League Record
| Division | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals for | Goals against | Points | Finish | English top-flight champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prem | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 44 | 54 | 42 | 15th | Liverpool |
Cups And Honours
| FA Cup | League Cup | Community Shield | Europe / world | Archive honours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R5 | R5 | Runners-up | Europa League - Runners-up | No trophy recorded in this archive. |
People and Context
Top scorer: Bruno Fernandes (19 goals in all competitions). [3]
Season in focus
This was a season of two sharply different measures of progress. The league finish of 15th was United’s lowest of the Premier League era, despite Fernandes’ output and the team’s run to Bilbao. In Europe, Ruben Amorim’s side produced their most convincing tie of the season against Athletic Club, recovering from a half-time deficit at Old Trafford to win 4–1 and complete a 7–1 aggregate semi-final. The Europa League final then became the opportunity to convert that cup momentum into Champions League qualification; defeat to Tottenham left the league position as the enduring verdict. [1] [3] [4]
UEFA’s 2025 Europa League final record preserves the result and its qualification stakes. [1] [3] [4]
The distance between league and cup results
Eleven wins from 38 league matches represent a 28.9% win rate. United scored 44 league goals, or 1.16 per game. The Europa League run took place against a different set of opponents and cannot be used to explain away those domestic results.
Bruno Fernandes’s all-competition top-scorer total includes matches outside the league. It does not, on its own, establish whether the league scoring problem came from chance creation, finishing or player availability. Those explanations require match and player evidence beyond the season totals.