Home shirt as worn in the season when new coach Danny Blind controversially abandoned the side's famed 4-3-3 formation, winning the KNVB Cup but falling short in the Eredivisie, languishing in fourth place. Highlight results during the campaign would be thumping home wins against Roda JC, RBC Roosendaal and Sparta Rotterdam. Young attacker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar would finish as top scorer, netting 22 in all competitions