2003–04 in Dutch football

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

Johan Cruijff-schaal

Since 1991 the annual opening of the new football (soccer) season is played between the reigning champions and the Cup Winners of the previous season. The Cup was named PTT Telecom Cup for three years (1991-1993), then Super Cup and since 1996 the trophy played for is officially called the "Johan Cruijff Schaal", named after Dutch football legend Johan Cruijff.

----footballbox
date = August 10, 2003
team1 = PSV
score = 3–1
report =
team2 = FC Utrecht
goals1 = Robben 14'
Van Bommel 47'
Kezman 89'
goals2 = Van de Haar 22'
stadium = Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
Attendance: 32.000
Referee: Haverkort----

Eredivisie

Awards

Dutch Footballer of the Year

* 2003 / 2004 — Maxwell (Ajax Amsterdam)

=Dutch Golden Shoe Winner=

* 2003 — Dirk Kuijt (FC Utrecht)
* 2004 — Maxwell (Ajax Amsterdam)

Ajax Winning Squad 2003-2004

;Goal
*flagicon|NED Sander Boschker
*flagicon|ROM Bogdan Lobont
*flagicon|NED Maarten Stekelenburg
;Defence
*flagicon|BEL Jelle Van Damme
*flagicon|FRA Julien Escudé
*flagicon|CZE Zdenek Grygera
*flagicon|NED John Heitinga
*flagicon|NED Nigel de Jong
*flagicon|USA John O'Brien
*flagicon|FIN Petri Pasanen
*flagicon|TUN Hatem Trabelsi
*flagicon|BEL Thomas Vermaelen
*flagicon|BRA Fronio Walker
*flagicon|GHA Abubakari Yakubu
;Midfield
*flagicon|CZE Tomás Galásek
*flagicon|NED Cedric van der Gun
*flagicon|FIN Jari Litmanen
*flagicon|BRA Maxwell
*flagicon|GHA Anthony Obodai
*flagicon|RSA Steven Pienaar
*flagicon|NED Stefano Seedorf
*flagicon|NED Wesley Sneijder
*flagicon|NED Rafael van der Vaart
;Attack
*flagicon|NED Jamal Akachar
*flagicon|GRE Yannis Anastasiou
*flagicon|NED Ryan Babel
*flagicon|MAR Nourdin Boukhari
*flagicon|AUS Jason Culina
*flagicon|SWE Zlatan Ibrahimović
*flagicon|ROM Nicolae Mitea
*flagicon|BEL Tom De Mul
*flagicon|NED Daniël de Ridder
*flagicon|NED Victor Sikora
*flagicon|BEL Tom Soetaers
*flagicon|BEL Wesley Sonck
*flagicon|BRA Wamberto
;Management
*flagicon|NED Ronald Koeman (Coach)
*flagicon|NED Ruud Krol (Assistant)
*flagicon|NED Tonny Bruins Slot (Assistant)

Eerste Divisie

Group B

*Stayed / Promoted : Vitesse Arnhem and De Graafschap
*Relegated: FC Volendam

KNVB Cup

Round8
February 4|PSV|0|NAC Breda|1
February 4|FC Twente|3|Feyenoord|1
February 3|Sparta|0 (3)|NEC|0 (2)
February 4|FC Utrecht|3|Heracles Almelo|2
March 16|FC Twente|2 (4)|NAC Breda|2 (3)
March 17|Sparta|3 (3)|FC Utrecht|3 (4)
May 23 - Rotterdam|FC Twente|0|FC Utrecht|1

