A Tribute to Mazars

I am dreaming to be an auditor since I was in senior high school. My teacher told me how challenging and pleasant works of her as an auditor.

And then, when I was in University, I've got a brilliant lecturer for three subjects of Auditing: Auditing 1, Auditing 2, and Auditing Laboratory. She worked for PWC when she was younger and single. She sometimes told her students in the class her experiences in PWC. I am impressed and amazed. Now she is a head of finance at my campus, Perbanas.

She and all of her experience made my obsession to become auditor stronger.

Story goes on. Every year, all of CIMB Niaga scholarship recipients, like me, have an annual gathering. And once, the motivator of the gathering in 2010 (if I am not mistaken), said that all of us should have THE BEST DREAM to be dreamed, don't ever negotiate in determining the dream. So, I was rethinking about my dream to be an auditor. It's not "best" enough. And I remember one of my best lecturer's quote: "good is enemy of best". So, I just reproduce my dream: "I want to have my own super business: the first International-recognized of a local public accountant firm"

Hmm. Dream is free. So, why you don't just dream The Best Dream you can think...

Next. In my last semester, my Auditing Seminar lecturer is a partner! She has her own accounting firm. I really admire her. And she has a CPA. I should be better than her. I believe I can.

Okay, after I'm graduated from Perbanas, I have a chance to have training in a medium-leveled Public Accounting Firm, it's KAP HMR. My another lecturer works there. The training is only for two months, but it's very useful, although it's not quite different from what I've already learned in Auditing Laboratory subject in campus.

And, finally, we reached the final point of this writing: I worked for Mazars! This is my first work and it's an internationally accounting firm! Okay, I'll tell you about my experience at Mazars in a semi-poem writing below:


Alhamdulillah…
I am lucky.
I should realize that.
I am lucky for having a wonderful two-month, the most unforgettable moment ever, here.
It will not be the same anymore, I know.
But, at least, I already experienced that.

Alhamdulillah…
I am lucky.
I should realize that.
I have the loveliest manager here: smart, patience, and high motivated.
She gave me many chances and trust to learn many things here.
For the short two-months here, I already conducted Understanding & Walkthrough, Physical Count of Inventory, Balance Confirmation, and Substantive Test for Cash-Taxes-Prepayment-Operating Expenses- Inventory.
I will get more if I stay longer, I know.
But, if I cannot be grateful for what I already earned, I know God won’t give anymore to me.

Alhamdulillah…
I am lucky.
I should realize that.
I have pleasant work mates in my batch.
It’s really surprising that we can be good friends although we only have really a short time to meet in office in these two months because we are assigned to different clients.
It will be nice if we can be promoted together in this appraisal period, I know.
But I know God know which one is nicer for me and my career.

Alhamdulillah…
I am lucky.
I should realize that.
I’ve got nice seniors in my team here.
For the short two months, I am already assigned for three different teams in three different clients, and I am also assigned for four different Physical Inventory Count teams, and for those all I’ve got really nice seniors.
I learned many things from them.
I will get chance to be like them if I stay here.
But maybe God want me to be more than just like them.

Alhamdulillah…
I am lucky.
I really need to realize that, so I will not be sad.
I do not have to be sad, or even feel hurt.
I know it will not be the same anymore… but it will be better, for me, hopefully… it should be better… it must be better…
Alhamdulillah Ya Rob.

Thanks to Pak Sebastien Gautier for nicely accepting me to work here for two months.
Thanks to Ruth Mutiara, for being the best manager ever, here.
Thanks to James Kenneth Venta, for being my manager also and the training.
Thanks to Luisito Gallardo for the memorable interview and all the knowledge you share in all trainings I attended.
Thanks to Fernando Reyes, also for the memorable interview.
Thanks to Siena Rosell Cajucom and Melissa Paz Murillo for the trainings.
Thanks to Pak Tjiendra and Pak Handoko for short memorable discussion.
Thanks to Kak Anggia, Mbak Susi, Kak Layna, and Kak Edu for transferring the knowledge to me.
Thanks to David, Fahry, Elo, Agung, Karin, Icha, Andra for being nice team mates.
Thanks to Barry, Panji, and Fredy for being helpful friends in our batch.
And, finally, thanks to Rahma, Mira, Desy, Aggun, Indah (I mention your name here although we are in different batch, haha), Dila, and Diva for being really nice and unforgettable friends for me…
Thanks also for making my goodbye harder, really…
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Barcelona, The Top of The List

On last 28 October, a page in facebook named Manchester United Fans made a vote: "What's Your Most Hated Football Team ?!"

Of course, the voters are those who support United and like the page. So, the result of the voting will show the most hated football team by United fans.

The result shows Barcelona on the top of the list with 65 voters. And the noisy neighbor comes in the second. I am one of the 64 voters for them.

It's not surprised because Barcelona has put us in the second position twice in last three finals in Champions League. However, unlike many fans of United, I don't hate them. I just hate them for one until six days during and after the final, but then I realize that they are good and deserve the title.

And about the noisy, everyone knows that they are now our main competitor in Premier League, by ignoring the fact that they are already our true rival since we come from same city. We always talk about which one between us is the TRUE MANCHESTER: Red or Blue.

After Barca and the noisy neighbor, Chelsea shows in the third position. Yeah, I agree with this. I really hate them, after the noisy, because they got the title by money, it is really weird someone like Abramovich wants a title but he wants get it instantly. Ckck.

Then, Liverpool is the fourth most hated club by United fans. Actually I never really hate them although I am very happy that now we are the King, not them anymore. I cannot hate them because my best friend ever really love them. Hehe.

In the fifth position, there is Arsenal. I used to hate them so much. I remember that my old United diary is full of hated words and story about them. But now, I just feel sorry for them. Besides, there are many muslims join Arsenal. So, I cannot hate them anymore. Furthermore, they are now really nice to us. They gave us a 8-2 winning this season in OT. Haha... Seriously, Thank You so much Papa Arsene (smile please, pa).

The rests of the list are Madrid, Leeds (the one which should be our no.1 enemy because of the history), AC Milan, Everton, Muenchen (seriously? I think we should thank them for the most amazing final of UCL ever in 1999), Wigan (I cannot guess the reason), Ipswich Town (Don't ask me, I have no idea), Partizan Belgrade (This must be caused by something bad in UCL), and Rosenborg (Yeah, who knows :P).

This is the complete result of the votes:

Barcelona 65
City 64
Chelsea 37
Liverpool 25
Arsenal 10
Real Madrid 6
Leeds United 3
AC Milan 1
Everton 1
Muenchen 1
Wigan 1
Ipswich Town 1
Partizan Belgrade 1
Rosenborg 1

Surprisingly, there are three voters who voted for Man United. Ckck, we have spies.

