1971–72 KNVB Cup

The 1971-72 KNVB Cup was the 54th edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. 32 teams contested, beginning on 9 January 1972 and ending at the final on 11 May 1972.

1971–72 KNVB Cup

Tournament details
Country	Netherlands
Teams	32
Defending champions	Ajax
Final positions
Champions	Ajax
Runners-up	FC Den Haag
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

Ajax successfully defended its 1971 title achieving its 7th KNVB Cup defeating FC Den Haag, 3–2. Ajax being the champions of the Eredivisie achieved a double. They contested in the European Cup, so finalists FC Den Haag would participate in the Cup Winners' Cup.

Teams

• All 18 participants of the Eredivisie 1971–72
• 14 participants of the Eerste Divisie 1971–72

First round

The matches of the first round were played on 9 January 1972.

Home team	Result	Away team
sc Heerenveen 1	0–1	Sparta E
Heracles 1	1–4	Go Ahead Eagles E
NAC E	1–0	SVV 1
NEC E	2–1	Roda JC 1
PSV E	2–0	FC Eindhoven 1
Telstar E	0–1	FC Wageningen 1
Veendam 1	0–1	FC Volendam E
Willem II 1	1–2	Excelsior E

Home team	Result	Away team
DWS E	1–0	Vitesse Arnhem E (on January 7)
Ajax E	8–3	PEC Zwolle 1
AZ'67 1	1–1 (p)	FC Den Haag E
FC Groningen E	1–0	FC Den Bosch E
FC VVV 1	0–1	MVV E
Feyenoord E	3–0	Blauw Wit 1
Fortuna SC 1	1–0	FC Twente E
HFC Haarlem 1	2–0	FC Utrecht E

_E Eredivisie; ₁ Eerste Divisie

Round of 16

The matches of the round of 16 were played on February 11, 13 and 20, 1972.

Home team	Result	Away team
NEC	1–0	NAC
Excelsior	3–0	HFC Haarlem
FC Groningen	3–4 (aet)	FC Wageningen
MVV	1–2	FC Den Haag
Sparta	(p) 2-2	Feyenoord
FC Volendam	1–0	PSV
Ajax	3–0	Go Ahead Eagles
Fortuna Sittard	1–0	DWS

Quarter finals

The quarter finals were played on March 15 and 29, 1972.

Home team	Result	Away team
Fortuna Sittard	0–0 (p)	FC Wageningen
Sparta	0–1	FC Den Haag
FC Volendam	1–0	Excelsior
Ajax	1–0	NEC

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played on April 11 and 12, 1972.

Home team	Result	Away team
Ajax	2–0	FC Volendam
FC Den Haag	2–0	FC Wageningen

Final

11 May 1972

Ajax	3–2	FC Den Haag
Cruijff 34' Mühren 61' (pen.) Keizer 85'		van Eeden 68' Mansveld 85' (pen.)

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 58,000

Referee: Jef Dorpmans

Ajax also were the champions of the Eredivisie, thereby taking the double. They would participate in the European Cup, so finalists FC Den Haag would participate in the Cup Winners' Cup.

External links

• Netherlands Cup Full Results 1970–1994 by the RSSSF