1972–73 KNVB Cup

1972–1973
Country Netherlands
Teams 46
Defending champions Ajax
Champions NAC
Runners-up NEC

The KNVB Cup 1972–73 (55th edition) started on October 29, 1972. The final was held on May 31, 1973, with NAC beating NEC 2–0 and winning the cup for the first time.

Teams

First round

October 29, 1972
Caesar Beek A 1–2 Helmond Sport 1
Ede A 1–4 (aet) Willem II 1
USV Elinkwijk A 3–0 FC Eindhoven 1
FC VVV 1 2–0 FC Wageningen 1
Fortuna Sittard 1 2–2 (p: 5-6) PEC Zwolle 1
HVC 1 0–2 De Volewijckers 1
IJsselmeervogels A 0–4 Roda JC 1
VV Leeuwarden A 0–3 Heracles 1
RKSV Sparta'25 A 0–0 (p: 6-5) FC Dordrecht 1
SVV 1 2–0 SC Cambuur 1
Veendam 1 2–0 Fortuna Vlaardingen 1
Vitesse Arnhem 1 2–1 (aet) De Graafschap 1
Xerxes Rotterdam A 0–1 sc Heerenveen 1
Zwart-Wit'28 Rotterdam A 0–3 FC Volendam 1

1 Eerste Divisie; A Amateur teams

Second round

The 18 Eredivisie teams entered this round.

December 10, 1972
AZ'67 E 2–0 FC Den Bosch E
USV Elinkwijk 2–0 FC VVV
Excelsior E 2–1 FC Utrecht E
FC Amsterdam E 3–1 (aet) Helmond Sport
FC Den Haag E 6–0 Sparta'25
HFC Haarlem E 0–3 Feyenoord E
Heracles 2–1 sc Heerenveen
NAC E 2–2 (p) Ajax E
NEC E 1–0 Go Ahead Eagles E
Sparta E 3–1 MVV E
SVV 0–0 (p) Roda JC
Telstar E 0–2 FC Twente E
Veendam 1–0 FC Groningen E
FC Volendam 0–1 PEC Zwolle
De Volewijckers 1–0 Vitesse Arnhem
Willem II 0–3 PSV E

E Eredivisie

Third round

January 28, 1973
USV Elinkwijk 0–4 NAC
Excelsior 1–3 PSV
FC Den Haag 2–1 De Volewijckers
FC Twente 4–0 Heracles
NEC 2–0 SVV
PEC Zwolle 1–3 Feyenoord
Sparta 1–0 FC Amsterdam
Veendam 2–3 (aet) AZ'67

From quarterfinals to final

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
14 March        
 PSV  0
4 April
 Sparta  1  
 Sparta  1
14 March
     NAC  2  
 FC Den Haag  1
31 May
 NAC  2  
 NAC  2
14 March    
   NEC  0
 NEC  1
4 April
 Feyenoord  0  
 NEC  1
14 March
     AZ'67  0  
 AZ'67  1
 FC Twente  0  
 

NAC would participate in the Cup Winners' Cup.

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