1996–97 in Dutch football

The 1996/1997 season in Dutch football was the 41st professional season in the Eredivisie, with PSV Eindhoven winning the title and Roda JC claiming the Dutch National Cup.

Eredivisie

 * Champions League : PSV Eindhoven
 * Champions League qualification : Feyenoord Rotterdam
 * Cup Winners Cup: Roda JC
 * UEFA Cup: FC Twente, Ajax Amsterdam and Vitesse Arnhem
 * Promotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie"): RKC Waalwijk and NEC Nijmegen
 * Relegated: AZ Alkmaar

Dutch Footballer of the Year

 * 1996 &mdash; Ronald de Boer (Ajax Amsterdam)
 * 1997 &mdash; Jaap Stam (PSV Eindhoven)

Dutch Golden Shoe Winner

 * 1996 &mdash; Danny Blind (Ajax Amsterdam)
 * 1997 &mdash; Jaap Stam (PSV Eindhoven)

PSV Winning Squad 1996-'97

 * Goal
 * Jan-Willem van Ede
 * Wilburt Need
 * Ronald Waterreus


 * Defence
 * Ernest Faber
 * Niclas Jensen
 * Arthur Numan
 * Jaap Stam
 * Stan Valckx
 * 🇧🇷 Vampeta
 * Chris van der Weerden


 * Midfield
 * Wilfred Bouma
 * Phillip Cocu
 * 🇧🇪 Marc Degryse
 * Björn van der Doelen
 * Wim Jonk
 * Anders Nielsen
 * Boudewijn Pahlplatz
 * Zeljko Petrovic
 * Dennis Rommedahl
 * Ovidiu Stinga
 * Marciano Vink


 * Attack
 * 🇧🇪 Gilles De Bilde
 * 🇧🇷 Claudio
 * René Eijkelkamp
 * 🇧🇷 Marcelo
 * 🇧🇪 Luc Nilis
 * Boudewijn Zenden


 * Management
 * Dick Advocaat (Coach)
 * Rob Baan (Assistant)

Eerste Divisie

 * Promoted : MVV Maastricht
 * Promotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie"): Cambuur, Emmen, VVV, Zwolle, Eindhoven, Go Ahead Eagles and ADO Den Haag

Group B

 * Stayed : RKC Waalwijk and NEC Nijmegen