2013–14 KNVB Cup

2013–14 KNVB Cup
Country  Netherlands
Teams 82
Champions PEC Zwolle
Runners-up Ajax

The 2013–14 KNVB Cup is the 96th season of the Dutch national football knockout tournament. The competition began on 28 August 2013 with the matches of Round 1 and ends with the final on 20 April 2014. AZ are the defending champions having won the cup the previous season. The winner qualifies for the play-off round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.

Participants

82 teams participate in the 2013-14 cup. The 18 clubs of the Eredivisie and the 17 clubs of the Eerste divisie (excluding reserve teams) qualified automatically, entering in the second round. Other teams qualify by finishing in the top 12 of the Topklasse or by reaching the semi-finals in a local KNVB Cup, called 'districtsbeker', for clubs from level 3 onwards, in the previous season.

DivisionClubs
Eredivisie (1) ADO Den Haag Go Ahead Eagles NEC Roda JC Kerkrade
Ajax FC Groningen PEC Zwolle FC Twente
AZ SC Heerenveen PSV FC Utrecht
SC Cambuur Heracles Almelo RKC Waalwijk Vitesse
Feyenoord NAC Breda
Eerste Divisie (2) Achilles '29 FC Emmen Helmond Sport Telstar
Almere City FC Excelsior MVV Maastricht VVV-Venlo
FC Den Bosch Fortuna Sittard FC Oss FC Volendam
FC Dordrecht De Graafschap Sparta Rotterdam Willem II
FC Eindhoven
Topklasse (3) HHC Hardenberg EVV HSC'21 vv Noordwijk
ADO '20 Excelsior '31 IJsselmeervogels Rijnsburgse Boys
AFC Be Quick 1887 FC Lisse SVV Scheveningen
BVV Barendrecht GVVV JVC Cuijk WKE
vv Capelle Ter Leede vv Katwijk FC Lienden
FC Chabab HBS Kozakken Boys De Treffers
VVSB
Hoofdklasse (4) SC Genemuiden ASWH EHC/Heuts VV De Zouaven
HVV Hollandia Harkemase Boys VV Smitshoek SV Deurne
DVS '33 HSV Hoek RVVH VV Sneek Wit Zwart
OJC Rosmalen Rohda Raalte
Eerste Klasse (5) Vv SHO SVL JOS Watergraafsmeer
Tweede Klasse (6) Wilhelmina '08 SV DFS OWIOS TEC VV
Vierde Klasse (8) RKSV Volkel

Calendar

The calendar for the 2013–14 KNVB Cup is as follows.

Rounds Date
First round 28 August 2013
Second round 24, 25 or 26 September 2013
Third round 29, 30 or 31 October 2013
Fourth round 17, 18 or 19 December 2013
Quarter-finals 21, 22 or 23 January 2014
Semi-finals 25, 26 or 27 March 2014
Final 20 April 2014

First round

36 amateur clubs competed in this stage of the competition for a place in the Second Round. These matches took place on 28 August 2013.[1] 11 amateur teams received a bye.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
VV De Zouaven (4) 2 − 0 Ter Leede (3)
SV DFS (6) 2 − 7 VV Sneek Wit Zwart (4)
SVV Scheveningen (3) 2 − 1 VVSB (3)
RVVH (4) 2 − 1 JOS Watergraafsmeer (5)
vv Capelle (3) 4 − 1 FC Chabab (3)
OWIOS (6) 1 − 5 EVV (3)
vv Noordwijk (3) 1 − 0 WKE (3)
FC Lisse (3) 2 − 2 (2−4p) TEC VV (6)
OJC Rosmalen (4) 1 − 3 (a.e.t.) HSV Hoek (4)
SVL (5) 2 − 3 (a.e.t.) EHC/Heuts (4)
Vv SHO (5) 1 − 2 AFC (3)
Harkemase Boys (4) 4 − 1 Rohda Raalte (4)
RKSV Volkel (8) 0 − 3 Rijnsburgse Boys (3)
HHC Hardenberg (3) 1 − 2 JVC Cuijk (3)
DVS '33 (4) 4 − 1 HVV Hollandia (4)
IJsselmeervogels (3) 3 − 0 FC Lienden (3)
SC Genemuiden (4) 0 − 1 (a.e.t.) SV Deurne (4)
Kozakken Boys (3) 2 − 1 Be Quick 1887 (3)

