1995–96 in Dutch football explained

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.

Eredivisie

See main article: 1995–96 Eredivisie.

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1		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	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-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	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-9
11	RKC Waalwijk	44	34	11	11	12	44	44	0
12	Willem II Tilburg	39	34	9	12	13	53	59	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-6
13	Fortuna Sittard	31	34	6	13	15	27	54	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-27
14	De Graafschap	29	34	6	11	17	37	66	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-29
15	FC Utrecht	28	34	6	10	18	27	59	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-31
16	FC Volendam	27	34	6	9	19	29	65	bgcolor="ccccff"	-36
17	NEC Nijmegen	25	34	6	7	21	33	73	bgcolor="ccccff"	-40
18	Go Ahead Eagles	22	34	5	7	22	40	71	bgcolor="FFCCCC"	-31

Champions League : Ajax AmsterdamCup Winners Cup: PSV EindhovenUEFA Cup: Feyenoord RotterdamUEFA Cup: Roda JC

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

• Fred Grim
• Edwin van der Sar

Defence

• Danny Blind
• Frank de Boer
• Winston Bogarde
• Marcio Santos
• Michael Reiziger
• Sonny Silooy

Midfield

• Ronald de Boer
• Edgar Davids
• Denny Landzaat
• Jari Litmanen
• Kiki Musampa
• Martijn Reuser
• Arnold Scholten

Attack

• Dave van den Bergh
• Andrey Demchenko

• Finidi George
• Peter Hoekstra
• Nwankwo Kanu
• Patrick Kluivert
• Marc Overmars
• Dennis Schulp
• Ignacio Tuhuteru
• Nordin Wooter

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		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	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-6
11	MVV Maastricht	42	34	10	12	12	41	46	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-5
12	TOP Oss	39	34	8	15	11	46	50	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-4
13	RBC Roosendaal	39	34	11	6	17	35	51	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-16
14	FC Zwolle	33	34	7	12	15	37	43	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-6
15	FC Den Haag	31	34	8	7	20	39	60	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-21
16	Excelsior Rotterdam	29	34	8	5	21	42	72	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-30
17	FC Eindhoven	26	34	5	11	18	41	75	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-34
18	Helmond Sport	22	34	6	4	24	35	77	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-42

Promotion and relegation

Group A

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1		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	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-6
4	FC Den Bosch	2	6	0	2	4	2	10	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-8

Group B

Stayed : NEC Nijmegen and FC Volendam

KNVB Cup

Final

References

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