2009 KNVB Cup final

The 2009 KNVB Cup Final was a football match between Heerenveen and FC Twente on 17 May 2009 at De Kuip, Rotterdam. It was the final match of the 2008–09 KNVB Cup competition. Heerenveen beat FC Twente on penalties after the match finished 2–2 after extra time.^[1][2] It was the side's first KNVB Cup trophy.^[3]

2009 KNVB Cup Final

Event	2008–09 KNVB Cup
Heerenveen FC Twente 2 2
After extra time Heerenveen won 5–4 on penalties
Date	17 May 2009
Venue	De Kuip, Rotterdam
Referee	Jan Wegereef
Attendance	45,000
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Route to the final

Further information: 2008–09 KNVB Cup

Heerenveen		Round	FC Twente
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
MVV	3–0 (A)	Second round	FC Emmen	5–0 (A)
Haaglandia	7–0 (H)	Third round	FC Eindhoven	3–2 (A)
Feyenoord	3–0 (A)	Round of 16	ADO Den Haag	5–1 (A)
NEC	3–1 (H)	Quarter-finals	De Graafschap	1–0 (a.e.t.) (H)
FC Volendam	2–0 (A)	Semi-finals	NAC Breda	3–1 (H)

Match

Details

17 May 2009

18:00 CEST

Heerenveen	2–2 (a.e.t.)	FC Twente
Popov 27' Kalou 112'	Report	Elia 54' Hersi 118'
Penalties
Elm Dingsdag Breuer Kalou Sibon	5–4	Janssen Nkufo Hersi Braafheid Douglas

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Jan Wegereef

Heerenveen

FC Twente

GK 24 Hans Vonk RB 4 Michel Breuer (c) CB 3 Kristian Bak Nielsen CB 5 Michael Dingsdag LB 20 Goran Popov  45' CM 17 Christian Grindheim  74' CM 15 Michal Švec  20'  78' CM 7 Viktor Elm RW 8 Roy Beerens  87' CF 35 Gerald Sibon  42' LW 10 Danijel Pranjić Substitutes: GK 25 Brian Vandenbussche DF 16 Calvin Jong-a-Pin MF 9 Geert Arend Roorda  90'  78' MF 21 Bonaventure Kalou  74' MF 31 Arnór Smárason FW 12 Paulo Henrique  87' FW 14 Patrik Ingelsten Manager: Trond Sollied

GK 1 Sander Boschker RB 19 Douglas CB 4 Peter Wisgerhof  17' CB 5 Slobodan Rajković LB 3 Edson Braafheid CM 18 Cheick Tioté CM 24 Theo Janssen  52' AM 10 Kenneth Perez  84' RW 21 Marko Arnautović  12' CF 9 Blaise Nkufo (c) LW 15 Eljero Elia  104' Substitutes: GK 13 Nikolay Mihaylov DF 8 Ronnie Stam  17' DF 12 Jeroen Heubach DF 22 Niels Wellenberg MF 17 Youssouf Hersi  84' MF 58 Alexander Bannink FW 7 Romano Denneboom  12' Manager: Steve McClaren

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of three substitutions.