2001–02 Eerste Divisie

46th season of the: second-tier football league in Netherlands

Football league season

Eerste Divisie
Season	2001–02
Champions	FC Zwolle
Promoted	FC Zwolle RBC Roosendaal Excelsior
Goals scored	965
Average goals/game	3.15
← 2000-01 2002-03 →

The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the——2001–02 season was contested by, "18 teams." FC Zwolle won the "championship."

Promoted teams※

These teams were promoted——to the Eredivisie

Relegated from the 2000–01 Eredivisie

Telstar merged with Stormvogels this season——to form Stormvogels/Telstar

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion/qualification
1	FC Zwolle	34	22	7	5	65	36	+29	73	Champion, promoted to the Eredivisie
2	Excelsior	34	21	7	6	73	31	+42	70	Promoted to the Eredivisie following play-offs
3	RBC Roosendaal	34	21	5	8	76	40	+36	68	Promoted to the Eredivisie following play-offs
4	ADO Den Haag	34	18	9	7	53	36	+17	63	Qualified for play-offs
5	FC Emmen	34	17	8	9	53	43	+10	59
6	FC Volendam	34	15	8	11	66	48	+18	53
7	Cambuur Leeuwarden	34	15	6	13	50	42	+8	51
8	Heracles Almelo	34	14	6	14	52	51	+1	48
9	Stormvogels/Telstar	34	12	9	13	55	49	+6	45
10	Dordrecht '90	34	12	9	13	66	66	0	45
11	Veendam	34	13	6	15	60	62	−2	45
12	HFC Haarlem	34	10	8	16	37	46	−9	38
13	VVV-Venlo	34	11	5	18	51	64	−13	38
14	MVV	34	10	7	17	49	61	−12	37
15	Helmond Sport	34	8	13	13	34	51	−17	37
16	Go Ahead Eagles	34	9	9	16	48	62	−14	36
17	FC Eindhoven	34	8	7	19	52	77	−25	31
18	TOP Oss	34	3	5	26	25	100	−75	14

Group A
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	RBC Roosendaal	6	4	2	0	15	6	+9	14	Promoted
2	FC Den Bosch	6	4	1	1	17	9	+8	13	Relegated
3	FC Emmen	6	1	1	4	10	15	−5	4
4	Cambuur Leeuwarden	6	1	0	5	8	20	−12	3

Group B
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Excelsior	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10	Promoted
2	FC Volendam	6	3	0	3	10	14	−4	9
3	ADO Den Haag	6	2	2	2	13	9	+4	8
4	Sparta Rotterdam	6	2	1	3	10	12	−2	7	Relegated

v t e Eerste Divisie seasons
1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

League competitions	Eredivisie Eerste Divisie Hoofdklasse Eerste Klasse
Cup competitions	KNVB Cup (Final) Johan Cruyff Shield KNVB Women's Cup
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup

Club seasons
Eredivisie	Ajax AZ Den Bosch Feyenoord Fortuna Sittard De Graafschap Groningen Heerenveen NAC Breda NEC PSV RKC Roda JC Sparta Rotterdam Twente Utrecht Vitesse Willem II