2020–21 KNVB Cup

2020–21 KNVB Cup
	KNVB Cup trophy
Tournament details
Country	Netherlands
Venue(s)	De Kuip, Rotterdam
Dates	29 August 2020 – 18 April 2021
Teams	64 ; (114 including preliminaries)
Final positions
Champions	Ajax (20th title)
Runner-up	Vitesse
Tournament statistics
Matches played	83
Goals scored	315 (3.8 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Mike Reuvers ; Guytano dos Santos ; Niels Springer ; (4 goals each)
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Last updated August 28, 2024 • 5 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

The 2020–21 KNVB Cup, for sponsoring reasons officially called the TOTO KNVB Beker, was the 103rd edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. 64 teams contested, beginning on 29 August 2020 with the first of two preliminary rounds, and ending on 18 April 2021 at the final played at De Kuip in Rotterdam.

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all six district cups were abandoned, before any of them had reached the semi-finals. This meant that none of the 24 qualifiers from the Hoofdklasse and lower were known at the time of the abandonment. The KNVB decided through a scheme which four teams would qualify per district. The same scheme is also used when a team reaches the semi-finals of the district cup but wins promotion to the Derde Divisie in the same season (and by that qualifying in two ways for the KNVB Cup)

On 14 October 2020, the KNVB announced that all first round matches involving amateur teams would be postponed until 1 and 2 December as a result of new measures taken by the government to stop the spread of the virus. If the amateur teams are still not allowed to play matches by 2 December they will be excluded from further participation.^[2] On 17 November 2020, the KNVB's director of amateur football Jan Dirk van der Zee confirmed that the KNVB Cup would continue without the amateur teams.^[3]

Schedule

Round	Draw	Match Dates^[4]
First preliminary round	23 July 2020	29 and 30 August 2020
Second preliminary round	23 July 2020	6–8 October 2020
First round	3 October 2020	26–28 October ~~1 and 2 December 2020~~
Second round	21 November 2020	15–17 December 2020
Round of 16	19 December 2020	19–21 January 2021
Quarter-finals	23 January 2021	9–10 and 17 February 2021
Semi-finals	13 February 2021	2–3 March 2021
Final	13 February 2021	18 April 2021

Matches

Preliminary rounds

The draw for the first two preliminary rounds was performed on 23 July 2020 at 19:00 CEST, and was broadcast live on YouTube.^[5] The draw was conducted by Martijn van Oers, player of DWOW, the lowest ranked club that qualified for the Cup this season.

First preliminary round

60 amateur teams qualified for this stage: 24 teams which qualified through the 2019–20 district cup tournaments and 36 teams from the 2020–21 Derde Divisie.^[5] The draw was performed on 23 July 2020.^[6]

29 August 2020	VV Capelle (5)	4–0	VV Hoogland (4)	Capelle aan den IJssel
14:30 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark 't Slot

29 August 2020	Cluzona (7)	0–4	Sparta Nijkerk (4)	Wouw
14:30 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark De Doelen

29 August 2020	DVS '33 (4)	3–1	VV Dongen (4)	Ermelo
14:30 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark DVS '33

29 August 2020	FC Rijnvogels (5)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	JOS Watergraafsmeer (4)	Katwijk aan den Rijn
14:30 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark De Kooltuin

29 August 2020	VVOG (4)	0–2 (a.e.t.)	RKVV DEM (4)	Harderwijk
14:30 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark De Strokel

29 August 2020	HSV Hoek (4)	1–3	OFC Oostzaan (4)	Hoek
15:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark Denoek

29 August 2020	Harkemase Boys (4)	6–0	USV Hercules (4)	Harkema
15:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark De Bosk

29 August 2020	Ter Leede (4)	6–2	VV Hoogezand (6)	Sassenheim
15:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark Roodemolen

29 August 2020	DOS Kampen (6)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	RKVV EVV (4)	Kampen
17:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark De Maten

29 August 2020	BVV Barendrecht (4)	5–0	RKVV Erp (6)	Barendrecht
17:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark De Bongerd

29 August 2020	VV GOES (4)	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Sportlust '46 (4)	Goes
17:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark Het Schenge

