2002–03 Eredivisie

Eredivisie

Season	2002-03
Champions	PSV (17th title)
Promoted	RBC Roosendaal FC Zwolle Excelsior
Relegated	Excelsior De Graafschap
Champions League	PSV Ajax
UEFA Cup	Feyenoord NAC Breda NEC FC Utrecht
Intertoto cup	sc Heerenveen Willem II
Goals scored	903
Average goals/game	2.95
Top goalscorer	Mateja Kežman PSV 35 goals
← 2001-02 2003-04 →

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 2002/2003 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	GP	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD
1	PSV	34	26	6	2	84	87	20	67	Champions League
2	Ajax	34	26	5	3	83	96	32	64	Champions League Third qualifying round
3	Feyenoord	34	25	5	4	80	89	39	50	UEFA Cup
4	NAC Breda	34	13	13	8	52	42	31	11
5	NEC	34	14	9	11	51	41	40	1
6	Roda JC	34	14	8	12	50	58	54	4
7	sc Heerenveen	34	13	8	13	47	61	55	14	Intertoto cup Third round
8	FC Utrecht 1	34	12	11	11	47	49	49	0	UEFA Cup
9	RKC Waalwijk	34	14	4	16	46	44	51	-7
10	AZ	34	12	8	14	44	50	69	-19
11	Willem II	34	11	9	14	42	48	51	-3	Intertoto cup Second round
12	FC Twente	34	10	11	13	41	36	45	-9
13	RBC Roosendaal	34	10	6	18	36	33	54	-21
14	Vitesse	34	8	9	17	33	37	51	-14
15	FC Groningen	34	7	11	16	32	28	44	-16
16	FC Zwolle	34	8	8	18	32	31	62	-31	2
17	Excelsior	34	5	8	21	23	38	72	-34	2
18	De Graafschap	34	6	5	23	23	35	84	-49	Relegation to Eerste Divisie

¹ Winners 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

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

NEC

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

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

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

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 (Dutch)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Group A
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	FC Zwolle	14	6	4	2	0	12	5	+7
2	Helmond Sport	10	6	3	1	2	9	10	-1
3	FC Den Bosch	7	6	2	1	3	7	10	-3
4	Go Ahead Eagles	3	6	1	0	5	9	12	-3

Group B
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	FC Volendam	12	6	4	0	2	12	7	+5
2	FC Emmen	9	6	3	0	3	6	6	0
3	Excelsior	9	6	3	0	3	8	9	-1
4	Heracles Almelo	6	6	2	0	4	6	10	-4

	Team is promoted to the Eredivisie following play-offs

Round by round

Round 1

RBC Roosendaal v FC Zwolle

2002-08-16

RBC Roosendaal	1–1	FC Zwolle
Maseland  9'		Lim-Duan  73'

Vast & Goed Stadion, Roosendaal Attendance: 4,750 Referee: Van Dijk

FC Twente v Willem II

2002-08-17

FC Twente	0–2	Willem II
		Sektioui  61' Shoukov  69'

Arke Stadion, Enschede Attendance: 13,200 Referee: Oskam

Excelsior v PSV Eindhoven

Excelsior	0–2	PSV Eindhoven
		Van Bommel  2' Bruggink  17'

Stadion Woudestein, Rotterdam Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Van Egmond

NAC v Roda JC

NAC	2–2	Roda JC

AZ v SC Heerenveen

AZ	3–3	SC Heerenveen

FC Groningen v Vitesse

2002-08-18

FC Groningen	1–2	Vitesse

Ajax v FC Utrecht

Ajax	3–1	FC Utrecht

Feyenoord v NEC

Feyenoord	2–0	NEC

RKC Waalwijk v De Graafschap

RKC Waalwijk	4–2	De Graafschap

Round 2

NEC v AZ

2002-08-23

NEC	2–0	AZ

De Graafschap v RBC Roosendaal

2002-08-24

De Graafschap	2–0	RBC Roosendaal

SC Heerenveen v RKC Waalwijk

SC Heerenveen	1–2	RKC Waalwijk

PSV Eindhoven v FC Groningen

PSV Eindhoven	1–0	FC Groningen

Roda JC v Feyenoord

Roda JC	2–2	Feyenoord

FC Zwolle v Excelsior

FC Zwolle	1–1	Excelsior

FC Twente v FC Utrecht

2002-08-25

FC Twente	1–1	FC Utrecht

Vitesse v Ajax

Vitesse	1–2	Ajax

Willem II v NAC

Willem II	1–1	NAC

See also

• Eerste Divisie 2002-03
• KNVB Cup 2002-03

References

• Eredivisie official website - info on all seasons (Dutch)
• RSSSF