62', Modric (2) 52', 77', Fosu-Mesah 80', Rooney (2) 86', 89'	7,987
16 February 2015	Round 5	Preston	A	6–0	Rothwell 12', Bale (3) 36', 52', 84', Kehnide 72', Babunski 88'	21,348
9 March 2015	Round 6	Aston Villa	H	4–2	Wilson (2) 13', 55', Carvalho (2) 60', 71'	74,285
18 April 2015	Semi-Final	Liverpool	N	5–1	Rooney 12', Bale 40', Illarramendi (2) 55', 71', van Persie 84'	84,081
30 May 2015	Final	Arsenal	N	6–1	Varela (3) 7', 42', 70' (pen.), Rooney 55', Wilson 72', van Persie 88'	89,283

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
23 September 2014	3rd	Bradford City	H	6–0	Carvalho 8', Bale (2) 33', 62', Wilson 51', Januzaj (2) 55', 57'	55,193
28 October 2014	4th	Sheffield Utd	H	8–0	Januzaj 10', Zaha (2) 25', 40', Vermaelen 44', Vermijl 60', Wilson (3) 61', 75', 85'	60,441
6 January 2015	5th	Southampton	H	2–1	Bale 80', Rooney 85'	72,941
21 January 2015	Semi-Final 1st Leg	Tottenham	A	3–1	Babunski (3) 37', 84', 89'	35,323
28 January 2015	Semi-Final 2nd Leg	Tottenham	H	4–2	Babunski 6', Bale 37', Wilson (2) 66', 79'	73,193
1 March 2015	Final	Chelsea	N	5–3	Rooney 71', van Persie 71', Hummels 94', Varela 120+3', Bale 120+5'	89,297

UEFA Champions League

Group Stage

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Group position
16 September 2014	Borussia Dortmund	A	2–0	Zaha 6', Mata 72'	65,851	1st
1 October 2014	Galatasaray	H	5–0	Januzaj 14', Cavani 42', van Persie 61', Rooney 75', Illarramendi 80'	75,139	1st
22 October 2014	Anderlecht	A	5–0	Rooney (2) 30', 57', Vermijl 71', Wilson (2) 85', 87'	19,881	1st
4 November 2014	Anderlecht	H	4–0	Fierro 6', Rooney 28', Vermijl 71', Wilson 84'	74,894	1st
26 November 2014	Borussia Dortmund	H	3–0	Fierro 32', Reus 71', Carvalho 89'	75,138	1st
9 December 2014	Galatasaray	A	7–0	Carvalho (2) 8', 44', Fierro (4) 32', 59', 71', 85', Rooney 90+4'	20,590	1st

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Manchester United	6	6	0	0	26	0	+26	18
Borussia Dortmund	6	3	1	2	12	7	+5	10
Anderlecht	6	1	2	3	4	14	−10	5
Galatasaray	6	0	1	5	2	23	−21	1

Knockout Stages

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
25 February 2015	Round of 16 1st Leg	AS Monaco	H	3–0	van Persie 30', Mata 65', Carvalho 82'	74,302
17 March 2015	Round of 16 2nd Leg	AS Monaco	A	4–0	Rooney 40', Cavani 44', Gundogan 77', Wilson 85'	17,263
14 April 2015	Quarter-Final 1st Leg	Juventus	A	2–2	Cavani 72', Januzaj 86'	40,801
22 April 2015	Quarter-Final 2nd Leg	Juventus	H	3–0	Gundogan 39', Wilson (2) 82', 88'	75,329
5 May 2015	Semi-Final 1st Leg	Real Madrid	H	2–0	Rooney 57', Varela 73'	75,320
13 May 2015	Semi-Final 2nd Leg	Real Madrid	A	2–1	Wilson (2) 44', 86'	78,153
6 June 2015	Final	Barcelona	N	3–0	Mata 12', Rooney 66', Wilson 84'	70,442

FIFA Club World Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
16 December 2014	Semi-Final	Cruz Azul	N	7–0	Rooney 6', Mata 17', Gundagon (3) 44', 60', 90+2', Fierro 68', van Persie 71'	45,152
20 December 2014	Final	San Lorenzo	N	3–1	Wilson (3) 12', 68', 81'	38,345

