2003–04 Eredivisie

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

Eredivisie
Season2003–04
Dates15 August 2003 – 16 May 2004
ChampionsAjax (29th title)
PromotedADO Den Haag
FC Volendam
RelegatedFC Volendam
FC Zwolle
Champions LeagueAjax
PSV
UEFA CupFeyenoord
SC Heerenveen
AZ
FC Utrecht
Intertoto CupRoda JC
NEC
Goals scored911
Average goals/game2.97
Top goalscorerSerbia and Montenegro Mateja Kežman (31 goals)[1]

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
2 PSV 34 23 5 6 92 30 +62 74 Qualification to Champions League: 3rd qualifying round
3 Feyenoord 34 20 8 6 71 38 +33 68 Qualification to UEFA Cup
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[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2]
17 FC Volendam (R) 34 7 6 21 31 79 −48 27
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:
  1. FC Utrecht qualified for the UEFA Cup by winning the 2003–04 KNVB Cup.
  2. 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 Serbia and Montenegro Mateja Kežman PSV
20 Netherlands Dirk Kuyt Feyenoord
15 Netherlands Gerald Sibon SC Heerenveen
14 Belgium Thomas Buffel Feyenoord
Morocco Ali El Khattabi AZ
Switzerland Blaise Kufo FC Twente
13 Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović Ajax
Netherlands Iwan Redan RKC Waalwijk
Roda JC

See also

References
  1. EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers
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