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2005–06 KNVB Cup

Field	Value
title	2005–06 KNVB Cup
country	Netherlands
num_teams	87
defending champions	PSV
champions	Ajax
runner-up	PSV
top goal scorer	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (6)
prevseason	2004–05
nextseason	2006–07

| runner-up = PSV

The 2005–06 KNVB Cup was the 88th edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. 87 teams contested, beginning on 2 August 2005 and ending at the final on 7 May 2006.

Ajax beat PSV 2–1 in the final, winning the trophy for the sixteenth time.

Teams

All 18 participants of the Eredivisie 2005-06
All 20 participants of the Eerste Divisie 2005-06
47 teams from lower (amateur) leagues
Two youth teams

Qualifying round

First round

E Eredivisie; 1 Eerste Divisie; A Amateur teams

Second round

ADO Den Haag	11–1	VV SHO

Third round

FC Groningen	3–0	ADO Den Haag

Last 16

Six Eredivisie teams entered the tournament this round. They had previously been playing in the Champions League and UEFA Cup.

FC Eindhoven	1–6	Ajax E

E six Eredivisie entrants

Quarter finals

sc Heerenveen	0–3	Ajax

Semi-finals

PSV	2–0 (aet)	AZ

Final

Main article: 2006 KNVB Cup Final

Both Ajax and PSV already secured a Champions League spot in the national competition. Therefore, the UEFA Cup ticket the winner of this tournament would win, could now be won in the Eredivisie play-offs.

References

[[Heracles Almelo]], [[De Graafschap]] and [[PSV Eindhoven. Young PSV]] were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player.

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