1996–97 Eredivisie

Eredivisie
Season1996–97
Dates20 August 1996 – 1 June 1997
ChampionsPSV (14th title)
RelegatedAZ
Champions League
Cup Winners' CupRoda JC
UEFA Cup
Intertoto Cup
Goals scored864
Average goals/game2.82
Top goalscorerBelgium Luc Nilis (21 goals)[1]

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1996–97 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[2]
1 PSV (C) 34 24 5 5 90 26 +64 77 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Feyenoord 34 22 7 5 67 34 +33 73 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 FC Twente 34 20 5 9 60 33 +27 65 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Ajax 34 17 10 7 55 31 +24 61
5 Vitesse 34 15 10 9 53 41 +12 55
6 Roda JC 34 16 7 11 56 47 +9 55 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
7 SC Heerenveen 34 13 11 10 58 47 +11 50 Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage[3]
8 De Graafschap 34 13 6 15 52 55 −3 45
9 NAC 34 10 10 14 41 54 −13 40
10 FC Groningen 34 9 12 13 43 56 −13 39 Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage[3]
11 Fortuna Sittard 34 9 12 13 36 52 −16 39
12 FC Utrecht 34 8 14 12 42 52 −10 38
13 Sparta 34 11 5 18 40 56 −16 38
14 FC Volendam 34 9 11 14 36 55 −19 38
15 Willem II 34 9 8 17 34 51 −17 35
16 RKC Waalwijk 34 9 7 18 39 61 −22 34 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
17 NEC 34 7 11 16 35 61 −26 32
18 AZ (R) 34 6 7 21 27 52 −25 25 Relegation to Eerste Divisie
Source: [4]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away AJA AZ FEY FOR GRA GRO HEE NAC NEC PSV RKC RJC SPA TWE UTR VIT VOL WIL
Ajax 1–0 3–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 5–0 0–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 3–2 1–0 4–0 1–1 3–0
AZ 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–3 1–4 0–2 0–1 2–2 0–2 2–1 1–3 1–2 1–2 3–1 0–2 2–1 1–0
Feyenoord 2–2 1–0 4–4 2–1 3–1 4–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 5–0 1–0 6–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 4–1
Fortuna Sittard 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–3 0–2 2–4 2–2 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–3 2–1 1–1 1–3 1–5 1–1 2–0
De Graafschap 0–2 1–1 0–4 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 4–0 2–1 3–2 5–2 0–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–2
Groningen 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–4 1–5 2–2 2–4 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–2 1–1 0–0
Heerenveen 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–3 2–2 3–0 1–2 3–1
NAC 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 3–3 1–1 3–0 0–1
NEC 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–3 1–4 3–1 2–1 3–2 0–3 2–2 0–1 3–0 0–0
PSV 2–0 2–1 7–2 1–0 5–0 4–1 0–1 5–0 4–1 4–0 8–0 2–1 2–0 6–1 0–0 6–0 3–1
RKC 1–2 5–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 0–3 1–2 3–1 1–4 0–2 2–0 3–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–2
Roda 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 6–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 4–0 4–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–1
Sparta Rotterdam 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–3 2–4 1–0 1–3 1–3 4–0 1–2 3–2 1–2 0–3 3–1
Twente 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 4–0 3–0 1–2 3–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–0 4–0 5–0
Utrecht 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0
Vitesse 1–4 1–0 4–2 2–1 3–2 6–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 4–2 1–0 1–1 2–0
Volendam 0–3 2–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 4–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–1 5–2 1–1 2–1
Willem II 0–1 2–2 0–2 0–1 2–0 3–1 2–2 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 0–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Group A
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 Remain in Eerste Divisie
3 Emmen 6 2 1 3 8 10 −2 7
4 ADO Den Haag 6 0 2 4 3 11 −8 2
Source: [2]
Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 NEC 6 5 0 1 19 5 +14 15 Remain in Eredivisie
2 Go Ahead Eagles 6 5 0 1 17 8 +9 15 Remain in Eerste Divisie
3 Cambuur Leeuwarden 6 2 0 4 8 15 −7 6
4 VVV 6 0 0 6 6 22 −16 0
Source: [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers
  2. ^ a b c Karel Stokkermans (27 January 2001). "Netherlands 1996/97 (Additional Info)". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  3. ^ Pawel Mognielnicki. "UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997". Mogiel.net. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  4. ^ Jan Schoenmakers (20 February 2005). "Netherlands 1996/97". Retrieved 23 March 2016.