The 2003–04 season in Dutch football saw Ajax regain their title in the Eredivisie. Zwolle were relegated to the First Division.
Johan Cruyff Shield
Eredivisie
Awards
Dutch Footballer of the Year 2003–04 — Maxwell (Ajax)
Dutch Golden Shoe Winner 2003 — Dirk Kuyt (Utrecht) 2004 — Maxwell (Ajax)
Ajax squad 2003–04
Goal Sander Boschker Bogdan Lobonț Maarten Stekelenburg
Defence Jelle Van Damme Julien Escudé Zdeněk Grygera John Heitinga Nigel de Jong John O'Brien Petri Pasanen Hatem Trabelsi Thomas Vermaelen Fronio Walker
Abubakari Yakubu
Midfield Tomáš Galásek Cedric van der Gun Jari Litmanen Maxwell Anthony Obodai Steven Pienaar Stefano Seedorf Wesley Sneijder Rafael van der Vaart
Attack Jamal Akachar Yannis Anastasiou
Ryan Babel Nourdin Boukhari Jason Culina Zlatan Ibrahimović Nicolae Mitea Tom De Mul Daniël de Ridder Victor Sikora Tom Soetaers Wesley Sonck Wamberto
Management Ronald Koeman (Coach) Ruud Krol (Assistant) Tonny Bruins Slot (Assistant)
Eerste Divisie PositionTeamPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference1FC Den Bosch 743622868548+372Excelsior743622867039+313Sparta Rotterdam693621697643+334Heracles Almelo6736191077142+295Helmond Sport653619896642+246De Graafschap6436181086343+207VVV-Venlo6136194137662+14 8Emmen 61 36 17 10 9 65 54 +11 9Go Ahead Eagles 53 36 15 8 13 79 63 +16 10AGOVV Apeldoorn 50 36 14 8 14 63 54 +9 11TOP Oss 45 36 12 9 15 57 60 -3 12Stormvogels Telstar 44 36 10 9 17 55 62 -7 13HFC Haarlem 39 36 10 9 17 41 63 -22 14BV Veendam 36 36 7 15 14 46 71 -25 15Dordrecht 30 36 5 15 16 33 60 -27 16FC Eindhoven 30 36 6 12 18 40 69 -26 17Cambuur 28 36 6 10 20 35 65 -30 18MVV Maastricht 28 36 6 10 20 32 70 -38 19Fortuna Sittard 19 36 3 10 23 38 81 -43
Promoted : FC Den Bosch Promotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie"): Excelsior, Sparta, Heracles, Helmond Sport, De Graafschap and VVV Venlo
Topscorers PositionPlayerNationalityClubGoals1Klaas-Jan Huntelaar AGOVV Apeldoorn26 2Stefan JansenFC Den Bosch 25 3Yuri RoseHeracles Almelo 22 4Ronald HammingBV Veendam 21 5Uğur YıldırımGo Ahead Eagles 19 6Mounir El HamdaouiExcelsior 17Ricky van den BerghSparta Rotterdam 17
Promotion and relegation
Group A PositionTeamPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference1Vitesse 146420144+10 2VVV-Venlo 8 6 2 2 2 11 10 +1 3Sparta Rotterdam 6 6 1 3 2 8 10 -2 4Helmond Sport 3 6 0 3 3 7 16 -9
Group B PositionTeamPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference1De Graafschap 136411104+6 2Heracles Almelo 11 6 3 2 1 11 6 +5 3Excelsior 8 6 2 2 2 8 8 04Volendam16015415-11
Stayed / Promoted : Vitesse Arnhem and De Graafschap Relegated: Volendam
KNVB Cup
Netherlands national team
See also Sparta Rotterdam season 2003–04
References Voetbal International RSSSF Archive