2003–04 in Dutch football

The 2003-04 season in Dutch football saw Ajax Amsterdam regain their title in the Eredivisie. FC Zwolle were relegated to the First Division.

Contents 1 Johan Cruijff-schaal 2 Eredivisie 2.1 Awards 2.1.1 Dutch Footballer of the Year 2.1.2 Dutch Golden Shoe Winner 2.2 Ajax Winning Squad 2003-2004 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

Since 1991 the annual opening of the new football (soccer) season is played between the reigning champions and the Cup Winners of the previous season. The Cup was named PTT Telecom Cup for three years (1991–1993), then Super Cup and since 1996 the trophy played for is officially called the "Johan Cruijff Schaal", named after Dutch football legend Johan Cruijff.

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August 10, 2003	PSV	3–1	FC Utrecht	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 32.000 Referee: Haverkort
	Robben 14' Van Bommel 47' Kezman 89'		Van de Haar 22'

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Eredivisie

Awards

Dutch Footballer of the Year

• 2003 / 2004 — Maxwell (Ajax Amsterdam)

Dutch Golden Shoe Winner

• 2003 — Dirk Kuijt (FC Utrecht)
• 2004 — Maxwell (Ajax Amsterdam)

Ajax Winning Squad 2003-2004

Goal Sander Boschker Bogdan Lobont Maarten Stekelenburg Defence Jelle Van Damme Julien Escudé Zdenek Grygera John Heitinga Nigel de Jong John O'Brien Petri Pasanen Hatem Trabelsi Thomas Vermaelen Fronio Walker

Abubakari Yakubu Midfield Tomás Galásek Cedric van der Gun Jari Litmanen Maxwell Anthony Obodai Steven Pienaar Stefano Seedorf Wesley Sneijder Rafael van der Vaart Attack Jamal Akachar Yannis Anastasiou

Ryan Babel Nourdin Boukhari Jason Culina Zlatan Ibrahimović Nicolae Mitea Tom De Mul Daniël de Ridder Victor Sikora Tom Soetaers Wesley Sonck Wamberto 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 Rotterdam	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	FC 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	FC Dordrecht	30	36	5	15	16	33	60	-27
16	FC Eindhoven	30	36	6	12	18	40	69	-26
17	Cambuur Leeuwarden	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	Nationality	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	Ugur Yildirim		Go Ahead Eagles	19
6	Mounir El Hamdaoui		Excelsior Rotterdam	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 Arnhem	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 Rotterdam	8	6	2	2	2	8	8	0
4	FC Volendam	1	6	0	1	5	4	15	-11

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

KNVB Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	February 4
	PSV	0
					March 16
	NAC Breda	1
					FC Twente	2 (4)
	February 4
					NAC Breda	2 (3)
	FC Twente	3
									May 23 - Rotterdam
	Feyenoord	1
									FC Twente	0
	February 3
									FC Utrecht	1
	Sparta	0 (3)
					March 17
	NEC	0 (2)
					Sparta	3 (3)
	February 4
					FC Utrecht	3 (4)
	FC Utrecht	3
	Heracles Almelo	2

Dutch national team

See also

• Sparta Rotterdam season 2003–04

References

• Voetbal International
• RSSSF Archive

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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