Manchester United Football Club durant la saison 2007-2008 réalise le doublé : Championnat/Ligue des Champions.Il s'agit de la 116 e saison des mancuniens en 1 re division anglaise, la 33 e consécutive. Hull escaped relegation thanks to Newcastle's loss at Aston Villa and Middlesbrough's defeat to West Ham. Ferguson kept faith with much of the same team that had lost the first leg, with the exceptions of Ben Foster coming in for Kuszczak in goal,The game was played at a good tempo and both teams had several chances to score.
However, they were beaten 2–0 by Barcelona in the final at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on 27 May 2009.
Despite having several players out through injury, Alex Ferguson was able to name a fairly strong starting XI, including a fit-again Rio Ferdinand, starting his first match since the,After setting the Premier League clean sheet record against West Brom, Edwin van der Sar went into the following game against Everton knowing that if he kept the Toffees off the scoresheet for 72 minutes, he would also set a new clean sheet record for the entire English league – the previous record, set by.Liverpool returned to the top of the table with a 3–2 away win over Portsmouth on 7 February, but they remained there for less than 24 hours as United recorded a 1–0 away win over West Ham to restore their two-point lead. United started their season in August 2008 by winning the Community Shield.United secured a third consecutive Premier League with a goalless draw at home to,En route back from South Africa, United stopped off in,At the end of August, after the start of the,Manchester United kicked off their defence of the,United gave their league season a kick-start with a 2–0 win over,The Red Devils then made the short trip up to,After a week off for international duty, United returned to action on 18 October with a home match against,United went into their 1 November match at home to Premier League newcomers,The club's next fixture was a home game against,United started 2009 with a crucial 3–0 win over,Following the win over Chelsea, United's next game was at home to,The Reds then travelled the short distance to,After a week off for domestic cup involvements, United returned to league action on 27 January with an away fixture at West Bromwich Albion. It was the Gunners who started better and dominated the early possession, but with United's first attack, Cristiano Ronaldo put in a deep cross. United were the first to settle,The final match in the group was played on 10 December 2008, with a depleted United side facing Aalborg at Old Trafford.
After winning a third consecutive Premier League title for the second time to equal Liverpool's record of 18 league titles, the team aimed to become the first team to retain the European Cup since Milan in 1990.
Le meilleur buteur de la saison est Cristiano Ronaldo avec 42 buts inscrits qui est élu, grâce à ses performances, Soulier d'or et Ballon d'or pour cette saison.
Due to United's defensive injury crisis, Alex Ferguson had to call young defenders,The Fifth Round draw was held on 25 January 2009, and United were drawn against either,Immediately after the match against Derby, the Sixth Round draw handed United an away tie with,United fell at the semi-final stage of the FA Cup for the first time under,The draw for the League Cup's Third Round paired Manchester United with,The draw for the Fifth Round of the League Cup took place on 15 November 2008, and United were drawn at home to,The semi-final draw, held on 6 December 2008, paired United with.The second leg was played at Old Trafford two weeks after the first on 20 January 2009. Despite players being rested in preparation for the league game against,The draw for the Champions League round of 16 was made in,The first leg of the tie was played on 24 February 2009, with the major talking point being the fitness of United defenders,The second leg was a tight affair at Old Trafford with United knowing conceding an,Beating Porto began to look problematic from as early as the fourth minute of the first leg at Old Trafford when,Manchester United's semi-final first leg was at home to Arsenal. Arsenal took the game to United, although fighting only for pride as their league position was already secured, and if it were not for some good defending by United, they could have taken the lead. This meant that they would avoid other heavyweights such as.Manchester United began their defence of the Champions League title at home to Villarreal, who set out their stall in a defensive manner, managing to hold the European champions to a third consecutive goalless draw between the two teams.
What the Reds didn't welcome, however, was being 2–0 down at half-time, with,On 16 May, United successfully defended their Premier League title for the second year running with a 0–0 draw at home to Arsenal.