2002–03 Eredivisie

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 2002–03 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.

Eredivisie
Season2002–03
Dates16 August 2002 – 29 May 2003
ChampionsPSV (17th title)
Promoted
Relegated
Champions League
UEFA Cup
Intertoto Cup
Goals scored903
Average goals/game2.95
Top goalscorerFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Mateja Kežman (35 goals)[1]

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
2 Ajax 34 26 5 3 96 32 +64 83 Qualification to Champions League: 3rd qualifying round
3 Feyenoord 34 25 5 4 89 39 +50 80 Qualification to 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 Qualification to Intertoto Cup: Third round
8 FC Utrecht 34 12 11 11 49 49 0 47 Qualification to UEFA Cup[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2]
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:
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:
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:
(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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