2018 KNVB Cup Final

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.[1] 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.

2018 KNVB Cup Final
Event2017–18 KNVB Cup
AZ Feyenoord
0 3
Date22 April 2018
VenueDe Kuip, Rotterdam
RefereeBjörn Kuipers
Attendance46,084

The match was halted for a while in the opening stage of the game due to AZ fans throwing smokebombs on the pitch.[2]

Route to the final
Further information: 2017–18 KNVB Cup
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
GK1 Marco Bizot
RB2 Jonas Svensson
CB23 Ricardo van Rhijn 58'
CB4 Ron Vlaar (c)
CB30 Stijn Wuytens 78'
LB5 Thomas Ouwejan
CM6 Fredrik Midtsjø 37'  66'
CM15 Guus Til
CM14 Teun Koopmeiners 46'
CF7 Alireza Jahanbakhsh 43'
CF9 Wout Weghorst 43'
Substitutes:
GK16 Gino Coutinho
GK25 Nick Olij
DF3 Rens van Eijden
DF12 Pantelis Hatzidiakos
DF26 Owen Wijndal
MF8 Joris van Overeem
MF18 Iliass Bel Hassani 78'
MF20 Mats Seuntjens 58'
MF24 Tijjani Reijnders
FW22 Oussama Idrissi 66'
FW49 Mees Hoedemakers
Coach:
John van den Brom
GK25 Brad Jones
RB17 Kevin Diks 69'
CB3 Sven van Beek
CB6 Jan-Arie van der Heijden
LB5 Ridgeciano Haps
CDM8 Karim El Ahmadi (c) 50'
CAM32 Robin van Persie 67'
CDM10 Tonny Vilhena
RW19 Steven Berghuis 90+2'
CF9 Nicolai Jørgensen
LW28 Jens Toornstra
Substitutes:
GK22 Justin Bijlow
GK30 Ramon ten Hove
DF2 Bart Nieuwkoop
DF33Eric Botteghin 90+2'
DF35Tyrell Malacia
MF20 Renato Tapia
MF21 Sofyan Amrabat
MF36Emil Hansson
FW7 Jean-Paul Boëtius 67'  77'
FW14 Bilal Başaçıkoğlu
FW34 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.
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See also

References
  1. Feyenoord wint 100ste TOTO KNVB Beker - FOXSports (in Dutch)
  2. "Bekerfinale even stil door vuurwerk op veld" (in Dutch). AD. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
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