1972–73 KNVB Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Netherlands |
| Teams | 46 |
| Defending champions | Ajax |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | NAC |
| Runner-up | NEC |
The KNVB Cup 1972–73 (55th edition) started on October 29, 1972. The final was held on May 31, 1973, with NAC beating NEC 2–0 and winning the cup for the first time.
Teams
- All 18 participants of the Eredivisie 1972-73, entering in the second round
- All 20 participants of the Eerste Divisie 1972-73
- 8 teams from lower (amateur) leagues
First round
| October 29, 1972 | |||
| Caesar Beek A | 1–2 | Helmond Sport 1 | |
| Ede A | 1–4 (aet) | Willem II 1 | |
| USV Elinkwijk A | 3–0 | FC Eindhoven 1 | |
| FC VVV 1 | 2–0 | FC Wageningen 1 | |
| Fortuna Sittard 1 | 2–2 (p: 5–6) | PEC Zwolle 1 | |
| HVC 1 | 0–2 | De Volewijckers 1 | |
| IJsselmeervogels A | 0–4 | Roda JC 1 | |
| VV Leeuwarden A | 0–3 | Heracles 1 | |
| RKSV Sparta'25 A | 0–0 (p: 6–5) | FC Dordrecht 1 | |
| SVV 1 | 2–0 | SC Cambuur 1 | |
| Veendam 1 | 2–0 | Fortuna Vlaardingen 1 | |
| Vitesse Arnhem 1 | 2–1 (aet) | De Graafschap 1 | |
| Xerxes Rotterdam A | 0–1 | sc Heerenveen 1 | |
| Zwart-Wit '28 A | 0–3 | FC Volendam 1 |
1 Eerste Divisie; A Amateur teams
Second round
The 18 Eredivisie teams entered this round.
| December 10, 1972 | |||
| AZ'67 E | 2–0 | FC Den Bosch E | |
| USV Elinkwijk | 2–0 | FC VVV | |
| Excelsior E | 2–1 | FC Utrecht E | |
| FC Amsterdam E | 3–1 (aet) | Helmond Sport | |
| FC Den Haag E | 6–0 | Sparta'25 | |
| HFC Haarlem E | 0–3 | Feyenoord E | |
| Heracles | 2–1 | sc Heerenveen | |
| NAC E | 2–2 (p) | Ajax E | |
| NEC E | 1–0 | Go Ahead Eagles E | |
| Sparta E | 3–1 | MVV E | |
| SVV | 0–0 (p) | Roda JC | |
| Telstar E | 0–2 | FC Twente E | |
| Veendam | 1–0 | FC Groningen E | |
| FC Volendam | 0–1 | PEC Zwolle | |
| De Volewijckers | 1–0 | Vitesse Arnhem | |
| Willem II | 0–3 | PSV E |
E Eredivisie
Third round
| January 28, 1973 | |||
| USV Elinkwijk | 0–4 | NAC | |
| Excelsior | 1–3 | PSV | |
| FC Den Haag | 2–1 | De Volewijckers | |
| FC Twente | 4–0 | Heracles | |
| NEC | 2–0 | SVV | |
| PEC Zwolle | 1–3 | Feyenoord | |
| Sparta | 1–0 | FC Amsterdam | |
| Veendam | 2–3 (aet) | AZ'67 |
From quarterfinals to final
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 14 March | ||||||||||
| PSV | 0 | |||||||||
| 4 April | ||||||||||
| Sparta | 1 | |||||||||
| Sparta | 1 | |||||||||
| 14 March | ||||||||||
| NAC | 2 | |||||||||
| FC Den Haag | 1 | |||||||||
| 31 May | ||||||||||
| NAC | 2 | |||||||||
| NAC | 2 | |||||||||
| 14 March | ||||||||||
| NEC | 0 | |||||||||
| NEC | 1 | |||||||||
| 4 April | ||||||||||
| Feyenoord | 0 | |||||||||
| NEC | 1 | |||||||||
| 14 March | ||||||||||
| AZ'67 | 0 | |||||||||
| AZ'67 | 1 | |||||||||
| FC Twente | 0 | |||||||||
Details of the final
NAC would participate in the Cup Winners' Cup.