KNVB Cup

Founded	1899
Region	Netherlands
Number of teams	88
Current champions	PSV (9th title)
Most successful club	AFC Ajax (18 titles)
Website	KNVB Cup
2011–12 KNVB Cup

The KNVB Cup (Dutch: KNVB beker [Dutch pronunciation: [ˌkaʔ.ɛn.veɪ̯.ˈbeɪ̯ ˈbeɪ̯.kər]]) is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1899. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside of the Netherlands, it is often referred to as the Dutch Cup. The tournament consists of all teams from the top three tiers of Dutch league football (Eredivisie, Eerste Divisie and Topklasse), as well as the 24 semi-finalists (or replacements) of regional amateur cup tournaments. The finals of the tournament traditionally takes place in De Kuip, and has been held there every season since 1988. The winners of the cup compete against the winners of the Eredivisie for the Johan Cruijff Shield, which acts as the curtain raiser for the following season.

History[link]

The competition was conceived during a board meeting of the Dutch National Football Association, in the Hague, on 19 January 1898. The tournament began the following season, 1898–1899. The first final was played on 9 May 1899 between RAP Amsterdam and HVV Den Haag. In 1946, the trophy was changed to one made out of silver, which was extremely rare in the immediate aftermath of World War II.

Name changes[link]

Like many national cup competitions, the name of the tournament has changed with sponsorship. From 1995, the competition went from being the KNVB Cup Tournament to being known as the Amstel Cup after the then sponsor Amstel. On 16 August 2005, the name was changed to the Gatorade Cup after the drinks company Gatorade. In 2006, the name returned to being the KNVB Cup Tournament with Gatorade remaining as the principal sponsor.

European competition[link]

Up until 1998, the winner of the cup entered into the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, but with the abandonment of that tournament, the winner now goes into the UEFA Europa League. If the winning team has won the Eredivisie and thus entry into the UEFA Champions League, then the beaten KNVB Cup finalist will take the place in the UEFA Europa League.

In 1998, both teams in the KNVB final, Ajax and PSV, had won places into the Champions League. So a game was played between the beaten semi-finalists, SC Heerenveen and FC Twente, to determine who would take the Cup Winners' Cup place.

Past finals[link]

