Premier League 1996/97

Premier League 1996/97
master	Manchester United
Champions League	Manchester United
Champions League qualification	Newcastle United
Uefa cup	Arsenal , Liverpool , Aston Villa , Leicester City
Cup winners	Chelsea FC
European Cup Winners' Cup	Chelsea FC
Relegated	Sunderland AFC , Middlesbrough FC , Nottingham Forest
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	970  (ø 2.55 per game)
Top scorer	Alan Shearer (Newcastle United)
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Football League First Division 1996/97 ↓

The Premier League 1996/97 was the fifth season of the Premier League , which was hosted by the FA , and at the same time the 98th first division season in English football. It began on August 17, 1996 and ended on May 11, 1997.

Champion Manchester United . In the First Division , promoted AFC Sunderland and Nottingham Forest and Middlesbrough FC had to relegate . The top scorer was Alan Shearer of Newcastle United with 25 goals .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Manchester United (M, P)	38	21st	12	5	076:440	+32	75
2.	Newcastle United	38	19th	11	8th	073:400	+33	68
3.	Arsenal FC	38	19th	11	8th	062:320	+30	68
4th	Liverpool FC	38	19th	11	8th	062:370	+25	68
5.	Aston Villa (L)	38	17th	10	11	047:340	+13	61
6th	Chelsea FC	38	16	11	11	058:550	+3	59
7th	Sheffield Wednesday	38	14th	15th	9	050:510	−1	57
8th.	Wimbledon FC	38	15th	11	12	049:460	+3	56
9.	Leicester City (N)	38	12	11	15th	046:540	−8	47
10.	Tottenham Hotspur	38	13	7th	18th	044:510	−7	46
11.	Leeds United	38	11	13	14th	028:380	−10	46
12.	Derby County (N)	38	11	13	14th	045:580	−13	46
13.	Blackburn Rovers	38	9	15th	14th	042:430	−1	42
14th	West Ham United	38	10	12	16	039:480	−9	42
15th	Everton FC	38	10	12	16	044:570	−13	42
16.	Southampton FC	38	10	11	17th	050:560	−6	41
17th	Coventry City	38	9	14th	15th	038:540	−16	41
18th	Sunderland AFC (N)	38	10	10	18th	035:530	−18	40
19th	Middlesbrough FC 1	38	10	12	16	051:600	−9	39
20th	Nottingham Forest	38	6th	16	16	031:590	−28	34

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

¹ Middlesbrough FC did not play against Blackburn Rovers on December 21, 1996 and received a 3-point deduction as a penalty.

English champion and participation in the 1997/98 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the second qualifying round for the 1997/98 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 1997/98 UEFA Cup

FA Cup winner and participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1997/98

Participation in the 1997/98 UEFA Cup as a league cup winner

Relegation to the Football League First Division

(M)	reigning English champion
(P)	reigning FA Cup winner
(L)	reigning league cup winner
(N)	Newcomers last season

