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21.12.1996 <

Football matches for 22.12.1996

> 23.12.1996

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Friendly internationals

	Benin	–	Gabon	3:3 (1:2)

	Burkina Faso	–	Ghana	2:1 (1:0)
Benin

England 1996/97, Premiere League

Day 18

	17:30	Aston Villa	–	Wimbledon	5:0 (2:0)
	Birmingham Villa 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

		Swindon Town	–	Bolton Wanderers	2:2 (1:0)
	Swindon County Ground

	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

	Cercle	–	Mechelen	1:2

	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

	Volendam	–	Vitesse	1:1 (1:0)

	Twente	–	AZ	1:0 (0:0)

	NEC	–	Feyenoord	1:2 (0:1)

	Ajax	–	PSV	0:2 (0:1)

	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

	Athletic	–	Extremadura	0:0

	Atlético Madrid	–	Real Sociedad	2:2 (1:2)

	Logroñés	–	Rayo Vallecano	0:2 (0:1)

	Tenerife	–	Español	5:1 (2:0)

	Barcelona	–	Celta de Vigo	1:0 (1:0)

	Sevilla	–	Real Betis	0:3 (0:1)

	Real Zaragoza	–	Racing	0:2 (0:1)

	Compostela	–	Real Oviedo	0:2 (0:2)

	Sporting Gijon	–	Deportivo La Coruna	1:1 (1:1)

	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

Italy 1996/97, Serie A

Day 14

		Fiorentina	–	Cagliari	2:0 (0:0)

		Milan	–	Parma	0:1 (0:1)

		Napoli	–	Lazio	1:0 (0:0)

		Piacenza	–	Juventus	1:1 (0:0)
	Piacenza Stadio Leonardo Garilli
		Reggiana	–	Inter	1:1 (1:0)

		Roma	–	Atalanta	0:2 (0:2)

		Sampdoria	–	Vicenza	2:1 (2:0)

		Hellas Verona	–	Udinese	3:2 (0:1)

		Bologna	–	Perugia	0:0

	Club	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	Juventus	34	17	14	3	51-24	65
2.	Parma	34	18	9	7	41-26	63
3.	Inter	34	15	14	5	51-35	59

4.	Lazio	34	15	10	9	54-37	55
5.	Udinese	34	15	9	10	53-41	54
6.	Sampdoria	34	14	11	9	60-46	53
7.	Bologna	34	13	10	11	50-44	49
8.	Vicenza	34	12	11	11	43-38	47
9.	Fiorentina	34	10	15	9	46-41	45
10.	Atalanta	34	11	11	12	44-46	44

Portugal 1996/97, Primeira Divisão

Day 13

		União de Leiria	–	Boavista	1:1 (0:0)
	Leiria Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa
		Salgueiros	–	Estrela	3:3 (1:0)
	Porto Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro
		Gil Vicente	–	Farense	1:1 (1:0)
	Barcelos Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo
		Vitória Guimarães	–	Leça	3:0 (1:0)
	Guimarães Estádio Municipal de Guimarães
		Benfica	–	Marítimo	0:0
	Lisboa Estádio da Luz
		Braga	–	Rio Ave	1:0 (1:0)
	Braga Estádio 1.º de Maio
		Vitória Setubal	–	Espinho	0:2 (0:1)
	Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim

	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

Australia 1996/97, National Soccer League, Regular season

Day 11

		Adelaide City	–	Gippsland Falcons	4:1
	Adelaide Hindmarsh Stadium
		Melbourne Knights	–	West Adelaide Sharks	4:0
	Melbourne Knights 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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African Cup of Nations 2025
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Equatorial Guinea – Sudan	15:30
Côte d'Ivoire – Cameroon	18:00
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Sunderland – Leeds United	14:00
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Milan – Hellas Verona	12:30
Cremonese – Napoli	15:00
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Morocco – Mali	1:1
Angola – Zimbabwe	1:1
Egypt – South Africa	1:0
England 2025/26 Premiere League
Manchester United – Newcastle United	1:0
England 2025/26 Football League Championship
Birmingham City – Derby County	1:1
Millwall – Ipswich Town	0:0
Coventry City – Swansea City	1:0
Middlesbrough – Blackburn Rovers	0:0
Norwich City – Charlton Athletic	1:0
Sheffield Wednesday – Hull City	2:2
Leicester City – Watford	1:2
Oxford United – Southampton	2:1
Portsmouth – Queens Park Rangers	1:1
West Bromwich Albion – Bristol City	1:2
Stoke City – Preston North End	0:0
Wrexham – Sheffield United	5:3
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Genk – Brugge	3:5
Cercle – Union Saint-Gilloise	1:1
Standard – Sint-Truiden	1:2
Anderlecht – Charleroi	1:2