2014–15 KNVB Cup

2014–15 KNVB Cup

Tournament details
Country	Netherlands
Final positions
Champions	FC Groningen
Runner-up	PEC Zwolle
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Arkadiusz Milik (8 goals)

The 2014–15 KNVB Cup is 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.

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.

Rijnsburgse Boys (3) v Sparta Rotterdam (2)

23 September 2014	Rijnsburgse Boys (3)	0–3	Sparta Rotterdam (2)	Rijnsburg
18:00			Dogan  19' Mahmudov  71' Verhaar  73'	Stadium: Sportpark Middelmors Referee: Jeroen Manschot

VV Capelle (3) v FC Volendam (2)

23 September 2014	VV Capelle (3)	0–1	FC Volendam (2)	Capelle aan den IJssel
18:00			Brands  78'	Stadium: Sportpark 't Slot Referee: Davy Otto

SVV Scheveningen (3) v FC Lisse (3)

23 September 2014	SVV Scheveningen (3)	4–1	FC Lisse (3)	The Hague
18:00	Koorndijk  24' Peters  65', 68' Aldoğan  85'		Monteny  83'	Stadium: Sportpark Houtrust Referee: F A Van Herk

VVSB (3) v Vitesse Arnhem (1)

23 September 2014	VVSB (3)	1–2	Vitesse Arnhem (1)	Noordwijkerhout
18:00	van der Slot  71'		Traoré  20' Ibarra  90+1'	Stadium: Sportpark De Boekhorst Referee: Richard Martens

SV Spakenburg (3) v NAC Breda (1)

23 September 2014	SV Spakenburg (3)	3–4	NAC Breda (1)	Bunschoten
19:30	Tol  17' Buijtenhuis  70' de Lange  79'		Matić  21' de Kamps  43' Seuntjens  64' Sarpong  74'	Stadium: Sportpark De Westmaat Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

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

23 September 2014	Ajax Zaterdag (3)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	N.E.C. (2)	Amsterdam
20:00	Eloisghiri  31' Metzemaekers  98'		Ars  22' Jahanbakhsh  102'	Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst Attendance: 348 Referee: Erwin Blank
		Penalties
	Cameron Danso Metzemaekers van Zoolingen		Daemen Jahanbakhsh van Eijden Appiah Breinburg

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

23 September 2014	Almere City (2)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–0 p)	ADO Den Haag (1)	Almere
20:00	Janssen  65', 112'		van Duinen  43' Kristensen  117'	Stadium: Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion Attendance: 1.945 Referee: Egbert Mulder
		Penalties
	Janssen Serrarens Boldewijn Salasiwa Oost		Kristensen Meijers Zuiverloon Malone

Deltasport (5) v Willem II (1)

23 September 2014	Deltasport (5)	2–1	Willem II (1)	Vlaardingen
20:00	Boulfalfal  36', 90+1'		Sahar  53'	Stadium: Sportpark Broekpolder

Excelsior Maassluis (3) v FC Emmen (2)

23 September 2014	Excelsior Maassluis (3)	1–4	FC Emmen (2)	Maassluis
20:00	Vink  32'		Rozema  20' Peters  60' Almeida  83' Bergkamp  87'	Stadium: Sportpark Dijkpolder Referee: Christiaan Bax

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

23 September 2014	Flevo Boys (4)	1–0	DOS'37 (5)	Emmeloord
20:00	de Klein  22'			Stadium: Sportpark De Ervenbos

HHC Hardenberg (3) v RKC Waalwijk (2)

23 September 2014	HHC Hardenberg (3)	1–0	RKC Waalwijk (2)	Hardenberg
20:00	Penterman  57'			Stadium: Sportpark de Boshoek

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

23 September 2014	Kozakken Boys (3)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Sportlust '46 (5)	Werkendam
20:00	Irilmazbilek  51'		van Baaren  74' Demeijer  100' (pen.)	Stadium: Sportpark De Zwaaier Referee: Sander de Brito Roque

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

23 September 2014	ONS Boso Sneek (3)	0–3	FC Dordrecht (1)	Sneek
20:00			Lieder  12' Koolwijk  35' (pen.) Pisas  71'	Stadium: Zuidersportpark Referee: Stijn Berben