And these are some good comments about the voting:

Mohd Yusri Mohd Yunus: "man shitty and all team versus manutd"
Jimmy Labeeu: "All italy team."
Emma Johnson: "any1 thats not united! shitty city crapperpool assnal trasherton ...."
Tuhin Mufc Sen: "used to like Barca until Sergio Busquets and Mascherano happened to em' and that over-rated Messi. He's a good player, not God! X("
Mike Manutd: "I'd rather die than support chelshit or barcheatlona.!"
Aldesta LegOwo Putro: "JABAR(JARINGAN ANTI BARCELONTE)"
Richard Ford: "i don't mind leeds and arsenal they are OK. but shitty and looserfool i cant stand either of them"
Kennet Johansson: "for the moment man city,,,,nxt week its chelsea again"
Yus Cleverley: "TETANGGA"
Ben Bailey: "Man City, they have to buy there victory, WE EARN IT !!!!"
Manuel Tamay: "No one ,futbol is abuot sport. I do not ever hate any body."
Maryam Smithy: "the noisy neighbor, of course! WHY ALWAYS ME THAT IS UGLY, HAHA :D"

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And UNITED Players Are Also Human…

I was hurt so badly when last week UNITED is beaten by their noisy neighbor with poor score: 6-1. It’s my worst nightmare ever T____T

Spontaneously I decide to sign my fesbuk, twitter, and YM off, ignore all the news either in the television, internet or newspaper. There is only one dominant thought in my head: I should dig a hole and burn myself there.

I asked myself thousand times: what happened to my UNITED? Why is this happened? Hello, you are really my heroes or not?

It’s really hurt when I watched the noisy neighbor score the fourth goal and I turned off the television (because I can’t watch the replay and the celebration – it’s really hurt for me T___T) but a few minutes later I turned it on again their score was already SIX. How come?

I blamed the players. Nani, Welbeck, Evans, Jones, and even their manager, Sir Alex, are all wrongs, for me.

And then I realized one thing: what a bad fan I am T____T

Supporting a team should not mean you expect them to always win and blame them if they lost in a game. Ckck. It’s really unfair!

The fans should realize that they are only the fans, not the player, or even the manager! They do not know the real feeling of LOST. The players are the ones who played the game, were very tired but still suffered the LOST. The manager is the one who made a strategy, shouted along the game, but still got LOST.

They are the ones who deserve a complaint. A very big complaint. But, to whom is the complaint? GOD? Well, if you forget, I am reminding you all: “This is life, not heaven. You cannot always get what you want.”

So, back to the story. I realized then that I should accept this result. I can’t just continue muttering: could the match be restarted from 0-0 please???

I should try imagining being in de Gea’s shoes. It’s very unimaginable to suffer SIX goals in a match. So sorry, de Gea! I hope you are strong enough to learn all the mistakes you maybe do that day.

Well, they are only human, they can also get lost in match, no matter how big the score is.

And life must go on.

Tonight, they win 1-0 from Everton. Congratulation!

But I still cannot stand to see premier league table or the list of top scorer. Huff. Yeah, you can call me a bad fan. Whatever. It’s just really hurt for me, seriously. Or maybe you can call me a coward. Yeah, whatever. I live this life not to please you, but GOD. Hoho :P

And I am still waiting any club that can get mancit down by a worse score, 10-0 will be very nice, seriously :P

I have a new dream since that night: MANCIT will suffer degradation soon, or even this season, I don’t care “how”.

And I am still shouting, in fesbuk or twitter, that UNITED is still a KING OF ENGLAND. It’s the fact, last time I checked.

And I think I know the continuity of writing written in that bald player of mancit’s t-shirt: WHY ALWAYS ME THAT IS UGLY. Ups. Haha.

GGMU, no matter what happens :*

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Hello, How's life, UNITED? :)

It's very long time since my last post. Exactly, I didn't write anything for 10 months! Wow, Subhanallah... I envy so much that time in 'blog world' moves faster than time in reality. I hope you get what I mean. Haha.

So, what's up, UNITED? Well, they are fine, despite the fact that they lost back to back, from Liverpool and Chelsh*it two weeks ago.
They are fine, because they still go on in three competition, keep the chance to TREBLE alive: Premier League, FA, and Champions League. So sorry for Arsenal, hihi, the no 1 competitor in the two competitions. Well, Arsenal was already defeated in FA, they only become the burden in EPL now, hoho.

In Champions League, UNITED meets Chelsh*t in quarter final. Can't wait. Haha.

SO, keep moving on, keep the Real Red Flag flying high, my UNITED hero. You know that I can't smile without you :D

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Save Our Earth

(this my writing is the 1st winner in The British Institute - TBI Writing Competition)

Imagine these conditions: dry land without any trees is everywhere, number of skin cancer cases increases, people cannot go out without wearing jacket although it is a sunny day, number of active volcano is higher than before, floods are everywhere, there is only big island left (say goodbye to many famous beautiful small islands), and there is snow in tropical countries on the night while the day is very hotter than before. Do you think all of them are only hyperbola fantasy? I do not think so. If we still do not give more attention to the earth now, they are possible to happen in the future. They are not only fantasy!

I am not scaring you all, but usually people will not start doing some action if they do not suffer the cause first. So, imagine that you can see the future, and what you see is more or less same as the conditions I told you in the beginning. It is possible, you know, because there are many evidences exist around us that you actually can find out sooner if you are more curious about the earth. The first evidence is the numerous of weird and horrible disasters. In Indonesia, some of us suffered tsunami in Aceh, terrible earthquake in Yogyakarta and Padang, and mud disaster in Sidoarjo. Moreover, there are apocalyptic hurricanes in USA, big forest fires in Australia, and terrible floods in Nepal. The next evidence is number of diseases such as malaria, cholera, and asthma that are increasing. Those diseases are influenced by the global warming. Asthma comes because if air pollution, malaria is spread by the warmer condition of world, and cholera is caused by water pollution. Furthermore, you can feel by yourself that sun is becoming hotter. At last, final evidence is the increase of extinct animal number.

It’s time to do some actions. You should not think about some hard actions like using environmentally friendly products, especially the electronic machine such as computer, refrigerator, washing machine, and dryer. Some of you maybe still cannot afford them for this moment. So, let’s start thinking about simple activities that everyone surely can do those. I’ll give you some examples of simple activities. First, stop throwing rubbish everywhere, although it’s only a candy wrapper. You also can begin to advise people that you meet in the street. Stop them from polluting the earth! However, it needs some courage from you. Then, stop using plastic as long as possible. For example, you can bring your own bag when you go shopping so you do not need the plastic bag from the shop anymore.

The next simple activity is avoiding cigarette. I know it is hard for some cigarette addicts to stop smoking instantly, but please think about the future. Furthermore, you can start taking bicycle or mass transportation instead of motorcycle or car. I do not forbid you to have a car or motorcycle. You still can have them as long as you want. I only ask you to do not use them for daily or routine activities, like for going to school, campus, or office every day. Moreover, reduce the use of paper. You can ask your teacher or lecturer whether you can print the assignment in two sides of paper. If they allow you to do it, you can tell to your classmates to do same thing. Then, the last example of simple activity is saving energy. Unplug the cable of electronic appliances whenever you stop working with them. Drive your vehicle 55 mph instead of 65 mph because it can reduce emissions.
So, you now can choose two kind of future: the bad or the good one. Do not wait until the disaster comes to you to start being green. Do it right now! Remember, we only have one world. You cannot move to another new world after break the old one.

