AFC Ajax
1995–96 season
ManagerLouis van Gaal
StadiumDe Meer Stadion
Olympic Stadium
Eredivisie1st
KNVB CupRound of 16
Johan Cruijff ShieldWinners
Champions LeagueRunners-up
UEFA Super CupWinners
Intercontinental CupWinners
Top goalscorerPatrick Kluivert (15)

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

Players

First-team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Netherlands NED Fred Grim
GK Netherlands NED Edwin van der Sar
DF Netherlands NED Danny Blind (captain)
DF Netherlands NED Winston Bogarde
DF Netherlands NED Frank de Boer (vice captain)
DF Netherlands NED Michael Reiziger
DF Netherlands NED Arnold Scholten
DF Netherlands NED Sonny Silooy
DF Brazil BRA Márcio Santos
MF Netherlands NED Ronald de Boer
MF Netherlands NED Edgar Davids[notes 1]
MF Netherlands NED Rob Gehring
MF Netherlands NED Denny Landzaat
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Netherlands NED Peter Hoekstra
MF Netherlands NED Kiki Musampa[notes 2]
MF Netherlands NED Marc Overmars
MF Netherlands NED Martijn Reuser
MF Netherlands NED Dennis Schulp
MF Netherlands NED Ignacio Tuhuteru
MF Netherlands NED Dave van den Bergh
MF Netherlands NED Nordin Wooter[notes 3]
MF Nigeria NGA Finidi George
FW Netherlands NED Patrick Kluivert
FW Finland FIN Jari Litmanen
FW Russia RUS Andriy Demchenko[notes 4]
FW Nigeria NGA 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. Pos. Nation Player
DF Australia AUS Hayden Foxe
MF United States USA John O'Brien
DF Netherlands NED Arno Splinter

Transfers

In

Out

Competitions

Eredivisie

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ajax 34 26 5 3 97 24 +73 83 Champions League
2 PSV[lower-alpha 1] 34 24 5 5 97 25 +72 77 Cup Winners' Cup
3 Feyenoord 34 18 9 7 66 36 +30 63 UEFA Cup
4 Roda JC 34 15 12 7 51 35 +16 57
5 Vitesse Arnhem 34 15 8 11 48 44 +4 53
Source:
Notes:
  1. Winners KNVB Cup.

KNVB Cup

24 January 1996 First Round Heracles‘74 0–3 Ajax Bornsestraat, Almelo
30 January 1996 Second Round SC Cambuur 2–0 Ajax Cambuur Stadion, Leeuwarden

Dutch Supercup

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

Group stage

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Netherlands Ajax 6510151+1416
Spain Real Madrid 6312115+610
Hungary Ferencváros 6123919−105
Switzerland Grasshopper 6024313−102
13 September 1995 Round 1 Ajax Netherlands 1–0 Spain Real Madrid Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
20:30 Overmars 14' Report Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)
27 September 1995 Round 2 Ferencváros Hungary 1–5 Netherlands 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)
18 October 1995 Round 3 Ajax Netherlands 3–0 Switzerland Grasshopper Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
20:30 Kluivert 10', 68'
Finidi 87'
Report Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Adrian Porumboiu (Romania)
1 November 1995 Round 4 Grasshopper Switzerland 0–0 Netherlands Ajax Hardturm, Zürich
20:30 Report Attendance: 20,100
Referee: Nikolay Levnikov (Russia)
22 November 1995 Round 5 Real Madrid Spain 0–2 Netherlands Ajax Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
20:30 Report Litmanen 64'
Kluivert 76'
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)
6 December 1995 Round 6 Ajax Netherlands 4–0 Hungary 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

Quarter-finals
6 March 1996 First Leg Borussia Dortmund Germany 0–2 Netherlands Ajax Dortmund, Germany
20:30 Report Davids 8'
Kluivert 85'
Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 35,800
Referee: Dermot Gallagher (England)
20 March 1996 Second Leg Ajax Netherlands 1–0 Germany Borussia Dortmund Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:30 Musampa 75' Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Vaclav Krondl (Czech Republic)
Semi-finals
3 April 1996 First Leg Ajax Netherlands 0–1 Greece Panathinaikos Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
20:30 Report Warzycha 87' Attendance: 42,000
Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)
17 April 1996 Second Leg Panathinaikos Greece 0–3 Netherlands Ajax Spyridon Louis, Athens
21:30 Report Litmanen 4', 77'
Wooter 86'
Attendance: 74,000
Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)
Final

Intercontinental Cup

UEFA Super Cup

6 February 1996 First Leg Real Zaragoza Spain 1–1 Netherlands AFC Ajax La Romareda, Zaragoza
Aguado 28' Kluivert 70' Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)
28 February 1996 Second Leg AFC Ajax Netherlands 4–0 Spain Real Zaragoza Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
Bogarde 43'
George 54'
Blind 65' (pen.), 69' (pen.)
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 22 May 1996[1]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalEredivisieKNVB CupChampions LeagueDutch Supercup, UEFA Supercup & Intercontinental Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
-- GK Netherlands NED Edwin van der Sar 5003302011040
-- GK Netherlands NED Fred Grim 1010000000
Defenders
-- DF Netherlands NED Frank de Boer 474323209140
-- DF Netherlands NED Winston Bogarde 50331+222011041
-- DF Netherlands NED Danny Blind 445313208032
-- DF Netherlands NED Michael Reiziger 411261209040
-- DF Netherlands NED Sonny Silooy 1609+20004010
-- DF Netherlands NED Arnold Scholten 2716+101202+4030
-- DF Brazil BRA Márcio Santos 704+30000000
-- DF Nigeria NGA Christopher Kanu 2020000000
Midfielders
-- MF Netherlands NED Ronald de Boer 46103072111131
-- MF Nigeria NGA Finidi George 44928+161110141
-- MF Netherlands NED Edgar Davids 4282870011130
-- MF Netherlands NED Peter Hoekstra 185165200000
-- MF Netherlands NED Marc Overmars 23121510006220
-- MF Netherlands NED Nordin Wooter 3537+1821+102+410+20
-- MF Netherlands NED Martijn Reuser 2435+133001+300+20
-- MF Netherlands NED Kiki Musampa 2623+1310+203+4110
-- MF Netherlands NED Dave van den Bergh 400+2000000+20
-- MF Netherlands NED Denny Landzaat 200+10000+1000
-- MF Netherlands NED Dennis Schulp 100+10000000
-- MF Netherlands NED Ignacio Tuhuteru 1000000+1000
-- MF Netherlands NED Rob Gehring 100000000+10
Forwards
-- FW Netherlands NED Patrick Kluivert 422326+215216+2542
-- FW Finland FIN Jari Litmanen 402322+4142010920
-- FW Nigeria NGA Nwankwo Kanu 401318+1013007+202+10
-- FW Russia RUS Andriy Demchenko 301+1000000+10
Players loaned or transferred out during the season

References

  1. "World Football". Retrieved 15 October 2023.

Notes

  1. Davids was born in Paramaribo, Suriname, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and made his international debut for the Netherlands in April 1994.
  2. Musampa was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and represented the Netherlands at U-20 and U-21 level.
  3. Wooter was born in Paramaribo, Suriname, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and represented the Netherlands at U-18 and U-21 level.
  4. Demchenko was born in Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine), but also qualified to represent Russia internationally and represented Russia at U-19, U-20 and U-21 level.
  5. Seedorf was born in Paramaribo, Suriname, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally through holding Dutch citizenship and made his international debut for the Netherlands in December 1994.
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