# 1995–96 AFC Ajax season

During the 1995–96 Dutch football season, Ajax competed in the Eredivisie.

## Players
### First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | NED | Fred Grim |
| — | GK | NED | Edwin van der Sar |
| — | DF | NED | Danny Blind (captain) |
| — | DF | NED | Winston Bogarde |
| — | DF | NED | Frank de Boer (vice captain) |
| — | DF | NED | Michael Reiziger |
| — | DF | NED | Arnold Scholten |
| — | DF | NED | Sonny Silooy |
| — | DF | BRA | Márcio Santos |
| — | MF | NED | Ronald de Boer |
| — | MF | NED | Edgar Davids |
| — | MF | NED | Rob Gehring |
| — | MF | NED | Denny Landzaat |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | NED | Peter Hoekstra |
| — | MF | ZAI | Kiki Musampa |
| — | MF | NED | Marc Overmars |
| — | MF | NED | Martijn Reuser |
| — | MF | NED | Dennis Schulp |
| — | MF | NED | Ignacio Tuhuteru |
| — | MF | NED | Dave van den Bergh |
| — | MF | NED | Nordin Wooter |
| — | MF | NGA | Finidi George |
| — | FW | NED | Patrick Kluivert |
| — | FW | FIN | Jari Litmanen |
| — | FW | RUS | Andriy Demchenko |
| — | FW | NGA | Nwankwo Kanu |

### Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | AUS | Hayden Foxe |
| — | MF | USA | John O'Brien |
| — | DF | NED | Arno Splinter |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from |
| DF | Marcio Santos | Fiorentina |
| MF | Arnold Scholten | Feyenoord |
| MF | Andriy Demchenko | CSKA Moscow |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Clarence Seedorf | Sampdoria | |
| MF | Frank Rijkaard | | retired |
| DF | John van den Brom | İstanbulspor | |
| DF | Tarik Oulida | Sevilla | |
| FW | Peter van Vossen | İstanbulspor | |
| FW | Clyde Wijnhard | RKC Waalwijk | |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| MF | Peter Hoekstra | PSV Eindhoven | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |

## 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 | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AJX | RMA | FER | GRA |
| 1 | Ajax | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 16 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–2 | — | 6–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Ferencváros | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 5 | | 1–5 | 1–1 | — | 3–3 |
| 4 | Grasshopper | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 2 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Final
### Intercontinental Cup
### UEFA Super Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 22 May 1996
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNBV | KNBV | Champions League | Champions League | Dutch Supercup UEFA Supercup & Intercontinental Cup | Dutch Supercup UEFA Supercup & Intercontinental Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| -- | GK | NED | Van der Sar | 50 | -3 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | -3 | 4 | 0 |
| -- | DF | NED | Reiziger | 41 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| -- | DF | NED | F. de Boer | 47 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| -- | DF | NED | Blind | 44 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| -- | DF | NED | Bogarde | 50 | 3 | 31+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| -- | MF | NGA | Finidi | 44 | 9 | 28+1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| -- | MF | NED | Davids | 42 | 8 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| -- | MF | NED | R. de Boer | 46 | 10 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| -- | FW | NGA | Kanu | 40 | 13 | 18+10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| -- | FW | FIN | Litmanen | 40 | 23 | 22+4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| -- | FW | NED | Kluivert | 42 | 23 | 26+2 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 6+2 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| -- | GK | NED | Grim | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- | MF | NED | Hoekstra | 18 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- | MF | NED | Overmars | 23 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| -- | DF | NED | Silooy | 16 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| -- | MF | NED | Wooter | 35 | 3 | 7+18 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+4 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| -- | DF | NED | Scholten | 27 | 1 | 6+10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| -- | MF | NED | Reuser | 24 | 3 | 5+13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| -- | DF | BRA | Márcio Santos | 7 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- | MF | ZAI | Musampa | 26 | 2 | 3+13 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| -- | DF | NGA | C. Kanu | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- | FW | RUS | Demchenko | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| -- | MF | NED | van den Bergh | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| -- | MF | NED | Landzaat | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- | MF | NED | Schulp | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- | MF | NED | Tuhuteru | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- | MF | NED | Gehring | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
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