The 2000/2001 season in Dutch football was the 45th season 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 ...
, where
PSV Eindhoven
Philips Sport Vereniging (; ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football, football department, which has pla ...
claimed the title, while
FC Twente
Football Club Twente (), sometimes known internationally as FC Twente Enschede, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from the city of Enschede. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions Sportclub E ...
won the Dutch National Cup.
Johan Cruijff-schaal
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 ...
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Champions League : PSV
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Champions League qualification : Feyenoord
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UEFA Cup : Ajax, Roda JC, Utrecht and Twente
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Promotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie") : Fortuna Sittard and Sparta Rotterdam
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Relegated : RBC Roosendaal
Top scorers
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 ...
* 2000–01 —
Mark van Bommel
Mark Peter Gertruda Andreas van Bommel (born 22 April 1977) is a Dutch Association football, football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. His FIFA World Cup profile describes him as "a tackling machine and expert ball-winner, but ...
(PSV)
Dutch Golden Shoe Winner
* 2000 —
Jerzy Dudek
Jerzy Henryk Dudek (born 23 March 1973) is a Polish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper.
After beginning his career in his home country, he went on to have successful ...
(Feyenoord)
* 2001 —
Johann Vogel (PSV)
PSV winning squad 2000–01
;Goal
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Gino Coutinho
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Ivica Kralj
Ivica Kralj (, ; born 26 March 1973) is a Montenegrin former professional association football, footballer who played as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper.
During his playing career, Kralj was best known for his time at FK Partizan ...
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Patrick Lodewijks
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Ronald Waterreus
Ronald Katarina Martinus Waterreus (; born 25 August 1970) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He notably played for PSV Eindhoven and Rangers, before ending his career at New York Red Bulls in the Major League Soccer.
Club ...
;Defence
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Eric Addo
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Kasper Bøgelund
Kasper Bøgelund Nielsen (born 8 October 1980) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a right-back, notably for Dutch club PSV Eindhoven and German club Borussia Mönchengladbach. Bøgelund played 17 games for the Denmark natio ...
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Wilfred Bouma
Wilfred Bouma (; who was born on 15th June, 1978 is a Dutch former professional association football, footballer who played most notably for PSV Eindhoven, Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa and the Netherlands national football team, Netherlands nat ...
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Jürgen Dirkx
Jürgen Arnoldus Wilhelmus Dirkx (born 15 August 1975), known as Jürgen Dirkx, is a Dutch former professional footballer. During his career, he played as a centre-back for PSV and Fortuna Sittard. After retiring at the age of 27, he became a ...
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Ernest Faber
Ernest Anthonius Jacobus Faber (born 27 August 1971) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. He is currently consulting as the technical director at A-League Men side Adelaide United, subject to his visa.
Faber grew up in ...
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Kevin Hofland
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Yuri Nikiforov
Yuriy Valeryevich Nikiforov (alternate spelling Valeriovych; , ; born 16 September 1970) is a professional football coach and a former player who played mainly as a central defender. He is an assistant coach with the Russia national team.
C ...
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André Ooijer
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Nuelson Wau
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Chris van der Weerden
;Midfield
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Mark van Bommel
Mark Peter Gertruda Andreas van Bommel (born 22 April 1977) is a Dutch Association football, football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. His FIFA World Cup profile describes him as "a tackling machine and expert ball-winner, but ...
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Björn van der Doelen
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Robert Fuchs
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Giorgi Gakhokidze
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John de Jong
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Joonas Kolkka
Joonas Einari Kolkka (born 28 September 1974) is a Finnish retired professional footballer who played as a left winger most of his career, but could also play on the right wing. Having started his career in his native Finland, he went on to play ...
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Theo Lucius
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Marquinho
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Adil Ramzi
Adil Ramzi (; born 14 July 1977) is a Moroccan professional association football, football coach and former player.
International career
Ramzi was a member of the Morocco national football team, Morocco national team, playing 34 international m ...
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Dennis Rommedahl
Dennis Rommedahl (; born 22 July 1978) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a right winger. During his 19-year professional career, he won four Eredivisie titles with PSV Eindhoven, and also played for several other Dutch clu ...
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Ovidiu Stinga
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Johann Vogel
;Attack
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Arnold Bruggink
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Claudio
Claudio is an Italian and Spanish first name. In Portuguese, it is accented Cláudio. In Catalan and Occitan, it is Claudi, while in Romanian it is Claudiu.
Origin and history
Claudius was the name of an eminent Roman gens, the most importa ...
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Mateja Kežman
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Ruud van Nistelrooy
Rutgerus Johannes Martinus van Nistelrooij (; born 1 July 1976), commonly known as Ruud van Nistelrooy (), is a Dutch professional Association football, football manager and former player who is the current manager of EFL Championship club Leic ...
;Management
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Eric Gerets
Eric Maria Gerets (; born 18 May 1954) is a Belgian association football, football manager (association football), manager and former player.
As a Forward (association football), striker, he started his playing career as an amateur for his local ...
(Coach)
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Ernie Brandts
Ernstus Wilhelmus Johannes Brandts (born 3 February 1956) is a Dutch football manager and former player.
Playing career Club
Born in Didam, he played for local club De Sprinkhanen before joining De Graafschap at 17. After three seasons he moved ...
(Assistant)
Eerste Divisie
The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...
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Promoted : FC Den Bosch
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Promotion / Relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie") : Excelsior, Zwolle, Cambuur, Volendam, Go Ahead Eagles and SC Telstar
Topscorers
Promotion and relegation
Group A
Group B
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Stayed : Fortuna Sittard and Sparta Rotterdam
KNVB Cup
Dutch national team
References
RSSSF Archive
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