2021 KNVB Cup Final

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.

2021 KNVB Cup Final
De Kuip in Rotterdam hosted the final.
Event2020–21 KNVB Cup
Ajax Vitesse
2 1
Date18 April 2021 (2021-04-18)
VenueDe Kuip, Rotterdam
RefereeBjörn Kuipers[1]
Attendance0[note 1]

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
Further information: 2020–21 KNVB Cup
Ajax Round Vitesse
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Bye First round Bye
FC Utrecht
5–4 (H)
 Second round Willem II
2–0 (A)
AZ
1–0 (A)
 Round of 16 ADO Den Haag
2–1 (H)
PSV Eindhoven
2–1 (H)
 Quarter-finals SBV Excelsior
1–0 (A)
SC Heerenveen
3–0 (A)
 Semi-finals VVV-Venlo
2–0 (H)

Match
Ajax2–1Vitesse
  • Gravenberch 23'
  • Neres 90+1'
 Report
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Ajax
Vitesse
GK1 Maarten Stekelenburg
RB15 Devyne Rensch 75'
CB2 Jurriën Timber
CB21 Lisandro Martínez
LB31 Nicolás Tagliafico 90+5'
RM4 Edson Álvarez
CM6 Davy Klaassen 87'
LM8 Ryan Gravenberch
RW39 Antony 87'
ST22 Sébastien Haller
LW10 Dušan Tadić (c)
Substitutes:
GK16 Kjell Scherpen
GK33 Dominik Kotarski
DF3 Perr Schuurs 75'
DF5 Sean Klaiber
DF12 Noussair Mazraoui
MF18 Jurgen Ekkelenkamp 87'
MF19 Zakaria Labyad
MF20 Mohammed Kudus
FW7 David Neres 87'
FW9 Oussama Idrissi
FW23 Lassina Traoré
FW30 Brian Brobbey
Manager:
Erik ten Hag
GK22 Remko Pasveer (c)
RB2 Eli Dasa 46'
CB3 Danilho Doekhi
CB10 Riechedly Bazoer
CB6 Jacob Rasmussen 86'
LB32 Maximilian Wittek 74' 89'
RM8 Sondre Tronstad
CM14 Oussama Tannane 63' 89'
LM21 Matúš Bero 90+3'
CF7 Loïs Openda 65'
CF11 Armando Broja
Substitutes:
GK23 Bilal Bayazit
GK24 Jeroen Houwen
DF16 Alois Oroz 46'
DF18 Tomáš Hájek 89'
DF39 Enzo Cornelisse
DF42 Million Manhoef
MF20 Thomas Bruns
MF27 Idrissa Touré 72' 65'
MF40 Daan Huisman
FW9 Oussama Darfalou 89'
FW17 Hilary Gong
FW19 Noah Ohio
Manager:
Thomas Letsch

Assistant referees:[1]
Sander van Roekel
Erwin Zeinstra
Fourth official:[1]
Allard Lindhout
Video assistant referee:[1]
Pol van Boekel
Assistant video assistant referee:[1]
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.[note 2]

Notes
  1. The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.
  2. Each team was only given three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

References
  1. "Bjorn Kuipers fluit bekerfinale tussen Ajax en Vitesse" [Bjorn Kuipers whistles the cup final between Ajax and Vitesse]. TotoKNVBBeker.nl (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  2. "Finale TOTO KNVB Beker definitief zonder publiek" [The final of the TOTO KNVB Cup will be played without an audience]. KNVB.nl (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  3. "Reglement voor het toernooi om de TOTO KNVB Beker seizoen 2020/'21" [Regulations for the tournament of the Toto KNVB Cup 2020–21 season] (PDF). KNVB.nl (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. 1 August 2020. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
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