Football tournament season
The
2009?10
KNVB Cup
was the 92nd season of the
Dutch
national
football
knockout tournament. The competition began on 29 August 2009 with the matches of Round 1 and culminated with a double-leg Final on 25 April and 6 May 2010 respectively.
Ajax
won the final with a 6?1 on aggregate, winning their record 18th title.
The winners of the competition will qualify for the
play-off round
of the 2010?11 UEFA Europa League.
The final would be played initially on 25 April 2010 at 14.00 in
De Kuip
at
Rotterdam
. On 15 April, however, the
Royal Dutch Football Association
(KNVB) announced that the final will be played over two matches due to imminent supporter violence. The first leg of the final was played in Amsterdam on the original date, with
Ajax
defeating
Feyenoord
2?0, in the rivalry known as
Klassieker
. The return followed on 6 May in Rotterdam, with Ajax winning 4?1 and 6?1 on aggregate.
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Round 1
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Round 1 featured 48 amateur teams. 24 of the
Hoofdklasse
clubs qualified for the competition through their league performance during the previous season, while the other half of the teams competing in the First Round secured their place through the 2008?09
KNVB District Cups
.
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The draw for this round was conducted on 7 July 2009. The matches were played on 29 August 2009.
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Round 2
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The clubs from both the
Eredivisie 2009-10
and the
Eerste Divisie 2009-10
entered in this round, as well as two youth teams. They joined the 24 winners from Round 1.
Participants:
The draw for this round was conducted on 7 July 2009. The matches were played between 22?24 September 2009.
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Round 3
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Round 3 featured the 32 winning teams from round 2. The draw was on 24 September 2009.
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The matches were played on October 27?29, 2009.
Participants:
Round 4
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Round 4 featured the 16 winning teams from round 3. The draw was on 29 October 2009. The matches were played on 21?23 December 2009, with the postponed match between SC Heerenveen and PSV being played on 16 January 2010.
Qualified participants:
Quarter finals
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The quarter finals featured the 8 winning teams from round 4. The draw was on 23 December 2009. The matches were played on 27?28 January 2010.
Qualified participants:
Semi-finals
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The semi-finals featured the 4 winning teams from the quarter-finals. The draw was on 27 January 2010. The matches were played on 24 March and 25 March 2010
Qualified participants:
Final
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The final would originally have been played as a single match on 25 April 2010 at
De Kuip
,
Rotterdam
. However, on 15 April the
Dutch FA
announced that the final was going to be played over two matches, because Ajax supporters were not allowed to visit matches in
De Kuip
since 2009.
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The first leg was played at Amsterdam as scheduled before, and the return leg was competed on 6 May at Rotterdam. This was the first two-leg final since the
1982?83 KNVB Cup
Final.
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