The 2014–15 KNVB Cup tournament was the 97th edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. They contested beginning on 27 August 2014 with the matches of Round 1 and ending with the final on 3 May 2015.
FC Groningen successfully pursued its first KNVB Cup title in club history, beating defending champions PEC Zwolle and qualified for the group stage of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.
Calendar The calendar for the 2014–15 KNVB Cup was as follows. Rounds Date First round 27 August 2014 Second round 23–25 September 2014 Third round 28–30 October 2014 Fourth round 16–18 December 2014 Quarter-finals 27–29 January 2015 Semi-finals 7–9 April 2015 Final 3 May 2015 Source: Royal Dutch Football Association
First round Matches scheduled on 26 & 27 August 2014.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Kozakken Boys (3)7–0Stormvogels 28 (6)2vv Capelle (3)3–2 EHC Hoensbroek (5)3DOS'37 (5)6–1WAVV (6)4ZSV (6)0–4FC Lisse (3)5HBS Craeyenhout (3)6–1SV Juliana '31 (4)6FVC (4)1–2Sportlust '46 (5)7ADO '20 (3)0–1SVV Scheveningen (3)8IJsselmeervogels (3)1–3JVC Cuijk (3)9ASWH (4)4–1HSC '21 (3)10Ajax Zaterdag (3)4–0De Valk (4)11Deltasport (5)1–0RKSV Leonidas (3)12VV Oude Maas (6)1–3SV DOSKO (4)13WKE (3)1–0ZVV Pelikaan (5)14Flevo Boys (4)6–2Haaglandia (4)15BVV Barendrecht (3)2–1 RKSV De Ster (6)16SC Feyenoord II (7)2–4 ASV De Dijk (4)17MSC (4)1–2ONS Boso Sneek (3)18VV De Bataven (4)1–3SV Urk (4)19JOS Watergraafsmeer (4)2–1VV Noordwijk (4)20EVV (3)4–0SC Spirit '30 (6)21FC Lienden (3)0–1Excelsior Maassluis (3)
Second round Matches scheduled on 23 & 24 September 2014.
Third round The matches took place on 28, 29 and 30 October 2014.
Fourth round The matches took place on 16, 17, 18 December 2014 and 20 January 2015.
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Trivia
None of the Big Three advanced to the quarter-finals; the fourth occurrence in fifty years (after the 1974-75, 1981-82 and 2008-09 campaigns).
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