1995–96 Eredivisie

Eredivisie
Season	1995–96
Dates	18 August 1995 – 5 May 1996
Champions	Ajax (26th title)
Promoted	Fortuna Sittard; De Graafschap
Relegated	Go Ahead Eagles
Champions League	Ajax
Cup Winners' Cup	PSV
UEFA Cup	Feyenoord; Roda JC
Intertoto Cup	sc Heerenveen ; FC Groningen
Goals scored	920
Average goals/game	3.00
Top goalscorer	Luc Nilis (21 goals)
Biggest home win	PSV-Graafschap (8–0)
Biggest away win	NEC-Ajax (0–6)
Highest scoring	8–0
	← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The 1995–96 Eredivisieseason was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship. From this season onwards a match win was rewarded with 3 points instead of 2.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ajax (C)	34	26	5	3	97	24	+73	83	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	PSV^[a]	34	24	5	5	97	25	+72	77	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Feyenoord	34	18	9	7	66	36	+30	63	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Roda JC	34	15	12	7	51	35	+16	57	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Vitesse Arnhem	34	15	8	11	48	44	+4	53
6	Sparta	34	14	11	9	53	53	0	53
7	sc Heerenveen	34	14	11	9	66	68	−2	53	Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
8	NAC	34	14	10	10	58	44	+14	52
9	FC Groningen	34	12	13	9	48	45	+3	49	Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
10	FC Twente	34	14	6	14	46	55	−9	48
11	RKC	34	11	11	12	44	44	0	44
12	Willem II	34	9	12	13	53	59	−6	39
13	Fortuna Sittard	34	6	13	15	27	54	−27	31
14	De Graafschap	34	6	11	17	37	66	−29	29
15	FC Utrecht	34	6	10	18	27	59	−32	28
16	FC Volendam	34	6	9	19	29	65	−36	27	Qualification to Relegation play-offs^[b]
17	NEC	34	6	7	21	33	73	−40	25	Qualification to Relegation play-offs^[b]
18	Go Ahead Eagles (R)	34	5	7	22	40	71	−31	22	Relegation to Eerste Divisie

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Winners KNVB Cup.
^ Volendam and NEC both remained in the eredivisie after winning promotion/relegation play-offs.

Results

Home \ Away	AJX	FEY	FOR	GAE	GRA	GRO	HEE	NAC	NEC	PSV	RKC	RJC	SPA	TWE	UTR	VIT	VOL	WIL
Ajax	—	2–0	4–0	2–1	1–0	4–1	6–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	6–1	4–0	6–1	4–0	3–0	4–0	5–1
Feyenoord	2–4	—	1–0	2–2	2–0	4–1	4–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	5–2	5–1	2–0
Fortuna Sittard	1–2	1–0	—	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	0–0
Go Ahead Eagles	0–4	0–3	2–0	—	4–0	2–2	2–3	1–1	2–2	0–5	1–3	1–2	1–3	1–3	2–3	1–3	1–2	0–2
De Graafschap	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	—	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–3	1–2	1–1	0–2	5–2	0–3	3–0	2–3	1–0	1–2
Groningen	3–4	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	—	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	5–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	2–1	3–0
Heerenveen	0–4	0–1	5–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	—	1–1	4–1	1–3	2–1	3–2	4–0	1–1	4–2	1–2	4–3	2–2
NAC	0–1	0–3	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	5–1	—	2–1	3–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	4–1	3–0	2–2	4–0	0–1
NEC	0–6	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–3	—	0–5	2–1	1–4	2–2	1–4	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–1
PSV Eindhoven	1–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	8–0	7–1	5–1	4–1	1–0	—	4–0	3–0	1–2	3–0	0–0	1–0	7–0	2–0
RKC	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–0	1–3	2–3	2–2	4–0	1–3	—	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	3–2
Roda	2–0	1–1	1–1	5–0	3–1	0–0	2–2	5–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	—	1–0	0–0	3–1	0–1	2–0	1–1
Sparta Rotterdam	3–3	3–2	0–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	5–2	3–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	—	4–2	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–1
Twente	0–3	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–3	2–0	3–2	0–1	0–3	1–0	—	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–1
Utrecht	0–3	1–0	2–3	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–4	1–2	1–4	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–3	—	2–0	2–2	3–3
Vitesse	2–1	0–2	5–1	0–3	0–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	—	2–1	2–2
Volendam	0–0	0–3	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–5	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	—	0–0
Willem II	1–0	2–2	4–0	1–2	1–1	5–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	2–5	1–2	1–2	6–0	5–2	1–1	0–5	1–0	—

Source: Eredivisie.nl (in Dutch)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	FC Volendam	6	6	0	0	10	2	+8	18	Remain in Eredivisie
2	SC Heracles	6	3	1	2	13	7	+6	10	Remain in Eerste Divisie
3	VVV-Venlo	6	1	1	4	3	9	−6	4
4	FC Den Bosch	6	0	2	4	2	10	−8	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	NEC	6	5	0	1	12	4	+8	15	Remain in Eredivisie
2	BV Veendam	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10	Remain in Eerste Divisie
3	Emmen	6	3	0	3	10	8	+2	9
4	Cambuur Leeuwarden	6	0	1	5	2	13	−11	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

References

Notes

^ EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers

Sources

[table_note_PSV0.68942511067233-2] Winners KNVB Cup.

[table_note_res_RP0.68942511067233-3] Volendam and NEC both remained in the eredivisie after winning promotion/relegation play-offs.

[1] EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers

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1995–96 Eredivisie

Contents

League standings

Results

Relegation play-offs

See also

References