title: 2014 KNVB Cup final
text: # 2014 KNVB Cup final
  
  The 2014 KNVB Cup Final was a football match between PEC Zwolle and Ajax on 20 April 2014 at De Kuip, Rotterdam. It was the final match of the 2013–14 KNVB Cup competition and the 96th Dutch Cup final. PEC Zwolle beat Ajax 5–1 to secure their first KNVB Cup trophy.
  
  The match saw major crowd disturbance from Ajax fans, who were throwing fireworks on the pitch. This caused the referee to suspend the match in the fifth minute with the score at 0–1. After a half-hour interval, play was resumed.
  
  ## Route to the final
  
  | PEC Zwolle | PEC Zwolle | Round | Ajax | Ajax |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Opponent | Result | | Opponent | Result |
  | Fortuna Sittard | 2–0 (H) | Second round | FC Volendam | 4–2 (a.e.t.) (H) |
  | Wilhelmina '08 | 4–0 (H) | Third round | ASWH | 4–1 (H) |
  | Excelsior | 4–1 (A) | Round of 16 | IJsselmeervogels | 3–0 (A) |
  | JVC Cuijk | 5–1 (H) | Quarter-finals | Feyenoord | 3–1 (H) |
  | NEC | 2–1 (H) | Semi-finals | AZ | 1–0 (A) |
  
  ## Match
  
  ### Details
  
  | PEC Zwolle | Ajax |
  | - | - |
  
  Diederik Boer :
  
  | RB | 2 | Bram van Polen (c) | |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | CB | 4 | Maikel van der Werff |
  | CB | 14 | Joost Broerse | 71' |
  | LB | 5 | Bart van Hintum |
  | CM | 22 | Kamohelo Mokotjo |
  | CM | 43 | Mateusz Klich |
  | RW | 6 | Mustafa Saymak | 64' |
  | AM | 11 | Jesper Drost |
  | LW | 30 | Ryan Thomas | 83' |
  | CF | 18 | Guyon Fernandez |
  | Substitutes: ||||
  | GK | 16 | Kevin Begois |
  | DF | 3 | Darryl Lachman | 71' |
  | DF | 38 | Giovanni Gravenbeek | 83' |
  | MF | 10 | Stef Nijland |
  | FW | 7 | Furdjel Narsingh | 64' |
  | FW | 8 | Thanasis Karagounis |
  | FW | 9 | Fred Benson |
  | Manager: ||||
  | Ron Jans ||||
  | GK | 1 | Kenneth Vermeer |
  | RB | 2 | Ricardo van Rhijn |
  | CB | 4 | Niklas Moisander (c) | | 54' |
  | CB | 24 | Stefano Denswil |
  | LB | 15 | Nicolai Boilesen |
  | CM | 18 | Davy Klaassen |
  | CM | 17 | Daley Blind | 24' | |
  | CM | 25 | Thulani Serero |
  | RW | 20 | Lasse Schöne | | 80' |
  | CF | 11 | Bojan | | 54' |
  | LW | 9 | Kolbeinn Sigþórsson |
  | Substitutes: ||
  | GK | 22 | Jasper Cillessen |
  | DF | 6 | Mike van der Hoorn |
  | DF | 27 | Ruben Ligeon |
  | MF | 5 | Christian Poulsen | | 54' |
  | MF | 8 | Lerin Duarte |
  | FW | 34 | Lesly de Sa | | 54' |
  | FW | 43 | Ricardo Kishna | | 80' |
  | Manager: ||
  | Frank de Boer ||
  
  * Match rules
  * 90 minutes.
  * 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  * Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  * Maximum of three substitutions.
  