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Manchester United 1996-1997

Double Winners
Double Winners
Won the Premier League title and Charity Shield · 1st in the Premier League, 75 pts

Manchester United won the Double in 1996-1997, finishing 1st in the Premier League with 75 points from 38 games and scoring 95 goals in all competitions. They won 28, drew 14 and lost 12 of their 54 games in all competitions under Alex Ferguson.

Stats
28
Won
14
Drawn
12
Lost
Form
W
D
D
D
L

Season at a Glance

95
Goals Scored
54
Conceded
54
Played

How this season compares

of 123 seasons
1.81
Points per game
54th-best of 123 full seasons
1.76
Goals per game
59th-best of 123 full seasons
1.00
Conceded per game
37th-best of 123 full seasons
52%
Win rate
58th-best of 123 full seasons

In the Premier League, United ranked 1st of 20 for goals scored (+0.72 per game vs the league average) and 7th for fewest conceded.

Cup Runs

Top Scorers

1
Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer
46 apps
19
— ast
2
Eric Cantona
50 apps
15
16 ast
3
David Beckham
49 apps
12
11 ast
4
Andrew Cole
28 apps
7
— ast
5
Paul Scholes
33 apps
6
0 ast
6
Nicky Butt
36 apps
6
2 ast
7
Ryan Giggs
37 apps
5
6 ast
8
Karel Poborsky
33 apps
4
3 ast
9
David May
41 apps
4
— ast
10
Jordi Cruyff
22 apps
3
— ast

