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The KNVB Beker (pronounced [ˌkaːʔɛɱveːˈbeː ˈbeːkər]; English: KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organised by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. [1] It was based on the format of the English FA Cup.
It organises the main Dutch football leagues (Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie), the amateur leagues, the KNVB Cup, and the Dutch men's and women's national teams. For three seasons in the 2010s, the KNVB and its Belgian counterpart operated a joint top-level women's league, the BeNe League , until the two countries dissolved the league after the ...
The 2024–25 KNVB Cup, for sponsoring reasons officially called the TOTO KNVB Beker, is the 107th edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. 110 teams will contest, beginning in September with the first of two preliminary rounds, and ending in April 2024 with the final played at De Kuip in Rotterdam.
The Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) is the largest sports federation in the country with 1,076,759 players (in 2005). [2] According to the KNVB's website, it has over 1.2 million members as of 2016. [3] The organization came into being on 19 December 1899, and was one of the founding members of FIFA (the world Football Association) in 1904.
The club was founded on 15 August 1931, and is regarded as one of the most successful amateur clubs in the Netherlands, having won three championships of the top tier in amateur football. [1] [2] In 2023 season, the club reached the semi-finals of the KNVB Cup by eliminating two Eredivisie clubs.
In the 2010–11 KNVB Cup it reached the quarterfinals where it lost 6–0 against RKC Waalwijk. [3] Subsequent season, 2011–12 KNVB Cup, it lost 3–1 in the 2nd round against AFC Ajax. [4] In 2011 Noordwijk won the section championship after the decisive game, watched by 6000 spectators, against Quick Boys ended with a 1–0 victory. [5]
The winner is decided in one match only, played by the winner of the national football league, Eredivisie, and the winner of the national KNVB Cup. In the event of a team winning both the Eredivisie and the KNVB Cup, the Johan Cruyff Shield will be contested between that team and the runner up in the national league.
The 2024 KNVB Cup Final was a football match between Eredivisie clubs Feyenoord and NEC Nijmegen, which took place on 21 April 2024 at De Kuip, Rotterdam. It was the final match of the 2023–24 KNVB Cup , the 106th season of the annual Dutch national football cup competition .