Template:Use dmy dates {{#invoke:Hatnote|hatnote}} Template:Short description Template:Infobox football tournament The KNVB Beker ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; Template:Langx), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organised by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=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.

HistoryEdit

Early historyEdit

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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=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 historyEdit

In 2018, a trophy colored in gold was commissioned to commemorate the 100th edition of the tournament.<ref name=GOLD>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Name changesEdit

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 competitionEdit

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 finalsEdit

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 Velocitas Breda 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 CVV 2–1 VUC Den Haag
1920–21 Schoten 2–1 RFC
1921–24 Not played
1924–25 ZFC 5–1 Xerxes
1925–26 LONGA 5–2 De Spartaan
1926–27 VUC Den Haag 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
Van der Velden Template:Goal
Stadion Kromme Zandweg 12,000
1935–36 RFC Roermond 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
1944–47 Not played
1947–48 Wageningen 0–0
(2–1 p)
DWV Olympic Stadium
1948–49 Quick 1888 1–1
(2–1 p)
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
Karregat Template:Goal
Geel Template:Goal
Verhoeven Template:Goal
4–3 FC Volendam Smit Template:Goal
Tol Template:Goal
Smit Template:Goal
Olympic Stadium 18,000
1958–59 VVV Teeuwen Template:Goal
Sleven Template:Goal
Klaassens Template:Goal
Schatorjé 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 0–0
(4–3 p)
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
2–0
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
2–1
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
Brouwers 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
(3–0
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
(R. Smeets 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
(4–3 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
(8–7 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
(5–4 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 titlesEdit

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
VUC Den Haag 1 1 1927
RAP Amsterdam 1 1 1899
VVV 1 1959
Quick 1888 1 1949
FC Eindhoven 1 1937
Roermond 1 1936
Velocitas Groningen 1 1934
LONGA 1 1926
ZFC 1 1925
Schoten 1 1921
CVV 1 1920
Concordia 1 1906
Velocitas Breda 1 1900

NotesEdit

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Media coverageEdit

The broadcast rights are included in the KNVB broadcast rights package, which also include the Johan Cruyff Shield.

NetherlandsEdit

The KNVB Cup is currently broadcast live by the ESPN channels.

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