29 August 2020	DWOW (8)	2–5	VV Buitenpost (5)	Wieringerwerf
17:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark De Wilskracht

29 August 2020	DTS '35 Ede (6)	4–0	RKVV Best Vooruit (6)	Ede
17:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark Inschoten

29 August 2020	DUNO D (5)	1–3	VV UNA (4)	Doorwerth
17:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark De Waayenberg

29 August 2020	ACV (4)	0–2 (a.e.t.)	VV Gemert (4)	Assen
17:00 CEST				Stadium: Catawiki Sportpark

29 August 2020	Roda '46 (6)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	ADO '20 (4)	Leusden
17:00 CEST				Stadium: Burgemeester Buiningpark

29 August 2020	AWC (5)	3–4 (a.e.t.)	ODIN '59 (4)	Wijchen
17:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark De Wijchert

29 August 2020	VV Hoogeveen (5)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p)	VV DOVO (4)	Hoogeveen
17:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark Bentinckspark

29 August 2020	SteDoCo (4)	10–0	SV Den Hoorn (6)	Hoornaar
17:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark SteDoCo

29 August 2020	HVV Hollandia (4)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	Flevo Boys (5)	Hoorn
17:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark Juliana

29 August 2020	VV Sliedrecht (6)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	VVSB (4)	Sliedrecht
17:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark De Lockhorst

29 August 2020	VV Scherpenzeel (5)	2–3	RKSV Groene Ster (4)	Scherpenzeel
17:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark De Bree-Oost

29 August 2020	Oss '20 (4)	5–2	Ajax (amateur team) (4)	Oss
17:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark de Rusheuvel

29 August 2020	VV Staphorst (4)	2–0	HSC '21 (4)	Staphorst
17:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark Het Noorderslag

29 August 2020	Excelsior '31 (4)	3–0	SC Susteren (6)	Rijssen
17:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark De Koerbelt

29 August 2020	AFC (Saturday team) (6)	1–2	GVV Unitas (4)	Amsterdam
17:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark Goed Genoeg

29 August 2020	FC Lisse (4)	3–0	Blauw Geel '38 (4)	Lisse
17:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark Ter Specke

29 August 2020	Achilles Veen (5)	5–0	NWC (7)	Veen
18:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark De Hanen Weide

29 August 2020	SVC'08 (7)	1–5	Quick (4)	Wassenaar
18:00 CEST				Stadium: Oostersportpark

30 August 2020	RKVV Westlandia (4)	4–1	SV Venray (6)	Naaldwijk
14:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark De Hoge Bomen

Second preliminary round

In the second preliminary round, 14 teams from the Tweede Divisie enter the tournament, as the two teams that won a period title in the 2019–20 season (IJsselmeervogels and VV Katwijk) got a bye to the first round.

Since last season, teams who qualify for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League get a bye to the second round, leaving empty spots in the first round. However, as this season the draw for the second preliminary round was made before the end of the qualifying rounds and play-off rounds of both European competitions, it was not known yet how many Dutch clubs reached the group stage of both competitions. At the time of the draw, only Ajax and Feyenoord were assured of that, so the winners of match 27 in the first preliminary round (who turned out to be Quick) and SV TEC were drawn a bye to compensate.

The Royal Dutch Football Association solved the rest of the puzzle by hold a worst-case-scenario into account, therefore the last three matches drawn are subject of the performances of AZ, PSV and Willem II in the qualifying rounds of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League and the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League. If all three of them qualify for the group stage, then all matches will be played as normal. If one of them fail to qualify, match 21 will not be played. If two of them fail to qualify, match 20 will also not be played, and if all three teams fail to qualify, match 19 will not be played as well. All the teams of the matches that will not be played will be given byes to the first round.^[6]

AZ won their match in the second qualifying round (League Route) of the Champions League on 26 August, assuring the Europa League group stage at worst in the process. This simultaneously assured match 19 in the second preliminary round to go ahead and placed AZ in the second round instead of the first round.

