2014–15 KNVB Cup


The 2014–15 KNVB Cup was the 97th season of the Dutch national football knockout tournament. The competition began on 27 August 2014 with the matches of Round 1 and ended with the final on 3 May 2015. The winner qualified for the group stage of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.
FC Groningen won their first cup title in club history.

Calendar

The calendar for the 2014–15 KNVB Cup was as follows.
RoundsDate
First round27 August 2014
Second round23–25 September 2014
Third round28–30 October 2014
Fourth round16–18 December 2014
Quarter-finals27–29 January 2015
Semi-finals7–9 April 2015
Final3 May 2015

Source: Royal Dutch Football Association

First round

Matches scheduled on 26 & 27 August 2014.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1Kozakken Boys 7–0Stormvogels 28
2vv Capelle 3–2 EHC Hoensbroek
3DOS'37 6–1WAVV
4ZSV 0–4FC Lisse
5HBS Craeyenhout 6–1SV Juliana '31
6FVC 1–2Sportlust '46
7ADO '20 0–1SVV Scheveningen
8IJsselmeervogels 1–3JVC Cuijk
9ASWH 4–1HSC '21
10Ajax Zaterdag 4–0De Valk
11Deltasport 1–0RKSV Leonidas
12VV Oude Maas 1–3SV DOSKO
13WKE 1–0ZVV Pelikaan
14Flevo Boys 6–2Haaglandia
15BVV Barendrecht 2–1 RKSV De Ster
16SC Feyenoord II 2–4 ASV De Dijk
17MSC 1–2ONS Boso Sneek
18VV De Bataven 1–3SV Urk
19JOS Watergraafsmeer 2–1VV Noordwijk
20EVV 4–0SC Spirit '30
21FC Lienden 0–1Excelsior Maassluis

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 managed to advance to the quarter-finals. This happened for only the fourth time in fifty years.