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The KNVB Beker (Template:IPA ; Template:Langx ), branded as the Eurojackpot KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organised by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898.<ref>Template:Cite web </ref> It was based on the format of the English FA Cup . Outside the Netherlands, it is often referred to as the Dutch Cup . The tournament consists of all teams from the top four tiers of Dutch league football (Eredivisie , Eerste Divisie , Tweede Divisie and Derde Divisie ), as well as the 24 semi-finalists (or replacements) of the six KNVB District Cups . The finals of the tournament traditionally takes place in De Kuip , and has been held there every season since the 1989 final. The winners of the cup compete against the winners of the Eredivisie for the Johan Cruyff Shield , (equivalent to a super cup) which acts as the curtain raiser for the following season.
History
Early history
The first attempt to hold a knock-out competition open to all clubs in the Netherlands was made in 1894, with the winners receiving a trophy offered by H.M.C. Holdert, former president of V.V.A. (Amsterdam) .<ref name=RSSSF>Template:Cite web </ref> Seven teams entered and the first ever cup match in the Netherlands was thus held on 11 February, between Haarlem and HFC , ending in a 3–1 win to the latter.<ref name=RSSSF/> However, no other match was played due to the withdraws of several teams, and the lack of interest shown by the clubs caused Holdert to withdraw his trophy, so the final between HFC and R.A.P. was canceled,<ref name=RSSSF/> but four years later, in January 1898, Holdert offered another cup, to be contested just like the English FA Cup , and thus the KNVB Cup was conceived during a board meeting of the Dutch Football Association, in The Hague , on 19 January 1898.<ref name=RSSSF98>Template:Cite web </ref> Initially, it was decided to stage a competition for this new trophy already in the ongoing 1897–98 season, but the board had to cancel it after a prolonged stretch of bad weather in the first weeks of February had led to numerous match postponements in the western leagues.<ref name=RSSSF98/>
The tournament finally began the following season, 1898–99 . The first final was played on 9 May 1899 between RAP Amsterdam and HVV Den Haag , and ended in a 1–0 victory for the former thanks to a goal from Jan Hisgen in extra-time .<ref>Template:Cite web </ref><ref>Template:Cite web </ref><ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
In 1946, the trophy was changed to one made out of silver, which was extremely rare in the immediate aftermath of World War II . That trophy remains in use today.
Recent history
In 2018, a trophy colored in gold was commissioned to commemorate the 100th edition of the tournament.<ref name="GOLD">Template:Cite web </ref>
Name changes
Like many national cup competitions, the name of the tournament has changed with sponsorship. From 1995, the competition went from being the KNVB Beker 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 Beker with Gatorade remaining as the principal sponsor.
On 12 January 2018, it was announced that TOTO would be the name sponsor of the KNVB Cup, until the 2021–22 season. The competition was renamed the TOTO KNVB Beker with immediate effect.<ref name=GOLD/>
European competition
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 finished in the top two of the Eredivisie and thus gained entry into the UEFA Champions League , the berth will be redistributed to that season's Eredivisie.
In 1998, both KNVB Cup finalists, Ajax and PSV , gained entry in the Champions League, so a third-place play-off was played between the beaten semi-finalists, SC Heerenveen and FC Twente , to determine who would take the Cup Winners' Cup place.
Past finals
Season
Winners
Scorers
Result
Runners-up
Scorers
Venue
Att.