6 October 2020	VV Buitenpost (5)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	VV Capelle (5)	Buitenpost
18:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark De Swadde

6 October 2020	FC Lisse (4)	0–3	SteDoCo (4)	Lisse
18:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark Ter Specke

6 October 2020	VV DOVO (4)	0–1	DVS '33 (4)	Veenendaal
18:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark Panhuis

7 October 2020	OFC Oostzaan (4)	7–1	DOS Kampen (6)	Oostzaan
18:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark OFC

6 October 2020	VV Noordwijk (3)	2–3 (a.e.t.)	VV Sliedrecht (6)	Noordwijk
18:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark Duinwetering

6 October 2020	VV Staphorst (4)	5–2	ASWH (3)	Staphorst
18:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark Het Noorderslag

13 October 2020	Quick Boys (3)	5–0	Roda '46 (6)	Katwijk aan Zee
18:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark Nieuw Zuid

6 October 2020	De Treffers (3)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	BVV Barendrecht (4)	Groesbeek
18:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark Zuid

6 October 2020	VV GOES (4)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (15–16 p)	ODIN '59 (4)	Goes
17:30 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark Het Schenge

7 October 2020	FC Rijnvogels (5)	2–4	VV UNA (4)	Katwijk
18:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark de Kooltuin

7 October 2020	Kozakken Boys (3)	1–0	RKVV DEM (4)	Werkendam
18:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark De Zwaaier

7 October 2020	Achilles Veen (5)	2–0	VV Gemert (4)	Veen
18:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark De Hanen Weide

6 October 2020	HHC Hardenberg (3)	3–2 (a.e.t.)	GVVV (3)	Hardenberg
18:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark De Boshoek

6 October 2020	SV Spakenburg (3)	0–1	AFC (Sunday team) (3)	Spakenburg
18:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark De Westmaat

7 October 2020	Koninklijke HFC (3)	0–1	Oss '20 (4)	Haarlem
18:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark Spanjaardslaan

7 October 2020	DTS '35 Ede (6)	3–1 (a.e.t.)	GVV Unitas (4)	Ede
18:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark Inschoten

6 October 2020	Excelsior Maassluis (3)	4–1	Ter Leede (4)	Maassluis
18:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark Dijkpolder

6 October 2020	Harkemase Boys (4)	5–2	Flevo Boys (5)	Harkema
18:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark De Bosk

7 October 2020	Excelsior '31 (4)	2–3 (a.e.t.)	RKSV Groene Ster (4)	Rijssen
18:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark De Koerbelt

6 October 2020	Sparta Nijkerk (4)	2–3	Rijnsburgse Boys (3)	Nijkerk
18:00 CEST				Stadium: Sportpark De Ebbenhorst

Main tournament

First round

26 October 2020	Excelsior (2)	4–0	Helmond Sport (2)	Rotterdam
18:45 CET	Niemeijer 26' Ómarsson 44', 61' Zwarts 68'	Report		Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Smit

26 October 2020	Go Ahead Eagles (2)	6–0	NAC Breda (2)	Deventer
21:00 CET	Beukema 7' Hendriks 9' Eddahchouri 12' Veldmate 15' (pen.) Brouwers 20' Rabillard 47'	Report		Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 0 Referee: Van de Graaf

27 October 2020	FC Twente	1–3	De Graafschap (2)	Enschede
18:45 CET	Staring 62'	Report	18' Hamdaoui 34' Konings 90+4' Lelieveld	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 0 Referee: Manschot

27 October 2020	VVV-Venlo	4–2	FC Den Bosch (2)	Venlo
19:45 CET	Giakoumakis 57', 73' (pen.) Arias 60' Pachonik 90'	Report	42', 81' Postema	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 0 Referee: Gerrets

27 October 2020	SC Heerenveen	3–1	TOP Oss (2)	Heerenveen
19:45 CET	Veerman 11' Nygren 33' Kongolo 40'	Report	29' Sanches	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bijl

27 October 2020	FC Dordrecht (2)	2–4	FC Utrecht	Dordrecht
21:00 CET	Agrafiotis 16', 57'	Report	5', 40' Ramselaar 42' Kerk 79' Van de Streek	Stadium: Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Nagtegaal

28 October 2020	ADO Den Haag	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Sparta Rotterdam	The Hague
18:45 CET	Koopmans 90+4'	Report	39' Gravenberch	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Mulder
	Penalties
	Kramer Karelis Pinas Goossens Ould-Chikh		Heylen Abels Vriends Engels

