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20.12.1996 <

Football matches for 21.12.1996

> 22.12.1996

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World Cup 1998, Qualifying tournament, CONCACAF. Semifinal round, group 1

Day 6

	20:00	Costa Rica	–	Trinidad and Tobago	2:1 (2:1)
	Cartago Estadio José Rafael Fello Meza Ivankovich
	20:00	Guatemala	–	USA	2:2 (2:1)
	El Salvador, San Salvador Monumental Estadio Cuscatlán

	Team	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	USA	6	4	1	1	10-5	13
2.	Costa Rica	6	4	0	2	9-5	12

3.	Guatemala	6	2	2	2	6-9	8
4.	Trinidad and Tobago	6	0	1	5	3-9	1

Asian Cup 1996. Final

	19:00		UAE	–	Saudi Arabia		0:0 aet, pen. 2:4
	Abu Dhabi

Asian Cup 1996. 3rd place match

	16:45		Iran	–	Kuwait		1:1 aet (1:1, 1:1), pen. 3:2
	Abu Dhabi

Friendly internationals

			Zimbabwe	–	Zambia		2:2 (0:2)

England 1996/97, Premiere League

Day 18

	17:30	Leicester City	–	Coventry City	0:2 (0:1)
	Leicester Filbert Street
	17:30	Manchester United	–	Sunderland	5:0 (2:0)
	Manchester Old Trafford
	17:30	Nottingham Forest	–	Arsenal	2:1 (0:0)
	Nottingham The City Ground
	17:30	Southampton	–	Derby County	3:1 (2:1)
	Southampton The Dell
	17:30	Tottenham Hotspur	–	Sheffield Wednesday	1:1 (1:1)
	London White Hart Lane
	17:30	Chelsea	–	West Ham United	3:1 (3:1)
	London Stamford Bridge
	17:30	Everton	–	Leeds United	0:0
	Liverpool Goodison Park

	Club	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	Manchester United	38	21	12	5	76-44	75
2.	Newcastle United	38	19	11	8	73-40	68
3.	Arsenal	38	19	11	8	62-32	68

4.	Liverpool	38	19	11	8	62-37	68
5.	Aston Villa	38	17	10	11	47-34	61
6.	Chelsea	38	16	11	11	58-55	59
7.	Sheffield Wednesday	38	14	15	9	50-51	57
8.	Wimbledon	38	15	11	12	49-46	56
9.	Leicester City	38	12	11	15	46-54	47
10.	Tottenham Hotspur	38	13	7	18	44-51	46

England 1996/97, First Division

Day 24

		Crystal Palace	–	Charlton Athletic	1:0 (0:0)
	London Selhurst Park
		Grimsby Town	–	Bradford City	1:1 (0:1)
	Cleethorpes Blundell Park
		Huddersfield Town	–	Queens Park Rangers	1:2 (0:1)
	Huddersfield Alfred McAlpine Stadium
		Ipswich Town	–	Stoke City	1:1 (1:1)
	Ipswich Portman Road
		Oldham Athletic	–	Manchester City	2:1 (0:1)
	Oldham Boundary Park
		Port Vale	–	Norwich City	6:1 (2:0)
	Stoke-on-Trent Vale Park
		Reading	–	Portsmouth	0:0
	Reading Elm Park
		Sheffield United	–	Barnsley	0:1 (0:0)
	Sheffield Bramall Lane
		Tranmere Rovers	–	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0:2 (0:1)
	Birkenhead Prenton Park
		West Bromwich Albion	–	Oxford United	3:3 (2:1)
	West Bromwich The Hawthorns

	Club	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	Bolton Wanderers	46	28	14	4	100-53	98
2.	Barnsley	46	22	14	10	76-55	80

3.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	22	10	14	68-51	76
4.	Ipswich Town	46	20	14	12	68-50	74
5.	Sheffield United	46	20	13	13	75-52	73
6.	Crystal Palace	46	19	14	13	78-48	71
7.	Portsmouth	46	20	8	18	59-53	68
8.	Port Vale	46	17	16	13	58-55	67
9.	Queens Park Rangers	46	18	12	16	64-60	66
10.	Birmingham City	46	17	15	14	52-48	66

Belgium 1996/97, Jupiler League

Day 18

	Sint-Truiden	–	Standard	2:0

	Lierse	–	Molenbeek	2:1

	Gent	–	Germinal Ekeren	2:0

	Antwerp	–	Charleroi	3:1

	Anderlecht	–	Eendracht Aalst	3:0

	Genk	–	Lokeren	0:1

	Mouscron	–	Lommel	3:0

	Club	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	Lierse	34	21	10	3	70-38	73
2.	Brugge	34	22	5	7	69-34	71
3.	Mouscron	34	17	10	7	60-38	61

