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
Season1995–96
Dates18 August 1995 – 5 May 1996
ChampionsAjax (26th title)
PromotedFortuna Sittard
De Graafschap
RelegatedGo Ahead Eagles
Champions LeagueAjax
Cup Winners' CupPSV
UEFA CupFeyenoord
Roda JC
Intertoto Cupsc Heerenveen
FC Groningen
Goals scored920
Average goals/game3.00
Top goalscorerBelgium Luc Nilis (21 goals)[1]
Biggest home winPSV-Graafschap (8–0)
Biggest away winNEC-Ajax (0–6)
Highest scoring8–0

League standings

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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

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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

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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

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