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Outside the Netherlands, it is often referred to as the Dutch Cup. The tournament consists of all teams from the top four tiers of Dutch league football ( Eredivisie , Eerste Divisie , Tweede Divisie and Derde Divisie ), as well as the 24 semi-finalists (or replacements) of the six KNVB District Cups .
The Dutch football champions are the winners of the highest league in Dutch football, which since 1956 is the Eredivisie. The championship was first awarded in 1898. Until 1954 the national champion was determined by means of a championship competition between the champions of the different regions.
The 2023–24 KNVB Cup, for sponsoring reasons officially called the TOTO KNVB Beker, was the 106th edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. 110 teams contested, beginning in August with the first of two preliminary rounds, and ending in April 2024 with the final played at De Kuip in Rotterdam.
In the inaugural 1955–56 European Cup, PSV Eindhoven participated as the national champions. Feyenoord became the first Dutch club to win the European Cup in 1970. Subsequently, followed by three consecutive European Cup wins by Ajax. The third Dutch club to win the European Cup was PSV Eindhoven, doing so in 1988.
The 2022–23 KNVB Cup, for sponsoring reasons officially called the TOTO KNVB Beker, was the 105th edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. 46 teams contested, beginning in August with the first of two preliminary rounds, and concluded in April 2023 with the final played at De Kuip in Rotterdam.
The 2020–21 KNVB Cup, for sponsoring reasons officially called the TOTO KNVB Beker, was the 103rd edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. 64 teams contested, beginning on 29 August 2020 with the first of two preliminary rounds, and ending on 18 April 2021 at the final played at De Kuip in Rotterdam.
The Johan Cruyff Shield (Dutch: Johan Cruijff Schaal, pronounced [ˌjoːɦɑŋ ˈkrœyf ˌsxaːl]) [1] is a football trophy in the Netherlands named after Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff, also often referred to as the Dutch Super Cup. The winner is decided in one match only, played by the winner of the national football league, Eredivisie, and ...
The 1992-93 KNVB Cup was the 75th edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. 63 teams contested, beginning on 29 August 1992 and ending at the final on 20 May 1993. Ajax beat sc Heerenveen 6–2 and won the cup for the twelfth time.