<P> Manchester United Football Club is an English football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester . They were the first English club to enter European competition, entering the European Cup in 1956 . Since then, the club has competed in every UEFA - organised competition, with the exception of the now - defunct Intertoto Cup . </P> <P> The competition in which the club has had the most success is the European Cup (now known as the UEFA Champions League); they have won three European Cups, the first of which came in 1968; this win made them the first English club to win the European Cup . The other two victories came in 1999 and 2008 . The club has also won the Cup Winners' Cup, which they won in 1991; the Super Cup, also won in 1991; the Intercontinental Cup, which they won in 1999; and the Europa League, which they won in 2017 . </P> <P> After their Champions League wins in 1999 and 2008, Manchester United also competed as UEFA's representatives at the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship and the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup . They were knocked out of the 2000 tournament at the group stage, but went on to win the 2008 competition, becoming the first English side to do so . </P> <P> Following their league title win the previous season, Manchester United first competed in European football competition in 1956--57 . 1954--55 Football League winners Chelsea had been denied the opportunity to take part in the inaugural European Cup by The Football League's chairman Alan Hardaker, who feared that European football would damage the integrity of the English game . However, Matt Busby, the manager of Manchester United, was a forward - thinking man and was determined to have his team compete on the European stage . With the backing of The Football Association's chairman, Stanley Rous (who would later go on to become the president of FIFA), Manchester United were allowed to compete in the 1956--57 European Cup . </P>

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