Summary

Games played	67 (38 Premier League) (13 UEFA Champions League) (6 FA Cup) (6 League Cup) (2 FIFA Club World Cup) (1 FA Community Shield) (1 UEFA Super Cup)
Games won	64 (36 Premier League) (12 UEFA Champions League) (6 FA Cup) (6 League Cup), (2 FIFA Club World Cup) (1 FA Community Shield) (1 UEFA Super Cup)
Games drawn	3 (2 Premier League) (1 UEFA Champions League)
Games lost	0
Goals scored	266 (142 Premier League) (38 UEFA Champions League) (38 FA Cup) (28 League Cup) (5 FA Community Shield) (5 UEFA Super Cup) (10 FIFA Club World Cup)
Goals conceded	22 (9 Premier League) (3 UEFA Champions League) (4 FA Cup) (7 League Cup) (1 FIFA Club World Cup)
Goal difference	+244 (+133 Premier League) (+35 UEFA Champions League) (+34 FA Cup) (+21 League Cup) (+5 FA Community Shield) (+5 UEFA Super Cup) (+9 FIFA Club World Cup)
Clean sheets	52 (31 Premier League) (11 UEFA Champions League) (3 FA Cup) (2 League Cup), (1 FIFA Club World Cup) (1 FA Community Shield) (1 UEFA Super Cup)
Most appearances	64  Wayne Rooney
Top scorer	45  Wayne Rooney
Points	Overall: 195/201 (96.9%)

Squad Statistics

No.	Player	Total				Premier League				FA Cup				League Cup				Champions League				FIFA Club World Cup				Other
		TA	ST	SB	G	TA	ST	SB	G	TA	ST	SB	G	TA	ST	SB	G	TA	ST	SB	G	TA	ST	SB	G	TA	ST	SB	G
Goalkeepers
1	David de Gea	50	50	0	0	34	34	0	0	3	3	0	0	4	4	0	0	7	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
24	Joel Castro Pereira	14	14	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	6	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
49	Vanja Milinkovic	4	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	Rafael	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Luke Shaw	50	50	0	0	35	35	0	0	3	3	0	0	4	4	0	0	5	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0
4	Phil Jones	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Thomas Vermaelen	19	18	1	1	9	8	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	5	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
6	Jonny Evans	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
21	Mats Hummels	56	56	0	4	34	34	0	2	4	4	0	1	3	3	0	1	12	12	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0
23	Ron Vlaar	48	48	0	0	33	33	0	0	5	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	6	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
30	Guillermo Varela	62	61	1	8	36	36	0	2	6	6	0	4	4	3	1	1	13	13	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0
32	Marnick Vermijl	20	19	1	5	3	3	0	1	4	3	1	0	4	4	0	1	7	7	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1
50	Timothy Fosu-Mesah	5	4	1	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	Luka Modric	49	37	12	6	29	24	5	5	5	4	1	2	3	2	1	0	10	6	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0
8	Juan Mata	52	39	13	14	33	25	8	9	2	2	0	0	5	2	3	0	10	8	2	3	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0
9	Asier Illarramendi	49	42	7	13	29	27	2	9	3	2	1	2	4	4	0	0	10	6	4	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	1
12	Ilkay Gundogan	39	29	10	10	24	17	7	5	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	9	7	2	2	1	1	0	3	1	0	1	0
13	Gareth Bale	60	54	6	26	37	34	3	15	6	5	1	5	4	4	0	5	9	6	3	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	1
15	William Carvalho	45	22	23	20	26	9	17	12	5	3	2	3	4	2	2	1	8	7	1	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
17	Marco Reus	51	27	24	5	28	10	18	2	5	3	2	1	5	3	2	0	10	8	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	1
29	Lorenzo Crisetig	3	1	2	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	Adnan Januzaj	38	12	26	15	20	3	17	5	4	2	2	2	3	2	1	3	8	4	4	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
75	Tosin Kehinde	4	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	David Babunski	7	4	3	6	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	3	2	2	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
10	Wayne Rooney	64	50	14	44	38	34	4	27	5	2	2	4	4	2	2	2	13	8	5	8	2	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
16	Edinson Cavani	41	22	19	21	24	11	13	16	2	0	2	0	4	2	2	0	8	6	2	4	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	1
20	Robin van Persie	44	29	15	18	28	20	8	12	3	2	1	3	2	1	1	1	8	4	4	2	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	0
22	Wilfried Zaha	10	5	5	3	4	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
25	Carlos Fierro	7	4	3	10	3	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	6	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
27	Hervin Ongenda	4	1	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	Joe Rothwell	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	James Wilson	30	20	10	38	12	8	4	17	4	3	1	4	4	4	0	6	7	6	1	8	2	1	1	3	1	0	1	0

