# 2003–04 in Dutch football

The 2003–04 season in Dutch football saw Ajax regain their title in the Eredivisie. Zwolle were relegated to the First Division.

## Eredivisie
### Awards
#### Dutch Footballer of the Year

* 2003–04 — Maxwell (Ajax)

#### Dutch Golden Shoe Winner

* 2003 — Dirk Kuyt (Utrecht)
* 2004 — Maxwell (Ajax)

### Ajax squad 2003–04
## Eerste Divisie

| Position | Team | Points | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference |
| 1 | FC Den Bosch | 74 | 36 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 85 | 48 | +37 |
| 2 | Excelsior | 74 | 36 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 70 | 39 | +31 |
| 3 | Sparta Rotterdam | 69 | 36 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 76 | 43 | +33 |
| 4 | Heracles Almelo | 67 | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 71 | 42 | +29 |
| 5 | Helmond Sport | 65 | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 66 | 42 | +24 |
| 6 | De Graafschap | 64 | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 63 | 43 | +20 |
| 7 | VVV-Venlo | 61 | 36 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 76 | 62 | +14 |
| 8 | Emmen | 61 | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 65 | 54 | +11 |
| 9 | Go Ahead Eagles | 53 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 79 | 63 | +16 |
| 10 | AGOVV Apeldoorn | 50 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 63 | 54 | +9 |
| 11 | TOP Oss | 45 | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 57 | 60 | -3 |
| 12 | Stormvogels Telstar | 44 | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 55 | 62 | -7 |
| 13 | HFC Haarlem | 39 | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 41 | 63 | -22 |
| 14 | BV Veendam | 36 | 36 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 46 | 71 | -25 |
| 15 | Dordrecht | 30 | 36 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 33 | 60 | -27 |
| 16 | FC Eindhoven | 30 | 36 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 40 | 69 | -26 |
| 17 | Cambuur | 28 | 36 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 65 | -30 |
| 18 | MVV Maastricht | 28 | 36 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 32 | 70 | -38 |
| 19 | Fortuna Sittard | 19 | 36 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 38 | 81 | -43 |
* Promoted : FC Den Bosch
* Promotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie"): Excelsior, Sparta, Heracles, Helmond Sport, De Graafschap and VVV Venlo

### Topscorers

| Position | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | AGOVV Apeldoorn | 26 |
| 2 | Stefan Jansen | FC Den Bosch | 25 |
| 3 | Yuri Rose | Heracles Almelo | 22 |
| 4 | Ronald Hamming | BV Veendam | 21 |
| 5 | Uğur Yıldırım | Go Ahead Eagles | 19 |
| 6 | Mounir El Hamdaoui | Excelsior | 17 |
| | Ricky van den Bergh | Sparta Rotterdam | 17 |

## Promotion and relegation
### Group A

| Position | Team | Points | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference |
| 1 | Vitesse | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 |
| 2 | VVV-Venlo | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 |
| 3 | Sparta Rotterdam | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 |
| 4 | Helmond Sport | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | -9 |

### Group B

| Position | Team | Points | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference |
| 1 | De Graafschap | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 |
| 2 | Heracles Almelo | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 |
| 3 | Excelsior | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | Volendam | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -11 |
* Stayed / Promoted : Vitesse Arnhem and De Graafschap
* Relegated: Volendam

## KNVB Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| February 4 | February 4 | | | |
| PSV | 0 | | | |
| PSV | 0 | March 16 | March 16 | | |
| NAC Breda | 1 | March 16 | March 16 | |
| NAC Breda | 1 | Twente | 2 (4) | |
| February 4 | February 4 | | Twente | 2 (4) | |
| February 4 | February 4 | NAC Breda | 2 (3) | |
| Twente | 3 | NAC Breda | 2 (3) | |
| Twente | 3 | | | | May 23 - Rotterdam | May 23 - Rotterdam |
| Feyenoord | 1 | | | | May 23 - Rotterdam | May 23 - Rotterdam |
| Feyenoord | 1 | | | | Twente | 0 |
| February 3 | February 3 | | | | | Twente | 0 |
| February 3 | February 3 | | | | Utrecht | 1 |
| Sparta | 0 (3) | | | | Utrecht | 1 |
| Sparta | 0 (3) | March 17 | March 17 | | | |
| NEC | 0 (2) | March 17 | March 17 | | | |
| NEC | 0 (2) | Sparta | 3 (3) | | | |
| February 4 | February 4 | | Sparta | 3 (3) | | | |
| February 4 | February 4 | Utrecht | 3 (4) | |
| Utrecht | 3 | Utrecht | 3 (4) | |
| Heracles Almelo | 2 | | | |