2000–01 in Dutch football

The 2000/2001 season in Dutch football was the 45th season in the Eredivisie, where PSV Eindhoven claimed the title, while FC Twente won the Dutch National Cup.

Johan Cruijff-schaal

August 13, 2000

PSV	2–0	Roda JC
Ramzi 29' Faber 44'

Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Bossen

Eredivisie

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	PSV	83	34	25	8	1	73	23	+50
2	Feyenoord	66	34	21	3	10	67	37	+30
3	Ajax	61	34	18	7	9	85	43	+42
4	Roda JC	59	34	17	8	9	59	41	+18
5	Utrecht	59	34	17	8	9	58	43	+16
6	Vitesse	59	34	16	11	7	56	43	+13
7	RKC Waalwijk	59	34	16	11	7	48	36	+12
8	Willem II	51	34	14	9	11	60	50	+10
9	NAC Breda	49	34	13	10	11	41	40	+1
10	Heerenveen	47	34	11	14	9	51	42	+9
11	Twente	41	34	10	11	13	47	60	-13
12	NEC	40	34	9	13	12	42	53	-11
13	AZ	35	34	9	8	17	45	63	-18
14	Groningen	33	34	8	9	17	36	56	-20
15	De Graafschap	31	34	9	4	21	44	66	-22
16	Fortuna Sittard	31	34	8	7	19	31	64	-33
17	Sparta Rotterdam	25	34	6	7	21	42	72	-30
18	RBC Roosendaal	14	34	4	2	28	37	90	-53

• Champions League : PSV
• Champions League qualification : Feyenoord
• UEFA Cup : Ajax, Roda JC, Utrecht and Twente
• Promotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie") : Fortuna Sittard and Sparta Rotterdam
• Relegated : RBC Roosendaal

Top scorers

Position	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Mateja Kežman		PSV	24
2	Ali El Khattabi		Sparta Rotterdam	21
3	Yannis Anastasiou		Roda JC	19
–	Igor Gluščević		Utrecht	19
5	Shota Arveladze		Ajax	18
6	Rick Hoogendorp		RKC Waalwijk	17

Awards

Dutch Footballer of the Year

• 2000–01 — Mark van Bommel (PSV)

Dutch Golden Shoe Winner

• 2000 — Jerzy Dudek (Feyenoord)
• 2001 — Johann Vogel (PSV)

PSV winning squad 2000–01

Goal Gino Coutinho Ivica Kralj Patrick Lodewijks Ronald Waterreus Defence Eric Addo Kasper Bøgelund Wilfred Bouma Jürgen Dirkx Ernest Faber Kevin Hofland Yuri Nikiforov

André Ooijer Nuelson Wau Chris van der Weerden Midfield Mark van Bommel Björn van der Doelen Robert Fuchs Giorgi Gakhokidze John de Jong Joonas Kolkka Theo Lucius Marquinho Adil Ramzi

Dennis Rommedahl Ovidiu Stinga Johann Vogel Attack Arnold Bruggink Claudio Mateja Kežman Ruud van Nistelrooy Management Eric Gerets (Coach) Ernie Brandts (Assistant)

Eerste Divisie

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	FC Den Bosch	75	34	23	6	5	64	25	+39
2	Excelsior	66	34	20	6	8	89	63	+26
3	Zwolle	64	34	18	10	6	73	41	+32
4	Cambuur	54	34	15	9	10	55	52	+3
5	Volendam	53	34	16	5	13	58	48	+10
6	Go Ahead Eagles	53	34	16	5	13	62	63	-1
7	Telstar	53	34	15	8	11	47	48	-1
8	Helmond Sport	48	34	13	9	12	69	50	+19
9	FC Eindhoven	45	34	12	9	13	58	57	-1
10	TOP Oss	45	34	14	3	17	59	67	-8
11	Emmen	41	34	11	8	15	53	64	-11
12	Dordrecht '90	40	34	10	10	14	58	59	-1
13	MVV Maastricht	40	34	12	4	18	47	58	-11
14	Veendam	39	34	11	6	17	54	69	-15
15	Heracles Almelo	39	34	10	9	15	38	56	-18
16	ADO Den Haag	36	34	9	9	16	51	71	-20
17	HFC Haarlem	34	34	8	10	16	46	64	-18
18	VVV-Venlo	28	34	8	4	22	37	63	-26

• Promoted : FC Den Bosch
• Promotion / Relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie") : Excelsior, Zwolle, Cambuur, Volendam, Go Ahead Eagles and SC Telstar

Topscorers

Position	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Stefan Jansen		TOP Oss	30
2	Bart Van Den Eede		FC Den Bosch	23
3	Marco Boogers		Dordrecht '90	19
–	Raoul Henar		Helmond Sport	19
5	Ivan Cvetkov		Veendam	18
6	Jaromír Šimr		Excelsior	17
7	Ali Boussaboun		ADO Den Haag	15
–	Sherjill MacDonald		FC Eindhoven	15
–	Hans van Arum		Go Ahead Eagles	15
–	Michel van Oostrum		Telstar / Emmen	15

Promotion and relegation

Group A

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Fortuna Sittard	10	6	3	2	2	9	6	+3
2	Zwolle	9	6	2	3	1	6	4	+2
3	Volendam	9	6	3	0	3	6	8	-2
4	Telstar	5	6	1	2	3	7	10	-3

Group B

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Sparta Rotterdam	13	6	4	1	1	14	8	+6
2	Cambuur	9	6	3	0	3	11	13	-2
3	Excelsior	7	6	2	1	3	14	14	0
4	Go Ahead Eagles	5	6	1	2	3	9	13	-4

• Stayed : Fortuna Sittard and Sparta Rotterdam

KNVB Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	February 7
	Vitesse	2
					April 12
	AZ	1
					Vitesse	0 (3)
	February 7
					Twente	0 (4)
	Zwolle	3
									May 24 – Rotterdam
	Twente	4
									Twente	0 (4)
	February 7
									PSV	0 (3)
	Roda JC	0
					April 11
	PSV	2
					Heerenveen	1
	March 14
					PSV	3
	Heerenveen	4
	Feyenoord	3

Dutch national team

Main article: Netherlands national football team 2000

Main article: Netherlands national football team 2001

References

• RSSSF Archive
• RDFC.com