2022 KNVB Cup final

The 2022 KNVB Cup Final was a football match between Eredivisie clubs PSV and Ajax, that took place on 17 April 2022 at De Kuip, Rotterdam.^[2][3] It was the final match of the 2021–22 KNVB Cup, the 104th season of the annual Dutch national football cup competition.

2022 KNVB Cup Final

De Kuip in Rotterdam hosted the final.
Event	2021–22 KNVB Cup
PSV Ajax 2 1
Date	17 April 2022 (2022-04-17)
Venue	De Kuip, Rotterdam
Referee	Danny Makkelie[1]
Attendance	42,824
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PSV won the match 2–1 for their tenth title. As winners, they competed in the 2022 Johan Cruyff Shield and earned a spot in the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League play-off round if they had not qualified for the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League. With PSV finishing second in 2021–22 Eredivisie, the Europa League play-off round spot was instead given to the third placed team in the Eredivisie.

Route to the final

Further information: 2021–22 KNVB Cup

PSV		Round	Ajax
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Bye		First round	Bye
Fortuna Sittard	2–0 (H)	Second round	Barendrecht	4–0 (H)
Telstar	2–1 (H)	Round of 16	Excelsior Maassluis	9–0 (H)
NAC Breda	4–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Vitesse	5–0 (H)
Go Ahead Eagles	2–1 (A)	Semi-finals	AZ	2–0 (A)

Match

17 April 2022

18:00 UTC+02:00

PSV	2–1	Ajax
Gutiérrez 48' Gakpo 50'	Report	Gravenberch 23'

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 42,824^[4]

Referee: Danny Makkelie

PSV

Ajax

GK 38 Yvon Mvogo RB 17 Mauro Júnior CB 3 Jordan Teze  88' CB 5 André Ramalho LB 31 Philipp Max  63' DM 6 Ibrahim Sangaré CM 15 Érick Gutiérrez CM 23 Joey Veerman  69' RF 27 Mario Götze  90+3' CF 7 Eran Zahavi  81' LF 11 Cody Gakpo (c)  69' Substitutes: GK 16 Joël Drommel GK 21 Maxime Delanghe DF 35 Fredrik Oppegård MF 8 Marco van Ginkel  90+2' MF 25 Ritsu Dōan  69' MF 37 Richard Ledezma FW 9 Carlos Vinícius FW 19 Bruma  69' FW 20 Maximiliano Romero FW 32 Yorbe Vertessen  81'  90+2' Manager: Roger Schmidt

GK 1 Maarten Stekelenburg RB 12 Noussair Mazraoui  72' CB 2 Jurriën Timber CB 21 Lisandro Martínez  18' LB 17 Daley Blind CM 6 Davy Klaassen  86' CM 4 Edson Álvarez  72' CM 8 Ryan Gravenberch  81' RF 23 Steven Berghuis  86' CF 18 Brian Brobbey LF 10 Dušan Tadić (c) Substitutes: GK 16 Jay Gorter GK 33 Przemysław Tytoń DF 3 Perr Schuurs  72' DF 46 Anass Salah-Eddine MF 20 Mohammed Kudus  86' MF 25 Kenneth Taylor MF 27 Mohamed Ihattaren  86' MF 44 Youri Regeer FW 9 Danilo FW 22 Sébastien Haller  72' FW 30 Mohamed Daramy Manager: Erik ten Hag

Assistant referees:[1] Hessel Steegstra Jan de Vries Fourth official:[1] Joey Kooij Video assistant referee:[1] Dennis Higler Assistant video assistant referee:[1] Erwin Zeinstra

Match rules[5] 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of twelve named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.[note 1]

Notes

1. Each team was only 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.