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2023 KNVB Cup Final
	De Kuip in Rotterdam hosted the final.
Event	2022–23 KNVB Cup
	After extra time ; PSV won 2–3 on penalties
Date	30 April 2023
Venue	De Kuip, Rotterdam
Referee	Dennis Higler
Attendance	40,650
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The 2023 KNVB Cup Final was a football match between Eredivisie clubs Ajax and PSV, which took place on 30 April 2023 at De Kuip, Rotterdam.^[3] It is the final match of the 2022–23 KNVB Cup, the 105th season of the annual Dutch national football cup competition.

PSV won the match 2–3 on penalties, after a 1–1 draw in regular time and extra time.^[2] With PSV winning their eleventh title, they secured a place in the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League play-off round and the 2023 Johan Cruyff Shield.

Route to the final


Ajax		Round	PSV
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Bye		First round	Bye
Den Bosch	2–0 (A)	Second round	Sparta Rotterdam	2–1 (A)
Twente	1–0 (A)	Round of 16	Emmen	3–1 (H)
De Graafschap	3–0 (A)	Quarter-finals	ADO Den Haag	3–1 (H)
Feyenoord	2–1 (A)	Semi-finals	SV Spakenburg	2–1 (A)

Match

The 2023 KNVB Cup Final was seen as important for both Ajax and PSV, as they were trailing by resepectively 8 points and 11 points in the Eredivisie to Feyenoord and were expected to miss out on the national championship.^[4]

PSV decided before the game to play Joël Drommel, the team's second goal keeper, a move by coach Ruud van Nistelrooy that was heavily criticised.^[5] In a final that was described by Dutch media as "low level" and "sloppy".^[6] The first half was characterised by many altercations between players and four yellow cards. In the 42nd minute of the first half, Ajax went ahead 1–0 after an own goal by Jarrad Branthwaite after he touched a shot by Steven Bergwijn. In the 67th minute, Hazard scored the tying goal after receiving the assist from Xavi Simons. There were eleven yellow cards handed out during the playing time, a record for most cards in a cup final.^[7] In the following penalty series, Fabio Silva made the winning penalty.

As a result, PSV won its 11th Cup title, and the team was welcomed by thousands of supporters in the Philips Stadion the same night.^[8] For Ajax, at the moment of the final third in the 2022–23 Eredivisie, the final loss meant another disappointing feat to their season, with manager John Heitinga reacting after the game: "This hurts. We have to process this.".^[9]

30 April 2023

18:00 UTC+02:00

Ajax	1−1 (a.e.t.)	PSV
Branthwaite 42' (o.g.)	Report	Hazard 67'
Penalties
Tadić Brobbey Timber Godts Álvarez	2−3	Hazard Ramalho Sangaré El Ghazi Silva

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 40,650^[2]

Referee: Dennis Higler

Ajax

PSV


GK	12	Gerónimo Rulli
RB	19	Jorge Sánchez	30'	46'
CB	2	Jurriën Timber
CB	4	Edson Álvarez	37'
LB	57	Jorrel Hato		75'
CM	21	Florian Grillitsch		69'
CM	6	Davy Klaassen		116'
RW	23	Steven Berghuis		75'
AM	10	Dušan Tadić (c)
LW	7	Steven Bergwijn	45'	116'
CF	9	Brian Brobbey
Substitutes:
GK	1	Maarten Stekelenburg
GK	22	Remko Pasveer
DF	3	Calvin Bassey	68'
DF	5	Owen Wijndal	78'	95'
DF	15	Devyne Rensch	46'	60'
DF	25	Youri Baas
MF	26	Youri Regeer
MF	38	Kristian Hlynsson
MF	41	Silvano Vos	116'
FW	18	Lorenzo Lucca
FW	35	Francisco Conceição	75'
FW	39	Mika Godts	116'
Manager:
John Heitinga


GK	16	Joël Drommel
RB	3	Jordan Teze	45'	76'
CB	5	André Ramalho	79'
CB	22	Jarrad Branthwaite
LB	30	Patrick van Aanholt	120+1'
CM	6	Ibrahim Sangaré
CM	23	Joey Veerman
RW	27	Johan Bakayoko		59'
AM	20	Guus Til		59'
LW	7	Xavi Simons	90+2'	98'
CF	9	Luuk de Jong (c)	43'	106'
Substitutes:
GK	1	Walter Benítez
GK	24	Boy Waterman
DF	18	Olivier Boscagli
DF	29	Phillipp Mwene	76'
DF	48	Fedde Leysen
DF	53	Jenson Seelt
MF	15	Érick Gutiérrez	98'
FW	10	Fábio Silva	106'
FW	11	Thorgan Hazard	59'
FW	21	Anwar El Ghazi	59'	93'
FW	33	Sávio
FW	42	Fodé Fofana
Manager:
Ruud van Nistelrooy

Assistant referees:^[1]
Joost van Zuilen
Mario Diks
Fourth official:^[1]
Sander van der Eijk
Video assistant referee:^[1]
Rob Dieperink
Assistant video assistant referee:^[1]
Freek Vandeursen

Match rules^[10]

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Maximum of twelve named substitutes.
Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.^{[note 1]}

Notes

^ Each team was only given three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.