1996–97 Eerste Divisie

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1996–97 season was contested by 18 teams. MVV won the championship.

Eerste Divisie

Season	1996–97
Champions	MVV
Promoted	MVV
Goals scored	884
Average goals/game	2.88
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

New entrants

Relegated from the 1995–96 Eredivisie

• Go Ahead Eagles

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	MVV	34	20	10	4	62	30	+32	70	Promotion to Eredivisie
2	Cambuur Leeuwarden	34	20	7	7	65	33	+32	67	Play-offs
3	FC Emmen	34	18	9	7	58	36	+22	63
4	VVV-Venlo	34	16	9	9	55	40	+15	57
5	FC Zwolle	34	15	10	9	52	40	+12	55
6	Go Ahead Eagles	34	16	7	11	58	48	+10	55
7	FC Den Bosch	34	16	6	12	55	43	+12	54
8	ADO Den Haag	34	14	10	10	48	48	0	52	Play-offs
9	FC Eindhoven	34	14	8	12	53	53	0	50
10	Veendam	34	13	10	11	44	35	+9	49
11	TOP Oss	34	13	8	13	46	50	−4	47
12	Dordrecht '90	34	13	7	14	45	49	−4	46
13	SC Heracles	34	9	10	15	51	50	+1	37
14	Helmond Sport	34	10	6	18	46	64	−18	36
15	RBC Roosendaal	34	10	5	19	41	63	−22	35
16	Telstar	34	7	7	20	34	68	−34	28
17	Excelsior	34	6	6	22	37	67	−30	24
18	HFC Haarlem	34	5	7	22	34	67	−33	22

Source: rsssf.com

Promotion/relegation play-offs

In the promotion/relegation competition, eight entrants (six from this league and two from the Eredivisie) entered in two groups. The group winners were promoted to the Eredivisie.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	RKC Waalwijk	6	5	0	1	19	6	+13	15	Remain in Eredivisie
2	FC Zwolle	6	3	1	2	6	9	−3	10
3	FC Emmen	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	7
4	ADO Den Haag	6	0	2	4	3	11	−8	2

Source: rsssf.com

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	NEC Nijmegen	6	5	0	1	19	5	+14	15	Remain in Eredivisie
2	Go Ahead Eagles	6	5	0	1	17	8	+9	15
3	Cambuur Leeuwarden	6	2	0	4	8	15	−7	6
4	VVV-Venlo	6	0	0	6	6	22	−16	0

Source: rsssf.com

See also

• 1996–97 Eredivisie
• 1996–97 KNVB Cup

References

• Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)