1995–96 Eredivisie

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.

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)[1]
Biggest home win	PSV-Graafschap (8–0)
Biggest away win	NEC-Ajax (0–6)
Highest scoring	8–0
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

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
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
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:

1. Winners KNVB Cup.
2. 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]}

See also

• 1995–96 in Dutch football
• 1995–96 Eerste Divisie
• 1995–96 KNVB Cup