# 1995–96 PSV Eindhoven season

During the 1995–96 Dutch football season, PSV Eindhoven competed in its 40th Eredivisie tournament.

## Season summary

PSV finished the season in second, one better than last season, with ten more points (once adjusting for the switch to three-points-for-a-win). The club also made its deepest run in Europe since winning the European Cup at the turn of the decade, with a 7–1 thrashing off Finnish team MyPa and a 5–3 victory at Leeds among the highlights as PSV reached the quarter-finals. A 2–2 draw at Spanish giants Barcelona gave the Dutch club a foundation for a second-leg triumph, but a late Barcelona goal gave the Catalans the victory on the night and a semi-final berth.

## First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | NED | Stanley Menzo |
| — | GK | NED | Ronald Waterreus |
| — | DF | NED | Wilfred Bouma |
| — | DF | NED | Ernest Faber |
| — | DF | NED | Ferry Maas |
| — | DF | NED | Arthur Numan (captain) |
| — | DF | NED | Jaap Stam |
| — | DF | NED | Stan Valckx |
| — | DF | NED | Chris van der Weerden |
| — | DF | THA | Geoffrey Prommayon |
| — | MF | NED | Phillip Cocu |
| — | MF | NED | Wim Jonk |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | NED | René Klomp |
| — | MF | NED | Edward Linskens |
| — | MF | NED | Björn van der Doelen |
| — | MF | NED | Tommie van der Leegte |
| — | MF | NED | Marciano Vink |
| — | MF | NED | Jan Wouters |
| — | MF | NED | Boudewijn Zenden |
| — | FW | NED | René Eijkelkamp |
| — | FW | NED | Boudewijn Pahlplatz |
| — | FW | BEL | Luc Nilis |
| — | FW | ISL | Eiður Guðjohnsen |
| — | FW | BRA | Ronaldo |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | NED | Peter Hoekstra (to Ajax) |

## Transfers
### Out

* Erik Meijer – KFC Uerdingen
* Patrick Paauwe – De Graafschap
* Peter Hoekstra – Ajax

### Loan out

* Jürgen Dirkx – Fortuna Sittard, season
* Vampeta – Fluminense, season

## Competitions
### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | 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 | |
* ↑ Winners KNVB Cup.

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### First round

PSV won 8–2 on aggregate.

#### Second round

PSV won 3–8 on aggregate.

#### Third round

PSV won 2–1 on aggregate.

#### Quarter-finals

Barcelona won 5–4 on aggregate.

## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 1995-96 Eredivisie | 1995-96 Eredivisie | Cup | Cup | 1995-96 UEFA Cup | 1995-96 UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | NED | Waterreus | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| | DF | NED | van der Weerden | 27 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| | DF | NED | Faber | 23 | 2 | 23 | 2 |
| | DF | NED | Valckx | 31 | 1 | 30+1 | 1 |
| | DF | NED | Numan | 27 | 2 | 27 | 2 |
| | MF | NED | Cocu | 31 | 12 | 29+2 | 12 |
| | MF | NED | Jonk | 29 | 6 | 28+1 | 6 |
| | MF | NED | Wouters | 20 | 3 | 20 | 3 |
| | MF | NED | Zenden | 25 | 7 | 16+9 | 7 |
| | FW | BEL | Nilis | 31 | 21 | 31 | 21 |
| | FW | NED | Eijkelkamp | 27 | 10 | 20+7 | 10 |
| | GK | SUR | Menzo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SUR | Vink | 23 | 2 | 19+4 | 2 |
| | DF | NED | Stam | 14 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| | FW | NED | Pahlplatz | 20 | 5 | 11+9 | 5 |
| | FW | BRA | Ronaldo | 13 | 12 | 10+3 | 12 |
| | MF | NED | van der Leegte | 12 | 1 | 7+5 | 1 |
| | MF | NED | Linskens | 10 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 |
| | FW | ISL | Gudjohnsen | 13 | 3 | 6+7 | 3 |
| | MF | NED | van der Doelen | 11 | 1 | 5+6 | 1 |
| | DF | THA | Prommayon | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| | MF | NED | Klomp | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | DF | NED | Bouma | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| | DF | NED | Maas | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
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