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

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

August 12, 2001

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