| Season | 1996-97 |
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| Champions | PSV (14th title) |
| Promoted | AZ |
| Relegated | AZ |
| Champions League | PSV Feyenoord |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Roda JC |
| UEFA Cup | FC Twente Ajax Vitesse |
| Intertoto Cup | sc Heerenveen FC Groningen |
| Goals scored | 864 |
| Average goals/game | 2.82 |
| Top goalscorer | Luc Nilis PSV 21 goals [1] |
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1997-98 →
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The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1996/1997 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.
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| Pos | Team | GP | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PSV | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 77 | 90 | 26 | 64 | Champions League |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 73 | 67 | 34 | 33 | Champions League Second qualifying round |
| 3 | FC Twente | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 65 | 60 | 33 | 27 | UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Ajax | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 61 | 55 | 31 | 24 | |
| 5 | Vitesse | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 55 | 53 | 41 | 12 | |
| 6 | Roda JC 1 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 55 | 56 | 47 | 9 | Cup Winners' Cup |
| 7 | sc Heerenveen | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 50 | 58 | 47 | 11 | Intertoto Cup |
| 8 | De Graafschap | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 45 | 52 | 55 | -3 | |
| 9 | NAC | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 40 | 41 | 54 | -13 | |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 39 | 43 | 56 | -13 | Intertoto Cup |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 39 | 36 | 52 | -16 | |
| 12 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 38 | 42 | 52 | -10 | |
| 13 | Sparta | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 38 | 40 | 56 | -16 | |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 36 | 55 | -19 | |
| 15 | Willem II | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 35 | 34 | 51 | -17 | |
| 16 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 34 | 39 | 61 | -22 | 2 |
| 17 | NEC | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 32 | 35 | 61 | -26 | |
| 18 | AZ | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 27 | 52 | -25 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |
1 Winners KNVB Cup.
2 RKC and NEC both remained in the eredivisie after winning 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 A | |||||||||
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| Team | Pts | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1 | RKC Waalwijk | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | +13 |
| 2 | FC Zwolle | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | –3 |
| 3 | Emmen | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | –2 |
| 4 | ADO Den Haag | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | –8 |
| Group B | |||||||||
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| Team | Pts | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1 | NEC | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | +14 |
| 2 | Go Ahead Eagles | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | +12 |
| 3 | Cambuur Leeuwarden | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 15 | –7 |
| 4 | VVV-Venlo | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 22 | –16 |
| Teams remain in Eredivisie | |
| Teams remain in Eerste Divisie |
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