PSV Women is preparing for a historic cup clash. In the quarterfinals of the TOTO KNVB Beker a meeting awaits with AZ, an opponent that Roeland ten Berge 's team has never before faced in this tournament. In Alkmaar, PSV Women will play the 34th cup match in the club's history.
AZ Women returned to the Azerion Women's Eredivisie in the 2023-2024 season. Since then, the teams have faced each other three times. Earlier this season, PSV won convincingly 4-1. In 2024, both teams played a 3-3 draw in Alkmaar, while one year earlier PSV recorded a big 5-1 victory on home soil.
Cup history and statistics
Both teams can call themselves cup winners. PSV Women captured the cup in 2021 by beating ADO Den Haag 1-0 in the final, thanks to a goal by Joëlle Smits, who set up and finished the attack herself. AZ also managed to win the cup: fourteen years ago, the Alkmaarders beat sc Heerenveen 2-0 in the final.
Myrthe Kemper-Moorres has the most cup games to her name in the current PSV Women's selection, with thirteen. Joëlle Smits is PSV Women's top scorer in the cup tournament, with six goals. Fenna Kalma reinforced PSV in January, and although she has only played one cup game for PSV, she already found the net three times in it.
Old acquaintances
At AZ we meet an old acquaintance in Kealyn Thomas. She was champion twice with Young PSV Women and played eleven times for PSV Women. We also encounter Desiree van Lunteren, who played for PSV Women in the 2021-2022 season and scored ten goals then. Jasmijn van Uden, who reached the semifinals of the cup with Young PSV Women, is also part of the AZ team.
Recent form
PSV Women is in good form, winning its last four matches, including a goal-rich 7-0 win over Young PSV Women in the cup eighth final. AZ Women played a midweek catch-up game against Telstar, the same opponent that PSV won 4-1 last weekend. The Alkmaar players won 5-4 in Velsen thanks to a goal in the final phase (87').