KNVB Cup
| KNVB-Beker (German: KNVB-Pokal) | |
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| abbreviation | Cup |
| Association | KNVB |
| First edition | 1898/99 |
| Teams | 85 (2015/16 season) |
| Game mode | Knockout system |
| Title holder | Ajax Amsterdam |
| Record winner | Ajax Amsterdam (19 wins) |
| Website | www.knvb.nl |
| Qualification for |
UEFA Europa League Dutch Supercup |
The KNVB-Pokal (short for: Cup of the Royal Dutch Football Association , Dutch : KNVB beker ) is the national cup competition for Dutch football club teams. It is awarded by the KNVB (Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbal Bond) . For the 2012/13 season , 82 amateur and professional teams took part in the competition.
The winner qualifies for the UEFA Europa League for the following season . He also takes part in the game for the Johan Cruyff Cup, in which cup winners and Dutch champions face each other.
The current title holder (2019) is Ajax Amsterdam .
mode
The winner of the KNVB Cup is determined according to the knockout system. The pairings are drawn before each round. In the first main round 56 amateur teams (the 32 top-class clubs and 24 lower-class teams determined through qualifying competitions) are currently competing against each other. In the second round, the 36 professional clubs enter the cup competition. If a team from the two professional leagues and a non-professional league are drawn together, the amateurs automatically receive home rights. If a game ends in a draw after regular playing time, there is an extension. If the game is not decided after extra time, the winner will be determined by penalty shoot-out. All games are decided in one game. Only in 1982, 1983 and 2010 was the final played back and forth.
history
1898 to 1920: First national cup competition and its development
At a meeting of the Dutch Football Association (NVB) on January 19, 1898 in The Hague , it was decided to introduce a Dutch cup competition, which was played for the first time in the 1898/99 season. The cup was donated by the Dutch publisher Hak Holdert . On May 9, 1899, the first final of the tournament took place between RAP Amsterdam and HVV Den Haag . The Amsterdam club won the game 1-0. In the same year, the Amsterdam team also won the Dutch championship and thus provided their first double win in Dutch football. Until 1907, no team managed to secure the title for their club for the second time, only VOC Rotterdam succeeded in this feat when they won the final in 1907 after 1905. Until 1907, however, HBS Den Haag had the best opportunities for this, and after their final victory in 1901 they were still three times in the finals in the following six years. Between 1908 and 1916 it was Quick Den Haag that shaped the cup competition. In 1910 they were the first defending champions in the history of the competition. After the club's reserve team won the cup in 1909 and 1910, it was the first team in 1911 to secure the triple success. Finally, in 1916, the fourth success was achieved. In 1916/17 a club won this tournament, which from then on was to become important for this competition. In the 1917 final, Ajax Amsterdam beat VSV Velsen 5-0 and thus celebrated the club's first major national success. With a difference of five goals (as in 1903 between HVV Den Haag and HBS Den Haag, final result: 6: 1), this was also the largest goal gap between two teams in the first twenty years since their introduction. In 1901, 1903 and 1907 there were seven goals each in the final. This mark was only to be broken in 1932 (after extra time) or 1944 (regular time). Clubs from The Hague made it to the final of the competition seventeen times between 1899 and 1920, and three times there were even city-internal finals. The Hague clubs won the final only seven times.
1921 to 1960: Many different winners
In the years between 1921 and 1960 there were 21 different cup winners, with the competition not being held in 19 seasons. Only Feijenoord Rotterdam (1930 and 1935) achieved two cup successes in this period. The final game of 1944 saw the team's highest ever goal score. At that time Willem II Tilburg beat RKSV Groene Ster 9-2. It was Tilburg's first cup success.
1961 to 1999: The competition in professional football
1954 was inserted by the national association of professional football in the Netherlands. This also resulted in changes in competition. Ajax Amsterdam would be a regular guest in the final of the tournament in the decades that followed. Between 1970 and 1972 they managed to win the cup three times in a row. Between 1978 and 1983 the team made it to the final five times. However, Ajax left the field as a winner only twice, in 1979 against Twente Enschede and in 1983 against NEC Nijmegen . Between 1988 and 1990 PSV Eindhoven also won three finals in a row. In 1981 AZ Alkmaar was also able to win the double with cup and championship .
