1995–96 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie

Season	1995–96
Champions	AZ
Promoted	AZ
Goals scored	861
Average goals/game	2.81
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1995–1996 season was contested by 18 teams. AZ won the championship. This was the first year teams earned three points for a win instead of two.

New entrants

Relegated from the 1994–95 Eredivisie

• Dordrecht '90
• MVV

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	AZ	34	21	10	3	64	26	+38	73	Promotion to Eredivisie
2	FC Emmen	34	18	13	3	71	39	+32	67	Play-offs
3	FC Den Bosch	34	15	13	6	51	36	+15	58
4	Veendam	34	16	10	8	48	35	+13	58
5	VVV-Venlo	34	15	12	7	55	33	+22	57
6	Cambuur Leeuwarden	34	15	12	7	49	32	+17	57
7	Dordrecht '90	34	14	12	8	62	45	+17	54
8	SC Heracles	34	14	8	12	56	50	+6	50	Play-offs
9	Telstar	34	13	11	10	42	38	+4	50
10	HFC Haarlem	34	14	3	17	47	53	−6	45
11	MVV	34	10	12	12	41	46	−5	42
12	TOP Oss	34	8	15	11	46	50	−4	39
13	RBC	34	11	6	17	35	51	−16	39
14	FC Zwolle	34	7	12	15	37	43	−6	33
15	ADO Den Haag	34	8	7	19	39	60	−21	31
16	Excelsior	34	8	5	21	42	72	−30	29
17	FC Eindhoven	34	5	11	18	41	75	−34	26
18	Helmond Sport	34	6	4	24	35	77	−42	22

Source:

Promotion/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 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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
3	VVV-Venlo	6	1	1	4	3	9	−6	4
4	FC Den Bosch	6	0	2	4	2	10	−8	2

Source:

Round 1

1996-05-11

FC Den Bosch	0 – 1	FC Volendam

VVV-Venlo	0 – 3	SC Heracles

Round 2

1996-05-18

SC Heracles	2 – 0	FC Den Bosch

FC Volendam	1 – 0	VVV-Venlo

Round 3

1996-05-21

FC Den Bosch	0 – 0	VVV-Venlo

FC Volendam	1 – 0	SC Heracles

Round 4

1996-05-25

VVV-Venlo	2 – 0	FC Den Bosch

SC Heracles	1 – 2	FC Volendam

Round 5

1996-05-28

VVV-Venlo	0 – 1	FC Volendam
		Nijholt File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'

De Koel, Venlo

Attendance: 1,844

Referee: Uilenberg

FC Den Bosch	2 – 2	SC Heracles
Gerver File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Nijhuis File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'		Klaver File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Holster File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'

De Vliert, Den Bosch

Attendance: 1,174

Referee: Jol

Round 6

1996-06-01

FC Volendam	3 – 0	FC Den Bosch

SC Heracles	4 – 1	VVV-Venlo

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	NEC Nijmegen	6	5	0	1	12	4	+8	15	Remain in Eredivisie
2	Veendam	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10
3	FC Emmen	6	3	0	3	10	8	+2	9
4	Cambuur Leeuwarden	6	0	1	5	2	13	−11	1

Source:

Round 1

1996-05-14

NEC Nijmegen	3 – 1	FC Emmen
Janssen File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' Sumiala File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Pothuizen File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'		Alberda File:Soccerball shade.svg 10'

De Goffert, Nijmegen

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Luinge

Cambuur Leeuwarden	2 – 2	Veendam
Van der Berg File:Soccerball shade.svg 73' Oosterhof File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'		Radomski File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Oosting File:Soccerball shade.svg 19'

Cambuur Stadion, Leeuwarden

Attendance: 5,500

Referee: Temmink

Round 2

1996-05-18

Veendam	1 – 0	NEC Nijmegen
Wiekens File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'

De Langeleegte, Veendam

Attendance: 4,777

Referee: Reygwart

FC Emmen	4 – 0	Cambuur Leeuwarden
Van Oostrum File:Soccerball shade.svg 21', File:Soccerball shade.svg 63' Nurmela File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' Stroeve File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'

Univé Stadion, Emmen

Attendance: 4,281

Referee: Uilenberg

Round 3

1996-05-21

NEC Nijmegen	2 – 0	Cambuur Leeuwarden
Janssen File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' (pk) Sumiala File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'

De Goffert, Nijmegen

Attendance: 5,500

Referee: Van Hulten

FC Emmen	2 – 1	Veendam

Round 4

1996-05-25

Cambuur Leeuwarden	0 – 1	NEC Nijmegen
		Langerak File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'

Cambuur Stadion, Leeuwarden

Attendance: 4,250

Referee: Luyten

Veendam	1 – 0	FC Emmen

Round 5

1996-05-28

Cambuur Leeuwarden	0 – 1	FC Emmen
		De Jonge File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'

Cambuur Stadion, Leeuwarden

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Van der Ende

NEC Nijmegen	3 – 0	Veendam
Van Diemen File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Sumiala File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' Pothuizen File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'

De Goffert, Nijmegen

Attendance: 8,100

Referee: Van Vliet

Round 6

1996-06-01

FC Emmen	2 – 3	NEC Nijmegen
Drent File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' Barmentloo File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'		Sumiala File:Soccerball shade.svg 23', File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' De Kruyff File:Soccerball shade.svg 78' (og)

Univé Stadion, Emmen

Attendance: 6,800

Referee: Temmink

Veendam	3 – 0	Cambuur Leeuwarden
do Nascimento File:Soccerball shade.svg 68', File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' Wiekens File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'

De Langeleegte, Veendam

Attendance: 2,631

Referee: Koopman

See also

• 1995–96 in Dutch football
• 1995–96 Eredivisie
• 1995–96 KNVB Cup

References

• Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)
• SC Cambuur Archive