2018 KNVB Cup final

2018 KNVB Cup Final
Event2017–18 KNVB Cup
Date22 April 2018
VenueDe Kuip, Rotterdam
RefereeBjörn Kuipers
Attendance46,084
2017
2019

The 2018 KNVB Cup Final was a football match between Feyenoord and AZ on 22 April 2018 at De Kuip, Rotterdam. It was the final match of the 2017–18 KNVB Cup competition and the 100th Dutch Cup Final. Feyenoord beat AZ 3–0 to secure their 13th KNVB Cup trophy. Remarkably, Feyenoord played all of their cup matches at home, including the final (which is traditionally played at their stadium) despite being drawn as the away team.

The match was halted for a while in the opening stage of the game due to AZ fans throwing smokebombs on the pitch.

Route to the final

AZ Round Feyenoord
Opponent Result Opponent Result
MVV 3–2 (A) Second round ADO Den Haag 2–0 (H)
Almere City 4–0 (A) Third round AVV Swift 4–1 (H)
Fortuna Sittard 4–2 (A) Round of 16 Heracles 3–1 (H)
PEC Zwolle 4–1 (H) Quarter-finals PSV 2–0 (H)
FC Twente 4–0 (H) Semi-finals Willem II 3–0 (H)

Match

Details

AZ0–3Feyenoord
Report Jørgensen 28'
Van Persie 57'
Toornstra 90+4'
Attendance: 46,084
AZ
Feyenoord
GK 1 Marco Bizot
RB 2 Jonas Svensson
CB 23 Ricardo van Rhijn  58'
CB 4 Ron Vlaar (c)
CB 30 Stijn Wuytens  78'
LB 5 Thomas Ouwejan
CM 6 Fredrik Midtsjø  37'  66'
CM 15 Guus Til
CM 14 Teun Koopmeiners  46'
CF 7 Alireza Jahanbakhsh  43'
CF 9 Wout Weghorst  43'
Substitutes:
GK 16 Gino Coutinho
GK 25 Nick Olij
DF 3 Rens van Eijden
DF 12 Pantelis Hatzidiakos
DF 26 Owen Wijndal
MF 8 Joris van Overeem
MF 18 Iliass Bel Hassani  78'
MF 20 Mats Seuntjens  58'
MF 24 Tijjani Reijnders
FW 22 Oussama Idrissi  66'
FW 49 Mees Hoedemakers
Coach:
John van den Brom
GK 25 Brad Jones
RB 17 Kevin Diks  69'
CB 3 Sven van Beek
CB 6 Jan-Arie van der Heijden
LB 5 Ridgeciano Haps
CDM 8 Karim El Ahmadi (c)  50'
CAM 32 Robin van Persie  67'
CDM 10 Tonny Vilhena
RW 19 Steven Berghuis  90+2'
CF 9 Nicolai Jørgensen
LW 28 Jens Toornstra
Substitutes:
GK 22 Justin Bijlow
GK 30 Ramón ten Hove
DF 2 Bart Nieuwkoop
DF 33 Eric Botteghin  90+2'
DF 35 Tyrell Malacia
MF 20 Renato Tapia
MF 21 Sofyan Amrabat
MF 36 Emil Hansson
FW 7 Jean-Paul Boëtius  67'  77'
FW 14 Bilal Başaçıkoğlu
FW 34 Dylan Vente
Coach:
Giovanni van Bronckhorst

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

See also

References

  1. ^ Feyenoord wint 100ste TOTO KNVB Beker Archived 2019-01-15 at the Wayback Machine - FOXSports (in Dutch)
  2. ^ "Bekerfinale even stil door vuurwerk op veld" (in Dutch). AD. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.