KNVB Cup 2014/15

The KNVB-Pokal 2014/15 was the 97th edition of the Dutch soccer cup competition. A total of 85 teams took part in the competition: the 35 clubs of the two professional leagues (excluding the three reserve teams playing there) and 50 amateur teams.

The first round took place on August 27, 2014, the final on May 3, 2015 in De Kuip in Rotterdam . The winner was FC Groningen , who won the final against PEC Zwolle 2-0. FC Groningen is now qualified for the playoff round of the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League .

Attendees

league	societies
Eredivisie (1)	ADO The Hague	Go Ahead Eagles Deventer	FC Dordrecht	Excelsior Rotterdam
	Ajax Amsterdam	FC Groningen	PEC Zwolle	FC Twente Enschede
	AZ Alkmaar	SC Heerenveen	PSV Eindhoven	FC Utrecht
	SC Cambuur	Heracles Almelo	Willem II Tilburg	Vitesse Arnhem
	Feyenoord Rotterdam	NAC Breda
First Division (2)	Achilles '29	FC Emmen	Helmond Sport	Telstar
	Almere City FC	Roda JC Kerkrade	MVV Maastricht	VVV-Venlo
	FC Den Bosch	Fortuna Sittard	FC Oss	FC Volendam
	NEC Nijmegen	De Graafschap	Sparta Rotterdam	RKC Waalwijk
	FC Eindhoven
Top class (3)	HHC Hardenberg	EVV	HSC'21	Ajax Zaterdag
	ADO '20	RKSV Leonidas	VV IJsselmeervogels	Rijnsburgse Boys
	Amsterdamsche FC	ONS Boso Sneek	FC Lisse	SVV Scheveningen
	BVV Barendrecht	GVVV	JVC Cuijk	WKE
	VV Capelle	Excelsior Maassluis	VV UNA	FC Lienden
	SV Spakenburg	HBS Craeyenhout	Kozakken Boys	De hits
	VVSB
Hoofd class (4)	SV Juliana '31	ASWH	FVC	De Valk
	SV DOSKO	Haaglandia	Flevo Boys	MSC
	VV De Bataven	ASV De Dijk	SV Urk	VV Noordwijk
	JOS Watergraafsmeer
First class (5)	DOS '37	EHC Hoensbroek	Delta sport	ZVV Pelikaan
First class (5)	Sportiness '46
Tweede Class (6)	Stormvogels 28	WAVV	RKSV De Ster	ZSV
Tweede Class (6)	SC Spirit '30	VV Oude Maas
Derde class (7)	SC Feyenoord II

Events

round	Events
First round	August 27, 2014
Second round	23-25 September 2014
Third round	28-30 October 2014
Round of 16	16.-18. December 2014
Quarter finals	27.-29. January 2015
Semifinals	7/9 April 2015
final	May 3, 2015

First round

42 of the 50 qualified amateur teams played in the first round; the rest were set for the second round via sporting successes of the preseason or bye.

	Result
Kozakken Boys (3)	7-0	Storm Birds 28 (6)
VV Capelle (3)	3: 2 a.d.	EHC Hoensbroek (5)
DOS '37 (5)	6: 1	WAVV (6)
ZSV (6)	0: 4	FC Lisse (3)
HBS Craeyenhout (3)	6: 1	SV Juliana '31 (4)
FVC (4)	1: 2	Sportiness '46 (5)
ADO '20 (3)	0: 1	SVV Scheveningen (3)
VV IJsselmeervogels (3)	1: 3	JVC Cuijk (3)
ASWH (4)	4: 1	HSC '21 (3)
Ajax Zaterdag (3)	4-0	De Valk (4)
Delta Sports (5)	1-0	RKSV Leonidas (3)
VV Oude Maas (6)	1: 3	SV DOSKO (4)
WKE (3)	1-0	ZVV Pelikaan (5)
Flevo Boys (4)	6: 2	Haaglandia (4)
BVV Barendrecht (3)	2: 1 a.d.	RKSV De Ster (6)
SC Feyenoord II (7)	2: 4 a.d.	ASV De Dijk (4)
MSC (4)	1: 2	ONS Boso Sneek (3)
VV De Bataven (4)	1: 3	SV Urk (4)
JOS Watergraafsmeer (4)	2: 1	VV Noordwijk (4)
EVV (3)	4-0	SC Spirit '30 (6)
FC Lienden (3)	0: 1	Excelsior Maassluis (3)

The respective league level is set in brackets.

Second round

In this round, the 35 professional clubs from Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie and the eight seeded amateur teams got on; The 64 field was completed by the 21 winners of the first round. Teams that competed in a European cup competition could not be drawn against each other. Amateurs had home rights against professional teams (this round only).

