1995–96 AFC Ajax season

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AFC Ajax
1995–96 season
ManagerNetherlands Louis van Gaal
StadiumOlympic Stadium
Eredivisie1st
KNVB CupWinners
Champions LeagueRunners-up
Johan Cruijff ShieldWinners
UEFA Super CupWinners
Intercontinental CupWinners
Top goalscorerPatrick Kluivert (15)

During the 1995–96 Dutch football season, AFC Ajax competed in the Eredivisie.

First-team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Netherlands NED Fred Grim
— GK Netherlands NED Edwin van der Sar
— DF Netherlands NED Danny Blind (captain)
— DF Netherlands NED Winston Bogarde
— DF Netherlands NED Frank de Boer
— DF Netherlands NED Michael Reiziger
— DF Netherlands NED Arnold Scholten
— DF Netherlands NED Sonny Silooy
— DF Brazil BRA Márcio Santos
— MF Netherlands NED Ronald de Boer
— MF Netherlands NED Edgar Davids
— MF Netherlands NED Rob Gehring
— MF Netherlands NED Denny Landzaat
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Netherlands NED Peter Hoekstra
— MF Netherlands NED Kiki Musampa
— MF Netherlands NED Marc Overmars
— MF Netherlands NED Martijn Reuser
— MF Netherlands NED Dennis Schulp
— MF Netherlands NED Ignacio Tuhuteru
— MF Netherlands NED Dave van den Bergh
— MF Netherlands NED Nordin Wooter
— MF Nigeria NGA Finidi George
— FW Netherlands NED Patrick Kluivert
— FW Finland FIN Jari Litmanen
— FW Russia RUS Andriy Demchenko
— FW Nigeria NGA Nwankwo Kanu

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Australia AUS Hayden Foxe

Transfers

In

Out

Results

KNVB Cup

Main article: 1995–96 KNVB Cup
24 January 1996 First Round Heracles 0 – 3 Ajax
30 January 1996 Second Round SC Cambuur 2 – 0 Ajax

Dutch Supercup

Main article: 1995 Dutch Supercup
16 August 1995 Ajax 2–1 (a.e.t.) Feyenoord De Kuip, Rotterdam
R. de Boer 25'
Kluivert 102' (pen.)		 Larsson 27' Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mario van der Ende

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 1995–96 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 1995–96 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group D
Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Netherlands Ajax 6 5 1 0 15 1 +14 16
Spain Real Madrid 6 3 1 2 11 5 +6 10
Hungary Ferencváros 6 1 2 3 9 19 −10 5
Switzerland Grasshopper 6 0 2 4 3 13 −10 2
13 September 1995 Round 1 Ajax Netherlands 1 – 0 Spain Real Madrid Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
20:30 Overmars 14' Report Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)
27 September 1995 Round 2 Ferencváros Hungary 1 – 5 Netherlands Ajax Űllői út, Budapest
20:30 Nyilas 59' (pen.) Report Litmanen 57', 80' (pen.), 88'
Kluivert 67'
F. de Boer 85'		 Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Vassilios Nikakis (Greece)
18 October 1995 Round 3 Ajax Netherlands 3 – 0 Switzerland Grasshopper Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
20:30 Kluivert 10', 68'
Finidi 87'		 Report Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Adrian Porumboiu (Romania)
1 November 1995 Round 4 Grasshopper Switzerland 0 – 0 Netherlands Ajax Hardturm, Zurich
20:30 Report Attendance: 20,100
Referee: Nikolay Levnikov (Russia)
22 November 1995 Round 5 Real Madrid Spain 0 – 2 Netherlands Ajax Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
20:30 Report Litmanen 64'
Kluivert 76'		 Attendance: 72,000
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)
6 December 1995 Round 6 Ajax Netherlands 4 – 0 Hungary Ferencváros Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
20:30 Overmars 17'
R. de Boer 22'
Litmanen 62', 66'		 Report Attendance: 42,319
Referee: Ilkka Koho (Finland)

Knockout phase

Main article: 1995–96 UEFA Champions League knockout stage
Quarter-finals
6 March 1996 First Leg Borussia Dortmund Germany 0 – 2 Netherlands Ajax Dortmund, Germany
20:30 Report Davids 8'
Kluivert 85'		 Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 35,800
Referee: Dermot Gallagher (England)
20 March 1996 Second Leg Ajax Netherlands 1 – 0 Germany Borussia Dortmund Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:30 Musampa 75' Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Vaclav Krondl (Czech Republic)
Semi-finals
3 April 1996 First Leg Ajax Netherlands 0 – 1 Greece Panathinaikos Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
20:30 Report Warzycha 87' Attendance: 42,000
Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)
17 April 1996 Second Leg Panathinaikos Greece 0 – 3 Netherlands Ajax Spyridon Louis, Athens
21:30 Report Litmanen 4', 77'
Wooter 86'		 Attendance: 74,000
Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)
Final
Main article: 1996 UEFA Champions League Final
22 May 1996 Ajax Netherlands 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2 – 4 p)		 Italy Juventus Stadio Olimpico, Rome
20:30 Litmanen 41' Report Ravanelli 13' Attendance: 67,000
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)
Penalties
Davids soccer ball with red X
Litmanen soccer ball with check mark
Scholten soccer ball with check mark
Silooy soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with check mark Ferrara
soccer ball with check mark Pessotto
soccer ball with check mark Padovano
soccer ball with check mark Jugović

Intercontinental Cup

Main article: 1995 Intercontinental Cup
28 November 1995 Ajax Netherlands 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 3 p)		 Brazil Grêmio National Stadium, Tokyo
18:15 Report Attendance: 47,129
Referee: David Elleray (England)
Penalties
Kluivert soccer ball with red X
R. de Boer soccer ball with check mark
F. de Boer soccer ball with check mark
George soccer ball with check mark
Blind soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with red X Dinho
soccer ball with red X Arce
soccer ball with check mark Magno
soccer ball with check mark Gélson
soccer ball with check mark Adílson

UEFA Super Cup

Main article: 1995 UEFA Super Cup
6 February 1996 First Leg Real Zaragoza Spain 1 – 1 Netherlands AFC Ajax La Romareda, Zaragoza
Aguado 28' Kluivert 70' Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)
28 February 1996 Second Leg AFC Ajax Netherlands 4 – 0 Spain Real Zaragoza Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
Bogarde 43'
George 54'
Blind 65' (pen.), 69' (pen.)		 Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)

References

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