FA Cup 2014/15
FA Cup 2014/15 | |
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Cup winners | Arsenal FC (12th title) |
Teams | 736 |
Games | 154 |
← FA Cup 2013/14 |
The 2014/15 FA Cup is the 134th edition of the world's oldest football cup tournament , The Football Association Challenge Cup , or FA Cup . This cup season started with 736 clubs.
The cup competition began on August 16, 2014 with the extra preliminary round and ends with the final at Wembley Stadium in London on May 30, 2015.
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round | date | Games | societies | New entrants | Bonuses | Player of the round |
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Extra preliminary round | August 16, 2014 | 184 | 736 → 552 | 368 | £ 1,500 | none |
Preliminary round | August 30, 2014 | 160 | 552 → 392 | 136 | £ 1,925 | none |
First qualifying round | September 13, 2014 | 116 | 392 → 276 | 72 | £ 3,000 | |
Second qualifying round | September 27, 2014 | 80 | 276 → 196 | 44 | £ 4,500 | |
Third qualifying round | October 11, 2014 | 40 | 196 → 156 | no | £ 7,500 | |
Fourth qualifying round | October 25, 2014 | 32 | 156 → 124 | 24 | £ 12,500 | |
First main round | November 8, 2014 | 40 | 124 → 84 | 48 | £ 18,000 | |
Second main round | December 6, 2014 | 20th | 84 → 64 | no | £ 27,000 | |
Third main round | January 3, 2015 | 32 | 64 → 32 | 44 | £ 67,500 | |
Fourth main round | January 24, 2015 | 16 | 32 → 16 | no | £ 90,000 | |
Fifth main round | February 14, 2015 | 8th | 16 → 8 | no | £ 180,000 | |
Sixth main round (quarter-finals) | March 7, 2015 | 4th | 8 → 4 | no | £ 360,000 | |
Semifinals | 18. – 19. April 2015 | 2 | 4 → 2 | no | Winner: £ 900,000 Loser: £ 450,000 |
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final | May 30, 2015 | 1 | 2 → 1 | no | Winner: £ 1,800,000 Loser: £ 900,000 |
mode
Complete overview at: FA Cup
The FA Cup is played in rounds. Any team that has a certain level of performance and an appropriate playing field can take part. The pairings of each round will be drawn in an open draw without a seeding list. The team drawn first has home rights. If the game ends in a draw, a second leg takes place on the other team's pitch. If the second leg also ends in a draw, the game goes into extra time or penalty shoot-out. This mode lasts until the sixth main round. From the semi-finals onwards there is only one game, possibly with extra time and penalty shoot-out.
Some teams are exempt from certain rounds:
- In the second qualifying round, the teams from Conference North / South (6th division of the English league) are added.
- In the fourth qualifying round, the teams of the Conference National (5th division of the English league) are added.
- In the first main round, the teams of League 1 and 2 of the Football League (3rd and 4th division of the English league) are added.
- In the third main round on the first weekend in January, the teams from the Football League Championship (2nd division of the English league) and the Premier League (1st division of the English division) are added
The semi-finals will take place in a neutral place, the final in Wembley Stadium.
Each winner receives a bonus from the television money, which is staggered according to the round.
Main round
First main round
In the first main round, each of the 24 teams of Football League One and Two entered the competition.
The draw for the first main round took place on October 27, 2014. The games were held on 7/8/9/10/18. November 2014. The replay games were on 18./19./20./25. November 2014.
- Replay games
Result | ||
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Accrington Stanley | 2: 1 | Notts County |
Rochdale AFC | 2: 1 | Northampton Town |
Sheffield United | 2-0 | Crewe Alexandra |
Shrewsbury Town | 1-0 | Walsall FC |
Southport FC | 2-0 | Dagenham & Redbridge |
AFC Telford United | 2: 1 | Basingstoke Town |
AFC Wimbledon | 3: 1 | York city |
Aldershot Town | 1-0 | Portsmouth FC |
Maidstone United | 2: 1 | Stevenage FC |
Concord Rangers | 0: 1 | Mansfield Town |
Second main round
The draw for the second main round took place on November 10, 2014. The games were played between December 5 and 7, 2014. The replays were on 16./17. December 2014 and January 2, 2015.
