KNVB Cup 1977/78

The KNVB-Pokal 1977/78 was the 60th edition of the Dutch soccer cup competition. He started in October 1977 with the first round, in which only amateur teams and clubs of the Eerste Divisie participated. From the second round, the Eredivisie professional teams were added.

1 round

The first round took place on October 8 and 9, 1977 with nine clubs from the amateur sector and 19 representatives from the Eerste Divisie .

	Result
VV DOVO	2: 1	RKAV Volendam
Excelsior Rotterdam	5-0	VV Rheden
FC Dordrecht	0: 1	SC BVV
FC Groningen	2-0	HFC EDO
FC Vlaardingen	3-0	Enschedese boys
Fortuna Sittard	3: 2 a.d.	De Graafschap
Heracles Almelo	1-0	MVV Maastricht
PEC Zwolle	1: 1 n.V. (?:? I. E.)	FC Eindhoven
SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden	2-0	FC Den Bosch
Schiedamse VV	3: 3 n.V. (?:? I. E.)	BSV Limburgia
SC Veendam	5: 2	Helmond Sport
FC Wageningen	1-0	SC Amersfoort
Willem II Tilburg	0: 1	VV DWV
VV IJsselmeervogels	2: 1	SC Heerenveen

2nd round

The second round took place on 19./20. November and December 14, 1977. In this round, the Eredivisie's professional teams entered the competition.

	Result
Ajax Amsterdam	4: 1	Telstar
VV DOVO	0: 3	SC Veendam
VV DWV	0: 1 a.d.	Roda JC Kerkrade
FC Eindhoven	3: 1 a.d.	SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden
Excelsior Rotterdam	3: 2	NAC Breda
FC Vlaardingen	0: 3	FC Amsterdam
Feyenoord Rotterdam	3-0	SC BVV
Go Ahead Eagles Deventer	2: 1 a.d.	FC Twente Enschede
HFC Haarlem	1-0	NEC Nijmegen
PSV Eindhoven	6-0	Schiedamse VV
Sparta Rotterdam	5-0	Heracles Almelo
Vitesse Arnhem	3-0	FC The Hague
FC Volendam	3: 3 n.V. (?:? I. E.)	FC Utrecht
FC Wageningen	2: 0 a.d.	VVV-Venlo
VV IJsselmeervogels	1: 3	FC Groningen
AZ Alkmaar	2-0	Fortuna Sittard

3rd round

The third round games took place between December 21 and 26, 1977.

	Result
Ajax Amsterdam	7-0	FC Eindhoven
AZ Alkmaar	1-0	FC Amsterdam
Excelsior Rotterdam	2: 1	FC Groningen
PSV Eindhoven	1: 6	FC Wageningen
Roda JC Kerkrade	1-0	HFC Haarlem
Sparta Rotterdam	1-0	Go Ahead Eagles Deventer
SC Veendam	2: 1	Feyenoord Rotterdam
Vitesse Arnhem	4: 3 a.d.	FC Utrecht

Quarter finals

The former team had home rights first. The games took place on February 1 and March 15, 1978.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Roda JC Kerkrade	1: 4	Ajax Amsterdam	0: 3	1: 1
SC Veendam	2: 4	Excelsior Rotterdam	2: 1	0: 3
Vitesse Arnhem	0: 4	Sparta Rotterdam	0: 2	0: 2
FC Wageningen	1: 3	AZ Alkmaar	1: 2	0: 1

Semifinals

The former team had home rights first. The games took place on March 30 and April 19, 1978.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Excelsior Rotterdam	1: 5	AZ Alkmaar	1: 2	0: 3
Sparta Rotterdam	2: 3	Ajax Amsterdam	2: 1	0: 2

Endgame

Ajax Amsterdam		AZ Alkmaar
	May 5, 1978 in Amsterdam Result: 0: 1
		0: 1 Van Rijnsoever

Winner of the KNVB Cup 1977/78: AZ Alkmaar

Web links

• All results of the KNVB Cup 1970–1994 at the RSSSF

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The return result is also given as 1: 3, see also: RSSSF