| No. | Forename | Surname | Position | Nation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fabien | Barthez | GK | 🇫🇷 | |
| 2 | Gary | Neville | RB | 🏴 | |
| 3 | Denis | Irwin | LB | 🇮🇪 | |
| 4 | Juan Sebastián | Verón | CDM | 🇦🇷 | New signing (July) |
| 5 | Ronny | Johnsen | CB | 🇳🇴 | |
| 6 | Laurent | Blanc | CB | 🇫🇷 | New signing (August) |
| 7 | David | Beckham | RW | 🏴 | |
| 8 | Nicky | Butt | CM | 🏴 | |
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| 10 | Ruud | van Nistelrooy | ST | 🇳🇱 | New signing (July) |
| 11 | Ryan | Giggs | LW | 🏴 | |
| 12 | Phil | Neville | LB | 🏴 | |
| 13 | Roy | Carroll | GK | 🏴 | New signing (July) |
| 14 | David | May | CB | 🏴 | New number, previously 4 |
| 15 | Luke | Chadwick | CAM | 🏴 | New number, previously 36 |
| 16 | Roy | Keane | CM | 🇮🇪 | |
| 17 | Raimond | van der Gouw | GK | 🇳🇱 | |
| 18 | Paul | Scholes | CM | 🏴 | |
| 19 | Dwight | Yorke | ST | 🇹🇹 | |
| 20 | Ole Gunnar | Solskjær | ST | 🇳🇴 | |
| 21 | Diego | Forlán | ST | 🇺🇾 | New signing (January) |
| 22 | Ronnie | Wallwork | CM | 🏴 | |
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| 24 | Wes | Brown | CB | 🏴 | |
| 25 | Quinton | Fortune | LW | 🇿🇦 | |
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| 27 | Mikaël | Silvestre | CB | 🇫🇷 | |
| 28 | Michael | Stewart | CM | 🏴 | |
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| 30 | John | O'Shea | CB | 🇮🇪 | |
| 31 | Darren | Fletcher | CM | 🏴 | |
| 32 | Bojan | Đorđić | LW | 🇸🇪 | |
| 33 | Paul | Rachubka | GK | 🏴 | |
| 34 | Lee | Roche | RB | 🏴 | New number, previously 40 |
| 35 | Nick | Culkin | GK | 🏴 | New number, previously 31 |
| 36 | Jimmy | Davis | ST | 🏴 | New number |
| 37 | Danny | Webber | ST | 🏴 | |
| 38 | Mark | Lynch | RB | 🏴 | |
| 39 | Paul | Tierney | LB | 🇮🇪 | New number |
| 40 | Daniel | Nardiello | ST | 🏴 | New number |
| 41 | Alan | Tate | CB | 🏴 | New number |
| 42 | Kieran | Richardson | LW | 🏴 | New number |
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Departures
The following players left the club on a permanent basis at some point during the season, or in some cases left on loan and had their squad number reassigned to another player.
| No. | Forename | Surname | Position | Nation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Jaap | Stam | CB | 🇳🇱 | Sold (August) |
| 9 | Andy | Cole | ST | 🏴 | Sold (December) |
| 15 | Jesper | Blomqvist | LW | 🇸🇪 | Sold (November) |
| 23 | Michael | Clegg | RB | 🏴 | Sold (February) |
| 26 | Mark | Wilson | CM | 🏴 | Sold (August) |
| 34 | Jonathan | Greening | CM | 🏴 | Sold (August) |
Last updated: 6th February 2026 at 19:30
Contributors:
United By Numbers (@UnitedByNumbers), Jamie Dąbrowiecki (@jdabXO), Bjorn (@squadnumberfan).
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