Dutch national team

footballbox
date = August 20, 2003
Friendly
team1 = fb-rt|BEL
score = 1–1
report =
team2 = fb|NED
goals1 = Sonck 38'
goals2 = Makaay 54'
stadium = King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 32.000
Referee: Fandel (GER)
footballbox
date = September 6, 2003
ECQ (Group 3)
team1 = fb-rt|NED
score = 3–1
report =
team2 = fb|AUT
goals1 = Van der Vaart 29'
Kluivert 60'
Cocu 62'
goals2 = Pogatetz 32'
stadium = De Kuip, Rotterdam
Attendance: 48.000
Referee: Poulat (FRA)
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date = September 10, 2003
ECQ (Group 3)
team1 = fb-rt|CZE
score = 3–1
report =
team2 = fb|NED
goals1 = Koller 14' (pen)
Poborsky 37'
Baroš 90+2'
goals2 = Van der Vaart 60'
stadium = Toyota Arena, Prague
Attendance: 18.356
Referee: Batista (POR)
footballbox
date = October 11, 2003
ECQ (Group 3)
team1 = fb-rt|NED
score = 5–0
report =
team2 = fb|MDA
goals1 = Kluivert 44'
Sneijder 51'
Van Hooijdonk 74' (pen)
Van der Vaart 80'
Robben 89'
goals2 =
stadium = Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 28.000
Referee: Siric (CRO)
footballbox
date = November 15, 2003
ECQ (Play-off)
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 1–0
report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=2004/round=1580/match=73609/report=lu.html Report]
team2 = fb|NED
goals1 = McFadden 22'
goals2 =
stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 50.670
Referee: Hauge (NOR)
footballbox
date = November 19, 2003
ECQ (Play-off)
team1 = fb-rt|NED
score = 6–0
report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=2004/round=1580/match=73610/index.html Report]
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = Sneijder 13'
Ooijer 32'
Van Nistelrooy 37'
Van Nistelrooy 51'
F. de Boer 65'
Van Nistelrooy 67'
goals2 =
stadium = Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
Attendance: 52.000
Referee: Michel (SVK)
footballbox
date = February 18, 2004
Friendly
team1 = fb-rt|NED
score = 1–0
report =
team2 = fb|USA
goals1 = Robben 57'
goals2 =
stadium = Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
Attendance: 29.700
Referee: Øvrebø (NOR)
footballbox
date = March 31, 2004
Friendly
team1 = fb-rt|NED
score = 0–0
report =
team2 = fb|FRA
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = De Kuip, Rotterdam
Attendance: 49.000
Referee: Stark (GER)
footballbox
date = April 28, 2004
Friendly
team1 = fb-rt|NED
score = 4–0
report =
team2 = fb|GRE
goals1 = Makaay 50'
Zenden 58'
Heitinga 61'
Van Hooijdonk 89'
goals2 =
stadium = Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 27.000
Referee: Bolognino (ITA)
footballbox
date = May 29, 2004
Friendly
team1 = fb-rt|NED
score = 0–1
report =
team2 = fb|BEL
goals1 =
goals2 = Goor 78' (pen)
stadium = Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 34.000
Referee: Colombo (FRA)
footballbox
date = June 1, 2004
Friendly
team1 = fb-rt|NED
score = 3–0
report =
team2 = fb|FRO
goals1 = Van der Vaart 30'
Makaay 51'
Overmars 59'
goals2 =
stadium = Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
Attendance: 3.200
Referee: Leuba (SUI)
footballbox
date = June 5, 2004
Friendly
team1 = fb-rt|NED
score = 0–1
report =
team2 = fb|IRL
goals1 =
goals2 = R. Keane 45'
stadium = Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
Attendance: 42.000
Referee: Dean (ENG)
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date = June 15, 2004
Euro 2004 (Group 4)
team1 = fb-rt|GER
score = 1–1
report =
team2 = fb|NED
goals1 = Frings 30'
goals2 = Van Nistelrooij 81'
stadium = Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 48.197
Referee: Frisk (SWE)
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date = June 19, 2004
Euro 2004 (Group 4)
team1 = fb-rt|NED
score = 2–3
report =
team2 = fb|CZE
goals1 = Bouma 4'
Van Nistelrooij 19'
goals2 = Koller 23'
Baroš 71'
Šmicer 88'
stadium = Estádio Municipal, Aveiro
Attendance: 29.935
Referee: Mejuto González (ESP)
footballbox
date = June 23, 2004
Euro 2004 (Group 4)
team1 = fb-rt|NED
score = 3–0
report =
team2 = fb|LVA
goals1 = Van Nistelrooij 27' (pen)
Van Nistelrooij 35'
Makaay 84'
goals2 =
stadium = Estádio Municipal, Braga
Attendance: 27.904
Referee: Milton Nielsen (DEN)
footballbox
date = June 26, 2004
Euro 2004 (Quarterfinals)
team1 = fb-rt|NED
score = 0–0
report =
team2 = fb|SWE
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Estádio do Algarve, Faro
Attendance: 27.762
Referee: Michel (SVK)penshootoutbox
penalties1 = Van Nistelrooij : scored
Heitinga : scored
Reiziger : scored
Cocu : missed
Makaay : scored
Robben : scored
penaltyscore = 5–4
penalties2 = Källström : scored
Larsson : scored
Ibrahimović : missed
Ljungberg : scored
Wilhelmsson : scored
Mellberg : saved by Van der Sar
footballbox
date = June 26, 2004
Euro 2004 (Semifinals)
team1 = fb-rt|POR
score = 2–1
report =
team2 = fb|NED
goals1 = Ronaldo 26'
Maniche 58'
goals2 = Andrade (own goal) 63'
stadium = Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
Attendance: 46.679
Referee: Frisk (SWE)

References

* [http://www.vi.nl/vi/show/id=40063/view=107615/dbid=3641/typeofpage=40433/sc=75b273 Voetbal International]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/ned04ext.html RSSSF Archive]