The 2002–03 season in Dutch football was the 47th season in the Eredivisie, where PSV claimed the title and Utrecht won the Dutch National Cup after defeating Feyenoord in the final.
Johan Cruijff-schaal
Eredivisie PositionTeamPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference1PSV 843426628720+672Ajax833426539632+643Feyenoord803425548939+504NAC Breda5234131384231+115NEC5134149114140+1 6Roda JC 50 34 14 8 12 58 54 +4 7Heerenveen 47 34 13 8 13 61 55 +68Utrecht473412111149490 9RKC Waalwijk 46 34 14 4 16 44 51 -7 10AZ 44 34 12 8 14 50 69 -19 11Willem II 42 34 11 9 14 48 51 -3 12Twente 41 34 10 11 13 36 45 -9 13RBC Roosendaal 41 36 10 6 18 33 54 -21 14Vitesse 33 34 8 9 17 37 51 -14 15Groningen 32 34 7 11 16 28 44 -1616Zwolle323488183162-3117Excelsior233458213872-3418De Graafschap233465233584-49
Champions League : PSV Champions League qualification : Ajax UEFA Cup : Feyenoord, NAC Breda, NEC and Utrecht Promotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie") : Zwolle and Excelsior Relegated : De Graafschap
Top scorers PositionPlayerNationalityClubGoals1Mateja Kežman PSV35 2Pierre van HooijdonkFeyenoord 28 3Dirk KuytUtrecht 20 4Thomas BuffelFeyenoord 18–Rafael van der VaartAjax 18 6Rick HoogendorpRKC Waalwijk 16 7Matthew AmoahVitesse 15 8Zlatan IbrahimovićAjax 13 9Orlando EngelaarNAC Breda 12–Arjen RobbenPSV 12
Awards
Dutch Footballer of the Year 2002–03 — Mateja Kežman (PSV)
Dutch Golden Shoe Winner 2002 — Cristian Chivu (Ajax) 2003 — Dirk Kuyt (Utrecht)
PSV winning squad 2002–03
Goal Frank Kooiman Yves Lenaerts Jelle ten Rouwelaar Ronald Waterreus
Defence Eric Addo Kasper Bøgelund Wilfred Bouma Robert van Boxel Jürgen Dirkx Ernest Faber Jan Heintze Léon Hese Kevin Hofland
Michael Lamey Lee Young-pyo André Ooijer Lindsay Wilson
Midfield Mark van Bommel Giorgi Gakhokidze John de Jong Leandro Theo Lucius Marquinho Park Ji-sung Adil Ramzi
Dennis Rommedahl Remco van der Schaaf Johann Vogel
Attack Arnold Bruggink Arjen Robben Claudio Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Mateja Kežman Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink
Management Guus Hiddink (Coach) Erwin Koeman (Assistant) Fred Rutten (Assistant)
Eerste Divisie PositionTeamPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference1ADO Den Haag 833426537420+542Emmen753423656633+333Helmond Sport643419787244+284Heracles Almelo6034186107852+265FC Den Bosch6034186106238+246Volendam6034186106144+177Go Ahead Eagles5834177107455+19 8Sparta Rotterdam 45 34 13 6 15 60 62 -2 9TOP Oss 44 34 13 5 16 48 68 -20 10FC Eindhoven 41 34 11 8 15 41 49 -8 11Cambuur 40 34 12 4 18 54 77 -23 12Stormvogels Telstar 38 34 11 5 18 37 45 -8 13VVV-Venlo 37 34 10 7 17 42 60 -18 14HFC Haarlem 35 34 9 8 17 31 63 -32 15Fortuna Sittard 32 34 8 8 18 43 53 -10 16MVV Maastricht 32 34 8 8 18 35 53 -18 17Veednam 32 34 8 8 18 37 66 -29 18Dordrecht 24 34 6 6 22 31 64 -33
Promoted : ADO Den Haag Promotion / Relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie") : Emmen, Heracles, Den Bosch, Volendam and Go Ahead Eagles
Top scorers PositionPlayerNationalityClubGoals1Donny de Groot Emmen30 2Rik PlatvoetHeracles Almelo 26 3Danny KoevermansSparta Rotterdam 25 4Stefan JansenFC Den Bosch 20 5Jan BruinCambuur 19 6Ugur YildirimGo Ahead Eagles 18 7Roy StroeveADO Den Haag 17–Koen van de LaakFC Den Bosch 17–Ronald HammingFortuna Sittard 17
Promotion and relegation
Group A PositionTeamPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference1Zwolle 146420125+7 2Helmond Sport 10 6 3 1 2 9 10 -1 3FC Den Bosch 10 6 2 1 3 7 10 -3 4Go Ahead Eagles 3 6 1 0 5 9 12 -3
Group B PositionTeamPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference1Volendam 126402127+5 2Emmen 9 6 3 0 3 6 6 03Excelsior9630389-1 4Heracles Almelo 6 6 2 0 4 6 10 -4
Stayed : Zwolle Promoted : Volendam Relegated : Excelsior
KNVB Cup
Netherlands national team
See also Sparta Rotterdam season 2002–03
References RSSSF Archive Voetbalstats