All Results

54 matches
August 1996 2W · 2D · 0L
W
Newcastle United N
CS Cantona, Butt, Beckham, Keane
4–0
11 Aug 73,214 1-0-0 W1
W
Wimbledon A
PL Cantona, Irwin, Beckham
3–0
17 Aug 25,786 2-0-0 W2
D
Everton H
PL Cruyff, Unsworth (og)
2–2
21 Aug 54,943 2-1-0 D1
D
Blackburn Rovers H
PL Cruyff, Solskjaer
2–2
25 Aug 54,178 2-2-0 D2
September 1996 4W · 2D · 1L
D
Derby County A
PL Beckham
1–1
4 Sep 18,026 2-3-0 D3
W
Leeds United A
PL Martyn (og), Butt, Poborsky, Cantona
4–0
7 Sep 39,694 3-3-0 W1
L
Juventus A
EC
0–1
11 Sep 54,000 3-3-1 L1
W
Nottingham Forest H
PL Solskjaer, Giggs, Cantona 2 (pen)
4–1
14 Sep 54,984 4-3-1 W1
D
Aston Villa A
PL
0–0
21 Sep 39,339 4-4-1 D1
W
Rapid Vienna H
EC Solskjaer, Beckham
2–0
25 Sep 51,831 5-4-1 W1
W
Tottenham Hotspur H
PL Solskjaer 2
2–0
29 Sep 54,943 6-4-1 W2
October 1996 3W · 0D · 3L
W
Liverpool H
PL Beckham
1–0
12 Oct 55,128 7-4-1 W3
W
Fenerbahce A
EC Beckham, Cantona
2–0
16 Oct 26,200 8-4-1 W4
L
Newcastle United A
PL
0–5
20 Oct 35,579 8-4-2 L1
W
Swindon Town H
LC Poborsky, Scholes
2–1
23 Oct 49,305 9-4-2 W1
L
Southampton A
PL Beckham, May, Scholes
3–6
26 Oct 15,253 9-4-3 L1
L
Fenerbahce H
EC
0–1
30 Oct 53,297 9-4-4 L2
November 1996 2W · 1D · 3L
L
Chelsea H
PL May
1–2
2 Nov 55,198 9-4-5 L3
W
Arsenal H
PL Winterburn (og)
1–0
16 Nov 55,210 10-4-5 W1
L
Juventus H
EC
0–1
20 Nov 53,529 10-4-6 L1
D
Middlesbrough A
PL Keane, May
2–2
23 Nov 30,063 10-5-6 D1
L
Leicester City A
LC
0–2
27 Nov 20,428 10-5-7 L1
W
Leicester City H
PL Butt 2, Solskjaer
3–1
30 Nov 55,196 11-5-7 W1
December 1996 4W · 2D · 0L
W
Rapid Vienna A
EC Giggs, Cantona
2–0
4 Dec 50,000 12-5-7 W2
D
West Ham United A
PL Solskjaer, Beckham
2–2
8 Dec 25,045 12-6-7 D1
D
Sheffield Wednesday A
PL Scholes
1–1
18 Dec 37,671 12-7-7 D2
W
Sunderland H
PL Solskjaer 2, Cantona 2 (pen), Butt
5–0
21 Dec 55,081 13-7-7 W1
W
Nottingham Forest A
PL Beckham, Butt, Solskjaer, Cole
4–0
26 Dec 29,032 14-7-7 W2
W
Leeds United H
PL Cantona (pen)
1–0
28 Dec 55,256 15-7-7 W3
January 1997 4W · 2D · 0L
D
Aston Villa H
PL
0–0
1 Jan 55,133 15-8-7 D1
W
Tottenham Hotspur H
FAC Scholes, Beckham
2–0
5 Jan 52,445 16-8-7 W1
W
Tottenham Hotspur A
PL Solskjaer, Beckham
2–1
12 Jan 33,026 17-8-7 W2
W
Coventry City A
PL Giggs, Solskjaer
2–0
18 Jan 23,085 18-8-7 W3
D
Wimbledon H
FAC Scholes
1–1
25 Jan 53,342 18-9-7 D1
W
Wimbledon H
PL Giggs, Cole
2–1
29 Jan 55,314 19-9-7 W1
February 1997 2W · 1D · 1L
W
Southampton H
PL Pallister, Cantona
2–1
1 Feb 55,269 20-9-7 W2
L
Wimbledon A
FAC Replay
0–1
4 Feb 25,601 20-9-8 L1
W
Arsenal A
PL Cole, Solskjaer
2–1
19 Feb 38,172 21-9-8 W1
D
Chelsea A
PL Beckham
1–1
22 Feb 28,336 21-10-8 D1
March 1997 4W · 1D · 1L
W
Coventry City H
PL Breen (og), Jess (og), Poborsky
3–1
1 Mar 55,230 22-10-8 W1
W
Porto H
EC agg 4-0 May, Cantona, Giggs, Cole
4–0
5 Mar 53,415 23-10-8 W2
L
Sunderland A
PL Melville (og)
1–2
8 Mar 22,225 23-10-9 L1
W
Sheffield Wednesday H
PL Cole, Poborsky
2–0
15 Mar 55,267 24-10-9 W1
D
Porto A
EC agg 4-0
0–0
19 Mar 40,000 24-11-9 D1
W
Everton A
PL Solskjaer, Cantona
2–0
22 Mar 40,079 25-11-9 W1
April 1997 2W · 0D · 3L
L
Derby County H
PL Cantona, Solskjaer
2–3
5 Apr 55,243 25-11-10 L1
L
Borussia Dortmund A
EC agg 0-1
0–1
9 Apr 48,500 25-11-11 L2
W
Blackburn Rovers A
PL Cole, Scholes, Cantona
3–2
12 Apr 30,476 26-11-11 W1
W
Liverpool A
PL Pallister 2, Cole
3–1
19 Apr 40,892 27-11-11 W2
L
Borussia Dortmund H
EC agg 0-2
0–1
23 Apr 53,606 27-11-12 L1
May 1997 1W · 3D · 0L
D
Leicester City A
PL Solskjaer 2
2–2
3 May 21,068 27-12-12 D1
D
Middlesbrough H
PL Keane, Neville, Solskjaer
3–3
5 May 54,489 27-13-12 D2
D
Newcastle United H
PL
0–0
8 May 55,236 27-14-12 D3
W
West Ham United H
PL Solskjaer, Cruyff
2–0
11 May 55,249 28-14-12 W1

Home & Away

Venue PWDL GFGAGDWin%CSAvg Att
Home 271665 4922+27 59%12 54,345
Away 261187 4232+10 42%9 32,214
Neutral 1100 40+4 100%1 73,214

Home crowds averaged 54,345, away 32,214. Their biggest crowd was 73,214 v Newcastle United, the smallest 15,253 v Southampton.

Season Records

5–0
Biggest win
v Sunderland · 21 Dec 1996
0–5
Heaviest defeat
v Newcastle United · 20 Oct 1996
4
Longest win streak
14
Longest unbeaten run
4
Longest winless run
22
Clean sheets
12
Failed to score
2–0
Most common score
9 times

United completed the league double over Arsenal, Coventry City, Leeds United, Liverpool, Nottingham Forest, Tottenham Hotspur and Wimbledon.