Second round

The 18 winners from the First Round entered in this stage of the competition along with the 17 Eerste Divisie clubs, the 18 Eredivisie clubs and the 11 amateur club, that received a bye. These matches took place from 24 to 26 September 2013.[2]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
vv Capelle (3) 1 − 0 (a.e.t.) Almere City FC (2)
Harkemase Boys (4) 0 − 8 NEC (1)
TEC VV (6) 1 − 3 MVV Maastricht (2)
vv Katwijk (3) 1 − 6 SC Cambuur (1)
EHC/Heuts (4) 1 − 4 FC Eindhoven (2)
Achilles '29 (2) 5 − 1 HSC'21 (3)
SV Deurne (4) 0 − 2 FC Emmen (2)
DVS '33 (4) 0 − 3 Go Ahead Eagles (1)
De Graafschap (2) 1 − 3 Excelsior (2)
GVVV (3) 0 − 3 ADO Den Haag (1)
FC Oss (2) 1 − 2 VVV-Venlo (2)
Kozakken Boys (3) 3 − 0 SVV Scheveningen (3)
BVV Barendrecht (3) 0 − 2 JVC Cuijk (3)
IJsselmeervogels (3) 3 − 2 (a.e.t.) Helmond Sport (2)
Excelsior '31 (3) 2 − 1 (a.e.t.) Willem II (2)
RKC Waalwijk (1) 0 − 1 (a.e.t.) Heracles Almelo (1)
AFC (3) 0 − 2 FC Groningen (1)
RVVH (4) 1 − 3 Vitesse (1)
VV Smitshoek (4) 1 − 2 NAC Breda (1)
Rijnsburgse Boys (3) 1 − 2 Roda JC Kerkrade (1)
PSV (1) 4 − 1 Telstar (2)
FC Utrecht (1) 4 − 1 FC Den Bosch (2)
PEC Zwolle (1) 2 − 0 Fortuna Sittard (2)
ASWH (4) 1 − 0 ADO '20 (3)
VV De Zouaven (4) 0 − 2 vv Noordwijk (3)
HSV Hoek (4) 3 − 0 HBS (3)
AZ (1) 4 − 1 (a.e.t.) Sparta Rotterdam (2)
Ajax (1) 4 − 2 (a.e.t.) FC Volendam (2)
SC Heerenveen (1) 3 − 0 FC Twente (1)
Wilhelmina '08 (6) 3 − 1 VV Sneek Wit Zwart (4)
De Treffers (3) 0 − 1 EVV (3)
Feyenoord (1) 3 − 0 FC Dordrecht (2)

Third round

These matches took place on 29, 30 and 31 October 2013.

Fourth round

These matches took place on 17, 18 and 19 December 2013.

Quarter-finals

These matches took place on 21 and 22 January 2014.

Semi-finals

26 March 2014
20:45
PEC Zwolle (1) 2–1 NEC (1)
Drost  29'
Karagounis  81'
Conboy  39'
IJsseldelta Stadion, Zwolle
Attendance: 10,800
Referee: Danny Makkelie

27 March 2014
20:45
AZ (1) 0–1 Ajax (1)
Schöne  48'
AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar
Attendance: 16,321
Referee: Pol van Boekel

Final

20 April 2014
18:00
PEC Zwolle (1) 5−1 Ajax (1)
Thomas  8', 12'
Fernandez  22', 34'
van Polen  50'
van Rhijn  3'
De Kuip, Rotterdam
Attendance: 42,500
Referee: Bas Nijhuis

References

  1. "First round". Soccerway. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
  2. "Second round". Soccerway. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2013.

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