1995–96 AFC Ajax season

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AFC Ajax
1995–96 season
ManagerLouis van Gaal
StadiumDe Meer Stadion
Olympic Stadium (selected matches)
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, Ajax competed in the Eredivisie.

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

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 Zaire ZAI 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[edit]

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[edit]

Winter[edit]

In
Pos. Name from Type
MF Peter Hoekstra PSV Eindhoven
Out
Pos. Name To Type

Competitions[edit]

Eredivisie[edit]

Main article: 1995–96 Eredivisie

League table[edit]

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

Results by round[edit]

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAAHHAHAH
ResultWWWWWWWWWWWWDWWWWWLDWLWWDWWLWDWWWD
Position1111111111111111111111112111111111
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = Leader, 1996–97 UEFA Champions League Group stage;   = 1996–97 UEFA Cup

Matches[edit]

20 August 1995 1 Ajax 4-0 FC Utrecht Amsterdam
Davids 48'
Kluivert 59'
Blind 62'
Reuser 73'
Blind Yellow card		 Report Yellow card 76' Yellow-red card Vierklau
Yellow cardTen Hag		 Stadium: De Meer Stadion
Referee: Roelof Luinge
25 August 1995 2 NEC 0-6 Ajax Nijmegen
Stock Yellow card Report 7' Finidi
31' Davids
33' Overmars
50' Reuser
55' Finidi
72' Overmars		 Stadium: Goffertstadion
Referee: Jan Wegereef
10 September 1995 3 Ajax 4-0 Sparta Amsterdam
Kanu 6'
Kanu 23'
Overmars 40'
Reuser 89'		 Report Yellow card Smith Stadium: De Meer Stadion
Referee: Jaap Uilenberg
17 September 1995 4 Go Ahead Eagles 0-4 Ajax Deventer
Hulshoff Yellow card
Verkuyl Yellow card
Michels Yellow card		 57' (o.g.) Marbus
65' Kanu
76' (pen)Kanu
81' Davids		 Stadium: Adelaarshorst
Referee: John Blankenstein
20 September 1995 5 Ajax 4-0 Fortuna Sittard Amsterdam
Frank de Boer 17'
Kanu 20'
Ronald de Boer 26'
Overmars 85'		 Report Yellow card Lee Stadium: De Meer Stadion
Referee: Jeff van Vliet
24 September 1995 6 NAC 0-1 Ajax Breda
Lokhoff Yellow card Report 63' Kluivert
Yellow card Bogarde		 Stadium: NAC Stadion
Referee: Dick Jol
01 October 1995 7 sc Heerenveen 0-4 Ajax Heerenveen
Doesburg Yellow card Report 12' Davids
57' (o.g) Straal
67' Litmanen
73' Kluivert		 Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion
Referee: Jaap Uilenberg
04 October 1995 8 Ajax 3-0 Vitesse Arnhem Amsterdam
Kluivert 23', Yellow card
Davids 53'
R De Boer 71'		 Yellow card Van Wanrooy Stadium: De Meer Stadion
Referee: Jan Wegereef
15 October 1995 9 FC Twente 0-3 Ajax Twente
Report 26' Litmanen
31' Overmars
60' Overmars		 Stadium: Diekman Stadion
Referee: Mario van der Ende
22 October 1995 10 Feyenoord 2-4 Ajax Rotterdam
Zwijnenberg 2'
Larsson 7'
van Gobbel Yellow card		 Report 13' Bogarde
29' Litmanen
37' Overmars
57' Overmars		 Stadium: De Kuip
Referee: Jaap Uilenberg
25 October 1995 11 Ajax 4-0 FC Volendam Amsterdam
F de Boer 15'
R de Boer 18'
R de Boer 51'
Wooter 79'		 Report Red card 58' Nijholt
Yellow card 90' Yellow-red card Kromheer
Yellow cardPersijn		 Stadium: De Meer Stadion
Referee: Herman van Dijk
28 October 1995 12 Ajax 6-1 Roda JC Amsterdam
Kluivert 13'
Litmanen 16'
Blind 22'
Davids 37'
Kluivert 56'
Kanu 67'		 Report 53' Roelofsen Stadium: De Meer Stadion
Referee: Roelof Luinge
05 November 1995 14 Ajax 1-1 PSV Amsterdam