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Why Do They Often Talk About Him?

Mr. Septo, my English lecturer at Perbanas Asian Banking Finance and Informatics Institute, is a very famous person at my campus. Most of students and lecturers know him. Especially for the students, he is an unforgettable person. They like talking about Mr. Septo all the time. I think it is caused by the difficulties that they meet to pass Mr. Septo’s class. The difficulties are the high standards that Mr. Septo determines to pass his class, the discipline of Mr. Septo, and his unique way to motivate others.

Mr. Septo determines high standards for students who want to pass his class. The students must be talkative in the class. They should ask if they do not understand his explanation. On the other hand, they are expected to answer any question from him. Mr. Septo doesn’t like if they just keep quiet, whether they understand or not. Furthermore, the students must do the project in English For Academic Purpose class as Mr. Septo’s instructions. He wants the students’ writing becomes more organized one. He pays attention to the structure of the paragraph very well. In fact, most of students consider either being talkative or writing with well structure is very difficult. It is not strange that they are worried about failure to pass Mr. Septo’s class.

The second difficulties is the discipline of Mr. Septo. The students must come to the class on time. In addition, they are ordered to bring an oxford dictionary every class meeting. Not only that, but the students also must submit all papers, works, and projects on time. If they are late to submit the tasks, their score will be minus 20 points. Meanwhile, if they come late or do not bring the dictionary, they will get a punishment. That’s why Mr. Septo is called a disciplinarian.

The last, Mr. Septo has an unique way to motivate students. He likes saying “See you next semester” to remind the students to study harder or they will not pass his class. Moreover, Mr. Septo sometimes says something that may hurt students’ feeling, but actually he wants the students realize their mistakes and make changes to improve their ability in English. He cares about his students very much. The good students will not feel down with whatever he says, instead they will be motivated to study harder.

The high standards to pass, the discipline, and the unique way to motivate are the difficulties that the students meet in Mr. Septo’s class. It is not strange that they like talking about Mr. Septo and these difficulties all the time. I hope they also discuss about the way to pass, and practice what they had discussed. The suitable words for them is “Talk Less, Does More”. However, in the class they should follow these words: “Talk More, Get More”.

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P O E M

When I still studied in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) class, guided by Mr. Septo and Mrs. Sundari, Mr. Septo asked the students to write a poem about love. Wow, I was speechless, never thought about that. Then, after a dozen try, I finally wrote this. I hope you all like the poem. Oh yeah, I have corrected some grammar mistakes in this poem. So, please enjoy this:

LOVE...

Everyone talks about love
Although he or she has never seen the shape of it

Everyone falls in love
Although he or she does not know why

Everyone wants to give a love
Although he or she does not know how

Everyone tries to find a love
Although he or she does not know where

Everyone wants to be loved
Although he or she has everything

Now, I am wondering
Does everybody exactly know love?

Because, if yes
There must not be war anymore in our world


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STAY (I Missed You)

I recently like a song with title 'STAY (I Missed You), performed by New Found Glory featuring Lisa Loeb. This song is originally performed by Lisa Loeb from the movie 'Reality Bites'. I am wondering what kind of movie it is. Hmm, I should find out about the movie soon. Anyway, I LIKE THE LYRIC SO MUCH

This is the lyric:

You say I only hear what I want to
You say I talk so all the time, so

And I thought what I felt was simple
And I thought that I don't belong
And now that I am leaving
Now I know that I did something wrong
'cause I missed you, yeah, yeah, I missed you.

And you say I only hear what I want to...
I don't listen hard, I don't pay attention to the distance
That you're running to anyone, anywhere
I don't understand if you really care
I'm only hearing negative... no, no, no

So I turned the radio on, I turned the radio up
And this woman was singing my song...
The lover's in love, and the others run away
The lover is crying 'cause the other won't stay

Some of us hover when we weepin' for the other
Who was dying since the day they were born
Well, well, this is not that
I think that I'm throwing but I'm thrown.

And I thought I'd live forever
But now I'm not so sure
You try to tell me that I'm clever
But that won't take me anyhow, or anywhere with you

You said that I was naive and I thought that I was stronger
I thought, "Hey, I can leave, I can leave."
Oh, but now I know that I was wrong
'cause I missed you, yeah, I missed you

You said, "You caught me 'cause you want me
and one day you'll let me go,
You try to give away a keeper, or keep me
'cause you know you're just so scared to lose."

And you say, "STAY."

You say I only hear what I want to

You can download the mp3 of this song by clicking here

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The TOP and The Ballon...

UNITED lost Wayne Rooney and Darren Fletcher who got injury after playing for their own Country in World Cup 2010 qualification.

However, they got a winning on October 17, 2009, and back to the TOP! Sugoi! Cool!

This comeback is helped by Aston Villa which surprisingly beat Chelsea at Villa Park although the guest played better than the host.

Zat Knight made an own goal at 5th minute (thanks to him) and Antonio Valencia finally made his first goal for UNITED at 32th minute. Omedetoo, boy!

Welcome back to home, Edwin van der Sar! Nice to see you again n_n

As usual, this is the list of the players:
Van der Sar; Neville, Evans, Ferdinand, Evra (O'Shea 83); Valencia, Anderson (Scholes 86), Carrick, Giggs; Berbatov, Owen (Welbeck 84).

Well, I'll finish this post by telling you the funny story about Liverpool's Lose this weekend. There was a red ball from its own supporter which made the team suffered the only goal in the match againts Sunderland. What an ironic!

Sorry, mbf T_T

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ToTTo-cHaN

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi てつこ　くろやなぎ

I just realized something recently: TOTTO-CHAN really is an amazing book; I should know it since years ago. Unfortunately, the fact is I just knew about the book and finished it. What a pity!
Even, I wouldn’t know about the book if my ‘Senpai’ didn’t give it to me as a birthday gift.

Thanks so much to her! I love you, sis!

I am really socially awkward.

Haha…

I always envy so much every author that is successful to write an amazing, unique, and different book. I hope someday is my turn to fell the sensation of being an amazing author, aamiin…
I will make a brief review about the book. Sorry if all of you have read the book and my review is not useful at all. Haha… It’s okay. I can accept that.

Tetsuko, who has a nick name of Totto-chan, told us in this book about her definitely unique elementary school, named Tomoe Gakuen, and its headmaster. In addition, actually her own self is also unique. I am impressed of her childhood and her behaviour as a kid. She really has a wonderful childhood. It is very different with my childhood as a quiet and shy girl.

There are many unique things in the school, here are some of them:
1. The classes are held in used railway coaches, not in a building!
2. Every student in a class can choose what subject to learn first every day, no matter what others’ choice is! The teacher job is giving a help and explanation to everyone that faces a difficulty in his or her self-learning-process.
3. The headmaster asks the students to bring lunch from house and the lunch must contain something from land and something from sea everyday!

