2001–02 in Dutch football

The 2001–02 season in Dutch football was the 46th season in the Eredivisie, where Ajax claimed the double (the Eredivisie title and KNVB Cup).

Johan Cruijff-schaal

August 12, 2001

PSV	3–2	Twente
Kežman 4' Bruggink 10' Rommedahl 71'		De Witte 34' Van der Doelen 89'

Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam

Attendance: 32,500

Referee: Roelof Luinge

Eredivisie

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Ajax	73	34	22	7	5	73	34	+39
2	PSV	68	34	20	8	6	77	32	+45
3	Feyenoord	64	34	19	7	8	68	29	+39
4	Heerenveen	60	34	17	9	8	57	27	+30
5	Vitesse	60	34	16	12	6	45	34	+12
6	NAC Breda	54	34	15	9	10	55	52	+3
7	Utrecht	51	34	14	9	11	60	51	+9
8	RKC Waalwijk	48	34	14	6	14	49	44	+5
9	NEC	45	34	13	6	15	38	59	-21
10	AZ	43	34	12	7	15	43	45	-2
11	Willem II	43	34	10	13	11	54	61	-7
12	Twente	42	34	10	12	12	41	41	0
13	Roda JC	41	34	11	8	15	33	45	-12
14	De Graafschap	37	34	10	7	17	43	55	-12
15	Groningen	37	34	10	7	17	40	59	-19
16	FC Den Bosch	33	34	8	9	17	40	55	-15
17	Sparta Rotterdam	24	34	4	12	18	26	75	-49
18	Fortuna Sittard	17	34	3	8	23	27	71	-44

Champions League : Ajax and PSV
Champions League qualification : Feyenoord
UEFA Cup : Heerenveen, Vitesse and Utrecht
Promotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie") : FC Den Bosch and Sparta Rotterdam
Relegated : Fortuna Sittard

Top scorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Pierre van Hooijdonk	Feyenoord	24
2	Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink	PSV	22
3	Jon Dahl Tomasson	Feyenoord	17
4	Denny Landzaat	Willem II	16
5	Marcus Allbäck	Heerenveen	15
–	Mateja Kežman	PSV	15
7	Bart Van Den Eede	FC Den Bosch	14
–	Igor Gluščević	Utrecht	14
–	Rafael van der Vaart	Ajax	14

Awards

Dutch Footballer of the Year

2001–02 — Pierre van Hooijdonk (Feyenoord)

Dutch Golden Shoe Winner

2001 — Johann Vogel (PSV)
2002 — Cristian Chivu (Ajax)

Ajax winning squad 2001–02

Goal

Defence

Midfield

Attack

Management

Co Adriaanse (Coach)
Peter Boeve (Assistant)

During the season replaced by:

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

Eerste Divisie

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Zwolle	73	34	22	7	5	65	36	+29
2	Excelsior	70	34	21	7	6	73	31	+42
3	RBC Roosendaal	68	34	21	5	8	76	40	+36
4	ADO Den Haag	63	34	18	9	7	53	36	+17
5	Emmen	59	34	17	8	9	53	43	+10
6	Volendam	53	34	15	8	11	66	48	+18
7	Cambuur	51	34	15	6	13	50	42	+8
8	Heracles Almelo	48	34	14	6	14	52	51	+1
9	Stormvogels Telstar	45	34	12	9	13	55	49	+6
10	Dordrecht '90	45	34	12	9	13	66	66	0
11	Veendam	45	34	13	6	15	60	62	-2
12	HFC Haarlem	38	34	10	8	16	37	46	-9
13	VVV-Venlo	38	34	11	5	18	51	64	-13
14	MVV Maastricht	37	34	10	7	17	49	61	-12
15	Helmond Sport	37	34	8	13	13	34	51	-17
16	Go Ahead Eagles	36	34	9	9	16	48	62	-14
17	FC Eindhoven	32	34	8	7	19	52	77	-25
18	TOP Oss	14	34	3	5	26	25	100	-75

Promoted : Zwolle
Promotion / Relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie") : Excelsior, RBC, ADO, Emmen, Volendam and Cambuur

Top scorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ivan Cvetkov	Veendam	22
2	Geert den Ouden	RBC Roosendaal	20
–	Laurens ten Heuvel	Stormvogels Telstar	20
–	Bernard Hofstede	VVV-Venlo	20
5	Roy Stroeve	Heracles Almelo	17
6	Emiel van Eijkeren	ADO Den Haag	16
–	Jan Bruin	Cambuur Leeuwarden	16
–	Marco Boogers	Dordrecht '90	16
–	Mark de Vries	Dordrecht '90	16

Promotion and relegation

Group A

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	RBC Roosendaal	14	6	4	2	0	15	6	+9
2	FC Den Bosch	13	6	4	1	1	17	9	+8
3	Emmen	4	6	1	1	4	10	15	-5
4	Cambuur	3	6	1	0	5	8	20	-12

Group B

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Excelsior	10	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2
2	Volendam	9	6	3	0	3	10	14	-4
3	ADO Den Haag	8	6	2	2	2	13	9	+4
4	Sparta Rotterdam	7	6	2	1	3	10	12	-2

Promoted : RBC Roosendaal and Excelsior
Relegated : FC Den Bosch and Sparta Rotterdam

KNVB Cup

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

January 30

Utrecht	3
		March 29
Heerenveen	1
		Ajax II	2 (6)
February 7
		Utrecht	2 (7)
Ajax II	3
				May 12 – Rotterdam
Stormvogels Telstar	0
				Ajax I	3
January 30
				Utrecht	2
PSV	1 (7)
		April 10
Feyenoord	1 (6)
		Ajax I	3
February 7
		PSV	0
Ajax I	4

Groningen	0

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

Johan Cruijff-schaal

Eredivisie

Top scorers

Awards

Dutch Footballer of the Year

Dutch Golden Shoe Winner

Ajax winning squad 2001–02

Eerste Divisie

Top scorers

Promotion and relegation

Group A

Group B

KNVB Cup

Dutch national team

See also

References