The 1996/1997 season in Dutch football was the 41st professional season in the Eredivisie

Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....

, with PSV Eindhoven winning the title and Roda JC claiming the Dutch National Cup.

Johan Cruijff-schaal

Johan Cruijff-schaal

The Johan Cruijff Schaal is a football trophy in the Netherlands named after legendary Dutch football player Johan Cruyff, also often referred to as the Dutch Super Cup. The winner is decided in one match only, played by the winner of the national football league and the winner of the national...

Eredivisie

Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	PSV Eindhoven	77	34	24	5	5	90	26	+64
2	Feyenoord Rotterdam Feyenoord Rotterdam Feyenoord is a Dutch professional football club located in Rotterdam. Along with Ajax and PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord is one of the "big three" clubs in the Netherlands. These three clubs and Utrecht and Roda JC are the only clubs never to have been relegated from the Dutch first division...	73	34	22	7	5	67	34	+33
3	FC Twente FC Twente FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...	65	34	20	5	9	60	33	+27
4	Ajax Amsterdam Ajax Amsterdam Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax , also referred to as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam or simply Ajax , is a professional football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands...	61	34	17	10	7	55	31	+24
5	Vitesse Arnhem Vitesse Arnhem Stichting Betaald Voetbal Vitesse is a Dutch football club from Arnhem, which was founded on 14 May 1892. Vitesse has had considerable success in the Eredivisie, and featured in the UEFA Cup competition, but has never been considered a close competitor of the top three clubs of Netherlands...	55	34	15	10	9	53	41	+12
6	Roda JC	55	34	16	7	11	56	47	+9
7	SC Heerenveen	50	34	13	11	10	58	47	+11
8	De Graafschap De Graafschap De Graafschap is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the "De Vijverberg" stadium. Their current home ground stands on where the old pitch used to be located and was opened on 12 August 2000...	45	34	13	6	15	52	55	-3
9	NAC Breda NAC Breda NAC Breda , simply often known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Dutch Eredivisie and are known by the fierce and fanatic support of...	40	34	10	10	14	41	54	-13
10	FC Groningen	39	34	9	12	13	43	56	-13
11	Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Trendwork Arena and features in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. The club was a merger of former clubs 'Fortuna 54' and 'Sittardia' to merge as the Fortuna Sittard Combinatie on July 1,...	39	34	9	12	13	36	52	-16
12	FC Utrecht	38	34	8	14	12	42	52	-10
13	Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Sparta is one of three professional football clubs from Rotterdam, the others being Excelsior and Feyenoord , the latter playing in the Eredivisie.-History:Sparta was first founded in 1887....	38	34	11	5	18	40	56	-16
14	FC Volendam FC Volendam Football Club Volendam is a Dutch football club based in Volendam, North Holland, Edam-Volendam. Founded on June 1, 1977, as a result of a split up with RKSV . It currently plays in the Eerste Divisie, holding home games at Kras Stadion, with a 6,260-seat capacity.-History:Football Club Volendam...	38	34	9	11	14	36	55	-19
15	Willem II Tilburg Willem II Tilburg Willem II , also known as Willem II Tilburg, is a football club based in Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands. The team was founded on 12 August 1896 as Tilburgia...	35	34	9	11	14	34	51	-17
16	RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk is a football club currently playing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' and was a fusion club of HEC, WVB and Hercules.-History:...	34	34	9	7	18	39	61	-22
17	NEC Nijmegen	32	34	7	11	16	35	61	-26
18	AZ Alkmaar	25	34	6	7	21	27	52	-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

