2003–04 Eerste Divisie

48th season of the second-tier football league in Netherlands

Football league season

FC Den Bosch
De Graafschap

Goals scored1,091Average goals/game3.19Top goalscorerKlaas-Jan Huntelaar (26)

← 2002–03

2004–05 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 2003–04 season was contested by 19 teams, one more than in the previous season. This was due to AGOVV Apeldoorn entering from the amateurs. FC Den Bosch won the championship.

Promoted Teams

These teams were promoted to the Eredivisie

Den Bosch — Eerste Divisie champions
De Graafschap — playoff winners

New entrants

Entering from amateur football

AGOVV Apeldoorn

Relegated from the 2002–03 Eredivisie

Excelsior
De Graafschap

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	FC Den Bosch	36	22	8	6	85	48	+37	74	Champion, promoted to the Eredivisie
2	Excelsior	36	22	8	6	70	39	+31	74	Qualified for play-offs
3	Sparta Rotterdam	36	21	6	9	76	43	+33	69
4	Heracles Almelo	36	19	10	7	71	42	+29	67
5	Helmond Sport	36	19	8	9	66	42	+24	65
6	De Graafschap	36	18	10	8	63	43	+20	64	Promoted to the Eredivisie following play-offs
7	VVV-Venlo	36	19	4	13	76	62	+14	61	Qualified for play-offs
8	FC Emmen	36	17	10	9	65	54	+11	61
9	Go Ahead Eagles	36	15	8	13	79	63	+16	53
10	AGOVV Apeldoorn	36	14	8	14	63	54	+9	50
11	TOP Oss	36	12	9	15	57	60	−3	45
12	Stormvogels/Telstar	36	12	8	16	55	62	−7	44
13	HFC Haarlem	36	10	9	17	41	63	−22	39
14	Veendam	36	7	15	14	46	71	−25	36
15	FC Dordrecht	36	5	15	16	33	60	−27	30
16	FC Eindhoven	36	6	12	18	40	69	−29	30
17	Cambuur Leeuwarden	36	6	10	20	35	65	−30	28
18	MVV	36	6	10	20	32	70	−38	28
19	Fortuna Sittard	36	3	10	23	38	81	−43	19

Source: rsssf.com

Playoff standings

Group A
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vitesse Arnhem	6	4	2	0	14	4	+10	14	Group Champion
2	VVV-Venlo	6	2	2	2	11	10	+1	8
3	Sparta Rotterdam	6	1	3	2	8	10	−2	6
4	Helmond Sport	6	0	3	3	7	16	−9	3

Source: rsssf.com

Group B
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	De Graafschap	6	4	1	1	10	4	+6	13	Group Champion, Promoted
2	Heracles Almelo	6	3	2	1	11	6	+5	11
3	Excelsior	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8
4	FC Volendam	6	0	1	5	4	15	−11	1

Source: rsssf.com

References

Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)

Eerste Divisie seasons

1956–57
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2003–04 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	ADO Den Haag Ajax AZ Feyenoord Groningen Heerenveen NAC Breda NEC PSV RBC RKC Roda JC Twente Utrecht Vitesse Volendam Willem II Zwolle
Eerste Divisie	AGOVV Cambuur Den Bosch Dordrecht Eindhoven Emmen Excelsior Fortuna Sittard Go Ahead Eagles De Graafschap Haarlem Helmond Sport Heracles Almelo MVV Sparta Rotterdam Telstar TOP Oss Veendam VVV-Venlo