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

23 September 2014	VVV-Venlo (2)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	FC Eindhoven (2)	Venlo
20:00				Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 2,323 Referee: Danny Makkelie
		Penalties
	Khalouta Gijzen Kruijsen Schroyen van Crooij		Nieveld Deschilder Sleegers Gunst

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

23 September 2014	Roda JC Kerkrade (2)	2–1	SC Heerenveen (1)	Kerkrade
20:45	Cicilia  24' Paulissen  86'		Thorsby  85'	Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Attendance: 9,276 Referee: Tom van Sichem

AFC (3) v SBV Excelsior (1)

24 September 2014	AFC (3)	0–2	SBV Excelsior (1)	Amsterdam
18:00				Stadium: Sportpark Goed Genoeg

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

24 September 2014	ASV De Dijk (4)	4–7 (a.e.t.)	Fortuna Sittard (2)	Amsterdam
18:00	21' Elaakel  32' Kaars  79' Water  90+2' Lindenbergh		12' Janssen  15' Briels  57' Voorn  87', 95' Conneh  115' Vlug  117' Waalkens	Stadium: Sportpark Schellingwoude

HBS Craeyenhout (3) v Heracles Almelo (1)

24 September 2014	HBS Craeyenhout (3)	1–2	Heracles Almelo (1)	The Hague
18:00				Stadium: Sportpark Daal en Bergselaan

SV DOSKO (4) v De Graafschap (2)

24 September 2014	SV DOSKO (4)	0–1	De Graafschap (2)
18:00

JOS Watergraafsmeer (4) v Ajax (1)

24 September 2014	JOS Watergraafsmeer (4)	0–9	Ajax (1)	Amsterdam
19:30			Milik  22', 26', 62', 82', 87', 88' Andersen  24' Kishna  64' Menig  70'	Stadium: Olympic_Stadium

ASWH (4) v WKE (3)

24 September 2014	ASWH (4)	2–3	WKE (3)	Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
21:00				Stadium: Schildman

BVV Barendrecht (3) v FC Groningen (1)

24 September 2014	BVV Barendrecht (3)	1–4	FC Groningen (1)	Barendrecht
21:00				Stadium: Sportpark De Bongerd

De Treffers (3) v SC Telstar (2)

24 September 2014	De Treffers (3)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	SC Telstar (2)	Groesbeek
21:00				Stadium: Sportpark Zuid

EVV (3) v AZ (1)

24 September 2014	EVV (3)	0–1	AZ (1)	Echt-Susteren
21:00				Stadium: portpark "In De Bandert"

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

24 September 2014	FC Den Bosch (2)	0–4	SC Cambuur (1)	's-Hertogenbosch
21:00				Stadium: de Vliert

JVC Cuijk (3) v GVVV (3)

24 September 2014	JVC Cuijk (3)	1–2	GVVV (3)	Cuijk
21:00				Stadium: Sportpark De Groenendijkse

MVV Maastricht (2) v Helmond Sport (2)

24 September 2014	MVV Maastricht (2)	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Helmond Sport (2)	Maastricht
21:00				Stadium: De Geusselt

PEC Zwolle (1) v FC Oss (2)

24 September 2014	PEC Zwolle (1)	3–2	FC Oss (2)	Zwolle
21:00				Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion

SV Urk (4) v VV UNA (3)

24 September 2014	SV Urk (4)	2–1	VV UNA (3)	Urk
21:00				Stadium: De Vormt

Go Ahead Eagles (1) v Feyenoord (1)

24 September 2014	Go Ahead Eagles (1)	2–0	Feyenoord (1)	Deventer
21:45				Stadium: Adelaarshorst

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

25 September 2014	Achilles '29 (2)	1–3	FC Twente (1)	Groesbeek
19:30				Stadium: Sportpark De Heikant

PSV (1) v FC Utrecht (1)

25 September 2014	PSV (1)	2–0	FC Utrecht (1)	Eindhoven
20:45	Willems  2' Y.Cortie  18' (o.g.)			Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

Third round

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

SV Urk (4) v Ajax (1)

28 October 2018	SV Urk (4)	0–4	Ajax (1)	De Vormt, Urk
18:30			Lerin Duarte  34' Arkadiusz Milik  37' (pen.), 40' Richairo Živković  85'

