The 2014 KNVB Cup final was a football match between PEC Zwolle and Ajax on 20 April 2014 at De Kuip, Rotterdam. It was the final match of the 2013–14 KNVB Cup competition and the 96th Dutch Cup final. PEC Zwolle beat Ajax 5–1 to secure their first KNVB Cup trophy.
The match saw major crowd disturbance from Ajax fans, who were throwing fireworks on the pitch. This caused the referee to suspend the match in the fifth minute with Ajax a goal ahead. After a half-hour interval, play was resumed.
Route to the final
PEC ZwolleRoundAjaxOpponentResultOpponentResultFortuna Sittard2–0 (H)Second roundFC Volendam4–2 (a.e.t.) (H)Wilhelmina '084–0 (H)Third roundASWH4–1 (H)Excelsior4–1 (A)Round of 16IJsselmeervogels3–0 (A)JVC Cuijk5–1 (H)Quarter-finalsFeyenoord3–1 (H)NEC2–1 (H)Semi-finalsAZ1–0 (A)
Match Details
GK 1 Diederik BoerRB 2 Bram van Polen (c) CB 4 Maikel van der WerffCB 14 Joost Broerse LB 5 Bart van HintumCM 22 Kamohelo MokotjoCM 43 Mateusz KlichRW 6 Mustafa Saymak AM 11 Jesper DrostLW 30 Ryan Thomas CF 18 Guyon FernandezSubstitutes:GK 16 Kevin BegoisDF 3 Darryl Lachman DF 38 Giovanni Gravenbeek MF 10 Stef Nijland FW 7 Furdjel Narsingh FW 8 Thanasis KaragounisFW 9 Fred BensonManager: Ron Jans GK 1 Kenneth VermeerRB 2 Ricardo van RhijnCB 4 Niklas Moisander (c) CB 24 Stefano DenswilLB 15 Nicolai BoilesenCM 18 Davy KlaassenCM 17 Daley Blind CM 25 Thulani SereroRW 20 Lasse Schöne CF 11 Bojan LW 9 Kolbeinn SigþórssonSubstitutes:GK 22 Jasper CillessenDF 6 Mike van der Hoorn DF 27 Ruben LigeonMF 5 Christian Poulsen MF 8 Lerin DuarteFW 34 Lesly de Sa FW 43 Ricardo Kishna Manager: Frank de Boer Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of three substitutions.
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