When Goals Were Scored

Scored Conceded
6
7
1-15
16
6
16-30
17
15
31-45
15
5
46-60
14
6
61-75
27
15
76+

United's average goal came in the 53', the average one conceded in the 49'. They scored 15 from the 81st minute on and conceded 9. Penalties: 3 scored, 3 conceded. Own goals: 6 for, 1 against.

Min Scorer Opponent Comp Before Date
25' Eric Cantona v Newcastle United CS 0–0 11 Aug 1996
30' Nicky Butt v Newcastle United CS 1–0 11 Aug 1996
86' David Beckham v Newcastle United CS 2–0 11 Aug 1996
88' Roy Keane v Newcastle United CS 3–0 11 Aug 1996
25' Eric Cantona @ Wimbledon PL 0–0 17 Aug 1996
57' Denis Irwin @ Wimbledon PL 1–0 17 Aug 1996
87' David Beckham @ Wimbledon PL 2–0 17 Aug 1996
70' Jordi Cruyff vs Everton PL 0–2 21 Aug 1996
82' David Unsworth OG vs Everton PL 1–2 21 Aug 1996
38' Jordi Cruyff vs Blackburn Rovers PL 0–1 25 Aug 1996
69' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer vs Blackburn Rovers PL 1–2 25 Aug 1996
38' David Beckham @ Derby County PL 0–1 4 Sep 1996
3' Nigel Martyn OG @ Leeds United PL 0–0 7 Sep 1996
49' Nicky Butt @ Leeds United PL 1–0 7 Sep 1996
76' Karel Poborsky @ Leeds United PL 2–0 7 Sep 1996
90' Eric Cantona @ Leeds United PL 3–0 7 Sep 1996
22' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer vs Nottingham Forest PL 0–1 14 Sep 1996
41' Ryan Giggs vs Nottingham Forest PL 1–1 14 Sep 1996
82' Eric Cantona vs Nottingham Forest PL 2–1 14 Sep 1996
90' Eric Cantona pen vs Nottingham Forest PL 3–1 14 Sep 1996
20' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer vs Rapid Vienna EC 0–0 25 Sep 1996
27' David Beckham vs Rapid Vienna EC 1–0 25 Sep 1996
38' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer vs Tottenham Hotspur PL 0–0 29 Sep 1996
57' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer vs Tottenham Hotspur PL 1–0 29 Sep 1996
23' David Beckham vs Liverpool PL 0–0 12 Oct 1996
55' David Beckham @ Fenerbahce EC 0–0 16 Oct 1996
60' Eric Cantona @ Fenerbahce EC 1–0 16 Oct 1996
20' Karel Poborsky vs Swindon Town LC 0–0 23 Oct 1996
72' Paul Scholes vs Swindon Town LC 1–1 23 Oct 1996
42' David Beckham @ Southampton PL 0–2 26 Oct 1996
56' David May @ Southampton PL 1–3 26 Oct 1996
89' Paul Scholes @ Southampton PL 2–5 26 Oct 1996
81' David May vs Chelsea PL 0–2 2 Nov 1996
62' Nigel Winterburn OG vs Arsenal PL 0–0 16 Nov 1996
17' Roy Keane @ Middlesbrough PL 0–0 23 Nov 1996
73' David May @ Middlesbrough PL 1–1 23 Nov 1996
76' Nicky Butt vs Leicester City PL 0–0 30 Nov 1996
85' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer vs Leicester City PL 1–0 30 Nov 1996
87' Nicky Butt vs Leicester City PL 2–0 30 Nov 1996
24' Ryan Giggs @ Rapid Vienna EC 0–0 4 Dec 1996
72' Eric Cantona @ Rapid Vienna EC 1–0 4 Dec 1996
54' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer @ West Ham United PL 0–0 8 Dec 1996
75' David Beckham @ West Ham United PL 1–0 8 Dec 1996
61' Paul Scholes @ Sheffield Wednesday PL 0–1 18 Dec 1996
36' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer vs Sunderland PL 0–0 21 Dec 1996