Position	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Luc Nilis		PSV Eindhoven	21
2	John Bosman John Bosman Johannes "John" Jacobus Bosman is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a striker.A prolific goalscorer for both club and country, he played professionally for 19 years, most notably with Ajax and Anderlecht , surpassing the 100-goal mark with both clubs and winning a total of eight major...		FC Twente FC Twente FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...	20
3	Roy Makaay Roy Makaay Rudolphus "Roy" Antonius Makaay is a retired Dutch footballer. While playing for Bayern Munich he picked up the nickname Das Phantom , for his ability to score out of nowhere.-Career:...		Vitesse Arnhem Vitesse Arnhem Stichting Betaald Voetbal Vitesse is a Dutch football club from Arnhem, which was founded on 14 May 1892. Vitesse has had considerable success in the Eredivisie, and featured in the UEFA Cup competition, but has never been considered a close competitor of the top three clubs of Netherlands...	19
4	Jon Dahl Tomasson Jon Dahl Tomasson Jon Dahl Tomasson is a retired Danish footballer and assistant manager at the Dutch football club SBV Excelsior....		SC Heerenveen	18
5	Pablo Sánchez Pablo Sánchez Pablo Andrés Sánchez is a retired Argentine footballer, who played as a midfielder. During his professional career, he was nicknamed Vitamina.-Playing career:...		Feyenoord Rotterdam Feyenoord Rotterdam Feyenoord is a Dutch professional football club located in Rotterdam. Along with Ajax and PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord is one of the "big three" clubs in the Netherlands. These three clubs and Utrecht and Roda JC are the only clubs never to have been relegated from the Dutch first division...	16

Dutch Footballer of the Year

Dutch Footballer of the Year

The title Dutch Footballer of the Year has been awarded in the Netherlands since 1984. The award is determined by a poll of Dutch professional footballers playing in the First and Second leagues....

• 1996 — Ronald de Boer
  Ronald de Boer
  Ronaldus "Ronald" de Boer is a former Dutch football midfielder who has played for the Dutch national team as well as a host of professional clubs in Europe. He is the older twin brother of Frank de Boer.-Club career:...
  
   (Ajax Amsterdam)
• 1997 — Jaap Stam
  Jaap Stam
  Jakob "Jaap" Stam is a retired Dutch football player who was twice voted best defender in the 1998–99 and 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League. He played for several European clubs like PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, S.S. Lazio, A.C. Milan and AFC Ajax before retiring in October 2007...
  
   (PSV Eindhoven)

Dutch Golden Shoe Winner

Dutch Footballer of the Year

The title Dutch Footballer of the Year has been awarded in the Netherlands since 1984. The award is determined by a poll of Dutch professional footballers playing in the First and Second leagues....

• 1996 — Danny Blind
  Danny Blind
  Dirk Franciscus "Danny" Blind is a football coach and former Dutch international player. He played as a defender for Sparta Rotterdam, AFC Ajax and the Dutch national team.Blind was born in Oost-Souburg, Netherlands...
  
   (Ajax Amsterdam)
• 1997 — Jaap Stam
  Jaap Stam
  Jakob "Jaap" Stam is a retired Dutch football player who was twice voted best defender in the 1998–99 and 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League. He played for several European clubs like PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, S.S. Lazio, A.C. Milan and AFC Ajax before retiring in October 2007...
  
   (PSV Eindhoven)

PSV Winning Squad 1996-'97

Goal Jan-Willem van Ede Wilburt Need Ronald Waterreus

Ronald Waterreus

Ronald Katarina Martinus Waterreus is a former Dutch football goalkeeper, who most notably played for PSV Eindhoven, before ending his career at New York Red Bulls in the Major League Soccer.-Club career:...

Defence Ernest Faber

Ernest Faber

Ernest Anthonius Jacobus Faber is a retired Dutch footballer who played mostly as a central defender.His professional career was spent entirely in his country, mostly at PSV, where he played 12 seasons....

 Niclas Jensen

Niclas Jensen

Niclas Christian Monberg Jensen is a former Danish professional football player and current football agent. He played as a left back, and most notably won three Danish Superliga championships with F.C. Copenhagen...

 Arthur Numan

Arthur Numan

Arthur Numan is a retired Dutch footballer. He played as a left back and was a regular fixture in Netherlands national football team...

 Jaap Stam

Jaap Stam

Jakob "Jaap" Stam is a retired Dutch football player who was twice voted best defender in the 1998–99 and 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League. He played for several European clubs like PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, S.S. Lazio, A.C. Milan and AFC Ajax before retiring in October 2007...

 Stan Valckx

Stan Valckx

Stanislaus "Stan" Henricus Christina Valckx is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a central defender.-Club career:...

 Vampeta Chris van der Weerden

Midfield Wilfred Bouma

Wilfred Bouma

Wilfred Bouma is a Dutch footballer who plays for PSV Eindhoven. Bouma is a technically refined left back/centre back who is known for his hard working nature, defensive positioning and tackling ability.-Early career:...

