2003–04 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie
Season	2003–04
Champions	FC Den Bosch
Promoted	FC Den Bosch; De Graafschap;
Goals scored	1,091
Average goals/game	3.19
Top goalscorer	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (26)
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 2003–04 season was contested by 19 teams, one more than in the previous season. This was due to AGOVV Apeldoorn entering from the amateurs. FC Den Bosch won the championship.

Promoted Teams edit

These teams were promoted to the Eredivisie

Den Bosch — Eerste Divisie champions
De Graafschap — playoff winners

New entrants edit

Entering from amateur football

AGOVV Apeldoorn

Relegated from the 2002–03 Eredivisie

League standings edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	FC Den Bosch	36	22	8	6	85	48	+37	74	Champion, promoted to the Eredivisie
2	Excelsior	36	22	8	6	70	39	+31	74	Qualified for play-offs
3	Sparta Rotterdam	36	21	6	9	76	43	+33	69
4	Heracles Almelo	36	19	10	7	71	42	+29	67
5	Helmond Sport	36	19	8	9	66	42	+24	65
6	De Graafschap	36	18	10	8	63	43	+20	64	Promoted to the Eredivisie following play-offs
7	VVV-Venlo	36	19	4	13	76	62	+14	61	Qualified for play-offs
8	FC Emmen	36	17	10	9	65	54	+11	61
9	Go Ahead Eagles	36	15	8	13	79	63	+16	53
10	AGOVV Apeldoorn	36	14	8	14	63	54	+9	50
11	TOP Oss	36	12	9	15	57	60	−3	45
12	Stormvogels/Telstar	36	12	8	16	55	62	−7	44
13	HFC Haarlem	36	10	9	17	41	63	−22	39
14	Veendam	36	7	15	14	46	71	−25	36
15	FC Dordrecht	36	5	15	16	33	60	−27	30
16	FC Eindhoven	36	6	12	18	40	69	−29	30
17	Cambuur Leeuwarden	36	6	10	20	35	65	−30	28
18	MVV	36	6	10	20	32	70	−38	28
19	Fortuna Sittard	36	3	10	23	38	81	−43	19