Kanu 34 ' Report 32 ' Ronaldo Stadium: Olympisch Stadion
Referee: John Blankenstein
08 November 1995 13 RKC 0-3 Ajax Waalwijk
Report 21 'Kluivert
59 ' Kluivert
89' (pen ) Litmanen
 Stadium: Sportpark Olympia
Referee: Mario van der Ende
19 November 1995 15 Ajax 4-1 FC Groningen Amsterdam
Kluivert 11 '
Litmanen 20' (pen )
Kanu 69 '
Overmars 82 '
 90 ' De Jong
 Stadium: De Meer Stadion
Referee: Jef van Vliet
17 December 1995 18 FC Utrecht 0-3 Ajax Utrecht
10 ' Overmars
25' (pen ) Litmanen
38 ' Litmanen
 Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Referee: Hugo Luijten
20 December 1995 17 Ajax 1-0 De Graafschap Amsterdam
Litmanen 45 '
Overmars red cross icon 59'		 Stadium: De Meer Stadion
Referee: Jaap Uilenberg
24 December 1995 19 Ajax 3-1 NEC Amsterdam
Litmanen 12 '
Finidi 39 '
R de Boer 73' (pen )
 48 ' Sumiala
 Stadium: De Meer Stadion
Referee: Wout Schaap
14 January 1996 16 Willem II 1-0 Ajax Tilburg
Van der vegt 56 '
 Report Stadium: Willem II Stadion
Referee: Wegeref
21 January 1996 20 Sparta 3-3 Ajax Rotterdam
Jalink 7 '
Krijgsman 20 '
De Nooijer 31 '
 Report 16 ' Bogarde
19 ' Scholten
62 ' Hoekstra
 Stadium: Stadion Spangen
Referee: Mario van der Ende
25 February 1996 24 Ajax 6-2 sc Heerenveen Amsterdam
Kluivert 20 '
R de Boer 23 '
Hoekstra 46 '
Kanu 54 '
Blind 56 '
Kluivert 71 '
 Report 84 ' Wouden
87 ' Wouden
 Stadium: De Meer Stadion
Referee: Rene Temmink
03 March 1996 25 Vitesse Arnhem 2-1 Ajax Arnhem
Laros 9 '
Laros 70 '		 Report 87 ' Kluivert
 Stadium: Nieuw Monnikenhuize
Referee: Wegeref
10 March 1996 26 Ajax 6-1 FC Twente Amsterdam
F De Boer 37'
Davids 39 '
Kluivert 50 '
Ayupov 54' (o.g.)
Musampa 65 '
Hoekstra 66 '
 Report 67 ' Ten Caat
 Stadium: De Meer Stadion
Referee: Luinge
13 March 1996 22 Fortuna Sittard 1-2 Ajax Sittard
Jeffrey 75 '
RoestRed card 76'		 72 ' Kanu
81 ' Kluivert
 Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion
Referee: Herman van Dijk
17 March 1996 27 FC Volendam 0-0 Ajax Volendam
Stadium: Kras Stadion
24 March 1996 28 Ajax 2-0 Feyenoord Amsterdam
Litmanen 25 '
Kluivert 54 '
 Stadium: Olympisch Stadion
Referee: Uilenberg
27 March 1996 21 Ajax 2-1 Go Ahead Eagles Amsterdam
Hoekstra 31 '
Kanu 61 '
 88 ' Verkuyl
 Stadium: De Meer Stadion
Referee: Bossen
30 March 1996 29 Roda JC 2-0 Ajax Kerkrade
Babangida 18 '
Doomernik 35 '
Stadium: Sportpark Kaalheide
Referee: Luinge
06 April 1996 23 Ajax 2-0 NAC Amsterdam
R. de Boer 19 '
Kanu 45 '
 Stadium: De Meer Stadion
Referee: Dick van Egmond
08 April 1996 31 PSV 1-1 Ajax Eindhoven
Nilis 40 '
Wouters Yellow card		 53 ', Yellow card Hoekstra
 Stadium: Philips Stadion
Referee: Mario van der Ende
13 April 1996 30 Ajax 1-0 RKC Amsterdam
Reiziger 60 '
 Stadium: De Meer Stadion
Referee: Fred Sterk
21 April 1996 32 FC Groningen 3-4 Ajax Groningen
Sion 24 '
Bombarda 40 '
Sion 78 '
 32' (pen ) Litmanen
44 ' Litmanen
47 ' Kanu
90 ' Wooter
 Stadium: Stadion Oosterpark
Referee: Temmink
28 April 1996 33 Ajax 5-1 Willem II Amsterdam
Litmanen 18'
van Fessen 32' (o.g.)
Finidi 34 '
Finidi 70 '
Finidi 71 '
 82 ' De Gier
 Stadium: De Meer Stadion
Referee: Hugo Luitjen
05 May 1996 34 De Graafschap 0-0 Ajax Doetinchem
Stadium: De Vijverberg
Referee: Luinge

KNVB Cup[edit]

Main article: 1995–96 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[edit]

Main article: 1995 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[edit]

Main article: 1995–96 UEFA Champions League

Group stage[edit]

