No.ForenameSurnamePositionNationNotes
1FabienBarthezGK🇫🇷
2GaryNevilleRB🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
3DenisIrwinLB🇮🇪
4Juan SebastiánVerónCDM🇦🇷New signing (July)
5RonnyJohnsenCB🇳🇴
6LaurentBlancCB🇫🇷New signing (August)
7DavidBeckhamRW🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
8NickyButtCM🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
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10Ruudvan NistelrooyST🇳🇱New signing (July)
11RyanGiggsLW🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
12PhilNevilleLB🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
13RoyCarrollGK🏴󠁧󠁢󠁮󠁩󠁲󠁿New signing (July)
14DavidMayCB🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿New number, previously 4
15LukeChadwickCAM🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿New number, previously 36
16RoyKeaneCM🇮🇪
17Raimondvan der GouwGK🇳🇱
18PaulScholesCM🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
19DwightYorkeST🇹🇹
20Ole GunnarSolskjærST🇳🇴
21DiegoForlánST🇺🇾New signing (January)
22RonnieWallworkCM🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
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24WesBrownCB🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
25QuintonFortuneLW🇿🇦
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27MikaëlSilvestreCB🇫🇷
28MichaelStewartCM🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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30JohnO'SheaCB🇮🇪
31DarrenFletcherCM🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
32BojanĐorđićLW🇸🇪
33PaulRachubkaGK🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
34LeeRocheRB🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿New number, previously 40
35NickCulkinGK🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿New number, previously 31
36JimmyDavisST🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿New number
37DannyWebberST🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
38MarkLynchRB🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
39PaulTierneyLB🇮🇪New number
40DanielNardielloST🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿New number
41AlanTateCB🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿New number
42KieranRichardsonLW🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿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.ForenameSurnamePositionNationNotes
6JaapStamCB🇳🇱Sold (August)
9AndyColeST🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Sold (December)
15JesperBlomqvistLW🇸🇪Sold (November)
23MichaelCleggRB🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Sold (February)
26MarkWilsonCM🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Sold (August)
34JonathanGreeningCM🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Sold (August)
Last updated: 6th February 2026 at 19:30
Contributors:

United By Numbers (@UnitedByNumbers), Jamie Dąbrowiecki (@jdabXO), Bjorn (@squadnumberfan).

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