KNVB Cup/import

The KNVB Cup is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1899. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside of the Netherlands, it is often referred to as the Dutch Cup. The tournament consists of all teams from the top two tiers of Dutch league football (Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie), as well as the top four teams from each of the six third tier of Dutch football (Hoofdklasse), while the remaining teams are drawn from the fourth tier (Eerste Klasse). The finals of the tournament traditionally takes place in De Kuip, and has been held there every season since 1988. The winners of the cup compete against the winners of the Eredivisie for the Johan Cruijff Shield, which acts as the curtain raiser for the following season.
==History==
==Trophy==
==Format==
==KNVB Cup winners and finalists==
{| class="wikitable" 	Year 	Winner 	# 	Result 	Finalist
1899 	RAP 	1 	1-0 nv 	HVV 	
1900 	Velocitas Breda 	1 	3-1 	Ajax (Leiden) 	
1901 	HBS 	1 	4-3 	RAP 	
1902 	HFC Haarlem 	1 	2-1 	HBS 	
1903 	HVV 	1 	6-1 	HBS 	
1904 	Koninklijke HFC 	1 	3-1 	HVV 	
1905 	VOC 	1 	3-0 	HBS-2 	
1906 	DSV Concordia 	1 	3-2 	Volharding 	
1907 	VOC 	2 	4-3 a.f. 	Voorwaarts 	
1908 	HBS-2 	2 	3-1 	VOC-2 	
1909 	Quick-2 	1 	2-0 	VOC 	
1910 	Quick (2) 	2 	2-0 	HVV-2 	
1911 	Quick 	3 	1-0 	HFC Haarlem 	
1912 	HFC Haarlem 	2 	4-1 	Vitesse 	
1913 	Koninklijke HFC 	2 	4-1 	DFC 	
1914 	DFC 	1 	3-2 	HFC Haarlem 	
1915 	Koninklijke HFC 	3 	1-0 	HBS 	
1916 	Quick 	4 	2-1 a.f. 	HBS 	
1917 	AFC Ajax 	1 	5-0 	VSV 	
1918 	RCH 	1 	2-1 	VVA Amsterdam 	
1919 not played. 	1919 not played. 	1919 not played. 	1919 not played. 	1919 not played. 	
1920 	CVV 	1 	2-1 	VUC 	
1921 	VV Schoten 	1 	2-1 	RFC Rotterdam 	
1922-1924 not played 	1922-1924 not played 	1922-1924 not played 	1922-1924 not played 	1922-1924 not played 	
1925 	ZFC 	1 	5-1 	Xerxes Rotterdam 	
1926 	LONGA 	1 	5-2 	De Spartaan Amsterdam 	
1927 	VUC 	1 	3-1 	Vitesse 	
1928 	RCH 	2 	2-0 	PEC Zwolle 	
1929 tournament discontinued	1929 tournament discontinued	1929 tournament discontinued	1929 tournament discontinued	1929 tournament discontinued	
1930 	Feyenoord 	1 	1-0 	Excelsior 	
1931 not played 	1931 not played 	1931 not played 	1931 not played 	1931 not played 	
1932 	DFC 	2 	5-4 a.f. 	PSV 	
1933 not played 	1933 not played 	1933 not played 	1933 not played 	1933 not played 	
1934 	Velocitas 	1 	3-2 a.f. 	Feyenoord 	
1935 	Feyenoord 	2 	5-2 	VV Helmond 	
1936 	RFC Roermond 	1 	4-2 	KFC 	
1937 	FC Eindhoven 	1 	1-0 	De Spartaan Amsterdam 	
1938 	VSV 	1 	4-1 	AGOVV 	
1939 	Wageningen 	1 	2-1 nv 	PSV 	
1940-1942 not played 	1940-1942 not played 	1940-1942 not played 	1940-1942 not played 	1940-1942 not played 	
1943 	AFC Ajax 	2 	3-2 	DFC 	
1944 	Willem II 	1 	9-2 	Groene Ster 	
1945 not played 	1945 not played 	1945 not played 	1945 not played 	1945 not played 	
1946 tournament discontinued	1946 tournament discontinued	1946 tournament discontinued	1946 tournament discontinued	1946 tournament discontinued	
1947 not played 	1947 not played 	1947 not played 	1947 not played 	1947 not played 	
1948 	Wageningen 	2 	0-0 a.p. (2-1) 	DWV Amsterdam 	
1949 	Quick Nijmegen 	1 	1-1 a.p. (2-1) 	Helmondia 	
1950 	PSV 	1 	4-3 a.f. 	HFC Haarlem 	
1951-1956 not played 	1951-1956 not played 	1951-1956 not played 	1951-1956 not played 	1951-1956 not played 	
1957 	Fortuna '54 	1 	4-2 	Feyenoord 	
1958 	Sparta Rotterdam 	1 	4-3 	FC Volendam 	
1959 	VVV-Venlo 	1 	4-1 	ADO Den Haag 	
* Because the supporters of Feyenoord couldn't go to the stadium of Ajax and the supporters of Ajax couldn't go to the stadium of Feyenoord, the finals we're played in 2 matches. The first match in Amsterdam, the second match in Rotterdam.
===Number of titles===
{| class="wikitable"	Wins 	Clubs
18	AFC Ajax 	
11	Feyenoord 	
9 	PSV 	
4 	Quick, AZ 	
3 	HFC, Sparta Rotterdam, FC Utrecht, FC Twente 	
2 	VOC, HBS, HFC Haarlem, Racing Club Heemstede, D.F.C., FC Wageningen, Willem II, Fortuna Sittard, ADO Den Haag, Roda JC 	
1 	HVV, DSV Concordia, CVV , VV Schoten, ZFC, Longa, VUC, Velocitas , RFC Roermond, FC Eindhoven, VSV, Quick Nijmegen, VVV-Venlo, NAC Breda, sc Heerenveen	
==External links and references==
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