KNVB Cup 1972/73

The KNVB Cup 1972/73 was the 55th edition of the Dutch soccer cup competition. It began on October 29, 1972 with the first round, in which only amateur teams and clubs of the Eerste Divisie participated. From the second round the teams of the Eredivisie were added.

1 round

The first round took place on October 29, 1972 with eight clubs from the amateur area and the 20 representatives of the Eerste Divisie .

	Result
Caesar Beek	1: 2	Helmond Sport
VV Ede	1: 4 a.d.	Willem II Tilburg
UPS Elinkwijk	3-0	FC Eindhoven
VVV-Venlo	2-0	FC Wageningen
Fortuna Sittard	2: 2 n.v. (5: 6 p.e.)	PEC Zwolle
Hollandia VC	0: 2	De Volewijckers
VV IJsselmeervogels	0: 4	Roda JC Kerkrade
VV Leeuwarden	0: 3	Heracles Almelo
RKSV Sparta '25	0: 0 a.d. (6: 5 in good condition)	FC Dordrecht
Schiedamse VV	2-0	SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden
BV Veendam	2-0	Fortuna Vlaardingen
Vitesse Arnhem	2: 1 a.d.	De Graafschap
Xerxes Rotterdam	0: 1	SC Heerenveen
Zwart-Wit '28 Rotterdam	0: 3	FC Volendam

2nd round

The second round took place on December 10, 1972. In this round, the teams of the Eredivisie entered the competition.

	Result
AZ Alkmaar	2-0	FC Den Bosch
UPS Elinkwijk	2-0	VVV-Venlo
Excelsior Rotterdam	2: 1	FC Utrecht
FC Amsterdam	3: 1 a.d.	Helmond Sport
FC The Hague	6-0	RKSV Sparta '25
HFC Haarlem	0: 3	Feyenoord Rotterdam
Heracles Almelo	2: 1	SC Heerenveen
NAC Breda	2: 2 n.V. (?:? I. E.)	Ajax Amsterdam
NEC Nijmegen	1-0	Go Ahead Eagles Deventer
Sparta Rotterdam	3: 1	MVV Maastricht
Schiedamse VV	0: 0 a.d. (?:? I. E.)	Roda JC Kerkrade
Telstar	0: 2	FC Twente Enschede
BV Veendam	1-0	FC Groningen
FC Volendam	0: 1	PEC Zwolle
De Volewijckers	1-0	Vitesse Arnhem
Willem II Tilburg	0: 3	PSV Eindhoven

3rd round

The third round games took place on January 28, 1973.

	Result
UPS Elinkwijk	0: 4	NAC Breda
Excelsior Rotterdam	1: 3	PSV Eindhoven
FC The Hague	2: 1	De Volewijckers
FC Twente Enschede	4-0	Heracles Almelo
NEC Nijmegen	2-0	Schiedamse VV
PEC Zwolle	1: 3	Feyenoord Rotterdam
Sparta Rotterdam	1-0	FC Amsterdam
BV Veendam	2: 3 a.d.	AZ Alkmaar

Quarter-finals to finals

	Quarter-finals March 14, 1973					Semi-finals April 4th 1973					Final May 31, 1973
		AZ Alkmaar	1
		FC Twente Enschede	0
							NEC Nijmegen	1
							AZ Alkmaar	0
		FC The Hague	1
		NAC Breda	2
												NAC Breda	2
												NEC Nijmegen	0
		NEC Nijmegen	1
		Feyenoord Rotterdam	0
							Sparta Rotterdam	1
							NAC Breda	2
		PSV Eindhoven	0
		Sparta Rotterdam	1

Winner of the KNVB Cup 1972/73: NAC Breda