1981–82 KNVB Cup

The 1981-82 KNVB Cup was the 64th edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. 46 teams contested, beginning on 5 September 1981 and ending with the two legs of the final on 12 and 18 May 1982.

1981–82 KNVB Cup

Tournament details
Country	Netherlands
Teams	46
Defending champions	AZ'67
Final positions
Champions	AZ'67
Runners-up	FC Utrecht
← 1980–81 1982–83 →

AZ from Alkmaar (at the time called AZ'67) beating FC Utrecht 5–2 on aggregate and won the cup for the third time. From the quarter finals onwards,

two-legged matches were held.

Teams

• All 18 participants of the Eredivisie 1981-82, entering in the second round
• All 18 participants of the Eerste Divisie 1981-82
• 10 teams from lower (amateur) leagues

First round

The matches of the first round were played on 5-6 September 1981.

Home team	Result	Away team
SC Amersfoort 1	1–0 (aet)	FC Wageningen 1
SVV 1	3–4	SC Cambuur 1
Telstar 1	6–2	RKC A
De Treffers A	1–5	FC Den Bosch 1
GVV Unitas A	0–3	DS '79 1
SC Veendam 1	2–0	VV Noordwijk A
Vitesse Arnhem 1	2–0	Helmond Sport 1

Home team	Result	Away team
VV Appingedam A	1–6	Excelsior 1
DHC Delft A	2–0	Fortuna Sittard 1
FC Eindhoven 1	0–1	FC Volendam 1
FC Amsterdam 1	6–3 (aet)	DOS Kampen A
FC VVV 1	1–0	VV Caesar A
sc Heerenveen 1	3–2	ACV A
RBC A	1–3	Heracles 1

₁ Eerste Divisie; _A Amateur teams

Second round

The matches of the second round were played on October 31 and November 1, 1981. The Eredivisie clubs entered the tournament this round.

Home team	Result	Away team
Heracles	4–1	sc Heerenveen
MVV E	10–3	SC Amersfoort
NEC E	4–3 (aet)	Go Ahead Eagles E
PEC Zwolle E	3–2	FC Groningen E
PSV E	6–0	Telstar
Sparta E	4–2	FC Volendam
SC Veendam	2–5	AZ'67 E
Vitesse Arnhem	1–3	Feyenoord E

Home team	Result	Away team
SC Cambuur	0–2	DS '79
DHC Delft	2–3	Ajax E
Excelsior	2–1	Willem II E
FC Amsterdam	0–3	FC Den Bosch
FC Twente E	5–1	FC VVV
FC Utrecht E	2–0	FC Den Haag E
De Graafschap E	0–2	NAC E
HFC Haarlem E	1–0	Roda JC E

_E Eredivisie

Round of 16

The matches of the round of 16 were played on January 16 and 17, 1982.

Home team	Result	Away team
DS '79	1–0	Ajax
FC Den Bosch	3–4 (aet)	Heracles
HFC Haarlem	1–0	Excelsior
NEC	3–1	MVV
Sparta	3–1 (aet)	NAC
AZ'67	2–0	PSV (on Jan. 27)
FC Twente	1–2	FC Utrecht (on Feb. 3)
PEC Zwolle	1–0	Feyenoord (on Feb. 3)

Quarter finals

The quarter finals were played on February 17 and March 17, 1982.

Team 1	Aggregate	Team 2	Match 1	Match 2
AZ'67	9–3	PEC Zwolle	6–1	3–2
DS '79	2–4	FC Utrecht	1–1	1–3
Heracles	3–5	Sparta	3–1	0–4
NEC	0–4	HFC Haarlem	0–4	0–0

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played on March 31 and April 28, 1982.

Team 1	Aggregate	Team 2	Match 1	Match 2
HFC Haarlem	0–2	FC Utrecht	0–0	0–2
Sparta	1–3	AZ'67	1–2	0–1

Final

12 May 1982

FC Utrecht	1–0	AZ '67
Wouters 4'

Veemarktterrein, Utrecht

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Bep Thomas

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18 May 1982

AZ '67	5–1	FC Utrecht
Oberacher 18' Kist 46', 57' (pen.), 76' Tol 77'		Carbo 27'

Alkmaarderhout, Alkmaar

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Henk Weerink

AZ would participate in the Cup Winners' Cup.

External links

• Netherlands Cup Full Results 1970–1994 by the RSSSF