The 2018 KNVB Cup final was a football match between Feyenoord and AZ on 22 April 2018 at De Kuip, Rotterdam. It was the final match of the 2017–18 KNVB Cup competition and the 100th Dutch Cup Final. Feyenoord beat AZ 3–0 to secure their 13th KNVB Cup trophy.Feyenoord wint 100ste TOTO KNVB Beker - FOXSports Remarkably, Feyenoord played all of their cup matches at home, including the final (which is traditionally played at their stadium) despite being drawn as the away team.
The match was halted for a while in the opening stage of the game due to AZ fans throwing smokebombs on the pitch.
Route to the final
AZRoundFeyenoordOpponentResultOpponentResultMVV3–2 (A)Second roundADO Den Haag2–0 (H)Almere City4–0 (A)Third roundAVV Swift4–1 (H)Fortuna Sittard4–2 (A)Round of 16Heracles3–1 (H)PEC Zwolle4–1 (H)Quarter-finalsPSV2–0 (H)FC Twente4–0 (H)Semi-finalsWillem II3–0 (H)
Match Details
GK 1 Marco Bizot RB 2 Jonas Svensson CB 23 Ricardo van Rhijn CB 4 Ron Vlaar (c) CB 30 Stijn Wuytens LB 5 Thomas Ouwejan CM 6 Fredrik Midtsjø CM 15 Guus Til CM 14 Teun Koopmeiners CF 7 Alireza Jahanbakhsh CF 9 Wout Weghorst Substitutes: GK 16 Gino Coutinho GK 25 Nick Olij DF 3 Rens van Eijden DF 12 Pantelis Hatzidiakos DF 26 Owen Wijndal MF 8 Joris van Overeem MF 18 Iliass Bel Hassani MF 20 Mats Seuntjens MF 24 Tijjani Reijnders FW 22 Oussama Idrissi FW 49 Mees HoedemakersCoach: John van den Brom GK 25 Brad Jones RB 17 Kevin Diks CB 3 Sven van Beek CB 6 Jan-Arie van der Heijden LB 5 Ridgeciano Haps CDM 8 Karim El Ahmadi (c) CAM 32 Robin van Persie CDM 10 Tonny Vilhena RW 19 Steven Berghuis CF 9 Nicolai Jørgensen LW 28 Jens Toornstra Substitutes: GK 22 Justin Bijlow GK 30 Ramón ten Hove DF 2 Bart Nieuwkoop DF 33 Eric Botteghin DF 35 Tyrell Malacia MF 20 Renato Tapia MF 21 Sofyan Amrabat MF 36 Emil Hansson FW 7 Jean-Paul Boëtius FW 14 Bilal Başaçıkoğlu FW 34 Dylan VenteCoach: Giovanni van Bronckhorst 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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