1972–73 KNVB Cup - Misplaced Pages

Football tournament season

1972–1973
Tournament details
Country	Netherlands
Teams	46
Defending champions	Ajax
Final positions
Champions	NAC
Runner-up	NEC
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The 1972-73 KNVB Cup was the 55th edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. 46 teams contested, beginning on 29 October 1972 and ending at the final on 31 May 1973.

Ajax unsuccessfully defended its 1972 title losing on 10 December 1972 in the Second round, when the 18 Eredivisie teams entered this round, NAC, 2–2 (penalty shootout).

NAC successfully pursued its first KNVB Cup defeating NEC, 2–0. NAC contested in the Cup Winners' Cup.

Teams

All 18 participants of the Eredivisie 1972-73, entering in the second round
All 20 participants of the Eerste Divisie 1972-73
8 teams from lower (amateur) leagues

First round


29 October 1972
Caesar Beek _A	1–2	Helmond Sport ₁
Ede _A	1–4 (aet)	Willem II ₁
USV Elinkwijk _A	3–0	FC Eindhoven ₁
FC VVV ₁	2–0	FC Wageningen ₁
Fortuna Sittard ₁	2–2 (p: 5–6)	PEC Zwolle ₁
HVC ₁	0–2	De Volewijckers ₁
IJsselmeervogels _A	0–4	Roda JC ₁
VV Leeuwarden _A	0–3	Heracles ₁
RKSV Sparta'25 _A	0–0 (p: 6–5)	FC Dordrecht ₁
SVV ₁	2–0	SC Cambuur ₁
Veendam ₁	2–0	Fortuna Vlaardingen ₁
Vitesse Arnhem ₁	2–1 (aet)	De Graafschap ₁
Xerxes Rotterdam _A	0–1	sc Heerenveen ₁
Zwart-Wit '28 _A	0–3	FC Volendam ₁

₁ Eerste Divisie; _A Amateur teams

Second round

The 18 Eredivisie teams entered this round.


December 10, 1972
AZ'67 _E	2–0	FC Den Bosch _E
USV Elinkwijk	2–0	FC VVV
Excelsior _E	2–1	FC Utrecht _E
FC Amsterdam _E	3–1 (aet)	Helmond Sport
FC Den Haag _E	6–0	Sparta'25
HFC Haarlem _E	0–3	Feyenoord _E
Heracles	2–1	sc Heerenveen
NAC _E	2–2 (p)	Ajax _E
NEC _E	1–0	Go Ahead Eagles _E
Sparta _E	3–1	MVV _E
SVV	0–0 (p)	Roda JC
Telstar _E	0–2	FC Twente _E
Veendam	1–0	FC Groningen _E
FC Volendam	0–1	PEC Zwolle
De Volewijckers	1–0	Vitesse Arnhem
Willem II	0–3	PSV _E

_E Eredivisie

Third round


January 28, 1973
USV Elinkwijk	0–4	NAC
Excelsior	1–3	PSV
FC Den Haag	2–1	De Volewijckers
FC Twente	4–0	Heracles
NEC	2–0	SVV
PEC Zwolle	1–3	Feyenoord
Sparta	1–0	FC Amsterdam
Veendam	2–3 (aet)	AZ'67

From quarterfinals to final

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

14 March

PSV	0
		4 April
Sparta	1
		Sparta	1
14 March
		NAC	2
FC Den Haag	1
				31 May
NAC	2
				NAC	2
14 March
				NEC	0
NEC	1
		4 April
Feyenoord	0
		NEC	1
14 March
		AZ'67	0
AZ'67	1

FC Twente	0

Details of the final

31 May 1973

NAC	2–0	NEC
Bish 10' Brouwers 75'

De Kuip, RotterdamAttendance: 45,801Referee: Theo Boosten

NAC would participate in the Cup Winners' Cup.

External links

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