Eredivisie 2002/03

Eredivisie 2002/03
master	PSV Eindhoven
Champions League	PSV Eindhoven , Ajax Amsterdam (qualification)
Uefa cup	Feyenoord Rotterdam , NAC Breda , NEC Nijmegen , FC Utrecht
UI cup	SC Heerenveen , Willem II Tilburg
Cup winners	FC Utrecht
Relegation ↓	FC Zwolle , Excelsior Rotterdam
Relegated	Excelsior Rotterdam , De Graafschap
Teams	18th
Games	306
Gates	903  (ø 2.95 per game)
spectator	4,974,000  (ø 16,255 per game)
Top scorer	Mateja Kežman ( PSV Eindhoven )
← Eredivisie 2001/02 Eredivisie 2003/04 →
First Divisie (II) ↓

The 2002/03 season was the 47th season of the Eredivisie , the highest Dutch football league. The season began on August 16, 2002 with the game RBC Roosendaal - FC Zwolle and ended on June 19, 2003 with the play-offs. PSV Eindhoven became champions for the 17th time . Excelsior Rotterdam and De Graafschap had to dismount .

In the relegation FC Zwolle and FC Volendam prevailed, thus playing in the 2003/04 Eredivisie . With that, FC Volendam creates promotion and FC Zwolle relegation.

Closing table

	society	Sp	S.	U	N	T	Diff.	Points
01.	PSV Eindhoven	34	26th	6th	2	87:20	+67	84
02.	Ajax Amsterdam	34	26th	5	3	96:32	+64	83
03.	Feyenoord Rotterdam	34	25th	5	4th	89:39	+50	80
04th	NAC Breda	34	13	13	8th	42:31	+11	52
05.	NEC Nijmegen	34	14th	9	11	41:40	+ 01	51
06th	Roda JC Kerkrade	34	14th	8th	12	58:54	+ 04	50
07th	SC Heerenveen	34	13	8th	13	61:55	+ 06	47
08th.	FC Utrecht	34	12	11	11	49:49	± 00	47
09.	RKC Waalwijk	34	14th	4th	16	44:51	- 07th	46
010.	AZ Alkmaar	34	12	8th	14th	50:69	−19	44
011.	Willem II Tilburg	34	11	9	14th	48:51	- 03	42
012.	FC Twente Enschede	34	10	11	13	36:45	- 09	41
013.	RBC Roosendaal	34	10	6th	18th	33:54	−21	36
014th	Vitesse Arnhem	34	8th	9	17th	37:51	−14	33
015th	FC Groningen	34	7th	11	16	28:44	−16	32
016.	FC Zwolle	34	8th	8th	18th	31:62	−31	32
017th	Excelsior Rotterdam	34	5	8th	21st	38:72	−34	23
018th	De Graafschap	34	6th	5	23	35:84	−49	23

Legend

colour	qualification
	2003/04 UEFA Champions League group stage
	2003/04 UEFA Champions League 3rd qualifying round
	2003/04 UEFA Cup
	As KNVB-Pokal winner, qualified for the 2003/04 UEFA Cup
	Play-off for the 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup
	Play-off relegation
	Direct descent into the Eerste Divisie

Play-off relegation

Group A

team	Sp	S.	U	N	T	Diff.	Pt
FC Zwolle	6th	4th	2	0	12: 05	+7	14th
Helmond Sport	6th	3	1	2	09:10	−1	10
FC Den Bosch	6th	2	1	3	07:10	−3	7th
Go Ahead Eagles	6th	1	0	5	09:12	−3	3

June 3, 2003
Helmond Sport	0-0	FC Zwolle
FC Den Bosch	4: 1	Go Ahead Eagles
June 6, 2003
FC Zwolle	2-0	FC Den Bosch
Go Ahead Eagles	5-0	Helmond Sport
June 9, 2003
FC Zwolle	2: 1	Go Ahead Eagles
Helmond Sport	3-0	FC Den Bosch
June 13, 2003
Go Ahead Eagles	2: 3	FC Zwolle
FC Den Bosch	1: 3	Helmond Sport
June 16, 2003
FC Den Bosch	1: 1	FC Zwolle
Helmond Sport	2-0	Go Ahead Eagles
June 19, 2003
FC Zwolle	4: 1	Helmond Sport
Go Ahead Eagles	0: 1	FC Den Bosch

Group B

team	Sp	S.	U	N	T	Diff.	Pt
FC Volendam	6th	4th	0	2	12: 07	+5	12
FC Emmen	6th	3	0	3	06: 06	± 0	9
Excelsior Rotterdam	6th	3	0	3	08: 09	−1	9
Heracles Almelo	6th	2	0	4th	06:10	−4	6th

June 3, 2003
Heracles Almelo	1: 2	FC Volendam
FC Emmen	1-0	Excelsior Rotterdam
June 6, 2003
Excelsior Rotterdam	1: 2	Heracles Almelo
FC Volendam	2-0	FC Emmen
June 9, 2003
FC Volendam	3-0	Excelsior Rotterdam
Heracles Almelo	1: 2	FC Emmen
June 13, 2003
Excelsior Rotterdam	3: 2	FC Volendam
FC Emmen	0: 1	Heracles Almelo
June 16, 2003
Heracles Almelo	0: 2	Excelsior Rotterdam
FC Emmen	2-0	FC Volendam
June 19, 2003
FC Volendam	3: 1	Heracles Almelo
Excelsior Rotterdam	2: 1	FC Emmen

FC Zwolle and FC Volendam play in the 2003/04 Eredivisie , Excelsior Rotterdam had to be relegated.

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.