Mr. Sosaku Kobayashi, the headmaster, is DEFINITELY a lovely person who really loves children. He never said ‘no’ to children, he is never angry to them, and he never calls them as bad children. He believes that every child has a nice character. His teaching method is really needed in this world. Every parent should learn the method to grow the children well from him. I am serious. If they obey Mr. Kobayashi’s rule, the violent won’t exist anymore! Believe me!

Totto-chan is one of lucky children that are very proud of Mr. Kobayashi. The headmaster never calls her as a bad girl although she has more fantasy than has any child as she always tries to do many things danger and annoying so that she was dropped out from her first elementary school! She is really thankful that she met Mr. Kobayashi that always believes her as a nice girl.

Wow, I cried and laughed so much when I read the book. Don’t be a next socially awkward person, so please read this amazing book!

If you can’t find it anywhere, I will lend mine to you pleasantly! Hey, don’t laugh; I’m not making a joke!

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Bad Day ;(

That was not a good day for UNITED. They struggled to get a draw againts Sunderland at Old Trafford on October 3, 2009!

Thanks to Anton Ferdinand that saved UNITED from the defeat. His own goal at the injury time made UNITED at least got 1 point.

The bad news is UNITED must leave the TOP.

The only goal scorer from UNITED was Dimitar Berbatov.


Well, that's all. This is the list of players at the match:

Ben Foster, John O'Shea, Evans, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Luis Nani, Paul Scholes (Anderson 46), Darren Fletcher (Michael Carrick 72), Danny Welbeck (Antonio Valencia 72), Dimitar Berbatov, and Wayne Rooney.

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UCL 2009 Schedule

Matchday 1
15 September
Group A
Juventus v Girondins Bordeaux
Maccabi Haifa v Bayern Munich

Group B
VfL Wolfsburg v CSKA Moscow
Besiktas v Manchester United

Group C
FC Zurich v Real Madrid
Olympique Marseille v AC Milan

Group D
Chelsea v Porto
Atletico Madrid v APOEL Nicosia

16 September
Group E
Liverpool v Debrecen
Olympique Lyon v Fiorentina

Group F
Inter Milan v Barcelona
Dinamo Kiev v Rubin Kazan

Group G
VfB Stuttgart v Rangers
Sevilla v Unirea Urziceni

Group H
Olympiakos Piraeus v AZ Alkmaar
Standard Liege v Arsenal

Matchday 2
29 September
Group E
Fiorentina v Liverpool
Debrecen v Olympique Lyon

Group F
Rubin Kazan v Inter Milan
Barcelona v Dinamo Kiev

Group G
Unirea Urziceni v VfB Stuttgart
Rangers v Sevilla

Group H
Arsenal v Olympiakos Piraeus
AZ Alkmaar v Standard Liege

30 September
Group A
Bayern Munich v Juventus
Girondins Bordeaux v Maccabi Haifa

Group B
Manchester United v VfL Wolfsburg
CSKA Moscow v Besiktas

Group C
AC Milan v FC Zurich
Real Madrid v Olympique Marseille

Group D
APOEL Nicosia v Chelsea
Porto v Atletico Madrid

Matchday 3
20 Oktober
Group E
Debrecen v Fiorentina
Liverpool v Olympique Lyon

Group F
Barcelona v Rubin Kazan
Inter Milan v Dinamo Kiev

Group G
Rangers v Unirea Urziceni
VfB Stuttgart v Sevilla

Group H
AZ Alkmaar v Arsenal
Olympiakos Piraeus v Standard Liege

21 Oktober
Group A
Girondins Bordeaux v Bayern Munich
Juventus v Maccabi Haifa

Group B
CSKA Moscow v Manchester United
VfL Wolfsburg v Besiktas

Group C
Real Madrid v AC Milan
FC Zurich v Olympique Marseille

Group D
Porto v APOEL Nicosia
Chelsea v Atletico Madrid


Matchday 4
3 November
Group A
Bayern Munich v Girondins Bordeaux
Maccabi Haifa v Juventus

Group B
Manchester United v CSKA Moscow
Besiktas v VfL Wolfsburg

Group C
AC Milan v Real Madrid
Olympique Marseille v FC Zurich

Group D
APOEL Nicosia v Porto
Atletico Madrid v Chelsea

4 November
Group E
Fiorentina v Debrecen
Olympique Lyon v Liverpool

Group F
Rubin Kazan v Barcelona
Dinamo Kiev v Inter Milan

Group G
Unirea Urziceni v Rangers
Sevilla v VfB Stuttgart

Group H
Arsenal v AZ Alkmaar
Standard Liege v Olympiakos Piraeus

Matchday 5
24 November
Group E
Debrecen v Liverpool
Fiorentina v Olympique Lyon

Group F
Barcelona v Inter Milan
Rubin Kazan v Dinamo Kiev

Group G
Rangers v VfB Stuttgart
Unirea Urziceni v Sevilla

Group H
AZ Alkmaar v Olympiakos Piraeus
Arsenal v Standard Liege

25 November
Group A
Girondins Bordeaux v Juventus
Bayern Munich v Maccabi Haifa

Group B
CSKA Moscow v VfL Wolfsburg
Manchester United v Besiktas

Group C
Real Madrid v FC Zurich
AC Milan v Olympique Marseille

Group D
Porto v Chelsea
APOEL Nicosia v Atletico Madrid

Matchday 6
8 Desember
Group A
Juventus v Bayern Munich
Maccabi Haifa v Girondins Bordeaux

Group B
VfL Wolfsburg v Manchester United
Besiktas v CSKA Moscow

Group C
FC Zurich v AC Milan
Olympique Marseille v Real Madrid

Group D
Chelsea v APOEL Nicosia
Atletico Madrid v Porto

9 Desember
Group E
Liverpool v Fiorentina
Olympique Lyon v Debrecen

Group F
Inter Milan v Rubin Kazan
Dinamo Kiev v Barcelona

Group G
VfB Stuttgart v Unirea Urziceni
Sevilla v Rangers

Group H
Olympiakos Piraeus v Arsenal
Standard Liege v AZ Alkmaar


First Knock-out Phase
Leg I: 16-17 & 23-24 Februari
Leg II: 9-10 & 16-17 Maret

Quarter Final
Leg I: 30 & 31 Maret
Leg II: 6 & 7 April

Semi Final
Leg I: 20 & 21 April
Leg II: 27 & 28 April

Final - Madrid
22 Mei 2010

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The Second Winning

Manchester United still lead the Group B of UCL 2009/10 after a 2-1 winning againts Wolfsburg in an entertaining game at Old Trafford on September 30, 2009.

The goal scorers were Ryan Giggs and Michael Carrick. The goal of Ryan's is his 150th goal for UNITED.

Meanwhile, The Bundesliga side, this is the first defeat in their debut in Europe's premier club competition this season.

UNITED are now three points clear at the top of Group B with six points. Wolfsburg and CSKA Moscow have three points while Besiktas are bottom with none after their defeat to the Russians in the day's early game.

