2019 Johan Cruyff Shield

The 2019 Johan Cruyff Shield was the 24th edition of the Johan Cruyff Shield (Dutch: Johan Cruijff Schaal), an annual Dutch football match played between the winners of the previous season's Eredivisie and KNVB Cup. The match was contested by Ajax, as both the 2018–19 Eredivisie champion and the 2018–19 KNVB Cup winners, and PSV Eindhoven as runners-up of the Eredivisie.^[1] The match was held on 27 July 2019 at the home of the Eredivisie champions Ajax, the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam.^[2]

Johan Cruijff Schaal XXIV

Ajax PSV Eindhoven 2 0
Date	27 July 2019 (2019-07-27)
Venue	Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam
Referee	Dennis Higler
Attendance	51,837
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Ajax won the match 2–0 for their ninth Johan Cruyff Shield.

Background

The Johan Cruyff Shield is the traditional first match of the new football season in the Netherlands. It had been played every year since 1991 as the curtain raiser between the Eredivisie champions and the KNVB Cup winners. On occasions when a team has won the league and cup double, the league runners-up have contested the match. Originally played a predetermined venue, the match has been played at the home of the Eredivisie winners since 2017.^[3]

Ajax completed a domestic double in the 2018–19 season, winning the Eredivisie title by just three points over PSV and the KNVB Cup after a 4–0 win against Willem II.^[4][5] As a result, they hosted the match at the Johan Cruyff Arena. They had previously won the shield on eight occasions and come runner-up a further 10 times.^[3]

As league runners-up, PSV took the vacant place left by Ajax's success. PSV had won the trophy on 11 previous occasions – the most successful club in the tournament's history – and finished runner-up a further six times.^[3]

Match

Details

Ajax	2–0	PSV Eindhoven
Dolberg 1' Blind 53'	Report

27 July 2019 (2019-07-27)

18:00 CEST

Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam

Attendance: 51,837

Referee: Dennis Higler

Ajax	PSV Eindhoven

GK 24 André Onana RB 3 Joël Veltman  63' CB 2 Perr Schuurs CB 21 Lisandro Martínez  59' LB 28 Sergiño Dest  78' CM 18 Răzvan Marin CM 17 Daley Blind  83' RW 10 Dušan Tadić (c) AM 6 Donny van de Beek LW 11 Quincy Promes  59' CF 25 Kasper Dolberg Substitutions: GK 1 Bruno Varela GK 33 Dominik Kotarski DF 5 Kik Pierie DF 12 Noussair Mazraoui DF 16 Lisandro Magallán  83' MF 8 Carel Eiting MF 20 Lasse Schöne  59' MF 22 Hakim Ziyech  59' MF 26 Jurgen Ekkelenkamp MF 27 Noa Lang MF 30 Dani de Wit FW 9 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Manager: Erik ten Hag

GK 1 Jeroen Zoet RB 22 Denzel Dumfries CB 3 Derrick Luckassen  23' CB 28 Olivier Boscagli LB 32 Michal Sadílek CM 18 Pablo Rosario (c) CM 8 Jorrit Hendrix  21'  46' RW 7 Bruma  46' AM 10 Steven Bergwijn  59' LW 19 Cody Gakpo  45+1' CF 14 Sam Lammers Substitutes: GK 21 Robbin Ruiter DF 4 Nick Viergever DF 20 Trent Sainsbury DF 33 Jordan Teze MF 15 Érick Gutiérrez  46' MF 17 Ibrahim Afellay MF 24 Mohammed Ihattaren MF 25 Bart Ramselaar FW 9 Donyell Malen  46' FW 11 Hirving Lozano  59' FW 16 Joël Piroe FW 26 Zakaria Aboukhlal Manager: Mark van Bommel

See also

• 2018–19 Eredivisie
• 2018–19 KNVB Cup
• AFC Ajax–PSV Eindhoven rivalry