1996–97 Eredivisie

Eredivisie

Season	1996-97
Champions	PSV (14th title)
Promoted	AZ
Relegated	AZ
Champions League	PSV Feyenoord
Cup Winners' Cup	Roda JC
UEFA Cup	FC Twente Ajax Vitesse Arnhem
Intertoto Cup	sc Heerenveen FC Groningen
Goals scored	864
Average goals/game	2.82
Top goalscorer	Luc Nilis PSV 21 goals
← 1995-96 1997-98 →

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1996/1997 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	GP	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD	Notes
1	PSV	34	24	5	5	77	90	26	64	Champions League
2	Feyenoord	34	22	7	5	73	67	34	33	Champions League Second qualifying round
3	FC Twente	34	20	5	9	65	60	33	27	UEFA Cup
4	Ajax	34	17	10	7	61	55	31	24
5	Vitesse	34	15	10	9	55	53	41	12
6	Roda JC 1	34	16	7	11	55	56	47	9	Cup Winners' Cup
7	SC Heerenveen	34	13	11	10	50	58	47	11	Intertoto Cup
8	De Graafschap	34	13	6	15	45	52	55	-3
9	NAC	34	10	10	14	40	41	54	-13
10	FC Groningen	34	9	12	13	39	43	56	-13	Intertoto Cup
11	Fortuna Sittard	34	9	12	13	39	36	52	-16
12	FC Utrecht	34	8	14	12	38	42	52	-10
13	Sparta	34	11	5	18	38	40	56	-16
14	FC Volendam	34	9	11	14	38	36	55	-19
15	Willem II	34	9	8	17	35	34	51	-17
16	RKC Waalwijk	34	9	7	18	34	39	61	-22
17	NEC	34	7	11	16	32	35	61	-26
18	AZ	34	6	7	21	25	27	52	-25	Relegation to Eerste Divisie

Source:

Relegation play-offs

In the promotion/relegation competition, eight entrants (six from this league and two from the Eredivisie) entered in two groups. The group winners were promoted to the Eredivisie.

Group A
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	RKC Waalwijk	15	6	5	0	1	19	6	+13
2	FC Zwolle	10	6	3	1	2	6	9	–3
3	Emmen	7	6	2	1	3	8	10	–2
4	ADO Den Haag	2	6	0	2	4	3	11	–8

Group B
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	NEC	15	6	5	0	1	19	5	+14
2	Go Ahead Eagles	15	6	5	0	1	17	5	+12
3	Cambuur Leeuwarden	6	6	2	0	4	8	15	–7
4	VVV-Venlo	0	6	0	0	6	6	22	–16

	Teams remain in Eredivisie
	Teams remain in Eerste Divisie

See also

• Eerste Divisie 1996-97
• KNVB Cup 1996-97

External links

• Results by round at weltfussball.de