1996–97 Eredivisie

Eredivisie
Season	1996–97
Dates	20 August 1996 – 1 June 1997
Champions	PSV (14th title)
Relegated	AZ
Champions League	PSV; Feyenoord;
Cup Winners' Cup	Roda JC
UEFA Cup	FC Twente; Ajax; Vitesse Arnhem;
Intertoto Cup	sc Heerenveen; FC Groningen;
Goals scored	864
Average goals/game	2.82
Top goalscorer	Luc Nilis (21 goals)
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

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	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	NEC	6	5	1	19	5	+14	15	Remain in Eredivisie
2	Go Ahead Eagles	6	5	1	17	8	+9	15	Remain in Eerste Divisie
3	Cambuur Leeuwarden	6	2	4	8	15	−7	6
4	VVV	6	0	6	6	22	−16	0