43' Eric Cantona pen vs Sunderland PL 1–0 21 Dec 1996
48' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer vs Sunderland PL 2–0 21 Dec 1996
58' Nicky Butt vs Sunderland PL 3–0 21 Dec 1996
79' Eric Cantona vs Sunderland PL 4–0 21 Dec 1996
24' David Beckham @ Nottingham Forest PL 0–0 26 Dec 1996
44' Nicky Butt @ Nottingham Forest PL 1–0 26 Dec 1996
67' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer @ Nottingham Forest PL 2–0 26 Dec 1996
76' Andrew Cole @ Nottingham Forest PL 3–0 26 Dec 1996
9' Eric Cantona pen vs Leeds United PL 0–0 28 Dec 1996
51' Paul Scholes vs Tottenham Hotspur FAC 0–0 5 Jan 1997
82' David Beckham vs Tottenham Hotspur FAC 1–0 5 Jan 1997
23' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer @ Tottenham Hotspur PL 0–0 12 Jan 1997
76' David Beckham @ Tottenham Hotspur PL 1–1 12 Jan 1997
61' Ryan Giggs @ Coventry City PL 0–0 18 Jan 1997
80' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer @ Coventry City PL 1–0 18 Jan 1997
89' Paul Scholes vs Wimbledon FAC 0–0 25 Jan 1997
75' Ryan Giggs vs Wimbledon PL 0–1 29 Jan 1997
82' Andrew Cole vs Wimbledon PL 1–1 29 Jan 1997
19' Gary Pallister vs Southampton PL 0–1 1 Feb 1997
79' Eric Cantona vs Southampton PL 1–1 1 Feb 1997
18' Andrew Cole @ Arsenal PL 0–0 19 Feb 1997
32' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer @ Arsenal PL 1–0 19 Feb 1997
68' David Beckham @ Chelsea PL 0–1 22 Feb 1997
4' Gary Breen OG vs Coventry City PL 0–0 1 Mar 1997
5' Eoin Jess OG vs Coventry City PL 1–0 1 Mar 1997
47' Karel Poborsky vs Coventry City PL 2–0 1 Mar 1997
22' David May vs Porto EC 0–0 5 Mar 1997
34' Eric Cantona vs Porto EC 1–0 5 Mar 1997
60' Ryan Giggs vs Porto EC 2–0 5 Mar 1997
80' Andrew Cole vs Porto EC 3–0 5 Mar 1997
77' Andy Melville OG @ Sunderland PL 0–2 8 Mar 1997
19' Andrew Cole vs Sheffield Wednesday PL 0–0 15 Mar 1997
60' Karel Poborsky vs Sheffield Wednesday PL 1–0 15 Mar 1997
35' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer @ Everton PL 0–0 22 Mar 1997
79' Eric Cantona @ Everton PL 1–0 22 Mar 1997
47' Eric Cantona vs Derby County PL 0–2 5 Apr 1997
76' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer vs Derby County PL 1–3 5 Apr 1997
32' Andrew Cole @ Blackburn Rovers PL 0–0 12 Apr 1997
42' Paul Scholes @ Blackburn Rovers PL 1–1 12 Apr 1997
79' Eric Cantona @ Blackburn Rovers PL 2–1 12 Apr 1997
13' Gary Pallister @ Liverpool PL 0–0 19 Apr 1997
42' Gary Pallister @ Liverpool PL 1–1 19 Apr 1997
63' Andrew Cole @ Liverpool PL 2–1 19 Apr 1997
45' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer @ Leicester City PL 0–2 3 May 1997
52' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer @ Leicester City PL 1–2 3 May 1997
34' Roy Keane vs Middlesbrough PL 0–1 5 May 1997
42' Gary Neville vs Middlesbrough PL 1–3 5 May 1997
67' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer vs Middlesbrough PL 2–3 5 May 1997
12' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer vs West Ham United PL 0–0 11 May 1997
84' Jordi Cruyff vs West Ham United PL 1–0 11 May 1997

