Since 1882, 46 players have held the position of club captain for Newton Heath LYR F.C., Newton Heath F.C. or Manchester United F.C.[1]
The first club captain was E. Thomas, who was captain from 1882 to 1883.[1] The longest-serving captain is Bryan Robson, who was club captain from 1982 to 1994, although he held the position jointly with Steve Bruce for the last two years of his tenure.[1] Roy Keane, who was captain from 1997 to 2005, has the distinction of having won the most trophies as captain; he won four Premier League titles, two FA Cups, one Community Shield, one UEFA Champions League and one Intercontinental Cup. Bruno Fernandes is the current Manchester United captain.
| Dates | Captain | Honours | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878–1882 | Unknown | |||
| 1882–1883 | E. Thomas | |||
| 1883–1887 | Sam Black | |||
| 1887–1891 | Jack Powell | |||
| 1891–1892 | Bob McFarlane | |||
| 1892–1893 | Joe Cassidy | |||
| 1893–1894 | Unknown | |||
| 1894–1896 | James McNaught | |||
| 1896–1897 | Caesar Jenkyns | |||
| 1897–1903 | Harry Stafford | |||
| 1903–1904 | John Willie Sutcliffe | |||
| 1904–1905 | Jack Peddie | |||
| 1905–1913 | Charlie Roberts | |||
| 1913–1914 | George Stacey | |||
| 1914–1915 | George Hunter | |||
| 1915–1917 | Patrick O'Connell | |||
| 1917–1918 | George Anderson | |||
| 1918–1919 | Jack Mew | |||
| 1919–1922 | Lal Hilditch | |||
| 1922–1928 | Frank Barson | |||
| 1928–1929 | Jack Wilson | |||
| 1929–1930 | Charlie Spencer | |||
| 1930–1931 | Jack Silcock | |||
| 1931–1932 | George McLachlan | |||
| 1932 | Louis Page | |||
| 1932–1934 | Jack Silcock | |||
| 1934–1935 | Bill McKay | |||
| 1935–1937 | James Brown | |||
| 1937–1939 | George Roughton | |||
| 1939–1940 | Bill McKay | |||
| 1940–1944 | No competitive football was played during the Second World War | |||
| 1944–1945 | George Roughton | |||
| 1945–1953 | Johnny Carey | |||
| 1953 | Stan Pearson | |||
| 1953–1955 | Allenby Chilton | |||
| 1955–1958 | Roger Byrne | |||
| 1958–1959 | Bill Foulkes | |||
| 1959–1960 | Dennis Viollet | |||
| 1960–1962 | Maurice Setters | |||
| 1962–1967 | Noel Cantwell | |||
| 1967–1968 | Denis Law | |||
| 1968–1973 | Bobby Charlton | |||
| 1973–1974 | George Graham | |||
| 1974–1975 | Willie Morgan | |||
| 1975–1982 | Martin Buchan | |||
| 1982–1994 | Bryan Robson | |||
| 1994–1996 | Steve Bruce | |||
| 1996–1997 | Eric Cantona | |||
| 1997–2005 | Roy Keane | |||
| 2005–2010 | Gary Neville | |||
| 2010–2014 | Nemanja Vidić | [2] | ||
| 2014–2017 | Wayne Rooney | [3] | ||
| 2017–2018 | Michael Carrick | [4] | ||
| 2018–2019 | Antonio Valencia | [5] | ||
| 2019–2020 | Ashley Young | [6] | ||
| 2020–2023 | Harry Maguire | [7] [8] | ||
| 2023– | Bruno Fernandes | [9] | ||