2003-04 in Dutch football

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The 2003-04 season in Dutch football saw Ajax Amsterdam regain their title in the Eredivisie. FC Zwolle were relegated to the First Division.

Contents 1 Johan Cruijff-schaal 2 Eredivisie 2.1 Topscorers 2.2 Ajax Winning Squad 2003-2004 3 Eerste Divisie 3.1 Topscorers 4 Promotion and relegation 4.1 Group A 4.2 Group B 5 KNVB Cup 6 Dutch national team 7 References

[edit] Johan Cruijff-schaal

Since 1991 the annual opening of the new football (soccer) season is played between the reigning champions and the Cup Winners of the previous season. The Cup was named PTT Telecom Cup for three years (1991-1993), then Super Cup and since 1996 the trophy played for is officially called the "Johan Cruijff Schaal", named after Dutch football legend Johan Cruijff.

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August 10, 2003
	PSV	3–1	FC Utrecht	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 32.000 Referee: Haverkort
	Robben 14' Van Bommel 47' Kezman 89'		Van de Haar 22'

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[edit] Eredivisie

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Ajax Amsterdam	80	34	25	5	4	79	31	+48
2	PSV Eindhoven	74	34	23	5	6	92	30	+62
3	Feyenoord Rotterdam	68	34	20	8	6	71	38	+33
4	SC Heerenveen	58	34	17	7	10	45	35	+10
5	AZ Alkmaar	57	34	17	6	11	65	42	+23
6	Roda JC	53	34	14	11	9	60	41	+19
7	Willem II Tilburg	49	34	13	10	11	47	54	-7
8	FC Twente	48	34	15	3	16	56	53	+3
9	NAC Breda	46	34	12	10	12	58	55	+3
10	FC Utrecht	46	34	13	7	14	42	52	-10
11	RKC Waalwijk	40	34	10	10	14	47	55	-8
12	RBC Roosendaal	40	34	10	10	14	34	47	-13
13	FC Groningen	37	34	9	10	15	38	53	-15
14	NEC Nijmegen	34	34	10	4	20	44	62	-18
15	RKC Waalwijk	34	34	9	7	18	36	61	-25
16	Vitesse Arnhem	28	34	4	16	14	39	56	-17
17	FC Volendam	27	34	7	6	21	31	79	-48
18	FC Zwolle	26	34	5	11	18	27	67	-40

• Champions League : Ajax Amsterdam
  
• Champions League qualification: PSV Eindhoven
  
• UEFA Cup: Feyenoord Rotterdam, SC Heerenveen, AZ Alkmaar and FC Utrecht (as KNVB Cup winner)
  
• Intertoto Cup: Roda JC
  
• Promotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie"): Vitesse Arnhem and FC Volendam
  
• Relegated: FC Zwolle
  

[edit] Topscorers

Position	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Mateja Kezman		PSV Eindhoven	31
2	Dirk Kuyt		Feyenoord Rotterdam	20
3	Gerald Sibon		SC Heerenveen	15
4	Ali El Khattabi		AZ Alkmaar	14
	Blaise N'Kufo		FC Twente	14
	Thomas Buffel		Feyenoord Rotterdam	14
7	Zlatan Ibrahimović		Ajax Amsterdam	13
	Iwan Redan		RKC Waalwijk / Roda JC	13

[edit] Ajax Winning Squad 2003-2004

Goal Sander Boschker Bogdan Lobont Maarten Stekelenburg Defence Jelle Van Damme Julien Escudé Zdenek Grygera John Heitinga Nigel de Jong John O'Brien Petri Pasanen Hatem Trabelsi Thomas Vermaelen Fronio Walker

Abubakari Yakubu Midfield Tomás Galásek Cedric van der Gun Jari Litmanen Maxwell Anthony Obodai Steven Pienaar Stefano Seedorf Wesley Sneijder Rafael van der Vaart Attack Jamal Akachar Yannis Anastasiou

