# 1996–97 Eredivisie

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1996–97 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | PSV (C) | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 90 | 26 | +64 | 77 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 67 | 34 | +33 | 73 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | FC Twente | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 60 | 33 | +27 | 65 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Ajax | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 55 | 31 | +24 | 61 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Vitesse | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 55 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Roda JC | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 56 | 47 | +9 | 55 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 7 | SC Heerenveen | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 58 | 47 | +11 | 50 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 8 | De Graafschap | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 45 | |
| 9 | NAC | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 40 | |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 43 | 56 | −13 | 39 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 39 | |
| 12 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 38 | |
| 13 | Sparta | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 38 | |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 55 | −19 | 38 | |
| 15 | Willem II | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 51 | −17 | 35 | |
| 16 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 39 | 61 | −22 | 34 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 17 | NEC | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 35 | 61 | −26 | 32 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 18 | AZ (R) | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 52 | −25 | 25 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AJA | AZ | FEY | FOR | GRA | GRO | HEE | NAC | NEC | PSV | RKC | RJC | SPA | TWE | UTR | VIT | VOL | WIL |
| Ajax | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| AZ | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Feyenoord | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 4–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| Fortuna Sittard | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| De Graafschap | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Groningen | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | | 1–5 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Heerenveen | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| NAC | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| NEC | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| PSV | 2–0 | 2–1 | 7–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | | 4–0 | 8–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 3–1 |
| RKC | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–4 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Roda | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Sparta Rotterdam | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–0 | | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 |
| Twente | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 |
| Utrecht | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Vitesse | 1–4 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Volendam | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | | 2–1 |
| Willem II | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | |

## Promotion/relegation play-offs

Group A :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | RKC Waalwijk | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 15 | Remain in Eredivisie |
| 2 | FC Zwolle | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 10 | Remain in Eerste Divisie |
| 3 | Emmen | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 7 | Remain in Eerste Divisie |
| 4 | ADO Den Haag | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 2 | Remain in Eerste Divisie |
Group B :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | NEC | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | +14 | 15 | Remain in Eredivisie |
| 2 | Go Ahead Eagles | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 15 | Remain in Eerste Divisie |
| 3 | Cambuur Leeuwarden | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 6 | Remain in Eerste Divisie |
| 4 | VVV | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 22 | −16 | 0 | Remain in Eerste Divisie |