1995–96 AFC Ajax season
During the 1995–96 Dutch football season, AFC Ajax competed in the Eredivisie.
Players
First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Reserve squad
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Transfers
In
Competitions
Eredivisie
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ajax | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 97 | 24 | +73 | 83 | Champions League |
| 2 | PSV[lower-alpha 1] | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 97 | 25 | +72 | 77 | Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 66 | 36 | +30 | 63 | UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Roda JC | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 51 | 35 | +16 | 57 | |
| 5 | Vitesse Arnhem | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 53 |
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Notes:
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- Winners KNVB Cup.
KNVB Cup
| 24 January 1996 First Round | Heracles | 0–3 | Ajax | Bornsestraat, Almelo |
| 30 January 1996 Second Round | SC Cambuur | 2–0 | Ajax | Cambuur Stadion, Leeuwarden |
Dutch Supercup
| 16 August 1995 | Ajax | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Feyenoord | De Kuip, Rotterdam |
R. de Boer  25'Kluivert 102' (pen.) |
Larsson 27' |
Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Mario van der Ende |
UEFA Champions League
Group stage
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ajax |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 16 |
 Real Madrid |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 10 |
 Ferencváros |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 5 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Grasshopper |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 2 |
| 13 September 1995 Round 1 | Ajax | 1–0 | Real Madrid | Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam |
| 20:30 | Overmars 14' |
Report | Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy) |
| 27 September 1995 Round 2 | Ferencváros | 1–5 | Ajax | Űllői út, Budapest |
| 20:30 | Nyilas 59' (pen.) |
Report | Litmanen 57', 80' (pen.), 88' Kluivert 67'F. de Boer 85' |
Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Vassilios Nikakis (Greece) |
| 18 October 1995 Round 3 | Ajax | 3–0 | Grasshopper | Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam |
| 20:30 | Kluivert 10', 68' Finidi 87' |
Report | Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Adrian Porumboiu (Romania) |
| 1 November 1995 Round 4 | Grasshopper | 0–0 | Ajax | Hardturm, Zurich |
| 20:30 | Report | Attendance: 20,100 Referee: Nikolay Levnikov (Russia) |
| 22 November 1995 Round 5 | Real Madrid | 0–2 | Ajax | Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid |
| 20:30 | Report | Litmanen 64' Kluivert 76' |
Attendance: 72,000 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany) |
| 6 December 1995 Round 6 | Ajax | 4–0 | Ferencváros | Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam |
| 20:30 | Overmars 17' R. de Boer 22'Litmanen 62', 66' |
Report | Attendance: 42,319 Referee: Ilkka Koho (Finland) |
Knockout phase
Quarter-finals
| 6 March 1996 First Leg | Borussia Dortmund  | 0–2 | Ajax | Dortmund, Germany |
| 20:30 | Report | Davids 8' Kluivert 85' |
Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 35,800 Referee: Dermot Gallagher (England) |
| 20 March 1996 Second Leg | Ajax | 1–0 | Borussia Dortmund | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 20:30 | Musampa 75' |
Report | Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Vaclav Krondl (Czech Republic) |
Semi-finals
| 3 April 1996 First Leg | Ajax | 0–1 |  Panathinaikos | Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam |
| 20:30 | Report | Warzycha 87' |
Attendance: 42,000 Referee: László Vágner (Hungary) |
| 17 April 1996 Second Leg | Panathinaikos | 0–3 | Ajax | Spyridon Louis, Athens |
| 21:30 | Report | Litmanen 4', 77' Wooter 86' |
Attendance: 74,000 Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain) |
Final
Intercontinental Cup
| 28 November 1995 | Ajax | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) |  Grêmio | National Stadium, Tokyo |
| 18:15 | Report | Attendance: 47,129 Referee: David Elleray (England) | ||
| Penalties | ||||
Kluivert  R. de Boer  F. de Boer George Blind |
Dinho Arce Magno Gélson Adílson |
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UEFA Super Cup
| 6 February 1996 First Leg | Real Zaragoza | 1–1 | AFC Ajax | La Romareda, Zaragoza |
| Aguado 28' |
Kluivert 70' |
Attendance: 17,500 Referee: Rémi Harrel (France) |
| 28 February 1996 Second Leg | AFC Ajax | 4–0 | Real Zaragoza | Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam |
| Bogarde 43' George 54'Blind 65' (pen.), 69' (pen.) |
Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland) |
Statistics
Appearances and goals
- As of 22 May 1996[1]
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | Champions League | Dutch Supercup, UEFA Supercup & Intercontinental Cup | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
| -- | GK | NED |
Edwin van der Sar | 50 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| -- | GK | NED |
Fred Grim | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders | |||||||||||||
| -- | DF | NED |
Frank de Boer | 47 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| -- | DF | NED |
Winston Bogarde | 50 | 3 | 31+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| -- | DF | NED |
Danny Blind | 44 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| -- | DF | NED |
Michael Reiziger | 41 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| -- | DF | NED |
Sonny Silooy | 16 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| -- | DF | NED |
Arnold Scholten | 27 | 1 | 6+10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| -- | DF | BRA |
Márcio Santos | 7 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- | DF |  NGA |
Christopher Kanu | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||
| -- | MF | NED |
Ronald de Boer | 46 | 10 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| -- | MF | NGA |
Finidi George | 44 | 9 | 28+1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| -- | MF | NED |
Edgar Davids | 42 | 8 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| -- | MF | NED |
Peter Hoekstra | 18 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- | MF | NED |
Marc Overmars | 23 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| -- | MF | NED |
Nordin Wooter | 35 | 3 | 7+18 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+4 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| -- | MF | NED |
Martijn Reuser | 24 | 3 | 5+13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| -- | MF | NED |
Kiki Musampa | 26 | 2 | 3+13 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| -- | MF | NED |
Dave van den Bergh | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| -- | MF | NED |
Denny Landzaat | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- | MF | NED |
Dennis Schulp | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- | MF | NED |
Ignacio Tuhuteru | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- | MF | NED |
Rob Gehring | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards | |||||||||||||
| -- | FW | NED |
Patrick Kluivert | 42 | 23 | 26+2 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 6+2 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| -- | FW |  FIN |
Jari Litmanen | 40 | 23 | 22+4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| -- | FW | NGA |
Nwankwo Kanu | 40 | 13 | 18+10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| -- | FW |  RUS |
Andriy Demchenko | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players loaned or transferred out during the season | |||||||||||||
References
- "World Football". Retrieved 15 October 2023.
Notes
- Davids was born in Paramaribo, Suriname, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and made his international debut for the Netherlands in April 1994.
- Musampa was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and represented the Netherlands at U-20 and U-21 level.
- Wooter was born in Paramaribo, Suriname, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and represented the Netherlands at U-18 and U-21 level.
- Demchenko was born in Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine), but also qualified to represent Russia internationally and represented Russia at U-19, U-20 and U-21 level.
- Seedorf was born in Paramaribo, Suriname, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally through holding Dutch citizenship and made his international debut for the Netherlands in December 1994.
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