The 2003–04 season in Dutch football saw
Ajax
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regain their title in the
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...
.
Zwolle
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were relegated to the
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* 1st Guards Airborne Division
Armoured divisions
*1st Armoure ...
.
Johan Cruyff Shield
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Eredivisie
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Awards
Dutch Footballer of the Year
The title Dutch Footballer of the Year ( Dutch: ''Voetballer van het Jaar'') has been awarded in the Netherlands since 1984. The award is determined by a poll of Dutch professional footballers playing in the First (Eredivisie) and Second (Eerste Di ...
* 2003–04 —
Maxwell
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(Ajax)
Dutch Golden Shoe Winner
* 2003 —
Dirk Kuyt
Dirk Kuijt (; born 22 July 1980), anglicised to Kuyt, is a Dutch former professional footballer and the current manager of Pro League club Beerschot. Originally starting out as a forward, he played much of his career as a right winger.
Kuyt b ...
(Utrecht)
* 2004 —
Maxwell
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(Ajax)
Ajax squad 2003–04
;Goal
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Sander Boschker
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Bogdan Lobonț
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Maarten Stekelenburg
Maarten Stekelenburg (; born 22 September 1982) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Stekelenburg began his career at Ajax, playing 282 matches over nine seasons in his first spell there and winning nine honours ...
;Defence
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Jelle Van Damme
Jelle François Maria Van Damme (; born 10 October 1983) is a Belgian retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back, left-back or left midfielder. He played for clubs in Belgium, England, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Stat ...
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Julien Escudé
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Zdeněk Grygera
Zdeněk Grygera (; born 14 May 1980) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent his early professional football career in the Czech Republic before moving abroad to play for Ajax in the Netherlands, Juventus in ...
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John Heitinga
John Gijsbert Alan "Johnny" Heitinga (born 15 November 1983) is a Dutch football coach and former player who is currently the assistant manager at Premier League club Liverpool. He will become the manager of Eredivisie club Ajax on 1 July 2025.
...
*
Nigel de Jong
Nigel de Jong (born 30 November 1984) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is currently the technical director of the KNVB, the national Dutch football federation. He has also worked as an English ...
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John O'Brien
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Petri Pasanen
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Hatem Trabelsi
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Thomas Vermaelen
Thomas Vermaelen (; born 14 November 1985) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Being left-footed, he usually played as a left-sided centre-back and could play at left-back as well. His key attributes included a ...
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Fronio Walker
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Abubakari Yakubu
;Midfield
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Tomáš Galásek
Tomáš Galásek (; born 15 January 1973) is a former Czech football midfielder and current manager. He is the only player to witness both silver goals ever scored in European football, scoring the first for Ajax.
Club career
Galásek started h ...
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Cedric van der Gun
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Jari Litmanen
Jari Olavi Litmanen (; born 20 February 1971) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or a second striker. He was the first-choice captain of the Finland national team between 1996 and 2008 in an inter ...
*
Maxwell
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*
Anthony Obodai
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Steven Pienaar
Steven Jerome Pienaar (; born 17 March 1982) is a South African former professional footballer and current coach of the U14 team of Sharjah FC in the United Arab Emirates.
He hails from Westbury, a suburb in Johannesburg's Westrand. He was a ...
*
Stefano Seedorf
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Wesley Sneijder
Wesley Sneijder (; born 9 June 1984) is a Dutch former professional footballer. Noted for his playmaking ability, he was considered one of the best midfielders in the world during his prime.
A product of the Ajax Youth Academy, Sneijder started ...
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Rafael van der Vaart
Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart (; born 11 February 1983) is a Dutch former professional association football, footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Van der Vaart began his career at AFC Ajax, Ajax's Ajax Youth Academy, youth academ ...
;Attack
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Jamal Akachar
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Yannis Anastasiou
Giannis Anastasiou (; born 5 March 1973) is a Greek professional football coach and former player who was most recently manager of Omonia.
As a player, Anastasiou played as a striker, and was active professionally in Greece, Belgium and the Ne ...
*
Ryan Babel
Ryan Guno Babel (; born 19 December 1986) is a Dutch former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward.
Babel began his career at Ajax in 1997, working his way up through the youth tea ...
*
Nourdin Boukhari
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Jason Culina
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Zlatan Ibrahimović
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Nicolae Mitea
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Tom De Mul
Tom De Mul (; born 4 March 1986) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a right winger.
Club career
Born in Kapellen, Antwerp, De Mul began his career in K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot, but joined the AFC Ajax youth academy at ag ...
*
Daniël de Ridder
Daniël Robin Frederick de Ridder (born 6 March 1984) is a Dutch former professional footballer. He played as a winger operating either on the right or left side but would occasionally play a more advanced role. He represented Ajax, Celta Vigo, ...
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Victor Sikora
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Tom Soetaers
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Wesley Sonck
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Wamberto
Wamberto de Jesus Sousa Campos (born 14 December 1974) is a Brazilian former footballer who last played as a forward and as a midfielder. He notably represented Ajax and Standard Liége.
He was also nicknamed ''Wampie'' by Ajax supporters.
B ...
;Management
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Ronald Koeman
Ronald Koeman (; born 21 March 1963) is a Dutch professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who is the manager of the Netherlands national football team, Netherlands national team. Koeman scor ...
(Coach)
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Ruud Krol
Rudolf Jozef "Ruud" (or "Rudi") Krol (; born 24 March 1949) is a Dutch former professional footballer who was capped 83 times for the Netherlands national team. Most of his career he played for his home town club, Ajax. He became a coach afte ...
(Assistant)
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Tonny Bruins Slot
Tonny Bruins Slot (1 April 1947 – 1 November 2020) was a Dutch association football coach who was well known for his analysis of matches and opponents.
Career
Tonny Bruins Slot was coach of FC Amsterdam from 1978 to 1980 and assistant-coach ...
(Assistant)
Eerste Divisie
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Promoted : FC Den Bosch
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Promotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie"): Excelsior, Sparta, Heracles, Helmond Sport, De Graafschap and VVV Venlo
Topscorers
Promotion and relegation
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Group A
Group B
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Stayed / Promoted : Vitesse Arnhem and De Graafschap
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Relegated: Volendam
KNVB Cup
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Netherlands national team
See also
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Sparta Rotterdam season 2003–04
References
Voetbal International
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