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Manchester United
2014–15 season
Co-chairmenJoel and Avram Glazer
ManagerLouis van Gaal
StadiumOld Trafford
Premier League9th
FA CupThird round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Juan Mata (2)
Wayne Rooney (2)
All:
Juan Mata (2)
Wayne Rooney (2)
Highest home attendance75,355 vs. Queens Park Rangers
14 September 2014
Lowest home attendance75,339 vs. Swansea City
16 August 2014
Average home league attendance75,347

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

United began the season on 16 August 2014, with the opening game of their Premier League campaign. They will also compete in the two domestic cups, the FA Cup and the League Cup. This will be the first season since 1989–90 that Manchester United will not compete in any European competition.

Background

United finished seventh[1] in the Premier League last season so won't be participating in the UEFA Champions League for the first time since the 1995–96 campaign[1] and will not be in any European competition for the first time in 25 years.[1][2] Louis van Gaal was announced as the new manager on 19 May 2014 after the sacking of David Moyes in April.[1] He appointed Ryan Giggs, who retired from playing,[3] as assistant manager, Marcel Bout as assistant coach, specialising in oppositional scouting, and Frans Hoek as goalkeeping coach.[1] Rio Ferdinand,[4] Nemanja Vidić[5] and Patrice Evra[6] left the club. United completed their first signing of the season on 26 June 2014 with the acquisition of Ander Herrera from Athletic Bilbao for £29 million,[7] and followed this up the following day with Luke Shaw from Southampton.[8] Following the departures of Vidić and Evra, Wayne Rooney and Darren Fletcher were named as captain and vice-captain respectively.[9]

Pre-season and friendlies

Manchester United preceded their 2014–15 campaign with a tour of the United States. They played LA Galaxy in the Chevrolet Cup on 23 July, and also participated in the 2014 International Champions Cup from 26 July to 2 August, playing against Roma, Internazionale and Real Madrid in the group stage. Having beaten Roma and Real Madrid in normal time, and Internazionale on penalties to win their group, they qualified for the final against Liverpool on 4 August. After going behind to a Steven Gerrard penalty in the first half, United rallied in the second with goals from Wayne Rooney, Juan Mata and Jesse Lingard to win 3–1. Upon their return to England, the team played against Valencia on 12 August in what was Louis van Gaal's first home match as Manchester United manager.

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
23 July 2014 LA Galaxy N 7–0 Welbeck 13', Rooney (2) 42' (pen.), 45', James (2) 62', 84', Young (2) 88', 90' 86,432
26 July 2014 Roma N 3–2 Rooney (2) 36', 45' (pen.), Mata 39' 54,117
29 July 2014 Internazionale N 0–0
(5–3p) 		61,238
2 August 2014 Real Madrid N 3–1 Young (2) 21', 37', Hernández 80' 109,318
4 August 2014 Liverpool N 3–1 Rooney 55', Mata 57', Lingard 88' 51,014
12 August 2014 Valencia H 2–1 Fletcher 49', Fellaini 90+1' 58,381

Premier League

The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014. Manchester United opened their Premier League campaign at home to Swansea City on 16 August 2014, and their last game of the season will be away to Hull City on 24 May 2015.[10] The season started off on the wrong foot for Manchester United, losing 2–1 at home to Swansea City, marking Swansea's first league win at Old Trafford in club history, and the Red Devils' first home loss in a season opener since 1972.[citation needed] Juan Mata gave United the lead at Sunderland but Jack Rodwell equalized on his debut before United labored to 0-0 draw against Burnley, despite Angel Di Maria making his debut for the Red Devils.

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance League
position[11]
16 August 2014 Swansea City H 1–2 Rooney 53' 75,339 16th
24 August 2014 Sunderland A 1–1 Mata 17' 43,217 13th
30 August 2014 Burnley A 0–0 31,399 14th
14 September 2014 Queens Park Rangers H 4–0 Di María 24', Herrera 36', Rooney 44', Mata 58' 75,355 9th
21 September 2014 Leicester City A 3–5 Van Persie 13', Di María 16', Herrera 57' 31,784 12th

Template:2014–15 Premier League table

FA Cup

United will enter the FA Cup at the Third Round stage with the other Premier League clubs, as well as those from the Championship. The draw will be made in December 2014 with the ties taking place in January 2015.

League Cup

United entered the League Cup at the Second Round stage for the first time since 1995–96, the last season before teams that had qualified for European competitions were allowed to enter the competition in the Third Round instead of the Second Round. The draw took place on 13 August 2014, with United being drawn away to League One side Milton Keynes Dons.[12] It was the first ever meeting between the clubs, since the formation of MK Dons in 2004. Manchester United were thrashed by their League One counterparts. Will Grigg scored twice to capitalise on defensive mistakes by the United back three, while substitute Benik Afobe added two further goals. It was United's earliest League Cup exit since a 4–3 aggregate defeat to York City back in 1995.

