Season

1967-68

Manchester UnitedSir Matt Busby

2ndleague finish

of 22 in the First Division

+0.8
goal difference
2.0 scored · 1.2 conceded
54
Played
54%
Win rate

Season in brief

2nd of 22 in the First Division, down from 1st the year before. Home form carried the season — 70% of home matches won against 35% away. Lifted the European Cup, beating S.L. Benfica in the final. George Best led the scoring with 32 goals (scorer data covers 100% of the 110 United scored).

The First Division table

Final standings · 22 clubs · United and the clubs around them

  1. 1Manchester City42P · 26W 6D 10L · GD +4358
  2. 2Manchester United42P · 24W 8D 10L · GD +3456
  3. 3Liverpool42P · 22W 11D 9L · GD +3155
  4. 4Leeds United42P · 22W 9D 11L · GD +3053
  6. 21Sheffield United42P · 11W 10D 21L · GD -2132
  7. 22Fulham42P · 10W 7D 25L · GD -4227

Slice: the final First Division table for 1967-68, every club computed from the full league results.

Coverage: complete — all results known.

Points follow the era’s rule (two then three for a win); the order uses goal average before 1976–77 and goal difference after. The faint foot marks the lower reaches — exact relegation places varied by era.

The season, match by match

54 matches
12 Aug 1967 v Tottenham Hotspur: 3–319 Aug 1967 @ Everton: 1–323 Aug 1967 v Leeds United: 1–026 Aug 1967 v Leicester City: 1–12 Sep 1967 @ West Ham United: 3–16 Sep 1967 @ Sunderland: 1–19 Sep 1967 v Burnley: 2–216 Sep 1967 @ Sheffield Wednesday: 1–120 Sep 1967 v Hibernians: 4–023 Sep 1967 v Tottenham Hotspur: 3–127 Sep 1967 @ Hibernians: 0–030 Sep 1967 @ Manchester City: 2–17 Oct 1967 v Arsenal: 1–014 Oct 1967 @ Sheffield United: 3–025 Oct 1967 v Coventry City: 4–028 Oct 1967 @ Nottingham Forest: 1–34 Nov 1967 v Stoke City: 1–08 Nov 1967 @ Leeds United: 0–111 Nov 1967 @ Liverpool: 2–115 Nov 1967 @ FK Sarajevo: 0–018 Nov 1967 v Southampton: 3–225 Nov 1967 @ Chelsea: 1–129 Nov 1967 v FK Sarajevo: 2–12 Dec 1967 v West Bromwich Albion: 2–19 Dec 1967 @ Newcastle United: 2–216 Dec 1967 v Everton: 3–123 Dec 1967 @ Leicester City: 2–226 Dec 1967 v Wolverhampton Wanderers: 4–030 Dec 1967 @ Wolverhampton Wanderers: 3–26 Jan 1968 v West Ham United: 3–120 Jan 1968 v Sheffield Wednesday: 4–227 Jan 1968 v Tottenham Hotspur: 2–231 Jan 1968 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 0–13 Feb 1968 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 2–117 Feb 1968 @ Burnley: 1–224 Feb 1968 @ Arsenal: 2–028 Feb 1968 v Górnik Zabrze: 2–02 Mar 1968 v Chelsea: 1–313 Mar 1968 @ Górnik Zabrze: 0–116 Mar 1968 @ Coventry City: 0–223 Mar 1968 v Nottingham Forest: 3–027 Mar 1968 v Manchester City: 1–330 Mar 1968 @ Stoke City: 4–26 Apr 1968 v Liverpool: 1–212 Apr 1968 @ Fulham: 4–013 Apr 1968 @ Southampton: 2–215 Apr 1968 v Fulham: 3–020 Apr 1968 v Sheffield United: 1–024 Apr 1968 v Real Madrid C.F.: 1–029 Apr 1968 @ West Bromwich Albion: 3–64 May 1968 v Newcastle United: 6–011 May 1968 v Sunderland: 1–215 May 1968 @ Real Madrid C.F.: 3–329 May 1968 n S.L. Benfica: 4–1
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.