The 2021 Johan Cruyff Shield was the 25th edition of the Johan Cruyff Shield (Dutch: Johan Cruijff Schaal), an annual Dutch football match played between the winners of the previous season's Eredivisie and KNVB Cup. The match was contested by the winners of the 2020–21 Eredivisie and the 2020–21 KNVB Cup on 7 August 2021.
As Ajax won both the Eredivisie and the KNVB Cup, the Eredivisie runners-up, PSV Eindhoven, participated in the 2021 Johan Cruyff Shield.
The defending champions were Ajax, who won the 2019 Johan Cruyff Shield. The 2020 Johan Cruyff Shield was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.
PSV Eindhoven won the match 4–0 for their record twelfth Johan Cruyff Shield.
It was also the last match for referee Björn Kuipers.
Match
Details
GK 32 Remko Pasveer RB 12 Noussair Mazraoui CB 2 Jurriën Timber CB 21 Lisandro Martínez LB 31 Nicolás Tagliafico RM 8 Ryan Gravenberch CM 6 Davy Klaassen LM 17 Daley Blind RF 23 Steven Berghuis CF 22 Sébastien Haller LF 10 Dušan Tadić (c)Substitutes: GK 1 Maarten Stekelenburg GK 16 Jay Gorter DF 15 Devyne Rensch DF 28 Lisandro Magallán DF 35 Youri Baas MF 4 Edson Álvarez MF 18 Jurgen Ekkelenkamp MF 25 Kenneth Taylor MF 26 Victor Jensen FW 7 David Neres FW 9 Danilo FW 42 Ar'jany MarthaManager: Erik ten Hag GK 16 Joël Drommel RB 29 Phillipp Mwene CB 5 André Ramalho CB 28 Olivier Boscagli LB 31 Philipp Max RM 8 Marco van Ginkel (c) CM 27 Mario Götze LM 6 Ibrahim Sangaré RF 23 Noni Madueke CF 7 Eran Zahavi LF 11 Cody Gakpo Substitutes: GK 38 Yvon Mvogo DF 3 Jordan Teze DF 4 Nick Viergever DF 24 Armando Obispo DF 35 Fredrik Oppegård MF 14 Davy Pröpper MF 17 Mauro Júnior FW 19 Bruma FW 42 Fodé Fofana FW 53 Yorbe Vertessen Manager: Roger Schmidt
See also
2020–21 Eredivisie 2020–21 KNVB Cup AFC Ajax–PSV Eindhoven rivalry
References