2021 KNVB Cup final

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]
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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

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
 Report
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Ajax
Vitesse
GK 1 Netherlands Maarten Stekelenburg
RB 15 Netherlands Devyne Rensch downward-facing red arrow 75'
CB 2 Netherlands Jurriën Timber
CB 21 Argentina Lisandro Martínez
LB 31 Argentina Nicolás Tagliafico Yellow card 90+5'
CM 4 Mexico Edson Álvarez
CM 6 Netherlands Davy Klaassen downward-facing red arrow 87'
CM 8 Netherlands Ryan Gravenberch
RF 39 Brazil Antony downward-facing red arrow 87'
CF 22 Ivory Coast Sébastien Haller
LF 10 Serbia Dušan Tadić (c)
Substitutes:
GK 16 Netherlands Kjell Scherpen
GK 33 Croatia Dominik Kotarski
DF 3 Netherlands Perr Schuurs upward-facing green arrow 75'
DF 5 Netherlands Sean Klaiber
DF 12 Morocco Noussair Mazraoui
MF 18 Netherlands Jurgen Ekkelenkamp upward-facing green arrow 87'
MF 19 Morocco Zakaria Labyad
MF 20 Ghana Mohammed Kudus
FW 7 Brazil David Neres upward-facing green arrow 87'
FW 9 Morocco Oussama Idrissi
FW 23 Burkina Faso Lassina Traoré
FW 30 Netherlands Brian Brobbey
Manager:
Netherlands Erik ten Hag
GK 22 Netherlands Remko Pasveer (c)
CB 3 Netherlands Danilho Doekhi
CB 10 Netherlands Riechedly Bazoer
CB 6 Denmark Jacob Rasmussen Red card 86'
RWB 2 Israel Eli Dasa downward-facing red arrow 46'
LWB 32 Germany Maximilian Wittek Yellow card 74' downward-facing red arrow 89'
RM 8 Norway Sondre Tronstad
CM 14 Morocco Oussama Tannane Yellow card 63' downward-facing red arrow 89'
LM 21 Slovakia Matúš Bero Yellow card 90+3'
CF 7 Belgium Loïs Openda downward-facing red arrow 65'
CF 11 Albania Armando Broja
Substitutes:
GK 23 Netherlands Bilal Bayazit
GK 24 Netherlands Jeroen Houwen
DF 16 Croatia Alois Oroz upward-facing green arrow 46'
DF 18 Czech Republic Tomáš Hájek upward-facing green arrow 89'
DF 39 Netherlands Enzo Cornelisse
DF 42 Netherlands Million Manhoef
MF 20 Netherlands Thomas Bruns
MF 27 Germany Idrissa Touré Yellow card 72' upward-facing green arrow 65'
MF 40 Netherlands Daan Huisman
FW 9 Algeria Oussama Darfalou upward-facing green arrow 89'
FW 17 Nigeria Hilary Gong
FW 19 England Noah Ohio
Manager:
Germany 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d e "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.