1995–96 in Dutch football

The 1995–96 season in Dutch football saw holders Ajax Amsterdam winning the title in the Eredivisie once again, while PSV Eindhoven won the Dutch National Cup. Starting from this season a victory yields three points instead of two.

Super Cup

August 16, 1995

Feyenoord	1–2 (AET)	Ajax
Larsson 27'		R. de Boer 25' Kluivert 102'(golden goal)

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Van der Ende

Eredivisie

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Ajax Amsterdam	83	34	26	5	3	97	24	+73
2	PSV Eindhoven	77	34	24	5	5	97	25	+72
3	Feyenoord Rotterdam	63	34	18	9	7	66	36	+30
4	Roda JC	57	34	15	12	7	51	35	+16
5	Vitesse Arnhem	53	34	15	8	11	48	44	+4
6	Sparta Rotterdam	53	34	14	11	9	53	53	0
7	SC Heerenveen	53	34	14	11	9	66	68	-2
8	NAC Breda	52	34	14	10	10	58	44	+14
9	FC Groningen	49	34	12	13	9	48	45	+3
10	FC Twente	48	34	14	6	14	46	55	-9
11	RKC Waalwijk	44	34	11	11	12	44	44	0
12	Willem II Tilburg	39	34	9	12	13	53	59	-6
13	Fortuna Sittard	31	34	6	13	15	27	54	-27
14	De Graafschap	29	34	6	11	17	37	66	-29
15	FC Utrecht	28	34	6	10	18	27	59	-31
16	FC Volendam	27	34	6	9	19	29	65	-36
17	NEC Nijmegen	25	34	6	7	21	33	73	-40
18	Go Ahead Eagles	22	34	5	7	22	40	71	-31

Champions League : Ajax Amsterdam
Cup Winners Cup: PSV Eindhoven
UEFA Cup: Feyenoord Rotterdam
UEFA Cup: Roda JC

Topscorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Luc Nilis	PSV Eindhoven	21
2	Mariano Bombarda	FC Groningen	19
3	Graham Arnold	NAC Breda	16
	Dennis de Nooijer	Sparta Rotterdam	16
5	Patrick Kluivert	Ajax Amsterdam	15

Awards

Dutch Footballer of the Year

1995 — Luc Nilis (PSV Eindhoven)
1996 — Ronald de Boer (Ajax Amsterdam)

Dutch Golden Shoe Winner

1995 — Danny Blind (Ajax Amsterdam)
1996 — Danny Blind (Ajax Amsterdam)

Ajax Winning Squad 1995-'96

Goal

Defence

Midfield

Attack

Management

Louis van Gaal (Coach)
Gerard van der Lem (Assistant)
Bobby Haarms (Assistant)

Eerste Divisie

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	AZ Alkmaar	73	34	21	10	3	64	26	+38
2	FC Emmen	67	34	18	13	3	71	39	+32
3	FC Den Bosch	58	34	15	13	6	51	36	+15
4	BV Veendam	58	34	16	19	8	48	35	+13
5	VVV-Venlo	57	34	15	12	7	55	33	+22
6	Cambuur Leeuwarden	57	34	15	12	7	49	32	+17
7	Dordrecht '90	54	34	14	12	8	62	45	+17
8	Heracles Almelo	50	34	14	8	12	56	50	+6
9	Telstar	50	34	13	11	10	42	38	+4
10	HFC Haarlem	45	34	14	3	17	47	53	-6
11	MVV Maastricht	42	34	10	12	12	41	46	-5
12	TOP Oss	39	34	8	15	11	46	50	-4
13	RBC Roosendaal	39	34	11	6	17	35	51	-16
14	FC Zwolle	33	34	7	12	15	37	43	-6
15	FC Den Haag	31	34	8	7	20	39	60	-21
16	Excelsior Rotterdam	29	34	8	5	21	42	72	-30
17	FC Eindhoven	26	34	5	11	18	41	75	-34
18	Helmond Sport	22	34	6	4	24	35	77	-42

Promotion and relegation

Group A

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	FC Volendam	18	6	6	0	0	10	2	+8
2	Heracles Almelo	10	6	3	1	2	13	7	+6
3	VVV-Venlo	4	6	1	1	4	3	9	-6
4	FC Den Bosch	2	6	0	2	4	2	10	-8

Group B

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	NEC Nijmegen	15	6	5	0	1	12	4	+8
2	BV Veendam	10	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1
3	FC Emmen	9	6	3	0	3	10	8	+2
4	Cambuur Leeuwarden	1	6	0	1	5	2	13	-11

Stayed : NEC Nijmegen and FC Volendam

KNVB Cup

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

February 29

FC Twente	1
		May 3
PSV Eindhoven	3
		PSV Eindhoven	3
February 28
		Roda JC	1
VVV-Venlo	0
				May 16 - Rotterdam
Roda JC	2
				PSV Eindhoven	5
February 28
				Sparta Rotterdam	2
Sparta Rotterdam	1
		April 7
Cambuur Leeuwarden	0
		Sparta Rotterdam	1
February 29
		Feyenoord Rotterdam	0
MVV Maastricht	1

Feyenoord Rotterdam	2

Final

May 16, 1996

PSV Eindhoven	5 – 2	Sparta Rotterdam
Cocu 7' Vink 14' Veldman 65' (own goal) Jonk 87' Van der Doelen 90'		Van der Meer 45' D. de Nooijer 79'

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: Unknown

Referee: Van der Ende

Dutch national team

References

RSSSF Archive

v t e Eredivisie
2024–25 clubs	Ajax Almere City AZ Feyenoord Fortuna Sittard Go Ahead Eagles Groningen Heerenveen Heracles Almelo NAC NEC PEC Zwolle PSV RKC Waalwijk Sparta Rotterdam Twente Utrecht Willem II
Stadiums	Abe Lenstra Stadion De Adelaarshorst AFAS Stadion Erve Asito Euroborg Fortuna Sittard Stadion Galgenwaard De Goffert De Grolsch Veste Johan Cruyff Arena Het Kasteel Koning Willem II Stadion De Kuip MAC³PARK Stadion Mandemakers Stadion Philips Stadion Rat Verlegh Stadion Yanmar Stadion
Former clubs	ADO Den Haag Alkmaar '54 FC Amsterdam Blauw-Wit Cambuur De Graafschap De Volewijckers Den Bosch Dordrecht DOS DS '79 DWS FC Eindhoven Elinkwijk Emmen SC Enschede Excelsior Fortuna '54 Haarlem Helmond Sport MVV NOAD RBC Roda JC SVV Telstar Veendam VVV-Venlo Wageningen Vitesse Volendam XerxesDZB
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