2012 KNVB Cup final
# 2012 KNVB Cup final

The 2012 KNVB Cup Final was a football match between PSV Eindhoven and Heracles Almelo that took place on 8 April 2012 at De Kuip, Rotterdam. It was the final match of the 2011–12 KNVB Cup competition and the 94th Dutch Cup final.

PSV Eindhoven beat Heracles Almelo 3–0 and won their 9th and most recent KNVB Cup trophy.

This match was also Heracles Almelo's first and only appearance in a KNVB Cup final in their club's entire history.

## Route to the final

| PSV Eindhoven | PSV Eindhoven | Round | Heracles Almelo | Heracles Almelo |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | | Opponent | Result |
| VVSB | 0–8 (A) | Second round | JVC Cuijk | 0–1 (A) |
| Lisse | 3–0 (H) | Third round | VV Berkum | 4–0 (H) |
| FC Twente | 1–2 (a.e.t.) (A) | Fourth round | De Graafschap | 4–0 (H) |
| NEC | 3–2 (H) | Quarter-finals | RKC Waalwijk | 3–0 (H) |
| Heerenveen | 1–3 (A) | Semi-finals | AZ | 2–4 (a.e.t.) (A) |

## Match

### Details

| PSV Eindhoven | Heracles Almelo |
| - | - |
| GK | 21 | Przemysław Tytoń |
| CB | 4 | Marcelo | |
| CB | 3 | Wilfred Bouma | |
| LB | 5 | Erik Pieters | |
| RB | 13 | Atiba Hutchinson |
| CM | 6 | Kevin Strootman | |
| CM | 20 | Zakaria Labyad | 75' |
| AM | 7 | Ola Toivonen (c) |
| LW | 14 | Dries Mertens | 86' |
| RW | 10 | Georginio Wijnaldum |
| CF | 17 | Jeremain Lens | 80' |
| Substitutes: ||
| RB | 2 | Stanislav Manolev | |
| RB | 8 | Orlando Engelaar | 75' |
| LW | 9 | Tim Matavž | 80' |
| CB | 18 | Timothy Derijck | |
| CF | 19 | Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink | |
| CF | 22 | Memphis Depay | 86' |
| GK | 33 | Khalid Sinouh | |
| Manager: ||
| Phillip Cocu ||
| GK | 22 | Remko Pasveer |
| CB | 4 | Antoine van der Linden (c) | |
| CB | 14 | Ben Riestra | |
| LB | 5 | Mark Looms |
| RB | 2 | Tim Breukers |
| DM | 17 | Kwame Quansah |
| DM | 7 | Lerin Duarte | 66' |
| AM | 23 | Willie Overtoom | 71' |
| CM | 11 | Everton |
| RW | 21 | Darl Douglas | 66' |
| CF | 19 | Samuel Armenteros |
| Substitutes: ||
| LB | 5 | Jason Davidson | |
| RW | 10 | Marko Vejinović | 66' |
| RW | 15 | Ninos Gouriye | 71' |
| DM | 20 | Thomas Bruns | 66' |
| GK | 26 | Dennis Telgenkamp | |
| CB | 32 | Mike te Wierik | |
| CM | 27 | Luís Pedro | |
| Manager: ||
| Peter Bosz ||

* Match rules
* 90 minutes.
* 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
* Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
* Maximum of three substitutions.
