Eredivisie 2002-03
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The Dutch Eredivisie
in the 2002/2003 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.
1 Winners KNVB Cup.
2 FC Zwolle remained in the eredivisie after winning their promotion/relegation play-offs. Excelsior lost and relegated.
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
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 UEFA Champions League 2003-04 The 2003–04 UEFA Champions League was the 12th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League, since its rebranding from the European Cup in 1992, and the 49th tournament overall... |
| 2 | Ajax | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 83 | 96 | 32 | 64 | Champions League Third qualifying round UEFA Champions League 2003-04 The 2003–04 UEFA Champions League was the 12th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League, since its rebranding from the European Cup in 1992, and the 49th tournament overall... |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 34 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 80 | 89 | 39 | 50 | UEFA Cup |
| 4 | NAC Breda NAC Breda NAC Breda , simply often known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Dutch Eredivisie and are known by the fierce and fanatic support of... |
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 RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk is a football club currently playing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' and was a fusion club of HEC, WVB and Hercules.-History:... |
34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 46 | 44 | 51 | -7 | |
| 10 | AZ | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 50 | 69 | -19 | |
| 11 | Willem II Willem II Tilburg Willem II , also known as Willem II Tilburg, is a football club based in Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands. The team was founded on 12 August 1896 as Tilburgia... |
34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 42 | 48 | 51 | -3 | Intertoto cup Second round |
| 12 | FC Twente FC Twente FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys... |
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 FC Zwolle FC Zwolle is a Dutch football club based in Zwolle, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie, the country's second level of professional club football. The club was founded in 1990 after the bankruptcy of PEC. They have played in the Eredivisie, the highest tier of Dutch football, for a total of... |
34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 32 | 31 | 62 | -31 | 2 |
| 17 | Excelsior | 34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 38 | 72 | -34 | 2 |
| 18 | De Graafschap De Graafschap De Graafschap is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the "De Vijverberg" stadium. Their current home ground stands on where the old pitch used to be located and was opened on 12 August 2000... |
34 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 35 | 84 | -49 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 2003-04 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 2003/2004 season was contested by 19 teams, one more than in the previous season. This was due to AGOVV Apeldoorn entering from the amateurs... |
1 Winners KNVB Cup.
2 FC Zwolle remained in the eredivisie after winning their promotion/relegation play-offs. Excelsior lost and relegated.
Results
Promotion/relegation play-offs
| Group A | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Pts | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1 | FC Zwolle FC Zwolle FC Zwolle is a Dutch football club based in Zwolle, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie, the country's second level of professional club football. The club was founded in 1990 after the bankruptcy of PEC. They have played in the Eredivisie, the highest tier of Dutch football, for a total of... |
14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 |
| 2 | Helmond Sport Helmond Sport Helmond Sport is a Dutch football club, playing in the Dutch Eerste Divisie and located in Helmond, Noord-Brabant. The club was founded on July 27, 1967, as a breakaway from the local professional club Helmondia '55, which had gone bankrupt.-History:... |
10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -1 |
| 3 | FC Den Bosch | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 |
| 4 | Go Ahead Eagles Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst. To date, the club has won the national championship four times... |
3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -3 |
| Group B | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Pts | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1 | FC Volendam FC Volendam Football Club Volendam is a Dutch football club based in Volendam, North Holland, Edam-Volendam. Founded on June 1, 1977, as a result of a split up with RKSV . It currently plays in the Eerste Divisie, holding home games at Kras Stadion, with a 6,260-seat capacity.-History:Football Club Volendam... |
12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 |
| 2 | FC Emmen FC Emmen FC Emmen is a Dutch football club based in Emmen, Drenthe, and currently playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of football in the Netherlands.-History:... |
9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | Excelsior Excelsior Rotterdam SBV Excelsior is a professional football club from the Kralingen-Crooswijk district of Rotterdam, Netherlands. It was founded on July 23, 1902 and was formerly known as 'Rotterdamse Voetbal en Atletiek Vereniging Excelsior'... |
9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 |
| 4 | Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a football club from Almelo, Netherlands.Heracles Almelo were founded on May 3, 1903 as Heracles, after the demigod son of Zeus. They changed their name on July 1, 1974 to SC Heracles '74 and finally settled on the current name in 1998. The club has won the Dutch national title... |
6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 |
| Team is promoted to the Eredivisie following play-offs |