1995–96 Eerste Divisie

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.

Eerste Divisie

Season	1995–96
Champions	AZ
Promoted	AZ
Goals scored	861
Average goals/game	2.81
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

New entrants

Relegated from the 1994–95 Eredivisie

• Dordrecht '90
• MVV

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	AZ	34	21	10	3	64	26	+38	73	Promotion to Eredivisie
2	FC Emmen	34	18	13	3	71	39	+32	67	Play-offs
3	FC Den Bosch	34	15	13	6	51	36	+15	58
4	Veendam	34	16	10	8	48	35	+13	58
5	VVV-Venlo	34	15	12	7	55	33	+22	57
6	Cambuur Leeuwarden	34	15	12	7	49	32	+17	57
7	Dordrecht '90	34	14	12	8	62	45	+17	54
8	SC Heracles	34	14	8	12	56	50	+6	50	Play-offs
9	Telstar	34	13	11	10	42	38	+4	50
10	HFC Haarlem	34	14	3	17	47	53	−6	45
11	MVV	34	10	12	12	41	46	−5	42
12	TOP Oss	34	8	15	11	46	50	−4	39
13	RBC	34	11	6	17	35	51	−16	39
14	FC Zwolle	34	7	12	15	37	43	−6	33
15	ADO Den Haag	34	8	7	19	39	60	−21	31
16	Excelsior	34	8	5	21	42	72	−30	29
17	FC Eindhoven	34	5	11	18	41	75	−34	26
18	Helmond Sport	34	6	4	24	35	77	−42	22

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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
3	VVV-Venlo	6	1	1	4	3	9	−6	4
4	FC Den Bosch	6	0	2	4	2	10	−8	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Round 1

FC Den Bosch	0 – 1	FC Volendam

1996-05-11

VVV-Venlo	0 – 3	SC Heracles

Round 2

SC Heracles	2 – 0	FC Den Bosch

1996-05-18

FC Volendam	1 – 0	VVV-Venlo

Round 3

FC Den Bosch	0 – 0	VVV-Venlo

1996-05-21

FC Volendam	1 – 0	SC Heracles

Round 4

VVV-Venlo	2 – 0	FC Den Bosch

1996-05-25

SC Heracles	1 – 2	FC Volendam

Round 5

VVV-Venlo	0 – 1	FC Volendam
		Nijholt 55'

1996-05-28

De Koel, Venlo

Attendance: 1,844

Referee: Uilenberg

FC Den Bosch	2 – 2	SC Heracles
Gerver 26' Nijhuis 61'		Klaver 10' Holster 66'

De Vliert, Den Bosch

Attendance: 1,174

Referee: Jol

Round 6

FC Volendam	3 – 0	FC Den Bosch

1996-06-01

SC Heracles	4 – 1	VVV-Venlo

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	NEC Nijmegen	6	5	0	1	12	4	+8	15	Remain in Eredivisie
2	Veendam	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10
3	FC Emmen	6	3	0	3	10	8	+2	9
4	Cambuur Leeuwarden	6	0	1	5	2	13	−11	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Round 1

NEC Nijmegen	3 – 1	FC Emmen
Janssen 7' Sumiala 65' Pothuizen 73'		Alberda 10'

1996-05-14

De Goffert, Nijmegen

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Luinge

Cambuur Leeuwarden	2 – 2	Veendam
Van der Berg 73' Oosterhof 90'		Radomski 10' Oosting 19'

Cambuur Stadion, Leeuwarden

Attendance: 5,500

Referee: Temmink

Round 2

Veendam	1 – 0	NEC Nijmegen
Wiekens 88'

1996-05-18

De Langeleegte, Veendam

Attendance: 4,777

Referee: Reygwart

FC Emmen	4 – 0	Cambuur Leeuwarden
Van Oostrum 21', 63' Nurmela 70' Stroeve 87'

Univé Stadion, Emmen

Attendance: 4,281

Referee: Uilenberg

Round 3

NEC Nijmegen	2 – 0	Cambuur Leeuwarden
Janssen 65' (pk) Sumiala 82'

1996-05-21

De Goffert, Nijmegen

Attendance: 5,500

Referee: Van Hulten

FC Emmen	2 – 1	Veendam

Round 4

Cambuur Leeuwarden	0 – 1	NEC Nijmegen
		Langerak 67'

1996-05-25

Cambuur Stadion, Leeuwarden

Attendance: 4,250

Referee: Luyten

Veendam	1 – 0	FC Emmen

Round 5

Cambuur Leeuwarden	0 – 1	FC Emmen
		De Jonge 72'

1996-05-28

Cambuur Stadion, Leeuwarden

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Van der Ende

NEC Nijmegen	3 – 0	Veendam
Van Diemen 25' Sumiala 49' Pothuizen 71'

De Goffert, Nijmegen

Attendance: 8,100

Referee: Van Vliet

Round 6

FC Emmen	2 – 3	NEC Nijmegen
Drent 36' Barmentloo 90'		Sumiala 23', 83' De Kruyff 78' (og)

1996-06-01

Univé Stadion, Emmen

Attendance: 6,800

Referee: Temmink

Veendam	3 – 0	Cambuur Leeuwarden
do Nascimento 68', 90' Wiekens 79'

De Langeleegte, Veendam

Attendance: 2,631

Referee: Koopman

See also

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

References

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