1995–96 AFC Ajax season

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

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

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

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 0–3 Ajax
30 January 1996 Second Round SC Cambuur 2–0 Ajax

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
Ajax 6510151+1416
Real Madrid 6312115+610
Ferencváros 6123919−105
Grasshopper 6024313−102
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)
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)
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)
1 November 1995 Round 4 Grasshopper 0–0 Ajax Hardturm, Zurich
20:30 Report Attendance: 20,100
Referee: Nikolay Levnikov (Russia)
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)
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

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

Intercontinental Cup

UEFA Super Cup

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)
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

    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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