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2009/10 Fixtures and Results

Manchester United 2009/10 Fixtures and Results

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July 2009
18 Jul Pre-season Malaysian XI A 3 - 2
20 Jul Pre-season Malaysian XI A 2 - 0
2 Jul Pre-season FC Seoul A 3 - 2
26 Jul Pre-season Hangzhou Greentown A 8 - 2
29 Jul Audi Cup Boca Juniors A 2 - 1
30 Jul Audi Cup Bayern Munich A 0 - 0

August 2009
05 Aug Pre-season Valencia CF H 2 - 0
09 Aug Community Shield Chelsea A 2 - 2
16 Aug Barclays Premier League Birmingham H 1 - 0
19 Aug Barclays Premier League Burnley A 0 - 1
22 Aug Barclays Premier League Wigan A 5 - 0
29 Aug Barclays Premier League Arsenal H 2 - 1

September 2009
12 Sep Barclays Premier League Tottenham A 3 - 1
15 Sep UEFA Champions League Besiktas A 1 - 0
20 Sep Barclays Premier League Man City H 4 - 3
23 Sep League Cup Wolves H 1 - 0
26 Sep Barclays Premier League Stoke City A 2 - 0
30 Sep UEFA Champions League Wolfsburg H 2 - 1

October 2009
03 Oct Barclays Premier League Sunderland H 2 - 2
17 Oct Barclays Premier League Bolton H 2 - 1
21 Oct UEFA Champions League CSKA Moscow A
25 Oct Barclays Premier League Liverpool A
31 Oct Barclays Premier League Blackburn H

November 2009
03 Nov UEFA Champions League CSKA Moscow H
08 Nov Barclays Premier League Chelsea A 16:00
21 Nov Barclays Premier League Everton H 17:30
2 Nov UEFA Champions League Besiktas H 19:45
28 Nov Barclays Premier League Portsmouth A

December 2009
05 Dec Barclays Premier League West Ham A
08 Dec UEFA Champions League Wolfsburg A
12 Dec Barclays Premier League Aston Villa H
15 Dec Barclays Premier League Wolves H
19 Dec Barclays Premier League Fulham A
26 Dec Barclays Premier League Hull City A
28 Dec Barclays Premier League Wigan H

January 2010
09 Jan Barclays Premier League Birmingham A
16 Jan Barclays Premier League Burnley H
26 Jan Barclays Premier League Hull City H
30 Jan Barclays Premier League Arsenal A

February 2010
06 Feb Barclays Premier League Portsmouth H
10 Feb Barclays Premier League Aston Villa A
20 Feb Barclays Premier League Everton A
27 Feb Barclays Premier League West Ham H

March 2010
06 Mar Barclays Premier League Wolves A
13 Mar Barclays Premier League Fulham H
20 Mar Barclays Premier League Liverpool H
27 Mar Barclays Premier League Bolton A

April 2010
03 Apr Barclays Premier League Chelsea H
10 Apr Barclays Premier League Blackburn A
17 Apr Barclays Premier League Man City A
24 Apr Barclays Premier League Tottenham H

May 2010
01 May Barclays Premier League Sunderland A
09 May Barclays Premier League Stoke City H

FYI:
A means Away
H means Home

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Honours of Manchester United

Honours

Domestic
League
• Premier League (11): 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
• First Division (7): 1907–08, 1910–11, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1964–65, 1966–67
• Second Division (2): 1935–36, 1974–75
Cups
• FA Cup (11): 1909, 1948, 1963, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004
• League Cup (3): 1992, 2006, 2009
• FA Charity/Community Shield (17 = 13 outright, 4 shared): 1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965*, 1967*, 1977*, 1983, 1990*, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008 (* joint holders)

European
• European Cup/UEFA Champions League (3): 1968, 1999, 2008
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1991
• UEFA Super Cup (1): 1991

Worldwide
• Intercontinental Cup (1): 1999
• FIFA Club World Cup (1): 2008

Doubles and Trebles
• Doubles:
o League and FA Cup (3): 1994, 1996, 1999 (as part of The Treble)
o League and League Cup (1): 2009
o European Double (League and European Cup) (2): 1999 (as part of The Treble), 2008
• "The Treble" (League, FA Cup and European Cup) (1): 1999

Source (with some changes): wikipedia

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Officials of Manchester United

Club officials
• Owner: Malcolm Glazer
• Honorary president: Martin Edwards

Manchester United Limited
• Co-chairmen: Joel Glazer & Avram Glazer
• Chief executive: David Gill
• Chief operating officer: Michael Bolingbroke
• Commercial director: Richard Arnold
• Executive director: Ed Woodward
• Non-executive directors: Bryan Glazer, Kevin Glazer, Edward Glazer & Darcie Glazer

Manchester United football club
• Directors: David Gill, Michael Edelson, Sir Bobby Charlton, Maurice Watkins
• Club secretary: Ken Ramsden
• Assistant club secretary: Ken Merrett
• Global ambassador: Bryan Robson

Coaching and Medical Staff
• Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson
• Assistant manager: Mike Phelan
• First team coach: René Meulensteen
• Goalkeeping coach: Eric Steele
• Fitness coach: Tony Strudwick
• Strength & conditioning coach: Mick Clegg
• Head of human performance: Dr. Richard Hawkins
• Reserve team manager: Ole Gunnar Solskjær
• Reserve team coach: Warren Joyce
• Chief scout: Jim Lawlor
• Chief European scout: Martin Ferguson
• Director of youth academy: Brian McClair
• Director of youth football: Jimmy Ryan
• Club doctor: Dr. Steve McNally
• Assistant club doctor: Dr. Tony Gill

First team physiotherapist: Rob Swire

Source (with some changes): wikipedia

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Players of Manchester United

This is the 2009-10 First Team Squad of Manchester United:

And here is the list of players on loan:
1. Tom Cleverley (No. 35/ England Nationality) at Watford until 3 January 2010.
2. David Gray (36/Scotland) at Plymouth Argyle until 18 December 2009.
3. Craig Cathcart (37/Northen Ireland) at Watford until 4 January 2010.
4. Mame Biram Diouf (Senegal) at Molde until 31 December 2009.

Player records
As of match played 20 September 2009 and according to the official statistics website. Players in bold are still currently playing for Manchester United.

Most appearances

Most goals

Award winners
The following players have won the Ballon d'Or whilst playing for Manchester United:
• Denis Law – 1964
• Bobby Charlton – 1966
• George Best – 1968
• Cristiano Ronaldo – 2008

The following players have won the European Golden Shoe whilst playing for Manchester United:
• Cristiano Ronaldo (31 goals) – 2008
The following players have won the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award whilst playing for Manchester United:
• David Beckham – 1999
• Cristiano Ronaldo – 2008

The following players have won the FIFA World Player of the Year award whilst playing for Manchester United:
• Cristiano Ronaldo – 2008

Ladies team
Manchester United Ladies FC was founded in 1977 as Manchester United Supporters Club Ladies. They joined the Three Counties League in 1979, and became founder members of the North West Women's Regional Football League in 1989, when they officially changed their name to Manchester United Ladies FC. Although they were relegated from the league in their first season, they were promoted again the season after and went on to win the league title in 1995–96. For the 1998–99 season, the team joined the Northern Combination, two steps below the FA Women's Premier League. They were officially brought under the banner of Manchester United FC at the start of the 2001–02 season, but they were controversially disbanded before the start of the 2004–05 season for financial reasons. The decision was met with considerable criticism given the profits made by Manchester United and also due to the fact that the teams were withdrawn from all their leagues before the players were even informed of the decision. However, the club is still involved in girls' football, offering coaching to girls under the age of 16.

