2009 KNVB Cup final
# 2009 KNVB Cup final

The 2009 KNVB Cup Final was a football match between Heerenveen and FC Twente on 17 May 2009 at De Kuip, Rotterdam. It was the final match of the 2008–09 KNVB Cup competition. Heerenveen beat FC Twente on penalties after the match finished 2–2 after extra time. It was the side's first KNVB Cup trophy.

## Route to the final

| Heerenveen | Heerenveen | Round | FC Twente | FC Twente |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | | Opponent | Result |
| MVV | 3–0 (A) | Second round | FC Emmen | 5–0 (A) |
| Haaglandia | 7–0 (H) | Third round | FC Eindhoven | 3–2 (A) |
| Feyenoord | 3–0 (A) | Round of 16 | ADO Den Haag | 5–1 (A) |
| NEC | 3–1 (H) | Quarter-finals | De Graafschap | 1–0 (a.e.t.) (H) |
| FC Volendam | 2–0 (A) | Semi-finals | NAC Breda | 3–1 (H) |

## Match

### Details

| Heerenveen | FC Twente |
| - | - |
| GK | 24 | Hans Vonk |
| RB | 4 | Michel Breuer (c) |
| CB | 3 | Kristian Bak Nielsen |
| CB | 5 | Michael Dingsdag |
| LB | 20 | Goran Popov | 45' |
| CM | 17 | Christian Grindheim | | 74' |
| CM | 15 | Michal Švec | 20' | 78' |
| CM | 7 | Viktor Elm |
| RW | 8 | Roy Beerens | | 87' |
| CF | 35 | Gerald Sibon | 42' |
| LW | 10 | Danijel Pranjić |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 25 | Brian Vandenbussche |
| DF | 16 | Calvin Jong-a-Pin |
| MF | 9 | Geert Arend Roorda | 90' | 78' |
| MF | 21 | Bonaventure Kalou | | 74' |
| MF | 31 | Arnór Smárason |
| FW | 12 | Paulo Henrique | | 87' |
| FW | 14 | Patrik Ingelsten |
| Manager: ||
| Trond Sollied ||
| GK | 1 | Sander Boschker |
| RB | 19 | Douglas |
| CB | 4 | Peter Wisgerhof | | 17' |
| CB | 5 | Slobodan Rajković |
| LB | 3 | Edson Braafheid |
| CM | 18 | Cheick Tioté |
| CM | 24 | Theo Janssen | 52' |
| AM | 10 | Kenneth Perez | | 84' |
| RW | 21 | Marko Arnautović | | 12' |
| CF | 9 | Blaise Nkufo (c) |
| LW | 15 | Eljero Elia | 104' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 13 | Nikolay Mihaylov |
| DF | 8 | Ronnie Stam | | 17' |
| DF | 12 | Jeroen Heubach |
| DF | 22 | Niels Wellenberg |
| MF | 17 | Youssouf Hersi | | 84' |
| MF | 58 | Alexander Bannink |
| FW | 7 | Romano Denneboom | | 12' |
| Manager: ||
| Steve McClaren ||

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