2002–03 Eredivisie

47th season of the Eredivisie

Football league season

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 scored903Average goals/game2.95Top goalscorer

Mateja Kežman (35 goals)^[1]

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The Dutch Eredivisie in the 2002–03 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.

League standings

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

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ FC Utrecht qualified for the UEFA Cup by winning the 2002–03 KNVB Cup.
^ FC Zwolle remained in the Eredivisie after winning their promotion/relegation play-offs. Excelsior lost and relegated.

Results

Home \ Away	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
SC 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
N.E.C.	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 Eindhoven	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
RKC Waalwijk	1–1	2–0	0–3	1–0	4–2	1–0	3–0	2–3	0–1	0–1	1–2		2–1	3–2	0–1	1–0	3–1	0–2
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 Arnhem	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 (in Dutch)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Group A
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	FC Zwolle	6	4	2	0	12	5	+7	14
2	Helmond Sport	6	3	1	2	9	10	−1	10
3	FC Den Bosch	6	2	1	3	7	10	−3	7
4	Go Ahead Eagles	6	1	0	5	9	12	−3	3

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group B
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	FC Volendam (P)	6	4	2	12	7	+5	12
2	FC Emmen	6	3	3	6	6	0	9
3	Excelsior	6	3	3	8	9	−1	9
4	Heracles Almelo	6	2	4	6	10	−4	6

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted to the Eredivisie following play-offs

Top scorers

Goals	Player	Team
35	Mateja Kežman	PSV
28	Pierre van Hooijdonk	Feyenoord
20	Dirk Kuyt	Utrecht
18	Thomas Buffel	Feyenoord
18	Rafael van der Vaart	Ajax
16	Rick Hoogendorp	RKC Waalwijk
15	Matthew Amoah	Vitesse Arnhem
13	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Ajax
12	Orlando Engelaar	NAC Breda
12	Arjen Robben	PSV

References

^ EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers

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2002–03 in Dutch football

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League competitions	Eredivisie Eerste Divisie Hoofdklasse Eerste Klasse
Cup competitions	KNVB Cup (Final) Johan Cruyff Shield KNVB Women's Cup
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup

Club seasons
Eredivisie	Ajax AZ Excelsior Feyenoord De Graafschap Groningen Heerenveen NAC Breda NEC PSV RBC RKC Roda JC Twente Utrecht Vitesse Willem II Zwolle
Eerste Divisie	ADO Den Haag Cambuur Den Bosch Dordrecht Eindhoven Emmen Fortuna Sittard Go Ahead Eagles Haarlem Helmond Sport Heracles Almelo MVV Sparta Rotterdam Telstar TOP Oss Veendam Volendam VVV-Venlo

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League cups	England Finland '02 '03 France Germany Iceland '02 '03 Israel Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying phase, Group stage, 2nd Group stage, knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Qualifying round, First round, Second round, Final phase, Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup