Season

1996-97

Manchester UnitedSir Alex Ferguson

1stleague finish

Champions of the Premier League

+0.8
goal difference
1.8 scored · 1.0 conceded
54
Played
52%
Win rate

Season in brief

Won the Premier League — the club's 13th league title on record. Ole Gunnar Solskjær led the scoring with 19 goals (scorer data covers 100% of the 95 United scored).

The Premier League table

Final standings · 20 clubs · United and the clubs around them

  1. 1Manchester United38P · 21W 12D 5L · GD +3275
  2. 2Newcastle United38P · 19W 11D 8L · GD +3368
  3. 3Arsenal38P · 19W 11D 8L · GD +3068
  5. 19Sunderland38P · 10W 10D 18L · GD -1840
  6. 20Nottingham Forest38P · 6W 16D 16L · GD -2834

Slice: the final Premier League table for 1996-97, every club computed from the full league results.

Coverage: complete — all results known.

Points follow the era’s rule (two then three for a win); the order uses goal average before 1976–77 and goal difference after. The faint foot marks the lower reaches — exact relegation places varied by era.

The season, match by match

54 matches
11 Aug 1996 n Newcastle United: 4–017 Aug 1996 @ Wimbledon: 3–021 Aug 1996 v Everton: 2–225 Aug 1996 v Blackburn Rovers: 2–24 Sep 1996 @ Derby County: 1–17 Sep 1996 @ Leeds United: 4–011 Sep 1996 @ Juventus: 0–114 Sep 1996 v Nottingham Forest: 4–121 Sep 1996 @ Aston Villa: 0–025 Sep 1996 v SK Rapid Wien: 2–029 Sep 1996 v Tottenham Hotspur: 2–012 Oct 1996 v Liverpool: 1–016 Oct 1996 @ Fenerbahçe S.K.: 2–020 Oct 1996 @ Newcastle United: 0–523 Oct 1996 v Swindon Town: 2–126 Oct 1996 @ Southampton: 3–630 Oct 1996 v Fenerbahçe S.K.: 0–12 Nov 1996 v Chelsea: 1–216 Nov 1996 v Arsenal: 1–020 Nov 1996 v Juventus: 0–123 Nov 1996 @ Middlesbrough: 2–227 Nov 1996 @ Leicester City: 0–230 Nov 1996 v Leicester City: 3–14 Dec 1996 @ SK Rapid Wien: 2–08 Dec 1996 @ West Ham United: 2–218 Dec 1996 @ Sheffield Wednesday: 1–121 Dec 1996 v Sunderland: 5–026 Dec 1996 @ Nottingham Forest: 4–028 Dec 1996 v Leeds United: 1–01 Jan 1997 v Aston Villa: 0–05 Jan 1997 v Tottenham Hotspur: 2–012 Jan 1997 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 2–118 Jan 1997 @ Coventry City: 2–025 Jan 1997 v Wimbledon: 1–129 Jan 1997 v Wimbledon: 2–11 Feb 1997 v Southampton: 2–14 Feb 1997 @ Wimbledon: 0–119 Feb 1997 @ Arsenal: 2–122 Feb 1997 @ Chelsea: 1–11 Mar 1997 v Coventry City: 3–15 Mar 1997 v FC Porto: 4–08 Mar 1997 @ Sunderland: 1–215 Mar 1997 v Sheffield Wednesday: 2–019 Mar 1997 @ FC Porto: 0–022 Mar 1997 @ Everton: 2–05 Apr 1997 v Derby County: 2–39 Apr 1997 @ Borussia Dortmund: 0–112 Apr 1997 @ Blackburn Rovers: 3–219 Apr 1997 @ Liverpool: 3–123 Apr 1997 v Borussia Dortmund: 0–13 May 1997 @ Leicester City: 2–25 May 1997 v Middlesbrough: 3–38 May 1997 v Newcastle United: 0–011 May 1997 v West Ham United: 2–0
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.