De Graafschap (2) v SV Deltasport (5)

28 October 2014	De Graafschap (2)	4–1	SV Deltasport (5)	De Vijverberg, Doetinchem
20:00	Karim Tarfi  26' Jan Lammers  40' Robin Pröpper  64' Jeroen Meurs  67'		Reduan Boulfalfal  50'

Fortuna Sittard (2) v NAC Breda (1)

28 October 2014	Fortuna Sittard (2)	2–3 (a.e.t.)	NAC Breda (1)	Offermans Joosten Stadion, Sittard
20:00	Seku Conneh  50' (pen.) Jordi Baur  58'		Mats Seuntjens  4' Adnane Tighadouini  45' (pen.) Erik Falkenburg  95'

Heracles Almelo (1) v FC Emmen (2)

28 October 2014	Heracles Almelo (1)	6–2	FC Emmen (2)	Polman Stadion, Almelo
20:00	Oussama Tannane  17', 27', 36', 66', 78' Bryan Linssen  64'		Tim Siekman  35' Alexander Bannink  39'

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

28 October 2014	VVV-Venlo (2)	2–0	MVV Maastricht (2)	De Koel, Venlo
20:00	Vito van Crooy  38' Melvin Platje  69'

Vitesse Arnhem (1) v FC Dordrecht (1)

28 October 2014	Vitesse Arnhem (1)	2–1	FC Dordrecht (1)	GelreDome, Arnhem
20:45	Marko Vejinović  45' (pen.) Denys Oliynyk  81'		Ricky van Haaren  83'

Almere City (2) v PSV (1)

29 October 2014	Almere City (2)	1–5	PSV (1)	Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion, Almere
18:30	Sander Keller  43'		Luciano Narsingh  17' Georginio Wijnaldum  49', 86' Jürgen Locadia  70', 73'

SC Cambuur (1) v SVV Scheveningen (3)

29 October 2014	SC Cambuur (1)	2–0 (a.e.t.)	SVV Scheveningen (3)	Cambuur Stadion, Leeuwarden
20:00	Bartholomew Ogbeche  105' Bob Schepers  120'

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

29 October 2014	FC Volendam (2)	3–0	Sportlust '46 (5)	Kras Stadion, Volendam
20:00	Henk Veerman  26', 47', 64'

Flevo Boys (4) v FC Groningen (1)

29 October 2014	Flevo Boys (4)	1–8	FC Groningen (1)	Sportpark Ervenbos, Emmeloord
20:00	Paul Bergtop  44'		Danny Hoesen  22' Yoell van Nieff  28' Michael de Leeuw  40', 67', 70', 72' Dino Islamović  66' Johan Kappelhof  90'

GVVV (3) v AZ (1)

29 October 2014	GVVV (3)	0–5	AZ (1)	Sportpark Panhuis, Veenendaal
20:00			Nemanja Gudelj  9' Jeffrey Gouweleeuw  17' Viktor Elm  80' Robert Mühren  82' Mikhail Rosheuvel  90'

PEC Zwolle (1) v HHC Hardenberg (3)

29 October 2014	PEC Zwolle (1)	6–1	HHC Hardenberg (3)	IJsseldelta Stadion, Zwolle
20:00	Thomas Lam  12', 13', 31' Thanasis Karagounis  37' Bart van Hintum  52' Ben Rienstra  78'		Sargon Gouriye  33'

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

29 October 2014	Go Ahead Eagles (1)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	FC Twente (1)	De Adelaarshorst, Deventer
20:45

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

30 October 2014	De Treffers (3)	1–3	N.E.C. (2)	Sportpark Zuid, Groesbeek
18:30	Wessel can der Horst  72'		Sjoerd Ars  45' (pen.), 82' Anthony Limbombe  90'

WKE (3) v Excelsior (1)

30 October 2014	WKE (3)	0–3	Excelsior (1)	Grote Geert, Emmen
20:00			Carlo de Reuver  38' Ninos Gouriye  67' Jordan Rolly Botaka  90'

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

30 October 2014	Roda JC Kerkrade (2)	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Sparta Rotterdam (2)	Parkstad Limburg Stadion, Kerkrade
20:45	Marc Höcher  30', 90', 119' Guy Ramos  116'		Paul Gladon  8' (pen.), 51'

