1978–79 KNVB Cup - Misplaced Pages

Football tournament season

1978–79
Tournament details
Country	Netherlands
Teams	46
Defending champions	AZ'67
Final positions
Champions	Ajax
Runner-up	FC Twente
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The 1978-79 KNVB Cup 61st edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. 46 teams contested, beginning on 19 August 1978 and ending at the final on 15 May 1979.

Ajax – FC Twente ended a draw: 1–1 (aet). Instead of a penalty shootout, a replay was held on May 29. In that match, Ajax beat FC Twente 3–0 and won the cup for the eighth time.

During the quarter and semi-finals of the tournament, two-legged matches were held.

Teams

All 18 participants of the Eredivisie 1978-79
All 19 participants of the Eerste Divisie 1978-79
9 teams from lower (amateur) leagues

First round

The matches of the first round were played on 19-20 August 1978.

Home team	Result	Away team
VV Rheden _A	2–1	Hoogeveen _A
SVV ₁	1–2	SC Heracles ₁
TOP Oss _A	1–2	Willem II ₁
SC Veendam ₁	3–1	ACV _A
FC Vlaardingen ₁	1–2	VV Noordwijk _A
VUC _A	2–3	FC Eindhoven ₁
FC Wageningen ₁	1–0	FC Groningen ₁

Home team	Result	Away team
FC Den Bosch ₁	5–2	VV Geldrop/AEK _A
FC Dordrecht ₁	3–0	SC Amersfoort ₁
Excelsior ₁	2–0	SC Cambuur ₁
Fortuna SC ₁	2–1	HFC EDO _A
De Graafschap ₁	4–1	Helmond Sport ₁
sc Heerenveen ₁	1–0	Telstar ₁
Jodan Boys _A	0–10	FC Amsterdam ₁

₁ Eerste Divisie; _A Amateur teams

Second round

The matches of the second round were played on October 14, 15 and 25, 1978. The Eredivisie clubs entered the tournament this round.

Home team	Result	Away team
FC Volendam _E	2–1	Feyenoord _E
FC Wageningen	4–0	FC Amsterdam
Willem II	1–2	Roda JC _E
FC Den Haag _E	4–2	NEC _E
NAC _E	2–1	Go Ahead Eagles _E
PEC Zwolle _E	4–1	MVV _E
FC Twente _E	4–1	SC Veendam
FC Utrecht _E	2–0	sc Heerenveen

Home team	Result	Away team
Ajax _E	3–2	FC Eindhoven
Excelsior	1–2	AZ'67 _E
Fortuna SC	4–3	VV Rheden
De Graafschap	2–1 (aet)	Vitesse Arnhem _E
HFC Haarlem _E	2–2 (p)	VV Noordwijk
SC Heracles	0–1	FC Den Bosch
PSV _E	11–1	FC Dordrecht
Sparta _E	4–1	FC VVV _E

_E Eredivisie

Round of 16

The matches were played on November 18 and 19, 1978.

Home team	Result	Away team
Ajax	3–0	Roda JC
AZ'67	4–1	FC Wageningen
FC Den Haag	2–2 (p)	FC Twente
Fortuna SC	2–0	De Graafschap
NAC	1–0	FC Utrecht
VV Noordwijk	1–3	FC Volendam
PSV	3–2	FC Den Bosch
Sparta	3–0	PEC Zwolle

Quarter finals

The quarter finals were played on March 14 and April 4, 1979.

Team 1	Aggregate	Team 2	Match 1	Match 2
FC Twente	3–1	AZ'67	1–1	2–0
Fortuna SC	0–4	Ajax	0–2	0–2
NAC	2–3	PSV	1–1	1–2
FC Volendam	2–0	Sparta	0–0	2–0

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played on April 18 and May 2, 1979.

Team 1	Aggregate	Team 2	Match 1	Match 2
FC Twente	4–3	PSV	4–2	0–1
FC Volendam	4–4 (a)	Ajax	3–3	1–1

Final

15 May 1979

Ajax	1–1 (a.e.t.)	FC Twente
Clarke 42' (pen.)		Meutstege 14' (o.g.)

De Kuip, RotterdamAttendance: 30,000Referee: Gerard Jonker

Replay

29 May 1979

Ajax	3–0	FC Twente
Clarke 26' Tahamata 47' Schoenaker 64'

De Kuip, RotterdamAttendance: 29,000Referee: Jan Keizer

Ajax also won the Dutch Eredivisie championship, thereby taking the double. They would participate in the European Cup, so finalists Twente could play in the Cup Winners' Cup.

External links

Netherlands Cup Full Results 1970–1994 by the RSSSF

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