Eredivisie 2001/02

Eredivisie 2001/02
master	Ajax Amsterdam
Champions League	Ajax Amsterdam , PSV Eindhoven , Feyenoord Rotterdam (qualification)
Uefa cup	SC Heerenveen , Vitesse Arnhem , FC Utrecht
UI cup	NAC Breda , Willem II Tilburg
Cup winners	Ajax Amsterdam
Relegation ↓	FC Den Bosch , Sparta Rotterdam
Relegated	FC Den Bosch , Sparta Rotterdam , Fortuna Sittard
Teams	18th
Games	306
Gates	869  (ø 2.83 per game)
Top scorer	Pierre van Hooijdonk (24)
← Eredivisie 2000/01 Eredivisie 2002/03 →
First Divisie (II) ↓

The 2001/02 season was the 46th season of the Eredivisie , the highest Dutch football league. Champion was Ajax Amsterdam for the 28th time . FC Den Bosch , Sparta Rotterdam and Fortuna Sittard had to relegate .

In the relegation, RBC Roosendaal and Excelsior Rotterdam prevailed, thus playing in the Eredivisie 2002/03 . Both made it to the ascent.

Closing table

	society	Sp	S.	U	N	T	Diff.	Points
01.	Ajax Amsterdam	34	22nd	7th	5	73:34	+39	73
02.	PSV Eindhoven	34	20th	8th	6th	77:32	+45	68
03.	Feyenoord Rotterdam	34	19th	7th	8th	68:29	+39	64
04th	SC Heerenveen	34	17th	9	8th	57:27	+30	60
05.	Vitesse Arnhem	34	16	12	6th	45:34	+11	60
06th	NAC Breda	34	15th	9	10	55:52	+ 03	54
07th	FC Utrecht	34	14th	9	11	60:51	+ 09	51
08th.	RKC Waalwijk	34	14th	6th	14th	49:44	+ 05	48
09.	NEC Nijmegen	34	13	6th	15th	38:59	−21	45
010.	AZ Alkmaar	34	12	7th	15th	43:45	- 02nd	43
011.	Willem II Tilburg	34	10	13	11	54:61	- 07th	43
012.	FC Twente Enschede	34	10	12	12	41:41	± 00	42
013.	Roda JC Kerkrade	34	11	8th	15th	33:45	−12	39
014th	De Graafschap	34	10	7th	17th	43:55	−12	37
015th	FC Groningen	34	10	7th	17th	40:59	−19	37
016.	FC Den Bosch	34	8th	9	17th	40:55	−15	33
017th	Sparta Rotterdam	34	4th	12	18th	26:75	−49	24
018th	Fortuna Sittard	34	3	8th	23	27:71	−44	17th

Legend

colour	qualification
	UEFA Champions League 2002/03 group stage
	2002/03 UEFA Champions League 3rd qualifying round
	2002/03 UEFA Cup
	As a finalist in the KNVB Cup, qualified for the 2002/03 UEFA Cup
	Play-off for UEFA Intertoto Cup 2002
	Play-off relegation
	Direct descent into the Eerste Divisie

Play-off relegation

Group A

team	Sp	S.	U	N	T	Diff.	Pt
RBC Roosendaal	6th	4th	2	0	15: 06	+ 09	14th
FC Den Bosch	6th	4th	1	1	17: 09	+ 08	13
FC Emmen	6th	1	1	4th	10:15	- 05th	4th
SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden	6th	1	0	5	08:20	−12	3

Group B

team	Sp	S.	U	N	T	Diff.	Pt
Excelsior Rotterdam	6th	3	1	2	10: 08	+2	10
FC Volendam	6th	3	0	3	10:14	−4	9
ADO The Hague	6th	2	2	2	13: 09	+4	8th
Sparta Rotterdam	6th	2	1	3	10:12	−2	7th

Crosstab

The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top row.

