1986-2013

 Man United 1986-2013  

​Manchester United won the league again in the 1999–2000 and 2000–01 seasons, becoming only the fourth club to win the English title three times in a row.​

 The team finished third in 2001–02, before regaining the title in 2002–03.They won the 2003–04 FA Cup, beating Mill wall 3–0 in the final at the Millenium stadium in Cardiff to lift the trophy for a record 11th time.​

 In the 2005–06 season, Manchester United failed to qualify for the knockout phase of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in over a decade,[ but recovered to secure a second-place league finish and victory over Wigan Athletic in the 2006 Football League Cup final. ​

The club regained the Premier League title in the 2006–07 season, before completing the European double in 2007–08 with a 6–5 penalty shoot-out victory over Chelsea in the 2008 UEFA Champions league final in Moscow to go with their 17th English league title. Ryan Giggs made a record 759th appearance for the club in that game, overtaking previous record holder Bobby Charlton. ​

In December 2008, the club became the first British team to win the FIFA club world cup and followed this with the 2008–09 Football League Cup, and its third successive Premier League title. That summer, forward Cristiano Ronaldo was sold to Real Madrid for a world record £80 million. In 2010, Manchester United defeated Aston Villa 2–1 at Wembley to retain the League Cup, its first successful defence of a knockout cup competition.​

After finishing as runners-up to Chelsea in the  2009–10 season, United achieved a record 19th league title in 2010–11, securing the championship with a 1–1 away draw against Blackburn Rovers on 14 May 2011.[ This was extended to 20 league titles in 2012–13, securing the championship with a 3–0 home win against Aston Villa on 22 April 2013.​

On 8 May 2013, Ferguson announced that he was to retire as manager at the end of the football season but would remain at the club as a director and club ambassador.] He retired as the most decorated manager in football history.​