During the 1996–97 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the
FA Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
(known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).
Season summary
Most observers had tipped Leicester for an immediate return to Division One, so
Martin O'Neill
Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill, (born 1 March 1952) is a Northern Irish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
Starting his career in Northern Ireland, O'Neill moved to England where he spent most of his playi ...
's ultimate task for this season was to achieve survival for Leicester. However, he defied many of the pre-season predictions by finishing 9th in the table. Leicester's season was capped by a victory over
Middlesbrough in the
League Cup final to win their first major trophy for 33 years and their passport to the following season's
UEFA Cup.
Final league table
;Results summary
;Results by round
Results
Pre-season
FA Premier League
FA Cup
League Cup
First-team squad
:''Squad at end of season''
Left club during season
Reserve squad
Transfers
In
Out
:Transfers in: £5,350,000
:Transfers out: £1,425,000
:Total spending: £3,925,000
References
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Leicester City F.C. seasons
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