The 2025 KNVB Cup final was a football match between Eredivisie clubs AZ and Go Ahead Eagles, which took place on 21 April 2025 at De Kuip, Rotterdam, and was won by Go Ahead Eagles. It was the final match of the 2024–25 KNVB Cup, the 107th season of the annual Dutch national football cup competition.
Go Ahead Eagles won the final on penalties and qualified for the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League league stage and the Johan Cruyff Shield 2025 due to winning the KNVB Cup.
Route to the final
+AZRoundGo Ahead EaglesByeFirst roundByeGroningenSecond roundSparta RotterdamAjaxRound of 16TwenteQuick BoysQuarter-finalsNoordwijkHeracles AlmeloSemi-finalsPSV
Match
GK 1 Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro LB 18 David Møller Wolfe CB 4 Bruno Martins Indi (c) CB 3 Wouter Goes RB 16 Seiya Maikuma CDM 26 Kees Smit CDM 6 Peer Koopmeiners LM 7 Ruben van Bommel AM 10 Sven Mijnans RM 21 Ernest Poku ST 9 Troy Parrott Substitutes: GK 12 Hobie Verhulst GK 41 Jeroen Zoet DF 22 Maxim Dekker DF 30 Denso Kasius DF 34 Mees de Wit MF 28 Zico Buurmeester MF 24 Lewis Schouten MF 67 Kasper Boogaard FW 11 Ibrahim Sadiq FW 23 Mayckel Lahdo FW 35 Mexx Meerdink FW 17 Jayden AddaiManager: Maarten Martens GK 22 Jari De Busser LB 29 Aske Adelgaard CB 4 Joris Kramer CB 3 Gerrit Nauber RB 2 Mats Deijl (c) CDM 8 Evert Linthorst CDM 21 Enric Llansana LM 17 Mathis Suray AM 16 Victor Edvardsen RM 19 Oliver Antman ST 9 Milan Smit Substitutes: GK 1 Luca Plogmann GK 30 Sven Jansen GK 33 Nando Verdoni DF 26 Julius Dirksen DF 24 Luca Everink MF 6 Calvin Twigt MF 15 Robbin Weijenberg FW 10 Søren Tengstedt FW 14 Oscar Pettersson FW 27 Finn Stokkers FW 11 Oskar Sivertsen FW 31 Ofosu BoakyeManager: Paul Simonis
Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of twelve named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.
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