2002–03 Eredivisie

Eredivisie
Season	2002-03
Champions	PSV (17th title)
Promoted	RBC Roosendaal FC Zwolle Excelsior
Relegated	Excelsior De Graafschap
Champions League	PSV Ajax
UEFA Cup	Feyenoord NAC Breda NEC FC Utrecht
Intertoto cup	sc Heerenveen Willem II
Goals scored	903
Average goals/game	2.95
Top goalscorer	Mateja Kežman PSV 35 goals ^[1]
← 2001-02 2003-04 →

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 2002/2003 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.

1 League standings
2 Results
3 Promotion/relegation play-offs
4 Round by round
- 4.1 Round 1
- 4.2 Round 2
5 See also
6 References

League standings

Pos	Team	GP	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD
1	PSV	34	26	6	2	84	87	20	67	Champions League
2	Ajax	34	26	5	3	83	96	32	64	Champions League Third qualifying round
3	Feyenoord	34	25	5	4	80	89	39	50	UEFA Cup
4	NAC Breda	34	13	13	8	52	42	31	11
5	NEC	34	14	9	11	51	41	40	1
6	Roda JC	34	14	8	12	50	58	54	4
7	sc Heerenveen	34	13	8	13	47	61	55	14	Intertoto cup Third round
8	FC Utrecht ¹	34	12	11	11	47	49	49	0	UEFA Cup
9	RKC Waalwijk	34	14	4	16	46	44	51	-7
10	AZ	34	12	8	14	44	50	69	-19
11	Willem II	34	11	9	14	42	48	51	-3	Intertoto cup Second round
12	FC Twente	34	10	11	13	41	36	45	-9
13	RBC Roosendaal	34	10	6	18	36	33	54	-21
14	Vitesse	34	8	9	17	33	37	51	-14
15	FC Groningen	34	7	11	16	32	28	44	-16
16	FC Zwolle	34	8	8	18	32	31	62	-31	²
17	Excelsior	34	5	8	21	23	38	72	-34	²
18	De Graafschap	34	6	5	23	23	35	84	-49	Relegation to Eerste Divisie

¹ Winners KNVB Cup.
² FC Zwolle remained in the eredivisie after winning their promotion/relegation play-offs. Excelsior lost and relegated.

Results

Home \ Away¹	AJX	AZ	EXC	FEY	GRA	GRO	HEE	NAC	NEC	PSV	RBC	RKC	RJC	TWE	UTR	VIT	WIL	ZWO
Ajax		6–2	2–1	1–1	7–1	2–1	3–0	2–2	6–0	2–4	4–1	6–1	4–2	2–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–0
AZ	1–3		4–1	1–4	3–1	4–1	3–3	3–1	0–0	0–4	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–3	3–2	1–1
Excelsior	0–2	1–2		2–6	3–4	4–2	1–0	0–3	0–0	0–2	1–2	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	4–4	0–3	0–1
Feyenoord	1–2	6–1	4–1		2–0	4–1	5–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	4–2	2–1	2–1	5–1	2–0
De Graafschap	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–4		1–0	1–5	3–2	1–3	1–6	2–0	2–4	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	3–2
Groningen	1–3	1–0	1–0	0–2	3–1		1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–3	3–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	4–0
Heerenveen	0–3	5–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–1		0–2	2–3	0–1	6–0	1–2	3–2	3–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–0
NAC Breda	0–3	4–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1		0–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–0
NEC	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	4–2	2–0		0–5	3–0	0–0	2–4	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–0
PSV	2–0	2–2	7–0	1–2	4–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–1		3–0	4–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	6–0
RBC Roosendaal	2–3	0–0	1–1	4–2	1–0	2–0	3–0	1–2	0–2	0–3		0–0	4–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	1–1
Roda JC	1–1	1–3	2–3	2–2	5–0	5–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–3	1–0	1–0		2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0
Twente	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–5	3–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–1	3–3		1–1	1–0	0–2	0–0
Utrecht	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–2	4–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	3–2	1–3	2–2	4–3	4–4	3–2		1–0	1–1	2–0
Vitesse	1–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–5	3–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–4		2–0	2–1
Willem II	0–6	3–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–5	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	5–0	1–2	2–0	1–3		5–2
Zwolle	0–5	5–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	0–2	0–1	0–3	0–0	1–3	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–3