Replay games
Result | ||
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Chester FC | 0: 3 | Barnsley FC |
Luton Town | 1-0 | Bury FC |
Mansfield Town | 0: 1 | Cambridge United |
Rochdale AFC | 4: 1 | Aldershot Town |
Tranmere Rovers | 2: 1 | Oxford United |
Yeovil Town | 2-0 | Accrington Stanley |
Worcester City | 1: 1 a.d. (13:14 i.E.) |
Scunthorpe United |
Milton Keynes Dons | 0: 1 | Chesterfield FC |
Third main round
In this round, the teams of the FA Premier League (20 teams) and the teams of the Football League Championship (24 teams) entered the competition.
The draw for the third main round took place on December 9, 2014. The games were played between January 2nd and 6th, 2015. The replay games were played on January 13 and 14, 2015.
- Replay games
Result | ||
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Bristol City | 2-0 | Doncaster Rovers |
Chesterfield FC | 2: 0 a.d. | Scunthorpe United |
West Ham United | 2: 2 n.V. (9: 8 p.e.) |
Everton FC |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3: 3 n.V. (3: 5 p.e.) |
Fulham FC |
Bradford City | 4-0 | Millwall FC |
Ipswich Town | 0: 1 | Southampton FC |
Tottenham Hotspur | 4: 2 | Burnley FC |
Fourth main round
The draw for the fourth main round took place on January 5, 2015. The games were played between January 23 and 26, 2015. The replay games were played on February 3rd and 4th, 2015.
Result | ||
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Cambridge United | 0-0 | Manchester United |
Blackburn Rovers | 3: 1 | Swansea City |
Birmingham City | 1: 2 | West Bromwich Albion |
Cardiff City | 1: 2 | Reading FC |
Chelsea FC | 2: 4 | Bradford City |
Derby County | 2-0 | Chesterfield FC |
Liverpool FC | 0-0 | Bolton Wanderers |
Manchester City | 0: 2 | Middlesbrough FC |
Preston North End | 1: 1 | Sheffield United |
Southampton FC | 2: 3 | Crystal Palace |
Sunderland AFC | 0-0 | Fulham FC |
Tottenham Hotspur | 1: 2 | Leicester City |
Aston Villa | 2: 1 | Bournemouth AFC |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 2: 3 | Arsenal FC |
Bristol City | 0: 1 | West Ham United |
Rochdale AFC | 1: 4 | Stoke City |
- Replay games
Result | ||
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Fulham FC | 1: 3 | Sunderland AFC |
Manchester United | 3-0 | Cambridge United |
Sheffield United | 1: 3 | Preston North End |
Bolton Wanderers | 1: 2 | Liverpool FC |
Fifth main round
The draw for the fifth main round took place on January 26, 2015. The games were played from February 14 to 16, 2015.
Result | ||
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Blackburn Rovers | 4: 1 | Stoke City |
Crystal Palace | 1: 2 | Liverpool FC |
Derby County | 1: 2 | Reading FC |
West Bromwich Albion | 4-0 | West Ham United |
Arsenal FC | 2-0 | Middlesbrough FC |
Aston Villa | 2: 1 | Leicester City |
Bradford City | 2-0 | Sunderland AFC |
Preston North End | 1: 3 | Manchester United |
Sixth main round (quarter-finals)
The draw for the quarter-finals took place on February 16, 2015. The games were played from March 7th to 9th, 2015. The replay games were played on March 16 and April 8, 2015.
Result | ||
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Aston Villa | 2-0 | West Bromwich Albion |
Bradford City | 0-0 | Reading FC |
Liverpool FC | 0-0 | Blackburn Rovers |
Manchester United | 1: 2 | Arsenal FC |
- Replay games
Result | ||
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Reading FC | 3-0 | Bradford City |
Blackburn Rovers | 0: 1 | Liverpool FC |
Semifinals
The semi-final draw took place on March 9, 2015. The games were played at Wembley Stadium on the weekend of April 18-19, 2015 .
Result | ||
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Reading FC | 1: 2 a.d. | Arsenal FC |
Aston Villa | 2: 1 | Liverpool FC |
final
Web links
- thefa.com: The FA Cup (English)
- thefa.com: FA Cup archive (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of 736 clubs accepted (PDF) The Football Association. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
- ↑ thefa.com: FA Cup Round Dates
- ↑ bbc.co.uk: MK Dons v Chesterfield FA Cup tie to be replayed