1995–96 AFC Ajax season

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

Out

Competitions

Eredivisie
Main article: 1995–96 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
Main article: 1995–96 KNVB Cup
24 January 1996 First Round Heracles 0 – 3 Ajax
30 January 1996 Second Round SC Cambuur 2 – 0 Ajax

Dutch Supercup
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
Main article: 1995–96 UEFA Champions League

Group stage
Main article: 1995–96 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group D
Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Ajax 6510151+1416
Real Madrid 6312115+610
Ferencváros 6123919−105
Grasshopper 6024313−102
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
Main article: 1995–96 UEFA Champions League knockout stage
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
Main article: 1996 UEFA Champions League 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
Main article: 1995 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
Main article: 1995 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
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