KNVB Cup

KNVB Cup
Founded	1898
Region	Netherlands
Number of teams	92
Tournament information
Current champions	FC Groningen (1)
Most successful team(s)	Ajax (18)
Current
Website	Official website

The KNVB Cup (Dutch: KNVB Beker) 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 two tiers of Dutch league football (Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie), as well as the top four teams from each of the six third tier of Dutch football (Hoofdklasse), while the remaining teams are drawn from the fourth tier (Eerste Klasse). 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.

KNVB Cup winners and finalists

Year Winner # Result Finalist 1899 RAP 1 1-0 nv HVV 1900 Velocitas Breda 1 3-1 Ajax (Leiden) 1901 HBS 1 4-3 RAP 1902 HFC Haarlem 1 2-1 HBS 1903 HVV 1 6-1 HBS 1904 Koninklijke HFC 1 3-1 HVV 1905 VOC 1 3-0 HBS-2 1906 DSV Concordia 1 3-2 Volharding 1907 VOC 2 4-3 a.f. Voorwaarts 1908 HBS-2 2 3-1 VOC-2 1909 Quick-2 1 2-0 VOC 1910 Quick (2) 2 2-0 HVV-2 1911 Quick 3 1-0 HFC Haarlem 1912 HFC Haarlem 2 4-1 Vitesse 1913 Koninklijke HFC 2 4-1 DFC 1914 DFC 1 3-2 HFC Haarlem 1915 Koninklijke HFC 3 1-0 HBS 1916 Quick 4 2-1 a.f. HBS 1917 AFC Ajax 1 5-0 VSV 1918 RCH 1 2-1 VVA Amsterdam 1919 not played. 1920 CVV 1 2-1 VUC 1921 VV Schoten 1 2-1 RFC Rotterdam 1922-1924 not played 1925 ZFC 1 5-1 Xerxes Rotterdam 1926 LONGA 1 5-2 De Spartaan Amsterdam 1927 VUC 1 3-1 Vitesse 1928 RCH 2 2-0 PEC Zwolle 1929 tournament discontinued 1930 Feyenoord 1 1-0 Excelsior 1931 not played 1932 DFC 2 5-4 a.f. PSV 1933 not played 1934 Velocitas 1 3-2 a.f. Feyenoord 1935 Feyenoord 2 5-2 VV Helmond 1936 RFC Roermond 1 4-2 KFC 1937 FC Eindhoven 1 1-0 De Spartaan Amsterdam 1938 VSV 1 4-1 AGOVV 1939 Wageningen 1 2-1 nv PSV 1940-1942 not played 1943 AFC Ajax 2 3-2 DFC 1944 Willem II 1 9-2 Groene Ster 1945 not played 1946 tournament discontinued 1947 not played 1948 Wageningen 2 0-0 a.p. (2-1) DWV Amsterdam 1949 Quick Nijmegen 1 1-1 a.p. (2-1) Helmondia 1950 PSV 1 4-3 a.f. HFC Haarlem 1951-1956 not played 1957 Fortuna '54 1 4-2 Feyenoord 1958 Sparta Rotterdam 1 4-3 FC Volendam 1959 VVV-Venlo 1 4-1 ADO Den Haag 1960 not played 1961 AFC Ajax 3 3-0 NAC Breda 1962 Sparta Rotterdam 2 1-0 a.f. DHC Delft 1963 Willem II 2 3-0 ADO 1964 Fortuna '54 2 0-0 a.p. (4-3) ADO

Year Winner # Result Finalist 1965 Feyenoord 3 1-0 Go Ahead 1966 Sparta Rotterdam 3 1-0 ADO 1967 AFC Ajax 4 2-1 a.f. NAC Breda 1968 ADO 1 2-1 AFC Ajax 1969 Feyenoord 4 1-1 a.f. 2-0 PSV 1970 AFC Ajax 5 2-0 PSV 1971 AFC Ajax 6 2-2 a.f., 2-1 Sparta Rotterdam 1972 AFC Ajax 7 3-2 FC Den Haag 1973 NAC Breda 1 2-0 N.E.C. 1974 PSV 2 6-0 NAC Breda 1975 FC Den Haag 2 1-0, 1-0 FC Twente 1976 PSV 3 1-0 a.f. Roda JC 1977 FC Twente 1 3-0 a.f. PEC Zwolle 1978 AZ '67 1 1-0 AFC Ajax 1979 AFC Ajax 8 1-1 a.f., 3-0 FC Twente 1980 Feyenoord 5 3-1 AFC Ajax 1981 AZ '67 2 3-1 AFC Ajax 1982 AZ '67 3 0-1, 5-1 FC Utrecht 1983 AFC Ajax 9 3-1, 3-1 N.E.C. 1984 Feyenoord 6 1-0 Fortuna Sittard 1985 FC Utrecht 1 1-0 Helmond Sport 1986 AFC Ajax 10 3-0 RBC Roosendaal 1987 AFC Ajax 11 4-2 a.f. FC Den Haag 1988 PSV 4 3-2 a.f. Roda JC 1989 PSV 5 4-1 FC Groningen 1990 PSV 6 1-0 Vitesse 1991 Feyenoord 7 1-0 BVV Den Bosch 1992 Feyenoord 8 3-0 Roda JC 1993 AFC Ajax 12 6-2 Heerenveen 1994 Feyenoord 9 2-1 N.E.C. 1995 Feyenoord 10 2-1 FC Volendam 1996 PSV 7 5-2 Sparta Rotterdam 1997 Roda JC 1 4-2 Heerenveen 1998 AFC Ajax 13 5-0 PSV 1999 AFC Ajax 14 2-0 Fortuna Sittard 2000 Roda JC 2 2-0 N.E.C. 2001 FC Twente 2 0-0 a.p. a.f. PSV 2002 AFC Ajax 15 3-2 nv FC Utrecht 2003 FC Utrecht 2 4-1 Feyenoord 2004 FC Utrecht 3 1-0 FC Twente 2005 PSV 8 4-0 Willem II 2006 AFC Ajax 16 2-1 PSV 2007 AFC Ajax 17 1-1 a.p. (8-7) AZ 2008 Feyenoord 11 2-0 Roda JC 2009 Heerenveen 1 2-2 ns (5-4) FC Twente 2010 AFC Ajax 18 2-0, 4-1* Feyenoord 2011 FC Twente 3 3-2 a.f. AFC Ajax 2012 PSV 9 3-0 Heracles Almelo 2013 AZ 4 2-1 PSV 2014 PEC Zwolle 4 5-1 AFC Ajax 2015 FC Groningen 8 2-0 PEC Zwolle 2016 Feyenoord 12 2-1 FC Utrecht

• Because the supporters of Feyenoord couldn't go to the stadium of Ajax and the supporters of Ajax couldn't go to the stadium of Feyenoord, the finals were played in 2 legs. The first leg in Amsterdam, the second leg in Rotterdam.

Number of titles

Wins Clubs 18 AFC Ajax 11 Feyenoord 9 PSV 4 Quick, AZ 3 HFC, Sparta Rotterdam, FC Utrecht, FC Twente 2 VOC, HBS, HFC Haarlem, Racing Club Heemstede, D.F.C., FC Wageningen, Willem II, Fortuna Sittard, ADO Den Haag, Roda JC 1 HVV, DSV Concordia, CVV , VV Schoten, ZFC, Longa, VUC, Velocitas , RFC Roermond, FC Eindhoven, VSV, Quick Nijmegen, VVV-Venlo, NAC Breda, sc Heerenveen, PEC Zwolle, FC Groningen