About KNVB Cup

The Royal Dutch Football Association Cup, commonly known as the KNVB Cup or Dutch Cup, is the main domestic knockout football competition in the Netherlands. Founded in 1898, it is one of the oldest football tournaments in Europe and was inspired by the English FA Cup format. The competition includes professional and amateur clubs from different levels of Dutch football, creating opportunities for smaller teams to face the country’s biggest clubs.

The tournament has become famous for its unpredictable matches, dramatic upsets, and passionate atmosphere. Since 1989, the final has traditionally been played at De Kuip, one of the most iconic football stadiums in the Netherlands. Winning the KNVB Cup is highly prestigious because the champions qualify for European competition and also earn the chance to compete in the Johan Cruyff Shield against the Eredivisie champions.

Historically, clubs such as AFC Ajax, PSV Eindhoven, and Feyenoord have dominated the competition, with Ajax holding the record for the most cup victories. However, the KNVB Cup is also known for producing surprise winners and memorable underdog stories, which has helped maintain its special place in Dutch football culture. Over the decades, the competition has remained an important symbol of the Netherlands’ football tradition and national sporting identity.

Seasons

Season	Winner	Finalist	Score
2025-26	AZ Alkmaar	NEC Nijmegen	5-1
2024-25	Go Ahead Eagles	AZ Alkmaar	1-1, pen. 4-2
2023-24	Feyenoord	NEC Nijmegen	1-0
2022-23	PSV Eindhoven	AFC Ajax	1-1, pen. 3-2
2021-22	PSV Eindhoven	AFC Ajax	2-1
2020-21	AFC Ajax	SBV Vitesse	2-1
2018-19	AFC Ajax	Willem II	4-0
2017-18	Feyenoord	AZ Alkmaar	3-0
2016-17	SBV Vitesse	AZ Alkmaar	2-0
2015-16	Feyenoord	FC Utrecht	2-1
2014-15	FC Groningen	PEC Zwolle	2-0
2013-14	PEC Zwolle	AFC Ajax	5-1
2012-13	AZ Alkmaar	PSV Eindhoven	2-1
2011-12	PSV Eindhoven	Heracles Almelo	3-0
2010-11	FC Twente	AFC Ajax	3-2, aet
2009-10	AFC Ajax	Feyenoord	2-0, 4-1
2008-09	SC Heerenveen	FC Twente	2-2, pen. 5-4
2007-08	Feyenoord	Roda JC Kerkrade	2-0
2006-07	AFC Ajax	AZ Alkmaar	1-1, pen. 8-7
2005-06	AFC Ajax	PSV Eindhoven	2-1
2004-05	PSV Eindhoven	Willem II	4-0
2003-04	FC Utrecht	FC Twente	1-0
2002-03	FC Utrecht	Feyenoord	4-1
2001-02	AFC Ajax	FC Utrecht	3-2, aet
2000-01	FC Twente	PSV Eindhoven	0-0, pen. 4-3
1999-00	Roda JC Kerkrade	NEC Nijmegen	2-0
1998-99	AFC Ajax	Fortuna Sittard	2-0
1997-98	AFC Ajax	PSV Eindhoven	5-0
1996-97	Roda JC Kerkrade	SC Heerenveen	4-2
1995-96	PSV Eindhoven	Sparta Rotterdam	5-2
1994-95	Feyenoord	FC Volendam	2-1
1993-94	Feyenoord	NEC Nijmegen	2-1
1992-93	AFC Ajax	SC Heerenveen	6-2
1991-92	Feyenoord	Roda JC Kerkrade	3-0
1990-91	Feyenoord	FC Den Bosch	1-0
1989-90	PSV Eindhoven	SBV Vitesse	1-0
1988-89	PSV Eindhoven	FC Groningen	4-2
1987-88	PSV Eindhoven	Roda JC Kerkrade	3-2
1986-87	AFC Ajax	ADO Den Haag	4-2, aet
1985-86	AFC Ajax	RBC Roosendaal	3-0
1984-85	FC Utrecht	Helmond Sport	1-0
1983-84	Feyenoord	Fortuna Sittard	1-0
1982-83	AFC Ajax	NEC Nijmegen	3-1, 3-1
1981-82	AZ Alkmaar	FC Utrecht	0-1, 5-1
1980-81	AZ Alkmaar	AFC Ajax	3-1
1979-80	Feyenoord	AFC Ajax	3-1
1978-79	AFC Ajax	FC Twente	1-1, 3-0
1977-78	AZ Alkmaar	AFC Ajax	1-0
