2012 KNVB Cup final

The 2012 KNVB Cup Final was a football match between PSV Eindhoven and Heracles Almelo that took place on 8 April 2012 at De Kuip, Rotterdam. It was the final match of the 2011–12 KNVB Cup competition and the 94th Dutch Cup final.^[1]

2012 KNVB Cup final

Event	2011–12 KNVB Cup
PSV Eindhoven Heracles Almelo 3 0
Date	8 April 2012
Venue	De Kuip, Rotterdam
Referee	Pol van Boekel
Attendance	50,000
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PSV Eindhoven beat Heracles Almelo 3–0 and won their 9th and most recent KNVB Cup trophy.^[2]

This match was also Heracles Almelo's first and only appearance in a KNVB Cup final in their club's entire history.^[3]

Route to the final

Further information: 2011–12 KNVB Cup

PSV Eindhoven		Round	Heracles Almelo
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
VVSB	0–8 (A)	Second round	JVC Cuijk	0–1 (A)
Lisse	3–0 (H)	Third round	VV Berkum	4–0 (H)
FC Twente	1–2 (a.e.t.) (A)	Fourth round	De Graafschap	4–0 (H)
NEC	3–2 (H)	Quarter-finals	RKC Waalwijk	3–0 (H)
Heerenveen	1–3 (A)	Semi-finals	AZ	2–4 (a.e.t.) (A)

Match

Details

8 April 2012

18:00

PSV Eindhoven	3–0	Heracles Almelo
Toivonen 31' Mertens 56' Lens 63'	Report

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Pol van Boekel

PSV Eindhoven

Heracles Almelo

GK 21 Przemysław Tytoń CB 4 Marcelo CB 3 Wilfred Bouma LB 5 Erik Pieters RB 13 Atiba Hutchinson CM 6 Kevin Strootman CM 20 Zakaria Labyad  75' AM 7 Ola Toivonen (c) LW 14 Dries Mertens  86' RW 10 Georginio Wijnaldum CF 17 Jeremain Lens  80' Substitutes: RB 2 Stanislav Manolev RB 8 Orlando Engelaar  75' LW 9 Tim Matavž  80' CB 18 Timothy Derijck CF 19 Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink CF 22 Memphis Depay  86' GK 33 Khalid Sinouh Manager: Phillip Cocu

GK 22 Remko Pasveer CB 4 Antoine van der Linden (c) CB 14 Ben Rienstra LB 5 Mark Looms RB 2 Tim Breukers DM 17 Kwame Quansah DM 7 Lerin Duarte  66' AM 23 Willie Overtoom  71' CM 11 Everton RW 21 Darl Douglas  66' CF 19 Samuel Armenteros Substitutes: LB 5 Jason Davidson RW 10 Marko Vejinović  66' RW 15 Ninos Gouriye  71' DM 20 Thomas Bruns  66' GK 26 Dennis Telgenkamp CB 32 Mike te Wierik CM 27 Luís Pedro Manager: Peter Bosz

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