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

Main article: 1995–96 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	Nationality	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

• 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	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

Main article: Netherlands national football team results – 1990s § 1995

References

• RSSSF Archive