| Club: | Molde |
| Season: | 1996 |
| Manager: | Åge Hareide |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Chairman: | Lars Erik Frisvold |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| Stadium: | Molde Stadion |
| League: | Tippeligaen |
| League Result: | 8th |
| Cup1: | Norwegian Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Fourth round vs. Kongsvinger |
| League Topscorer: | Ole Gunnar Solskjær (11) |
| Season Topscorer: | Ole Gunnar Solskjær Arild Stavrum (12 goals each) |
| Highest Attendance: | [1] (16 May 1996) |
| Average Attendance: | 4,246[2] |
| Prevseason: | 1995 |
| Nextseason: | 1997 |
The 1996 season was Molde's 21st season in the top flight of Norwegian football. This season Molde competed in Tippeligaen, Norwegian Cup and the 1996–97 UEFA Cup.
In Tippeligaen, Molde finished in 8th position, 26 points behind winners Rosenborg.
Molde participated in the 1996 Norwegian Cup. They were knocked out in the fourth round by Kongsvinger with the score 0–3.
See main article: 1996 Tippeligaen.
See main article: 1996 Norwegian Football Cup.
See main article: 1996–97 UEFA Cup.
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| width=60 | Rank | width=60 | Position | width=60 | width=150 | Player | width=80 | Tippeligaen | width=80 | Norwegian Cup | width=80 | UEFA Cup | width=80 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW |  | 11 | 1 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| FW | | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 3 | FW | | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| 4 | MF | | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 5 | MF | | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| 6 | MF | | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| 7 | FW | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| 8 | DF | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| DF | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| TOTALS | 45 | 10 | 1 | 56 | |||||||||||