2017–18 KNVB Cup
64 teams contested, beginning on 19 September 2017 with the first of six rounds and ending on 22 April 2018 at the final at De Kuip in Rotterdam.The defending champions were Vitesse from the Eredivisie, who beat AZ 2–0 in the final in the previous season on 30 April 2017.[1] Vitesse automatically qualified for the third preliminary round of the 2018–19 edition of the UEFA Europa League.The also contested in the 2018 edition of the Johan Cruyff Shield, the Dutch Supercup match at the start of the following season between the Cup winner and the champions of the 2017–18 Eredivisie.The lowest ranked teams left were Swift and Hoek from the fifth tier of Dutch football.