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

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 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

1996-05-11

FC Den Bosch	0 – 1	FC Volendam

VVV-Venlo	0 – 3	SC Heracles

Round 2

1996-05-18

SC Heracles	2 – 0	FC Den Bosch

FC Volendam	1 – 0	VVV-Venlo

Round 3

1996-05-21

FC Den Bosch	0 – 0	VVV-Venlo

FC Volendam	1 – 0	SC Heracles

Round 4

1996-05-25

VVV-Venlo	2 – 0	FC Den Bosch

SC Heracles	1 – 2	FC Volendam

Round 5

1996-05-28

VVV-Venlo	0 – 1	FC Volendam
		Nijholt 55'

De Koel, VenloAttendance: 1,844Referee: Uilenberg

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

De Vliert, Den BoschAttendance: 1,174Referee: Jol

Round 6

1996-06-01

FC Volendam	3 – 0	FC Den Bosch

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:

Round 1

1996-05-14

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

De Goffert, NijmegenAttendance: 4,500Referee: Luinge

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

Cambuur Stadion, LeeuwardenAttendance: 5,500Referee: Temmink

Round 2

1996-05-18

Veendam	1 – 0	NEC Nijmegen
Wiekens 88'

De Langeleegte, VeendamAttendance: 4,777Referee: Reygwart

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

Univé Stadion, EmmenAttendance: 4,281Referee: Uilenberg

Round 3

1996-05-21

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

De Goffert, NijmegenAttendance: 5,500Referee: Van Hulten

FC Emmen	2 – 1	Veendam

Round 4

1996-05-25

Cambuur Leeuwarden	0 – 1	NEC Nijmegen
		Langerak 67'

Cambuur Stadion, LeeuwardenAttendance: 4,250Referee: Luyten

Veendam	1 – 0	FC Emmen

Round 5

1996-05-28

Cambuur Leeuwarden	0 – 1	FC Emmen
		De Jonge 72'

Cambuur Stadion, LeeuwardenAttendance: 4,000Referee: Van der Ende

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

De Goffert, NijmegenAttendance: 8,100Referee: Van Vliet

Round 6

1996-06-01

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

Univé Stadion, EmmenAttendance: 6,800Referee: Temmink

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

De Langeleegte, VeendamAttendance: 2,631Referee: Koopman

References

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1995–96 in Dutch football

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League competitions	Eredivisie Eerste Divisie Hoofdklasse Eerste Klasse
Cup competitions	KNVB Cup (Final) Dutch Supercup KNVB Women's Cup
European competitions	Champions League Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Club seasons
Eredivisie	Ajax Feyenoord Fortuna Sittard Go Ahead Eagles De Graafschap Groningen Heerenveen NAC Breda NEC PSV RKC Roda JC Sparta Rotterdam Twente Utrecht Vitesse Volendam Willem II

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New entrants

Final ranking

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Group 1

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Group 2

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

See also

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