Source (with some changes): wikipedia

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History of Manchester United

Early years (1878–1945)
The club was formed as Newton Heath L&YR F.C. in 1878 as the works team of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway depot at Newton Heath.

The club's shirts were green and gold halves.

They played on a small, dilapidated field on North Road for fifteen years, before moving to Bank Street in the nearby town of Clayton in 1893.

The club had entered The Football League the previous year and began to sever its links with the rail depot, becoming an independent company, appointing a club secretary and dropping the "L&YR" from their name to become simply Newton Heath F.C..

Not long afterwards, in 1902, the club neared bankruptcy, with debts of over £2,500. At one point, their Bank Street ground was closed by the bailiffs.

Just before having to be shut down for good, the club received a sizeable investment from J. H. Davies, the managing director of Manchester Breweries.

It was decided at one of the early board meetings that the club required a change of name to reflect the fresh start they had been afforded. Manchester Central and Manchester Celtic were among the names suggested, before Louis Rocca, a young immigrant from Italy, said "Gentlemen, why don't we call ourselves Manchester United?" The name stuck, and Manchester United officially came into existence on 26 April 1902.

Davies also decided it would be appropriate to change the club's colours, picking red and white to be the colours of Manchester United.

The club was promoted to the First Division for the first time under their new name by finishing in second place in the 1905–06 Second Division.

United finally won their first league title in 1908.

The 1908–09 season began with United picking up another piece of silverware, the first ever Charity Shield, and ended with another, the club's first FA Cup title, sowing the seeds for what has become a record number of FA Cup titles.

In the 1910–11 season, United moved to their new ground at Old Trafford. They played their first game there on 19 February 1910 against Liverpool, but lost 4–3 having thrown away a 3–0 lead.

United went trophyless again in the 1911–12 season, which proved to be the last time the club won the First Division for 41 years, the longest they have gone without winning the league in their history.

For the next ten years, the club went into a state of gradual decline before being relegated back down to Division Two in 1922.

United were promoted again in 1925, but struggled to get into the top half of the table, and were relegated again in 1931.

In the eight years leading up to the Second World War, the club became somewhat of a yo-yo club, reaching their all-time lowest position of 20th in Division Two in 1934.

They were promoted and relegated once again before being promoted in the penultimate season before the Second World War.

They guaranteed their place in the top flight for after the war by finishing in 14th in the 1938–39 season.

The Busby years (1945–1969)
1945 saw the appointment of Matt Busby to the manager's post at Old Trafford.

He took an uncommon approach to his job, insisting that he be allowed to pick his own team, choose which players to sign and direct the team's training sessions himself.

He had already missed out on the manager's job at his former club, Liverpool, because the club saw those tasks as jobs for the directors, but United decided to take a chance on Busby's innovative ideas.

Busby's first signing was not a player, but a new assistant manager by the name of Jimmy Murphy.

The risk the club had taken in appointing Busby paid immediate dividends, with the club finishing second in the league in 1947, 1948 and 1949 and winning the FA Cup in 1948, thanks in part to the locally born trio of Stan Pearson, Jack Rowley and Charlie Mitten (Rowley and Pearson both scored in the 1948 Cup Final), as well as the centre-half from the North-East, Allenby Chilton.

Charlie Mitten had fled to Colombia in search of a better salary, but the remainder of United's old heads managed to win the First Division title back in 1952.

The young players such as Roger Byrne, Bill Foulkes, Mark Jones and Dennis Viollet took time to bed themselves into the side, sliding to a low of eighth place in 1953, but the team won the league again in 1956 with an average age of only 22, scoring 103 goals in the process.

Busby's original "crop" of youth players was referred to as the Busby Babes, the jewel in the crown of which was a wing-half named Duncan Edwards.

Duncan Edwards from Dudley in the West Midlands made his United début at the age of just 16 back in 1953. It was said that Edwards could play at any position on the field, and many who saw him play said that he was the greatest player ever.

The following season, 1956–57, they won the league again and reached the FA Cup final, losing to Aston Villa.

They also became the first English team to compete in the European Cup, at the behest of the FA, who had denied Chelsea the same opportunity the previous season, and reached the semi-final, only to be knocked out by Real Madrid. En route to the semi-final, United also recorded a win that still stands as their biggest win in all competitions, beating Belgian champions Anderlecht 10–0 at Maine Road.

Tragedy struck the following season, when the plane carrying the team home from a European Cup match crashed on take-off at a refuelling stop in Munich, Germany. The Munich air disaster of 6 February 1958 claimed the lives of eight players – Geoff Bent, Roger Byrne, Eddie Colman, Duncan Edwards, Mark Jones, David Pegg, Tommy Taylor and Liam "Billy" Whelan – and another fifteen passengers, including United staff members Walter Crickmer, Bert Whalley and Tom Curry. United goalkeeper Harry Gregg managed to maintain consciousness after the crash, and through fear of the plane exploding at any second, he grabbed both Bobby Charlton – who had made his United début less than 18 months earlier – and Dennis Viollet by their waistbands and dragged them to safety. Seven United players died at the scene, while Duncan Edwards died a fortnight later in hospital. Right-winger Johnny Berry also survived the accident, but injuries sustained in the accident brought his football career to a premature end. Matt Busby was not given much hope of survival by the Munich doctors, and was even given the Last Rites at one point, but recovered miraculously and was finally let out of hospital after having spent over two months there.

Jimmy Murphy took over as manager while Busby recovered from his injuries and the club continued playing with a makeshift side. They reached the FA Cup final again, where they lost to Bolton Wanderers.

United managed to push Wolverhampton Wanderers right to the wire the following season, finishing in a creditable second place; not bad for a team that had lost nine first-team players to the Munich air disaster.

Busby rebuilt the team throughout the early 1960s, signing players such as Denis Law and Pat Crerand, all the while nurturing his new generation of youngsters. Perhaps the most famous of this new batch was a young man from Belfast named George Best.

The team won the FA Cup in 1963, albeit finishing in 19th place in the First Division.
The FA Cup triumph seemed to reinvigorate the players, who helped the club to second place in 1964, and then went one better by winning the league in 1965 and 1967.

United won the European Cup in 1968, beating Eusébio's Benfica 4–1 in the final, becoming the first English club to win the competition.

Matt Busby resigned as manager in 1969 and was replaced by the reserve team coach and former United player, Wilf McGuinness.

