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
Season1995–96
ChampionsAZ
PromotedAZ
Goals scored861
Average goals/game2.81

New entrants

Relegated from the 1994–95 Eredivisie

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:

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:

Round 1
FC Den Bosch0 – 1FC Volendam
VVV-Venlo0 – 3SC Heracles

Round 2
SC Heracles2 – 0FC Den Bosch
FC Volendam1 – 0VVV-Venlo

Round 3
FC Den Bosch0 – 0VVV-Venlo
FC Volendam1 – 0SC Heracles

Round 4
VVV-Venlo2 – 0FC Den Bosch
SC Heracles1 – 2FC Volendam

Round 5
VVV-Venlo0 – 1FC Volendam
Nijholt 55'
Attendance: 1,844
Referee: Uilenberg
FC Den Bosch2 – 2SC Heracles
Gerver 26'
Nijhuis 61'		 Klaver 10'
Holster 66'
Attendance: 1,174
Referee: Jol

Round 6
FC Volendam3 – 0FC Den Bosch
SC Heracles4 – 1VVV-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:

Round 1
NEC Nijmegen3 – 1FC Emmen
Janssen 7'
Sumiala 65'
Pothuizen 73'		 Alberda 10'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Luinge
Cambuur Leeuwarden2 – 2Veendam
Van der Berg 73'
Oosterhof 90'		 Radomski 10'
Oosting 19'
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Temmink

Round 2
Veendam1 – 0NEC Nijmegen
Wiekens 88'
Attendance: 4,777
Referee: Reygwart
FC Emmen4 – 0Cambuur Leeuwarden
Van Oostrum 21', 63'
Nurmela 70'
Stroeve 87'
Attendance: 4,281
Referee: Uilenberg

Round 3
NEC Nijmegen2 – 0Cambuur Leeuwarden
Janssen 65' (pk)
Sumiala 82'
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Van Hulten
FC Emmen2 – 1Veendam

Round 4
Cambuur Leeuwarden0 – 1NEC Nijmegen
Langerak 67'
Attendance: 4,250
Referee: Luyten
Veendam1 – 0FC Emmen

Round 5
Cambuur Leeuwarden0 – 1FC Emmen
De Jonge 72'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Van der Ende


NEC Nijmegen3 – 0Veendam
Van Diemen 25'
Sumiala 49'
Pothuizen 71'
Attendance: 8,100
Referee: Van Vliet

Round 6
FC Emmen2 – 3NEC Nijmegen
Drent 36'
Barmentloo 90'		 Sumiala 23', 83'
De Kruyff 78' (og)
Attendance: 6,800
Referee: Temmink
Veendam3 – 0Cambuur Leeuwarden
do Nascimento 68', 90'
Wiekens 79'
Attendance: 2,631
Referee: Koopman

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