Eredivisie 2003/04

Eredivisie 2003/04
master	Ajax Amsterdam
Champions League	Ajax Amsterdam , PSV Eindhoven (qualification)
Uefa cup	Feyenoord Rotterdam , SC Heerenveen , AZ Alkmaar
UI cup	Roda JC Kerkrade
Cup winners	FC Utrecht
Relegation ↓	Vitesse Arnhem , FC Volendam
Relegated	FC Volendam , FC Zwolle
Teams	18th
Games	306
Gates	908  (ø 2.97 per game)
spectator	4,891,400  (ø 15,985 per game)
Top scorer	Mateja Kežman ( PSV Eindhoven )
← Eredivisie 2002/03 Eredivisie 2004/05 →
First Divisie (II) ↓

The 2003/04 season was the 48th season of the Eredivisie , the highest Dutch football league. The season began on August 15, 2003 with the game Roda JC Kerkrade - PSV Eindhoven and ended on May 16, 2004 with the play-offs. Champion was Ajax Amsterdam for the 29th time. FC Zwolle and FC Volendam had to relegate .

In the relegation Vitesse Arnheim and De Graafschap prevailed, thus playing in the Eredivisie 2004/05 . Thus De Graafschap creates promotion and Vitesse Arnheim the league.

Closing table

	society	Sp	S.	U	N	T	Diff.	Points
01.	Ajax Amsterdam	34	25th	5	4th	79:31	+48	80
02.	PSV Eindhoven	34	23	5	6th	92:30	+62	74
03.	Feyenoord Rotterdam	34	20th	8th	6th	71:38	+33	63
04th	SC Heerenveen	34	17th	7th	10	45:35	+10	58
05.	AZ Alkmaar	34	17th	6th	11	65:42	+23	57
06th	Roda JC Kerkrade	34	14th	11	9	60:41	+19	53
07th	Willem II Tilburg	34	13	10	11	47:54	- 07th	49
08th.	FC Twente Enschede	34	15th	3	16	56:53	+ 03	48
09.	NAC Breda	34	12	10	12	58:55	+ 03	46
010.	FC Utrecht	34	13	7th	14th	42:52	−10	46
011.	RKC Waalwijk	34	10	10	14th	47:55	- 08	40
012.	RBC Roosendaal	34	10	10	14th	34:47	−13	40
013.	FC Groningen	34	9	10	15th	38:53	−15	37
014th	NEC Nijmegen	34	10	4th	20th	44:62	−18	34
015th	ADO The Hague	34	9	7th	18th	36:61	−25	34
016.	Vitesse Arnhem	34	4th	16	14th	39:56	−17	28
017th	FC Volendam	34	7th	6th	21st	31:79	−48	27
018th	FC Zwolle	34	5	11	18th	27:67	−40	26th

Legend

colour	qualification
	2004/05 UEFA Champions League group stage
	2004/05 UEFA Champions League 3rd qualifying round
	2004/05 UEFA Cup
	As KNVB Cup winner, qualified for the 2004/05 UEFA Cup
	Play-off for the 2004 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
Vitesse Arnhem	6th	4th	2	0	14: 04	+10	14th
VVV-Venlo	6th	2	2	2	11: 09	+ 02	8th
Sparta Rotterdam	6th	1	3	2	08:10	- 02nd	6th
Helmond Sport	6th	0	3	3	06:16	−10	3

May 19, 2004
VVV-Venlo	6-0	Helmond Sport
Sparta Rotterdam	1: 3	Vitesse Arnhem
May 22, 2004
Helmond Sport	2: 2	Sparta Rotterdam
Vitesse Arnhem	5-0	VVV-Venlo
May 25, 2004
Helmond Sport	2: 2	Vitesse Arnhem
VVV-Venlo	0: 2	Sparta Rotterdam
May 28, 2004
Vitesse Arnhem	1-0	Helmond Sport
Sparta Rotterdam	1: 1	VVV-Venlo
May 31, 2004
VVV-Venlo	1: 1	Vitesse Arnhem
Sparta Rotterdam	2: 2	Helmond Sport
June 3, 2004
Helmond Sport	0: 3	VVV-Venlo
Vitesse Arnhem	2-0	Sparta Rotterdam

Group B

team	Sp	S.	U	N	T	Diff.	Pt
De Graafschap	6th	4th	1	1	10: 04	+ 06	13
Heracles Almelo	6th	3	2	1	11: 06	+ 05	11
Excelsior Rotterdam	6th	2	2	2	08: 08	± 00	8th
FC Volendam	6th	0	1	5	04:15	−11	1

May 19, 2004
Heracles Almelo	4-0	FC Volendam
De Graafschap	0-0	Excelsior Rotterdam
May 22, 2004
FC Volendam	0: 1	De Graafschap
Excelsior Rotterdam	0: 1	Heracles Almelo
May 25, 2004
Heracles Almelo	2-0	De Graafschap
Excelsior Rotterdam	2: 1	FC Volendam
May 28, 2004
FC Volendam	1: 2	Excelsior Rotterdam
De Graafschap	2-0	Heracles Almelo
May 31, 2004
De Graafschap	4-0	FC Volendam
Heracles Almelo	2: 2	Excelsior Rotterdam
June 3, 2004
Excelsior Rotterdam	2: 3	De Graafschap
FC Volendam	2: 2	Heracles Almelo

Vitesse Arnheim and De Graafschap play in the Eredivisie 2004/05 .

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.