1969–1986
United struggled to replace Busby, and the team struggled under Wilf McGuinness in the 1969–70 season, finishing a disappointing eighth, and following a poor start to the 1970–71 season, McGuinness was demoted back to the position of reserve team coach.

Busby was coaxed back to the club, albeit only for six months. Results got better with Busby's guidance, but he finally left the club for the last time in the summer of 1971. In the meantime, United had lost a number of high-profile players such as Nobby Stiles and Pat Crerand.

Despite approaching Celtic's European Cup-winning manager, Jock Stein, for the manager's job – Stein had agreed a verbal contract to join United, but pulled out at the last minute – Frank O'Farrell was appointed as Busby's successor.

However, O'Farrell only lasted less than 18 months, the only difference between the two being that O'Farrell reacted to the team's poor form by bringing in some fresh talent, most specifically Martin Buchan from Aberdeen for £125,000.

Tommy Docherty became manager at the end of 1972. Docherty, or "the Doc", saved United from relegation that season but they were relegated in 1974, by which time the golden trio of Best, Law and Charlton had left the club.

Denis Law had moved to Manchester City in the summer of 1973, and ended up scoring the goal that many people say relegated United, and politely refused to celebrate the goal with his team mates.

Players like Lou Macari, Stewart Houston and Brian Greenhoff were brought in to replace Best, Law and Charlton, but none could live up to the stature of the three that came before.

The team won promotion at the first attempt, with a young Steve Coppell making his début towards the end of that season, having joined from Tranmere Rovers, and reached the FA Cup final in 1976, but were beaten by Southampton.

They reached the final again in 1977, beating Liverpool 2–1. In spite of this success and his popularity with the supporters, Docherty was sacked soon after the final when he was found to have had an affair with the physiotherapist's wife.

Dave Sexton replaced Docherty as manager in the summer of 1977, and made the team play in a more defensive formation. This style was unpopular with supporters, who were used to the attacking football preferred by Docherty and Busby.

Major signings under Sexton included Joe Jordan, Gordon McQueen, Gary Bailey and Ray Wilkins, but Sexton's defensive United failed to break out of mid-table obscurity, only once finishing in the top two, and only reached the FA Cup final once, losing to Arsenal.

Because of this lack of trophies, Sexton was sacked in 1981, even though he won his last seven games in charge.

He was replaced by the flamboyant Ron Atkinson, whose extrovert attitude was reflected in the clubs he managed.

He immediately broke the British record transfer fee to sign Bryan Robson from his old club, West Brom.

Robson developed into what many consider to have been United's best midfield player since Duncan Edwards.

Atkinson's team featured new signings such as Jesper Olsen, Paul McGrath and Gordon Strachan playing alongside former youth team players Norman Whiteside and Mark Hughes.
United won the FA Cup twice in three years, in 1983 and 1985, and were overwhelming favourites to win the league in the 1985–86 season after winning their first ten league games, opening a ten-point gap over their rivals as early as October. The team's form collapsed, however, and United finished the season in fourth place.

The poor form continued into the following season, and with United on the edge of the First Division's relegation zone by the beginning of November 1986, Atkinson was sacked.

Alex Ferguson era, pre-Treble (1986–1998)
Alex Ferguson arrived from Aberdeen to replace Atkinson on the very day that Atkinson was sacked, bringing with him his assistant manager, Archie Knox.

Although his first match in charge, against Oxford United on 8 November 1986, resulted in a 2–0 defeat, Ferguson guided the club to an 11th place finish in the league.

A second place finish in 1987–88, with Brian McClair becoming the first United player since George Best to score twenty league goals in a season, may have given fans a tiny glimpse of the future, but they soon returned to mediocrity with another 11th-place finish in 1989.

Many of Ferguson's signings did not reach the expectations of the fans, and the manager was reportedly on the verge of being sacked at the beginning of 1990, with many believing that defeat to Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup Third Round would seal his fate. A 56th-minute goal from Mark Robins won the match for United and started them on a cup run that would take them all the way to the final at Wembley, where they beat Crystal Palace 1–0 in a replay after a 3–3 draw in the original match.

The following year, United reached the final of the League Cup, but lost 1–0 to former manager Ron Atkinson's Sheffield Wednesday team. However, the season was capped by the club's first Cup Winners' Cup title, beating Barcelona 2–1 in the final in Rotterdam.

The Cup Winners' Cup triumph allowed the team to play in the 1991 UEFA Super Cup, in which they beat European Cup holders Red Star Belgrade 1–0 at Old Trafford.

A second consecutive League Cup final appearance followed in 1992, with United this time beating Nottingham Forest 1–0 at Wembley.

Meanwhile, events were taking place off the pitch around the turn of the decade, as chairman Martin Edwards attempted to offload the club to property tycoon Michael Knighton in 1989.

In 1991, requiring some extra financial support in the wake of the Taylor Report, the club floated on the London Stock Exchange with a valuation of £47 million, bringing its finances into the public eye. Martin Edwards retained his position as chairman, but the club was now publicly owned.

The summer of 1991 also saw the arrival of Danish goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel, whose 17 league clean sheets gave United the best defensive record in the First Division in 1991–92, helping them to a second-place finish behind Leeds United, within whose ranks was a certain French maverick named Eric Cantona.

Alex Ferguson recognized United's need for a striker as a foil for Mark Hughes and Brian McClair, and when Leeds manager Howard Wilkinson rang Martin Edwards in November 1992 to enquire about the availability of Denis Irwin, the conversation quickly turned to Cantona. To Edwards' and Ferguson's surprise, the two clubs were able to agree upon a fee of £1.2 million for the enigmatic Frenchman.

Cantona's arrival provided the crucial spark for United, helping the team to their first league title since 1967.

After the signing of Roy Keane from Nottingham Forest in July 1993, United won a second consecutive title for the first time since 1957 the following year, before winning the FA Cup to complete the first "Double" in the club's history.

That same year, however, the club went into mourning following the death of former manager and club director Matt Busby, who died on 20 January 1994.

The 1994–95 season was to be the club's first trophyless season since 1988–89, although they managed to take the title race down to the final week of the season and reached the final of the FA Cup, where they lost to Everton.

Andy Cole was signed from Newcastle United for a British record fee of £6 million plus Keith Gillespie.

The game after Cole's United debut, Eric Cantona received an eight month suspension for jumping into the crowd and assaulting Crystal Palace supporter Matthew Simmons, who had given Cantona racial abuse as he left the field, in United's game at Selhurst Park.

The season's relative failure prompted Ferguson into some major restructuring of the team, selling Paul Ince, Andrei Kanchelskis and Mark Hughes and replacing them with players from the club's youth team, including David Beckham, Gary Neville, Phil Neville and Paul Scholes.

After the club's 3–1 defeat to Aston Villa on the opening day of the 1995–96 season, television pundit Alan Hansen famously declared "you'll never win anything with kids."

The new players, several of whom quickly became regular internationals for England, responded well and, buoyed by Cantona's return in October 1995, United became the first English club to have won the double twice, a feat that would be nicknamed the "Double Double".

