1983–84 KNVB Cup

1983–84

Tournament details
Country	Netherlands
Teams	64
Defending champions	Ajax
Final positions
Champions	Feyenoord
Runner-up	Fortuna Sittard

The 1983-84 KNVB Cup was the 66th edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. 46 teams contested, beginning on 8 October 1983 and ending at the final on 2 May 1984.

Feyenoord beat Fortuna Sittard 1–0 and won the cup for the sixth time. Replays were held if teams were tied after ninety minutes.

Teams

• All 18 participants of the Eredivisie 1983-84
• All 17 participants of the Eerste Divisie 1983-84
• 29 teams from lower (amateur) leagues

First round

The matches of the first round were played on 8-9 October 1983.

Home team	Result	Away team
sc Heerenveen 1	0–1	Feyenoord E
Helmond Sport E	0–0	HFC Haarlem E
RVV HOV A	0–5	Ajax E
TSV Longa A	1–4	PEC Zwolle E
MVV 1	1–0	Vitesse Arnhem 1
NEC 1	2–0	Excelsior E
VV Noordwijk A	0–3	SC Heracles 1
Oranje Nassau A	0–1	FC VVV 1
Quick Boys A	1–0	SV AWC A
ROHDA Raalte A	2–11	Sparta E
Rijnsburgse Boys A	3–1	Willem II E
SC Cambuur 1	2–2	PSV E
SV Spakenburg A	1–4	FC Groningen E
TOP Oss A	1–1	RBC 1
De Treffers A	1–1	IJsselmeervogels A
FC Wageningen 1	1–5	AZ'67 E

Home team	Result	Away team
Achilles'29 A	0–5	Go Ahead Eagles E
ACV A	0–7	Roda JC E
BVV Barendrecht A	0–2	XerxesDZB A
SV Blerick A	1–0	FC Eindhoven 1
VV Breskens A	2–0	DWS A
DESK A	3–3	VV Caesar A
DHC Delft A	2–4	FC Den Haag 1
VV DOVO A	2–4	Fortuna Sittard E
VV Drachtster Boys A	1–3	DS '79 E
VV DWV A	1–0	FC Den Bosch E
USV Elinkwijk A	1–0	SC Veendam 1
FC Emmen A	3–0	AFC A
FC Twente 1	4–0	Telstar 1
FC Utrecht E	1–0	FC Volendam E
VV Geldrop/AEK A	1–5	NAC Breda 1 (played at Breda)
De Graafschap 1	5–3	SVV 1

_E Eredivisie; ₁ Eerste Divisie; _A Amateur teams

Replays

Home team	Result	Away team
VV Caesar	1–0	DESK
HFC Haarlem	(p) 1-1	Helmond Sport
IJsselmeervogels	3–2	De Treffers
PSV	3–2	SC Cambuur
RBC	(p) 2-2	TOP Oss

Second round

The matches of the second round were played on November 12 and 13, 1983.

Home team	Result	Away team
Fortuna Sittard	3–0	Go Ahead Eagles
De Graafschap	3–2	SC Heracles
IJsselmeervogels	1–5	DS '79
MVV	2–2	HFC Haarlem
NEC	0–0	Quick Boys
PSV	5–1	NAC Breda
Roda JC	1–0	Rijnsburgse Boys
Sparta	4–1	FC VVV

Home team	Result	Away team
AZ'67	6–1	FC Emmen
SV Blerick	2–1	PEC Zwolle
VV Breskens	2–2	VV Caesar
VV DWV	0–6	Ajax
FC Den Haag	4–0	XerxesDZB
FC Groningen	4–0	RBC
FC Twente	3–1	FC Utrecht
Feyenoord	7–0	USV Elinkwijk

Replays

Home team	Result	Away team
VV Caesar	1–0	VV Breskens
Quick Boys	2–4	NEC

Round of 16

The matches of the round of 16 were played during January, 1984.

Home team	Result	Away team
Ajax	2–2	Feyenoord
SV Blerick	1–6	AZ'67
FC Den Haag	1–5	FC Twente
FC Groningen	1–0	Sparta
De Graafschap	0–1	HFC Haarlem
NEC	1–1	DS '79
PSV	5–0	VV Caesar
Roda JC	1–2	Fortuna Sittard

Replays

Home team	Result	Away team
DS '79	0–2	NEC
Feyenoord	2–1 (aet)	Ajax

Quarter finals

The quarter finals were played between February 29 and March 4, 1984.

Home team	Result	Away team
FC Groningen	2–2	FC Twente
Feyenoord	6–1	NEC
Fortuna Sittard	5–0	AZ'67
HFC Haarlem	4–1	PSV

Replay

Home team	Result	Away team
FC Twente	1–1 (p)	FC Groningen

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played on March 28, 1984.

Home team	Result	Away team
Feyenoord	1–1	HFC Haarlem
Fortuna Sittard	2–0	FC Groningen

Replay

Home team	Result	Away team
HFC Haarlem	1–4	Feyenoord

Final

2 May 1984

Feyenoord	1–0	Fortuna Sittard
Houtman 72'

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Bep Thomas

Feyenoord also won the Dutch Eredivisie championship, thereby taking the double. They would participate in the European Cup, so finalists Fortuna Sittard could play in the Cup Winners' Cup.

See also

• Eredivisie 1983-84
• Eerste Divisie 1983-84

External links

• Netherlands Cup Full Results 1970–1994 by the RSSSF