2003–04 Eerste Divisie
# 2003–04 Eerste Divisie

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

These teams were promoted to the Eredivisie

* Den Bosch — Eerste Divisie champions
* De Graafschap — playoff winners

## New entrants

Entering from amateur football

* AGOVV Apeldoorn

Relegated from the 2002–03 Eredivisie

* Excelsior
* De Graafschap

## League standings

| 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 | Qualified for play-offs |
| 4 | Heracles Almelo | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 71 | 42 | +29 | 67 | Qualified for play-offs |
| 5 | Helmond Sport | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 66 | 42 | +24 | 65 | Qualified for play-offs |
| 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 | |

## Playoff standings

Group A :

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Vitesse Arnhem | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 14 | Group Champion |
| 2 | VVV-Venlo | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 8 | |
| 3 | Sparta Rotterdam | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 6 | |
| 4 | Helmond Sport | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 3 | |

Group B :

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | De Graafschap | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 13 | Group Champion, Promoted |
| 2 | Heracles Almelo | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 11 | |
| 3 | Excelsior | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
| 4 | FC Volendam | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 1 | |
