1995–96 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season


During the 1995–96 English football season, Blackburn Rovers F.C. competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

Blackburn had a disappointing title defence in the Premier League, dropping to 7th in the standings in the wake of Kenny Dalglish's resignation as manager. Their first half of the season was little short of disastrous, their 5-0 defeat at struggling Coventry City in mid December being their eighth in the league, with relegation a distant possibility. However, Blackburn improved in the second half of the season, losing just five more games and only narrowly missing out on a UEFA Cup place.
They also got knocked out of the Champions League already in the group stage against comparatively unknown Rosenborg and Legia Warsaw. Compounding the misery was the sale of fan favourite and top scorer Alan Shearer, who went to Newcastle for a British transfer record at the end of July.

Final league table

;Results summary
;Results by round

Results

Blackburn Rovers' score comes first

Legend

FA Premier League

FA Charity Shield

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
13 August 1995EvertonN0-140,149

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R36 January 1996Ipswich TownA0-021,236
R3R16 January 1996Ipswich TownH0-119,606

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R2 1st Leg20 September 1995Swindon TownA3-214,740Sutton, Shearer
R2 2nd Leg4 October 1995Swindon TownH2-016,924Shearer
R324 October 1995WatfordA2-117,035Shearer, Newell
R429 November 1995Leeds UnitedA1-226,006Kelly

UEFA Champions League

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersReferee
Group B13 September 1995Spartak MoscowH0-120,940Michel Piraux
Group B27 September 1995RosenborgA1-212,210NewellGünter Benkö
Group B18 October 1995Legia WarsawA0-115,000Anders Frisk
Group B1 November 1995Legia WarsawH0-020,897Urs Meier
Group B22 November 1995Spartak MoscowA0-325,000Pierluigi Pairetto
Group B6 December 1995RosenborgH4-120,677Shearer, Newell Didier Pauchard

Squad

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Transfers

In

Out

Statistics

Appearances and goals

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season

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