2003–04 in Dutch football

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

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Haverkort

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

Defence

Abubakari Yakubu

Midfield

Attack

Management

Ronald Koeman (Coach)
Ruud Krol (Assistant)
Tonny Bruins Slot (Assistant)

Eerste Divisie

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	FC Den Bosch	74	36	22	8	6	85	48	+37
2	Excelsior	74	36	22	8	6	70	39	+31
3	Sparta Rotterdam	69	36	21	6	9	76	43	+33
4	Heracles Almelo	67	36	19	10	7	71	42	+29
5	Helmond Sport	65	36	19	8	9	66	42	+24
6	De Graafschap	64	36	18	10	8	63	43	+20
7	VVV-Venlo	61	36	19	4	13	76	62	+14
8	Emmen	61	36	17	10	9	65	54	+11
9	Go Ahead Eagles	53	36	15	8	13	79	63	+16
10	AGOVV Apeldoorn	50	36	14	8	14	63	54	+9
11	TOP Oss	45	36	12	9	15	57	60	-3
12	Stormvogels Telstar	44	36	10	9	17	55	62	-7
13	HFC Haarlem	39	36	10	9	17	41	63	-22
14	BV Veendam	36	36	7	15	14	46	71	-25
15	Dordrecht	30	36	5	15	16	33	60	-27
16	FC Eindhoven	30	36	6	12	18	40	69	-26
17	Cambuur	28	36	6	10	20	35	65	-30
18	MVV Maastricht	28	36	6	10	20	32	70	-38
19	Fortuna 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

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	AGOVV Apeldoorn	26
2	Stefan Jansen	FC Den Bosch	25
3	Yuri Rose	Heracles Almelo	22
4	Ronald Hamming	BV Veendam	21
5	Uğur Yıldırım	Go Ahead Eagles	19
6	Mounir El Hamdaoui	Excelsior	17
	Ricky van den Bergh	Sparta Rotterdam	17

Promotion and relegation

Group A

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Vitesse	14	6	4	2	0	14	4	+10
2	VVV-Venlo	8	6	2	2	2	11	10	+1
3	Sparta Rotterdam	6	6	1	3	2	8	10	-2
4	Helmond Sport	3	6	0	3	3	7	16	-9

Group B

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	De Graafschap	13	6	4	1	1	10	4	+6
2	Heracles Almelo	11	6	3	2	1	11	6	+5
3	Excelsior	8	6	2	2	2	8	8	0
4	Volendam	1	6	0	1	5	4	15	-11

Stayed / Promoted : Vitesse Arnhem and De Graafschap
Relegated: Volendam

KNVB Cup

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

February 4

PSV	0
		March 16
NAC Breda	1
		Twente	2 (4)
February 4
		NAC Breda	2 (3)
Twente	3
				May 23 - Rotterdam
Feyenoord	1
				Twente	0
February 3
				Utrecht	1
Sparta	0 (3)
		March 17
NEC	0 (2)
		Sparta	3 (3)
February 4
		Utrecht	3 (4)
Utrecht	3

Heracles Almelo	2

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
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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
Eredivisie Eerste Divisie Tweede Divisie Derde Divisie Vierde Divisie Eerste Klasse Tweede Klasse Derde Klasse Vierde Klasse Vijfde Klasse

Awards

Ajax squad 2003–04

Topscorers

Group A

Group B

See also

References