# 2003–04 Eredivisie

The 2003–04 season of the Dutch Eredivisie began in August 2003 and ended in May 2004. The title was won by Ajax.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ajax (C) | 34 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 79 | 31 | +48 | 80 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | PSV | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 92 | 30 | +62 | 74 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 71 | 38 | +33 | 68 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Heerenveen | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 58 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | AZ | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 65 | 42 | +23 | 57 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Roda JC | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 60 | 41 | +19 | 53 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 7 | Willem II | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 49 | |
| 8 | FC Twente | 34 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 56 | 53 | +3 | 48 | |
| 9 | NAC Breda | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 58 | 55 | +3 | 46 | |
| 10 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 46 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 11 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 40 | |
| 12 | RBC Roosendaal | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 40 | |
| 13 | FC Groningen | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 37 | |
| 14 | NEC | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 44 | 62 | −18 | 34 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 15 | ADO Den Haag | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 61 | −25 | 34 | |
| 16 | Vitesse | 34 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 28 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 17 | FC Volendam (R) | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 31 | 79 | −48 | 27 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 18 | FC Zwolle (R) | 34 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 67 | −40 | 26 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |
* ↑ FC Utrecht qualified for the UEFA Cup by winning the 2003–04 KNVB Cup.
* ↑ Vitesse remained in the Eredivisie after winning their promotion/relegation play-offs. FC Volendam lost and relegated.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ADO | AJA | AZ | FEY | GRO | HEE | NAC | NEC | PSV | RBC | RKC | RJC | TWE | UTR | VIT | VOL | WIL | ZWO |
| ADO Den Haag | | 1–4 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Ajax | 4–0 | | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 |
| AZ | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 1–5 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Feyenoord | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 7–1 |
| FC Groningen | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| SC Heerenveen | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 3–4 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| NAC Breda | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 5–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 5–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| NEC | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| PSV | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 6–1 | 5–1 |
| RBC Roosendaal | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| RKC Waalwijk | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Roda JC | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 |
| FC Twente | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| FC Utrecht | 5–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Vitesse | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 3–0 | | 2–2 | 2–2 | 5–2 |
| FC Volendam | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Willem II | 1–0 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 6–0 | | 2–1 |
| FC Zwolle | 1–2 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | |

## Promotion/relegation play-offs

Group A :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Vitesse Arnhem | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 14 | Qualified for 2004–05 Eredivisie |
| 2 | VVV-Venlo | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 8 | |
| 3 | Sparta Rotterdam | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 6 | |
| 4 | Helmond Sport | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 3 | |
Group B :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | De Graafschap | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 13 | Qualified for 2004–05 Eredivisie |
| 2 | Heracles Almelo | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 11 | |
| 3 | Excelsior | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
| 4 | FC Volendam | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 1 | Relegated to 2004–05 Eerste Divisie |

## Top scorers

| Goals | Player | Team |
| 31 | Mateja Kežman | PSV |
| 20 | Dirk Kuyt | Feyenoord |
| 15 | Gerald Sibon | SC Heerenveen |
| 14 | Thomas Buffel | Feyenoord |
| 14 | Ali El Khattabi | AZ |
| 14 | Blaise Kufo | FC Twente |
| 13 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Ajax |
| 13 | Iwan Redan | RKC Waalwijk Roda JC |