Fourth round

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

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

16 December 2014	VVV-Venlo (2)	0–1	PEC Zwolle (1)	De Koel, Venlo
18:30			Tomáš Necid  12'

Heracles Almelo (1) v SC Cambuur (1)

16 December 2014	Heracles Almelo (1)	0–3	SC Cambuur (1)	Polman Stadion, Almelo
20:45			Mohamed El Makrini  14', 52' Calvin Mac-Intosch  61'

De Graafschap (2) v FC Twente (1)

17 December 2014	De Graafschap (2)	2–4	FC Twente (1)	De Vijverberg, Doetinchem
18:30	Vincent Vermeij  12' Andreas Bjelland  79' (o.g.)		Jesús Corona  40', 61' Hakim Ziyech  45', 69'

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

17 December 2014	AZ (1)	2–1	N.E.C. (2)	AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar
19:00	Muamer Tanković  33', 63' (pen.)		Anthony Limbombe  66'

FC Groningen (1) v FC Volendam (2)

17 December 2014	FC Groningen (1)	3–0	FC Volendam (2)	Euroborg, Groningen
19:30	Mimoun Mahi  44' Nick van der Velden  71' (pen.) Michael de Leeuw  89'

Excelsior (1) v NAC Breda (1)

18 December 2014	Excelsior (1)	6–0	NAC Breda (1)	Stadion Woudestein, Rotterdam
18:30	Adil Auassar  8', 63' Sepp De Roover  18' (o.g.) Tom van Weert  69' Kevin Vermeulen  84' Rick Kruys  87'

Ajax (1) v Vitesse Arnhem (1)

18 December 2014	Ajax (1)	0–4	Vitesse Arnhem (1)	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
20:45			Bertrand Traoré  22', 58' Zakaria Labyad  45' Valeri Kazaishvili  61'

Roda JC Kerkrade (2) v PSV (1)

20 January 2015	Roda JC Kerkrade (2)	3–2 (a.e.t.)	PSV (1)	Parkstad Limburg Stadion, Kerkrade
20:00	Tom Van Hyfte  5' Edwin Gyasi  74' Hicham Faik  98'		Luuk de Jong  17', 83'

Quarter-finals

SC Cambuur (1) v PEC Zwolle (1)

27 January 2015	SC Cambuur (1)	2–3 (a.e.t.)	PEC Zwolle (1)	Cambuur Stadion, Leeuwarden
18:30	Narsingh  56', 61'		Lam  25' Thomas  51' Lukoki  109'	Attendance: 7,834 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

FC Twente (1) v AZ (1)

27 January 2015	FC Twente (1)	3–0	AZ (1)	De Grolsch Veste, Enschede
20:45	Castaignos  24' Ziyech  44', 62'			Attendance: 18,600 Referee: Kevin Blom

Roda JC Kerkrade (2) v Excelsior (1)

28 January 2015	Roda JC Kerkrade (2)	1–4	Excelsior (1)	Parkstad Limburg Stadion, Kerkrade
18:30	Jansen  77'		Gouriye  16' Mattheij  30' Van Weert  34', 84'	Attendance: 6,125 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

FC Groningen (1) v Vitesse Arnhem (1)

28 January 2015	FC Groningen (1)	4–0	Vitesse Arnhem (1)	Euroborg, Groningen
20:45	Chery  63' De Leeuw  66' Van Nieff  76' Kieftenbeld  78'			Attendance: 12,458 Referee: Björn Kuipers

Semi-finals

FC Twente (1) v PEC Zwolle (1)

7 April 2015	FC Twente (1)	1 - 1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	PEC Zwolle (1)	De Grolsch Veste, Enschede
20:45	Mokhtar  87'		82' Brama

FC Groningen (1) v Excelsior (1)

8 April 2015	FC Groningen (1)	3 - 0	Excelsior (1)	Euroborg, Groningen
20:45	Hateboer  40' Rusnák  53' Chery  88'

Final

PEC Zwolle v FC Groningen

3 May 2015 18:00

PEC Zwolle	0–2	FC Groningen
		Rusnák  64', 75'

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).

External links

• Official website (Dutch)

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