2000 to today: present development
The last winner of the old century was Roda Kerkrade in 1999/00 , for whom it was the second cup success. In the final, the black and yellow faced the NEC Nijmegen team . Roda coach Sef Vergoossen's team prevailed with 2-0 . The big favorites ( Feyenoord Rotterdam , PSV Eindhoven , Ajax Amsterdam ) were all eliminated in the round of 16.
For the following season , Twente Enschede was able to do the same as the Kerkraders and secure the national cup for the second time. For the first time since 1964 and for the fourth time ever, the penalty shoot-out had to make the decision. After 90 minutes and extra time, it was 0-0 against PSV Eindhoven . It was Dennis Hulshoff who sank his penalty and made the success perfect. PSV players John de Jong , Ronald Waterreus and Joonas Kolkka had previously missed. Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink and Jeroen Heubach did not meet on Enscheder's side .
From 2001/02 the favorites should win the title several times again. By 2010 Ajax Amsterdam had four successes and Feyenoord Rotterdam and PSV Eindhoven one title each. The final victories in 2003 and 2004 for FC Utrecht were surprising . Until then, only teams from PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord Rotterdam and Ajax Amsterdam had managed to defend their title since 1910. Just as surprising was the success of SC Heerenveen , who in 2008/09 secured the cup against FC Twente Enschede for the first time in the club's history . After Goran Popov scored for the SCH , Eljero Elia was able to equalize for Twente. In extra time, Bonaventure Kalou and Youssouf Hersi each scored another goal for their team before they went to penalties. There Heerenveen player Gerald Sibon converted the decisive penalty before Hersi missed for Twente. The 2009/10 cup competition was again successfully completed by Ajax Amsterdam with the 18th title. In 2011, the Amsterdam stood again in the finals, but the title defense defeated the reigning champions FC Twente, who after a gap of 0: match 2 by hitting the in the last fifteen minutes of extra time when substitute Marc Janko it 3: 2 chose for himself .
Naming
Since its introduction in 1899, the name of the cup has been changed several times. At first it was named Holdertbeker ("Holdert Cup") after its founder. After the Second World War , the competition was renamed KNVB-Beker after the organizing football association. For financial reasons, the name of the competition was determined by a main sponsor from 1995 onwards. The first was the Amstel Brewery , which gave the tournament its name for nine years. In 2004/05 the name was changed to Gatorade Cup . Since 2006 the national cup competition has been called KNVB Beker again.
| Period | Name of the cup |
|---|---|
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1899-1945 1921-1929 |
Holdertbeker NVB Beker |
| 1946-1994 | KNVB Beker |
| 1995-2004 | Amstel Cup |
| 2005 | Gatorade Cup |
| 2006 – today | KNVB Beker |
The finals at a glance
* Winner of the national double of championship and cup victory
** The final was not played due to the early termination of the 2019/20 season in view of the global COVID-19 pandemic .
Ranking list of winners
| society | Victories | Year (s) |
|---|---|---|
| Ajax Amsterdam | 19th | 1917, 1943, 1961, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1979, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2019 |
| Feyenoord Rotterdam | 13 | 1930, 1935, 1965, 1969, 1980, 1984, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2008, 2016, 2018 |
| PSV Eindhoven | 9 | 1950, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1996, 2005, 2012 |
| AZ Alkmaar | 4th | 1978, 1981, 1982, 2013 |
| Quick The Hague | 4th | 1909, 1910, 1911, 1916 |
| Royal HFC | 3 | 1904, 1913, 1915 |
| Sparta Rotterdam | 3 | 1958, 1962, 1966 |
| FC Twente Enschede | 3 | 1977, 2001, 2011 |
| FC Utrecht | 3 | 1985, 2003, 2004 |
| VOC Rotterdam | 2 | 1905, 1907 |
| HBS The Hague | 2 | 1901, 1908 |
| HFC Haarlem | 2 | 1902, 1912 |
| RC Heemstede | 2 | 1918, 1928 |
| FC Dordrecht | 2 | 1914, 1932 |
| WVV Wageningen | 2 | 1939, 1948 |
| Willem II Tilburg | 2 | 1944, 1963 |
| Fortuna '54 | 2 | 1957, 1964 |
| ADO The Hague | 2 | 1968, 1975 |
| Roda Kerkrade | 2 | 1997, 2000 |
| RAP Amsterdam | 1 | 1899 |
| CCV Velocitas Breda | 1 | 1900 |
| HVV The Hague | 1 | 1903 |
| DSV Concordia Delft | 1 | 1906 |
| CVV Rotterdam | 1 | 1920 |
| VV pods | 1 | 1921 |
| ZFC Zaandam | 1 | 1925 |
| TSV LONGA Tilburg | 1 | 1926 |
| VUC The Hague | 1 | 1927 |
| Velocitas Groningen | 1 | 1934 |
| RFC Roermond | 1 | 1936 |
| EVV Eindhoven | 1 | 1937 |
| VSV Velsen | 1 | 1938 |
| Quick Nijmegen | 1 | 1949 |
| VVV-Venlo | 1 | 1959 |
| NAC Breda | 1 | 1973 |
| SC Heerenveen | 1 | 2009 |
| PEC Zwolle | 1 | 2014 |
| FC Groningen | 1 | 2015 |
| Vitesse Arnhem | 1 | 2017 |
Top scorer
(incomplete)
* The competition was not ended due to the early termination of the 2019/20 season in view of the global COVID-19 pandemic and, accordingly, no top scorer was chosen. The three players had each scored the most goals before the non-played final.
