2002–03 Eredivisie

Eredivisie
Season	2002–03
Dates	16 August 2002 – 29 May 2003
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 (35 goals)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

ADO

Ajax

Rotterdam

Rotterdam teams

Locations of the 2002–03 Eredivisie teams

Feyenoord

Excelsior

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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	Qualification to Relegation play-offs^[b]
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:

^ FC Utrecht qualified for the UEFA Cup by winning the 2002–03 KNVB Cup.
^ 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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	FC Volendam (P)	6	4	2	12	7	+5	12
2	FC Emmen	6	3	3	6	6	0	9
3	Excelsior	6	3	3	8	9	−1	9
4	Heracles Almelo	6	2	4	6	10	−4	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted to the Eredivisie following play-offs

Top scorers

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