1995–96 AFC Ajax season

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

AFC Ajax

1995–96 season
Manager	Louis van Gaal
Stadium	Olympic Stadium
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)

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 — MF  NED Rob Gehring — MF  NED Denny Landzaat

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  NED Peter Hoekstra — MF  NED Kiki Musampa — 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 — MF  NGA Finidi George — FW  NED Patrick Kluivert — FW  FIN Jari Litmanen — FW  RUS Andriy Demchenko — 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

• Arnold Scholten - Feyenoord

Out

• Rob Alflen - Vitesse Arnhem
• Tarik Oulida - Sevilla
• Peter van Vossen - İstanbulspor
• Frank Rijkaard - retired
• Clarence Seedorf - Sampdoria

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	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

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

22 May 1996	Ajax	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2 – 4 p)	Juventus	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
20:30	Litmanen  41'	Report	Ravanelli  13'	Attendance: 67,000 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)
	Penalties
	Davids Litmanen Scholten Silooy		Ferrara Pessotto Padovano Jugović

Intercontinental Cup

28 November 1995	Ajax	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4 – 3 p)	Grêmio	National Stadium, Tokyo
18:15		Report		Attendance: 47,129 Referee: David Elleray (England)
	Penalties
	Kluivert R. de Boer F. de Boer George Blind		Dinho Arce Magno Gélson Adílson

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