1996–97 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie

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

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1996/1997 season was contested by 18 teams. MVV won the championship.

New entrants

Relegated from the Eredivisie 1995-96

• Go Ahead Eagles

League standings

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

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	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA
1	RKC Waalwijk	6	5	0	1	15	19	6	Remain in Eredivisie
2	FC Zwolle	6	3	1	2	10	6	9
3	FC Emmen	6	2	1	3	7	8	10
4	ADO Den Haag	6	0	2	4	2	3	11

Group 2

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA
1	NEC Nijmegen	6	5	0	1	15	19	5	Remain in Eredivisie
2	Go Ahead Eagles	6	5	0	1	15	17	8
3	Cambuur Leeuwarden	6	2	0	4	6	8	15
4	VVV-Venlo	6	0	0	6	0	6	22

See also

• Eredivisie 1996-97
• KNVB Cup 1996-97

References

• Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)