# 1995–96 Eredivisie

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.

## League standings

| 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 | 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 | |
| 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 |
| 17 | NEC | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 33 | 73 | −40 | 25 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 18 | Go Ahead Eagles (R) | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 40 | 71 | −31 | 22 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |
* ↑ Winners KNVB Cup.
* ↑ Volendam and NEC both remained in the eredivisie after winning promotion/relegation play-offs.

## Results

| 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 | — |

## 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 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 | Remain in Eerste Divisie |
| 4 | FC Den Bosch | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 2 | Remain in Eerste Divisie |
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 | Remain in Eerste Divisie |
| 4 | Cambuur Leeuwarden | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 1 | Remain in Eerste Divisie |