Manchester United F.C. season 1996-97
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| Manchester United | |
| Season 1996-97 | |
|---|---|
| Manager |  Sir Alex Ferguson |
| Chairman |  Martin Edwards |
| League | Premier League |
| Final league position | 1st |
| FA Cup | Fourth Round |
| Coca-Cola Cup | Fourth Round |
| UEFA Champions League | Semi-Final |
| Top goalscorer | League: Ole Gunnar Solskjær (18) All: Ole Gunnar Solskjær (19) |
| Highest home attendance | 55,314 vs Wimbledon (29 January 1997) |
| Lowest home attendance | 31,966 vs Swindon Town (23 October 1996) |
The 1996-97 season was Manchester United's 105th season in the Football League, and their 22nd consecutive season in the top division of English football.[1]
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[edit] Pre-season and Friendlies
United won the 1996 Charity Shield against Newcastle United 4-0, with goals coming from Cantona, Butt, Beckham and Keane.
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A |
Scorers | Attendance |
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| 1996-08-11 | Newcastle United | Wembley Stadium | 4 – 0 | Cantona 25', Butt 30', Beckham 86', Keane 88' | 73,214 |
[edit] FA Premier League
Manchester United won their 2nd consecutive Premier League championship by 7 points over Newcastle United, Arsenal and Liverpool.
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Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
[edit] FA Cup
United beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 to reach the Fourth Round, where they faced Wimbledon, who they had beaten easily 3-0 on the first day of the season. The game ended 1-1, and the replay was played at Wimbledon's home ground Selhurst Park, with the game ending 1-0 to Wimbledon, knocking United out of the competition at a very early stage. In between these two FA Cup games, United and Wimbledon faced each other again in the league, with United coming out on top at home, with a 2-1 win, making it all the more shocking that Wimbledon managed to defeat them 5 days later in the cup.
| Date | Round | Opponents | Home/ Away |
Result F – A |
Scorers | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-01-05 | Round 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 2 – 0 | Scholes 51', Beckham 82' | 52,445 |
| 1997-01-25 | Round 4 | Wimbledon | H | 1 – 1 | Scholes 89' | 53,342 |
| 1997-02-04 | Round 4 Replay | Wimbledon | A | 0 – 1 | 25,601 |
[edit] Coca-Cola Cup
As in the previous two seasons, United rested many of their first-team players in the League Cup, instead using the competition to provide first team experience to the club's younger players and reserves. This proved to be a bad move, as the Red Devils just managed to squeeze past Swindon Town to get into the 4th round, but they were then defeated by Leicester City 2-0.
| Date | Round | Opponents | Home/ Away |
Result F – A |
Scorers | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-10-23 | Round 3 | Swindon Town | H | 2 – 1 | Poborsky 19', Scholes 72' | 49,305 |
| 1996-11-27 | Round 4 | Leicester City | A | 0 – 2 | 20,428 |
[edit] Champions League
[edit] Group stage
In the group stage United were drawn together with Turkish champions Fenerbahçe, Italian giants Juventus and Austrian champions, Rapid Vienna.
| Date | Opponents | Home/ Away |
Result F – A |
Scorers | Attendance | Group
position |
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| 1996-09-11 | Juventus | A | 0 – 1 | 54,000 | 4th | |
| 1996-09-25 | Rapid Vienna | H | 2 – 0 | Solskjær 20', Beckham 27' | 51,831 | 2nd |
| 1996-10-16 | Fenerbahçe | A | 2 – 0 | Beckham 55', Cantona 60' | 26,200 | 2nd |
| 1996-10-30 | Fenerbahçe | H | 0 – 1 | 53,297 | 2nd | |
| 1996-11-20 | Juventus | H | 0 – 1 | 53,529 | 3rd | |
| 1996-12-04 | Rapid Vienna | A | 2 – 0 | Giggs 24', Cantona 71' | 45,000 | 2nd |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Juventus |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 16 |
| 2 | Manchester United |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 |
| 3 |  Fenerbahçe |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 4 |  Rapid Vienna |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | -10 | 2 |
[edit] Knock-out stage
United were drawn against Portuguese champions FC Porto in the quarter-finals, and sealed their place in the semi-finals with a 4-0 win in the first leg, which was followed by a goalless second. They were then drawn against the eventual winners of the competition, German champions Borussia Dortmund, who beat them 1-0 in each leg, knocking the Red Devils out of the competition 2-0 on aggregate.
