2021 KNVB Cup final explained

2021 KNVB Cup final
Event:2020–21 KNVB Cup
Team1:Ajax
Team1score:2
Team2:Vitesse
Team2score:1
Stadium:De Kuip
City:Rotterdam
Referee:Björn Kuipers[1]
Attendance:0
Previous:2019 (2020)
Next:2022

The 2021 KNVB Cup final was a football match between Eredivisie clubs Ajax and Vitesse, that took place on 18 April 2021 at De Kuip, Rotterdam. It was the final match of the 2020–21 KNVB Cup, the 103rd season of the annual Dutch national football cup competition.

Ajax won the match 2–1 for a record twentieth title. As winners, they will compete in the 2021 Johan Cruyff Shield and earned a spot in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League play-off round if they do not qualify for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League.

It was announced in March 2021 that there would be no fans at the match due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Route to the final

Ajax!Round! colspan="2"
Vitesse
ByeFirst roundBye
FC UtrechtSecond roundWillem II
AZRound of 16ADO Den Haag
PSV EindhovenQuarter-finalsSBV Excelsior
SC HeerenveenSemi-finalsVVV-Venlo

Match

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GK 1 Maarten Stekelenburg
RB 15
CB 2 Jurriën Timber
CB 21 Lisandro Martínez
LB 31
CM 4 Edson Álvarez
CM 6
CM 8 Ryan Gravenberch
RF 39
CF 22 Sébastien Haller
LF 10 Dušan Tadić (c)
Substitutes:
GK 16 Kjell Scherpen
GK 33 Dominik Kotarski
DF 3
DF 5 Sean Klaiber
DF 12 Noussair Mazraoui
MF 18
MF 19 Zakaria Labyad
MF 20 Mohammed Kudus
FW 7
FW 9 Oussama Idrissi
FW 23 Lassina Traoré
FW 30 Brian Brobbey
Manager:
Erik ten Hag
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GK 22 Remko Pasveer (c)
CB 3 Danilho Doekhi
CB 10 Riechedly Bazoer
CB 6
RWB 2
LWB 32
RM 8 Sondre Tronstad
CM 14
LM 21
CF 7
CF 11 Armando Broja
Substitutes:
GK 23 Bilal Bayazit
GK 24 Jeroen Houwen
DF 16
DF 18
DF 39 Enzo Cornelisse
DF 42 Million Manhoef
MF 20 Thomas Bruns
MF 27
MF 40 Daan Huisman
FW 9
FW 17 Hilary Gong
FW 19 Noah Ohio
Manager:
Thomas Letsch
Assistant referees


Sander van Roekel
Erwin Zeinstra
Fourth official


Allard Lindhout
Video assistant referee


Pol van Boekel
Assistant video assistant referee


Joost van Zuilen

Match rules[3]
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Maximum of twelve named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.

Notes and References

  1. News: Bjorn Kuipers fluit bekerfinale tussen Ajax en Vitesse . Bjorn Kuipers whistles the cup final between Ajax and Vitesse . TotoKNVBBeker.nl . . 12 April 2021 . 23 April 2021 . nl.
  2. Web site: Finale TOTO KNVB Beker definitief zonder publiek. The final of the TOTO KNVB Cup will be played without an audience . KNVB.nl. Royal Dutch Football Association. nl. 30 March 2021. 13 April 2021.
  3. Web site: Reglement voor het toernooi om de TOTO KNVB Beker seizoen 2020/'21 . Regulations for the tournament of the Toto KNVB Cup 2020–21 season . KNVB.nl . . PDF . 1 August 2020 . 24 April 2021 . Dutch . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201101093118/https://www.knvb.nl/downloads/bestand/23545/reglement-toto-knvb-beker-2020-21-01082020 . 1 November 2020.