Source: Eredivisie.nl (Dutch)
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Group A
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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	7	6	2	1	3	7	10	-3
4	Go Ahead Eagles	3	6	1	0	5	9	12	-3

Group B
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	FC Volendam	12	6	4	0	2	12	7	+5
2	FC 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


	Team is promoted to the Eredivisie following play-offs

Round by round

Round 1

2002-08-16	RBC Roosendaal	1–1	FC Zwolle	Vast & Goed Stadion, Roosendaal Attendance: 4,750 Referee: Van Dijk
	Maseland 9'		Lim-Duan 73'

2002-08-17	FC Twente	0–2	Willem II	Arke Stadion, Enschede Attendance: 13,200 Referee: Oskam
			Sektioui 61' Shoukov 69'	Arke Stadion, Enschede Attendance: 13,200 Referee: Oskam

	Excelsior	0–2	PSV Eindhoven	Stadion Woudestein, Rotterdam Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Van Egmond
			Van Bommel 2' Bruggink 17'

	NAC	2–2	Roda JC

	AZ	3–3	SC Heerenveen

2002-08-18	FC Groningen	1–2	Vitesse

	Ajax	3–1	FC Utrecht

	Feyenoord	2–0	NEC

	RKC Waalwijk	4–2	De Graafschap

Round 2

2002-08-23	NEC	2–0	AZ

2002-08-24	De Graafschap	2–0	RBC Roosendaal

	SC Heerenveen	1–2	RKC Waalwijk

	PSV Eindhoven	1–0	FC Groningen

	Roda JC	2–2	Feyenoord

	FC Zwolle	1–1	Excelsior

2002-08-25	FC Twente	1–1	FC Utrecht

	Vitesse	1–2	Ajax

	Willem II	1–1	NAC

References

^ EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers

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Football in the Netherlands

Overview

Football Association · League system · Clubs · Stadiums · Champions · Players · Managers · Referees · Footballer of the Year

International

Men	Netherlands · U-21 · U-19 · U-17 · Variants (Beach · Futsal)

Women	Netherlands women

Leagues

Men	Eredivisie · Eerste Divisie · Tweede Divisie (defunct) · Topklasse · Hoofdklasse · Eerste Klasse · Tweede Klasse · Derde Klasse · Vierde Klasse · Vijfde Klasse · Zesde Klasse · Zevende Klasse

Women	Eredivisie · Topklasse · Hoofdklasse

Cups

Men	KNVB Cup · Johan Cruijff Shield · KNVB Amateur Cup · KNVB District Cup · KNVB Reserve Cup

Women	KNVB Women's Cup

2002–03 in European football (UEFA)

Domestic leagues	Albania · Andorra · Armenia '02 '03 · Austria · Belarus '02 '03 · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia '02 '03 · Faroe Islands '02 '03 · Finland '02 '03 · France · Georgia · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '02 '03 · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan '02 '03 · Latvia '02 '03 · Lithuania '02 '03 · Luxembourg · Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '02 '03 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland · Romania · Russia '02 '03 · San Marino · Scotland · Serbia and Montenegro · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden '02 '03 · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales

Domestic cups	Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia · Faroe Islands '02 '03 · Finland '02 '03 · France · Georgia · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '02 '03 · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan '02 '03 · Latvia '02 '03 · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Republic of Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '02 '03 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Scotland · Serbia and Montenegro · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden '02 '03 · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales

League cups	England · Finland '02 '03 · France · Germany · Iceland '02 '03 · Israel · Northern Ireland · Poland · Scotland · Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying phase, Group stage, 2nd Group stage, knockout stage, Final) · UEFA Cup (Final) · Intertoto Cup · Super Cup