28 October 2020	FC Emmen	2–0	FC Eindhoven (2)	Emmen
19:45 CET	De Leeuw 78', 94'	Report		Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: Oostrom

28 October 2020	Heracles Almelo	3–0	SC Telstar (2)	Almelo
19:45 CET	Bakis 29' (pen.) Vloet 73' Szőke 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Erve Asito Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruperti

28 October 2020	RKC Waalwijk	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	SC Cambuur (2)	Waalwijk
19:45 CET	Daneels 85' Gaari 90+4'	Report	31' Pouwels 40' Jacobs	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Martens
	Penalties
	Tahiri Meultensteen Damașcan Azhil		Gootjes Hoedemakers Paulissen Nieuwpoort Maulun

28 October 2020	Roda JC Kerkrade (2)	0–2	Fortuna Sittard	Kerkrade
21:00 CET			8' (pen.) Polter 11' Flemming	Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion

1 December 2020	SVV Scheveningen (3)	DQ–Bye	Almere City FC (2)	Scheveningen
19:45 CET				Stadium: Houtrust Scheveningen

1 December 2020	Rijnsburgse Boys (3)	DQ–DQ	Excelsior Maassluis (3)	Rijnsburg
19:45 CET				Stadium: Middelmors

1 December 2020	BVV Barendrecht (4)	DQ–DQ	Achilles Veen (5)	Barendrecht
19:45 CET				Stadium: Sportpark De Bongerd

1 December 2020	OFC Oostzaan (4)	DQ–Bye	MVV Maastricht (2)	Oostzaan
19:45 CET				Stadium: Sportpark OFC

1 December 2020	ODIN '59 (4)	DQ–Bye	FC Volendam (2)	Heemskerk
19:45 CET				Stadium: Sportpark Assumburg

1 December 2020	DTS '35 Ede (6)	DQ–DQ	Quick Boys (3)	Ede
19:45 CET				Stadium: Sportpark Inschoten

1 December 2020	VV Staphorst (4)	DQ–Bye	PEC Zwolle	Staphorst
19:45 CET				Stadium: Sportpark Het Noorderslag

1 December 2020	VV Sliedrecht (6)	DQ–DQ	IJsselmeervogels (3)	Sliedrecht
19:45 CET				Stadium: Sportpark De Lockhorst

2 December 2020	Quick (4)	DQ–Bye	NEC Nijmegen (2)	The Hague
19:45 CET				Stadium: Sportpark Nieuw Hanenburg

2 December 2020	VV Capelle (5)	DQ–DQ	AFC (Sunday team) (3)	Capelle aan den IJssel
19:45 CET				Stadium: Sportpark 't Slot

2 December 2020	DVS '33 (4)	DQ–Bye	Willem II	Ermelo
19:45 CET				Stadium: Sportpark Zuid

2 December 2020	Kozakken Boys (3)	DQ–DQ	Harkemase Boys (4)	Werkendam
19:45 CET				Stadium: Sportpark De Zwaaier

2 December 2020	HHC Hardenberg (3)	DQ–Bye	Vitesse	Hardenberg
19:45 CET				Stadium: Sportpark De Boshoek

2 December 2020	Oss '20 (4)	DQ–DQ	VV Katwijk (3)	Oss
19:45 CET				Stadium: Sportpark de Rusheuvel

2 December 2020	RKVV Westlandia (4)	DQ–DQ	SteDoCo (4)	Naaldwijk
19:45 CET				Stadium: De Hoge Bomen

2 December 2020	VV UNA (4)	DQ–DQ	RKSV Groene Ster (4)	Veldhoven
19:45 CET				Stadium: Sportpark Zeelst

2 December 2020	SV TEC (3)	DQ–Bye	FC Groningen	Tiel
19:45 CET				Stadium: Sportpark De Lok

Second round

15 December 2020	Excelsior (2)	2–0	PEC Zwolle	Rotterdam
18:45 CET	Oude Kotte 63' Mendes Moreira 86'	Report		Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: L. Gerrets

