2016 KNVB Cup final

{{Infobox football match

| title = 2016 KNVB Cup Final

| image =

| event = 2015–16 KNVB Cup

| team1 = Feyenoord

| team1score = 2

| team2 = FC Utrecht

| team2score = 1

| details =

| date = 24 April 2016

| stadium = De Kuip

| city = Rotterdam

| man_of_the_match1a =

| referee = Björn Kuipers

| attendance = 45,592

| weather =

| previous = 2015

| next = 2017

}}

The 2016 KNVB Cup Final was a football match between Feyenoord and FC Utrecht on 24 April 2016 at De Kuip, Rotterdam. It was the final match of the 2015–16 KNVB Cup competition and the 98th Dutch Cup Final. Feyenoord beat Utrecht 2–1 to win their first domestic cup since 2008[https://www.feyenoord.nl/nieuws/nieuwsoverzicht/feyenoord-wint-knvb-beker-2016 FEYENOORD WINT KNVB BEKER 2016!] - Feyenoord {{in lang|nl}} and their 12th in total.[https://www.nu.nl/knvb-beker/4252015/feyenoord-verovert-knvb-beker-dankzij-zege-fc-utrecht.html Feyenoord verovert KNVB-beker dankzij zege op FC Utrecht] - NU.nl {{in lang|nl}}

Route to the final

{{details|2015–16 KNVB Cup}}

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colspan=2|Feyenoord

!Round

!colspan=2|FC Utrecht

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|Opponent

|Result

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|Opponent

|Result

align=left|PEC Zwolle

|3–0 (H)

|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Second round

|align=left|ONS Sneek

|2–0 (A)

align=left|Ajax

|1–0 (H)

|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Third Round

|align=left|FC Groningen

|5–3 (a.e.t.) (H)

align=left|Willem II

|2–1 (a.e.t.) (H)

|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Fourth Round

|align=left|Achilles '29

|5–0 (A)

align=left|Roda JC

|0–1 (a.e.t.) (A)

|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Quarter-finals

|align=left|PSV

|3–1 (A)

align=left|AZ

|3–1 (H)

|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Semi-finals

|align=left|VVSB

|3–0 (H)

Match

=Details=

{{Football box

|date = 24 April 2016

|time = 18:00 CEST

|team1 = Feyenoord

|score = 2-1

|aet =

|report = https://www.knvb.nl/nieuws/betaald-voetbal/knvb-beker/18034/feyenoord-verslaat-fc-utrecht-en-wint-knvb-beker-2-1

|team2 = FC Utrecht

|goals1 = Kramer {{goal|42}}
Elia {{goal|75}}

|goals2 = Leeuwin {{goal|51}}

|stadium = De Kuip, Rotterdam

|referee = Björn Kuipers

|attendance = 45,592

}}

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GK{{flagicon|NED}} Kenneth Vermeer
RB{{flagicon|NED}} Rick Karsdorp
CB3{{flagicon|NED}} Sven van Beek
CB{{flagicon|BRA}} Eric Botteghin
LB4{{flagicon|NED}} Terence Kongolo
CM{{flagicon|MAR}} Karim El Ahmadi
CM{{flagicon|NED}} Tonny Vilhena
AM7{{flagicon|NED}} Dirk Kuyt (c){{suboff|88}}
RW28{{flagicon|NED}} Jens Toornstra
LW{{flagicon|NED}} Eljero Elia
ST31{{flagicon|NED}} Michiel Kramer{{suboff|80}}
colspan=3|Substitutes:
DF{{flagicon|NED}} Miquel Nelom{{subon|88}}
FW{{flagicon|TUR}} Bilal Başaçıkoğlu{{subon|80}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|{{flagicon|NED}} Giovanni van Bronckhorst

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GK{{flagicon|POL}} Filip Bednarek
RB{{flagicon|NED}} Mark van der Maarel (c)
CB{{flagicon|NED}} Ramon Leeuwin
CB{{flagicon|NED}} Timo Letschert
LB{{flagicon|NED}} Christian Kum{{suboff|86}}
CM{{flagicon|NED}} Willem Janssen{{suboff|86}}
CM{{flagicon|NED}} Bart Ramselaar
RW{{flagicon|GER}} Rico Strieder
LW{{flagicon|GER}} Andreas Ludwig{{suboff|77}}
ST{{flagicon|NED}} Nacer Barazite
ST{{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Haller
colspan=3|Substitutes:
DF{{flagicon|NED}} Ruben Ligeon{{subon|86}}
MF{{flagicon|NED}} Patrick Joosten{{subon|86}}
FW{{flagicon|NED}} Ruud Boymans{{subon|77}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|{{flagicon|NED}} Erik ten Hag

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Match rules

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

References