2002–03 in Dutch football

none The 2002–03 season in Dutch football was the 47th season in the Eredivisie, where PSV claimed the title and Utrecht won the Dutch National Cup after defeating Feyenoord in the final. Johan Cruijff-schaal August 11, 2002 Ajax 3–1 PSV Van der Vaart 41', 76'Mido 54' Kežman 10' Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam 40,000 Van Hulten Eredivisie PositionTeamPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference1PSV 843426628720+672Ajax833426539632+643Feyenoord803425548939+504NAC Breda5234131384231+115NEC5134149114140+1 6Roda JC 50 34 14 8 12 58 54 +4 7Heerenveen 47 34 13 8 13 61 55 +68Utrecht473412111149490 9RKC Waalwijk 46 34 14 4 16 44 51 -7 10AZ 44 34 12 8 14 50 69 -19 11Willem II 42 34 11 9 14 48 51 -3 12Twente 41 34 10 11 13 36 45 -9 13RBC Roosendaal 41 36 10 6 18 33 54 -21 14Vitesse 33 34 8 9 17 37 51 -14 15Groningen 32 34 7 11 16 28 44 -1616Zwolle323488183162-3117Excelsior233458213872-3418De Graafschap233465233584-49 Champions League : PSV Champions League qualification : Ajax UEFA Cup : Feyenoord, NAC Breda, NEC and Utrecht Promotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie") : Zwolle and Excelsior Relegated : De Graafschap Top scorers PositionPlayerNationalityClubGoals1Mateja Kežman SerbiaPSV35 2Pierre van HooijdonkNEDFeyenoord 28 3Dirk KuytNEDUtrecht 20 4Thomas BuffelBELFeyenoord 18–Rafael van der VaartNEDAjax 18 6Rick HoogendorpNEDRKC Waalwijk 16 7Matthew AmoahGHAVitesse 15 8Zlatan IbrahimovićSWEAjax 13 9Orlando EngelaarNEDNAC Breda 12–Arjen RobbenNEDPSV 12 Awards Dutch Footballer of the Year 2002–03 — Mateja Kežman (PSV) Dutch Golden Shoe Winner 2002 — Cristian Chivu (Ajax) 2003 — Dirk Kuyt (Utrecht) PSV winning squad 2002–03 Goal NED Frank Kooiman BEL Yves Lenaerts NED Jelle ten Rouwelaar NED Ronald Waterreus Defence GHA Eric Addo DEN Kasper Bøgelund NED Wilfred Bouma NED Robert van Boxel NED Jürgen Dirkx NED Ernest Faber DEN Jan Heintze NED Léon Hese NED Kevin Hofland NED Michael Lamey KOR Lee Young-pyo NED André Ooijer AUS Lindsay Wilson Midfield NED Mark van Bommel GEO Giorgi Gakhokidze NED John de Jong BRA Leandro NED Theo Lucius BRA Marquinho KOR Park Ji-sung MAR Adil Ramzi DEN Dennis Rommedahl NED Remco van der Schaaf SUI Johann Vogel Attack NED Arnold Bruggink NED Arjen Robben BRA Claudio NED Klaas-Jan Huntelaar FR Yugoslavia Mateja Kežman NED Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink Management NED Guus Hiddink (Coach) NED Erwin Koeman (Assistant) NED Fred Rutten (Assistant) Eerste Divisie PositionTeamPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference1ADO Den Haag 833426537420+542Emmen753423656633+333Helmond Sport643419787244+284Heracles Almelo6034186107852+265FC Den Bosch6034186106238+246Volendam6034186106144+177Go Ahead Eagles5834177107455+19 8Sparta Rotterdam 45 34 13 6 15 60 62 -2 9TOP Oss 44 34 13 5 16 48 68 -20 10FC Eindhoven 41 34 11 8 15 41 49 -8 11Cambuur 40 34 12 4 18 54 77 -23 12Stormvogels Telstar 38 34 11 5 18 37 45 -8 13VVV-Venlo 37 34 10 7 17 42 60 -18 14HFC Haarlem 35 34 9 8 17 31 63 -32 15Fortuna Sittard 32 34 8 8 18 43 53 -10 16MVV Maastricht 32 34 8 8 18 35 53 -18 17Veednam 32 34 8 8 18 37 66 -29 18Dordrecht 24 34 6 6 22 31 64 -33 Promoted : ADO Den Haag Promotion / Relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie") : Emmen, Heracles, Den Bosch, Volendam and Go Ahead Eagles Top scorers PositionPlayerNationalityClubGoals1Donny de Groot NEDEmmen30 2Rik PlatvoetNEDHeracles Almelo 26 3Danny KoevermansNEDSparta Rotterdam 25 4Stefan JansenNEDFC Den Bosch 20 5Jan BruinNEDCambuur 19 6Ugur YildirimNEDGo Ahead Eagles 18 7Roy StroeveNEDADO Den Haag 17–Koen van de LaakNEDFC Den Bosch 17–Ronald HammingNEDFortuna Sittard 17 Promotion and relegation Group A PositionTeamPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference1Zwolle 146420125+7 2Helmond Sport 10 6 3 1 2 9 10 -1 3FC Den Bosch 10 6 2 1 3 7 10 -3 4Go Ahead Eagles 3 6 1 0 5 9 12 -3 Group B PositionTeamPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference1Volendam 126402127+5 2Emmen 9 6 3 0 3 6 6 03Excelsior9630389-1 4Heracles Almelo 6 6 2 0 4 6 10 -4 Stayed : Zwolle Promoted : Volendam Relegated : Excelsior KNVB Cup March 4 Excelsior 1 Utrecht 3 March 5 PSV 2 Heerenveen 1 March 5 Feyenoord 3 Vitesse 1 March 5 Ajax 4 Groningen 1 April 15 Utrecht 2 PSV 1 April 16 Feyenoord 1 Ajax 0 June 1 – Rotterdam Feyenoord 1 Utrecht 4 Netherlands national team Netherlands national football team 2002 Netherlands national football team 2003 See also Sparta Rotterdam season 2002–03 References RSSSF Archive Voetbalstats 2002 Football Football Dutch Category:Football in the Netherlands by season