2000–01 in Dutch football explained

The 2000/2001 season in Dutch football was the 45th season in the Eredivisie, where PSV Eindhoven claimed the title, while FC Twente won the Dutch National Cup.

Eredivisie

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1		83	34	25	8	1	73	23	+50
2	Feyenoord	66	34	21	3	10	67	37	+30
3	Ajax	61	34	18	7	9	85	43	+42
4	Roda JC	59	34	17	8	9	59	41	+18
5	Utrecht	59	34	17	8	9	58	43	+16
6	Vitesse	59	34	16	11	7	56	43	+13
7	RKC Waalwijk	59	34	16	11	7	48	36	+12
8	Willem II	51	34	14	9	11	60	50	+10
9	NAC Breda	49	34	13	10	11	41	40	+1
10	Heerenveen	47	34	11	14	9	51	42	+9
11	Twente	41	34	10	11	13	47	60	bgcolor="FFFFCC"	-13
12	NEC	40	34	9	13	12	42	53	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-11
13	AZ	35	34	9	8	17	45	63	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-18
14	Groningen	33	34	8	9	17	36	56	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-20
15	De Graafschap	31	34	9	4	21	44	66	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-22
16	Fortuna Sittard	31	34	8	7	19	31	64	bgcolor="ccccff"	-33
17	Sparta Rotterdam	25	34	6	7	21	42	72	bgcolor="ccccff"	-30
18	RBC Roosendaal	14	34	4	2	28	37	90	bgcolor="FFCCCC"	-53

Champions League : PSVChampions League qualification : FeyenoordUEFA Cup : Ajax, Roda JC, Utrecht and TwentePromotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie") : Fortuna Sittard and Sparta RotterdamRelegated : RBC Roosendaal

Awards

Dutch Footballer of the Year

• 2000–01 - Mark van Bommel (PSV)

Dutch Golden Shoe Winner

• 2000 - Jerzy Dudek (Feyenoord)
• 2001 - Johann Vogel (PSV)

PSV winning squad 2000–01

Goal

• Gino Coutinho
• Ivica Kralj
• Patrick Lodewijks
• Ronald Waterreus

Defence

• Eric Addo
• Kasper Bøgelund
• Wilfred Bouma
• Jürgen Dirkx
• Ernest Faber
• Kevin Hofland
• Yuri Nikiforov

• André Ooijer
• Nuelson Wau
• Chris van der Weerden

Midfield

• Mark van Bommel
• Björn van der Doelen
• Robert Fuchs
• Giorgi Gakhokidze
• John de Jong
• Joonas Kolkka
• Theo Lucius
• Marquinho
• Adil Ramzi

• Dennis Rommedahl
• Ovidiu Stinga
• Johann Vogel

Attack

• Arnold Bruggink
• Claudio
• Mateja Kežman
• Ruud van Nistelrooy

Management

• Eric Gerets (Coach)
• Ernie Brandts (Assistant)

Eerste Divisie

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1		75	34	23	6	5	64	25	+39
2	Excelsior	66	34	20	6	8	89	63	+26
3	Zwolle	64	34	18	10	6	73	41	+32
4	Cambuur	54	34	15	9	10	55	52	+3
5	Volendam	53	34	16	5	13	58	48	+10
6	Go Ahead Eagles	53	34	16	5	13	62	63	bgcolor="CCFFCC"	-1
7	Telstar	53	34	15	8	11	47	48	bgcolor="CCFFCC"	-1
8	Helmond Sport	48	34	13	9	12	69	50	+19
9	FC Eindhoven	45	34	12	9	13	58	57	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-1
10	TOP Oss	45	34	14	3	17	59	67	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-8
11	Emmen	41	34	11	8	15	53	64	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-11
12	Dordrecht '90	40	34	10	10	14	58	59	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-1
13	MVV Maastricht	40	34	12	4	18	47	58	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-11
14	Veendam	39	34	11	6	17	54	69	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-15
15	Heracles Almelo	39	34	10	9	15	38	56	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-18
16	ADO Den Haag	36	34	9	9	16	51	71	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-20
17	HFC Haarlem	34	34	8	10	16	46	64	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-18
18	VVV-Venlo	28	34	8	4	22	37	63	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-26

Promoted : FC Den BoschPromotion / Relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie") : Excelsior, Zwolle, Cambuur, Volendam, Go Ahead Eagles and SC Telstar

Topscorers

Promotion and relegation

Group A

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1		10	6	3	2	2	9	6	+3
2	Zwolle	9	6	2	3	1	6	4	+2
3	Volendam	9	6	3	0	3	6	8	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-2
4	Telstar	5	6	1	2	3	7	10	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-3

Group B

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1		13	6	4	1	1	14	8	+6
2	Cambuur	9	6	3	0	3	11	13	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-2
3	Excelsior	7	6	2	1	3	14	14	0
4	Go Ahead Eagles	5	6	1	2	3	9	13	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-4

Stayed : Fortuna Sittard and Sparta Rotterdam

Dutch national team

See main article: Netherlands national football team 2001.

References

• RSSSF Archive
• RDFC.com