KNVB Cup 2019/20

KNVB Cup 2019/20

Cup winners	none
Beginning	October 29, 2019
final	April 19, 2020
Final stadium	De Kuip , Rotterdam
Teams	60
Games	58
Gates	192 (ø 3.31 per game)
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The KNVB Cup 2019/20 was the 102nd edition of the Dutch soccer cup competition. Including the preliminary rounds, 106 teams took part in the 105 games of the competition; in the main competition, 59 games were played between 60 teams. The field of participants included the 34 clubs of the two professional leagues (excluding the four reserve teams playing there) and 72 amateur teams from league levels 3 to 9.

The first preliminary round took place in August 2019, the main round started in October 2019. The final was to take place on April 19, 2020 at the De Kuip stadium in Rotterdam to win the cup, who would have participated in the group stage of the 2020/21 UEFA Europa League are supposed to determine. Due to a government decision to end the 2019/20 season in the Netherlands early due to the global COVID-19 pandemic , no winner was determined.

The defending champion was Ajax Amsterdam .

Events

round	Events
First preliminary round	August 17-18, 2019
Second preliminary round	September 24-26, 2019
First round	October 29 - 31, 2019
Second round	December 17-19, 2019
Round of 16	January 21-23, 2020
Quarter finals	February 12-13, 2020
Semifinals	March 4-5, 2020
final	April 19, 2020

First main round

In this round got the professional clubs from the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie ; The field of participants was completed by the winners of the second preliminary round and the four best teams of the Tweede Divisie 2018/19 (Amsterdamsche FC, Excelsior Maassluis, VV IJsselmeervogels and Koninklijke HFC ), who had already qualified. Eredivisie teams that competed in a European cup competition ( Ajax Amsterdam , PSV Eindhoven , Feyenoord Rotterdam and AZ Alkmaar ) were exempt from participating in the first main round. In games against professional teams, the amateur teams always had home rights.

The games were played from October 29 to 31, 2019.

	Result
Vitesse Arnhem (1)	2: 0 (1: 0)	De Graafschap (1)
VV GOES (4)	0: 5 (0: 1)	SC Cambuur (2)
FC 's-Gravenzande (5)	1: 3 (0: 0)	SteDoCo Hoornaar (4)
Flevo Boys (5)	0: 3 (0: 2)	VV Katwijk (3)
GVVV Veenendaal (3)	2: 1 (0: 0)	Helmond Sport (2)
FC Dordrecht (2)	3: 1 (1: 1)	MVV Maastricht (2)
VV IJsselmeervogels (3)	3: 0 (1: 0)	FC Den Bosch (2)
Royal HFC (3)	1: 2 (1: 1)	Telstar Velsen (2)
HSV Hoek (4)	0: 3 (0: 0)	PEC Zwolle (1)
Almere City (2)	1: 3 (1: 2)	Go Ahead Eagles (2)
Achilles Veen (5)	0: 2 (0: 0)	Roda JC Kerkrade (2)
Excelsior Rotterdam (2)	4: 2 n.V. (2: 2, 0: 1)	NEC Nijmegen (2)
Rijnsburgse Boys (3)	0: 4 (0: 0)	FC Eindhoven (2)
SV OSS '20 (4)	1: 2 (1: 1)	TOP Oss (2)
NAC Breda (2)	3: 2 (1: 1)	FC Emmen (1)
Heracles Almelo (1)	4: 3 (2: 1)	RKC Waalwijk (1)
RKSV Groene Ster (4)	2: 2 n.V. (2: 2, 0: 0) (4: 2 in good.)	VVV-Venlo (1)
Excelsior Maassluis (3)	0: 3 (0: 2)	SC Heerenveen (1)
Quick The Hague (4)	0: 4 (0: 2)	Willem II Tilburg (1)
Sparta Nijkerk (4)	5: 2 (2: 2)	Fortuna Wormerveer (6)
SV Spakenburg (3)	2: 0 (0: 0)	ASWH Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht (3)
Ajax Amsterdam Amateurs (4)	2: 2 n.V. (2: 2, 1: 1) (2: 3 in.E.)	Oostzaanse FC (4)
Amsterdam Football Club (3)	3: 3 n.V. (3: 3, 2: 1) (2: 4 in.E.)	ODIN '59 (4)
Harkemase Boys (4)	1: 2 (0: 1)	FC Groningen (1)
De Treffers (3)	0: 2 (0: 2)	FC Twente Enschede (1)
Sparta Rotterdam (1)	1: 0 (1: 0)	FC Volendam (2)
Excelsior '31 (4)	1: 4 (0: 2)	FC Utrecht (1)
Fortuna Sittard (1)	3: 0 (0: 0)	ADO The Hague (1)