15 December 2020	FC Emmen	2–1	FC Groningen	Emmen
21:00 CET	Bijl 60' Jansen 67'	Report	27' Lundqvist	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: K. Blom

16 December 2020	Almere City FC (2)	1–4	VVV-Venlo	Almere
16:30 CET	Gelmi 10' (o.g.)	Report	33' Van Crooij 45+1', 70' Arias 52' Linthorst	Stadium: Yanmar Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: B. Nijhuis

16 December 2020	De Graafschap (2)	1–2	PSV	Doetinchem
18:45 CET	Hilderink 90'	Report	56' (pen.) Max 84' Malen	Stadium: De Vijverberg Attendance: 0 Referee: J. Kamphuis

16 December 2020	Ajax	5–4	FC Utrecht	Amsterdam
21:00 CET	Tadić 8', 89' Labyad 45+1', 81' St. Jago 54' (o.g.)	Report	1', 47' Mahi 55' Van de Streek 70' Sylla	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: D. Higler

17 December 2020	SC Cambuur (2)	1–2	Go Ahead Eagles (2)	Leeuwarden
18:45 CET	Oratmangoen 29'	Report	32' Brouwers 63' Van Hoeven	Stadium: Cambuur Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: I. Oostrom

17 December 2020	Willem II	0–2	Vitesse	Tilburg
21:00 CET		Report	20' Manhoef 63' Buitink	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: S. van der Eijk

Round of 16

On 18 November 2020, the KNVB announced that 9 teams which had qualified for the second round would be getting a bye to the round of 16, with the other 14 teams playing against another team for one of the other 7 spots in the round of 16.^[7]

19 January 2021	MVV Maastricht (2)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Excelsior (2)	Maastricht
16:30 CET	Kostons 42' Schroyen 45'	Report	16' (pen.) Ómarsson 71' Horemans	Stadium: De Geusselt Attendance: 0 Referee: P. van Boekel
	Penalties
	Schroyen Naudts Déom Mickels Salasiwa Mares		Bruins Ómarsson Verhaar Mendes Moreira Meijer Fischer

19 January 2021	Vitesse	2–1	ADO Den Haag	Arnhem
18:45 CET	Openda 25' Bero 71'	Report	81' Ćatić	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: D. Higler

19 January 2021	FC Volendam (2)	0–2	PSV	Volendam
21:00 CET		Report	51' Madueke 79' (pen.) Dumfries	Stadium: Kras Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: C. Bax

20 January 2021	FC Emmen	1–2	SC Heerenveen	Emmen
16:30 CET	Peña 44'	Report	72' Nygren 90' (pen.) Veerman	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: S. Mulder

20 January 2021	Feyenoord	3–2	Heracles Almelo	Rotterdam
18:45 CET	Sinisterra 45+2' Linssen 53' Geertruida 84'	Report	33' Burgzorg 90+2' Szőke	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 0 Referee: J. Manschot

20 January 2021	AZ	0–1	Ajax	Alkmaar
21:00 CET		Report	34' Labyad	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: J. Kamphuis

21 January 2021	NEC Nijmegen (2)	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Fortuna Sittard	Nijmegen
18:45 CET	Janga 64' Bruijn 97' (pen.) Beekman 102'	Report	60', 103' Flemming	Stadium: Stadion de Goffert Attendance: 0 Referee: K. Blom

21 January 2021	VVV-Venlo	1–0	Go Ahead Eagles (2)	Venlo
21:00 CET	Bastiaans 35'	Report		Stadium: De Koel Referee: R. Martens

Quarter-finals

On 19 December 2020, the KNVB already performed a draw to determine which teams would be playing at home in the quarter-finals for organizational reasons. The second half of the draw was performed on 23 January 2021.^[8]

9 February 2021	Excelsior (2)	0–1	Vitesse	Rotterdam
20:00 CET		Report	90+1' Openda	Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: D. Higler

10 February 2021	Ajax	2–1	PSV	Amsterdam
20:00 CET ^{[nb 1]}	Haller 19', 24'	Report	58' (o.g.) Timber	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: S. Gözübüyük

17 February 2021^{[nb 2]}	NEC Nijmegen (2)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	VVV-Venlo	Almelo
16:30 CET	Janga 57'	Report	23' Giakoumakis 105' Shabani	Stadium: Erve Asito Attendance: 0 Referee: J. Manschot

17 February 2021^{[nb 3]}	SC Heerenveen	4–3	Feyenoord	Heerenveen
18:45 CET	Kaib 15' Nygren 81' Marsman 86' (o.g.) De Jong 88'	Report	47' Linssen 57' Berghuis 61' Geertruida	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: S. Mulder

Semi-finals

On 23 January 2021, the KNVB performed a draw to determine which teams would be playing at home in the semi-finals for organizational reasons. The second half of the draw was performed on 13 February 2021.

