2001–02 in Dutch football explained

The 2001–02 season in Dutch football was the 46th season in the Eredivisie, where Ajax claimed the double (the Eredivisie title and KNVB Cup).

Eredivisie

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1		73	34	22	7	5	73	34	+39
2	PSV	68	34	20	8	6	77	32	+45
3	Feyenoord	64	34	19	7	8	68	29	+39
4	Heerenveen	60	34	17	9	8	57	27	+30
5	Vitesse	60	34	16	12	6	45	34	+12
6	NAC Breda	54	34	15	9	10	55	52	+3
7	Utrecht	51	34	14	9	11	60	51	+9
8	RKC Waalwijk	48	34	14	6	14	49	44	+5
9	NEC	45	34	13	6	15	38	59	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-21
10	AZ	43	34	12	7	15	43	45	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-2
11	Willem II	43	34	10	13	11	54	61	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-7
12	Twente	42	34	10	12	12	41	41	0
13	Roda JC	41	34	11	8	15	33	45	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-12
14	De Graafschap	37	34	10	7	17	43	55	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-12
15	Groningen	37	34	10	7	17	40	59	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-19
16	FC Den Bosch	33	34	8	9	17	40	55	bgcolor="ccccff"	-15
17	Sparta Rotterdam	24	34	4	12	18	26	75	bgcolor="ccccff"	-49
18	Fortuna Sittard	17	34	3	8	23	27	71	bgcolor="FFCCCC"	-44

Champions League : Ajax and PSVChampions League qualification : FeyenoordUEFA Cup : Heerenveen, Vitesse and UtrechtPromotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie") : FC Den Bosch and Sparta RotterdamRelegated : Fortuna Sittard

Awards

Dutch Footballer of the Year

• 2001–02 - Pierre van Hooijdonk (Feyenoord)

Dutch Golden Shoe Winner

• 2001 - Johann Vogel (PSV)
• 2002 - Cristian Chivu (Ajax)

Ajax winning squad 2001–02

Goal

• Joey Didulica
• Fred Grim
• Bogdan Lobonț

Defence

• André Bergdølmo
• Cristian Chivu
• Tim de Cler
• John Heitinga
• John O'Brien
• Petri Pasanen
• Mitchell Piqué
• Hatem Trabelsi

• Ferdi Vierklau
• Abubakari Yakubu

Midfield

• Daniel Cruz
• Tomáš Galásek
• Cedric van der Gun
• Jan van Halst
• Richard Knopper
• Maxwell
• Steven Pienaar
• Stefano Seedorf
• Rafael van der Vaart
• Richard Witschge

Attack

• Shota Arveladze
• Mido
• Zlatan Ibrahimović
• Pius Ikedia
• Nikos Machlas
• Andy van der Meyde
• Wamberto

Management

• Co Adriaanse (Coach)
• Peter Boeve (Assistant)

During the season replaced by:

• Ronald Koeman (Coach)
• Ruud Krol (Assistant)
• Tonny Bruins Slot (Assistant)

Eerste Divisie

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1		73	34	22	7	5	65	36	+29
2	Excelsior	70	34	21	7	6	73	31	+42
3	RBC Roosendaal	68	34	21	5	8	76	40	+36
4	ADO Den Haag	63	34	18	9	7	53	36	+17
5	Emmen	59	34	17	8	9	53	43	+10
6	Volendam	53	34	15	8	11	66	48	+18
7	Cambuur	51	34	15	6	13	50	42	+8
8	Heracles Almelo	48	34	14	6	14	52	51	+1
9	Stormvogels Telstar	45	34	12	9	13	55	49	+6
10	Dordrecht '90	45	34	12	9	13	66	66	0
11	Veendam	45	34	13	6	15	60	62	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-2
12	HFC Haarlem	38	34	10	8	16	37	46	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-9
13	VVV-Venlo	38	34	11	5	18	51	64	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-13
14	MVV Maastricht	37	34	10	7	17	49	61	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-12
15	Helmond Sport	37	34	8	13	13	34	51	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-17
16	Go Ahead Eagles	36	34	9	9	16	48	62	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-14
17	FC Eindhoven	32	34	8	7	19	52	77	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-25
18	TOP Oss	14	34	3	5	26	25	100	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-75

Promoted : ZwollePromotion / Relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie") : Excelsior, RBC, ADO, Emmen, Volendam and Cambuur

Top scorers

Promotion and relegation

Group A

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1		14	6	4	2	0	15	6	+9
2	FC Den Bosch	13	6	4	1	1	17	9	+8
3	Emmen	4	6	1	1	4	10	15	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-5
4	Cambuur	3	6	1	0	5	8	20	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-12

Group B

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1		10	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2
2	Volendam	9	6	3	0	3	10	14	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-4
3	ADO Den Haag	8	6	2	2	2	13	9	+4
4	Sparta Rotterdam	7	6	2	1	3	10	12	bgcolor="FFCCCC"	-2

Promoted : RBC Roosendaal and ExcelsiorRelegated : FC Den Bosch and Sparta Rotterdam

Dutch national team

See main article: Netherlands national football team 2001.

See main article: Netherlands national football team 2002.

See also

• Sparta Rotterdam season 2001–02

References

• RSSSF Archive
• Voetbalstats