2002–03 in Dutch football

The 2002/2003 season in Dutch football was the 47th season in the Eredivisie, where PSV Eindhoven claimed the title while FC Utrecht won the Dutch National Cup by defeating Feyenoord Rotterdam in the final.

Johan Cruijff-schaal

August 11, 2002

Ajax	3–1	PSV
Van der Vaart 41', 76' Mido 54'		Kezman 10'

Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam

Attendance: 40.000

Referee: Van Hulten

Eredivisie

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

Champions League : PSV Eindhoven
Champions League qualification : Ajax Amsterdam
UEFA Cup : Feyenoord, NAC, NEC and FC Utrecht
Promotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie") : FC Zwolle and Excelsior
Relegated : De Graafschap

Topscorers

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

Awards

Dutch Footballer of the Year

2002 / 2003 — Mateja Kezman (PSV Eindhoven)

Dutch Golden Shoe Winner

2002 — Cristian Chivu (Ajax Amsterdam)
2003 — Dirk Kuijt (FC Utrecht)

PSV Winning Squad 2002-2003

Goal

Defence

Midfield

Attack

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	FC 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	FC 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 Leeuwarden	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	BV Veendam	32	34	8	8	18	37	66	-29
18	FC 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

Topscorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Donny de Groot	FC 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 Leeuwarden	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	FC 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	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	FC Volendam	12	6	4	2	12	7	+5
2	FC Emmen	9	6	3	3	6	6	0
3	Excelsior Rotterdam	9	6	3	3	8	9	-1
4	Heracles Almelo	6	6	2	4	6	10	-4

Stayed : FC Zwolle
Promoted : FC Volendam
Relegated : Excelsior Rotterdam

KNVB Cup

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

March 4

Excelsior Rotterdam	1
		April 15
FC Utrecht	3
		FC Utrecht	2
March 5
		PSV Eindhoven	1
PSV Eindhoven	2
				June 1 - Rotterdam
SC Heerenveen	1
				Feyenoord Rotterdam	1
March 5
				FC Utrecht	4
Feyenoord Rotterdam	3
		April 16
Vitesse Arnhem	1
		Feyenoord Rotterdam	1
March 5
		Ajax Amsterdam	0
Ajax Amsterdam	4

FC Groningen	1

Dutch national team

References

v t e Eredivisie
2024–25 clubs	Ajax Almere City AZ Feyenoord Fortuna Sittard Go Ahead Eagles Groningen Heerenveen Heracles Almelo NAC NEC PEC Zwolle PSV RKC Waalwijk Sparta Rotterdam Twente Utrecht Willem II
Stadiums	Abe Lenstra Stadion De Adelaarshorst AFAS Stadion Erve Asito Euroborg Fortuna Sittard Stadion Galgenwaard De Goffert De Grolsch Veste Johan Cruyff Arena Het Kasteel Koning Willem II Stadion De Kuip MAC³PARK Stadion Mandemakers Stadion Philips Stadion Rat Verlegh Stadion Yanmar Stadion
Former clubs	ADO Den Haag Alkmaar '54 FC Amsterdam Blauw-Wit Cambuur De Graafschap De Volewijckers Den Bosch Dordrecht DOS DS '79 DWS FC Eindhoven Elinkwijk Emmen SC Enschede Excelsior Fortuna '54 Haarlem Helmond Sport MVV NOAD RBC Roda JC SVV Telstar Veendam VVV-Venlo Wageningen Vitesse Volendam XerxesDZB
Competition	Champions Players (foreign) Managers Top scorers Hat-tricks Derbies Eredivisie Live
Awards	Footballer of the Year Rinus Michels Award Eredivisie Player of the Month
Associated competitions	League system Eerste Divisie KNVB Cup Johan Cruyff Shield Eredivisie for women UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Conference League
Netherlands Football League seasons	1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56
Eredivisie seasons	1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
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Johan Cruijff-schaal

Eredivisie

Topscorers

Awards

Dutch Footballer of the Year

Dutch Golden Shoe Winner

PSV Winning Squad 2002-2003

Eerste Divisie

Topscorers

Promotion and relegation

Group A

Group B

KNVB Cup

Dutch national team

See also

References