The 2014–15 Polish Cup was the 61st season of the annual Polish football knockout tournament. It began on 19 July 2014 with the first matches of the extra preliminary round and ended on 2 May 2015 with the Final, in which Legia Warsaw defeated Lech Poznań for a record 17th title. As winners, Legia qualified for the qualifying tournament of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.
Zawisza Bydgoszcz were the defending champions, having won their first title in the previous season, but were eliminated in the last 32 by Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała.
Participating teams Enter in Round of 32 Enter in first round Enter in Extra preliminary round 2013–14 Ekstraklasa16 teams 2013–14 I Liga18 teams 2013–14 II liga36 teams Winners of 16 regional cup competitions Legia Warsaw Lech Poznań Ruch Chorzów Lechia Gdańsk Wisła Kraków Górnik Zabrze Pogoń Szczecin Zawisza Bydgoszcz Śląsk Wrocław Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała Jagiellonia Białystok Piast Gliwice Korona Kielce Cracovia Widzew Łódź Zagłębie Lubin GKS Bełchatów Górnik Łęczna Dolcan Ząbki Arka Gdynia Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza Olimpia Grudziądz Wisła Płock GKS Katowice Sandecja Nowy Sącz Miedź Legnica Kolejarz Stróże1 Flota Świnoujście GKS Tychy Chojniczanka Chojnice Stomil Olsztyn Puszcza Niepołomice Energetyk ROW Rybnik Okocimski KS Brzesko Wigry Suwałki Pogoń Siedlce Siarka Tarnobrzeg Legionovia Legionowo Stal Stalowa Wola Znicz Pruszków Stal Mielec Wisła Puławy Olimpia Elbląg Limanovia Limanowa1 Stal Rzeszów Radomiak Radom Pelikan Łowicz Olimpia Zambrów Motor Lublin Garbarnia Kraków Concordia Elbląg Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki Chrobry Głogów Bytovia Bytów Zagłębie Sosnowiec Błękitni Stargard Szczeciński MKS Kluczbork Górnik Wałbrzych Rozwój Katowice Warta Poznań2 Polonia Bytom Raków Częstochowa Gryf Wejherowo Odra Opole Ruch Zdzieszowice Ostrovia Ostrów Wielkopolski Calisia Kalisz UKP Zielona Góra Jarota Jarocin KS Polkowice Zagłębie II Lubin (Lower Silesia) Unia Solec Kujawski (Kujawy-Pomerania) Podlasie Biała Podlaska (Lublin) Piast Karnin (Lubusz) Lechia Tomaszów Mazowiecki (Łódź) MKS Trzebinia-Siersza (Lesser Poland) Sparta Jazgarzew (Mazovia) Małapanew Ozimek (Opole) Stal II Rzeszów (Podkarpacie) Wissa Szczuczyn (Podlasie) Brda Przechlewo (Pomerania) Pniówek Pawłowice Śląskie (Silesia) Łysica Bodzentyn (Świętokrzyskie) Sokół Ostróda (Warmia-Masuria) Sokół Kleczew (Greater Poland) Kotwica Kołobrzeg (West Pomerania) Source: 90minut.pl Notes: Following the takeover of the I Liga team Kolejarz Stróże by Limanovia Limanowa, the club w decided to waive their spot in the preliminary round. The Polish FA ruled that the withdrawal is effective also for the first round spot ceded to Limanovia by Kolejarz. Warta failed to register for the competition.
Round and draw dates Round Draw date First leg Second leg Extra preliminary round 26 June 2014 19 July 2014 — Preliminary roud 26 July 2014 First round 1 August 2014 Round of 32 14 August 2014 24 September 2014 Round of 16 29 October 2014 Quarter-finals 4 March 2015 18 March 2015 Semi-finals 1 April 2015 8 April 2015 Final 2 May 2015at National Stadium, Warsaw — Source: 90minut.pl
First Preliminary Round The draw for this round was conducted at the headquarters of the Polish FA on 26 June 2014. Participating in this round are 16 regional cup winners and 36 teams from the 2013–14 II Liga. The matches were played on 19 and 20 July 2014.
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|19 July 2014
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|20 July 2014
Notes Note 1: Limanovia failed to register for the competition. Note 2: Warta failed to register for the competition.
Second Preliminary Round The draw for this round was conducted at the headquarters of the Polish FA on 26 June 2014. The matches were played on 26 and 27 July 2014.
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|26 July 2014
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|27 July 2014
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|No match |- |style="text-align:right; background:#d0f0c0;"| Wisła Puławy (3) |style="text-align: center; " colspan=2 rowspan=2|bye to the next round |- | style="text-align:right; background:#d0f0c0;"| Stal Rzeszów (4)
First round The draw for this round was conducted at the headquarters of the Polish FA on 26 June 2014. The matches were played on 12 and 13 August 2014. Joining in this round are the 18 teams from 2013–14 I Liga.
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|12 August 2014
! ! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|13 August 2014
Notes Note 1: Following the takeover of the I Liga team Kolejarz Stróże by Limanovia Limanowa, the club decided to waive their spot in the first round.
Bracket
Round of 32 The draw for this round was conducted at National Stadium, Warsaw on 14 August 2014. Participating in this round are the 16 winners of the first round along with the 16 teams from 2013–14 Ekstraklasa. The matches were played on 23, 24 and 25 September 2014.
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|23 September 2014
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|24 September 2014
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|25 September 2014
Round of 16 Competing in this round are the 16 winners from the previous round. The draw for this round was conducted at National Stadium, Warsaw on 14 August 2014. Matches were played on 15, 28, 29 and 30 October 2014.
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|15 October 2014
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|28 October 2014
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|29 October 2014
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|30 October 2014
Quarter-finals The 8 winners from Round of 16 competed in this round.The matches will be played in two legs. The first leg took place on 12 February, 3 and 4 March 2015, while the second legs were played on 5, 17, 18 and 19 March 2015.The draw for this round was conducted at National Stadium, Warsaw on 14 August 2014.
First leg
Second leg
Semi-finals The 4 winners from the Quarterfinals competed in this round.The matches will be played in two legs. The first leg took place on 1 April 2015, while the second legs were played on 8 and 9 April 2015.The draw for this round was conducted at National Stadium, Warsaw on 14 August 2014.
First leg
Second leg
Final The Polish cup Final is being held at the Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw on 2 May 2015.
GK33 Maciej GostomskiRB4 Tomasz KędzioraCB23 Paulus ArajuuriCB35 Marcin KamińskiLB3 Barry Douglas CM6 Łukasz Trałka (c) CM7 Karol Linetty RM24 Dawid KownackiAM19 Kasper HämäläinenLM8 Szymon Pawłowski CF95 Zaur Sadayev Substitutes:GK1 Jasmin BurićDF5 Tamás KádárMF16 Darko Jevtić DF25 Luis HenríquezFW28 Dariusz Formella MF77 Muhamed Keita MF88 Arnaud DjoumManager: Maciej Skorża GK12 Dušan KuciakRB28 Łukasz BroźCB25 Jakub RzeźniczakCB15 Iñaki AstizLB17 Tomasz BrzyskiCM3 Tomasz JodłowiecCM21 Ivica Vrdoljak (c)RM6 Guilherme AM8 Ondrej Duda LM18 Michał Kucharczyk CF9 Marek SaganowskiSubstitutes:GK34 Arkadiusz MalarzDF4 Igor LewczukMF16 Michał Masłowski DF19 Bartosz BereszyńskiMF20 Jakub Kosecki MF33 Michał Żyro FW45 Adam RyczkowskiManager: Henning Berg
References
See also 2014–15 Ekstraklasa