2 March 2021	Vitesse	2–0	VVV-Venlo	Arnhem
21:00 CET	Broja 75' Tannane 84'	Report		Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: A. Lindhout

3 March 2021	SC Heerenveen	0–3	Ajax	Heerenveen
21:00 CET		Report	Klaassen 19' Tadić 63' (pen.) Neres 77'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

Final

18 April 2021

18:00 UTC+02:00

Ajax	2–1	Vitesse
Gravenberch 23' Neres 90+1'	Report	Openda 30'

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

Referee: Björn Kuipers

Notes

↑ The match was initially scheduled to start at 21:00 CET, but was changed to 20:00 CET due to snow.
↑ The match was initially scheduled to be held on 10 February 2021, 18:45 CET, but was postponed due to the pitch being frozen.
↑ The match was initially scheduled to be held on 11 February 2021, 20:00 CET, but was postponed due to the pitch being frozen.

↑ The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.

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The 2015–16 season was Feyenoord's 108th season of play, it marked its 60th season in the Eredivisie and its 94th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. It was the first season with manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst, a former player who played seven seasons for Feyenoord and who played 106 times for Dutch national team. The club started the season relatively well alternating between the second and third place until the halfway point of the season. They then hit a seven-game losing streak among a nine-game stretch without a win and dropped to seventh place. They followed this up with a six-game winning streak to get back to the third position for the final stretch of the season. They ended the season third in the league. Feyenoord entered the KNVB Cup in the second round. They started their campaign by beating both finalist of the 2013–14 edition. They were coupled to past cup winners in all their cup matches and beat FC Utrecht 2–1 in the final. The cup win qualified them to the group stage of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.

The 2015–16 KNVB Cup tournament was the 98th edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament to determine the winner of the KNVB Cup.

The 2016–17 KNVB Cup was the 99th edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. 63 teams contested, beginning on 6 September 2016 with the first of six rounds, and ended on 30 April 2017 with the final played at De Kuip in Rotterdam.

The 2017–18 KNVB Cup was the 100th edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. 64 teams contested, beginning on 19 September 2017 with the first of six rounds and ending on 22 April 2018 at the final at De Kuip in Rotterdam.

The 2017–18 season was Feyenoord's 110th season of play, it marked its 62nd season in the Eredivisie and its 96th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. It was the third season with manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst, a former player who played seven seasons for Feyenoord and who played 106 times for Dutch national team. Feyenoord entered the KNVB Cup in the first round and the Champions League in the group stage.

The 2007–08 season was the first and last season under coach Bert van Marwijk before becoming the head coach of the Netherlands national football team This was his second spell at Feyenoord after he had managed the team from 2000 to 2004. This season was not the best of seasons in the Eredivisie finishing only 6th. However, the club won a big price: the KNVB Cup, which was the 11th time they had won the cup.

The 2018–19 KNVB Cup, for sponsoring reasons officially called the TOTO KNVB Cup, was the 101st edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. 64 teams contested, beginning on 18 August 2018 with the first of two preliminary rounds and ending on 5 May 2019 at the final played at De Kuip in Rotterdam.

During the 2017–18 season AZ competed in the Eredivisie for the 20th consecutive season and the KNVB Cup.

The 2019–20 season was PEC Zwolle's 109th season of play, it marked its 18th season in the Eredivisie and its 8th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. They ended the season fifteenth in the league. PEC Zwolle entered the KNVB Cup in the second round. The lost in the second round against Fortuna Sittard (0–2).