Season	Winner	Scorers	Result	Runner-up	Scorers	Venue	Attendance
1898–99	RAP Amsterdam		1–0 aet	HVV Den Haag
1899–1900	Velocitas Breda		3–1	Ajax Leiden
1900–01	HBS Den Haag		4–3	RAP Amsterdam
1901–02	Haarlem		2–1	HBS Den Haag
1902–03	HVV Den Haag		6–1	HBS Den Haag
1903–04	HFC		3–1	HVV Den Haag
1904–05	VOC Rotterdam		3–0	HBS Den Haag 2
1905–06	Concordia		3–2	Volharding
1906–07	VOC Rotterdam		4–3	Voorwaarts
1907–08	HBS Den Haag 2		3–1	VOC Rotterdam
1908–09	Quick Den Haag 2		2–0	VOC Rotterdam
1909–10	Quick Den Haag 2		2–0	HVV Den Haag 2
1910–11	Quick Den Haag		1–0	HFC Haarlem
1910–12	Haarlem		2–0	Vitesse
1912–13	HFC		4–1	DFC
1913–14	DFC		3–2	Haarlem
1914–15	HFC		1–0	HBS Den Haag
1915–16	Quick Den Haag		2–1	HBS Den Haag
1916–17	Ajax		5–0	VSV (Velsen)
1917–18	RCH		2–1	VVA
1918–19	Not played
1919–20	CVV		2–1	VUC Den Haag
1920–21	Schoten		2–1	RFC[disambiguation needed ]
1921–24	Not played
1924–25	ZFC		5–1	Xerxes
1925–26	LONGA		5–2	de Spartaan
1926–27	VUC Den Haag		3–1	Vitesse
1927–28	RCH		2–0	PEC
1928–29	Not played
1929–30	Feijenoord		1–0	Excelsior
1930–31	Not played
1931–32	DFC		5–4	PSV
1932–33	Not played
1933–34	Velocitas Groningen		3–2	Feijenoord
1934–35	Feijenoord		5–2	Helmond
1935–36	Roermond		4–2	KFC
1936–37	FC Eindhoven		1–0	de Spartaan
1937–38	VSV		4–1	AGOVV
1938–39	FC Wageningen		2–1	PSV
1939–42	Not played
1942–43	Ajax		3–2	DFC
1943–44	Willem II		9–2	Groene Ster
1944–47	Not played
1947–48	Wageningen		0–0 2–1 pen	DWV (Amsterdam)
1948–49	Quick 1888		1–1 2–1 pen	Helmondia
1949–50	PSV		4–3	HFC Haarlem
1950–56	Not played
1956–57	Fortuna'54		4–2	Feijenoord
1957–58	Sparta		4–3	FC Volendam
1958–59	VVV		4–1	ADO Den Haag
1959–60	Not played
1960–61	Ajax		3–0	NAC Breda
1961–62	Sparta		1–0	DHC
1962–63	Willem II		3–0	ADO Den Haag
1963–64	Fortuna'54		0–0 4–3 pen	ADO Den Haag
1964–65	Feijenoord	Bouwmeester	1–0	Go Ahead	–	De Kuip	31,000
1965–66	Sparta	Madsen  60'	1–0	ADO Den Haag	–	De Kuip
1966–67	Ajax	Cruyff  64' Nuninga  99'	2–1	NAC Breda	Vesters  88'	De Meer	21,000
1967–68	ADO Den Haag	Schoenmaker  23' Aarts  28'	2–1	Ajax	Keizer  48'	Zuiderpark	17,500
1968–69	Feijenoord		1–1 aet Replay 2–0	PSV
1969–70	Ajax		2–0	PSV
1970–71	Ajax		2–2 aet Replay 2–1	Sparta
1971–72	Ajax	Cruyff Mühren  pen.' Keizer	3–2	FC Den Haag	van Eeden Mansveld  pen.'	De Kuip	60,000
1972–73	NAC Breda		2–0	NEC
1973–74	PSV	Deijkers R. van de Kerkhof Edström W. van de Kerkhof van der Kuijlen	6–0	NAC Breda	–
1974–75	FC Den Haag		1–0	FC Twente
1975–76	PSV	Edström	1–0 aet	Roda JC	–	De Kuip
1976–77	Twente	Drost Mühren Jeuring	3–0 aet	PEC Zwolle	–	de Goffert
1977–78	AZ	van Rijnsoever	1–0	Ajax	–
1978–79	Ajax	Clarke  pen.'	1–1 aet	Twente	Meutstege  o.g.'	De Kuip
		Clarke Tahamata Schoenaker	Replay 3–0		–
1979–80	Feyenoord	Petursson  pen.' De Leeuw Petursson	3–1	Ajax	Arnesen	De Kuip
1980–81	AZ	Tol Spelbos Nygaard	3–1	Ajax	Vanenburg
1981–82	AZ		1st Leg 0–1 2nd Leg 5–1 Aggregate 6–2	FC Utrecht
1982–83	Ajax		1st Leg 3–1 2nd Leg 3–1 Aggregate 6–2	NEC
1983–84	Feyenoord	Houtman  72'	1–0	Fortuna Sittard	–	De Kuip
1984–85	FC Utrecht	Van Loen  90'	1–0	Helmond Sport	–	Galgenwaard
1985–86	Ajax	Bosman  46'  80' Silooy  67'	3–0	RBC	–
1986–87	Ajax	Bosman  11'  83' van Basten  104'  106'	4–2 aet	FC Den Haag	Boere  43' Morley  66'	Zuiderpark
1987–88	PSV	Gerets  52'  85' Lerby  90+2'	3–2	Roda JC	H. Smeets  22' R. Smeets  64'	Willem II Stadion	8,500
1988–89	PSV	Romário  2' Ellerman  45'  53' Kieft  79'	4–1	Groningen	Meijer  78'	De Kuip	9,483
1989–90	PSV	Valckx  75' (pen.)	1–0	Vitesse	–	De Kuip
1990–91	Feyenoord		1–0	BVV Den Bosch
1991–92	Feyenoord	de Wolf  28' Taument  43' Kiprich  53'	3–0	Roda JC		De Kuip
1992–93	Ajax		6–2	Heerenveen		De Kuip
1993–94	Feyenoord	Heus  pen.' van Loen  80'	2–1	N.E.C.	Dekker	De Kuip
1994–95	Feyenoord	Taument  7' Obiku  82'	2–1	Volendam	Wasiman  47'	De Kuip
1995–96	PSV	Cocu  7' Vink  14' Veldman  65' (o.g.) Jonk  87' van der Doelen  90'	5–2	Sparta Rotterdam	van der Meer  45' D. de Nooijer  79' (pen.)	De Kuip	35,000
1996–97	Roda JC	Sibon  4' Senden  16' van der Luer  48' Schops  56'	4–2	Heerenveen	Korneev  12' Talan  83'	De Kuip	48,000
1997–98	Ajax	Babangida  25' Litmanen  38'  61'  84' Arveladze  79'	5–0	PSV	–	De Kuip	22,500
1998–99	Ajax	Grønkjær  12'  15'	2–0	Fortuna Sittard	–	De Kuip	25,000
1999–2000	Roda JC	Peeters  19' van der Luer  89'	2–0	NEC		De Kuip	40,000
2000–01	Twente	–	0–0 aet 4–3 pen.	PSV	–	De Kuip	45,000
2001–02	Ajax	Mido  21' Wamberto  90' Ibrahimović  90+3'	3–2 aet	FC Utrecht	Gluščević  56' (pen.)  76'	De Kuip	37,000
2002–03	FC Utrecht	de Jong  39' Gluščević  49'  57' Kuyt  81'	4–1	Feyenoord	Kalou  73'	De Kuip	45,000
2003–04	FC Utrecht	van den Bergh  66'	1–0	Twente	–	De Kuip	48,000
2004–05	PSV	Bouma  45' Cocu  51' Park  74' Vennegoor of Hesselink  90'	4–0	Willem II	–	De Kuip	35,000
2005–06	Ajax	Huntelaar  48'  89'	2–1	PSV	Lamey  53'	De Kuip	30,770
2006–07	Ajax	Huntelaar  51'	1–1 aet 8–7 pen	AZ	Dembélé  4'	De Kuip	42,200
2007–08	Feyenoord	Landzaat  8' de Guzmán  36'	2–0	Roda JC	–	De Kuip	51,177
2008-09	Heerenveen	Popov  27' Kalou  112'	2–2 aet 5–4pen	Twente	Elia  54' Hersi  118'	De Kuip	45,000
2009–10	Ajax	de Jong  6', 7' - Suárez  4', 82' de Jong  64', 77'	1st Leg 2–0 2nd Leg 4–1 Aggregate 6–1	Feyenoord	- Tomasson  72'	Amsterdam Arena - De Kuip	37,283 - 35,000
2010-11	Twente	Brama  45' Janssen  56' Janko  117'	3–2 aet	Ajax	De Zeeuw  18' Ebecilio  40'	De Kuip	45,000
2011-12	PSV	Toivonen  21' Mertens  56' Lens  63'	3–0	Heracles Almelo	–	De Kuip	50,000