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.

Contents 1 New entrants 2 Final ranking 3 Promotion/relegation play-offs 3.1 Group 1 3.1.1 Round 1 3.1.2 Round 2 3.1.3 Round 3 3.1.4 Round 4 3.1.5 Round 5 3.1.6 Round 6 3.2 Group 2 3.2.1 Round 1 3.2.2 Round 2 3.2.3 Round 3 3.2.4 Round 4 3.2.5 Round 5 3.2.6 Round 6 4 See also 5 References

New entrants

Relegated from the Eredivisie 1994-95

• Dordrecht '90
• MVV

Final ranking

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

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	P	W	D	L	Pts	F	A	Remarks
1	FC Volendam	6	6	0	0	18	10	2	Remain in Eredivisie
2	SC Heracles	6	3	1	2	10	13	7
3	VVV-Venlo	6	1	1	4	4	3	9
4	FC Den Bosch	6	0	2	4	2	2	10

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	De Koel, Venlo Attendance: 1,844 Referee: Uilenberg
			Nijholt  55'

	FC Den Bosch	2 – 2	SC Heracles	De Vliert, Den Bosch Attendance: 1,174 Referee: Jol
	Gerver  26' Nijhuis  61'		Klaver  10' Holster  66'

Round 6

1996-06-01	FC Volendam	3 – 0	FC Den Bosch

	SC Heracles	4 – 1	VVV-Venlo

Group 2

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Pts	F	A	Remarks
1	NEC Nijmegen	6	5	0	1	15	12	4	Remain in Eredivisie
2	Veendam	6	3	1	2	10	8	7
3	FC Emmen	6	3	0	3	9	10	8
4	Cambuur Leeuwarden	6	0	1	5	1	2	13

Round 1

1996-05-14	NEC Nijmegen	3 – 1	FC Emmen	De Goffert, Nijmegen Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Luinge
	Janssen  7' Sumiala  65' Pothuizen  73'		Alberda  10'

	Cambuur Leeuwarden	2 – 2	Veendam	Cambuur Stadion, Leeuwarden Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Temmink
	Van der Berg  73' Oosterhof  90'		Radomski  10' Oosting  19'

Round 2

1996-05-18	Veendam	1 – 0	NEC Nijmegen	De Langeleegte, Veendam Attendance: 4,777 Referee: Reygwart
	Wiekens  88'

	FC Emmen	4 – 0	Cambuur Leeuwarden	Univé Stadion, Emmen Attendance: 4,281 Referee: Uilenberg
	Van Oostrum  21',  63' Nurmela  70' Stroeve  87'

Round 3

1996-05-21	NEC Nijmegen	2 – 0	Cambuur Leeuwarden	De Goffert, Nijmegen Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Van Hulten
	Janssen  65' (pk) Sumiala  82'

	FC Emmen	2 – 1	Veendam

Round 4

1996-05-25	Cambuur Leeuwarden	0 – 1	NEC Nijmegen	Cambuur Stadion, Leeuwarden Attendance: 4,250 Referee: Luyten
			Langerak  67'

	Veendam	1 – 0	FC Emmen

Round 5

1996-05-28	Cambuur Leeuwarden	0 – 1	FC Emmen	Cambuur Stadion, Leeuwarden Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Van der Ende
			De Jonge  72'

	NEC Nijmegen	3 – 0	Veendam	De Goffert, Nijmegen Attendance: 8,100 Referee: Van Vliet
	Van Diemen  25' Sumiala  49' Pothuizen  71'

Round 6

1996-06-01	FC Emmen	2 – 3	NEC Nijmegen	Univé Stadion, Emmen Attendance: 6,800 Referee: Temmink
	Drent  36' Barmentloo  90'		Sumiala  23',  83' De Kruyff  78' (og)

	Veendam	3 – 0	Cambuur Leeuwarden	De Langeleegte, Veendam Attendance: 2,631 Referee: Koopman
	do Nascimento  68',  90' Wiekens  79'

See also

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

References

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

Division 2/Eerste Divisie Seasons 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010-11 2011-12