Main article: 1995–96 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group D
Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Netherlands Ajax 6 5 1 0 15 1 +14 16
Spain Real Madrid 6 3 1 2 11 5 +6 10
Hungary Ferencváros 6 1 2 3 9 19 −10 5
Switzerland Grasshopper 6 0 2 4 3 13 −10 2
13 September 1995 1 Ajax Netherlands 1–0 Spain Real Madrid Amsterdam
20:30 Overmars 14' Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)
27 September 1995 2 Ferencváros Hungary 1–5 Netherlands Ajax Budapest
20:30 Nyilas 59' (pen.) Report Litmanen 57', 80' (pen.), 88'
Kluivert 67'
F. de Boer 85'		 Stadium: Űllői út
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Vassilios Nikakis (Greece)
18 October 1995 3 Ajax Netherlands 3–0 Switzerland Grasshopper Amsterdam
20:30 Kluivert 10', 68'
Finidi 87'		 Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Adrian Porumboiu (Romania)
1 November 1995 4 Grasshopper Switzerland 0–0 Netherlands Ajax Zürich
20:30 Report Stadium: Hardturm
Attendance: 20,100
Referee: Nikolay Levnikov (Russia)
22 November 1995 5 Real Madrid Spain 0–2 Netherlands Ajax Madrid
20:30 Report 64' Litmanen
76' Kluivert		 Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)
6 December 1995 6 Ajax Netherlands 4–0 Hungary Ferencváros Amsterdam
20:30 Overmars 17'
R. de Boer 22'
Litmanen 62', 66'		 Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 42,319
Referee: Ilkka Koho (Finland)

Knockout phase[edit]

Main article: 1995–96 UEFA Champions League knockout stage
Quarter-finals[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
Main article: 1996 UEFA Champions League Final
22 May 1996 Ajax Netherlands 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)		 Italy Juventus Stadio Olimpico, Rome
20:30 Litmanen 41' Report Ravanelli 13' Attendance: 67,000
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)
Penalties
Davids soccer ball with red X
Litmanen soccer ball with check mark
Scholten soccer ball with check mark
Silooy soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with check mark Ferrara
soccer ball with check mark Pessotto
soccer ball with check mark Padovano
soccer ball with check mark Jugović

Intercontinental Cup[edit]

Main article: 1995 Intercontinental Cup
28 November 1995 Ajax Netherlands 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		 Brazil Grêmio National Stadium, Tokyo
18:15 Report Attendance: 47,129
Referee: David Elleray (England)
Penalties
Kluivert soccer ball with red X
R. de Boer soccer ball with check mark
F. de Boer soccer ball with check mark
George soccer ball with check mark
Blind soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with red X Dinho
soccer ball with red X Arce
soccer ball with check mark Magno
soccer ball with check mark Gélson
soccer ball with check mark Adílson

UEFA Super Cup[edit]

Main article: 1995 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[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

As of 22 May 1996[1]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Eredivisie KNBV Champions
League		 Dutch Supercup
UEFA Supercup &
Intercontinental Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
-- GK Netherlands NED van der Sar 50 -3 33 0 2 0 11 -3 4 0
-- DF Netherlands NED Reiziger 41 1 26 1 2 0 9 0 4 0
-- DF Netherlands NED F. de Boer 47 4 32 3 2 0 9 1 4 0
-- DF Netherlands NED Blind 44 5 31 3 2 0 8 0 3 2
-- DF Netherlands NED Bogarde 50 3 31+2 2 2 0 11 0 4 1
-- MF Nigeria NGA Finidi 44 9 28+1 6 1 1 10 1 4 1
-- MF Netherlands NED Davids 42 8 28 7 0 0 11 1 3 0
-- MF Netherlands NED R. de Boer 46 10 30 7 2 1 11 1 3 1
-- FW Nigeria NGA Kanu 40 13 18+10 13 0 0 7+2 0 2+1 0
-- FW Finland FIN Litmanen 40 23 22+4 14 2 0 10 9 2 0
-- FW Netherlands NED Kluivert 42 23 26+2 15 2 1 6+2 5 4 2
-- GK Netherlands NED Grim 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-- MF Netherlands NED Hoekstra 18 5 16 5 2 0 0 0 0 0
-- MF Netherlands NED Overmars 23 12 15 10 0 0 6 2 2 0
-- DF Netherlands NED Silooy 16 0 9+2 0 0 0 4 0 1 0
-- MF Netherlands NED Wooter 35 3 7+18 2 1+1 0 2+4 1 0+2 0
-- DF Netherlands NED Scholten 27 1 6+10 1 2 0 2+4 0 3 0
-- MF Netherlands NED Reuser 24 3 5+13 3 0 0 1+3 0 0+2 0
-- DF Brazil BRA Márcio Santos 7 0 4+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-- MF Zaire ZAI Musampa 26 2 3+13 1 0+2 0 3+4 1 1 0
-- DF Nigeria NGA C. Kanu 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-- FW Russia RUS Demchenko 3 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
-- MF Netherlands NED van den Bergh 4 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0
-- MF Netherlands NED Landzaat 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
-- MF Netherlands NED Schulp 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-- MF Netherlands NED Tuhuteru 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
-- MF Netherlands NED Gehring 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0

References[edit]

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

Notes[edit]

  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.
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