Ryan Babel Nourdin Boukhari Jason Culina Zlatan Ibrahimovic Nicolae Mitea Tom De Mul Daniël de Ridder Victor Sikora Tom Soetaers Wesley Sonck Wamberto Management Ronald Koeman (Coach) Ruud Krol (Assistant) Tonny Bruins Slot (Assistant)

[edit] Eerste Divisie

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	FC Den Bosch	74	36	22	8	6	85	48	+37
2	Excelsior Rotterdam	74	36	22	8	6	70	39	+31
3	Sparta Rotterdam	69	36	21	6	9	76	43	+33
4	Heracles Almelo	67	36	19	10	7	71	42	+29
5	Helmond Sport	65	36	19	8	9	66	42	+24
6	De Graafschap	64	36	18	10	8	63	43	+20
7	VVV Venlo	61	36	19	4	13	76	62	+14
8	FC Emmen	61	36	17	10	9	65	54	+11
9	Go Ahead Eagles	53	36	15	8	13	79	63	+16
10	AGOVV Apeldoorn	50	36	14	8	14	63	54	+9
11	TOP Oss	45	36	12	9	15	57	60	-3
12	Stormvogels Telstar	44	36	10	9	17	55	62	-7
13	HFC Haarlem	39	36	10	9	17	41	63	-22
14	BV Veendam	36	36	7	15	14	46	71	-25
15	FC Dordrecht	30	36	5	15	16	33	60	-27
16	FC Eindhoven	30	36	6	12	18	40	69	-26
17	Cambuur Leeuwarden	28	36	6	10	20	35	65	-30
18	MVV Maastricht	28	36	6	10	20	32	70	-38
19	Fortuna Sittard	19	36	3	10	23	38	81	-43

• Promoted : FC Den Bosch
  
• Promotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie"): Excelsior, Sparta, Heracles, Helmond Sport, De Graafschap and VVV Venlo
  

[edit] Topscorers

Position	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Klaas Jan Huntelaar		AGOVV Apeldoorn	26
2	Stefan Jansen		FC Den Bosch	25
3	Yuri Rose		Heracles Almelo	22
4	Ronald Hamming		BV Veendam	21
5	Uğur Yıldırım		Go Ahead Eagles	19
6	Mounir El Hamdaoui		Excelsior Rotterdam	17
	Ricky van den Bergh		Sparta Rotterdam	17

[edit] Promotion and relegation

[edit] Group A

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Vitesse Arnhem	14	6	4	2	0	14	4	+10
2	VVV Venlo	8	6	2	2	2	11	10	+1
3	Sparta Rotterdam	6	6	1	3	2	8	10	-2
4	Helmond Sport	3	6	0	3	3	7	16	-9

[edit] Group B

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	De Graafschap	13	6	4	1	1	10	4	+6
2	Heracles Almelo	11	6	3	2	1	11	6	+5
3	Excelsior Rotterdam	8	6	2	2	2	8	8	0
4	FC Volendam	1	6	0	1	5	4	15	-11

• Stayed / Promoted : Vitesse Arnhem and De Graafschap
  
• Relegated: FC Volendam

[edit] KNVB Cup

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	February 4
	PSV Eindhoven	0
					March 16
	NAC Breda	1
					FC Twente	2 (4)
	February 4
					NAC Breda	2 (3)
	FC Twente	3
									May 23 - Rotterdam
	Feyenoord Rotterdam	1
									FC Twente	0
	February 3
									FC Utrecht	1
	Sparta Rotterdam	0 (3)
					March 17
	NEC Nijmegen	0 (2)
					Sparta Rotterdam	3 (3)
	February 4
					FC Utrecht	3 (4)
	FC Utrecht	3
	Heracles Almelo	2

[edit] Dutch national team

August 20, 2003 Friendly
	Belgium	1–1	Netherlands	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 32.000 Referee: Fandel (GER)
	Sonck 38'		Makaay 54'