4.	Anderlecht	34	16	10	8	59-36	58
5.	Lommel	34	16	9	9	50-48	57
6.	Antwerp	34	16	5	13	51-49	53
7.	Standard	34	16	2	16	55-55	50
8.	Genk	34	13	9	12	49-43	48
9.	Harelbeke	34	12	11	11	50-42	47
10.	Germinal Ekeren	34	13	7	14	56-57	46

Netherlands 1996/97, Eredivisie

Day 20

	Roda	–	Heerenveen	6:1 (2:1)

	Fortuna Sittard	–	Waalwijk	0:0

	Club	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	PSV	34	24	5	5	90-26	77
2.	Feyenoord	34	22	7	5	67-34	73
3.	Twente	34	20	5	9	60-33	65

4.	Ajax	34	17	10	7	55-31	61
5.	Vitesse	34	15	10	9	53-41	55
6.	Roda	34	16	7	11	56-47	55
7.	Heerenveen	34	13	11	10	58-47	50
8.	De Graafschap	34	13	6	15	52-55	45
9.	NAC	34	10	10	14	41-54	40
10.	Groningen	34	9	12	13	43-56	39

Spain 1996/97, Primera

Day 17

	Real Valladolid	–	Real Madrid	1:1 (0:1)

	Club	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	Real Madrid	42	27	11	4	85-36	92
2.	Barcelona	42	28	6	8	102-48	90
3.	Deportivo La Coruna	42	21	14	7	57-30	77

4.	Real Betis	42	21	14	7	81-46	77
5.	Atlético Madrid	42	20	11	11	76-64	71
6.	Athletic	42	16	16	10	72-57	64
7.	Real Valladolid	42	18	10	14	57-46	64
8.	Real Sociedad	42	18	9	15	50-47	63
9.	Tenerife	42	15	11	16	69-57	56
10.	Valencia	42	15	11	16	63-59	56

Portugal 1996/97, Primeira Divisão

Day 13

		Belenenses	–	Porto	0:2 (0:2)
	Lisboa Estádio do Restelo

	Club	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	Porto	34	27	4	3	80-24	85
2.	Sporting	34	22	6	6	55-19	72
3.	Benfica	34	17	7	10	49-30	58

4.	Braga	34	15	10	9	39-40	55
5.	Vitória Guimarães	34	15	8	11	51-46	53
6.	Salgueiros	34	14	10	10	49-48	52
7.	Boavista	34	12	13	9	62-39	49
8.	Marítimo	34	13	8	13	39-38	47
9.	Estrela	34	12	11	11	39-38	47
10.	Chaves	34	12	10	12	39-45	46

Scotland 1996/97, Premier Division

Day 18

		Kilmarnock	–	Aberdeen	3:0 (1:0)
	Kilmarnock Rugby Park
		Celtic	–	Dundee United	1:0 (1:0)
	Glasgow Celtic Park
		Motherwell	–	Dunfermline Athletic	2:3 (2:1)
	Motherwell Fir Park
		Hearts	–	Rangers	1:4 (0:1)
	Edinburgh Tynecastle Stadium
		Raith Rovers	–	Hibernian	0:3 (0:0)
	Kirkcaldy Stark's Park

	Club	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	Rangers	36	25	5	6	85-33	80
2.	Celtic	36	23	6	7	78-32	75
3.	Dundee United	36	17	9	10	46-33	60

4.	Hearts	36	14	10	12	46-43	52
5.	Dunfermline Athletic	36	12	9	15	52-65	45
6.	Aberdeen	36	10	14	12	45-54	44
7.	Kilmarnock	36	11	6	19	41-61	39
8.	Motherwell	36	9	11	16	44-55	38
9.	Hibernian	36	9	11	16	38-55	38

10.	Raith Rovers	36	6	7	23	29-73	25

Australia 1996/97, National Soccer League, Regular season

Day 11

		Brisbane Strikers	–	Collingwood Warriors	5:2
	Brisbane Suncorp Stadium
		Marconi Fairfield	–	Sydney UTS Olympic	5:1
	Sydney Marconi Stadium
		South Melbourne Lakers	–	Perth Glory	1:0
	Melbourne Lakeside Stadium

	Club	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	Sydney United	26	17	5	4	67-33	56
2.	Brisbane Strikers	26	15	2	9	55-40	47
3.	South Melbourne Lakers	26	14	4	8	39-25	46
4.	Adelaide City	26	11	10	5	32-22	43
5.	Marconi Fairfield	26	12	4	10	41-37	40
6.	Melbourne Knights	26	11	6	9	36-32	39

7.	Perth Glory	26	11	5	10	48-41	38
8.	West Adelaide Sharks	26	10	3	13	39-51	33
9.	Sydney UTS Olympic	26	8	8	10	41-46	32
10.	Wollongong City Wolves	26	8	8	10	42-48	32

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Tourneys:	10 117
Matches:	1 129 647
Clubs:	11 507
National teams:	259
Stadiums:	10 279

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African Cup of Nations 2025
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