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
Date22 April 2018
VenueDe Kuip, Rotterdam
RefereeBjörn Kuipers
Attendance46,084
2017
2019

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

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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

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Details

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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

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References

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  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.