The respective league level is set in brackets.

Second main round

In this round, the Eredivisie teams, who competed in a European cup competition ( Ajax Amsterdam , PSV Eindhoven , Feyenoord Rotterdam and AZ Alkmaar ), got on. The automatic home rights for amateur teams no longer existed.

The games were played from December 17-19, 2019.

	Result
FC Twente Enschede (1)	2: 5 (1: 2)	Go Ahead Eagles (2)
Excelsior Rotterdam (2)	0: 2 (0: 0)	FC Eindhoven (2)
VV IJsselmeervogels (3)	1: 0 (1: 0)	SteDoCo Hoornaar (4)
VV Katwijk (3)	0: 0 n.v. (3: 4 p.e.)	TOP Oss (2)
SC Heerenveen (1)	2: 0 (1: 0)	Roda JC Kerkrade (2)
Vitesse Arnhem (1)	4: 0 (4: 0)	ODIN '59 (4)
Fortuna Sittard (1)	3: 0 (2: 0)	PEC Zwolle (1)
Heracles Almelo (1)	3: 0 (1: 0)	FC Dordrecht (2)
Telstar Velsen (2)	3: 4 (1: 2)	Ajax Amsterdam (1)
Oostzaanse FC (4)	0: 0 n.v. (4: 5 in good condition)	SV Spakenburg (3)
AZ Alkmaar (1)	3: 0 (0: 0)	RKSV Groene Ster (4)
Willem II Tilburg (1)	3: 0 (3: 0)	Sparta Rotterdam (1)
GVVV Veenendaal (3)	1: 2 a.d. (1: 1, 0: 1)	PSV Eindhoven (1)
Sparta Nijkerk (4)	0: 1 a.d.	NAC Breda (2)
FC Groningen (1)	0: 1 (0: 0)	FC Utrecht (1)
SC Cambuur (2)	1: 2 (0: 0)	Feyenoord Rotterdam (1)

The respective league level is set in brackets.

Round of 16

From this round, video referees were used.

The games were played from January 21 to 23, 2020.

	Result
TOP Oss (2)	0: 2 (0: 1)	AZ Alkmaar (1)
Fortuna Sittard (1)	1: 2 a.d. (1: 1, 0: 1)	Feyenoord Rotterdam (1)
FC Eindhoven (2)	1: 2 n.v. (1: 1, 1: 0)	FC Utrecht (1)
Heracles Almelo (1)	0: 2 (0: 1)	Vitesse Arnhem (1)
Ajax Amsterdam (1)	7: 0 (3: 0)	SV Spakenburg (3)
SC Heerenveen (1)	2: 2 n.V. (2: 2, 0: 1) (4: 3 in.E.)	Willem II Tilburg (1)
VV IJsselmeervogels (3)	1: 1 a.d. (1: 1, 0: 0) (6: 7 on behalf)	Go Ahead Eagles (2)
NAC Breda (2)	2: 0 (0: 0)	PSV Eindhoven (1)

The respective league level is set in brackets.

Quarter finals

The games were played on February 12 and 13, 2020.

	Result
AZ Alkmaar (1)	1: 3 (0: 1)	NAC Breda (2)
Vitesse Arnhem (1)	0: 3 (0: 1)	Ajax Amsterdam (1)
Go Ahead Eagles (2)	1: 4 (0: 2)	FC Utrecht (1)
SC Heerenveen (1)	0: 1 (0: 1)	Feyenoord Rotterdam (1)