KNVB Amateur Cup
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The KNVB Amateur Cup is the cup competition
for amateur football
clubs in the Netherlands
. The winner qualifies for the amateur super cup
match against the national Hoofdklasse
champion.
The cup is contested by the winners of the district cups
in the six districts of the Royal Dutch Football Association
: West 1, West 2, South 1, South 2, East and North. The six teams face each other in a knock-out competition, starting in the quarter finals. Two clubs receive a bye
, but they will have to play an away game in the semi-finals.
The KNVB Amateur Cup was first contested in the 1980-81 season, replacing the KNVB Saturday Amateur Cup and KNVB Sunday Amateur Cup (see Hoofdklasse#Background for more on Saturday and Sunday football in the Netherlands).
The structure of the cup competition has changed throughout the years. For a number of years, the clubs were placed in two pools of three teams each. Matches were played in two halves of 20 or 30 minutes each, with all group matches played on a single day. The final was held on another day, and was played in two halves of 45 minutes. Between 1996-97 and 2000–01, nine clubs took part, because the Royal Dutch Football Association then consisted of nine districts. Until 1997, the reserve team
s of professional football clubs took part in the district cup competitions; two of them won the KNVB Amateur Cup: Ajax Reserves in 1983-84 and SC Heerenveen Reserves in 1990-91. From the 1997-98 season onwards, the reserve teams play in the KNVB Reserve Cup
.
Single-elimination tournament
A single-elimination tournament, also called a knockout, cup or sudden death tournament, is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match or bracket is immediately eliminated from winning the championship or first prize in the event...
for amateur football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
clubs in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. The winner qualifies for the amateur super cup
Super Cup
A Super Cup is a competition, usually but not exclusively in football, which often forms the curtain-raiser to a season. Most Super Cups are one-off fixtures between the League Champions and major Cup Winners of the previous season. Sometimes these are two-legged affairs, with a match played at...
match against the national Hoofdklasse
Hoofdklasse
The Hoofdklasse is the 2nd highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fourth tier in general.-Background:The league is divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunday. This is a result of the traditional pillarisation , the segregation of Dutch society. The Saturday-clubs are by...
champion.
The cup is contested by the winners of the district cups
KNVB District Cup
The KNVB District Cup is a cup competition for amateur football clubs in the Netherlands. The competition is held in each of the six districts of the Royal Dutch Football Association. The winners of the six cup competitions contest the KNVB Amateur Cup...
in the six districts of the Royal Dutch Football Association
Royal Dutch Football Association
The Royal Dutch Football Association is the governing body of football in the Netherlands. It organises the main Dutch football leagues , the amateur leagues, the KNVB Cup, and the Dutch national football team. It is based in the municipality of Zeist.The KNVB came into being on 8 December 1889...
: West 1, West 2, South 1, South 2, East and North. The six teams face each other in a knock-out competition, starting in the quarter finals. Two clubs receive a bye
Bye (sports)
A bye, in sports and other competitive activities, most commonly refers to the practice of allowing a player or team to advance to the next round of a playoff tournament without playing...
, but they will have to play an away game in the semi-finals.
The KNVB Amateur Cup was first contested in the 1980-81 season, replacing the KNVB Saturday Amateur Cup and KNVB Sunday Amateur Cup (see Hoofdklasse#Background for more on Saturday and Sunday football in the Netherlands).
The structure of the cup competition has changed throughout the years. For a number of years, the clubs were placed in two pools of three teams each. Matches were played in two halves of 20 or 30 minutes each, with all group matches played on a single day. The final was held on another day, and was played in two halves of 45 minutes. Between 1996-97 and 2000–01, nine clubs took part, because the Royal Dutch Football Association then consisted of nine districts. Until 1997, the reserve team
Reserve team
Large professional sports clubs often have far more players under contract than could possibly play in a match. As a result, many of these clubs create second teams composed of players who need playing time, but have little hope of playing on the first team. The players on this second team are...
s of professional football clubs took part in the district cup competitions; two of them won the KNVB Amateur Cup: Ajax Reserves in 1983-84 and SC Heerenveen Reserves in 1990-91. From the 1997-98 season onwards, the reserve teams play in the KNVB Reserve Cup
KNVB Reserve Cup
The KNVB Reserve Cup is a cup competition for the reserve teams of professional football clubs in the Netherlands. The winner qualifies for next year's KNVB Cup; if the cup winner is also the champion in the national competition for reserve teams , the cup runner-up also qualifies for the KNVB...
.
