The 1996/1997 season in Dutch football was the 41st professional season in the Eredivisie, with PSV Eindhoven winning the title and Roda JC claiming the Dutch National Cup.
Johan Cruijff-schaal
Eredivisie PositionTeamPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference1PSV Eindhoven 773424559026+64 2Feyenoord Rotterdam733422756734+333FC Twente653420596033+274Ajax Amsterdam6134171075531+245Vitesse Arnhem5534151095341+126Roda JC5534167115647+9 7SC Heerenveen 50 34 13 11 10 58 47 +11 8De Graafschap 45 34 13 6 15 52 55 -3 9NAC Breda 40 34 10 10 14 41 54 -13 10FC Groningen 39 34 9 12 13 43 56 -13 11Fortuna Sittard 39 34 9 12 13 36 52 -16 12FC Utrecht 38 34 8 14 12 42 52 -10 13Sparta Rotterdam 38 34 11 5 18 40 56 -16 14FC Volendam 38 34 9 11 14 36 55 -19 15Willem II Tilburg 35 34 9 11 14 34 51 -1716RKC Waalwijk343497183961-2217NEC Nijmegen3234711163561-2618AZ Alkmaar253467212752-25
Champions League : PSV Eindhoven Champions League qualification : Feyenoord Rotterdam Cup Winners Cup: Roda JC UEFA Cup: FC Twente, Ajax Amsterdam and Vitesse Arnhem Promotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie"): RKC Waalwijk and NEC Nijmegen Relegated: AZ Alkmaar
Topscorers PositionPlayerNationalityClubGoals1Luc Nilis PSV Eindhoven21 2John BosmanFC Twente 20 3Roy MakaayVitesse Arnhem 19 4Jon Dahl TomassonSC Heerenveen 18 5Pablo SánchezFeyenoord Rotterdam 16
Awards
Dutch Footballer of the Year 1996 — Ronald de Boer (Ajax Amsterdam) 1997 — Jaap Stam (PSV Eindhoven)
Dutch Golden Shoe Winner 1996 — Danny Blind (Ajax Amsterdam) 1997 — Jaap Stam (PSV Eindhoven)
PSV Winning Squad 1996-'97
Goal Jan-Willem van Ede Wilburt Need Ronald Waterreus
Defence Ernest Faber Niclas Jensen Arthur Numan Jaap Stam Stan Valckx Vampeta Chris van der Weerden
Midfield Wilfred Bouma Phillip Cocu Marc Degryse Björn van der Doelen Wim Jonk Anders Nielsen Boudewijn Pahlplatz Zeljko Petrovic Dennis Rommedahl Ovidiu Stinga Marciano Vink
Attack Gilles De Bilde Claudio René Eijkelkamp Marcelo Luc Nilis Boudewijn Zenden
Management Dick Advocaat (Coach) Rob Baan (Assistant)
Eerste Divisie PositionTeamPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference1MVV Maastricht 7034201046230+322Cambuur Leeuwarden673420776533+323FC Emmen633418975836+224VVV-Venlo573416995540+155FC Zwolle5534151095240+126Go Ahead Eagles5534167115848+10 7FC Den Bosch 54 34 16 6 12 55 43 +128ADO Den Haag523414101048480 9FC Eindhoven 50 34 14 8 12 53 53 0 10BV Veendam 49 34 13 10 11 44 35 +9 11TOP Oss 47 34 13 8 13 46 50 -4 12Dordrecht '90 46 34 13 7 14 45 49 -4 13SC Heracles 37 34 9 10 15 51 50 +1 14Helmond Sport 36 34 10 6 18 46 64 -18 15RBC Roosendaal 35 34 10 5 19 41 63 -22 16SC Telstar 28 34 7 7 20 34 68 -34 17Excelsior Rotterdam 24 34 6 6 22 37 67 -30 18HFC Haarlem 22 34 5 7 22 34 67 -33
Promoted : MVV Maastricht Promotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie"): Cambuur, Emmen, VVV, Zwolle, Eindhoven, Go Ahead Eagles and ADO Den Haag
Promotion and relegation
Group A PositionTeamPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference1RKC Waalwijk 156501196+13 2FC Zwolle 10 6 3 1 2 6 9 -3 3FC Emmen 7 6 2 1 3 8 10 -2 4ADO Den Haag 2 6 0 2 4 3 11 -8
Group B PositionTeamPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference1NEC Nijmegen 156501195+14 2Go Ahead Eagles 15 6 5 0 1 17 8 +9 3Cambuur Leeuwarden 6 6 2 0 4 8 15 -7 4VVV-Venlo 0 6 0 0 6 6 22 -16
Stayed : RKC Waalwijk and NEC Nijmegen
KNVB Cup
Final
Dutch national team
References RSSSF Archive