2003–04 Eredivisie - Misplaced Pages

48th season of the Eredivisie Football league season

Eredivisie
Season	2003–04
Dates	15 August 2003 – 16 May 2004
Champions	Ajax (29th title)
Promoted	ADO Den Haag FC Volendam
Relegated	FC Volendam FC Zwolle
Champions League	Ajax PSV
UEFA Cup	Feyenoord SC Heerenveen AZ FC Utrecht
Intertoto Cup	Roda JC NEC
Goals scored	911
Average goals/game	2.97
Top goalscorer	Mateja Kežman (31 goals)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Zwolle class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2003–04 Eredivisie teams

The 2003–04 season of the Dutch Eredivisie began in August 2003 and ended in May 2004. The title was won by Ajax.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ajax (C)	34	25	5	4	79	31	+48	80	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	PSV	34	23	5	6	92	30	+62	74	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Feyenoord	34	20	8	6	71	38	+33	68	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Heerenveen	34	17	7	10	45	35	+10	58
5	AZ	34	17	6	11	65	42	+23	57
6	Roda JC	34	14	11	9	60	41	+19	53	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
7	Willem II	34	13	10	11	47	54	−7	49
8	FC Twente	34	15	3	16	56	53	+3	48
9	NAC Breda	34	12	10	12	58	55	+3	46
10	FC Utrecht	34	13	7	14	42	52	−10	46	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
11	RKC Waalwijk	34	10	10	14	47	55	−8	40
12	RBC Roosendaal	34	10	10	14	34	47	−13	40
13	FC Groningen	34	9	10	15	38	53	−15	37
14	NEC	34	10	4	20	44	62	−18	34	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
15	ADO Den Haag	34	9	7	18	36	61	−25	34
16	Vitesse	34	4	16	14	39	56	−17	28	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
17	FC Volendam (R)	34	7	6	21	31	79	−48	27	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
18	FC Zwolle (R)	34	5	11	18	27	67	−40	26	Relegation to Eerste Divisie

Source:
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 2003–04 KNVB Cup.
Vitesse remained in the Eredivisie after winning their promotion/relegation play-offs. FC Volendam lost and relegated.

Results

Home \ Away	ADO	AJA	AZ	FEY	GRO	HEE	NAC	NEC	PSV	RBC	RKC	RJC	TWE	UTR	VIT	VOL	WIL	ZWO
ADO Den Haag		1–4	2–3	2–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	0–4	1–2	1–3	1–0	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	4–1	4–2	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	7–0	1–5	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	1–0	3–0	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	1–2	2–2	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	1–0	2–1	3–0	4–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1
NAC Breda	1–0	4–2	1–2	0–3	1–1	2–3		5–2	1–3	3–2	5–3	0–0	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	1–1	1–3	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	3–1	1–2	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		1–3	1–4	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1
RKC Waalwijk	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
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
FC Twente	4–0	2–0	4–1	4–2	5–3	2–0	2–1	2–5	0–2	3–1	2–1	1–2		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	1–0	3–1	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	3–3	1–1	3–5	3–0		2–2	2–2	5–2
FC Volendam	0–2	0–2	0–6	1–3	3–0	0–1	4–2	2–3	0–5	2–1	0–4	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–0		0–1	2–2
Willem II	1–0	2–5	1–0	0–3	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	3–0	4–1	0–2	2–3	0–2	1–1	6–0		2–1
FC Zwolle	1–2	0–5	2–0	0–3	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	0–4	0–3	0–3	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–0

Source:
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	Qualification
1	Vitesse Arnhem	6	4	2	0	14	4	+10	14	Qualified for 2004–05 Eredivisie
2	VVV-Venlo	6	2	2	2	11	10	+1	8
3	Sparta Rotterdam	6	1	3	2	8	10	−2	6
4	Helmond Sport	6	0	3	3	7	16	−9	3

Source:

Group B
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	De Graafschap	6	4	1	1	10	4	+6	13	Qualified for 2004–05 Eredivisie
2	Heracles Almelo	6	3	2	1	11	6	+5	11
3	Excelsior	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8
4	FC Volendam	6	0	1	5	4	15	−11	1	Relegated to 2004–05 Eerste Divisie

Source:

Top scorers

Goals	Player	Team
31	Mateja Kežman	PSV
20	Dirk Kuyt	Feyenoord
15	Gerald Sibon	SC Heerenveen
14	Thomas Buffel	Feyenoord
	Ali El Khattabi	AZ
	Blaise Kufo	FC Twente
13	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Ajax
13	Iwan Redan	RKC Waalwijk Roda JC

References

EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers

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2003–04 in Dutch football

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League competitions	Eredivisie Eerste Divisie Hoofdklasse Eerste Klasse
Cup competitions	KNVB Cup (Final) Johan Cruyff Shield KNVB Women's Cup
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup

Club seasons
Eredivisie	ADO Den Haag Ajax AZ Feyenoord Groningen Heerenveen NAC Breda NEC PSV RBC RKC Roda JC Twente Utrecht Vitesse Volendam Willem II Zwolle
Eerste Divisie	AGOVV Cambuur Den Bosch Dordrecht Eindhoven Emmen Excelsior Fortuna Sittard Go Ahead Eagles De Graafschap Haarlem Helmond Sport Heracles Almelo MVV Sparta Rotterdam Telstar TOP Oss Veendam VVV-Venlo

v t e 2003–04 in European men's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '03 '04 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '03 '04 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '03 '04 Faroe Islands '03 '04 Finland '03 '04 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '03 '04 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '03 '04 Latvia '03 '04 Lithuania '03 '04 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '03 '04 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '03 '04 Romania Russia '03 '04 San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '03 '04 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '03 '04 Finland '03 '04 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '03 '04 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '03 '04 Latvia '03 '04 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '03 '04 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '03 '04 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '03 '04 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland '03 '04 France Germany Iceland '03 '04 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland '03 '04 Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, Knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (qualifying, 1st round, 2nd round, final phase, final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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League standings

Results

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Top scorers

See also

References