1997 KNVB Cup final

The 1997 KNVB Cup Final was a football match between Roda JC and Heerenveen on 8 May 1997 at De Kuip, Rotterdam. It was the final match of the 1996–97 KNVB Cup competition and the 79th KNVB Cup final. Roda won 4–2 after goals from Gerald Sibon, Ger Senden, Eric van der Luer and Maarten Schops. It was the side's first KNVB Cup trophy.

1997 KNVB Cup Final

Event	1996–97 KNVB Cup
Roda JC Heerenveen 4 2
Date	8 May 1997
Venue	De Kuip, Rotterdam
Man of the Match	Eric van der Luer (Roda JC)
Referee	Hans Reygwart
Attendance	48,000

Route to the final

Further information: 1996–97 KNVB Cup

Roda JC		Round	Heerenveen
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Bye	Matchday 1	Cambuur Leeuwarden	5–0 (H)
	Matchday 2	SV Urk	3–1 (A)
	Matchday 3	VV Sneek	6–3 (A)
	Final standings	Group 2 winner Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Heerenveen 3 3 0 0 14 4 +10 9 Cambuur Leeuwarden 3 2 0 1 10 8 +2 6 SV Urk 3 1 0 2 5 11 −6 3 VV Sneek 3 0 0 3 6 12 −6 0
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
VV Katwijk	6–2 (H)	First round	TOP Oss	3–2 (a.e.t.) (H)
De Graafschap	2–0 (A)	Round of 16	NEC	2–0 (H)
FC Zwolle	5–0 (A)	Quarter-finals	Feyenoord	2–1 (H)
Willem II	1–0 (H)	Semi-finals	Helmond Sport	5–0 (H)

Match

Details

8 May 1997

18:00 CEST

Roda JC	4–2	Heerenveen
Sibon 4' Senden 16' Van der Luer 48' Schops 56'	Report	Korneev 12' Talan 83'

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Hans Reygwart

Roda JC

Heerenveen

GK 1 Ruud Hesp (c) RB 2 Ger Senden CB 3 Regillio Vrede  26' CB 4 Maarten Schops LB 5 Ramon van Haaren  89' RM 6 André Ooijer CM 7 Eric van der Luer  76' LM 8 Arno Doomernik  54' RW 9 Peter Van Houdt CF 10 Gerald Sibon LW 11 Garba Lawal  69' Substitutes: GK 16 Hans Spillmann DF 13 Henri Heeren DF 18 Mark Luijpers  89' MF 12 Jan-Pieter Martens  69' MF 14 Melvin Plet MF 15 Stéphane Van Der Heyden  76' FW 17 Arie Obdam Manager: Martin Jol

GK 1 Hans Vonk RB 2 Ole Tobiasen CB 4 Johan Hansma (c) LB 5 Tom Sier  70' CM 6 Alex Pastoor  64' CM 3 Jan de Visser AM 8 Igor Korneev AM 10 Jon Dahl Tomasson RW 7 Jeffrey Talan  90+2' CF 9 Leeroy Echteld LW 11 Boudewijn Pahlplatz  56' Substitutes: GK 16 Sierk Kooistra DF 13 Børre Meinseth  64' DF 17 Tieme Klompe MF 14 Ronnie Pander MF 18 Max Houttuin FW 12 Romeo Wouden  56' FW 15 Marc Nygaard  70' Manager: Foppe de Haan

Man of the match Eric van der Luer (Roda JC) Match officials Assistant referees: Jan Rijser Fourth official: Harry van Beek

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

External links

• Official website (in Dutch and English)