2002–03 in Dutch football

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

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Van Hulten

Eredivisie

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	PSV	84	34	26	6	2	87	20	+67
2	Ajax	83	34	26	5	3	96	32	+64
3	Feyenoord	80	34	25	5	4	89	39	+50
4	NAC Breda	52	34	13	13	8	42	31	+11
5	NEC	51	34	14	9	11	41	40	+1
6	Roda JC	50	34	14	8	12	58	54	+4
7	Heerenveen	47	34	13	8	13	61	55	+6
8	Utrecht	47	34	12	11	11	49	49	0
9	RKC Waalwijk	46	34	14	4	16	44	51	-7
10	AZ	44	34	12	8	14	50	69	-19
11	Willem II	42	34	11	9	14	48	51	-3
12	Twente	41	34	10	11	13	36	45	-9
13	RBC Roosendaal	41	36	10	6	18	33	54	-21
14	Vitesse	33	34	8	9	17	37	51	-14
15	Groningen	32	34	7	11	16	28	44	-16
16	Zwolle	32	34	8	8	18	31	62	-31
17	Excelsior	23	34	5	8	21	38	72	-34
18	De Graafschap	23	34	6	5	23	35	84	-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

Position	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Mateja Kežman		PSV	35
2	Pierre van Hooijdonk		Feyenoord	28
3	Dirk Kuyt		Utrecht	20
4	Thomas Buffel		Feyenoord	18
–	Rafael van der Vaart		Ajax	18
6	Rick Hoogendorp		RKC Waalwijk	16
7	Matthew Amoah		Vitesse	15
8	Zlatan Ibrahimović		Ajax	13
9	Orlando Engelaar		NAC Breda	12
–	Arjen Robben		PSV	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

• Frank Kooiman
• Yves Lenaerts
• Jelle ten Rouwelaar
• Ronald Waterreus

Defence

• Eric Addo
• Kasper Bøgelund
• Wilfred Bouma
• Robert van Boxel
• Jürgen Dirkx
• Ernest Faber
• Jan Heintze
• Léon Hese
• Kevin Hofland

• Michael Lamey
• Lee Young-pyo
• André Ooijer
• Lindsay Wilson

Midfield

• Mark van Bommel
• Giorgi Gakhokidze
• John de Jong
• Leandro
• Theo Lucius
• Marquinho
• Park Ji-sung
• Adil Ramzi

• Dennis Rommedahl
• Remco van der Schaaf
• Johann Vogel

Attack

• Arnold Bruggink
• Arjen Robben
• Claudio
• Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
• Mateja Kežman
• Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink

Management

• Guus Hiddink (Coach)
• Erwin Koeman (Assistant)
• Fred Rutten (Assistant)

Eerste Divisie

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	ADO Den Haag	83	34	26	5	3	74	20	+54
2	Emmen	75	34	23	6	5	66	33	+33
3	Helmond Sport	64	34	19	7	8	72	44	+28
4	Heracles Almelo	60	34	18	6	10	78	52	+26
5	FC Den Bosch	60	34	18	6	10	62	38	+24
6	Volendam	60	34	18	6	10	61	44	+17
7	Go Ahead Eagles	58	34	17	7	10	74	55	+19
8	Sparta Rotterdam	45	34	13	6	15	60	62	-2
9	TOP Oss	44	34	13	5	16	48	68	-20
10	FC Eindhoven	41	34	11	8	15	41	49	-8
11	Cambuur	40	34	12	4	18	54	77	-23
12	Stormvogels Telstar	38	34	11	5	18	37	45	-8
13	VVV-Venlo	37	34	10	7	17	42	60	-18
14	HFC Haarlem	35	34	9	8	17	31	63	-32
15	Fortuna Sittard	32	34	8	8	18	43	53	-10
16	MVV Maastricht	32	34	8	8	18	35	53	-18
17	Veednam	32	34	8	8	18	37	66	-29
18	Dordrecht	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

Position	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Donny de Groot		Emmen	30
2	Rik Platvoet		Heracles Almelo	26
3	Danny Koevermans		Sparta Rotterdam	25
4	Stefan Jansen		FC Den Bosch	20
5	Jan Bruin		Cambuur	19
6	Ugur Yildirim		Go Ahead Eagles	18
7	Roy Stroeve		ADO Den Haag	17
–	Koen van de Laak		FC Den Bosch	17
–	Ronald Hamming		Fortuna Sittard	17

Promotion and relegation

Group A

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Zwolle	14	6	4	2	0	12	5	+7
2	Helmond Sport	10	6	3	1	2	9	10	-1
3	FC Den Bosch	10	6	2	1	3	7	10	-3
4	Go Ahead Eagles	3	6	1	0	5	9	12	-3

Group B

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Volendam	12	6	4	0	2	12	7	+5
2	Emmen	9	6	3	0	3	6	6	0
3	Excelsior	9	6	3	0	3	8	9	-1
4	Heracles Almelo	6	6	2	0	4	6	10	-4

• Stayed : Zwolle
• Promoted : Volendam
• Relegated : Excelsior

KNVB Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	March 4
	Excelsior	1
					April 15
	Utrecht	3
					Utrecht	2
	March 5
					PSV	1
	PSV	2
									June 1 – Rotterdam
	Heerenveen	1
									Feyenoord	1
	March 5
									Utrecht	4
	Feyenoord	3
					April 16
	Vitesse	1
					Feyenoord	1
	March 5
					Ajax	0
	Ajax	4
	Groningen	1

Netherlands national team

Main articles: Netherlands national football team 2002 and Netherlands national football team 2003

See also

• Sparta Rotterdam season 2002–03

References

• RSSSF Archive
• Voetbalstats