| Feyenoord beat Twente 1-0 (A) on 15 Sep 1996 |
| Twente beat De Graafschap 1-0 (H) on 8 Sep 1996 |
| De Graafschap beat PSV Eindhoven 2-1 (H) on 15 Sep 1996 |
| PSV Eindhoven beat NEC Nijmegen 4-1 (A) on 22 Aug 1996 |
| NEC Nijmegen beat Ajax 2-0 (H) on 8 Sep 1996 |
| Ajax beat Sparta Rotterdam 2-0 (H) on 15 Sep 1996 |
| Sparta Rotterdam beat Utrecht 3-2 (H) on 8 Sep 1996 |
| Utrecht beat Fortuna Sittard 3-1 (A) on 14 Sep 1996 |
| Fortuna Sittard beat Roda JC 1-0 (A) on 28 Sep 1996 |
| Roda JC beat NAC Breda 1-0 (A) on 21 Sep 1996 |
| NAC Breda beat SC Heerenveen 1-0 (A) on 3 Sep 1996 |
| SC Heerenveen beat Groningen 5-1 (A) on 6 Sep 1996 |
| Groningen beat AZ Alkmaar 1-0 (H) on 29 Sep 1996 |
| AZ Alkmaar beat Volendam 2-1 (H) on 4 Sep 1996 |
| Volendam beat Willem II 2-1 (H) on 15 Sep 1996 |
| Willem II beat Vitesse 2-1 (H) on 4 Sep 1996 |
| Vitesse beat Waalwijk 1-0 (A) on 26 Sep 1996 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.