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
26 August 2014 Round 2 Milton Keynes Dons A 0–4 26,969

Squad statistics

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Spain David de Gea 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0
2 DF Brazil Rafael 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
3 DF England Luke Shaw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF England Phil Jones 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
5 DF Argentina Marcos Rojo 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
6 DF Northern Ireland Jonny Evans 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0
7 MF Argentina Ángel Di María 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
8 MF Spain Juan Mata 4 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0
9 FW Colombia Radamel Falcao 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0
10 FW England Wayne Rooney (c) 4 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0
11 MF Belgium Adnan Januzaj 0(4) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(5) 0 0 0
12 DF England Chris Smalling 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
13 GK Denmark Anders Lindegaard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW Mexico Javier Hernández 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
16 MF England Michael Carrick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF Portugal Nani 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0
17 MF Netherlands Daley Blind 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
18 MF England Ashley Young 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0
19 FW England Danny Welbeck 0(2) 0 0 0 1 0 1(2) 0 0 0
20 FW Netherlands Robin van Persie 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
21 MF Spain Ander Herrera 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
22 MF England Nick Powell 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
23 MF England Tom Cleverley 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
24 MF Scotland Darren Fletcher (vc) 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
25 MF Ecuador Antonio Valencia 2(1) 0 0 0 0 0 2(1) 0 0 0
26 MF Japan Shinji Kagawa 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
28 MF Brazil Anderson 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0 1(1) 0 0 0
29 FW England Wilfried Zaha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 DF Uruguay Guillermo Varela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 MF Belgium Marouane Fellaini 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0
33 MF Northern Ireland Paddy McNair 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 FW Wales Tom Lawrence 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 MF England Jesse Lingard 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
36 DF Belgium Marnick Vermijl 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
37 DF Switzerland Saidy Janko 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
38 DF England Michael Keane 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0 1(1) 0 0 0
39 DF England Tom Thorpe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 GK England Ben Amos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 DF England Reece James 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
42 DF England Tyler Blackett 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0
44 MF Brazil Andreas Pereira 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0
45 MF Italy Davide Petrucci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 MF England Joe Rothwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 FW England Will Keane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 FW England James Wilson 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0
50 GK England Sam Johnstone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
— FW Chile Ángelo Henríquez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
— — Own goals – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – –

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
26 June 2014 MF Spain Ander Herrera Spain Athletic Bilbao £29m[7]
27 June 2014 DF England Luke Shaw England Southampton £27m[8]
4 August 2014 GK Serbia Vanja Milinković Serbia FK Vojvodina Undisclosed[13]
20 August 2014 DF Argentina Marcos Rojo Portugal Sporting CP £16m[14]
26 August 2014 MF Argentina Ángel Di María Spain Real Madrid £59.7m[15]
1 September 2014 MF Netherlands Daley Blind Netherlands Ajax £14m[16]

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
28 June 2014 DF Netherlands Alexander Büttner Russia Dynamo Moscow £4.4m[17]
1 July 2014 FW England Jack Barmby England Leicester City Free[18]
1 July 2014 DF England Rio Ferdinand Released Free[4]
1 July 2014 FW Italy Federico Macheda Wales Cardiff City Free[19]
1 July 2014 DF Serbia Nemanja Vidić Italy Internazionale Free[5]
11 July 2014 MF Belgium Charni Ekangamene Belgium Zulte Waregem Free[20]
18 July 2014 DF England Louis Rowley England Leicester City Free[21]
21 July 2014 DF France Patrice Evra Italy Juventus £1.2m[6]
25 July 2014 FW Portugal Bebé Portugal Benfica £2.4m[22]
31 August 2014 MF Japan Shinji Kagawa Germany Borussia Dortmund Undisclosed[23]
1 September 2014 MF Wales Tom Lawrence England Leicester City Undisclosed[24]
1 September 2014 FW England Danny Welbeck England Arsenal £16m[25]
8 September 2014 MF Italy Davide Petrucci Romania CFR Cluj Free[26]

Loan in

Date from Date to Pos. Name From
1 September 2014 30 June 2015 FW Colombia Radamel Falcao France AS Monaco[27]

Loan out

Date from Date to Pos. Name To
4 August 2014 30 June 2015 GK Serbia Vanja Milinković Serbia FK Vojvodina[13]
11 August 2014 30 June 2015 FW Chile Ángelo Henríquez Croatia Dinamo Zagreb[28]
20 August 2014 30 June 2015 MF Portugal Nani Portugal Sporting CP[14]
28 August 2014 30 June 2015 FW England Wilfried Zaha England Crystal Palace[29]
1 September 2014 30 June 2015 FW Mexico Javier Hernández Spain Real Madrid[30]
1 September 2014 30 June 2015 MF England Nick Powell England Leicester City[31]
1 September 2014 31 January 2015 DF England Michael Keane England Burnley[32]
1 September 2014 30 June 2015 MF England Tom Cleverley England Aston Villa[33]
3 September 2014 30 June 2015 DF Uruguay Guillermo Varela Spain Real Madrid Castilla[34]

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