1995–96 AFC Ajax season

AFC Ajax

1995–96 season
Manager	Louis van Gaal
Stadium	Olympic Stadium
Eredivisie	1st
KNVB Cup	Winners
Champions League	Runners-up
Johan Cruijff Shield	Winners
UEFA Super Cup	Winners
Intercontinental Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	Patrick Kluivert (15)

During the 1995–96 Dutch football season, AFC Ajax competed in the Eredivisie.

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Fred Grim GK Edwin van der Sar DF Danny Blind (captain) DF Winston Bogarde DF Frank de Boer DF Michael Reiziger DF Arnold Scholten DF Sonny Silooy DF Márcio Santos MF Ronald de Boer MF Edgar Davids MF Rob Gehring MF Denny Landzaat

No. Position Player MF Peter Hoekstra MF Kiki Musampa MF Marc Overmars MF Martijn Reuser MF Dennis Schulp MF Ignacio Tuhuteru MF Dave van den Bergh MF Nordin Wooter MF Finidi George FW Patrick Kluivert FW Jari Litmanen FW Andriy Demchenko FW Nwankwo Kanu

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player DF Hayden Foxe

Transfers

Results

Dutch Supercup

Main article: 1995 Dutch Supercup

Ajax v Feyenoord

16 August 1995	Ajax	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Feyenoord	De Kuip, Rotterdam
	R. de Boer  25' Kluivert  102' (pen.)		Larsson  27'	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Mario van der Ende

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 1995–96 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 1995–96 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group D

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ajax	6	5	1	0	15	1	+14	16
Real Madrid	6	3	1	2	11	5	+6	10
Ferencváros	6	1	2	3	9	19	−10	5
Grasshopper	6	0	2	4	3	13	−10	2

Ajax v Real Madrid

13 September 1995 Round 1	Ajax	1 – 0	Real Madrid	Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
20:30	Overmars  14'	Report		Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)

Ferencváros v Ajax

27 September 1995 Round 2	Ferencváros	1 – 5	Ajax	Űllői út, Budapest
20:30	Nyilas  59' (pen.)	Report	Litmanen  57', 80' (pen.), 88' Kluivert  67' F. de Boer  85'	Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Vassilios Nikakis (Greece)

Ajax v Grasshopper

18 October 1995 Round 3	Ajax	3 – 0	Grasshopper	Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
20:30	Kluivert  10', 68' Finidi  87'	Report		Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Adrian Porumboiu (Romania)

Grasshopper v Ajax

1 November 1995 Round 4	Grasshopper	0 – 0	Ajax	Hardturm, Zurich
20:30		Report		Attendance: 20,100 Referee: Nikolay Levnikov (Russia)

Real Madrid v Ajax

22 November 1995 Round 5	Real Madrid	0 – 2	Ajax	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
20:30		Report	Litmanen  64' Kluivert  76'	Attendance: 72,000 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

Ajax v Ferencváros

6 December 1995 Round 6	Ajax	4 – 0	Ferencváros	Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
20:30	Overmars  17' R. de Boer  22' Litmanen  62', 66'	Report		Attendance: 42,319 Referee: Ilkka Koho (Finland)

Knockout phase

Main article: 1995–96 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Borussia Dortmund v Ajax

6 March 1996 First Leg	Borussia Dortmund	0 – 2	Ajax	Dortmund, Germany
20:30		Report	Davids  8' Kluivert  85'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 35,800 Referee: Dermot Gallagher (England)

Ajax v Borussia Dortmund

20 March 1996 Second Leg	Ajax	1 – 0	Borussia Dortmund	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:30	Musampa  75'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Vaclav Krondl (Czech Republic)

Semi-finals

Ajax v Panathinaikos

3 April 1996 First Leg	Ajax	0 – 1	Panathinaikos	Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
20:30		Report	Warzycha  87'	Attendance: 42,000 Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)

Panathinaikos v Ajax

17 April 1996 Second Leg	Panathinaikos	0 – 3	Ajax	Spyridon Louis, Athens
21:30		Report	Litmanen  4', 77' Wooter  86'	Attendance: 74,000 Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

Final

Main article: 1996 UEFA Champions League Final

Ajax v Juventus

22 May 1996	Ajax	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2 – 4 p)	Juventus	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
20:30	Litmanen  41'	Report	Ravanelli  13'	Attendance: 67,000 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)
		Penalties
	Davids Litmanen Scholten Silooy		Ferrara Pessotto Padovano Jugović

Intercontinental Cup

Main article: 1995 Intercontinental Cup

Ajax v Grêmio

28 November 1995	Ajax	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4 – 3 p)	Grêmio	National Stadium, Tokyo
18:15		Report		Attendance: 47,129 Referee: David Elleray (England)
		Penalties
	Kluivert R. de Boer F. de Boer George Blind		Dinho Arce Magno Gélson Adílson

UEFA Super Cup

Main article: 1995 UEFA Super Cup

Real Zaragoza v AFC Ajax

6 February 1996 First Leg	Real Zaragoza	1 – 1	AFC Ajax	La Romareda, Zaragoza
	Aguado  28'		Kluivert  70'	Attendance: 17,500 Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)

AFC Ajax v Real Zaragoza

28 February 1996 Second Leg	AFC Ajax	4 – 0	Real Zaragoza	Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
	Bogarde  43' George  54' Blind  65' (pen.), 69' (pen.)			Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)

References