2001–02 Eredivisie

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

Eredivisie

Season	2001–02
Dates	17 August 2001 – 5 May 2002
Champions	Ajax (28th title)
Promoted	FC Den Bosch
Relegated	FC Den Bosch Sparta Fortuna Sittard
Champions League	Ajax PSV Feyenoord
UEFA Cup	sc Heerenveen Vitesse Arnhem FC Utrecht
Intertoto Cup	NAC Willem II
Goals scored	869
Average goals/game	2.83
Top goalscorer	Pierre van Hooijdonk (24 goals)[1]
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ajax[a] (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
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
6	NAC	34	15	9	10	55	52	+3	54	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
7	FC Utrecht[a]	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[b]
17	Sparta (R)	34	4	12	18	26	75	−49	24
18	Fortuna Sittard (R)	34	3	8	23	27	71	−44	17	Relegation to Eerste Divisie

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. 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.
2. 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	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

See also

• 2001–02 Eerste Divisie
• 2001–02 KNVB Cup