2017 KNVB Cup final

The 2017 KNVB Cup Final was a football match between Vitesse and AZ on 30 April 2017 at De Kuip, Rotterdam. It was the final match of the 2016–17 KNVB Cup competition and the 99th Dutch Cup Final. Vitesse beat AZ 2–0 to secure their first KNVB Cup trophy and win even their first silverware in their 125-year history.

2017 KNVB Cup Final

Event	2016–17 KNVB Cup
AZ Vitesse 0 2
Date	30 April 2017
Venue	De Kuip, Rotterdam
Referee	Danny Makkelie
Attendance	46,105

Ricky van Wolfswinkel was Vitesse's hero of the game as he scored both goals in the final 10 minutes of the match.

Route to the final

Further information: 2016–17 KNVB Cup

AZ		Round	Vitesse
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
FC Lienden	4–1 (A)	Second round	De Dijk	7–2 (A)
Emmen	1–0 (H)	Third round	RKC	4–1 (H)
ASWH	2–0 (H)	Round of 16	De Jodan Boys	4–0 (H)
Heerenveen	1–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Feyenoord	2–0 (H)
SC Cambuur	0–0 (3–2 on pens) (H)	Semi-finals	Sparta	2–1 (A)

Match

Details

30 April 2017

18:00 CEST

AZ	0–2	Vitesse
	Report	Van Wolfswinkel 81', 88'

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 46,105

Referee: Danny Makkelie

AZ

Vitesse

GK 24 Tim Krul RB 17 Jonas Svensson CB 3 Rens van Eijden  83' CB 4 Ron Vlaar (c) LB 5 Ridgeciano Haps CM 30 Stijn Wuytens CM 23 Derrick Luckassen  77' AM 8 Joris van Overeem  67' RW 7 Alireza Jahanbakhsh LW 19 Dabney dos Santos  79' ST 9 Wout Weghorst Substitutes: GK 1 Sergio Rochet DF 12 Pantelis Hatzidiakos DF 2 Mattias Johansson DF 22 Thomas Ouwejan MF 18 Iliass Bel Hassani  79' MF 6 Ben Rienstra MF 20 Mats Seuntjens  67' FW 28 Fred Friday  83' FW 29 Levi Garcia FW 11 Muamer Tankovic Manager: John van den Brom

GK 1 Eloy Room RB 5 Kelvin Leerdam  88' CB 19 Matt Miazga CB 37 Guram Kashia (c) LB 6 Arnold Kruiswijk CM 18 Marvelous Nakamba CM 34 Lewis Baker AM 25 Navarone Foor  90+1' RW 7 Milot Rashica CF 13 Ricky van Wolfswinkel  77' LW 11 Nathan  73' Substitutes: GK 24 Jeroen Houwen GK 23 Michael Tørnes DF 28 Alexander Büttner DF 17 Kevin Diks  88' DF 43 Lassana Faye DF 3 Maikel van der Werff  90+1' MF 8 Mukhtar Ali MF 30 Arshak Koryan FW 10 Adnane Tighadouini  73' FW 9 Yuning Zhang FW 16 Mitchell van Bergen Manager: Henk Fräser

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of three substitutions.

See also

• Fireworks incident