Siobhan Chamberlain was keeper in the club's first match since refoundation.

Manchester United Women Football Club is an English association football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester. The club is the women's section of Manchester United Football Club. Manchester United was formed in Newton Heath in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR F.C., and played their first competitive match in October 1886, when they entered the first round of the 1886–87 FA Cup.[1] The club was renamed Manchester United F.C. in 1902, and they moved to Old Trafford in 1910.[2] The women's section was founded in 2018, playing its first competitive match in August 2018, a 1–0 win over Liverpool in the 2018–19 FA Women's League Cup.[3]

Previously, Manchester United were associated with a semi-professional women supporter's football club. The club was dissolved in 2005, after Malcolm Glazer's takeover of Manchester United, with the club wishing to focus on its women's academy levels.[4] A media spokesman for Manchester United also claimed the club wanted to focus on its women's academy instead of its senior team.[5]

As of 28 January 2024, a total of 64 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club; of these, 25 players are currently under contract with Manchester United. The most recent player to make their debut for the club is English defender Evie Rabjohn who debuted on 9 November 2023 in the 2023–24 FA Women's League Cup match against Everton. The player who has made the most appearances for Manchester United is English forward Ella Toone; they have made 150 appearances. The player who has scored the most goals is English forward Ella Toone; they have scored 48 goals for Manchester United.

List of players

Mary Earps holds the record for most consecutive league appearances and most clean sheets for Manchester United.
Lauren James was the team's youngest debutant.
Ella Toone has scored the most goals and made the most appearances for Manchester United.
Millie Turner is one of five players to make over 100 appearances for the club, along with Ella Toone, Leah Galton, Katie Zelem and Mary Earps.
Leah Galton is one of five players to make over 100 appearances for the club, along with Ella Toone, Millie Turner, Katie Zelem and Mary Earps.
Tobin Heath was the first non-European to play for Manchester United.
Phallon Tullis-Joyce is one of the club's most recent debutants.

Statistics correct as of match played 28 January 2024

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Positions key
GK Goalkeeper
DF Defender
MF Midfielder
FW Forward
U Utility player1
List of Manchester United W.F.C. players
Name Nationality Position Manchester United
career 		Starts Subs Total Goals Ref
Appearances
Siobhan Chamberlain  England GK 2018–2019 27 0 27 0 [6]
Kirsty Smith  Scotland DF 2018–2022 51 7 58 1 [7]
Amy Turner  England DF 2018–2021 62 5 67 4 [8]
Millie Turner  England DF 2018– 128 2 130 8 [9]
Alex Greenwood  England DF 2018–2019 26 1 27 5 [10]
Mollie Green  England MF 2018–2019 25 4 29 16 [11]
Katie Zelem  England MF 2018– 137 10 147 32 [12]
Lauren James  England FW 2018–2021 36 20 56 28 [13]
Lizzie Arnot  Scotland FW 2018–2020 19 15 34 9 [14]
Jessica Sigsworth  England FW 2018–2021 45 21 66 26 [15]
Kirsty Hanson  Scotland FW 2018–2022 52 38 90 16 [16]
Ella Toone  England FW 2018– 119 31 150 48 [17]
Leah Galton  England FW 2018– 105 20 125 36 [18]
Charlie Devlin  England MF 2018–2019 8 13 21 6 [19]
Aimee Palmer  England MF 2018–2019 7 8 15 1 [20]
Martha Harris  England DF 2018–2022 37 12 49 1 [21]
Naomi Hartley  England DF 2018–2019 1 2 3 0 [22]
Fran Bentley  England GK 2018–2021 0 2 2 0 [23]
Emily Ramsey  England GK 2018–2020 5 1 6 0 [24]
Mary Earps  England GK 2019– 110 1 111 0 [25]
Lotta Ökvist  Sweden DF 2019–2020 7 3 10 0 [26]
Abbie McManus  England DF 2019–2020 25 0 25 2 [27]
Hayley Ladd  Wales MF 2019– 80 18 98 11 [28]
Jackie Groenen  Netherlands MF 2019–2022 51 9 60 0 [29]
Jane Ross  Scotland FW 2019–2021 18 16 34 7 [30]
Aurora Mikalsen  Norway GK 2019 1 0 1 0 [31]
Rebecca May  England MF 2020 0 1 1 0 [32]
Ona Batlle  Spain DF 2020–2023 75 2 77 3 [33]
Alessia Russo  England FW 2020–2023 49 10 59 27 [34]
Lucy Staniforth  England MF 2020–2022 23 17 40 3 [35]
Tobin Heath  United States FW 2020 9 2 11 4 [36]
Christen Press  United States FW 2020–2021 12 5 17 4 [37]
Ivana Fuso  Brazil FW 2020–2022 5 16 21 2 [38]
Maria Thorisdottir  Norway DF 2021–2023 36 9 45 1 [39]
Carrie Jones  Wales MF 2021–2022 3 7 10 0 [40]
Tara Bourne  England DF 2021 0 1 1 0 [41]
Hannah Blundell  England DF 2021– 70 7 77 3 [42]
Aoife Mannion  Ireland DF 2021– 21 7 28 0 [43]
Vilde Bøe Risa  Norway MF 2021–2023 22 22 44 8 [44]
Martha Thomas  Scotland FW 2021–2023 24 29 53 8 [45]
Sophie Baggaley  England GK 2021– 10 0 10 0 [46]
Karna Solskjær  Norway FW 2022 0 1 1 0 [47]
Signe Bruun  Denmark FW 2022 2 5 7 0 [48]
Diane Caldwell  Ireland DF 2022 6 0 6 0 [49]
Jade Moore  England MF 2022 3 6 9 2 [50]
Maya Le Tissier  England DF 2022– 48 2 50 3 [51]
Lucía García  Spain FW 2022– 26 21 47 11 [52]
Adriana Leon  Canada FW 2022–2023 3 6 9 3 [53]
Nikita Parris  England FW 2022– 32 12 44 22 [54]
Aïssatou Tounkara  France DF 2022 4 1 5 0 [55]
Rachel Williams  England FW 2022– 8 35 43 12 [56]
Keira Barry  England FW 2022– 0 1 1 0 [57]
Alyssa Aherne  England FW 2022– 0 1 1 0 [58]
Estelle Cascarino  France MF 2023 0 2 2 0 [59]
Lisa Naalsund  Norway MF 2023– 8 7 15 2 [60]
Jayde Riviere  Canada DF 2023– 13 3 16 0 [61]
Gabby George  England DF 2023– 4 0 4 0 [62]
Geyse  Brazil FW 2023– 11 5 16 2 [63]
Hinata Miyazawa  Japan MF 2023– 7 5 12 1 [64]
Melvine Malard  France FW 2023– 7 9 16 6 [65]
Gemma Evans  Wales MF 2023– 4 6 10 0 [66]
Irene Guerrero  Spain MF 2023– 1 3 4 0 [67]
Phallon Tullis-Joyce  United States GK 2023– 4 0 4 0 [68]
Evie Rabjohn  England DF 2023– 0 1 1 0 [69]

Club captains

Manchester United's first women's team's captain Alex Greenwood (left), with her now successor Katie Zelem (right).
Dates Captain Honours[A] Ref.
2018–2019 England Alex Greenwood [70]
2019–present England Katie Zelem [71]

Notes

  1. ^ As captain only.

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