1898–99 RAP Amsterdam Jan Hisgen Template:Goal 1–0 Template:Aet HVV Den Haag
1899–1900 Template:Ill 3–1
Ajax Leiden
1900–01 HBS Craeyenhout 4–3
RAP Amsterdam
1901–02 Haarlem 2–1
HBS Craeyenhout
1902–03 HVV Den Haag 6–1
HBS Craeyenhout
1903–04
HFC 3–1
HVV Den Haag
1904–05
VOC Rotterdam 3–0
HBS Craeyenhout 2
1905–06
Concordia 3–2
AC & VV Volharding
1906–07
VOC Rotterdam 4–3
Voorwaarts
1907–08
HBS Craeyenhout 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
1911–12
Haarlem 2–0
Vitesse
1912–13
HFC 4–1
DFC
1913–14
DFC 3–2
Haarlem
1914–15
HFC 1–0
HBS Craeyenhout
1915–16
Quick Den Haag 2–1
HBS Craeyenhout
1916–17
Ajax 5–0
VSV (Velsen)
1917–18
RCH 2–1
VVA
1918–19
Not played
1919–20
Template:Ill 2–1
Template:Ill
1920–21
Template:Ill 2–1
RFC
1921–24
Not played
1924–25
ZFC 5–1
Xerxes
1925–26
LONGA 5–2
De Spartaan
1926–27
Template:Ill 3–1
Vitesse
1927–28
RCH Lourents van der Bend Template:Goal Barend de Groot Template:Goal 2–0
PEC Sportpark Berestein
400
1928–29
Not played
1929–30
Feijenoord Jaap Barendregt Template:Goal
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 Arie Paauwe Template:Goal Wim Groenendijk Template:Goal Template:Goal Template:Goal Template:Goal 5–2
Helmond
Drouwen Template:Goal Template:Goal
Stadion Kromme Zandweg 12,000
1935–36
[[RFC Roermond|Template:Ill ]]
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 Olympic Stadium
1943–44
Willem II 9–2
Groene Ster Jan Louwers
1944–1947
Not played
1947–48
Wageningen
0–0p )
DWV Olympic Stadium
1948–49
Quick 1888 1–1p )
Helmondia
Jan Louwers
1949–50
PSV 4–3
HFC Haarlem De Kuip
1950–56
Not played
1956–57
Fortuna'54 Appel Template:Goal Template:Goal Template:Goal Angenent Template:Goal 4–2
Feijenoord Schouten Template:Goal Aad Bak Template:Goal De Kuip 35,000
1957–58
Sparta Bosselaar Template:Goal Template:Goal Template:Goal Template:Goal 4–3
FC Volendam Smit Template:Goal Tol Template:Goal Template:Goal
Olympic Stadium 18,000
1958–59
VVV Teeuwen Template:Goal Template:Goal Klaassens Template:Goal Template:Goal 4–1
ADO Den Haag Timmer Template:Goal
Zuiderpark 25,000
1959–60
Not played
1960–61
Ajax Groot Template:Goal Template:Goal Template:Goal 3–0
NAC Breda –
De Meer 16,000
1961–62
Sparta Van Miert Template:Goal
1–0 Template:Aet
DHC Delft –
Het Kasteel 12,000
1962–63
Willem II Louer Template:Goal Aarts Template:Goal Senders Template:Goal 3–0
ADO Den Haag –
Zuiderpark
1963–64
Fortuna'54 –
0–0p )
ADO Den Haag –
Philips Stadion 10,000
1964–65
Feijenoord Bouwmeester Template:Goal 1–0
Go Ahead –
De Kuip 31,000
1965–66
Sparta Madsen Template:Goal 1–0
ADO Den Haag –
De Kuip
1966–67
Ajax Cruyff Template:Goal Nuninga Template:Goal 2–1 Template:Aet
NAC Breda Vesters Template:Goal
De Meer 21,000
1967–68
ADO Den Haag Schoenmaker Template:Goal Aarts Template:Goal 2–1
Ajax Keizer Template:Goal Zuiderpark 17,500
1968–69
Feijenoord Wery Template:Goal 1–1 Template:Aet
PSV Radović Template:Goal De Kuip 55,000
