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Figure I might as well start the thread after finding the following on Ajax Netwerk :

Ajax in 2e ronde KNVB beker tegen winnaar Noordwijk - EHC/Heuts
5 juli 2011

Ajax heeft voor de tweede ronde van de KNVB beker een duel geloot tegen de winnaar van het eerste ronde duel tussen Noordwijk en EHC/Heuts. Volgens de regels speelt de amateurclub in de tweede ronde altijd thuis.

Noordwijk eliminated EHC/Heuts in convincing fashion: 4-1.

So Ajax's first cup fixture of the season, in the second round of the competition, will be:

Noordwijk - Ajax

Noordwijk are in the Topklasse, the newly created third level of the Dutch football pyramid, between the Hoofdklasse (level 4) and the Eerste Divisie (level 2, officially named Jupiler League).

Date and kick-off time t.b.a.

K

Dmitri Bulykin would seem the perfect cup fighting option at striker come Wednesday evening. More minutes in an Ajax shirt for him . Figure Sigthorsson picked up a knock today and is not likely to be risked if available.

Blind3 schreef:Dmitri Bulykin would seem the perfect cup fighting option at striker come Wednesday evening. More minutes in an Ajax shirt for him . Figure Sigthorsson picked up a knock today and is not likely to be risked if available.

Agree. 1 match, 1 goal. Let's see what he can do

The draw for the third round is tonight, live on Veronica TV in Holland. They show highlights of all the games first, starting at 22:10 CET, and immediatrly after that is the draw. God know at what time, but I will be asleep, that's for sure, so I'll find out about it tomorrow morning...

K.

Roda away for us. Looking at the fixture list for the third round, looks like Ajax received a proctological exam in this draw compared to PSV, Twente, and AZ .

Loting KNVB-beker: Ajax op bezoek bij Roda JC

23/09/2011 00:01

The draw of the KNVB Cup has yielded some interesting posters. So get Vitesse ADO Den Haag, the former employer of coach John van den Brom. Ajax against Roda JC . Feyenoord is visiting at Go Ahead Eagles.

De Loting
Vitesse - ADO Den Haag
Roda JC - Ajax
FC Twente - SC Genemuiden
FC Dordrecht - AZ
PSV- FC Lisse
De Treffers - De Graafschap
Heracles Almelo - Berkum
Almere City FC - FC Eindhoven
Excelsior - GVVV
Achilles '29 - MVV Maastricht
NEC - FC Volendam
Go Ahead Eagles - Feyenoord
FC Zwolle - RKC Waalwijk
FC Oss - FC Den Bosch
Sparta Rotterdam - Sparta Nijkerk
SC Heerenveen - Harkemase Boys

Too bad we didn't draw Achilles '29; that would be a real Trojan War battle.

Roda away... That's a pretty tough one for round 3... But hey: we mustn't grumble, in recent years we've had many relatively easy home games in the cup. Always at home, mostly lucky in the draw.

Time for a tough one - and we got it.

Match will be played on 25, 26 or 27 October (exact date t.b.a.). It so happens that Roda away for the league is on 29 October. Ajax might as well stay down south.

K.

Roda JC vs Ajax has been scheduled for Wednesday 26 October, 20:45 CET at the Parkstad Limburg Stadium in Kerkrade.

K.

Qualified for the round of sixteen thusfar...

8 Eredivisie teams (first tier):
SC Heerenveen
RKC Waalwijk
Vitesse
FC Twente
PSV
De Graafschap
Heracles Almelo
Ajax

3 Jupiler League a.k.a. First Division teams (second tier):
Sparta Rotterdam
FC Oss
FC Eindhoven

2 Topklasse teams (third tier):
GVVV
Achilles '29

Remaining games (tonight):

FC Dordrecht (II) - AZ (I)
NEC (I) - FC Volendam (II)
Go Ahead Eagles (II) - Feyenoord (I)

One more stunt from a First Division side would be nice. Eagles, for example...

K.

I hope we draw Achilles in the next round; that would be a real clash of the gods!!!

Orange14 schreef:I hope we draw Achilles in the next round; that would be a real clash of the gods!!!

Piece of cake -- all we have to do is tackle their heels and game over.

Kowalczyk schreef:One more stunt from a First Division side would be nice. Eagles, for example...

K.

looking good

So Go Ahead are throught with a 2:1 win.

paladinby schreef:So Go Ahead are throught with a 2:1 win.

Well they did something we couldn't do!

Draw:

Ajax - AZ

Twente - PSV

This time around, it's the hard way... Who made the picks?

Orange14 schreef:I hope we draw Achilles in the next round; that would be a real clash of the gods!!!

Well, technically it would be a clash of mythological heroes who featured in the Trojan War...

souras84 schreef:This time around, it's the hard way... Who made the picks?

Yes, the road the the final is considerably bumpier this season... Oh well, we mustn't grumble. At least the club will sell some tickets for this one.

K.

KNVB Cup, Round of Sixteen:

Ajax vs AZ

Wednesday 21 December, 20.45 CET.

K.

Merry bleeping Christmas

Draw for the quarter finals:

Heracles Almelo vs RKC Waalwijk
Vitesse vs SC Heerenveen
Ajax/AZ vs GVVV
PSV vs NEC

Dates t.b.a., but the match days are 31 January and 1 + 2 February.

So, we play for AZ for a quarter slot against the last remaining Topklasse side (third tier) in the competition...

K.

Quarter finals of the KNVB Cup this week. First one was yesterday evening.

Vitesse vs SC Heerenveen: 1-2

Tonight:
Heracles Almelo vs RKC Waalwijk
AZ vs GVVV

Thursday:
PSV vs NEC

K.

First semi-final has been played: PSV beat Heerenveen, 3-1. PSV are the first finalist.

Second semi, AZ vs Heracles, is tonight.

K.