| Date | Round | Opponents | Home/ Away |
Result F – A |
Scorers | Attendance |
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| 1997-03-05 | Quarter-final First leg |
FC Porto | H | 4 – 0 | May 22', Cantona 34', Giggs 61', Cole 80' | 53,425 |
| 1997-03-19 | Quarter-final Second leg |
FC Porto | A | 0 – 0 | 40,000 | |
| 1997-04-09 | Semi-final First leg |
Borussia Dortmund | A | 0 – 1 | 48,500 | |
| 1997-04-23 | Semi-final Second leg |
Borussia Dortmund | H | 0 – 1 | 53,606 |
[edit] Squad statistics
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | Worthington Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 1 | GK |  Peter Schmeichel |
36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 48 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Gary Neville |
30(1) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 44(1) | 1 |
| 3 | DF |  Denis Irwin |
29(2) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 40(2) | 1 |
| 4 | DF | David May |
28(1) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7(1) | 1 | 38(2) | 4 |
| 6 | DF | Gary Pallister |
27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 36 | 3 |
| 7 | FW |  Eric Cantona (c) |
36 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 49 | 14 |
| 8 | MF | Nicky Butt |
24(2) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8(1) | 0 | 32(3) | 5 |
| 9 | FW | Andy Cole |
10(10) | 6 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(3) | 1 | 14(14) | 7 |
| 10 | MF | David Beckham |
33(3) | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 45(3) | 11 |
| 11 | MF |  Ryan Giggs |
25(1) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6(1) | 2 | 34(2) | 5 |
| 12 | DF | Phil Neville |
15(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 18(5) | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Brian McClair |
4(15) | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0(3) | 0 | 7(20) | 0 |
| 14 | MF |  Jordi Cruyff |
11(5) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 15(6) | 3 |
| 15 | MF |  Karel Poborsky |
15(7) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3(3) | 0 | 22(10) | 4 |
| 16 | MF | Roy Keane |
21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
| 17 | GK | Raimond van der Gouw |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Paul Scholes |
16(8) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0(4) | 0 | 20(12) | 6 |
| 19 | DF |  Ronny Johnsen |
26(5) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 37(5) | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Ole Gunnar Solskjær |
25(8) | 18 | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8(2) | 1 | 33(13) | 19 |
| 21 | DF |  Pat McGibbon |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Simon Davies |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Ben Thornley |
1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 |
| 24 | DF | John O'Kane |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Kevin Pilkington |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Chris Casper |
0(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 3(3) | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Terry Cooke |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Philip Mulryne |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Michael Appleton |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Ronnie Wallwork |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | John Curtis |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Michael Clegg |
3(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(1) | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Paul Gibson |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Transfers
[edit] In
| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-07-10 | DF | Ronny Johnsen |
Beşiktaş | £1.2m |
| 1996-07-20 | MF | Karel Poborsky |
Slavia Prague | £3.5m |
| 1996-07-23 | FW | Ole Gunnar Solskjær |
Molde | £1.5m |
| 1996-08-08 | MF | Jordi Cruyff |
Barcelona | £1.4m |
| 1997-06-27 | FW | Teddy Sheringham |
Tottenham Hotspur | £3.5m |
[edit] Out
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-07-02 | DF | Hasney Aljofree |
Bolton Wanderers | Free |
| 1996-07-06 | GK | Heath Maxon |
Unattached | Free |
| 1996-07-12 | GK | Tony Coton |
Sunderland | £600k |
| 1996-08-12 | MF | Lee Sharpe |
Leeds United | £4.5m |
| 1996-12-08 | FW |  Jovan Kirovski |
Borussia Dortmund | Free |
| 1997-05-01 | GK | David Fish |
Stockport County | Free |
| 1997-05-02 | DF | David Hilton |
Unattached | Free |
| 1997-05-15 | DF | Colin Murdock |
Preston North End | £100k |
| 1997-05-18 | FW | Eric Cantona |
Retired | |
| 1997-06-30 | MF | Robert Trees |
Unattached | Free |
[edit] Loan out
| Date From | Date To | Position | Name | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-09-20 | 1996-10-21 | DF | Pat McGibbon |
Swansea City |
| 1996-10-17 | 1996-11-17 | GK | Paul Gibson |
Halifax Town |
| 1996-10-22 | 1996-11-22 | DF | John O'Kane |
Bury |
| 1996-10-29 | 1996-11-16 | MF | Simon Davies |
Huddersfield Town |
| 1996-11-28 | 1996-12-20 | MF | Terry Cooke |
Birmingham City |
| 1997-01-14 | 1997-03-08 | DF | John O'Kane |
Bury |
| 1997-01-16 | 1997-04-19 | GK | Kevin Pilkington |
Rotherham United |
| 1997-01-17 | 1997-03-15 | MF | Michael Appleton |
Grimsby Town |
| 1997-03-03 | 1997-05-31 | DF | Pat McGibbon |
Wigan Athletic |
| 1997-03-27 | 1997-04-13 | DF | John O'Kane |
Wrexham |
[edit] References
- ^ Manchester United Season 1996/97. StretfordEnd.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.
[edit] See also
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