Van Hanegem Template:Goal Wery Template:Goal Replay –
De Kuip 60,000
1969–70 Ajax Keizer Template:Goal Cruijff Template:Goal 2–0
PSV –
De Vliert 30,000
1970–71 Ajax Cruijff Template:Goal Template:Goal 2–2 Template:Aet
Sparta Kowalik Template:Goal Visser Template:Goal De Kuip 63,154
Mühren Template:Goal Johan Neeskens Template:Goal Replay Walbeek Template:Goal De Kuip 60,068
1971–72 Ajax Cruyff Template:Goal Mühren Template:Goal Keizer Template:Goal 3–2
FC Den Haag van Eeden Template:Goal Mansveld Template:Goal
De Kuip 60,000
1972–73 NAC Breda Bish Template:Goal Template:Goal
2–0
NEC –
De Kuip 45,801
1973–74 PSV Deijkers Template:Goal R. van de Kerkhof Template:Goal Edström Template:Goal van der Kuijlen Template:Goal Template:Goal Template:Goal
6–0
NAC Breda –
De Kuip
1974–75 FC Den Haag Van Leeuwen Template:Goal 1–0
FC Twente –
De Kuip
1975–76 PSV Edström Template:Goal 1–0 Template:Aet
Roda JC –
De Kuip
1976–77 Twente Drost Template:Goal Mühren Template:Goal Jeuring Template:Goal 3–0 Template:Aet
PEC Zwolle –
De Goffert 26,000
1977–78 AZ Van Rijnsoever Template:Goal 1–0
Ajax –
Olympic Stadium 38,248
1978–79 Ajax Clarke Template:Goal 1–1 Template:Aet
Twente Meutstege Template:Goal De Kuip 29,553
Clarke Template:Goal Tahamata Template:Goal Schoenaker Template:Goal Replay –
29,274
1979–80 Feyenoord Petursson Template:Goal De Leeuw Template:Goal Petursson Template:Goal 3–1
Ajax Arnesen Template:Goal De Kuip 50,340
1980–81 AZ Tol Template:Goal Spelbos Template:Goal Nygaard Template:Goal 3–1
Ajax Vanenburg Template:Goal Olympic Stadium 32,591
1981–82 AZ –
0–1
FC Utrecht Wouters Template:Goal Galgenwaard 10,000
Oberacher Template:Goal Kist Template:Goal Template:Goal Template:Goal Tol Template:Goal 5–1
Carbo Template:Goal
Alkmaarderhout 12,000
1982–83 Ajax Lerby Template:Goal Schoenaker Template:Goal Ophof Template:Goal 3–1
NEC Mulderij Template:Goal De Meer 7,700
Vanenburg Template:Goal Template:Goal Cruyff Template:Goal 3–1
Grim Template:Goal
De Goffert 24,000
1983–84 Feyenoord Houtman Template:Goal 1–0
Fortuna Sittard –
De Kuip
1984–85 FC Utrecht Van Loen Template:Goal 1–0
Helmond Sport –
Galgenwaard 18,000
1985–86 Ajax Bosman Template:Goal Template:Goal Silooy Template:Goal 3–0
RBC –
De Meer 23,000
1986–87 Ajax Bosman Template:Goal Template:Goal van Basten Template:Goal Template:Goal 4–2 Template:Aet
FC Den Haag Boere Template:Goal Morley Template:Goal Zuiderpark 8,600
1987–88 PSV Gerets Template:Goal Template:Goal Lerby Template:Goal 3–2
Roda JC H. Smeets Template:Goal Template:Goal
Willem II Stadion 8,500
1988–89 PSV Romário Template:Goal Ellerman Template:Goal Template:Goal Kieft Template:Goal 4–1
Groningen Meijer Template:Goal De Kuip 9,483
1989–90 PSV Valckx Template:Goal 1–0
Vitesse –
De Kuip 34,000
1990–91 Feyenoord Witschge Template:Goal 1–0
BVV Den Bosch –
De Kuip 52,000
1991–92 Feyenoord de Wolf Template:Goal Taument Template:Goal Kiprich Template:Goal 3–0
