1977–78 KNVB Cup - Misplaced Pages

Football tournament season

1977–78
Tournament details
Country	Netherlands
Teams	46
Defending champions	FC Twente
Final positions
Champions	AZ'67
Runner-up	Ajax
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977-78 KNVB Cup 60th edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. 46 teams contested, beginning on 8 October 1977 and ending at the final on 5 May 1978.

FC Twente unsuccessfully defended its 1977 title at the Second round losing to Go Ahead Eagles, 2–1 (aet. AZ'67 from Alkmaar (at the time called AZ'67) successfully pursued on 5 May 1978 in Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam its first KNVB Cup losing to Ajax, 1–0. 50,000 attended. AZ'67 contested in the Cup Winners' cup

During the quarter and semi-finals, two-legged matches were played.

Teams

All 18 participants of the Eredivisie 1977-78, entering in the second round
All 19 participants of the Eerste Divisie 1977-78
9 teams from lower (amateur) leagues

First round

The matches of the first round were played on 8-9 October 1977.

Home team	Result	Away team
PEC Zwolle ₁	1–1 (p)	FC Eindhoven ₁
SC Cambuur ₁	2–0	FC Den Bosch ₁
SVV ₁	(p) 3-3	BSV Limburgia _A
SC Veendam ₁	5–2	Helmond Sport ₁
FC Wageningen ₁	1–0	SC Amersfoort ₁
Willem II ₁	1–2	VV DWV _A
IJsselmeervogels _A	2–1	sc Heerenveen ₁

Home team	Result	Away team
VV DOVO _A	2–1	RKAV Volendam _A
Excelsior ₁	5–0	VV Rheden _A
FC Dordrecht ₁	0–1	SC BVV _A
FC Groningen ₁	2–0	HFC EDO _A
FC Vlaardingen ₁	3–0	Enschedese Boys _A
Fortuna Sittard ₁	3–2 (aet)	De Graafschap ₁
SC Heracles ₁	1–0	MVV ₁

₁ Eerste Divisie; _A Amateur teams

Second round

The matches of the second round were played on November 19 and 20, 1977. The Eredivisie clubs entered the tournament here.

Home team	Result	Away team
HFC Haarlem _E	1–0	NEC _E
PSV _E	6–0	SVV
Sparta _E	5–0	SC Heracles
Vitesse Arnhem _E	3–0	FC Den Haag _E
FC Volendam _E	3–3 (p)	FC Utrecht _E
FC Wageningen	2–0 (aet)	FC VVV _E
IJsselmeervogels	1–3	FC Groningen
AZ'67 _E	2–0	Fortuna Sittard (on December 14)

Home team	Result	Away team
Ajax _E	4–1	Telstar _E
VV DOVO	0–3	SC Veendam
VV DWV	0–1 (aet)	Roda JC _E
FC Eindhoven	3–1 (aet)	SC Cambuur
Excelsior	3–2	NAC _E
FC Vlaardingen	0–3	FC Amsterdam _E
Feyenoord _E	3–0	SC BVV
Go Ahead Eagles _E	2–1 (aet)	FC Twente _E

_E Eredivisie

Round of 16

The matches of the round of 16 were played between December 21 and 26, 1977.

Home team	Result	Away team
Ajax	7–0	FC Eindhoven
AZ'67	1–0	FC Amsterdam
Excelsior	2–1	FC Groningen
PSV	1–6	FC Wageningen
Roda JC	1–0	HFC Haarlem
Sparta	1–0	Go Ahead Eagles
SC Veendam	2–1	Feyenoord
Vitesse Arnhem	4–3 (aet)	FC Utrecht

Quarter finals

The quarter finals were played between February 1 and March 15, 1978.

Team 1	Aggregate	Team 2	Match 1	Match 2
Roda JC	1–4	Ajax	0–3	1–1
SC Veendam	2–4	Excelsior	2–1	0–3
Vitesse Arnhem	0–4	Sparta	0–2	0–2
FC Wageningen	1–3	AZ'67	1–2	0–1

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played on March 30 and April 19, 1978.

Team 1	Aggregate	Team 2	Match 1	Match 2
Excelsior	1–5	AZ'67	1–2	0–3
Sparta	2–3	Ajax	2–1	0–2

Final

5 May 1978

AZ'67	1–0	Ajax
van Rijnsoever 58'

Olympisch Stadion, AmsterdamAttendance: 50,000Referee: Siem Wellinga

AZ contested in the Cup Winners' cup

References

External links

Netherlands Cup Full Results 1970–1994 by the RSSSF

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