2019–20 Manchester United F.C. season
The 2019–20 season was Manchester United's 28th season in the Premier League and their 45th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. The club participated in the Premier League, finishing third, and reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The defeat in the Europa League made this United's first hat-trick of trophyless seasons since 1989.
| 2019–20 season | ||||
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| Co-chairmen | Joel and Avram Glazer | |||
| Manager | Ole Gunnar Solskjær | |||
| Stadium | Old Trafford | |||
| Premier League | 3rd | |||
| FA Cup | Semi-finals | |||
| EFL Cup | Semi-finals | |||
| UEFA Europa League | Semi-finals | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Anthony Martial Marcus Rashford (17 each) All: Anthony Martial (23) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 73,737 (vs. Liverpool, 20 October) | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 50,783 (vs. Astana, 19 September) | |||
| Average home league attendance | 73,393 | |||
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This was United's first full season under manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær, who took permanent charge in March 2019. It was also their first season since 2008–09 and 2013–14 without club captain Antonio Valencia and Ander Herrera, who both left the club at the end of the previous season. Solskjær named Ashley Young as Valencia's successor as club captain. Upon Young's departure for Inter Milan in January 2020, he was replaced as club captain by Harry Maguire.
After being no higher than fifth place in the league since their sixth match in September 2019, United moved up to third place with a draw at home to West Ham United in the penultimate match of the season; they confirmed their third-place finish and a spot in the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League with a 2–0 victory at Leicester City on the final day of the season on 26 July, their 14th consecutive league game without defeat. The season featured a three-month hiatus from March to June 2020 after the outbreak of the global COVID-19 pandemic.