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

-	ARS	AST	BLA	CHE	COV	OF THE	EVE	LEE	LEI	LIV	MNU	MID	NEW	NOT	SHW	SOT	SUN	DEAD	WHU	WIM
Arsenal FC		2: 2	1: 1	3: 3	0-0	2: 2	3: 1	3-0	2-0	1: 2	1: 2	2-0	0: 1	2-0	4: 1	3: 1	2-0	3: 1	2-0	0: 1
Aston Villa	2: 2		1-0	0: 2	2: 1	2-0	3: 1	2-0	1: 3	1-0	0-0	1-0	2: 2	2-0	0: 1	1-0	1-0	1: 1	0-0	5-0
Blackburn Rovers	0: 2	0: 2		1: 1	4-0	1: 2	1: 1	0: 1	2: 4	3-0	2: 3	0-0	1-0	1: 1	4: 1	2: 1	1-0	0: 2	2: 1	3: 1
Chelsea FC	0: 3	1: 1	1: 1		2-0	3: 1	2: 2	0-0	2: 1	1-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	2: 2	1-0	6: 2	3: 1	3: 1	2: 4
Coventry City	1: 1	1: 2	0-0	3: 1		1: 2	0-0	2: 1	0-0	0: 1	0: 2	3-0	2: 1	0: 3	0-0	1: 1	2: 2	1: 2	1: 3	1: 1
Derby County	1: 3	2: 1	0-0	3: 2	2: 1		0: 1	3: 3	2-0	0: 1	1: 1	2: 1	0: 1	0-0	2: 2	1: 1	1-0	4: 2	1-0	0: 2
Everton FC	0: 2	0: 1	0: 2	1: 2	1: 1	1-0		0-0	1: 1	1: 1	0: 2	1: 2	2-0	2-0	2-0	7: 1	1: 3	1-0	2: 1	1: 3
Leeds United	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	1: 3	0-0	1-0		3-0	0: 2	0: 4	1: 1	0: 1	2-0	0: 2	0-0	3-0	0-0	1-0	1-0
Leicester City	0: 2	1-0	1: 1	1: 3	0: 2	4: 2	1: 2	1-0		0: 3	2: 2	1: 3	2-0	2: 2	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	0: 1	1-0
Liverpool FC	2-0	3-0	0-0	5: 1	1: 2	2: 1	1: 1	4-0	1: 1		1: 3	5: 1	4: 3	4: 2	0: 1	2: 1	0-0	2: 1	0-0	1: 1
Manchester United	1-0	0-0	2: 2	1: 2	3: 1	2: 3	2: 2	1-0	3: 1	1-0		3: 3	0-0	4: 1	2-0	2: 1	5-0	2-0	2-0	2: 1
Middlesbrough FC	0: 2	3: 2	2: 1	1-0	4-0	6: 1	4: 2	0-0	0: 2	3: 3	2: 2		0: 1	1: 1	4: 2	0: 1	0: 1	0: 3	4: 1	0-0
Newcastle United	1: 2	4: 3	2: 1	3: 1	4-0	3: 1	4: 1	3-0	4: 3	1: 1	5-0	3: 1		5-0	1: 2	0: 1	1: 1	7: 1	1: 1	2-0
Nottingham Forest	2: 1	0-0	2: 2	2-0	0: 1	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	0-0	1: 1	0: 4	1: 1	0-0		0: 3	1: 3	1: 4	2: 1	0: 2	1: 1
Sheffield Wednesday	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	0: 2	0-0	0-0	2: 1	2: 2	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	3: 1	1: 1	2-0		1: 1	2: 1	2: 1	0-0	3: 1
Southampton FC	0: 2	0: 1	2-0	0-0	2: 2	3: 1	2: 2	0: 2	2: 2	0: 1	6: 3	4-0	2: 2	2: 2	2: 3		3-0	0: 1	2-0	0-0
Sunderland AFC	1-0	1-0	0-0	3-0	1-0	2-0	3-0	0: 1	0-0	1: 2	2: 1	2: 2	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1	0: 1		0: 4	0-0	1: 3
Tottenham Hotspur	0-0	1-0	2: 1	1: 2	1: 2	1: 1	0-0	1-0	1: 2	0: 2	1: 2	1-0	1: 2	0: 1	1: 1	3: 1	2-0		1-0	1-0
West Ham United	1: 2	0: 2	2: 1	3: 2	1: 1	1: 1	2: 2	0: 2	1-0	1: 2	2: 2	0-0	0-0	0: 1	5: 1	2: 1	2-0	4: 3		0: 2
Wimbledon FC	2: 2	0: 2	1-0	0: 1	2: 2	1: 1	4-0	2-0	1: 3	2: 1	0: 3	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	4: 2	3: 1	1-0	1-0	1: 1

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	Alan Shearer	Newcastle United	25th
2	Ian Wright	Arsenal FC	23
3	Robbie Fowler	Liverpool FC	18th
=	Ole Gunnar Solskjaer	Manchester United	=
5	Dwight Yorke	Aston Villa	17th
6th	Les Ferdinand	Newcastle United	16
=	Fabrizio Ravanelli	Middlesbrough FC	=
8th	Dion Dublin	Coventry City	13
=	Matthew Le Tissier	Southampton FC	=
10	Dennis Bergkamp	Arsenal FC	12
=	Steve Claridge	Leicester City	=
=	Stan Collymore	Liverpool FC	=
=	Juninho Paulista	Middlesbrough FC	=

Awards during the season

month	Trainer of the month	Player of the month
August 1996	David Pleat (Sheffield Wednesday)	David Beckham (Manchester United)
September 1996	Joe Kinnear (Wimbledon FC)	Patrik Berger (Liverpool FC)
October 1996	Graeme Souness (Southampton FC)	Matthew Le Tissier (Southampton FC)
November 1996	Jim Smith (Derby County)	Ian Wright (Arsenal FC)
December 1996	Gordon Strachan (Coventry City)	Gianfranco Zola (Chelsea FC)
January 1997	Stuart Pearce (Nottingham Forest)	Tim Flowers (Blackburn Rovers)
February 1997	Alex Ferguson (Manchester United)	Robbie Earle (Wimbledon FC)
March 1997	Bryan Robson (Middlesbrough FC)	Juninho Paulista (Middlesbrough FC)
April 1997	Graeme Souness (Southampton FC)	Mickey Evans (Southampton FC)

The Manchester United championship team

According to the rules of the Premier League, a player receives an official winner's medal if he completes at least 10 Premier League games for the master club. Against this background, only the following players count as English champions of the 1996/97 season. The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.

1.

Manchester United

Goal: Peter Schmeichel (36 / -) Defense: Denis Irwin (31/1); Gary Neville (31/1); Ronny Johnsen (31 / -); David May (29/2); Gary Pallister (27/3); Phil Neville (18 / -) Midfield: David Beckham (36/8); Nicky Butt (26/5); Ryan Giggs (26/3); Paul Scholes (24/3); Karel Poborský (22/4); Roy Keane (21/2); Jordi Cruyff (16/3) Forward: Éric Cantona (36/11); Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (32/18); Andrew Cole (20/7); Brian McClair (19 / -) Coach: Alex Ferguson

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Schedule and table. In: fussballdaten.de. Retrieved March 27, 2018 .