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Source OpenFootballUpdated Founded 1878Ground Old TraffordSeasons held 35
Source OpenFootballUpdated Founded 1878Ground Old TraffordSeasons held 35
Season statistics: Wikipedia. The archive holds no team sheets for 1998/99, so these are Manchester United's league figures according to the club-season article on English Wikipedia, in the article's order. Players link to their page where the archive holds them, matched through Wikidata.
| Player | Pos. | Apps | Starts | Sub | Goals | All apps | All goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Schmeichel | GK | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0 |
| Gary Neville | DF | 34 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 1 |
| Denis Irwin | DF | 29 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 48 | 3 |
| David May | DF | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ronny Johnsen | DF | 22 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 3 |
| Jaap Stam |
| DF |
| 30 |
| 30 |
| 0 |
| 1 |
| 51 |
| 1 |
| David Beckham | MF | 34 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 55 | 9 |
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| Nicky Butt | MF | 31 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 47 | 2 |
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| Andy Cole | FW | 32 | 26 | 6 | 17 | 50 | 24 |
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| Teddy Sheringham | FW | 17 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 27 | 5 |
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| Ryan Giggs | MF | 24 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 10 |
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| Phil Neville | DF | 28 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 44 | 1 |
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| John Curtis | DF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
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| Jordi Cruyff | MF | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
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| Jesper Blomqvist | MF | 25 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 1 |
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| Roy Keane (c) | MF | 35 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 55 | 5 |
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| Raimond van der Gouw | GK | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
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| Paul Scholes | MF | 31 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 51 | 11 |
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| Dwight Yorke | FW | 32 | 32 | 0 | 18 | 51 | 29 |
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| Ole Gunnar Solskjær | FW | 19 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 37 | 18 |
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| Henning Berg | DF | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
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| Erik Nevland | FW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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| Michael Clegg | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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| Wes Brown | DF | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
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| Chris Casper | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Philip Mulryne | MF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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| Alex Notman | FW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Ronnie Wallwork | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Nick Culkin | GK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Mark Wilson | MF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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| Jonathan Greening | MF | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
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| Danny Higginbotham | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Total | 510 | 78 |
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The article lists 2 own goals by opponents in Manchester United's favour. Manchester United scored 80 league goals that season by the archive's results. A dash means the article gives no figure, not zero.
Includes data from Wikipedia (“1998–99 Manchester United F.C. season”, revision 1367188307, read 16 Oct 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia is edited by volunteers; the archive treats it as a secondary source and checks it against its own records where it can.
| Player | Years | Matches | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayden Heaven | from 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Amad Diallo | from 2021 | Not held | Not held |
| Hannibal Mejbri | from 2021 | Not held | Not held |
| Daniel James | from 2019 | Not held | Not held |
| Casemiro | 2022–2026 | 111 | 15 |
| Jadon Sancho | 2021–2026 | 58 | 9 |
| Alejandro Garnacho | 2022–2025 | 93 | 16 |
| Victor Lindelöf | 2017–2025 | 194 | 4 |
| Aaron Wan-Bissaka | 2019–2024 | 130 | 2 |
| Martin Dúbravka | 2022–2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Elanga | 2021–2023 | 39 | 3 |
| Dean Henderson | 2015–2023 | 13 | 0 |
| Angel Gomes | 2017–2020 | 5 | 0 |
| Sam Johnstone | 2011–2018 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Carrick | 2006–2018 | 316 | 17 |
| Michael Keane | 2011–2015 | 1 | 0 |
| Darren Fletcher | 2003–2015 | 223 | 18 |
| Danny Welbeck | 2008–2014 | 92 | 20 |
| Ole Gunnar Solskjær | 1996–2007 | 235 | 91 |
| Ruud van Nistelrooy | 2001–2006 | 150 | 95 |
| Steve Bruce | 1987–1996 | 309 | 36 |
| George Graham | 1972–1974 | 43 | 2 |
Not limited to the season above, and not the club's full list: only people who appear elsewhere in this archive are listed. Years and figures are the spells' own, across all competitions, as Wikidata records them.
| Date | Player | From | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jul 1998 | Jaap Stam | PSV Eindhoven | Transfer |
| 8 Jul 1998 | Russell Best | Notts County | Transfer |
| 21 Jul 1998 | Jesper Blomqvist | Parma | Transfer |
| 3 Aug 1998 | John O'Shea | Waterford Bohemians | Transfer |
| 20 Aug 1998 | Dwight Yorke |   Aston Villa | Transfer |
| 17 Feb 1999 | Bojan Djordjic | Brommapojkarna | Transfer |
| 2 Jun 1999 | Mark Bosnich | Aston Villa | Transfer |
| Date | Player | To | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Jul 1998 | Ben Thornley |   Huddersfield Town | Transfer |
| 4 Jul 1998 | Leon Mills |   Wigan Athletic | Transfer |
| 4 Jul 1998 | Adam Sadler | Released | Released |
| 9 Jul 1998 | Gary Pallister |   Middlesbrough | Transfer |
| 1 Aug 1998 | Michael Twiss |   Sheffield United | Loan |
| 17 Sept 1998 | Chris Casper |   Reading | Loan |
| 8 Oct 1998 | Russell Best | Released | Released |
| 30 Oct 1998 | Terry Cooke | Wrexham | Loan |
| 1 Nov 1998 | Danny Higginbotham | Royal Antwerp | Loan |
| 4 Nov 1998 | Chris Casper | Reading | Transfer |
| 7 Nov 1998 | Paul Gibson |   Hull City | Loan |
| 14 Jan 1999 |
According to Wikipedia: the transfer tables of the club-season article. Fees are held but not shown.
Includes data from Wikipedia (“1998–99 Manchester United F.C. season”, revision 1367188307, read 16 Oct 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia is edited by volunteers; the archive treats it as a secondary source and checks it against its own records where it can.
| Terry Cooke |
  Manchester City |
| Loan |
| 14 Jan 1999 | Erik Nevland | IFK Göteborg | Loan |
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| 15 Jan 1999 | Jordi Cruyff | Celta Vigo | Loan |
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| 27 Jan 1999 | Ronnie Wallwork | Royal Antwerp | Loan |
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| 27 Jan 1999 | Jamie Wood | Royal Antwerp | Loan |
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| 10 Feb 1999 | Alex Notman | Aberdeen | Loan |
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| 24 Mar 1999 | Michael Ryan | Wrexham | Transfer |
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| 25 Mar 1999 | Paul Gibson | Notts County | Transfer |
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| 25 Mar 1999 | Philip Mulryne |   Norwich City | Transfer |
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| 16 Apr 1999 | Terry Cooke | Manchester City | Transfer |
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| 30 Jun 1999 | Gerard Gaff | Released | Released |
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| 30 Jun 1999 | Jason Hickson | Released | Released |
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| 30 Jun 1999 | Peter Schmeichel | Sporting CP | Transfer |
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| 30 Jun 1999 | John Thorrington | Bayer Leverkusen | Transfer |
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| 30 Jun 1999 | Lee Whiteley | Salford City | Transfer |
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