title: 2014–15 KNVB Cup
text: # 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.
  
  | Rounds | Date |
  | - | - |
  | First round | 27 August 2014 |
  | Second round | 23–25 September 2014 |
  | Third round | 28–30 October 2014 |
  | Fourth round | 16–18 December 2014 |
  | Quarter-finals | 27–29 January 2015 |
  | Semi-finals | 7–9 April 2015 |
  | Final | 3 May 2015 |
  
  Source: Royal Dutch Football Association
  
  ## First round
  
  Matches scheduled on 26 & 27 August 2014.
  
  | Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Kozakken Boys (3) | 7–0 | Stormvogels 28 (6) |
  | 2 | vv Capelle (3) | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | EHC Hoensbroek (5) |
  | 3 | DOS'37 (5) | 6–1 | WAVV (6) |
  | 4 | ZSV (6) | 0–4 | FC Lisse (3) |
  | 5 | HBS Craeyenhout (3) | 6–1 | SV Juliana '31 (4) |
  | 6 | FVC (4) | 1–2 | Sportlust '46 (5) |
  | 7 | ADO '20 (3) | 0–1 | SVV Scheveningen (3) |
  | 8 | IJsselmeervogels (3) | 1–3 | JVC Cuijk (3) |
  | 9 | ASWH (4) | 4–1 | HSC '21 (3) |
  | 10 | Ajax Zaterdag (3) | 4–0 | De Valk (4) |
  | 11 | Deltasport (5) | 1–0 | RKSV Leonidas (3) |
  | 12 | VV Oude Maas (6) | 1–3 | SV DOSKO (4) |
  | 13 | WKE (3) | 1–0 | ZVV Pelikaan (5) |
  | 14 | Flevo Boys (4) | 6–2 | Haaglandia (4) |
  | 15 | BVV Barendrecht (3) | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | RKSV De Ster (6) |
  | 16 | SC Feyenoord II (7) | 2–4 (a.e.t.) | ASV De Dijk (4) |
  | 17 | MSC (4) | 1–2 | ONS Boso Sneek (3) |
  | 18 | VV De Bataven (4) | 1–3 | SV Urk (4) |
  | 19 | JOS Watergraafsmeer (4) | 2–1 | VV Noordwijk (4) |
  | 20 | EVV (3) | 4–0 | SC Spirit '30 (6) |
  | 21 | FC Lienden (3) | 0–1 | Excelsior Maassluis (3) |
  
  ## 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.
  
  ## 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).
  
  