1979–1980
Tournament details
CountryNetherlands
Teams46
Defending championsAjax
Final positions
ChampionsFeyenoord
Runner-upAjax

The 62nd edition of the KNVB Cup started on September 1, 1979. The final was played on May 17, 1980: Feyenoord beat Ajax 3–1 and won the cup for the fifth time. During the quarter and semi-finals, two-legged matches were held.

Teams

First round

The matches of the first round were played on September 1 and September 2, 1979.

Home team Result Away team
Fortuna Sittard 12–1SC Heracles 1
sc Heerenveen 12–1 (aet)SC Veendam 1
SC Amersfoort 14–0EHC A
SVV 1(p) 1-1ROHDA Raalte A
Telstar 12–1RVC '33 A
FC Volendam 10–1SC Cambuur 1
FC Wageningen 11–2RKAV Volendam A
Home team Result Away team
Achilles '29 A0–1VUC A
VV DOVO A5–3 (aet)ACV A
DS '79 12–1Helmond Sport 1
FC Eindhoven 1(p) 2-2FC Vlaardingen 1
FC Amsterdam 13–0VV Geldrop/AEK A
FC Den Bosch 1(p) 0-0FC Groningen 1
FC VVV 10–4De Graafschap 1

1 Eerste Divisie; A Amateur teams

Second round

The matches of the second round were played on October 13 and 14, 1979. The Eredivisie clubs entered the tournament here.

Home team Result Away team
NAC E1–2FC Amsterdam
NEC E4–1RKAV Volendam
Roda JC E3–0sc Heerenveen
SC Cambuur1–4PSV E
SVV0–6AZ'67 E
Telstar0–4Go Ahead Eagles E
Vitesse Arnhem E3–1MVV E
Willem II E2–4FC Twente E
Home team Result Away team
De Graafschap2–2 (p)SC Amersfoort
VV DOVO1–4PEC Zwolle E
FC Eindhoven1–2DS '79
Excelsior E0–1Sparta E
FC Den Bosch0–3FC Utrecht E
FC Den Haag E5–1VUC
Feyenoord E3–2Fortuna Sittard
HFC Haarlem E2–4Ajax E

E Eredivisie

Round of 16

The matches of the round of 16 were played between February 13 and 17, 1980.

Home team Result Away team
Ajax3–1 [1]Vitesse Arnhem
AZ'672–0FC Utrecht
DS '791–3PEC Zwolle
Feyenoord4–0FC Twente
Go Ahead Eagles1–2 (aet)Sparta
PSV3–0FC Amsterdam
Roda JC5–1 [1]NEC
SC Amersfoort1–8FC Den Haag

Quarter finals

The quarter finals were played on February 27 and March 12, 1980.

Team 1 Aggregate Team 2 Match 1 Match 2
Ajax9–5Roda JC5–14–4
AZ'672–2 (a)Sparta2–10–1
FC Den Haag3–4PSV3–10–3
Feyenoord5–2PEC Zwolle3–02–2

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played on April 16 and 30, 1980.

Team 1 Aggregate Team 2 Match 1 Match 2
PSV2–3Ajax1–21–1
Sparta1–4Feyenoord1–00–4

Final

Feyenoord3–1Ajax
Pétursson 39' (pen.), 75'
de Leeuw 71'		 Arnesen 19'
Attendance: 60,000

Feyenoord would participate in the Cup Winners' Cup.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 The matches Ajax – Vitesse (3–1) and Roda JC – NEC Nijmegen (5–1), were also reported as Ajax – NEC Nijmegen (5–1) and Roda JC – Vitesse (3–1). See external link: RSSSF.
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