Past winners
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Result | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980-81 | Caesar | |||
| 1981-82 | TSC | |||
| 1982-83 | Drachtster Boys | |||
| 1983-84 | Ajax Reserves | |||
| 1984-85 | Limburgia SV Limburgia Sport Vereniging Limburgia was a Dutch football/sports club from the city of Brunssum . Today it exists as BSV Limburgia- History :SV Limburgia was founded on 9 May 1920 by the Limburgian coal mines, under the name Rhenania... |
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| 1985-86 | AZS | |||
| 1986-87 | Venray | |||
| 1987-88 | OVV | |||
| 1988-89 | Achilles 1894 | |||
| 1989-90 | DWV | |||
| 1990-91 | SC Heerenveen Reserves | |||
| 1991-92 | BVV | |||
| 1992-93 | Halsteren | |||
| 1993-94 | Lisse FC Lisse FC Lisse is a Dutch football club from Lisse which was founded in 1981. It currently plays in the Topklasse.-History:The history of FC Lisse is linked to its Catholic religion, the first version of a football club being formed in 1911 by a local Catholic priest, called Lissese Voetbal Vereniging,... |
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| 1994-95 | Argon SV Argon Sport Vereniging Argon, is a football club from Mijdrecht, De Ronde Venen, the Netherlands.The club was founded in 1971 and will play in the inaugural season of the newly formed Dutch third tier Topklasse in November 2010.- Current squad :... |
Halsteren | 3-0 | |
| 1995-96 | IJsselmeervogels IJsselmeervogels IJsselmeervogels are a Dutch amateur football club, based in Bunschoten-Spakenburg. The club was founded in 1932, as Na Arbeid Sport . The club currently plays in the Topklasse, the highest tier of amateur football in the Netherlands. It is the most successful amateur team in the Netherlands... |
BVV | 2-0 | |
| 1996-97 | Babberich SV Babberich Sportvereniging Babberich is a Dutch football club based in Babberich which was founded in 1930, currently competing in the Hoofdklasse.-External links:... |
SHO | 2-0 | |
| 1997-98 | Hollandia HVV Hollandia HVV Hollandia is a Dutch amateur association football club from Hoorn, North Holland.The club was founded on September 1, 1898 and has played exclusively at amateur level in all its history... |
SC Feyenoord | 7-2 | |
| 1998-99 | Gemert VV Gemert VV Gemert is a Dutch amateur association football club from Gemert, in the municipality of Gemert-Bakel, North Brabant.The club was founded on October 15, 1912 and has played exclusively at amateur level in all its history. Gemert was part of the Hoofdklasse league in the 2009–10 season, in which... |
Appingedam | 2-0 | |
| 1999–2000 | KBV | Panningen | 1-1 | KBV win after penalty shoot-out |
| 2000-01 | ADO '20 | Kranenburg | 3-1 | |
| 2001-02 | TONEGIDO | sc Joure | 0-0 | TONEGIDO win after 10-9 penalty shoot-out |
| 2002-03 | TONEGIDO | VVOG | 2-1 | |
| 2003-04 | Ter Leede Ter Leede Ter Leede is a football club based in Sassenheim, Netherlands. The club was established on 30 April 1930, as a merger of the clubs Poellaan and Roda.... |
Sneek Wit Zwart | 2-0 | |
| 2004-05 | Genemuiden SC Genemuiden SC Genemuiden is a Dutch amateur association football club from Genemuiden, part of the municipality of Zwartewaterland, Overijssel.The club was founded on October 22, 1930 and has played exclusively at amateur level in all its history... |
Excelsior Maassluis Excelsior Maassluis V.V. Excelsior Maassluis is a football club from Maassluis, the Netherlands. The club was founded in 1918, is currently playing in the Hoofdklasse.-External links:*... |
2-0 | |
| 2005-06 | ASWH ASWH ASWH is a football club from Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands. The club is playing in the Saturday Hoofdklasse A, where it won the title in the 2004-05 season. The club would go on to win the national Saturday amateur football title and the national amateur football title... |
EVV | 3-1 | |
| 2006-07 | Türkiyemspor FC Türkiyemspor FC Türkiyemspor was a Dutch football club based in Amsterdam which was active from 1987 to 2009 when the club went bankrupt.... |
Lisse FC Lisse FC Lisse is a Dutch football club from Lisse which was founded in 1981. It currently plays in the Topklasse.-History:The history of FC Lisse is linked to its Catholic religion, the first version of a football club being formed in 1911 by a local Catholic priest, called Lissese Voetbal Vereniging,... |
0-0 | Türkiyemspor win 1-0 after extra time |
| 2007-08 | Rijnsburgse Boys Rijnsburgse Boys Rijnsburgse Boys are a football club from Rijnsburg in the Netherlands.The club was established on March 24, 1930. They currently play in the Topklasse. The club won the Saturday Hoofdklasse A title in the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons.- Current squad :... |
Achilles '29 Achilles '29 Achilles '29 is a football club from Groesbeek, the Netherlands. The club, which was founded in 1929, is currently playing in the Topklasse.- Current squad :... |
2-0 | |
| 2008-09 | BVV Barendrecht BVV Barendrecht BVV Barendrecht is a football club from Barendrecht in the Netherlands.The club, established in 12 February 1926, is one of the member of the inaugural Topklasse season of 2010–11 season.- Current squad :-External links:*... |
LRC Leerdam LRC Leerdam Leerdamse Racing Club uit Leerdam, known as LRC Leerdam is a football club from Leerdam, the Netherlands. The club was founded in 1958, is currently playing in the Hoofdklasse, the highest tier of amateur football in the Netherlands.-External links:*... |
3-1 | |
| 2009-10 | VV Dongen | Sneek Wit Zwart | 5-1 | |
| 2010-11 | Achilles '29 Achilles '29 Achilles '29 is a football club from Groesbeek, the Netherlands. The club, which was founded in 1929, is currently playing in the Topklasse.- Current squad :... |
Harkemase Boys Harkemase Boys Harkemase Boys is a football club from Harkema in the Netherlands. The club currently plays in the newly established Topklasse, the highest tier of amateur football in the Netherlands.- Current squad :-External links:*... |
1-0 | |
See also
- KNVB CupKNVB CupThe KNVB Cup is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association 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...
- FA VaseFA VaseThe Football Association Challenge Vase is an annual football competition for teams playing below Step 4 of the English National League System...
- FA TrophyFA TrophyThe Football Association Challenge Trophy, commonly known as the FA Trophy, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after The Football Association and competed for primarily by semi-professional teams...
- Football in the NetherlandsFootball in the NetherlandsFootball is the most popular Sport in the Netherlands. Football was introduced to the Netherlands by Pim Mulier in the 19th century when in 1879, at the age of 14, he founded Haarlemsche Football Club...