Statistics

Top Goalscorers

Rank	Pos	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Champions League	Club World Cup	Community Shield	Super Cup	Total
1	FW	10	Rooney	27	4	2	8	1	1	2	44
2	FW	47	Wilson	17	4	6	8	3	0	0	38
3	MF	13	Bale	15	5	5	0	0	1	0	26
4	FW	16	Cavani	16	0	0	4	0	1	0	21
5	MF	15	Carvalho	12	3	1	4	0	0	0	20
6	FW	20	van Persie	12	3	1	2	1	0	0	18
7	MF	9	Illarramendi	9	2	0	2	0	0	1	14
8	MF	44	Januzaj	5	2	3	2	0	0	1	13
9	MF	8	Mata	9	0	0	2	1	0	0	12
10	FW	25	Fierro	3	0	0	6	1	0	0	10
	MF	12	Gundogan	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	10
12	DF	30	Varela	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	8
13	MF	99	Babunski	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	7
	MF	7	Modric	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	7
15	MF	17	Reus	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	5
	DF	32	Vermijl	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	5
17	DF	21	Hummels	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4
	FW	22	Zaha	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	4
19	DF	50	Fosu-Mensah	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
20	MF	75	Kehinde	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	FW	27	Ongenda	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	MF	46	Rothwell	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	DF	5	Vermaelen	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
TOTALS				142	38	28	38	10	5	5	266

Clean sheets

Rank	Pos	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Champions League	Community Shield	Super Cup	Club World Cup	Total
1	GK	1	de Gea	27	1	1	5	1	0	1	35
2	GK	24	Pereira	2	1	1	5	0	1	0	13
3	GK	49	Milinkovic	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
TOTALS				31	3	2	10	1	1	1	51

Club stats

	League	Europe	Cup	Total Stats
Games played	38	13	16	67
Games won	36	12	16	64
Games drawn	2	1	0	3
Games lost	0	0	0	0
Goals scored	142	35	86	263
Goals conceded	9	3	12	24
Goal difference	133	32	74	239
Clean sheets	31	10	8	49
Players used	28	27	32	32
Yellow cards	64	20	18	102
Red cards	0	0	0	0

Scoring records

• First goal of the season in Premier League: Asier Illarramendi against Swansea City (16 August 2014)
• First goal of the season in Europe: Wilfried Zaha against Borussia Dortmund (16 September 2014)
• First goal of the season in FA Cup: Gareth Bale against Yeovil Town (4 January 2015)
• First goal of the season in League Cup: William Carvalho against Bradford City (23 September 2014)
• Fastest goal of the season in Premier League: 2' Robin van Persie against Chelsea (12 April 2015)
• Fastest goal of the season in Europe:
  • 6' Wilfried Zaha against Borussia Dortmund (16 September 2014)
  • 6' Carlos Fierro against Anderlecht (4 November 2014)
• Fastest goal of the season in FA Cup: 2' Robin van Persie against Cambridge United (23 January 2015)
• Fastest goal of the season in League Cup: 6' David Babunski against Tottenham (28 January 2015)
• Latest goal of the season in Premier League: 96' Gareth Bale against Manchester City (2 November 2014)
• Latest goal of the season in Europe: 94' Wayne Rooney against Galatasaray (9 December 2014)
• Latest goal of the season in FA Cup: 96' Adnan Januzaj against Yeovil Town (4 January 2015)
• Latest goal of the season in League Cup: 125' Gareth Bale against Chelsea (1 March 2015)
• Longest winning run in Premier League: 18 (16 August – 26 December 2014)
• Longest unbeaten run in Premier League: 38 (16 August 2014 – 24 May 2015; all season)
• Longest winning run in Europe: 8 (16 September 2014 – 17 March 2015)
• Longest unbeaten run in Europe: 13 (16 September 2014 – 6 June 2015)
• Biggest win of the season in Premier League:
  • 7–0 vs Sunderland (24 August 2014)
  • 7–0 vs Queens Park Rangers (14 September 2014)
• Biggest win of the season in Europe: 7–0 vs Galatasaray (9 December 2014)
• Biggest win of the season in FA Cup: 12–0 vs Cambridge United (23 January 2015)
• Biggest win of the season in League Cup: 8–0 vs Sheffield United (28 October 2014)
• Biggest loss of the season in Premier League: None
• Biggest loss of the season in Europe: None
• Biggest loss of the season in FA Cup: None
• Biggest loss of the season in League Cup: None

New Contracts

No.	Pos	Player	Contract length	Contract end	Date
1	GK	David de Gea	5 years	2020	1 June 2014
24	GK	Joel Castro Pereira	3 years	2018	1 July 2014
32	DF	Marnick Vermijl	4 years	2019	1 July 2014
44	MF	Adnan Januzaj	5 years	2020	20 July 2014
20	FW	Robin van Persie	3 years	2018	20 July 2014
47	FW	James Wilson	3 years	2018	1 August 2014
30	DF	Guillermo Varela	6 years	2021	12 January 2015
99	MF	David Babunski	4 years	2019	22 January 2015