 Phillip Cocu

Phillip Cocu

Phillip John William Cocu is a former Dutch football midfielder who is currently an assistant manager of the Dutch national team and Dutch club PSV...

 Marc Degryse

Marc Degryse

Marc Gabriel Degryse , nicknamed Le Lutin d'Ardooie and The Little One, is a former Belgian footballer, who played as a forward.-Club career:...

 Björn van der Doelen

Björn van der Doelen

Wouterus Jacobus Antonius "Björn" van der Doelen is a former football midfielder from the Netherlands, who started his professional career for PSV Eindhoven in the 1994/95 season in the Dutch highest league, Eredivisie...

 Wim Jonk

Wim Jonk

Wilhelmus "Wim" Maria Jonk is a retired Dutch footballer. At the height of his career, he also played for the Netherlands national team....

 Anders Nielsen

Anders Nielsen (footballer born 1972)

Anders Nielsen is a Danish association football player and youth coach at Kalundborg GB. He is the former manager of Denmark Series team Svebølle B&I....

 Boudewijn Pahlplatz Zeljko Petrovic

Željko Petrovic

Željko Petrović is a retired Montenegrin footballer and was the technical coach of Feyenoord Rotterdam in the 2004/2005 season.-Club career:...

 Dennis Rommedahl

Dennis Rommedahl

Dennis Rommedahl is a Danish footballer, who currently plays as a right winger for Brøndby IF. He has played 112 matches and scored 21 goals for the Danish national side. Rommedahl was selected for the Danish squads at the 2002 World Cup, Euro 2004 and the 2010 World Cup...

 Ovidiu Stinga

Ovidiu Stînga

Ovidiu Stîngă is a retired Romanian football player and current manager.-Club career:His football career began at Viitorul Craiova. In 1990, his first league debut started at Universitatea Craiova at the age of 17. on 28 November 1990 against Corvinul Hunedoara winning 8-1...

 Marciano Vink

Marciano Vink

Marciano Carlos Alberto Vink is a former Dutch football player. Throughout his career he played primarily as a right defensive midfielder and as a right cenral defender. He most notably played for Ajax and PSV in the Eredivisie and Genoa in the Serie A...

Attack Gilles De Bilde

Gilles De Bilde

Gilles De Bilde is a retired Belgian footballer who played as a striker. He played club football for Eendracht Aalst, Anderlecht, PSV, Sheffield Wednesday, Aston Villa, Lierse and Willebroek-Meerhof...

 Claudio René Eijkelkamp

René Eijkelkamp

René Antonius Maria Eijkelkamp is a retired football forward from the Netherlands, who is the current assistant coach at PSV Eindhoven...

 Marcelo Luc Nilis Boudewijn Zenden

Management Dick Advocaat

Dick Advocaat

Dirk Nicolaas "Dick" Advocaat is a Dutch football manager and former player currently the manager of the Russia national football team.He has been moderately successful as a football player and as a coach, which included two stints with the Dutch national football team...

 (Coach) Rob Baan

Rob Baan

Robert Baan is a Dutch football coach, appointed to the role of Technical Director for the Indian national team by the AIFF. He is currently appointed as the Technical Director of All India Football Federation...

 (Assistant)

Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie

The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	MVV Maastricht MVV Maastricht MVV Maastricht is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht, founded on April 2, 1902...	70	34	20	10	4	62	30	+32
2	Cambuur Leeuwarden Cambuur Leeuwarden SC Cambuur , formed on June 19, 1964, is a Dutch football club from Leeuwarden, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home ground is the 10,250 seater Cambuur Stadion and they play in yellow shirts and blue shorts. The club's emblem originates from the coat of arms of the House of...	67	34	20	7	7	65	33	+32
3	FC Emmen FC Emmen FC Emmen is a Dutch football club based in Emmen, Drenthe, and currently playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of football in the Netherlands.-History:...	63	34	18	9	7	58	36	+22
4	VVV-Venlo	57	34	16	9	9	55	40	+15
5	FC Zwolle FC Zwolle FC Zwolle is a Dutch football club based in Zwolle, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie, the country's second level of professional club football. The club was founded in 1990 after the bankruptcy of PEC. They have played in the Eredivisie, the highest tier of Dutch football, for a total of...	55	34	15	10	9	52	40	+12
6	Go Ahead Eagles Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst. To date, the club has won the national championship four times...	55	34	16	7	11	58	48	+10
7	FC Den Bosch	54	34	16	6	12	55	43	+12
8	ADO Den Haag ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag , commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag , is a Dutch football club from the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag , with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club...	52	34	14	10	10	48	48	0
9	FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They current play in the Eerste Divisie , and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one being PSV Eindhoven....	50	34	14	8	12	53	53	0
10	BV Veendam BV Veendam SC Veendam is a Dutch football club based in Veendam, Groningen province, playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of football in the Netherlands. The club's official colours are black and yellow.- History :...	49	34	13	10	11	44	35	+9
11	TOP Oss TOP Oss FC Oss is a professional football club from the Netherlands, which was founded on April 9, 1928. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie.-History:...	47	34	13	8	13	46	50	-4
12	Dordrecht '90 FC Dordrecht FC Dordrecht is a football club from the city of Dordrecht in the Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie.- History :Founded on 16 August 1883 as Dordrechtsche Football Club , it became a professional club in 1954 upon the introduction of professional football to the Netherlands...	46	34	13	7	14	45	49	-4
13	SC Heracles Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a football club from Almelo, Netherlands.Heracles Almelo were founded on May 3, 1903 as Heracles, after the demigod son of Zeus. They changed their name on July 1, 1974 to SC Heracles '74 and finally settled on the current name in 1998. The club has won the Dutch national title...	37	34	9	10	15	51	50	+1
14	Helmond Sport Helmond Sport Helmond Sport is a Dutch football club, playing in the Dutch Eerste Divisie and located in Helmond, Noord-Brabant. The club was founded on July 27, 1967, as a breakaway from the local professional club Helmondia '55, which had gone bankrupt.-History:...	36	34	10	6	18	46	64	-18
15	RBC Roosendaal	35	34	10	5	19	41	63	-22
16	SC Telstar Stormvogels Telstar Telstar is a Dutch football club based in Velsen. The club was established after the merger of two football clubs in the town of Velsen.- History :...	28	34	7	7	20	34	68	-34
17	Excelsior Rotterdam Excelsior Rotterdam SBV Excelsior is a professional football club from the Kralingen-Crooswijk district of Rotterdam, Netherlands. It was founded on July 23, 1902 and was formerly known as 'Rotterdamse Voetbal en Atletiek Vereniging Excelsior'...	24	34	6	6	22	37	67	-30
18	HFC Haarlem HFC Haarlem HFC Haarlem was a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 1889. The club won the Dutch national title in 1946 and reached five Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912...	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

Group A

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk is a football club currently playing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' and was a fusion club of HEC, WVB and Hercules.-History:...	15	6	5	0	1	19	6	+13
2	FC Zwolle FC Zwolle FC Zwolle is a Dutch football club based in Zwolle, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie, the country's second level of professional club football. The club was founded in 1990 after the bankruptcy of PEC. They have played in the Eredivisie, the highest tier of Dutch football, for a total of...	10	6	3	1	2	6	9	-3
3	FC Emmen FC Emmen FC Emmen is a Dutch football club based in Emmen, Drenthe, and currently playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of football in the Netherlands.-History:...	7	6	2	1	3	8	10	-2
4	ADO Den Haag ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag , commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag , is a Dutch football club from the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag , with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club...	2	6	0	2	4	3	11	-8

Group B

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	NEC Nijmegen	15	6	5	0	1	19	5	+14
2	Go Ahead Eagles Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst. To date, the club has won the national championship four times...	15	6	5	0	1	17	8	+9
3	Cambuur Leeuwarden Cambuur Leeuwarden SC Cambuur , formed on June 19, 1964, is a Dutch football club from Leeuwarden, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home ground is the 10,250 seater Cambuur Stadion and they play in yellow shirts and blue shorts. The club's emblem originates from the coat of arms of the House of...	6	6	2	0	4	8	15	-7
4	VVV-Venlo	0	6	0	0	6	6	22	-16

• Stayed : RKC Waalwijk and NEC Nijmegen

KNVB Cup

KNVB Cup

The KNVB Cup is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association since 1899. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside of the Netherlands, it is often referred to as the Dutch Cup...

Final

Dutch national team

Netherlands national football team

The Netherlands National Football Team represents the Netherlands in association football and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association , the governing body for football in the Netherlands...