Squad

26 players
Player LeagueFA CupLeague CupEuropeOther Total Mins Red
Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Ast
Eric Cantona 36 11 3 – – – 10 3 1 1 50 15 16 5,574100% –
David Beckham 36 (3) 8 2 1 – – 10 2 1 1 49 (3) 12 11 5,127100% –
Peter Schmeichel 36 – 3 – – – 9 – 1 – 49 – 2 5,526100% –
Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer 33 (8) 18 3 (3) – – – 10 (2) 1 – – 46 (13) 19 – – –
Gary Neville 31 (1) 1 3 – 1 – 10 – 1 (1) – 46 (2) 1 3 4,916100% –
Denis Irwin 31 (2) 1 3 – – – 8 – 1 – 43 (2) 1 – 4,44091% –
Ronny Johnsen 31 (5) – 2 – – – 9 – – – 42 (5) – 1 4,11685% –
David May 29 (1) 3 1 – 2 – 8 (1) 1 1 – 41 (2) 4 – – –
Ryan Giggs 26 (1) 3 3 – – – 7 (1) 2 1 – 37 (2) 5 6 3,72477% –
Gary Pallister 27 3 1 – – – 8 – 1 – 37 3 1 3,94381% –
Nicky Butt 26 (2) 5 – – – – 9 (1) – 1 1 36 (3) 6 2 3,34169% –
Paul Scholes 24 (8) 3 2 2 2 1 4 (4) – 1 – 33 (12) 6 – 2,52452% –
Karel Poborsky 22 (7) 3 2 – 2 1 6 (3) – 1 (1) – 33 (11) 4 3 2,61354% –
Roy Keane 21 2 3 – 2 – 6 – 1 1 33 3 3 3,55973% 1
Andrew Cole 20 (10) 6 3 (1) – – – 5 (3) 1 – – 28 (14) 7 – – –
Brian McClair 19 (15) – 3 (2) – 2 – 3 (3) – – – 27 (20) – – – –
Phillip Neville 18 (3) – – – 1 – 4 (2) – 1 – 24 (5) – – – –
Jordi Cruyff 16 (5) 3 – – 1 – 4 (1) – 1 (1) – 22 (7) 3 – – –
Chris Casper 2 (2) – 1 – 2 – 1 (1) – – – 6 (3) – – 4519% –
Michael Clegg 4 (1) – 1 – 1 – – – – – 6 (1) – – 61213% –
Raimond van der Gouw 2 – – – 2 – 1 – – – 5 – – – –
Ben Thornley 2 (1) – – – 2 – – – – – 4 (1) – – 3417% –
Michael Appleton – – – – 2 (1) – – – – – 2 (1) – – 902% –
Simon Davies – – – – 2 (2) – – – – – 2 (2) – – – –
John O'Kane 1 – – – 1 – – – – – 2 – – – –
Terry Cooke – – – – 1 (1) – – – – – 1 (1) – – – –

Premier League Table

# Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Manchester United 38 21 12 5 76 44 +32 75
2 Newcastle United 38 19 11 8 73 40 +33 68
3 Arsenal 38 19 11 8 62 32 +30 68
4 Liverpool 38 19 11 8 62 37 +25 68
5 Aston Villa 38 17 10 11 47 34 +13 61
6 Chelsea 38 16 11 11 58 55 +3 59
7 Sheffield Wednesday 38 14 15 9 50 51 -1 57
8 Wimbledon 38 15 11 12 49 46 +3 56
9 Leicester City 38 12 11 15 46 54 -8 47
10 Tottenham Hotspur 38 13 7 18 44 51 -7 46
11 Leeds United 38 11 13 14 28 38 -10 46
12 Derby County 38 11 13 14 45 58 -13 46
13 Blackburn Rovers 38 9 15 14 42 43 -1 42
14 West Ham United 38 10 12 16 39 48 -9 42
15 Everton 38 10 12 16 44 57 -13 42
16 Southampton 38 10 11 17 50 56 -6 41
17 Coventry City 38 9 14 15 38 54 -16 41
18 Sunderland 38 10 10 18 35 53 -18 40
19 Middlesbrough 38 10 12 16 51 60 -9 39
20 Nottingham Forest 38 6 16 16 31 59 -28 34

Points Progression

Premier League

Transfers

20 moves
In
Out
  • Lee Sharpe Left Midfield
    to Leeds€6.75m
  • Tony Coton Goalkeeper
    to Sunderland€675k
  • Éric Cantona Second Striker
    to RetiredUndisclosed
  • Jody Banim Central Midfield
    to TraffordFree
  • Paul Parker Right-Back
    to DerbyFree
  • Steve Bruce Centre-Back
    to BirminghamUndisclosed
Loans

Debuts & Farewells

Debuts this season
Final appearances

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