# 2001–02 Eredivisie

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 2001–02 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ajax (C) | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 73 | 34 | +39 | 73 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | PSV | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 77 | 32 | +45 | 68 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 68 | 29 | +39 | 64 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | sc Heerenveen | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 57 | 27 | +30 | 60 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Vitesse Arnhem | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 60 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | NAC | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 52 | +3 | 54 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 51 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 8 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 48 | |
| 9 | NEC | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 38 | 59 | −21 | 45 | |
| 10 | AZ | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 43 | |
| 11 | Willem II | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 54 | 61 | −7 | 43 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 12 | FC Twente | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 42 | |
| 13 | Roda JC | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 41 | |
| 14 | De Graafschap | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 37 | |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 40 | 59 | −19 | 37 | |
| 16 | FC Den Bosch (R) | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 40 | 55 | −15 | 33 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Sparta (R) | 34 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 26 | 75 | −49 | 24 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 18 | Fortuna Sittard (R) | 34 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 71 | −44 | 17 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |
* 1 2 Ajax also won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double. They would participate in the Champions League, so finalists FC Utrecht could play in the UEFA Cup.
* ↑ FC Den Bosch and Sparta both relegated after losing their promotion/relegation play-offs.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AJA | AZ | DBO | FEY | FSI | GRA | GRO | HEE | NAC | NEC | PSV | RKC | RJC | SPA | TWE | UTR | VIT | WIL |
| Ajax | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 |
| AZ | 0–0 | — | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Den Bosch | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 |
| Feyenoord | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 |
| Fortuna Sittard | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| De Graafschap | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Groningen | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Heerenveen | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 5–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| NAC | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 |
| NEC | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | — | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| PSV | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 8–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 6–0 |
| RKC | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| Roda | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Sparta Rotterdam | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| Twente | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Utrecht | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Vitesse | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 4–2 |
| Willem II | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 | — |

## Promotion/relegation play-offs

Group A :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | RBC Roosendaal | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 14 | Promoted to the Eredivisie |
| 2 | FC Den Bosch | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 13 | Relegated from the Eredivisie |
| 3 | FC Emmen | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 4 | |
| 4 | Cambuur Leeuwarden | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 20 | −12 | 3 | |
Group B :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Excelsior | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 | Promoted to the Eredivisie |
| 2 | FC Volendam | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 9 | |
| 3 | ADO Den Haag | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 8 | |
| 4 | Sparta Rotterdam | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 7 | Relegated from the Eredivisie |