2002–03 in Dutch football explained

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.

Eredivisie

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1		84	34	26	6	2	87	20	+67
2	Ajax	83	34	26	5	3	96	32	+64
3	Feyenoord	80	34	25	5	4	89	39	+50
4	NAC Breda	52	34	13	13	8	42	31	+11
5	NEC	51	34	14	9	11	41	40	+1
6	Roda JC	50	34	14	8	12	58	54	+4
7	Heerenveen	47	34	13	8	13	61	55	+6
8	Utrecht	47	34	12	11	11	49	49	0
9	RKC Waalwijk	46	34	14	4	16	44	51	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-7
10	AZ	44	34	12	8	14	50	69	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-19
11	Willem II	42	34	11	9	14	48	51	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-3
12	Twente	41	34	10	11	13	36	45	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-9
13	RBC Roosendaal	41	36	10	6	18	33	54	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-21
14	Vitesse	33	34	8	9	17	37	51	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-14
15	Groningen	32	34	7	11	16	28	44	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-16
16	Zwolle	32	34	8	8	18	31	62	bgcolor="ccccff"	-31
17	Excelsior	23	34	5	8	21	38	72	bgcolor="ccccff"	-34
18	De Graafschap	23	34	6	5	23	35	84	bgcolor="FFCCCC"	-49

Champions League : PSVChampions League qualification : AjaxUEFA Cup : Feyenoord, NAC Breda, NEC and UtrechtPromotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie") : Zwolle and ExcelsiorRelegated : De Graafschap

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

Defence

Midfield

Attack

Management

Guus Hiddink (Coach)
Erwin Koeman (Assistant)
Fred Rutten (Assistant)

Eerste Divisie

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1		83	34	26	5	3	74	20	+54
2	Emmen	75	34	23	6	5	66	33	+33
3	Helmond Sport	64	34	19	7	8	72	44	+28
4	Heracles Almelo	60	34	18	6	10	78	52	+26
5	FC Den Bosch	60	34	18	6	10	62	38	+24
6	Volendam	60	34	18	6	10	61	44	+17
7	Go Ahead Eagles	58	34	17	7	10	74	55	+19
8	Sparta Rotterdam	45	34	13	6	15	60	62	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-2
9	TOP Oss	44	34	13	5	16	48	68	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-20
10	FC Eindhoven	41	34	11	8	15	41	49	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-8
11	Cambuur	40	34	12	4	18	54	77	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-23
12	Stormvogels Telstar	38	34	11	5	18	37	45	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-8
13	VVV-Venlo	37	34	10	7	17	42	60	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-18
14	HFC Haarlem	35	34	9	8	17	31	63	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-32
15	Fortuna Sittard	32	34	8	8	18	43	53	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-10
16	MVV Maastricht	32	34	8	8	18	35	53	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-18
17	Veednam	32	34	8	8	18	37	66	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-29
18	Dordrecht	24	34	6	6	22	31	64	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-33

Promoted : ADO Den HaagPromotion / Relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie") : Emmen, Heracles, Den Bosch, Volendam and Go Ahead Eagles

Top scorers

Promotion and relegation

Group A

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1		14	6	4	2	0	12	5	+7
2	Helmond Sport	10	6	3	1	2	9	10	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-1
3	FC Den Bosch	10	6	2	1	3	7	10	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-3
4	Go Ahead Eagles	3	6	1	0	5	9	12	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-3

Group B

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1		12	6	4	2	12	7	+5
2	Emmen	9	6	3	3	6	6	0
3	Excelsior	9	6	3	3	8	9	bgcolor="FFCCCC"	-1
4	Heracles Almelo	6	6	2	4	6	10	bgcolor="F3F3F3"	-4

Stayed : ZwollePromoted : VolendamRelegated : Excelsior

Netherlands national team

See main article: Netherlands national football team 2002 and Netherlands national football team 2003.