1973–74 KNVB Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Netherlands |
| Teams | 46 |
| Defending champions | NAC |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | PSV |
| Runner-up | NAC |
The KNVB Cup 1973–74 (the 56th edition) started on September 26, 1973. The final was held on 1 May 1974 with PSV beating NAC 6–0 and winning the cup for the second time.
Teams
- All 18 participants of the Eredivisie 1973-74, entering in the second round
- All 20 participants of the Eerste Divisie 1973-74
- 8 teams from lower (amateur) leagues
First round
| September 26, 1973 | |||
| Almania A | 0–2 | Fortuna SC 1 | |
| Excelsior 1 | 1–0 | FC Eindhoven 1 | |
| FC Den Bosch 1 | 2–1 (aet) | SC Cambuur 1 | |
| FC Dordrecht 1 | 1–4 | Willem II 1 | |
| FC VVV 1 | 4–1 | SVV 1 | |
| Fortuna Vlaardingen 1 | 1–1 (p) | SC Amersfoort 1 | |
| SV Hoofddorp A | 0–5 | sc Heerenveen 1 | |
| VV Hoogeveen A | 1–4 | Vitesse 1 | |
| IJsselmeervogels A | 1–3 | PEC Zwolle 1 | |
| DVV Labor A | 0–3 | FC Wageningen 1 | |
| VV Noordwijk A | 2–2 (p) | Helmond Sport 1 | |
| TOP Oss A | 2–1 | Veendam 1 | |
| FC Volendam 1 | 4–1 | De Volewijckers 1 | |
| Xerxes Rotterdam A | 2–2 (p) | Heracles 1 |
1 Eerste Divisie; A Amateur teams
Second round
The Eredivisie teams entered this round.
| November 11 and December 30, 1973 | |||
| De Graafschap E | 1–2 (aet) | FC Groningen E | |
| Excelsior | 3–1 (aet) | TOP Oss | |
| FC Den Bosch | 2–0 | FC Den Haag E | |
| FC Twente E | 2–0 | FC VVV | |
| FC Utrecht E | 4–1 | Heracles | |
| Fortuna SC | 0–1 | FC Amsterdam E | |
| HFC Haarlem E | 1–2 (aet) | AZ'67 E | |
| sc Heerenveen | 1–1 (p) | Feyenoord E | |
| NAC E | 4–2 | Go Ahead Eagles E | |
| NEC E | 1–0 | SC Amersfoort | |
| PEC Zwolle | 1–2 | Sparta E | |
| PSV E | 2–0 | Vitesse | |
| Roda JC E | 0–1 | Ajax E | |
| Telstar E | 1–0 (aet) | MVV E | |
| FC Wageningen | 1–1 (p) | Helmond Sport | |
| Willem II | 2–2 (p) | FC Volendam |
E Eredivisie
Third round
| January 20 and February 24, 1974 | |||
| Excelsior | 0–1 | PSV | |
| FC Amsterdam | 0–1 | Feyenoord | |
| FC Den Bosch | 0–0 (p) | Sparta | |
| FC Twente | 0–2 | Ajax | |
| FC Utrecht | 2–0 | Willem II | |
| NAC | 1–0 | Helmond Sport | |
| NEC | 1–2 | FC Groningen | |
| Telstar | 1–1 (p) | AZ'67 |
From quarterfinals to final
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 13 March | ||||||||||
| Ajax (aet) | 2 | |||||||||
| 3 April | ||||||||||
| AZ'67 | 1 | |||||||||
| Ajax | 1 | |||||||||
| 13 March | ||||||||||
| PSV | 2 | |||||||||
| PSV | 2 | |||||||||
| 1 May | ||||||||||
| Feyenoord | 0 | |||||||||
| PSV | 6 | |||||||||
| 13 March | ||||||||||
| NAC | 0 | |||||||||
| FC Utrecht | 3 | |||||||||
| 3 April | ||||||||||
| FC Den Bosch | 1 | |||||||||
| FC Utrecht | 2 | |||||||||
| 24 February | ||||||||||
| NAC | 3 | |||||||||
| NAC | 4 | |||||||||
| FC Groningen | 0 | |||||||||
Details of the final
| PSV | 6–0 | NAC |
| Deijkers: 1–0 R. van de Kerkhof: 2–0 Edström: 3–0 W. van de Kerkhof: 4–0 Van der Kuijlen: 5–0 Van der Kuijlen: 6–0 |
May 1, 1974 |
PSV would participate in the Cup Winners' Cup.