1995–96 Eerste Divisie

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Eerste Divisie
Season 1995–96
Champions AZ
Promoted AZ
Goals scored 861
Average goals/game 2.81

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.

New entrants

Relegated from the Eredivisie 1994-95

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

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

1996-05-28
VVV-Venlo 0 – 1 FC Volendam
Nijholt Goal 55'
De Koel, Venlo
Attendance: 1,844
Referee: Uilenberg


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

Round 6

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
Janssen Goal 7'
Sumiala Goal 65'
Pothuizen Goal 73'
Alberda Goal 10'
De Goffert, Nijmegen
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Luinge


Round 2

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



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

Round 3

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


Round 4


Round 5



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

Round 6

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



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

See also

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