International qualification
Since 1960, the winner of the KNVB Cup has qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup introduced for the 1960/61 season . If a national cup winner was able to qualify for the European Cup Winners 'Cup (from 1992 UEFA Champions League), the defeated cup finalist took the place in the European Cup Winners' Cup. 1987 was Ajax win the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup the first Dutch club. The following year they reached the final again , but lost 1-0 against the Belgian club KV Mechelen . These were the only two final appearances of Dutch clubs in the Cup Winners' Cup.
Since the abolition of the cup winners' competition at European level due to the decline in attractiveness for the public and clubs after the 1998/99 season, the winner of the KNVB Cup will compete in the UEFA Europa League (until 2009 UEFA Cup ) in the following season . If the winner has qualified for the Champions League via the Eredivisie or is taking part in the Champions League qualification, the right to participate in the Europa League is automatically transferred to the loser of the final. If both finalists have already qualified for the Champions League or the Europa League via the Eredivisie, the top-ranked club in the Eredivisie that is not qualified for either of the two European Cups moves into the Europa League.
Records
- The record cup winner is Ajax Amsterdam with 19 final wins. In addition, they were in the final four times for the competition, making them the record holder in finals. The team with the second most cup wins is Feyenoord Rotterdam , which has thirteen wins.
- The cup final with the highest number of goals was on June 11, 1944 between Willem II Tilburg and RKSV Groene Ster . Back then, the Tilburg team won 9-2 against their opponents.
- Three clubs managed to win the cup three times in a row. These were Quick Den Haag between 1909 and 1911, Ajax Amsterdam from 1970 to 1972 and between 1988 and 1990 PSV Eindhoven .
- The highest-scoring game in the entire tournament was in 1903/04 when HFC Haarlem beat AC & HCVVV 25-0 . Striker Eddy Holdert scored thirteen times.
- The fastest scorer in a KNVB Cup final was the Brazilian Romário , who scored 1-0 against FC Groningen in the second minute on May 25, 1989 . Luis Suárez needed three minutes in 2010 and in 2007 AZ kicker Mousa Dembélé made it in the fourth minute.
Web links
- The cup competition on the KNVB homepage (Dutch)
- KNVB-Beker in the database of weltfussball.de
- KNVB-Beker in the transfermarkt.de database
- List of finals (English)
Notes and individual references
- ↑ Ajax lost in the round of 32 against AZ'67 with 1: 2. Since only 14 teams were represented in the competition and there would have been seven teams in the quarter-finals, a team that had been eliminated was drawn. Ajax Amsterdam was the lucky loser and ultimately even won the KNVB Cup in 1970.
- ↑ At the end of the second half, Feyenoord fans repeatedly stormed the lawn. A court decided the second half had to be repeated. This judgment was revoked on appeal .
- ↑ The final was originally scheduled in De Kuip . Since there were riots in the two previous games of the two teams, the KNVB decided to play the final in a return game. The first game took place in Amsterdam and the second leg in Rotterdam.
- ↑ vi.nl: Cup final will be played back and forth Article from April 15, 2010 (Dutch)
- ↑ Afwikkeling voetbalseizoen 2019/20 , eredivisie.nl, accessed on April 25, 2020 (Dutch)
- ↑ The club won the cup under its old name AZ'67
- ^ The cup victories in 1909 and 1910 were won by the second team from Quick Den Haag.
- ↑ The cup victory in 1908 was won by the second team from HBS Den Haag.
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