2003/2004																ADO
1.	Ajax Amsterdam		2: 1	2-0	3: 1	3: 2	4: 2	6-0	1-0	2-0	1-0	4: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	4-0	5-0	5: 1	1-0
2.	PSV Eindhoven	2: 2		0: 1	2-0	0: 1	1: 2	6: 1	1-0	1: 1	2: 1	3: 1	1: 1	5-0	3-0	3: 2	3-0	7-0	5: 1
3.	Feyenoord Rotterdam	1: 1	1: 3		2: 2	0: 3	3-0	2: 1	3: 2	2: 1	3: 2	1-0	2-0	1: 2	2: 1	4: 1	3-0	2-0	7: 1
4th	SC Heerenveen	4: 1	3: 2	1-0		1-0	2: 1	1: 1	3-0	3: 4	4-0	1-0	1-0	1-0	1: 2	2-0	0-0	2: 1	1: 1
5.	AZ Alkmaar	1: 1	2: 4	2: 2	3: 1		1: 5	0-0	3-0	2: 2	1: 2	7-0	2: 1	2: 1	2-0	0: 1	2: 1	3-0	4-0
6th	Roda JC Kerkrade	1: 2	2: 2	1: 1	0: 1	3: 1		6: 1	2: 1	2: 2	1: 1	2: 1	0: 2	0-0	4-0	5: 1	2-0	1-0	1: 1
7th	Willem II Tilburg	2: 5	3: 1	0: 3	2-0	1-0	0: 2		2: 3	1: 1	0: 2	4: 1	3-0	2-0	3-0	1-0	1: 1	6-0	2: 1
8th.	FC Twente Enschede	2-0	0: 2	4: 2	2-0	4: 1	1: 2	2-0		2: 1	2: 2	2: 1	3: 1	5: 3	2: 5	4-0	0-0	1: 2	2-0
9.	NAC Breda	4: 2	1: 3	0: 3	2: 3	1: 2	0-0	1: 1	0: 1		1: 2	5: 3	3: 2	1: 1	5: 2	1-0	2-0	3: 2	3: 1
10.	FC Utrecht	1-0	0: 4	0: 3	2: 1	0: 3	3: 1	2: 2	2-0	1: 2		1-0	0: 1	2-0	0: 1	5: 3	1: 3	3-0	1-0
11.	RKC Waalwijk	0: 1	0: 4	0-0	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	3: 3	2-0	1-0		1: 2	1: 1	1: 2	1-0	2: 2	3-0	2-0
12.	RBC Roosendaal	0: 1	0: 3	1: 4	1: 1	1-0	1: 4	0-0	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1	1: 3		1-0	1-0	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1
13.	FC Groningen	1: 3	0: 2	3: 3	0-0	1: 1	2: 2	1: 2	1-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 2	2-0		2-0	2-0	2: 1	0: 1	2: 2
14th	NEC Nijmegen	0-0	2: 3	1: 2	1: 2	0: 2	1: 3	4-0	2: 1	0: 3	4-0	1: 1	1: 2	2: 3		1: 2	2-0	1: 1	1-0
15th	ADO The Hague	1: 4	0: 4	2: 2	1-0	2: 3	1-0	0: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 3	1: 2	3: 1	4: 1		1: 1	1: 1	1: 1
16.	Vitesse Arnhem	1: 2	0-0	0-0	0: 1	1: 2	1: 1	2: 2	3: 5	2: 2	3-0	3: 3	1: 2	1: 2	2: 2	1-0		2: 2	5: 2
17th	FC Volendam	0: 2	0: 5	1: 3	0: 1	0: 6	2: 1	0: 1	2-0	4: 2	1: 2	0: 4	2: 1	3-0	2: 3	0: 2	0-0		2: 2
18th	FC Zwolle	0: 5	0: 4	0: 3	1-0	2-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	0: 2	1: 1	0: 3	0: 3	1: 1	2: 1	1: 2	1: 1	3-0

The championship team from Ajax Amsterdam

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Ajax Amsterdam

Goal : Bogdan Lobonț (24 / -); Maarten Stekelenburg (10 / -) Defense : Maxwell (31/2); Julien Escude (31/1); John Heitinga (26/3); Zdeněk Grygera (20 / -); Hatem Trabelsi (8/1); John O'Brien (7 / -); Jelle van Damme (6 / -); Thomas Vermaelen (1 / -) Midfield : Nigel de Jong (32/2); Wesley Sneijder (30/9); Tomáš Galásek (29/4); Victor Sikora (27/5); Rafael van der Vaart (26/7); Steven Pienaar (16/3); Daniël de Ridder (15/1); Abubakari Yakubu (11 / -); Anthony Obodai (7/2); Jason Culina (2 / -) Storm : Wesley Sonck (25/9); Nicolae Mitea (23/7); Zlatan Ibrahimović (22/13); Tom Soetaers (17/4); Yannis Anastasiou (12/3); Jari Litmanen (6 / -); Tom de Mul (2 / -); Ryan Babel (1 / -) Coach : Ronald Koeman

List of goalscorers

Mateja Kežman. Top scorer of the 2003/04 season

Only goals in the regular season are taken into account.

	player	team	Gates
1.	Mateja Kežman	PSV Eindhoven	31
2.	Dirk Kuyt	Feyenoord Rotterdam	20th
3.	Gerald Sibon	SC Heerenveen	15th
4th	Ali El Khattabi	AZ Alkmaar	14th
	Blaise Nkufo	FC Twente Enschede	14th
	Thomas Buffel	Feyenoord Rotterdam	14th
7th	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Ajax Amsterdam	13
	Ivan Redan	RKC Waalwijk	13
9.	Cristiano	Roda JC Kerkrade	12
	Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink	PSV Eindhoven	12

Web links

• Homepage of the Eredivisie (Dutch)