# 2000–01 Eredivisie

The 2000–01 Eredivisie season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | PSV Eindhoven (C) | 34 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 73 | 23 | +50 | 83 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 34 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 67 | 37 | +30 | 66 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Ajax | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 85 | 43 | +42 | 61 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 59 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Utrecht | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 59 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Vitesse | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 56 | 43 | +13 | 59 | |
| 7 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 48 | 36 | +12 | 59 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 8 | Willem II | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 60 | 50 | +10 | 51 | |
| 9 | NAC Breda | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 49 | |
| 10 | Heerenveen | 34 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 47 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 11 | Twente | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 47 | 60 | −13 | 41 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 12 | NEC Nijmegen | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 40 | |
| 13 | AZ | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 45 | 63 | −18 | 35 | |
| 14 | Groningen | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 36 | 56 | −20 | 33 | |
| 15 | De Graafschap | 34 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 44 | 66 | −22 | 31 | |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 31 | 64 | −33 | 31 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 42 | 72 | −30 | 25 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 18 | RBC Roosendaal (R) | 34 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 37 | 90 | −53 | 14 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |
* 1 2 FC Twente qualified for the UEFA Cup by winning the 2000–01 KNVB Cup.
* ↑ Fortuna Sittard and Sparta both remained in the Eredivisie after winning their promotion/relegation play-offs.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AJA | AZ | DBO | FEY | FOR | GRA | GRO | HEE | NAC | NEC | PSV | RKC | RJC | SPA | TWE | UTR | VIT | WIL |
| Ajax | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 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 | 3–1 | 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

In the promotion/relegation competition, eight entrants (six from the Eerste Divisie and two from this league) entered in two groups. The group winners were promoted to (or remained in) the Eredivisie.
Group 1 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Fortuna Sittard | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | Remain in Eredivisie |
| 2 | FC Zwolle | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 9 | Remain in Eerste Divisie |
| 3 | FC Volendam | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 9 | Remain in Eerste Divisie |
| 4 | Telstar | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 5 | Remain in Eerste Divisie |
Group 2 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sparta Rotterdam | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 13 | Remain in Eredivisie |
| 2 | Cambuur Leeuwarden | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 9 | Remain in Eerste Divisie |
| 3 | Excelsior | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 7 | Remain in Eerste Divisie |
| 4 | Go Ahead Eagles | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 5 | Remain in Eerste Divisie |

## Attendances

Feyenoord drew the highest average home attendance in the 2000-01 edition of the Eredivisie.
| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 17 | 37,609 |
| 2 | AFC Ajax | 17 | 36,339 |
| 3 | PSV | 17 | 31,294 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 17 | 25,725 |
| 5 | sc Heerenveen | 17 | 14,188 |
| 6 | Willem II | 17 | 13,727 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 17 | 13,506 |
| 8 | Roda JC | 17 | 13,300 |
| 9 | FC Twente | 17 | 13,212 |
| 10 | NAC Breda | 17 | 12,758 |
| 11 | FC Groningen | 17 | 11,542 |
| 12 | De Graafschap | 17 | 10,250 |
| 13 | NEC | 17 | 10,088 |
| 14 | Fortuna Sittard | 17 | 8,371 |
| 15 | Sparta Rotterdam | 17 | 7,755 |
| 16 | AZ | 17 | 7,155 |
| 17 | RKC Waalwijk | 17 | 5,434 |
| 18 | RBC Roosendaal | 17 | 5,081 |