1980–81 KNVB Cup - Misplaced Pages

Football tournament season

1980–81
Tournament details
Country	Netherlands
Teams	46
Defending champions	Feyenoord
Final positions
Champions	AZ'67
Runner-up	Ajax
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

The 1980-81 KNVB Cup 63rd edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. 46 teams contested, beginning on 6 September 1980 and ending at the final on 28 May 1981.

AZ from Alkmaar (at the time called AZ'67) beat Ajax 3–1 and won the cup for the second time.

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

Teams

All 18 participants of the Eredivisie 1980-81
All 19 participants of the Eerste Divisie 1980-81
9 teams from lower (amateur) leagues

First round

The matches of the first round were played on 6-7 September 1980.

Home team	Result	Away team
Fortuna Sittard ₁	2–0 (aet)	SC Cambuur ₁
HFC Haarlem ₁	3–0	Vitesse Arnhem ₁
sc Heerenveen ₁	3–2	ACV _A
ROHDA Raalte _A	(p) 1-1	FC Eindhoven ₁
SC Veendam ₁	2–0	Helmond Sport ₁
SVV ₁	5–1	DESK _A
FC Volendam ₁	3–1	VV Noordwijk _A

Home team	Result	Away team
VV Caesar _A	2–5 (aet)	SC Amersfoort ₁
De Graafschap ₁	2–3	Telstar ₁
DETO _A	2–5	DS '79 ₁
FC Amsterdam ₁	8–1	VV Arnemuiden _A
FC Den Bosch ₁	3–0	VV Rheden _A
FC Vlaardingen ₁	4–2	XerxesDZB _A
FC VVV ₁	3–2 (aet)	SC Heracles ₁

₁ Eerste Divisie; _A Amateur teams

Second round

The matches of the second round were played on November 15 and 16, 1980. The Eredivisie clubs entered the tournament here.

Home team	Result	Away team
Go Ahead Eagles _E	9–3	ROHDA Raalte
HFC Haarlem	(p) 2-2	NAC _E
MVV _E	3–0	FC Amsterdam
NEC _E	0–1	FC Groningen _E
SC Amersfoort	2–2 (p)	FC VVV
Sparta _E	2–2 (p)	PEC Zwolle _E
Telstar	2–2 (p)	Willem II _E
FC Wageningen _E	4–1	FC Den Haag _E

Home team	Result	Away team
Ajax _E	3–0	SVV
AZ'67 _E	4–1	sc Heerenveen
DS '79	0–1	PSV _E
Excelsior _E	2–2 (p)	FC Vlaardingen
FC Den Bosch	2–4	FC Utrecht _E
FC Twente _E	1–0	FC Volendam
Feyenoord _E	5–1	SC Veendam
Fortuna Sittard	1–2	Roda JC _E

_E Eredivisie

Round of 16

The matches of the round of 16 were played on January 24 and 25, 1981.

Home team	Result	Away team
Ajax	5–1	FC Twente
AZ'67	5–2	FC Vlaardingen
FC Groningen	3–2	FC VVV
Feyenoord	3–3 (p)	HFC Haarlem
Go Ahead Eagles	3–1	MVV
PSV	4–0	Roda JC
Willem II	2–1	FC Utrecht
FC Wageningen	0–3	PEC Zwolle (on Feb. 4)

Quarter finals

The quarter finals were played on February 25 and April 1, 1980.

Team 1	Aggregate	Team 2	Match 1	Match 2
Ajax	4–1	FC Groningen	3–0	1–1
Go Ahead Eagles	3–2 (aet)	PEC Zwolle	1–1	2–1 (aet)
HFC Haarlem	2–4	AZ'67	1–1	1–3
Willem II	0–3	PSV	0–1	0–2

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played on April 14 and May 12, 1980.

Team 1	Aggregate	Team 2	Match 1	Match 2
Go Ahead Eagles	3–8	AZ'67	2–2	1–6
PSV	3–4	Ajax	2–2	1–2

Final

28 May 1981

Ajax	1–3	AZ '67
Vanenburg 52'		Tol 23' Spelbos 58' Nygaard 73'

Olympisch Stadion, AmsterdamAttendance: 36,000Referee: Gerard Geurds

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

References

VV Caesar – SC Amersfoort was also reported as 2–4 (see external link: RSSSF)
FC Amsterdam – VV Arnemuiden was also reported as 8–2 (see external link: RSSSF)
VVV Venlo – Heracles Almelo was also reported as 4–2 (see external link: RSSSF)

External links

Netherlands Cup Full Results 1970–1994 by the RSSSF

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