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 (35 goals)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

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	34	26	6	2	87	20	+67	84	Champions League
2	Ajax	34	26	5	3	96	32	+64	83	Champions League: Third qualifying round
3	Feyenoord	34	25	5	4	89	39	+50	80	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	Intertoto cup: Third round
8	FC Utrecht^[a]	34	12	11	11	49	49	0	47	UEFA Cup
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	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	Remained in the Eredivisie^[b]
17	Excelsior	34	5	8	21	38	72	−34	23	Relegation^[b]
18	De Graafschap	34	6	5	23	35	84	−49	23	Relegation to Eerste Divisie

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Winners KNVB Cup
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b 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 (football club)	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
N.E.C. (football club)	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

[table_note_UTR0.31923868242616-2] Winners KNVB Cup

[table_note_res_NR0.31923868242616-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b FC Zwolle remained in the eredivisie after winning their promotion/relegation play-offs. Excelsior lost and relegated.

[1] EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers

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