1996–97 in Dutch football explained

The 1996/1997 season in Dutch football was the 41st professional season in the Eredivisie, with PSV Eindhoven winning the title and Roda JC claiming the Dutch National Cup.

Johan Cruijff-schaal

See main article: 1996 Johan Cruyff Shield.

Eredivisie

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1		77	34	24	5	5	90	26	+64
2	Feyenoord Rotterdam	73	34	22	7	5	67	34	+33
3	FC Twente	65	34	20	5	9	60	33	+27
4	Ajax Amsterdam	61	34	17	10	7	55	31	+24
5	Vitesse Arnhem	55	34	15	10	9	53	41	+12
6	Roda JC	55	34	16	7	11	56	47	+9
7	SC Heerenveen	50	34	13	11	10	58	47	+11
8	De Graafschap	45	34	13	6	15	52	55	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-3
9	NAC Breda	40	34	10	10	14	41	54	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-13
10	FC Groningen	39	34	9	12	13	43	56	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-13
11	Fortuna Sittard	39	34	9	12	13	36	52	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-16
12	FC Utrecht	38	34	8	14	12	42	52	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-10
13	Sparta Rotterdam	38	34	11	5	18	40	56	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-16
14	FC Volendam	38	34	9	11	14	36	55	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-19
15	Willem II Tilburg	35	34	9	11	14	34	51	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-17
16	RKC Waalwijk	34	34	9	7	18	39	61	bgcolor="ccccff"	-22
17	NEC Nijmegen	32	34	7	11	16	35	61	bgcolor="ccccff"	-26
18	AZ Alkmaar	25	34	6	7	21	27	52	bgcolor="FFCCCC"	-25

Champions League : PSV Eindhoven
Champions League qualification : Feyenoord Rotterdam
Cup Winners Cup: Roda JC
UEFA Cup: FC Twente, Ajax Amsterdam and Vitesse Arnhem
Promotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie"): RKC Waalwijk and NEC Nijmegen
Relegated: AZ Alkmaar

Awards

Dutch Footballer of the Year

1996 - Ronald de Boer (Ajax Amsterdam)
1997 - Jaap Stam (PSV Eindhoven)

Dutch Golden Shoe Winner

1996 - Danny Blind (Ajax Amsterdam)
1997 - Jaap Stam (PSV Eindhoven)

PSV Winning Squad 1996-'97

Goal

Jan-Willem van Ede
Wilburt Need
Ronald Waterreus

Defence

Midfield

Wilfred Bouma
Phillip Cocu
Marc Degryse
Björn van der Doelen
Wim Jonk
Anders Nielsen
Boudewijn Pahlplatz
Zeljko Petrovic
Dennis Rommedahl
Ovidiu Stinga
Marciano Vink

Attack

Management

Dick Advocaat (Coach)
Rob Baan (Assistant)

Eerste Divisie

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1		70	34	20	10	4	62	30	+32
2	Cambuur Leeuwarden	67	34	20	7	7	65	33	+32
3	FC Emmen	63	34	18	9	7	58	36	+22
4	VVV-Venlo	57	34	16	9	9	55	40	+15
5	FC Zwolle	55	34	15	10	9	52	40	+12
6	Go Ahead Eagles	55	34	16	7	11	58	48	+10
7	FC Den Bosch	54	34	16	6	12	55	43	+12
8	ADO Den Haag	52	34	14	10	10	48	48	0
9	FC Eindhoven	50	34	14	8	12	53	53	0
10	BV Veendam	49	34	13	10	11	44	35	+9
11	TOP Oss	47	34	13	8	13	46	50	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-4
12	Dordrecht '90	46	34	13	7	14	45	49	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-4
13	SC Heracles	37	34	9	10	15	51	50	+1
14	Helmond Sport	36	34	10	6	18	46	64	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-18
15	RBC Roosendaal	35	34	10	5	19	41	63	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-22
16	SC Telstar	28	34	7	7	20	34	68	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-34
17	Excelsior Rotterdam	24	34	6	6	22	37	67	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-30
18	HFC Haarlem	22	34	5	7	22	34	67	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-33

Promoted : MVV Maastricht
Promotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie"): Cambuur, Emmen, VVV, Zwolle, Eindhoven, Go Ahead Eagles and ADO Den Haag

Promotion and relegation

Group A

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1		15	6	5	0	1	19	6	+13
2	FC Zwolle	10	6	3	1	2	6	9	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-3
3	FC Emmen	7	6	2	1	3	8	10	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-2
4	ADO Den Haag	2	6	0	2	4	3	11	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-8

Group B

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1		15	6	5	0	1	19	5	+14
2	Go Ahead Eagles	15	6	5	0	1	17	8	+9
3	Cambuur Leeuwarden	6	6	2	0	4	8	15	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-7
4	VVV-Venlo	0	6	0	0	6	6	22	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-16

Stayed : RKC Waalwijk and NEC Nijmegen

KNVB Cup

Final

References

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