Eredivisie 2003-04
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The 2003-2004 season of the Dutch
Eredivisie
began in August 2003 and ended in May 2004. The title was won by Ajax.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
Eredivisie
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....
began in August 2003 and ended in May 2004. The title was won by Ajax.
League standings
| League standings | |||||||||
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| Team | Pts | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1 | Ajax | 80 | 34 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 79 | 31 | +48 |
| 2 | PSV | 74 | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 92 | 30 | +62 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 68 | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 71 | 38 | +33 |
| 4 | SC Heerenveen | 58 | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 45 | 35 | +10 |
| 5 | AZ | 57 | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 65 | 42 | +23 |
| 6 | Roda JC | 53 | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 60 | 41 | +19 |
| 7 | 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... |
49 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 47 | 54 | -7 |
| 8 | 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... |
48 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 56 | 53 | +3 |
| 9 | 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... |
46 | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 58 | 55 | +3 |
| 10 | FC Utrecht | 46 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 42 | 52 | -10 |
| 11 | 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:... |
40 | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 47 | 55 | -8 |
| 12 | RBC Roosendaal | 40 | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 47 | -13 |
| 13 | FC Groningen | 37 | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 53 | -15 |
| 14 | NEC | 34 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 44 | 62 | -18 |
| 15 | ADO Den Haag ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag , commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag , is a Dutch football club from the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag , with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club... |
34 | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 61 | -25 |
| 16 | Vitesse | 28 | 34 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 39 | 56 | -17 |
| 17 | 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... |
27 | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 31 | 79 | -48 |
| 18 | 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... |
26 | 34 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 67 | -40 |
| Team wins the league and qualifies for the UEFA Champions League UEFA Champions League 2004-05 The 2004–05 UEFA Champions League was the 50th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, and the 13th since it was rebranded as the UEFA Champions League in 1992. The competition was won by Liverpool, who beat Milan on penalties in the final, having come back from 3–0 down... |
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| Team qualifies for the UEFA Champions League UEFA Champions League 2004-05 The 2004–05 UEFA Champions League was the 50th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, and the 13th since it was rebranded as the UEFA Champions League in 1992. The competition was won by Liverpool, who beat Milan on penalties in the final, having come back from 3–0 down... third qualifying round |
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| Teams qualify for the UEFA Cup UEFA Cup 2004-05 The 2004–05 UEFA Cup season was won by CSKA Moscow, coming from behind in the final against Sporting Clube de Portugal. It was the first win by a Russian side in any European competition, and was even more impressive considering that the final was held at the José Alvalade Stadium, the home of... , Utrecht qualified as winners of the KNVB Cup 2003-04 |
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| Team qualifies for the UEFA Intertoto Cup third round | |
| Team qualifies for the UEFA Intertoto Cup second round | |
| Teams remain in the Eredivisie 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.... |
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| Teams forced to play relegation playoffs | |
| Team relegated to the Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium... |
Topscorers
| Goals | Player | Team |
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 Mateja KežmanMateja Kežman Mateja Kežman is a Serbian football striker who plays for FC BATE Borisov of the Belarusian Premier League.... |
PSV |
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 Dirk KuytDirk Kuyt Dirk Kuyt is a Dutch footballer who plays for English club Liverpool. He started his career as a striker, but he has been converted into a winger and plays the position for both Liverpool and the Netherlands national team.... |
Feyenoord |
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Gerald Sibon Gerald Sibon Gerald Sibon is a Dutch football player who plays for Eredivisie club SC Heerenveen.-Europe:He featured for FC Twente in the 1993–94 season as a substitute but could only string together three games before deciding to sign for VVV-Venlo of the Eerste Divisie in the following season... |
SC Heerenveen |
 Thomas BuffelThomas Buffel Thomas Buffel is a Belgian footballer who plays for Jupiler League side RC Genk. He is an attacking midfielder and can play as a striker... |
Feyenoord | |
 Ali El KhattabiAli El Khattabi Ali Elkhattabi is a retired Dutch-Moroccan professional footballer.-Career:Elkhattabi has played at Sparta Rotterdam , SC Heerenveen , AZ Alkmaar and RBC Roosendaal... |
AZ | |
 Blaise KufoBlaise Kufo Blaise Isetsima Nkufo is a retired Congolese-born Swiss footballer. Nkufo played professionally in Switzerland, Qatar, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States.... |
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... |
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 Zlatan IbrahimovićZlatan Ibrahimovic Zlatan Ibrahimović is a Swedish footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Milan and the Swedish national team for which he is captain.... |
Ajax | |
| Iwan Redan Iwan Redan Iwan Benito Marvin Redan , better known as Iwan Redan, is a Dutch footballer who plays as a striker.- 2000–2004: The beginnings :... |
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:... Roda JC |
Relegation playoffs
| Group A | |||||||||
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| Team | Pts | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1 | Vitesse | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 |
| 2 | VVV-Venlo | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 |
| 3 | Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Sparta is one of three professional football clubs from Rotterdam, the others being Excelsior and Feyenoord , the latter playing in the Eredivisie.-History:Sparta was first founded in 1887.... |
6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 |
| 4 | 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:... |
3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | -9 |
| Group B | |||||||||
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| Team | Pts | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1 | 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... |
13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 |
| 2 | 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... |
11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 |
| 3 | Excelsior | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | 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... |
1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -11 |
| Qualified for 2004–05 Eredivisie | |
| Relegated to Eerste Divisie 2004–05 | |
| Teams remain in Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium... |
Match table
| ADO ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag , commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag , is a Dutch football club from the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag , with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club... |
AJX | AZ | FEY | GRO | HEE | NAC 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... |
NEC | PSV | RBC | RJC | RKC 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:... |
TWE 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... |
UTR | VIT | VOL 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... |
WIL 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... |
ZWO 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... |
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| ADO Den Haag ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag , commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag , is a Dutch football club from the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag , with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club... |
1-4 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | |
| Ajax | 4-0 | 3-2 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 5-0 | 5-1 | 6-0 | 1-0 | |
| AZ | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 2-4 | 2-1 | 1-5 | 7-0 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 4-0 | |
| Feyenoord | 4-1 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 7-1 | |
| FC Groningen | 2-0 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-2 | |
| SC Heerenveen | 2-0 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | |
| 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... |
1-0 | 4-2 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 5-2 | 1-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 3-1 | |
| NEC | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 1-0 | |
| PSV | 3-2 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 5-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 7-0 | 6-1 | 5-1 | |
| RBC Roosendaal | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-4 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | |
| Roda JC | 5-1 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 4-0 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 6-1 | 1-1 | |
| 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:... |
1-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | |
| 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... |
4-0 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 4-2 | 5-3 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | |
| FC Utrecht | 5-3 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-3 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 1-0 | |
| Vitesse | 1-0 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 3-5 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 5-2 | |
| 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... |
0-2 | 0-2 | 0-6 | 1-3 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 2-3 | 0-5 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-4 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-2 | |
| 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... |
1-0 | 2-5 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 0-2 | 4-1 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 6-0 | 2-1 | |
| 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... |
1-2 | 0-5 | 2-0 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 0-0 |