2002/2003
1.	PSV Eindhoven		2-0	1: 2	1-0	2: 1	0-0	3: 1	2-0	4-0	2: 2	2: 1	2-0	3-0	1-0	1-0	6-0	7-0	4-0
2.	Ajax Amsterdam	2: 4		1: 1	2: 2	6-0	4: 2	3-0	3: 1	6: 1	6: 2	3-0	2: 1	4: 1	2-0	2: 1	2-0	2: 1	7: 1
3.	Feyenoord Rotterdam	3: 1	1: 2		2: 1	2-0	3: 1	5-0	2: 1	2: 1	6: 1	5: 1	4: 2	1-0	2: 1	4: 1	2-0	4: 1	2-0
4th	NAC Breda	2: 2	0: 3	1: 1		0-0	2: 2	1: 1	2-0	1-0	4-0	0-0	2-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2: 1	1-0
5.	NEC Nijmegen	0: 5	1: 2	1: 2	2-0		2: 4	4: 2	1: 2	0-0	2-0	1-0	1: 2	3-0	2-0	2-0	0-0	1-0	1-0
6th	Roda JC Kerkrade	2: 3	1: 1	2: 2	0-0	2: 1		1-0	1-0	1-0	1: 3	1-0	2-0	1-0	2-0	5: 1	2-0	2: 3	5-0
7th	SC Heerenveen	0: 1	0: 3	3: 1	0: 2	2: 3	3: 2		2: 2	1: 2	5-0	1: 1	3-0	6-0	2: 2	2: 1	2-0	2-0	3: 1
8th.	FC Utrecht	1: 3	1-0	1: 2	1-0	3: 2	4: 4	2: 2		4: 3	2: 2	1: 1	3: 2	2: 2	1-0	0-0	2-0	2: 2	4-0
9.	RKC Waalwijk	0: 1	1: 1	1-0	2: 3	0: 1	2: 1	3-0	0: 1		2-0	3: 1	3: 2	1: 2	1-0	1-0	0: 2	0: 3	4: 2
10.	AZ Alkmaar	0: 4	1: 3	1: 4	3: 1	0-0	1-0	3: 3	2-0	2-0		3: 2	1: 2	2-0	1: 3	4: 1	1: 1	4: 1	3: 1
11.	Willem II Tilburg	1: 1	0: 6	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	5-0	1: 5	2-0	0: 1	3: 1		1: 2	3: 1	1: 3	1-0	5: 2	2: 1	3-0
12.	FC Twente Enschede	0-0	1: 2	1: 5	0-0	1: 2	3: 3	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	0-0	0: 2		3-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	3-0
13.	RBC Roosendaal	0: 3	3: 2	4: 2	1: 2	0: 2	4-0	3-0	0: 1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0		3: 1	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	1-0
14th	Vitesse Arnhem	0: 5	1: 2	1: 1	3: 1	1: 1	0: 2	1: 2	1: 4	1: 1	2: 2	2-0	0: 1	3-0		0-0	2: 1	1: 2	1: 1
15th	FC Groningen	0-0	1: 3	0: 2	0-0	0-0	3: 2	1: 1	0-0	2: 3	1-0	1: 1	0-0	1-0	1: 2		4-0	1-0	3: 1
16.	FC Zwolle	1: 3	0: 5	1: 3	0: 3	0-0	3: 1	0: 1	3: 1	2: 1	5: 1	0: 3	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	0: 2		1: 1	2: 1
17th	Excelsior Rotterdam	0: 2	0: 2	2: 6	0: 3	0-0	0: 2	1-0	1: 1	1: 2	1: 2	0: 3	2: 2	1: 2	4: 4	4: 2	0: 1		3: 4
18th	De Graafschap	1: 6	1: 1	3: 4	3: 2	1: 3	1: 1	1: 5	1-0	2: 4	1: 2	1: 1	0: 1	2-0	0: 1	1-0	3: 2	1: 1

The PSV Eindhoven championship team

1.

PSV Eindhoven

Goal : Ronald Waterreus (27 / -); Yves Lenaerts (3 / -); Jelle ten Rouwelaar (2 / -); Frank Kooiman (2 / -) Defense : André Ooijer (32/3); Wilfred Bouma (27/1); Ernest Faber (22 / -); Kasper Bøgelund (20 / -); Lee Young-pyo (15 / -); Theo Lucius (14 / -); Jan Heintze (11 / -); Kevin Hofland (7 / -); Eric Addo (3 / -) Midfield : Johann Vogel (32/1); Mark van Bommel (28/9); Arnold Bruggink (22/9); Remco van der Schaaf (17 / -); Georgi Gachokidze (8/1); Park Ji-Sung (8 / -); Adil Ramzi (4 / -) Forward : Mateja Kežman (33/35); Arjen Robben (33/12); Dennis Rommedahl (33/6); Jan Vennegoor (32/8); Leandro Bonfim (14/1) Trainer : Guus Hiddink

* Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (1 / -) and Robert van Boxel (1 / -) left the club during the season.

List of goalscorers

Mateja Kežman. Top scorer of the 2002/03 season

Only goals in the regular season are taken into account.

	player	team	Gates
1.	Mateja Kežman	PSV Eindhoven	35
2.	Pierre van Hooijdonk	Feyenoord Rotterdam	28
3.	Dirk Kuyt	FC Utrecht	20th
4th	Thomas Buffel	Feyenoord Rotterdam	18th
	Rafael van der Vaart	Ajax Amsterdam	18th
6th	Rick Hoogendorp	RKC Waalwijk	16
7th	Matthew Amoah	Vitesse Arnhem	15th
8th.	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Ajax Amsterdam	13
9.	Orlando Engelaar	NAC Breda	12
	Arjen Robben	PSV Eindhoven	12

Web links

• Homepage of the Eredivisie (Dutch)