The 66th edition of the
KNVB Cup
The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Ou ...
started on October 8, 1983. The final was played on May 2, 1984:
Feyenoord
Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after its ...
beat
Fortuna Sittard
Fortuna Sittard (; li, Fortuna Zitterd ) is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Fortuna Sittard Stadion and features in the Eredivisie. The club was established through a merger ...
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 October 8 and 9, 1983.
E Eredivisie;
1 Eerste Divisie;
A Amateur teams
Replays
Second round
The matches of the second round were played on November 12 and 13, 1983.
Replays
Round of 16
The matches of the round of 16 were played during January, 1984.
Replays
Quarter finals
The quarter finals were played between February 29 and March 4, 1984.
Replay
Semi-finals
The semi-finals were played on March 28, 1984.
Replay
Final
Feyenoord also won the Dutch
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...
championship, thereby taking
the double. They would participate in the
European Cup
The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...
, so finalists Fortuna Sittard could play in the
Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...
.
See also
*
Eredivisie 1983-84
*
Eerste Divisie 1983-84
External links
Netherlands Cup Full Results 1970–1994by the
RSSSF
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1983-84
1983–84 domestic association football cups
KNVB Cup
The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Ou ...