	Result
Rijnsburgse Boys (3)	0: 3	Sparta Rotterdam (2)
VV Capelle (3)	0: 1	FC Volendam (2)
SVV Scheveningen (3)	4: 1	FC Lisse (3)
VVSB (3)	1: 2	Vitesse Arnhem (1)
SV Spakenburg (3)	3: 4	NAC Breda (1)
Ajax Zaterdag (3)	2: 2 (3: 5 on behalf)	NEC Nijmegen (2)
Almere City (2)	2: 2 (2: 0 on perk)	ADO The Hague (1)
Delta Sports (5)	2: 1	Willem II Tilburg (1)
Excelsior Maassluis (3)	1: 4	FC Emmen (2)
Flevo Boys (4)	1-0	DOS '37 (5)
HHC Hardenberg (3)	1-0	RKC Waalwijk (2)
Kozakken Boys (3)	1: 2 a.d.	Sportiness '46 (5)
ONS Boso Sneek (3)	0: 3	FC Dordrecht (1)
VVV-Venlo (2)	0: 0 (4: 2 on perk)	FC Eindhoven (2)
Roda JC Kerkrade (2)	2: 1	SC Heerenveen (1)
Amsterdamsche FC (3)	0: 2	Excelsior Rotterdam (1)
ASV De Dijk (4)	4: 7 a.d.	Fortuna Sittard (2)
HBS Craeyenhout (3)	1: 2	Heracles Almelo (1)
SV DOSKO (4)	0: 1	De Graafschap (2)
JOS Watergraafsmeer (4)	0: 9	Ajax Amsterdam (1)
ASWH (4)	2: 3	WKE (3)
BVV Barendrecht (3)	1: 4	FC Groningen (1)
De Treffers (3)	2: 1 a.d.	SC Telstar (2)
EVV (3)	0: 1	AZ Alkmaar (1)
FC Den Bosch (2)	0: 4	SC Cambuur (1)
JVC Cuijk (3)	1: 2	GVVV (3)
MVV Maastricht (2)	4: 3 a.d.	Helmond Sport (2)
PEC Zwolle (1)	3: 2	FC Oss (2)
SV Urk (4)	2: 1	VV UNA (3)
Go Ahead Eagles Deventer (1)	2-0	Feyenoord Rotterdam (1)
Achilles '29 (2)	1: 3	FC Twente Enschede (1)
PSV Eindhoven (1)	2-0	FC Utrecht (1)

The respective league level is set in brackets.

Third round

	Result
SV Urk (4)	0: 4	Ajax Amsterdam (1)
De Graafschap (2)	4: 1	Delta Sports (5)
Fortuna Sittard (2)	2: 3 a.d.	NAC Breda (1)
Heracles Almelo (1)	6: 2	FC Emmen (2)
VVV-Venlo (2)	2-0	MVV Maastricht (2)
Vitesse Arnhem (1)	2: 1	FC Dordrecht (1)
Almere City (2)	1: 5	PSV Eindhoven (1)
SC Cambuur (1)	2: 0 a.d.	SVV Scheveningen (3)
FC Volendam (2)	3-0	Sportiness '46 (5)
Flevo Boys (4)	1: 8	FC Groningen (1)
GVVV (3)	0: 5	AZ Alkmaar (1)
PEC Zwolle (1)	6: 1	HHC Hardenberg (3)
Go Ahead Eagles Deventer (1)	0: 0 (4: 5 on behalf)	FC Twente Enschede (1)
De Treffers (3)	1: 3	NEC Nijmegen (2)
WKE (3)	0: 3	Excelsior Rotterdam (1)
Roda JC Kerkrade (2)	4: 2 a.d.	Sparta Rotterdam (2)

The respective league level is set in brackets.

Round of 16

	Result
VVV-Venlo (2)	0: 1	PEC Zwolle (1)
Heracles Almelo (1)	0: 3	SC Cambuur (1)
De Graafschap (2)	2: 4	FC Twente Enschede (1)
AZ Alkmaar (1)	2: 1	NEC Nijmegen (2)
FC Groningen (1)	3-0	FC Volendam (2)
Excelsior Rotterdam (1)	6-0	NAC Breda (1)
Ajax Amsterdam (1)	0: 4	Vitesse Arnhem (1)
Roda JC Kerkrade (2)	3: 2 a.d.	PSV Eindhoven (1)

The respective league level is set in brackets.

Quarter finals

	Result
SC Cambuur (1)	2: 3 a.d.	PEC Zwolle (1)
FC Twente Enschede (1)	3-0	AZ Alkmaar (1)
Roda JC Kerkrade (2)	1: 4	Excelsior Rotterdam (1)
FC Groningen (1)	4-0	Vitesse Arnhem (1)