2014–15 KNVB Cup

Football tournament season

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.

Source: Royal Dutch Football Association^[1]

First round

Matches scheduled on 26 & 27 August 2014.

Second round

Matches scheduled on 23 & 24 September 2014.

Rijnsburgse Boys (3) v Sparta Rotterdam (2)

vv Capelle (3) v FC Volendam (2)

SVV Scheveningen (3) v FC Lisse (3)

VVSB (3) v Vitesse Arnhem (1)

SV Spakenburg (3) v NAC Breda (1)

Ajax Zaterdag (3) v N.E.C. (2)

Almere City (2) v ADO Den Haag (1)

Deltasport (5) v Willem II (1)

Excelsior Maassluis (3) v FC Emmen (2)

Flevo Boys (4) v DOS'37 (5)

HHC Hardenberg (3) v RKC Waalwijk (2)

Kozakken Boys (3) v Sportlust '46 (5)

ONS Boso Sneek (3) v FC Dordrecht (1)

VVV-Venlo (2) v FC Eindhoven (2)

Roda JC Kerkrade (2) v SC Heerenveen (1)

AFC (3) v SBV Excelsior (1)

ASV De Dijk (4) v Fortuna Sittard (2)

HBS Craeyenhout (3) v Heracles Almelo (1)

SV DOSKO (4) v De Graafschap (2)

JOS Watergraafsmeer (4) v Ajax (1)

ASWH (4) v WKE (3)

BVV Barendrecht (3) v FC Groningen (1)

De Treffers (3) v SC Telstar (2)

EVV (3) v AZ (1)

FC Den Bosch (2) v SC Cambuur (1)

JVC Cuijk (3) v GVVV (3)

MVV Maastricht (2) v Helmond Sport (2)

PEC Zwolle (1) v FC Oss (2)

SV Urk (4) v VV UNA (3)

Go Ahead Eagles (1) v Feyenoord (1)

Achilles '29 (2) v FC Twente (1)

PSV (1) v FC Utrecht (1)

Third round

The matches took place on 28, 29 and 30 October 2014.

SV Urk (4) v Ajax (1)

De Graafschap (2) v SV Deltasport (5)

Fortuna Sittard (2) v NAC Breda (1)

Heracles Almelo (1) v FC Emmen (2)

VVV-Venlo (2) v MVV Maastricht (2)

Vitesse Arnhem (1) v FC Dordrecht (1)

Almere City (2) v PSV (1)

SC Cambuur (1) v SVV Scheveningen (3)

FC Volendam (2) v Sportlust '46 (5)

Flevo Boys (4) v FC Groningen (1)

GVVV (3) v AZ (1)

PEC Zwolle (1) v HHC Hardenberg (3)

Go Ahead Eagles (1) v FC Twente (1)

De Treffers (3) v N.E.C. (2)

WKE (3) v Excelsior (1)

Roda JC Kerkrade (2) v Sparta Rotterdam (2)

Fourth round

The matches took place on 16, 17, 18 December 2014 and 20 January 2015.

VVV-Venlo (2) v PEC Zwolle (1)

Heracles Almelo (1) v SC Cambuur (1)

De Graafschap (2) v FC Twente (1)

AZ (1) v N.E.C. (2)

FC Groningen (1) v FC Volendam (2)

Excelsior (1) v NAC Breda (1)

Ajax (1) v Vitesse Arnhem (1)

Roda JC Kerkrade (2) v PSV (1)

Quarter-finals

SC Cambuur (1) v PEC Zwolle (1)

FC Twente (1) v AZ (1)

Roda JC Kerkrade (2) v Excelsior (1)

FC Groningen (1) v Vitesse Arnhem (1)

Semi-finals

FC Twente (1) v PEC Zwolle (1)

FC Groningen (1) v Excelsior (1)

Final

3 May 2015

18:00

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Richard Liesveld

Trivia

None of the Big Three managed to advance to the quarter-finals. This happened for only the fourth time in fifty years (after the 1974-75, 1981-82 and 2008-09 campaigns).

References

1. "PROGRAMMA BETAALD VOETBAL SEIZOEN 2014/'15 EREDIVISIE / JUPILER LEAGUE" [Schedule professional football 2014–15 season Eredivisie/Jupiler League] (PDF) (in Dutch). Zeist: Royal Dutch Football Association. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.

External links

• Official website (in Dutch)