Since 1882, 46 players have held the position of club captain for Newton Heath LYR F.C., Newton Heath F.C. or Manchester United F.C.

The first club captain was E. Thomas, who was captain from 1882 to 1883. The longest-serving captain is Bryan Robson, who was club captain from 1982 to 1994, although he held the position jointly with Steve Bruce for the last two years of his tenure. Roy Keane, who was captain from 1997 to 2005, has the distinction of having won the most trophies as captain; he won four Premier League titles, two FA Cups, one Community Shield, one UEFA Champions League and one Intercontinental Cup. Bruno Fernandes is the current Manchester United captain.

Captains

DatesCaptainHonours 1878–1882Unknown 1882–1883 E. Thomas1883–1887 Sam Black1887–1891 Jack Powell1891–1892 Bob McFarlane1892–1893 Joe Cassidy1893–1894Unknown1894–1896 James McNaught1896–1897 Caesar Jenkyns1897–1903 Harry Stafford1903–1904 John Willie Sutcliffe1904–1905 Jack Peddie1905–1913 Charlie Roberts1906–07 First Division 1908 Charity Shield 1908–09 FA Cup 1910–11 First Division 1911 Charity Shield1913–1914 George Stacey1914–1915 George Hunter1915–1917 Patrick O'Connell1917–1918 George Anderson1918–1919 Jack Mew1919–1922 Lal Hilditch1922–1928 Frank Barson1928–1929 Jack Wilson1929–1930 Charlie Spencer1930–1931 Jack Silcock1931–1932 George McLachlan1932 Louis Page1932–1934 Jack Silcock1934–1935 Bill McKay1935–1937 James Brown1935–36 Second Division1937–1939 George Roughton1939–1940 Bill McKay1940–1944 No competitive football was played during the Second World War1944–1945 George Roughton1945–1953 Johnny Carey1947–48 FA Cup 1951–52 First Division 1952 Charity Shield1953 Stan Pearson1953–1955 Allenby Chilton1955–1958 Roger Byrne1955–56 First Division 1956 Charity Shield 1956–57 First Division 1957 Charity Shield1958–1959 Bill Foulkes1959–1960 Dennis Viollet1960–1962 Maurice Setters1962–1967 Noel Cantwell1962–63 FA Cup 1964–65 First Division 1965 Charity Shield 1966–67 First Division1967–1968 Denis Law1967 Charity Shield 1967–68 European Cup1968–1973 Bobby Charlton1973–1974 George Graham1974–1975 Willie Morgan1974–75 Second Division1975–1982 Martin Buchan1976–77 FA Cup 1977 Charity Shield1982–1994 Bryan Robson1982–83 FA Cup 1983 Charity Shield 1984–85 FA Cup 1989–90 FA Cup 1990 Charity Shield 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup 1991 European Super Cup 1991–92 Football League Cup 1992–93 Premier League 1993–94 Premier League 1993–94 FA Cup1994–1996 Steve Bruce1994 Community Shield 1995–96 Premier League 1995–96 FA Cup1996–1997 Eric Cantona1996 Community Shield 1996–97 Premier League1997–2005 Roy Keane1997 Community Shield 1998–99 Premier League 1998–99 FA Cup 1998–99 UEFA Champions League 1999 Intercontinental Cup 1999–2000 Premier League 2000–01 Premier League 2002–03 Premier League 2003 Community Shield 2003–04 FA Cup2005–2010 Gary Neville2005–06 Football League Cup 2006–07 Premier League 2007 Community Shield 2007–08 Premier League 2007–08 UEFA Champions League 2008 Community Shield 2008 FIFA Club World Cup 2008–09 Football League Cup 2008–09 Premier League 2009–10 Football League Cup2010–2014 Nemanja Vidić2010 Community Shield 2010–11 Premier League 2011 Community Shield 2012–13 Premier League 2013 Community Shield2014–2017 Wayne Rooney2015–16 FA Cup 2016 Community Shield 2016–17 EFL Cup 2016–17 UEFA Europa League2017–2018 Michael Carrick2018–2019 Antonio Valencia2019–2020 Ashley Young2020–2023 Harry Maguire2022–23 EFL Cup2023– Bruno Fernandes2023–24 FA Cup

Vice-captains The vice-captain position at Manchester United has been announced by managers after a player has been appointed on a de facto basis. In general, the vice-captain has succeeded the captain. DatesVice-captainCaptain2010–2014 Patrice Evra Nemanja Vidic2014–2015 Darren Fletcher Wayne Rooney2015–2017 Michael Carrick2017–2018 Antonio Valencia Michael Carrick2018–2019 Paul Pogba Antonio Valencia2019–2020Position vacant Ashley Young2020–2023 Bruno Fernandes Harry Maguire2023–present Harry Maguire Bruno Fernandes

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