1976-77	FC Twente	PEC Zwolle	3-0, aet
1975-76	PSV Eindhoven	Roda JC Kerkrade	1-0, aet
1974-75	ADO Den Haag	FC Twente	1-0
1973-74	PSV Eindhoven	NAC Breda	6-0
1972-73	NAC Breda	NEC Nijmegen	2-0
1971-72	AFC Ajax	ADO Den Haag	3-2
1970-71	AFC Ajax	Sparta Rotterdam	2-2, 2-1
1969-70	AFC Ajax	PSV Eindhoven	2-0
1968-69	Feyenoord	PSV Eindhoven	1-1, 2-0
1967-68	ADO Den Haag	AFC Ajax	2-1
1966-67	AFC Ajax	NAC Breda	2-1, aet
1965-66	Sparta Rotterdam	ADO Den Haag	1-0
1964-65	Feyenoord	Go Ahead Eagles	1-0
1963-64	Fortuna '54	ADO Den Haag	0-0, pen. 4-3
1962-63	Willem II	ADO Den Haag	3-0
1961-62	Sparta Rotterdam	DHC Delft	1-0, aet
1960-61	AFC Ajax	NAC Breda	3-0
1958-59	VVV-Venlo	ADO Den Haag	4-1
1957-58	Sparta Rotterdam	FC Volendam	4-3
1956-57	Fortuna '54	Feyenoord	4-2
1949-50	PSV Eindhoven	HFC Haarlem	4-3, aet
1948-49	Quick 1888	SC Helmondia	1-1, pen. 2-1
1947-48	WVV Wageningen	DWV Amsterdam	0-0, pen. 2-1
1943-44	Willem II	RKSV Groene Ster	9-2
1942-43	AFC Ajax	DFC Dordrecht	3-2
1938-39	WVV Wageningen	PSV Eindhoven	2-1, aet
1937-38	VSV Velsen	AGOVV Apeldoorn	4-1
1936-37	FC Eindhoven	De Spartaan	1-0
1935-36	RFC Roermond	KFC Kooger	4-2
1934-35	Feyenoord	HVV Helmond	5-2
1933-34	Velocitas 1897	Feyenoord	3-2, aet
1931-32	DFC Dordrecht	PSV Eindhoven	5-4, aet
1929-30	Feyenoord	Excelsior	1-0
1927-28	RCH Heemstede	PEC Zwolle	2-0
1926-27	VUC Den Haag	SBV Vitesse	3-1
1925-26	TSV LONGA	De Spartaan	5-2
1924-25	ZFC Zaandam	XerxesDZB	5-1
1920-21	VV Schoten	RFC Rotterdam	2-1
1919-20	CVV Rotterdam	VUC Den Haag	2-1
1917-18	RCH Heemstede	VVA Amsterdam	2-1
1916-17	AFC Ajax	—	5-0
1915-16	Quick Den Haag	HBS Craeyenhout	2-1, aet
1914-15	Koninklijke HFC	HBS Craeyenhout	1-0
1913-14	DFC Dordrecht	HFC Haarlem	3-2
1912-13	Koninklijke HFC	DFC Dordrecht	4-1
1911-12	HFC Haarlem	SBV Vitesse	2-0
1910-11	Quick Den Haag	HFC Haarlem	1-0
1909-10	Quick Den Haag 2	HVV Den Haag 2	2-0
1908-09	Quick Den Haag 2	VOC Rotterdam	2-0
1907-08	HBS Craeyenhout 2	VOC Rotterdam 2	3-1
1906-07	VOC Rotterdam	VUC Den Haag	4-3, aet
1905-06	DSV Concordia	Volharding	3-2
1904-05	VOC Rotterdam	HBS Craeyenhout 2	3-0
1903-04	Koninklijke HFC	HVV Den Haag	3-1
1902-03	HVV Den Haag	HBS Craeyenhout	6-1
1901-02	HFC Haarlem	HBS Craeyenhout	2-1
1900-01	HBS Craeyenhout	RAP Amsterdam	4-3, aet
1899-00	CVV Velocitas	Ajax Leiden	3-1
1898-99	RAP Amsterdam	HVV Den Haag	1-0, aet

All-Time table

#	Club	Count	Years
1	AFC Ajax	20	1916-17, 1942-43, 1960-61, 1966-67, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1978-79, 1982-83, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1992-93, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2001-02, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2009-10, 2018-19, 2020-21
		8	1967-68, 1977-78, 1979-80, 1980-81, 2010-11, 2013-14, 2021-22, 2022-23

2	Feyenoord	14	1929-30, 1934-35, 1964-65, 1968-69, 1979-80, 1983-84, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1993-94, 1994-95, 2007-08, 2015-16, 2017-18, 2023-24
		4	1933-34, 1956-57, 2002-03, 2009-10

3	PSV Eindhoven	11	1949-50, 1973-74, 1975-76, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1995-96, 2004-05, 2011-12, 2021-22, 2022-23
		8	1931-32, 1938-39, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1997-98, 2000-01, 2005-06, 2012-13

