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1995–96 Cardiff City F.C. season

season of football team

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ4590929 ↗
Source-derived summary

The 1995–96 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 69th season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the fourth tier of English football, finishing twenty-second.

Players

First team squad.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

League standings

Results by round

Fixtures and results

Third Division

Source

League Cup

FA Cup

Auto Windscreens Shield

See also

List of Cardiff City F.C. seasons

References

Bibliography

Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.

Shepherd, Richard (2002).

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This entry incorporates text from “1995–96 Cardiff City F.C. season” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.