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(Redirected from Eerste Divisie 1996-97) 41st season of the second-tier football league in Netherlands Football league season
Eerste Divisie
Season1996–97
ChampionsMVV
PromotedMVV
Goals scored884
Average goals/game2.88
1995–96 1997–98

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1996–97 season was contested by 18 teams. MVV won the championship.

New entrants

Relegated from the 1995–96 Eredivisie

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 MVV 34 20 10 4 62 30 +32 70 Promotion to Eredivisie
2 Cambuur Leeuwarden 34 20 7 7 65 33 +32 67 Play-offs
3 FC Emmen 34 18 9 7 58 36 +22 63
4 VVV-Venlo 34 16 9 9 55 40 +15 57
5 FC Zwolle 34 15 10 9 52 40 +12 55
6 Go Ahead Eagles 34 16 7 11 58 48 +10 55
7 FC Den Bosch 34 16 6 12 55 43 +12 54
8 ADO Den Haag 34 14 10 10 48 48 0 52 Play-offs
9 FC Eindhoven 34 14 8 12 53 53 0 50
10 Veendam 34 13 10 11 44 35 +9 49
11 TOP Oss 34 13 8 13 46 50 −4 47
12 Dordrecht '90 34 13 7 14 45 49 −4 46
13 SC Heracles 34 9 10 15 51 50 +1 37
14 Helmond Sport 34 10 6 18 46 64 −18 36
15 RBC Roosendaal 34 10 5 19 41 63 −22 35
16 Telstar 34 7 7 20 34 68 −34 28
17 Excelsior 34 6 6 22 37 67 −30 24
18 HFC Haarlem 34 5 7 22 34 67 −33 22
Source: rsssf.com

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 RKC Waalwijk 6 5 0 1 19 6 +13 15 Remain in Eredivisie
2 FC Zwolle 6 3 1 2 6 9 −3 10
3 FC Emmen 6 2 1 3 8 10 −2 7
4 ADO Den Haag 6 0 2 4 3 11 −8 2
Source: rsssf.com
Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 NEC Nijmegen 6 5 0 1 19 5 +14 15 Remain in Eredivisie
2 Go Ahead Eagles 6 5 0 1 17 8 +9 15
3 Cambuur Leeuwarden 6 2 0 4 8 15 −7 6
4 VVV-Venlo 6 0 0 6 6 22 −16 0
Source: rsssf.com

See also

References

Eerste Divisie seasons
1996–97 in Dutch football
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League competitions
Cup competitions
European competitions
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