4	AZ Alkmaar	5	1977-78, 1980-81, 1981-82, 2012-13, 2025-26
		4	2006-07, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2024-25

5	FC Twente	3	1976-77, 2000-01, 2010-11
		4	1974-75, 1978-79, 2003-04, 2008-09

6	FC Utrecht	3	1984-85, 2002-03, 2003-04
		3	1981-82, 2001-02, 2015-16

7	Sparta Rotterdam	3	1957-58, 1961-62, 1965-66
		2	1970-71, 1995-96

8	Koninklijke HFC	3	1903-04, 1912-13, 1914-15
		0	—

9	ADO Den Haag	2	1967-68, 1974-75
		6	1958-59, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1965-66, 1971-72, 1986-87

10	Roda JC Kerkrade	2	1996-97, 1999-00
		4	1975-76, 1987-88, 1991-92, 2007-08

11	HFC Haarlem	2	1901-02, 1911-12
		3	1910-11, 1913-14, 1949-50

12	DFC Dordrecht	2	1913-14, 1931-32
		2	1912-13, 1942-43

13	Willem II	2	1943-44, 1962-63
		2	2004-05, 2018-19

14	VOC Rotterdam	2	1904-05, 1906-07
		1	1908-09

15	Quick Den Haag 2	2	1908-09, 1909-10
		0	—

16	Quick Den Haag	2	1910-11, 1915-16
		0	—

17	RCH Heemstede	2	1917-18, 1927-28
		0	—

18	WVV Wageningen	2	1938-39, 1947-48
		0	—

19	Fortuna '54	2	1956-57, 1963-64
		0	—

20	HBS Craeyenhout	1	1900-01
		4	1901-02, 1902-03, 1914-15, 1915-16

21	SBV Vitesse	1	2016-17
		4	1911-12, 1926-27, 1989-90, 2020-21

22	PEC Zwolle	1	2013-14
		3	1927-28, 1976-77, 2014-15

23	NAC Breda	1	1972-73
		3	1960-61, 1966-67, 1973-74

24	HVV Den Haag	1	1902-03
		2	1898-99, 1903-04

25	VUC Den Haag	1	1926-27
		2	1906-07, 1919-20

26	SC Heerenveen	1	2008-09
		2	1992-93, 1996-97

27	RAP Amsterdam	1	1898-99
		1	1900-01

28	HBS Craeyenhout 2	1	1907-08
		1	1904-05

29	Go Ahead Eagles	1	2024-25
		1	1964-65

30	FC Groningen	1	2014-15
		1	1988-89

31	CVV Velocitas	1	1899-00
		0	—

32	DSV Concordia	1	1905-06
		0	—

33	CVV Rotterdam	1	1919-20
		0	—

34	VV Schoten	1	1920-21
		0	—

35	ZFC Zaandam	1	1924-25
		0	—

36	TSV LONGA	1	1925-26
		0	—

37	Velocitas 1897	1	1933-34
		0	—

38	RFC Roermond	1	1935-36
		0	—

39	FC Eindhoven	1	1936-37
		0	—

40	VSV Velsen	1	1937-38
		0	—

41	Quick 1888	1	1948-49
		0	—

42	VVV-Venlo	1	1958-59
		0	—

43	NEC Nijmegen	0	—
		6	1972-73, 1982-83, 1993-94, 1999-00, 2023-24, 2025-26

44	De Spartaan	0	—
		2	1925-26, 1936-37

45	FC Volendam	0	—
		2	1957-58, 1994-95

46	Fortuna Sittard	0	—
		2	1983-84, 1998-99

47	Ajax Leiden	0	—
		1	1899-00

48	Volharding	0	—
		1	1905-06

49	VOC Rotterdam 2	0	—
		1	1907-08

50	HVV Den Haag 2	0	—
		1	1909-10

51	VVA Amsterdam	0	—
		1	1917-18

52	RFC Rotterdam	0	—
		1	1920-21

53	XerxesDZB	0	—
		1	1924-25

54	Excelsior	0	—
		1	1929-30

55	HVV Helmond	0	—
		1	1934-35

56	KFC Kooger	0	—
		1	1935-36

57	AGOVV Apeldoorn	0	—
		1	1937-38

58	RKSV Groene Ster	0	—
		1	1943-44

59	DWV Amsterdam	0	—
		1	1947-48

60	SC Helmondia	0	—
		1	1948-49

61	DHC Delft	0	—
		1	1961-62

62	Helmond Sport	0	—
		1	1984-85

63	RBC Roosendaal	0	—
		1	1985-86

64	FC Den Bosch	0	—
		1	1990-91

65	Heracles Almelo	0	—
		1	2011-12