Transfers

In

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee
17	MF		Marco Reus	24	EU	Borussia Dortmund	Transfer	Summer	2020	£26.4M
15	MF		William Carvalho	21	EU	Sporting Lisbon	Transfer	Summer	2019	£37M
3	DF		Luke Shaw	19	EU	Southampton	Transfer	Summer	2018	£34M
21	DF		Mats Hummels	25	EU	Borussia Dortmund	Transfer	Summer	2019	£18M
16	FW		Edinson Cavani	27	Non-EU	Paris Saint-Germain	Transfer	Summer	2019	£76.7M
23	DF		Ron Vlaar	29	EU	Aston Villa	Transfer	Summer	2018	£12.3M
5	DF		Thomas Vermaelen	28	EU	Arsenal	Transfer	Summer	2018	Swap
25	FW		Carlos Fierro	20	Non-EU	Chivas Gudalajara	Transfer	Summer	2018	£4.7M
27	FW		Hervin Ongenda	19	EU	Paris Saint-Germain	Transfer	Summer	2017	£1.2M
29	MF		Lorenzo Crisetig	21	EU	Internazionale	Transfer	Summer	2018	£4M
14	FW		Richairo Zivkovic	18	EU	Ajax	Transfer	Winter	2018	£10M

• Summer Expenditure: £214,300,000
• Winter Expenditure: £10,000,000
• Total Expenditure: £224,300,000

Out

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee
11	LM		Ryan Giggs	40	EU	Retired
15	CB		Nemanja Vidic	32	Non-EU	Internazionale	Transfer	Summer	2016	Free
5	CB		Rio Ferdinand	35	EU	Queen's Park Rangers	Contract Expiry	Summer	2015	Free
27	FW		Federico Macheda	22	EU	Cardiff City	Released	Summer	2017	Free
28	LB		Alexander Buttner	25	EU	Dynamo Moscow	Released	Summer	2017	Free
38	DF		Michael Keane	21	EU	Blackburn Rovers	Released	Summer	2016	Free
40	GK		Ben Amos	24	EU	Blackpool	Released	Summer	2017	Free
33	MF		Bébé	24	EU	Pacos de Ferreira	Transfer	Summer	2017	£500K
3	DF		Patrice Evra	33	EU	Juventus	Transfer	Summer	2016	£1.2M
29	DF		Chris Smalling	24	EU	Arsenal	Transfer	Summer	2018	Swap
16	MF		Michael Carrick	33	EU	Southampton	Transfer	Summer	2018	£10M
18	MF		Ashley Young	29	EU	Valencia	Transfer	Summer	2018	£14.4M
23	MF		Tom Cleverley	25	EU	Everton	Transfer	Summer	2019	£7.1M
24	MF		Darren Fletcher	30	EU	Hull City	Transfer	Summer	2019	£11M
25	MF		Antonio Valencia	29	Non-EU	Sporting CP	Transfer	Summer	2019	£16.7M
31	MF		Marouane Fellaini	26	EU	Swansea City	Transfer	Summer	2018	£17M
35	MF		Jesse Lingard	21	EU	Birmingham City	Transfer	Summer	2018	£2.2M
39	DF		Tom Thorpe	21	EU	Birmingham City	Transfer	Summer	2017	£1M
45	MF		Davide Petrucci	22	EU	Charlton Athletic	Transfer	Summer	2018	£1.7M
14	FW		Javier Hernández	26	Non-EU	Real Madrid	Transfer	Summer	2019	£24.7M
16	FW		Danny Welbeck	23	EU	Arsenal	Transfer	Summer	2019	£16M
26	MF		Shinji Kagawa	25	Non-EU	Borrusia Dortmund	Transfer	Summer	2019	£32.5M

• Summer Income: £156,000,000
• Winter Income: £0
• Total Income: £156,000,000

Loan out

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To
20 August 2014	31 January 2015	MF	Enzo Fernández	Cardiff City
28 August 2014	3 November 2014	FW	Carlos Fierro	Bolton Wanderers
1 September 2014	1 January 2015	FW	Hervin Ongenda	Brentford
1 September 2014	1 January 2015	MF	Lorenzo Cristeg	Leyton Orient
1 January 2015	30 May 2015	FW	Richairo Zivkovic	Ajax
1 January 2015	10 June 2015	MF	Agostinho Cá	Barcelona B
3 January 2015	5 June 2015	DF	Frank Bagnack	Barcelona B
6 January 2015	20 May 2015	FW	Eero Markkanen	Real Madrid B
12 January 2015	30 May 2015	DF	Abner	Real Madrid B
13 January 2015	30 March 2015	MF	Rubén Balima	Aston Villa
15 January 2015	30 April 2015	FW	Kelechi Iheanacho	West Ham United

Overall transfer activity

Spending Summer: £205,700,000 Winter: £0 Total: £205,700,000

Income Summer: £156,000,000 Winter: £0 Total: £156,000,000

Net expenditure Summer: £49,700,000 Winter: £0 Total: £49,700,000