Roda JC –
De Kuip 48,000
1992–93 Ajax Davids Template:Goal Overmars Template:Goal Template:Goal Pettersson Template:Goal Bergkamp Template:Goal Petersen Template:Goal 6–2
Heerenveen Regtop Template:Goal Cămătaru Template:Goal De Kuip 45,000
1993–94 Feyenoord Heus Template:Goal van Loen Template:Goal 2–1
N.E.C. Dekker Template:Goal
De Kuip 43,000
1994–95 Feyenoord Taument Template:Goal Obiku Template:Goal 2–1
Volendam Wasiman Template:Goal
De Kuip 48,146
1995–96 PSV Cocu Template:Goal Vink Template:Goal Veldman Template:Goal Jonk Template:Goal van der Doelen Template:Goal 5–2
Sparta Rotterdam van der Meer Template:Goal D. de Nooijer Template:Goal
De Kuip 35,000
1996–97 Roda JC Sibon Template:Goal Senden Template:Goal van der Luer Template:Goal Schops Template:Goal 4–2 Heerenveen Korneev Template:Goal Talan Template:Goal De Kuip 48,000
1997–98 Ajax Babangida Template:Goal Litmanen Template:Goal Template:Goal Template:Goal Arveladze Template:Goal 5–0
PSV –
De Kuip 22,500
1998–99 Ajax Grønkjær Template:Goal Template:Goal 2–0
Fortuna Sittard –
De Kuip 25,000
1999–2000 Roda JC Peeters Template:Goal van der Luer Template:Goal 2–0 NEC –
De Kuip 40,000
2000–01 Twente –
0–0 Template:Aet p )
PSV –
De Kuip 45,000
2001–02 Ajax Mido Template:Goal Wamberto Template:Goal Ibrahimović Template:Goal 3–2 Template:Aet
FC Utrecht Gluščević Template:Goal Template:Goal De Kuip 37,000
2002–03 FC Utrecht de Jong Template:Goal Gluščević Template:Goal Template:Goal Kuyt Template:Goal 4–1
Feyenoord Kalou Template:Goal De Kuip 45,000
2003–04 FC Utrecht van den Bergh Template:Goal 1–0
Twente –
De Kuip 48,000
2004–05 PSV Bouma Template:Goal Cocu Template:Goal Park Template:Goal Vennegoor of Hesselink Template:Goal 4–0 Willem II –
De Kuip 35,000
2005–06 Ajax Huntelaar Template:Goal Template:Goal 2–1 PSV Lamey Template:Goal De Kuip 30,770
2006–07 Ajax Huntelaar Template:Goal 1–1 Template:Aet p )AZ Dembélé Template:Goal De Kuip 42,200
2007–08 Feyenoord Landzaat Template:Goal de Guzmán Template:Goal 2–0 Roda JC –
De Kuip 51,177
2008–09 Heerenveen Popov Template:Goal Kalou Template:Goal 2–2 Template:Aet p )Twente Elia Template:Goal Hersi Template:Goal De Kuip 45,000
2009–10 Ajax de Jong Template:Goal Template:Goal 2–0
Feyenoord –
Amsterdam Arena 37,283
Suárez Template:Goal Template:Goal de Jong Template:Goal Template:Goal 4–1
Tomasson Template:Goal De Kuip 35,000
2010–11 Twente Brama Template:Goal Janssen Template:Goal Janko Template:Goal 3–2 Template:Aet
Ajax De Zeeuw Template:Goal Ebecilio Template:Goal De Kuip 45,000
2011–12 PSV Toivonen Template:Goal Mertens Template:Goal Lens Template:Goal 3–0 Heracles Almelo –
De Kuip 50,000
2012–13 AZ Maher Template:Goal Altidore Template:Goal 2–1 PSV Locadia Template:Goal De Kuip 50,000
2013–14 PEC Zwolle Thomas Template:Goal Template:Goal Fernandez Template:Goal Template:Goal van Polen Template:Goal 5–1 Ajax van Rhijn Template:Goal De Kuip 42,500