2001/2002																	BOS	SPA
1.	Ajax Amsterdam		1: 3	1: 1	2-0	5: 1	1: 3	1-0	3: 1	5-0	1-0	4: 1	3: 2	1: 1	4-0	4: 3	2-0	3-0	4-0
2.	PSV Eindhoven	1: 1		2-0	4: 1	0: 2	3: 1	4-0	2-0	3: 1	3-0	6-0	1-0	4: 1	4-0	8-0	3: 2	3-0	3-0
3.	Feyenoord Rotterdam	1: 2	0-0		3: 2	3: 2	0-0	4-0	1: 1	5-0	4: 1	3: 1	1: 2	5-0	2-0	1-0	3-0	5-0	1-0
4th	SC Heerenveen	5: 1	4: 1	1-0		1: 1	5-0	1: 2	2-0	4-0	2: 1	3-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	2-0	3-0	3: 1
5.	Vitesse Arnhem	3: 1	0-0	2: 1	0-0		1-0	1-0	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	4: 2	2-0	2-0	2: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1
6th	NAC Breda	0: 1	2-0	2: 1	2: 1	3: 3		1-0	0: 1	1: 3	3: 1	1: 1	3: 3	2: 1	1-0	5-0	0-0	2: 2	3: 1
7th	FC Utrecht	3: 1	3: 3	2: 2	0-0	3: 1	0-0		2: 1	1: 4	3: 2	3: 1	1: 1	4: 1	6-0	3: 1	3: 1	4: 2	3-0
8th.	RKC Waalwijk	0: 2	2: 1	2: 3	2: 1	3: 2	4: 1	1: 2		2: 1	3: 2	0: 1	3: 1	3-0	2-0	4-0	3: 3	1: 1	1-0
9.	NEC Nijmegen	0: 2	0: 4	0: 3	1-0	1-0	1: 3	0: 3	1-0		1-0	3-0	2-0	1-0	3: 1	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	3: 1
10.	AZ Alkmaar	0-0	1: 1	1: 3	0: 2	0-0	2: 1	1-0	0: 1	5-0		2: 2	0: 2	1: 2	2: 1	3: 2	3: 2	3-0	3-0
11.	Willem II Tilburg	1: 3	3: 1	0-0	2: 2	1: 1	2: 2	4: 2	3: 1	3: 1	2: 2		3: 3	1: 1	2: 2	3: 1	1: 1	4-0	3-0
12.	FC Twente Enschede	0: 2	1: 1	3: 2	0-0	0-0	1: 2	2-0	1-0	2-0	0-0	0-0		3-0	0-0	0: 1	4-0	2-0	1: 1
13.	Roda JC Kerkrade	1: 1	0: 1	0: 2	0: 2	0: 2	1: 1	1-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2: 1		0: 1	3: 1	4: 1	3-0	1-0
14th	De Graafschap	1: 1	2: 2	1-0	1: 2	0: 2	4: 2	0-0	3: 1	1: 1	3-0	1: 1	4: 2	2: 1		1: 2	0: 1	3-0	5-0
15th	FC Groningen	1: 4	2: 2	0: 1	1: 1	0: 1	3-0	2: 2	1: 1	2: 2	0: 1	1-0	3-0	0: 2	2-0		2-0	0-0	4: 2
16.	FC Den Bosch	0: 1	0: 1	0-0	0-0	4: 1	1: 2	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	0: 1	1: 2	1: 3	3: 1	3: 1	1: 4		1: 1	4-0
17th	Sparta Rotterdam	0: 4	2: 1	0: 5	1: 4	0: 1	2: 3	3: 1	0-0	0-0	0: 4	3: 2	1: 1	0: 3	1: 3	0-0	1: 1		0-0
18th	Fortuna Sittard	1: 1	0: 1	1: 2	1-0	0-0	2: 3	3: 3	1: 4	2: 2	0: 1	1: 2	2-0	0-0	2: 1	0: 1	1: 3	3: 4

The championship team from Ajax Amsterdam

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Ajax Amsterdam

Goal : Fred Grim (29 / -); Joey Didulica (9 / -) Defense : André Bergdølmo (32/5); Cristian Chivu (32/1); Maxwell (24 / -); Hatem Trabelsi (21 / -); Tim de Cler (16 / -); John Heitinga (15 / -); Ferdi Vierklau (6 / -); Mitchell Piqué (2/1); Jelle van Damme (1 / -); Petri Pasanen (1 / -) Midfield : John O'Brien (27/2); Tomáš Galásek (23/1); Abubakari Yakubu (21 / -); Rafael van der Vaart (20/14); Jan van Halst (13 / -); Richard Knopper (12/1); Steven Pienaar (8/1); Stefano Seedorf (1 / -) Storm : Wamberto (31/9); Nikolaos Machlas (30/12); Andy van der Meyde (30/5); Mido (24/12); Zlatan Ibrahimović (24/6); Pius Ikedia (10/1) Coach : Ronald Koeman

* Cedric van der Gun (2 / -) left the club during the season.

List of goalscorers

space	player	nationality	Club	Gates
1.	Pierre van Hooijdonk		Feyenoord Rotterdam	24
2.	Jan Vennegoor		PSV Eindhoven	21st
3.	Jon Dahl Tomasson		Feyenoord Rotterdam	17th
4th	Denny Landzaat		Willem II Tilburg	16
5.	Marcus Allbäck		SC Heerenveen	15th
"	Mateja Kežman		PSV Eindhoven	15th

Web links

• Homepage of the Eredivisie (Dutch)
• www.rsssf.com (English)