The 2019–20 KNVB Cup, for sponsoring reasons officially called the TOTO KNVB Beker, was the 102nd edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. 64 teams contested, beginning on 17 August 2019 with the first of two preliminary rounds and was scheduled to conclude on 19 April 2020, with the final played at De Kuip in Rotterdam.

The 2020–21 season was the 128th season in existence of SBV Vitesse and the club's 31st consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, Vitesse participated in this season's edition of the KNVB Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

The 2020–21 FC Utrecht season was the club's 51st season in existence and the 51st consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Utrecht participated in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup. In the regular season, they have qualified for the play-offs, for this they played for a place in the second round of the Conference League.

The 2019–20 season was VVV-Venlo's 115th season in existence and the club's 12th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, VVV-Venlo participated in this season's edition of the KNVB Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

The 2018–19 season was the 53rd season of AZ Alkmaar and the club's 21st consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, AZ Alkmaar participated in the KNVB Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

The 2021–22 KNVB Cup, for sponsoring reasons officially called the TOTO KNVB Beker, was the 104th edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. 59 teams contested, beginning in August with the first of two preliminary rounds, and concluded on 17 April 2022 with the final played at De Kuip in Rotterdam.

The 2022–23 KNVB Cup, for sponsoring reasons officially called the TOTO KNVB Beker, was the 105th edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. 46 teams contested, beginning in August with the first of two preliminary rounds, and concluded in April 2023 with the final played at De Kuip in Rotterdam.

The 2023–24 KNVB Cup, for sponsoring reasons officially called the TOTO KNVB Beker, was the 106th edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. 110 teams contested, beginning in August with the first of two preliminary rounds, and ending in April 2024 with the final played at De Kuip in Rotterdam. They qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League league stage. PSV were the two-time defending champions, having defeated Ajax 3–2 on penalties after a 1–1 draw in the previous season's final.

References

↑ "KNVB beslist: Ajax nummer één, geen promotie/degradatie" (in Dutch). NOS. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
↑ "Vrouwen Eredivisie ook stilgelegd door corona-besluit" (in Dutch). KNVB. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
↑ "KNVB haalt alle 26 amateurclubs uit het bekertoernooi vanwege corona" (in Dutch). 17 November 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
↑ "Wedstrijden TOTO KNVB Beker 2020-21" (in Dutch). KNVB. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
1 2 "Donderdag live loting kwalificatierondes" (in Dutch). KNVB. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
1 2 "AFC op bezoek bij Spakenburg, TEC zeker van 1e ronde". TOTO KNVB Beker (in Dutch). 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
↑ "KNVB on Twitter: "Het bekertoernooi gaat nu verder met de betaaldvoetbalclubs. In deze animatie leggen we uit hoe."" (in Dutch). 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
↑ @KNVB (January 23, 2021). "Dit is de loting voor de kwartfinales van de TOTO KNVB Beker!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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[9] The match was initially scheduled to start at 21:00 CET, but was changed to 20:00 CET due to snow.

[10] The match was initially scheduled to be held on 10 February 2021, 18:45 CET, but was postponed due to the pitch being frozen.

[11] The match was initially scheduled to be held on 11 February 2021, 20:00 CET, but was postponed due to the pitch being frozen.

[behind_closed_doors-12] The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.

[1] "KNVB beslist: Ajax nummer één, geen promotie/degradatie" (in Dutch). NOS. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[2] "Vrouwen Eredivisie ook stilgelegd door corona-besluit" (in Dutch). KNVB. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.

[3] "KNVB haalt alle 26 amateurclubs uit het bekertoernooi vanwege corona" (in Dutch). 17 November 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.

[4] "Wedstrijden TOTO KNVB Beker 2020-21" (in Dutch). KNVB. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[PreliminaryDraw-5] 1 2 "Donderdag live loting kwalificatierondes" (in Dutch). KNVB. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[:0-6] 1 2 "AFC op bezoek bij Spakenburg, TEC zeker van 1e ronde". TOTO KNVB Beker (in Dutch). 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.

[7] "KNVB on Twitter: "Het bekertoernooi gaat nu verder met de betaaldvoetbalclubs. In deze animatie leggen we uit hoe."" (in Dutch). 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

[8] @KNVB (January 23, 2021). "Dit is de loting voor de kwartfinales van de TOTO KNVB Beker!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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