September 6, 2003 ECQ (Group 3)
	Netherlands	3–1	Austria	De Kuip, Rotterdam Attendance: 48.000 Referee: Poulat (FRA)
	Van der Vaart 29' Kluivert 60' Cocu 62'		Pogatetz 32'

September 10, 2003 ECQ (Group 3)
	Czech Republic	3–1	Netherlands	Toyota Arena, Prague Attendance: 18.356 Referee: Batista (POR)
	Koller 14' (pen) Poborsky 37' Baroš 90+2'		Van der Vaart 60'

October 11, 2003 ECQ (Group 3)
	Netherlands	5–0	Moldova	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 28.000 Referee: Siric (CRO)
	Kluivert 44' Sneijder 51' Van Hooijdonk 74' (pen) Van der Vaart 80' Robben 89'

November 15, 2003 ECQ (Play-off)
	Scotland	1–0	Netherlands	Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 50.670 Referee: Hauge (NOR)
	McFadden 22'	Report

November 19, 2003 ECQ (Play-off)
	Netherlands	6–0	Scotland	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 52.000 Referee: Michel (SVK)
	Sneijder 13' Ooijer 32' Van Nistelrooy 37' Van Nistelrooy 51' F. de Boer 65' Van Nistelrooy 67'	Report

February 18, 2004 Friendly
	Netherlands	1–0	USA	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 29.700 Referee: Øvrebø (NOR)
	Robben 57'

March 31, 2004 Friendly
	Netherlands	0–0	France	De Kuip, Rotterdam Attendance: 49.000 Referee: Stark (GER)

April 28, 2004 Friendly
	Netherlands	4–0	Greece	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 27.000 Referee: Bolognino (ITA)
	Makaay 50' Zenden 58' Heitinga 61' Van Hooijdonk 89'

May 29, 2004 Friendly
	Netherlands	0–1	Belgium	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 34.000 Referee: Colombo (FRA)
			Goor 78' (pen)

June 1, 2004 Friendly
	Netherlands	3–0	Faroe Islands	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne Attendance: 3.200 Referee: Leuba (SUI)
	Van der Vaart 30' Makaay 51' Overmars 59'

June 5, 2004 Friendly
	Netherlands	0–1	Republic of Ireland	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 42.000 Referee: Dean (ENG)
			R. Keane 45'

June 15, 2004 Euro 2004 (Group 4)
	Germany	1–1	Netherlands	Estádio do Dragão, Porto Attendance: 48.197 Referee: Frisk (SWE)
	Frings 30'		Van Nistelrooij 81'

June 19, 2004 Euro 2004 (Group 4)
	Netherlands	2–3	Czech Republic	Estádio Municipal, Aveiro Attendance: 29.935 Referee: Mejuto González (ESP)
	Bouma 4' Van Nistelrooij 19'		Koller 23' Baroš 71' Šmicer 88'

June 23, 2004 Euro 2004 (Group 4)
	Netherlands	3–0	Latvia	Estádio Municipal, Braga Attendance: 27.904 Referee: Milton Nielsen (DEN)
	Van Nistelrooij 27' (pen) Van Nistelrooij 35' Makaay 84'

June 26, 2004 Euro 2004 (Quarterfinals)
	Netherlands	0–0	Sweden	Estádio do Algarve, Faro Attendance: 27.762 Referee: Michel (SVK)

		Penalties
	Van Nistelrooij : scored Heitinga : scored Reiziger : scored Cocu : missed Makaay : scored Robben : scored	5–4	Källström : scored Larsson : scored Ibrahimović : missed Ljungberg : scored Wilhelmsson : scored Mellberg : saved by Van der Sar

June 26, 2004 Euro 2004 (Semifinals)
	Portugal	2–1	Netherlands	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Attendance: 46.679 Referee: Frisk (SWE)
	Ronaldo 26' Maniche 58'		Andrade (own goal) 63'

[edit] References

• Voetbal International
• RSSSF Archive

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