title: 2000–01 in Dutch football
text: # 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.
  
  ## 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 | 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)
  
  ## 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 | 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 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | February 7 | February 7 | | | |
  | Vitesse | 2 | | | |
  | Vitesse | 2 | April 12 | April 12 | | |
  | AZ | 1 | April 12 | April 12 | |
  | AZ | 1 | Vitesse | 0 (3) | |
  | February 7 | February 7 | | Vitesse | 0 (3) | |
  | February 7 | February 7 | Twente | 0 (4) | |
  | Zwolle | 3 | Twente | 0 (4) | |
  | Zwolle | 3 | | | | May 24 – Rotterdam | May 24 – Rotterdam |
  | Twente | 4 | | | | May 24 – Rotterdam | May 24 – Rotterdam |
  | Twente | 4 | | | | Twente | 0 (4) |
  | February 7 | February 7 | | | | | Twente | 0 (4) |
  | February 7 | February 7 | | | | PSV | 0 (3) |
  | Roda JC | 0 | | | | PSV | 0 (3) |
  | Roda JC | 0 | April 11 | April 11 | | | |
  | PSV | 2 | April 11 | April 11 | | | |
  | PSV | 2 | Heerenveen | 1 | | | |
  | March 14 | March 14 | | Heerenveen | 1 | | | |
  | March 14 | March 14 | PSV | 3 | |
  | Heerenveen | 4 | PSV | 3 | |
  | Feyenoord | 3 | | | |
  