2002–03 Eredivisie

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NEC
  • FC Utrecht
    • Intertoto Cup
    Goals scored903
    Average goals/game2.95
    Top goalscorerFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Mateja Kežman (35 goals)[1]
    →
    Excelsior
    Feyenoord
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    Locations of the 2002–03 Eredivisie teams
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    Rotterdam Eredivisie football clubs


    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 (C) 34 26 6 2 87 20 +67 84 Qualification to Champions League group stage
    2 Ajax 34 26 5 3 96 32 +64 83 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
    3 Feyenoord 34 25 5 4 89 39 +50 80 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
    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 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
    8 FC Utrecht 34 12 11 11 49 49 0 47 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
    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 Qualification to 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 Qualification to Relegation play-offs[b]
    17
    Excelsior
    (R)     		34 5 8 21 38 72 −34 23
    18 De Graafschap (R) 34 6 5 23 35 84 −49 23 Relegation to Eerste Divisie
    Source: [citation needed]
    Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)
    (C) Champions; (R) Relegated
    Notes:
    1. ^ FC Utrecht qualified for the UEFA Cup by winning the 2002–03 KNVB Cup.
    2. ^ 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
    		 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
    SC 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.
    		 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 D L GF GA GD Pts
    1 FC Volendam (P) 6 4 0 2 12 7 +5 12
    2 FC Emmen 6 3 0 3 6 6 0 9
    3 Excelsior 6 3 0 3 8 9 −1 9
    4 Heracles Almelo 6 2 0 4 6 10 −4 6
    Source: [citation needed]
    (P) Promoted to the Eredivisie following play-offs

    Top scorers

    Goals Player Team
    35
    		 Serbia and Montenegro Mateja Kežman PSV
    28
    		 Netherlands Pierre van Hooijdonk Feyenoord
    20
    		 Netherlands Dirk Kuyt Utrecht
    18
    		 Belgium Thomas Buffel Feyenoord
    Netherlands Rafael van der Vaart Ajax
    16
    		 Netherlands Rick Hoogendorp RKC Waalwijk
    15
    		 Ghana Matthew Amoah
    Vitesse Arnhem
    13
    		 Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović Ajax
    12
    		 Netherlands Orlando Engelaar NAC Breda
    Netherlands Arjen Robben PSV

    See also

    References

    1. ^ EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers
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