2003–04 in Dutch football

none The 2003–04 season in Dutch football saw Ajax regain their title in the Eredivisie. Zwolle were relegated to the First Division. Johan Cruyff Shield August 10, 2003 PSV 3–1 Utrecht Robben 14'Van Bommel 47'Kežman 89' Van de Haar 22' Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam 32,000 Haverkort Eredivisie 2003–04 Eredivisie Awards Dutch Footballer of the Year 2003–04 — Maxwell (Ajax) Dutch Golden Shoe Winner 2003 — Dirk Kuyt (Utrecht) 2004 — Maxwell (Ajax) Ajax squad 2003–04 Goal NED Sander Boschker ROM Bogdan Lobonț NED Maarten Stekelenburg Defence BEL Jelle Van Damme FRA Julien Escudé CZE Zdeněk Grygera NED John Heitinga NED Nigel de Jong USA John O'Brien FIN Petri Pasanen TUN Hatem Trabelsi BEL Thomas Vermaelen BRA Fronio Walker GHA Abubakari Yakubu Midfield CZE Tomáš Galásek NED Cedric van der Gun FIN Jari Litmanen BRA Maxwell GHA Anthony Obodai RSA Steven Pienaar NED Stefano Seedorf NED Wesley Sneijder NED Rafael van der Vaart Attack NED Jamal Akachar GRE Yannis Anastasiou NED Ryan Babel MAR Nourdin Boukhari AUS Jason Culina SWE Zlatan Ibrahimović ROM Nicolae Mitea BEL Tom De Mul NED Daniël de Ridder NED Victor Sikora BEL Tom Soetaers BEL Wesley Sonck BRA Wamberto Management NED Ronald Koeman (Coach) NED Ruud Krol (Assistant) NED Tonny Bruins Slot (Assistant) Eerste Divisie PositionTeamPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference1FC Den Bosch 743622868548+372Excelsior743622867039+313Sparta Rotterdam693621697643+334Heracles Almelo6736191077142+295Helmond Sport653619896642+246De Graafschap6436181086343+207VVV-Venlo6136194137662+14 8Emmen 61 36 17 10 9 65 54 +11 9Go Ahead Eagles 53 36 15 8 13 79 63 +16 10AGOVV Apeldoorn 50 36 14 8 14 63 54 +9 11TOP Oss 45 36 12 9 15 57 60 -3 12Stormvogels Telstar 44 36 10 9 17 55 62 -7 13HFC Haarlem 39 36 10 9 17 41 63 -22 14BV Veendam 36 36 7 15 14 46 71 -25 15Dordrecht 30 36 5 15 16 33 60 -27 16FC Eindhoven 30 36 6 12 18 40 69 -26 17Cambuur 28 36 6 10 20 35 65 -30 18MVV Maastricht 28 36 6 10 20 32 70 -38 19Fortuna Sittard 19 36 3 10 23 38 81 -43 Promoted : FC Den Bosch Promotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie"): Excelsior, Sparta, Heracles, Helmond Sport, De Graafschap and VVV Venlo Topscorers PositionPlayerNationalityClubGoals1Klaas-Jan Huntelaar NEDAGOVV Apeldoorn26 2Stefan JansenNEDFC Den Bosch 25 3Yuri RoseNEDHeracles Almelo 22 4Ronald HammingNEDBV Veendam 21 5Uğur YıldırımNEDGo Ahead Eagles 19 6Mounir El HamdaouiMARExcelsior 17Ricky van den BerghNEDSparta Rotterdam 17 Promotion and relegation Group A PositionTeamPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference1Vitesse 146420144+10 2VVV-Venlo 8 6 2 2 2 11 10 +1 3Sparta Rotterdam 6 6 1 3 2 8 10 -2 4Helmond Sport 3 6 0 3 3 7 16 -9 Group B PositionTeamPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference1De Graafschap 136411104+6 2Heracles Almelo 11 6 3 2 1 11 6 +5 3Excelsior 8 6 2 2 2 8 8 04Volendam16015415-11 Stayed / Promoted : Vitesse Arnhem and De Graafschap Relegated: Volendam KNVB Cup February 4 PSV 0 NAC Breda 1 February 4 Twente 3 Feyenoord 1 February 3 Sparta 0 (3) NEC 0 (2) February 4 Utrecht 3 Heracles Almelo 2 March 16 Twente 2 (4) NAC Breda 2 (3) March 17 Sparta 3 (3) Utrecht 3 (4) May 23 - Rotterdam Twente 0 Utrecht 1 Netherlands national team Netherlands national football team 2003 Netherlands national football team 2004 See also Sparta Rotterdam season 2003–04 References Voetbal International RSSSF Archive 2003 Football Football Dutch Category:Football in the Netherlands by season