1996–97 Eredivisie

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

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

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 PSV 34 24 5 5 90 30 +60 77 Champions League
2 Feyenoord 34 22 7 5 67 34 +33 73 Champions League: Second qualifying round
3 FC Twente 34 20 5 9 60 33 +27 65 UEFA Cup
4 Ajax 34 17 10 7 55 34 +21 61
5 Vitesse 34 15 10 9 53 41 +12 55
6 Roda JC 34 16 7 11 56 47 +9 55 Cup Winners' Cup
7 SC Heerenveen 34 13 11 10 58 47 +11 50 Intertoto Cup
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 Intertoto Cup
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
17 NEC 34 7 11 16 35 61 −26 32
18 AZ 34 6 7 21 27 52 −25 25 Relegation to Eerste Divisie
Source: [2]

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 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:
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 5 +12 15 Remain in Eerste Divisie
3 Cambuur Leeuwarden 6 2 0 4 8 15 −7 6
4 VVV-Venlo 6 0 0 6 6 22 −16 0
Source:

See also

References
  1. EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers
  2. Jan Schoenmakers (20 February 2005). "Netherlands 1996/97". Retrieved 23 March 2016.
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