Football : Season Details : 1996

Final English Top Division Football (soccer) Table and Cup Final(s)

Position	Club	Points	History	Notes
1	Manchester United	82	6-21	FAC-W
2	Newcastle United	78	5-3
3	Liverpool	71	4-34	FAC-F
4	Aston Villa	63	5-8	LC-W
5	Arsenal	63	2-70
6	Everton	61	3-42
7	Blackburn Rovers	61	4-4
8	Tottenham Hotspur	61	5-18
9	Nottingham Forest	58	6-2
10	West Ham United	51	5-3
11	Chelsea	50	7-7
12	Middlesbrough	43	7-1
13	Leeds United	43	6-6	LC-F
14	Wimbledon	41	1-10
15	Sheffield Wednesday	40	9-5
16	Coventry City	38	1-29
17	Southampton	38	2-18
18	Manchester City	38	9-7
19	Queens Park Rangers	33	3-13
20	Bolton Wanderers	29	8-1

Legend and Abbreviations
Points: 3 for a win : 1 for a draw. Clubs: Blue Qualified for Europe Red Relegated
History is in the form A-B: A is the number of occasions that the club has been in the Top Division. B is the current number of consecutive seasons in the Top Division.
Notes: FAC FA Cup; LC League Cup; W Winners - F Finalists

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League Cup Final	Aston Villa 3 Leeds United 0
FA Cup Final	Manchester United 1 Liverpool 0

European Cup Final	Juventus 1 Ajax 1 aet (pens: 4 - 2)
UEFA Cup Final First Leg	Bayern Munich 2 Bordeaux 0
UEFA Cup Final Second Leg	Bordeaux 1 Bayern Munich 3 (agg 1 - 5)
Cup Winners Cup Final	Paris San Germain 1 Rapid Vienna 0

aet After Extra Time : agg Aggregate Score : pens Penalties

History (England)

The Top Division was reduced to 20 clubs.

Manchester United become the first club to complete the FA Cup and League Championship double a second time, emulating their feat of 1994. Their 9th FA Cup win set a new record. They become the sixth club to reach three successive FA Cup finals. This was a repeat of the 1977 final.

Aston Villa won the League Cup for the 5th time, equalling the record set by Liverpool in the previous season.

History (Europe)

Bayern Munich became the fourth club to have won all three European trophies.

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