2000–01 Eredivisie

Eredivisie
Season2000–01
Dates18 August 2000 – 31 May 2001
ChampionsPSV (16th title)
PromotedNAC Breda
FC Groningen
RBC Roosendaal
RelegatedRBC Roosendaal
Champions LeaguePSV
Feyenoord
Ajax
UEFA CupRoda JC
FC Utrecht
FC Twente
Intertoto CupRKC Waalwijk
sc Heerenveen
Goals scored922
Average goals/game3.01
Top goalscorerFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Mateja Kežman (24 goals)[1]

The 2000–01 Eredivisie season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 PSV Eindhoven (C) 34 25 8 1 73 23 +50 83 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Feyenoord 34 21 3 10 67 37 +30 66
3 Ajax 34 18 7 9 85 43 +42 61 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Roda JC Kerkrade 34 17 8 9 59 41 +18 59 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
5 Utrecht 34 17 8 9 58 43 +15 59
6 Vitesse 34 16 11 7 56 43 +13 59
7 RKC Waalwijk 34 16 11 7 48 36 +12 59 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
8 Willem II 34 14 9 11 60 50 +10 51
9 NAC Breda 34 13 10 11 41 40 +1 49
10 Heerenveen 34 11 14 9 51 42 +9 47 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
11 Twente 34 10 11 13 47 60 −13 41 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
12 NEC Nijmegen 34 9 13 12 42 53 −11 40
13 AZ 34 9 8 17 45 63 −18 35
14 Groningen 34 8 9 17 36 56 −20 33
15 De Graafschap 34 9 4 21 44 66 −22 31
16 Fortuna Sittard 34 8 7 19 31 64 −33 31 Qualification to Relegation play-offs[b]
17 Sparta Rotterdam 34 6 7 21 42 72 −30 25
18 RBC Roosendaal (R) 34 4 2 28 37 90 −53 14 Relegation to Eerste Divisie
Source: voetbal.com
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. ^ a b FC Twente qualified for the UEFA Cup by winning the 2000–01 KNVB Cup.
  2. ^ Fortuna Sittard and Sparta both remained in the Eredivisie after winning their promotion/relegation play-offs.

Results

Home \ Away AJA AZ DBO FEY FOR GRA GRO HEE NAC NEC PSV RKC RJC SPA TWE UTR VIT WIL
Ajax — 1–0 2–0 3–4 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 3–1 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

In the promotion/relegation competition, eight entrants (six from the Eerste Divisie and two from this league) entered in two groups. The group winners were promoted to (or remained in) the Eredivisie.

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Fortuna Sittard 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 Remain in Eredivisie
2 FC Zwolle 6 2 3 1 6 4 +2 9 Remain in Eerste Divisie
3 FC Volendam 6 3 0 3 6 4 +2 9
4 Telstar 6 1 2 3 7 10 −3 5
Source: [citation needed]
Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sparta Rotterdam 6 4 1 1 14 8 +6 13 Remain in Eredivisie
2 Cambuur Leeuwarden 6 3 0 3 11 13 −2 9 Remain in Eerste Divisie
3 Excelsior 6 2 1 3 14 14 0 7
4 Go Ahead Eagles 6 1 2 3 9 13 −4 5
Source: [citation needed]

Attendances

Feyenoord drew the highest average home attendance in the 2000-01 edition of the Eredivisie.

# Football club Home games Average attendance[2]
1 Feyenoord 17 37,609
2 AFC Ajax 17 36,339
3 PSV 17 31,294
4 Vitesse 17 25,725
5 sc Heerenveen 17 14,188
6 Willem II 17 13,727
7 FC Utrecht 17 13,506
8 Roda JC 17 13,300
9 FC Twente 17 13,212
10 NAC Breda 17 12,758
11 FC Groningen 17 11,542
12 De Graafschap 17 10,250
13 NEC 17 10,088
14 Fortuna Sittard 17 8,371
15 Sparta Rotterdam 17 7,755
16 AZ 17 7,155
17 RKC Waalwijk 17 5,434
18 RBC Roosendaal 17 5,081

See also

References

  1. ^ EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers
  2. ^ https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ned/avened01.htm