The 2019 Johan Cruyff Shield was the 24th 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 Ajax, as both the 2018–19 Eredivisie champion and the 2018–19 KNVB Cup winners, and PSV Eindhoven as runners-up of the Eredivisie. The match was held on 27 July 2019 at the home of the Eredivisie champions Ajax, the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam.
Ajax won the match 2–0 for their ninth Johan Cruyff Shield.
Background The Johan Cruyff Shield is the traditional first match of the new football season in the Netherlands. It had been played every year since 1991 as the curtain raiser between the Eredivisie champions and the KNVB Cup winners. On occasions when a team has won the league and cup double, the league runners-up have contested the match. Originally played a predetermined venue, the match has been played at the home of the Eredivisie winners since 2017.
Ajax completed a domestic double in the 2018–19 season, winning the Eredivisie title by just three points over PSV and the KNVB Cup after a 4–0 win against Willem II. As a result, they hosted the match at the Johan Cruyff Arena. They had previously won the shield on eight occasions and come runner-up a further 10 times.
As league runners-up, PSV took the vacant place left by Ajax's success. PSV had won the trophy on 11 previous occasions – the most successful club in the tournament's history – and finished runner-up a further six times.
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GK 24 André Onana RB 3 Joël Veltman CB 2 Perr Schuurs CB 21 Lisandro Martínez LB 28 Sergiño Dest CM 18 Răzvan Marin CM 17 Daley Blind RW 10 Dušan Tadić (c) AM 6 Donny van de Beek LW 11 Quincy Promes CF 25 Kasper DolbergSubstitutions: GK 1 Bruno Varela GK 33 Dominik Kotarski DF 5 Kik Pierie DF 12 Noussair Mazraoui DF 16 Lisandro Magallán MF 8 Carel Eiting MF 20 Lasse Schöne MF 22 Hakim Ziyech MF 26 Jurgen Ekkelenkamp MF 27 Noa Lang MF 30 Dani de Wit FW 9 Klaas-Jan HuntelaarManager: Erik ten Hag GK 1 Jeroen Zoet RB 22 Denzel Dumfries CB 3 Derrick Luckassen CB 28 Olivier Boscagli LB 32 Michal Sadílek CM 18 Pablo Rosario (c) CM 8 Jorrit Hendrix RW 7 Bruma AM 10 Steven Bergwijn LW 19 Cody Gakpo CF 14 Sam LammersSubstitutes: GK 21 Robbin Ruiter DF 4 Nick Viergever DF 20 Trent Sainsbury DF 33 Jordan Teze MF 15 Érick Gutiérrez MF 17 Ibrahim Afellay MF 24 Mohammed Ihattaren MF 25 Bart Ramselaar FW 9 Donyell Malen FW 11 Hirving Lozano FW 16 Joël Piroe FW 26 Zakaria AboukhlalManager: Mark van Bommel
See also 2018–19 Eredivisie 2018–19 KNVB Cup AFC Ajax–PSV Eindhoven rivalry
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