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| Date | 7 August 2021 | ||||||
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| Venue | Johan Cruyff Arena,Amsterdam | ||||||
| Referee | Björn Kuipers | ||||||
| Attendance | 25,000 | ||||||
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The2021 Johan Cruyff Shield was the 25th edition of theJohan Cruyff Shield (Dutch:Johan Cruijff Schaal), an annual Dutch football match played between the winners of the previous season'sEredivisie andKNVB Cup. The match was contested by the winners of the2020–21 Eredivisie and the2020–21 KNVB Cup on 7 August 2021.[1][2]
AsAjax won both the Eredivisie and the KNVB Cup, the Eredivisie runners-up,PSV Eindhoven, participated in the 2021 Johan Cruyff Shield.[3]
The defending champions were Ajax, who won the2019 Johan Cruyff Shield. The 2020 Johan Cruyff Shield was cancelled as a result of theCOVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.
PSV Eindhoven won the match 4–0 for their record twelfth Johan Cruyff Shield.
It was also the last match for refereeBjörn Kuipers.
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