2014–15 FC Groningen Rusnák Template:Goal Template:Goal 2–0 PEC Zwolle –
De Kuip 46,193
2015–16 Feyenoord Kramer Template:Goal Elia Template:Goal 2–1 FC Utrecht Leeuwin Template:Goal De Kuip 45,592
2016–17 Vitesse Van Wolfswinkel Template:Goal Template:Goal 2–0 AZ –
De Kuip 46,105
2017–18 Feyenoord Jörgensen Template:Goal Van Persie Template:Goal Toornstra Template:Goal 3–0 AZ –
De Kuip 46,084
2018–19 Ajax Blind Template:Goal Huntelaar Template:Goal Kristensen Template:Goal 4–0 Willem II –
De Kuip 45,709
2019–20 Final between Utrecht and Feyenoord not played due to COVID-19 pandemic De Kuip N/A
2020–21 Ajax Gravenberch Template:Goal Neres Template:Goal 2–1 Vitesse Openda Template:Goal De Kuip 0
2021–22 PSV Gutiérrez Template:Goal Gakpo Template:Goal 2–1 Ajax Gravenberch Template:Goal De Kuip 47,500
2022–23 PSV T. Hazard Template:Goal 1–1 Template:Aet Template:Pso Ajax Branthwaite Template:Goal De Kuip 40,650
2023–24 Feyenoord Paixão Template:Goal 1–0 NEC Nijmegen
–
De Kuip 42,140
2024–25 Go Ahead Eagles Deijl Template:Goal 1–1 Template:Aet Template:Pso AZ Parrott Template:Goal De Kuip 42,972
Number of titles
File:Knvbbeker cropped.jpg The Trophy
Club
Titles
Runners-up
Winning years
Ajax
20
8
1917, 1943, 1961, 1967, 1970 , 1971 , 1972 , 1979 , 1983 , 1986 , 1987 , 1993 , 1998 , 1999 , 2002 , 2006 , 2007 , 2010 , 2019 , 2021
Feyenoord
14
4
1930, 1935, 1965, 1969, 1980 , 1984 , 1991 , 1992 , 1994 , 1995 , 2008 , 2016 , 2018 , 2024
PSV Eindhoven
11
8
1950, 1974 , 1976 , 1988 , 1989 , 1990 , 1996 , 2005 , 2012 , 2022 , 2023
AZ
4
4
1978 , 1981 , 1982 , 2013
Quick (H)
4
–
1909, 1910, 1911, 1916<ref group=n>Includes two for second team.</ref>
FC Twente
3
4
1977 , 2001 , 2011
FC Utrecht
3
3
1985 , 2003 , 2004
Sparta Rotterdam
3
2
1958, 1962, 1966
HFC
3
–
1904, 1913, 1915
ADO Den Haag
2
6
1968, 1975
HBS Craeyenhout
2
5
1901, 1908<ref group=n>Includes one for second team.</ref>
Roda JC
2
4
1997 , 2000
Haarlem
2
3
1902, 1912
DFC
2
2
1914, 1932
VOC Rotterdam
2
2
1905, 1907
Willem II
2
2
1944, 1963
Fortuna'54
2
–
1957, 1964
Wageningen
2
–
1939, 1948
RCH
2
–
1918, 1928
Vitesse
1
4
2017
PEC Zwolle
1
3
2014
NAC Breda
1
3
1973
HVV Den Haag
1
3
1903
Heerenveen
1
2
2009
Go Ahead Eagles
1
1
2025
FC Groningen
1
1
2015
VSV
1
1
1938
Template:Ill
1
1
1927
RAP Amsterdam
1
1
1899
VVV
1
–
1959
Quick 1888
1
–
1949
FC Eindhoven
1
–
1937
Template:Ill
1
–
1936
Velocitas Groningen
1
–
1934
Template:Ill
1
–
1926
Template:Ill
1
–
1925
Template:Ill
1
–
1921
Template:Ill
1
–
1920
Concordia
1
–
1906
Template:Ill
1
–
1900
Notes
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The broadcast rights are included in the KNVB broadcast rights package, which also include the Johan Cruyff Shield .
Netherlands
The KNVB Cup is currently broadcast live by the ESPN channels.
International
References
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External links
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