1995–96_AFC_Ajax_season
1995–96 AFC Ajax season
AFC Ajax 1995–96 football season
During the 1995–96 Dutch football season, Ajax competed in the Eredivisie.
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1995–96 season | |||
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Manager | Louis van Gaal | ||
Stadium | De Meer Stadion Olympic Stadium (selected matches) | ||
Eredivisie | 1st | ||
KNVB Cup | Round of 16 | ||
Johan Cruijff Shield | Winners | ||
Champions League | Runners-up | ||
UEFA Super Cup | Winners | ||
Intercontinental Cup | Winners | ||
Top goalscorer | Patrick Kluivert (15) | ||
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First-team squad
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Reserve squad
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Eredivisie
Main article: 1995–96 Eredivisie
League table
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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 |
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- Winners KNVB Cup.
KNVB Cup
Main article: 1995–96 KNVB Cup
Heracles‘74 v Ajax
24 January 1996 First Round | Heracles‘74 | 0–3 | Ajax | Bornsestraat, Almelo |
SC Cambuur v Ajax
30 January 1996 Second Round | SC Cambuur | 2–0 | Ajax | Cambuur Stadion, Leeuwarden |
Dutch Supercup
Main article: 1995 Dutch Supercup
UEFA Champions League
Main article: 1995–96 UEFA Champions League
Group stage
Main article: 1995–96 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group D
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
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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, Zürich |
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
Intercontinental Cup
Main article: 1995 Intercontinental Cup
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) |
Appearances and goals
- As of 22 May 1996[1]
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No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | Champions League | Dutch Supercup, UEFA Supercup & Intercontinental Cup | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
-- | GK | NED | Edwin van der Sar | 50 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
-- | GK | NED | Fred Grim | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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-- | DF | NED | Frank de Boer | 47 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
-- | DF | NED | Winston Bogarde | 50 | 3 | 31+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
-- | DF | NED | Danny Blind | 44 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
-- | DF | NED | Michael Reiziger | 41 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
-- | DF | NED | Sonny Silooy | 16 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
-- | DF | NED | Arnold Scholten | 27 | 1 | 6+10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
-- | DF | BRA | Márcio Santos | 7 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-- | DF | NGA | Christopher Kanu | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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-- | MF | NED | Ronald de Boer | 46 | 10 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
-- | MF | NGA | Finidi George | 44 | 9 | 28+1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
-- | MF | NED | Edgar Davids | 42 | 8 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
-- | MF | NED | Peter Hoekstra | 18 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-- | MF | NED | Marc Overmars | 23 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
-- | MF | NED | Nordin Wooter | 35 | 3 | 7+18 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+4 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
-- | MF | NED | Martijn Reuser | 24 | 3 | 5+13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
-- | MF | NED | Kiki Musampa | 26 | 2 | 3+13 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
-- | MF | NED | Dave van den Bergh | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
-- | MF | NED | Denny Landzaat | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-- | MF | NED | Dennis Schulp | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-- | MF | NED | Ignacio Tuhuteru | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-- | MF | NED | Rob Gehring | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
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-- | FW | NED | Patrick Kluivert | 42 | 23 | 26+2 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 6+2 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
-- | FW | FIN | Jari Litmanen | 40 | 23 | 22+4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
-- | FW | NGA | Nwankwo Kanu | 40 | 13 | 18+10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
-- | FW | RUS | Andriy Demchenko | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
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- "World Football". Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.