Captain Steve Bruce left for Birmingham City in July 1996, and Alex Ferguson named Eric Cantona as the new club captain. He led the team to a fourth league title in five years in 1996–97, before retiring from football at the age of 30 at the end of the season.

Teddy Sheringham was brought in to replace him, and his iconic number 7 shirt was handed to David Beckham.

They started the 1997–98 season well, but they lost five matches after Christmas and finished in second place, one point behind double-winners Arsenal.

After a period without a regular challenger for the league title, this marked Arsenal's arrival as genuine title contenders for the next few years.

The Treble (1998–99)
The 1998–99 season for Manchester United was the most successful season in English club football history as they became the only English team to win The Treble – winning the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League in the same season.

After a very tense Premier League season, Manchester United won the title on the final day beating Tottenham Hotspur 2–1, whilst Arsenal won 1–0 against Aston Villa.

Winning the Premier League was the first part of the Treble in place, the one part that manager Alex Ferguson described as the hardest.

In the FA Cup Final United faced Newcastle United and won 2–0 with goals from Teddy Sheringham and Paul Scholes.

In the final match of that season, the 1999 UEFA Champions League Final they defeated Bayern Munich in what is considered one of the greatest comebacks ever witnessed, going into injury time a goal behind and then scoring twice to win 2–1.

Ferguson was subsequently knighted for his services to football.

Rounding out that record breaking year, Manchester United also won the Intercontinental Cup after beating Palmeiras 1–0 in Tokyo.

After the Treble (1999–present)
United won the league in 2000 and 2001, but the press saw those seasons as failures as the club failed to regain the European Cup.

In 2000, Manchester United became one of 14 founder members of the G-14 group of leading European football clubs.

The club also declined to take part in the 1999–2000 FA Cup, instead competing in the inaugural FIFA Club World Championship in Brazil, citing pressure from the FA, UEFA and the England 2006 World Cup bid committee.

Ferguson adopted more defensive tactics to make United harder to beat in Europe, but it was not a success and United finished the 2001–02 Premier League season in third place.

They regained the league the following season (2002–03) and started the following season well, but their form dropped significantly when Rio Ferdinand received a controversial eight month suspension for missing a drugs test.

They did win the 2004 FA Cup, however, knocking out Arsenal (that season's eventual league champions) on their way to the final in which they beat Millwall.

The 2004–05 season was characterised by a failure to score goals, mainly due to the injury of striker Ruud van Nistelrooy and United finished the season trophyless and in third place in the league.

This time, even the FA Cup eluded them as Arsenal beat United on penalties after a goalless draw after 120 minutes.

Off the pitch, the main story was the possibility of the club being taken over and on 12 May 2005, American businessman Malcolm Glazer acquired a controlling interest in the club through his investment vehicle Red Football Ltd. in a takeover valuing the club at approximately £800 million (then approx. $1.5 billion). On 16 May, he increased his share to the 75% necessary to de-list the club from the Stock Exchange, making it private again, and announced his intention to do so within 20 days. On 8 June, he appointed his sons to the Manchester United board as non-executive directors.

United made a poor start to the 2005–06 season, with midfielder Roy Keane leaving the club to join Celtic after publicly criticizing several of his team-mates.

The club had also failed to qualify for the knockout phase of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in over a decade, after losing to Benfica.

Their season was also dealt cruel blows with injuries to key players such as Gabriel Heinze, Alan Smith, Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes.

However, they were prevented from being left empty-handed in successive seasons a disappointment not endured in the last 17 years – by winning the 2006 League Cup, beating newly promoted neighbours Wigan Athletic in the final 4–0.

United also ensured a second-place finish and automatic Champions League qualification on the final day of the season by defeating Charlton Athletic 4–0.

At the end of the 2005–06 season, one of United's key strikers, Ruud van Nistelrooy, left the club to join Real Madrid, due to a row with Alex Ferguson.

The 2006–07 season saw United return to the attacking style of football that was the cornerstone of their years of success in the late 1990s, scoring almost 20 more goals in 32 matches than second placed side Chelsea.

In January 2007, United signed Henrik Larsson on a two-month loan from Swedish side Helsingborg, and the striker played an important role in advancing United to the semi-finals of the Champions League, with hopes for a second Treble; however, upon reaching the semi-finals, United lost to Milan 3–5 on aggregate.

Four years after their last title, United claimed back the Premier League title on 6 May 2007, after Chelsea drew away with Arsenal, leaving the Blues seven points behind with two games to go, following United's 1–0 victory in the Manchester derby the previous day, making it their ninth Premier League title in the 15 seasons of its existence.

However, an unprecedented fourth Double was not to be as Chelsea beat United 1–0 in extra time in the first FA Cup Final to be held at the new Wembley Stadium; the first to be held in England since the old stadium was demolished seven years earlier.

2007–08 saw United successfully complete the European double despite a poor start to the season, finding themselves in 17th place in the Premier League after three matches.

However, on 11 May 2008, United retained the Premier League title with a win over Wigan Athletic. With title rivals Chelsea only able to draw with Bolton Wanderers, United finished the season two points clear.

The club also reached the European Cup final for the third time in their history, having knocked out such clubs as Barcelona and Roma en-route to the final. They beat Chelsea 6–5 on penalties in the final in Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium, after a 1–1 draw in normal time on 21 May 2008.

With this win, they earned their third European Cup title and kept up their record of never having lost a major European final.

Coincidentally, this season marked the 100th year since Manchester United won their first League title, 50 years after the Munich air disaster and 40 years after Manchester United became the first ever English side to win the European Cup. The European Cup final also saw Ryan Giggs make his 759th appearance for the club, overtaking Bobby Charlton as the club's record appearance maker.

Before the start of the 2008–09 season, United competed in and won the 2008 FA Community Shield. United beat 2007-08 FA Cup winners Portsmouth 3–1 on penalties, after the match finished 0–0 after 90 minutes.

On 21 December 2008, United added more silverware to their trophy cabinet with a win in the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup Final, defeating the Ecuadorian side LDU Quito 1–0 in Japan, Wayne Rooney scoring the winning goal.

Two months later, they added the 2009 League Cup to their trophy cabinet, after defeating Tottenham Hotspur 4–1 on penalties.

On 16 May, United secured their 11th Premier League title – and 18th league title overall – following a 0–0 draw at home to Arsenal, winning three consecutive Premier League titles for a second time.

On 27 May 2009, Barcelona beat Manchester United 2–0 in the Champions League final in Rome, falling to goals from Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi.

The Champions League final turned out to be the last match for both Carlos Tévez – whose loan contract came to an end on 30 June – and Cristiano Ronaldo – who was sold to Real Madrid for £80 million, breaking the world transfer record set by Real Madrid's signing of Kaká from Milan for £56 million.

However, United replied to the losses by signing Michael Owen on a free transfer, Antonio Valencia for £17 million and Gabriel Obertan for £3 million.

Source (with some changes): wikipedia

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