1971–72 KNVB Cup - Misplaced Pages

Football tournament season

1971–1972
Tournament details
Country	Netherlands
Teams	32
Defending champions	Ajax
Final positions
Champions	Ajax
Runner-up	FC Den Haag
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

The 1971-72 KNVB Cup was the 54th edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. 32 teams contested, beginning on 9 January 1972 and ending at the final on 11 May 1972.

Ajax successfully defended its 1971 title achieving its 7th KNVB Cup defeating FC Den Haag, 3–2. Ajax being the champions of the Eredivisie achieved a double. They contested in the European Cup, so finalists FC Den Haag would participate in the Cup Winners' Cup.

Teams

All 18 participants of the Eredivisie 1971–72
14 participants of the Eerste Divisie 1971–72

First round

The matches of the first round were played on 9 January 1972.

Home team	Result	Away team
sc Heerenveen ₁	0–1	Sparta _E
Heracles ₁	1–4	Go Ahead Eagles _E
NAC _E	1–0	SVV ₁
NEC _E	2–1	Roda JC ₁
PSV _E	2–0	FC Eindhoven ₁
Telstar _E	0–1	FC Wageningen ₁
Veendam ₁	0–1	FC Volendam _E
Willem II ₁	1–2	Excelsior _E

Home team	Result	Away team
DWS _E	1–0	Vitesse Arnhem _E (on January 7)
Ajax _E	8–3	PEC Zwolle ₁
AZ'67 ₁	1–1 (p)	FC Den Haag _E
FC Groningen _E	1–0	FC Den Bosch _E
FC VVV ₁	0–1	MVV _E
Feyenoord _E	3–0	Blauw Wit ₁
Fortuna SC ₁	1–0	FC Twente _E
HFC Haarlem ₁	2–0	FC Utrecht _E

_E Eredivisie; ₁ Eerste Divisie

Round of 16

The matches of the round of 16 were played on February 11, 13 and 20, 1972.

Home team	Result	Away team
NEC	1–0	NAC
Excelsior	3–0	HFC Haarlem
FC Groningen	3–4 (aet)	FC Wageningen
MVV	1–2	FC Den Haag
Sparta	(p) 2-2	Feyenoord
FC Volendam	1–0	PSV
Ajax	3–0	Go Ahead Eagles
Fortuna Sittard	1–0	DWS

Quarter finals

The quarter finals were played on March 15 and 29, 1972.

Home team	Result	Away team
Fortuna Sittard	0–0 (p)	FC Wageningen
Sparta	0–1	FC Den Haag
FC Volendam	1–0	Excelsior
Ajax	1–0	NEC

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played on April 11 and 12, 1972.

Home team	Result	Away team
Ajax	2–0	FC Volendam
FC Den Haag	2–0	FC Wageningen

Final

11 May 1972

Ajax	3–2	FC Den Haag
Cruijff 34' Mühren 61' (pen.) Keizer 85'		van Eeden 68' Mansveld 85' (pen.)

De Kuip, RotterdamAttendance: 58,000Referee: Jef Dorpmans

Ajax also were the champions of the Eredivisie, thereby taking the double. They would participate in the European Cup, so finalists FC Den Haag would participate in the Cup Winners' Cup.

External links

Netherlands Cup Full Results 1970–1994 by the RSSSF

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