2001–02 in Dutch football

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).

Johan Cruijff-schaal

August 12, 2001

PSV	3–2	Twente
Kežman 4' Bruggink 10' Rommedahl 71'		De Witte 34' Van der Doelen 89'

Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam

Attendance: 32,500

Referee: Roelof Luinge

Eredivisie

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Ajax	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	-21
10	AZ	43	34	12	7	15	43	45	-2
11	Willem II	43	34	10	13	11	54	61	-7
12	Twente	42	34	10	12	12	41	41	0
13	Roda JC	41	34	11	8	15	33	45	-12
14	De Graafschap	37	34	10	7	17	43	55	-12
15	Groningen	37	34	10	7	17	40	59	-19
16	FC Den Bosch	33	34	8	9	17	40	55	-15
17	Sparta Rotterdam	24	34	4	12	18	26	75	-49
18	Fortuna Sittard	17	34	3	8	23	27	71	-44

• Champions League : Ajax and PSV
• Champions League qualification : Feyenoord
• UEFA Cup : Heerenveen, Vitesse and Utrecht
• Promotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie") : FC Den Bosch and Sparta Rotterdam
• Relegated : Fortuna Sittard

Top scorers

Position	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Pierre van Hooijdonk		Feyenoord	24
2	Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink		PSV	22
3	Jon Dahl Tomasson		Feyenoord	17
4	Denny Landzaat		Willem II	16
5	Marcus Allbäck		Heerenveen	15
–	Mateja Kežman		PSV	15
7	Bart Van Den Eede		FC Den Bosch	14
–	Igor Gluščević		Utrecht	14
–	Rafael van der Vaart		Ajax	14

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	Zwolle	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	-2
12	HFC Haarlem	38	34	10	8	16	37	46	-9
13	VVV-Venlo	38	34	11	5	18	51	64	-13
14	MVV Maastricht	37	34	10	7	17	49	61	-12
15	Helmond Sport	37	34	8	13	13	34	51	-17
16	Go Ahead Eagles	36	34	9	9	16	48	62	-14
17	FC Eindhoven	32	34	8	7	19	52	77	-25
18	TOP Oss	14	34	3	5	26	25	100	-75

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

Top scorers

Position	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Ivan Cvetkov		Veendam	22
2	Geert den Ouden		RBC Roosendaal	20
–	Laurens ten Heuvel		Stormvogels Telstar	20
–	Bernard Hofstede		VVV-Venlo	20
5	Roy Stroeve		Heracles Almelo	17
6	Emiel van Eijkeren		ADO Den Haag	16
–	Jan Bruin		Cambuur Leeuwarden	16
–	Marco Boogers		Dordrecht '90	16
–	Mark de Vries		Dordrecht '90	16

Promotion and relegation

Group A

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	RBC Roosendaal	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	-5
4	Cambuur	3	6	1	0	5	8	20	-12

Group B

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

• Promoted : RBC Roosendaal and Excelsior
• Relegated : FC Den Bosch and Sparta Rotterdam

KNVB Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	January 30
	Utrecht	3
					March 29
	Heerenveen	1
					Ajax II	2 (6)
	February 7
					Utrecht	2 (7)
	Ajax II	3
									May 12 – Rotterdam
	Stormvogels Telstar	0
									Ajax I	3
	January 30
									Utrecht	2
	PSV	1 (7)
					April 10
	Feyenoord	1 (6)
					Ajax I	3
	February 7
					PSV	0
	Ajax I	4
	Groningen	0

Dutch national team

Main article: Netherlands national football team 2001

Main article: Netherlands national football team 2002

See also

• Sparta Rotterdam season 2001–02

References

• RSSSF Archive
• Voetbalstats