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Football match

2021 KNVB Cup final

De Kuip in Rotterdam hosted the final.

Event

2020–21 KNVB Cup

Ajax	Vitesse

2	1

Date

18 April 2021 (2021-04-18)

Venue

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Referee

Björn Kuipers

Attendance

← 2019 (~~2020~~) 2022 →

The 2021 KNVB Cup final was a football match between Eredivisie clubs Ajax and Vitesse, that took place on 18 April 2021 at De Kuip, Rotterdam. It was the final match of the 2020–21 KNVB Cup, the 103rd season of the annual Dutch national football cup competition.

Ajax won the match 2–1 for a record twentieth title. As winners, they will compete in the 2021 Johan Cruyff Shield and earned a spot in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League play-off round if they do not qualify for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League.

It was announced in March 2021 that there would be no fans at the match due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Route to the final

Further information: 2020–21 KNVB Cup


Ajax		Round	Vitesse
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Bye		First round	Bye
FC Utrecht	5–4 (H)	Second round	Willem II	2–0 (A)
AZ	1–0 (A)	Round of 16	ADO Den Haag	2–1 (H)
PSV Eindhoven	2–1 (H)	Quarter-finals	SBV Excelsior	1–0 (A)
SC Heerenveen	3–0 (A)	Semi-finals	VVV-Venlo	2–0 (H)

Match

18 April 202118:00 UTC+02:00

Ajax	2–1	Vitesse
Gravenberch 23' Neres 90+1'	Report	Openda 30'

De Kuip, RotterdamAttendance: 0Referee: Björn Kuipers

Ajax

Vitesse


GK	1	Maarten Stekelenburg
RB	15	Devyne Rensch		75'
CB	2	Jurriën Timber
CB	21	Lisandro Martínez
LB	31	Nicolás Tagliafico	90+5'
CM	4	Edson Álvarez
CM	6	Davy Klaassen		87'
CM	8	Ryan Gravenberch
RF	39	Antony		87'
CF	22	Sébastien Haller
LF	10	Dušan Tadić (c)
Substitutes:
GK	16	Kjell Scherpen
GK	33	Dominik Kotarski
DF	3	Perr Schuurs		75'
DF	5	Sean Klaiber
DF	12	Noussair Mazraoui
MF	18	Jurgen Ekkelenkamp		87'
MF	19	Zakaria Labyad
MF	20	Mohammed Kudus
FW	7	David Neres		87'
FW	9	Oussama Idrissi
FW	23	Lassina Traoré
FW	30	Brian Brobbey
Manager:
Erik ten Hag


GK	22	Remko Pasveer (c)
CB	3	Danilho Doekhi
CB	10	Riechedly Bazoer
CB	6	Jacob Rasmussen	86'
RWB	2	Eli Dasa		46'
LWB	32	Maximilian Wittek	74'	89'
RM	8	Sondre Tronstad
CM	14	Oussama Tannane	63'	89'
LM	21	Matúš Bero	90+3'
CF	7	Loïs Openda		65'
CF	11	Armando Broja
Substitutes:
GK	23	Bilal Bayazit
GK	24	Jeroen Houwen
DF	16	Alois Oroz		46'
DF	18	Tomáš Hájek		89'
DF	39	Enzo Cornelisse
DF	42	Million Manhoef
MF	20	Thomas Bruns
MF	27	Idrissa Touré	72'	65'
MF	40	Daan Huisman
FW	9	Oussama Darfalou		89'
FW	17	Hilary Gong
FW	19	Noah Ohio
Manager:
Thomas Letsch

Assistant referees:
Sander van Roekel
Erwin Zeinstra
Fourth official:
Allard Lindhout
Video assistant referee:
Pol van Boekel
Assistant video assistant referee:
Joost van Zuilen

Match rules

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Maximum of twelve named substitutes.
Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.

Notes

^ The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.
Each team was only given three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

References

^ "Bjorn Kuipers fluit bekerfinale tussen Ajax en Vitesse" [Bjorn Kuipers whistles the cup final between Ajax and Vitesse]. TotoKNVBBeker.nl (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
"Finale TOTO KNVB Beker definitief zonder publiek" [The final of the TOTO KNVB Cup will be played without an audience]. KNVB.nl (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
"Reglement voor het toernooi om de TOTO KNVB Beker seizoen 2020/'21" [Regulations for the tournament of the Toto KNVB Cup 2020–21 season] (PDF). KNVB.nl (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. 1 August 2020. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

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Eerste Divisie	Almere City FC SC Cambuur FC Den Bosch FC Dordrecht FC Eindhoven Excelsior Go Ahead Eagles De Graafschap Helmond Sport Jong Ajax Jong AZ Jong PSV Jong FC Utrecht MVV Maastricht NAC Breda N.E.C. Roda JC Kerkrade Telstar TOP Oss FC Volendam
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