2025 KNVB Cup final
| Event | 2024–25 KNVB Cup | ||||||
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| After extra time Go Ahead Eagles won 4–2 on penalties | |||||||
| Date | 21 April 2025 | ||||||
| Venue | De Kuip, Rotterdam | ||||||
| Referee | Danny Makkelie | ||||||
| Attendance | 42,972 | ||||||
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.[1]
Route to the final
| AZ | Round | Go Ahead Eagles | ||
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Opponent
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Result
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Opponent
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Result
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| Bye | First round | Bye | ||
| Groningen | 3–1 (H)
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Second round | Sparta Rotterdam | 1–1 (5–4 pen.) (A)
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| Ajax | 2–0 (H)
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Round of 16 | Twente | 3–1 (H)
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| Quick Boys | 3–1 (H)
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Quarter-finals | Noordwijk | 3–1 (H)
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| Heracles Almelo | 2–2 (4–3 pen.) (A)
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Semi-finals | PSV | 2–1 (A)
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Match
| AZ | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Go Ahead Eagles |
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| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
| 2–4 | ||
AZ
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Go Ahead Eagles
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Match rules[2]
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Notes
- ^ Each team will only be given three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.
References
- ^ "Go Ahead Eagles beat AZ Alkmaar in shootout to win first Dutch Cup". ESPN. 21 April 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
- ^ "Reglement voor het toernooi om de TOTO KNVB Beker seizoen 2023/'24" [Regulations for the tournament of the TOTO KNVB Beker season 2023/'24] (PDF). KNVB.nl (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. Archived from the original on 29 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.