The 2014 Johan Cruyff Shield was the nineteenth edition of the Johan Cruyff Shield (), an annual Dutch football match played between the winners of the previous season's Eredivisie and KNVB Cup. The match was contested by PEC Zwolle, the 2013–14 KNVB Cup winners, and Ajax, champions of the 2013–14 Eredivisie. It was held at the Amsterdam Arena on 3 August 2014. PEC Zwolle won the match 1–0.
Coincidentally, the match was a repeat of last season's KNVB Cup final, which PEC Zwolle emphatically won 5–1, despite conceding early and major crowd disturbance from Ajax fans in the crowd at De Kuip (home of Ajax' rivals Feyenoord).
Background The 2014 Johan Cruyff Shield was the first Dutch football game played in the 2014-15 season. The Johan Cruyff Shield has been played as the first Dutch football match every season since its inception in 1991.
PEC Zwolle made their way to this edition of the Johan Cruyff Shield by beating Ajax 5-1 in the 2014 KNVB Cup final. PEC Zwolle had a much easier path to the final, though, with their hardest opponent being NEC Nijmegen, who got relegated that season. Meanwhile, Ajax faced off against AZ Alkmaar and Feyenoord to get there.
Ajax got to the 2014 Johan Cruyff Shield by winning the Eredivisie 71 points. 2nd Place Feyenoord had 67 points, which made them 4 points off the title.
Match
GK 1 Diederik BoerRB 2 Bram van Polen (c) CB 15 Trent SainsburyCB 14 Joost BroerseLB 5 Bart van Hintum CM 22 Kamohelo MokotjoCM 23 Ben Rienstra RW 6 Mustafa SaymakAM 11 Jesper DrostLW 30 Ryan Thomas CF 10 Stef Nijland Substitutes:GK 25 Boy de JongDF 28 Thomas LamDF 24 Steven PereiraMF 19 Rick Dekker FW 17 Denis MahmudovFW 8 Thanasis Karagounis FW 9 Nikolaos Ioannidis Manager: Ron Jans GK 1 Kenneth VermeerRB 29 Ruben LigeonCB 6 Mike van der Hoorn CB 4 Niklas Moisander (c) LB 5 Nicolai BoilesenDM 26 Nick Viergever CM 10 Davy KlaassenCM 16 Lucas AndersenRW 20 Lasse SchöneCF 19 Arkadiusz Milik LW 11 Ricardo Kishna Substitutes:GK 31 Peter LeeuwenburghDF 24 Stefano DenswilDF 23 Kenny TeteMF 25 Thulani Serero MF 8 Lerin DuarteFW 21 Anwar El Ghazi FW 9 Kolbeinn Sigþórsson Manager: Frank de Boer
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