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.

Contents 1 Johan Cruijff-schaal 2 Eredivisie 2.1 Topscorers 2.2 Awards 2.2.1 Dutch Footballer of the Year 2.2.2 Dutch Golden Shoe Winner 2.3 PSV Winning Squad 2002-2003 3 Eerste Divisie 3.1 Topscorers 4 Promotion and relegation 4.1 Group A 4.2 Group B 5 KNVB Cup 6 Dutch national team 7 See also 8 References

Johan Cruijff-schaal

August 11, 2002	Ajax	3–1	PSV	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 40.000 Referee: Van Hulten
	Van der Vaart 41', 76' Mido 54'		Kezman 10'

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	Nationality	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 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 Young-Pyo Lee André Ooijer Lindsay Wilson Midfield Mark van Bommel Giorgi Gakhokidze John de Jong Leandro Theo Lucius Marquinho Ji-Sung Park Adil Ramzi

Dennis Rommedahl Remco van der Schaaf Johann Vogel Attack Arnold Bruggink Arjen Robben Claudio Klaas Jan Huntelaar Mateja Kezman 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	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	Nationality	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	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	FC Volendam	12	6	4	0	2	12	7	+5
2	FC Emmen	9	6	3	0	3	6	6	0
3	Excelsior Rotterdam	9	6	3	0	3	8	9	-1
4	Heracles Almelo	6	6	2	0	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

See also

• Sparta Rotterdam season 2002–03

References

• RSSSF Archive
• Voetbalstats

Eredivisie 2011–12 ADO Den Haag Ajax AZ Excelsior Feyenoord De Graafschap Groningen Heerenveen Heracles Almelo NAC Breda NEC PSV RKC Waalwijk Roda JC Twente Utrecht Vitesse VVV

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