2014–15 EuroChallenge Group C
Group C of the 2014–15 EuroChallenge consisted of Okapi Aalstar, Bakken Bears, Fraport Skyliners, and Borås Basket. Play began on 4 November and ended on 16 December 2014.


2014–15 EuroChallenge Group D
Group D of the 2014–15 EuroChallenge consisted of BC Avtodor Saratov, BC Astana, Tofas S.K., and CSM Oradea. Play began on 4 November and ended on 16 December 2014.


2014–15 EuroChallenge Group E
Group E of the 2014–15 EuroChallenge consisted of Joensuun Kataja, Belfius Mons-Hainaut, JSF Nanterre and Benfica. Play began on 4 November and ended on 16 December 2014.


2014–15 EuroChallenge Group F
Group F of the 2014–15 EuroChallenge consisted of U-Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca, Trabzonspor, UBC Güssing Knights and Atomerőmű SE. The play began on 4 November and ended on 16 December 2014.


2014–15 EuroChallenge Group G
Group G of the 2014–15 EuroChallenge consisted of Port of Antwerp Giants, KTP-Basket, Le Mans Sarthe Basket and Pallacanestro Biella. Play began on 4 November and ended on 16 December 2014.


2014–15 EuroChallenge Group H
Group H of the 2014–15 EuroChallenge consisted of Uşak Sportif, BC Šiauliai, Enisey Krasnoyarsk and BC Tsmoki-Minsk. Play began on 4 November and ended on 16 December 2014.


2014–15 EuroChallenge Group I
Group I of the 2014–15 EuroChallenge is the first group of the Last 16 phase. It consisted of Enel Brindisi, Energia Târgu Jiu, Okapi Aalstar, and BC Astana. Play began on 13 January 2015 and will end on 24 February.


2014–15 EuroChallenge Group J
Group J of the 2014–15 EuroChallenge was the second group of the Last 16 phase. It consisted of JSF Nanterre, Güssing Knights, Le Mans Sarthe Basket, and Uşak Sportif. Play began on 13 January 2015 and ended 24 February.


2014–15 EuroChallenge Group K
Group J of the 2014–15 EuroChallenge was the third group of the Last 16 phase. It consisted of SPM Shoeters Den Bosch, Tartu University Rock, Avtodor Saratov, and Fraport Skyliners. Play began on 13 January 2015 and ended 24 February.


2014–15 EuroChallenge Group L
Group L of the 2014–15 EuroChallenge was the third group of the Last 16 phase. It consisted of Enisey Krasnoyarsk, Port of Antwerp Giants, Trabzonspor Medical Park, and Belfius Mons-Hainaut. Play began on 13 January 2015 and ended 24 February.


2014–15 EuroChallenge Quarterfinals
The 2014–15 EuroChallenge Quarterfinals were played in a best-of-three Playoffs format. Teams who were group winners in the Top 16 had home court advantage. Play began on 10 March 2015 and ended on 17 March 2015.


2014–15 EuroChallenge Quarterfinals, Summary
The quarterfinals were played in a best-of-three playoff format. Teams that finished first in their top 16 group played the first and third leg at home. Matchdays were on 10 March, 12 March and 17 March 2015.


2014–15 EuroCup Women
The 2014–15 EuroCup Women is the thirteenth edition of FIBA Europe's second-tier international competition for women's basketball clubs under such name. It will be contested by 31 teams from 11 countries and will start on 6 November 2014.


2014–15 EuroCup Women, Pots
As last season, the participating teams were in a first time divided into two conferences based on geographical criteria.


2014–15 EuroCup Women, Group stage
The draw took place on 6 July 2014 in Munich, Germany. The teams were divided into seven groups of four and one group of three teams each. The top two teams advance to the Eight-Finals.


2014–15 EuroLeague Women
The 2014–15 EuroLeague Women season was the 19th edition of EuroLeague Women under its current name. Including the playoffs, the season ran from 11 November 2014 until 12 April 2015. Fifteen teams across eight countries were divided into two groups, with the top four from each group advancing to the postseason. Dynamo Kursk won Group A with a 10–2 record, while Fenerbahçe won Group B with an 11–3 record.


2014–15 EuroLeague Women
In the best-of-three quarterfinals, Dynamo Kursk beat CJM Bourges Basket, UMMC Ekaterinburg beat Nadezhda Orenburg, ZVVZ USK Praha knocked off CB Avenida, and Fenerbahçe beat Galatasaray OdeaBank. In the first semi-final, Praha upset Fenerbahçe 62–49. Ekaterinburg beat Dynamo Kurst 81–70 in the second semi-final, avenging two previous losses to Kurst on the season.


2014–15 EuroLeague Women
Praha, which hosted the Final Four, got off to a quick start in the final and led 17–12 after the first quarter. Ekaterinburg fought back in the final minutes of the second quarter, narrowing the lead to 32–28 at the half. Praha started the third quarter strong and held a double-digit lead through much of the quarter, ending it with 50–40 advantage. Ekaterinburg made multiple runs in the fourth quarter, narrowing the deficit to as few as four points. However, a basket by Danielle Robinson with 2:23 left extended the lead to 11. A furious comeback effort in the final minute cut the margin to two points with 6 seconds remaining before Jana Veselá hit two foul shots to provide the final margin of 72–68. In the third-place game, Kurst defeated Fenerbahçe, 67–58.


2014–15 EuroLeague Women, Format
For the 2014–15 season, fifteen teams took part in the regular season. Participants were divided into two groups – one with eight teams and one with seven teams. The regular season began on 11 November 2014 and ended on 18 February 2015.


2014–15 EuroLeague Women, Format
The top four teams of each group during the regular season advanced to the quarterfinal playoffs, which were played in a best-of-three format from 3 March until 11 March. The winners advanced to the Final Four, which were single elimination, with games taking place on 10 April and 12 April.


2014–15 EuroLeague Women, Teams
Fifteen clubs entered the draw at Munich's Kempinski hotel on 6 July 2014. A potential 16th club could have been added with 24 hours, but was not.


2014–15 EuroLeague Women, Teams
Two countries had three clubs each (Russia and Turkey) and three countries had two teams each (Czech Republic, France, and Poland). The draw was structured such that Russia had two teams in one group and Turkey two teams in the other. The other multi-team countries had one team in each group.


2014–15 EuroLeague Women, Regular season
When teams had the same record at the end of the regular season, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:


2014–15 EuroLeague Women, Regular season, Group A
Dynamo Kursk won Group A over fellow Russian team UMMC Ekaterinburg on a tiebreaker after both teams finished with a 10–2 record. USK Prague finished third with a 6–6 record. Galatasaray claimed the final playoff spot on the basis of a 2–0 record against Wisła Can-Pack after both clubs finished with a 5–7 record. Wisła's season, while disappointing overall, included a victory against Dynamo Kursk. Basket Lattes won three of their first four games, but recorded just one win the rest of the season to finish at 4–8.


2014–15 EuroLeague Women, Regular season, Group A
Lattes finished dead last in rebounding in the EuroLeague, but had the highest field-goal percentage and lowest points allowed of any team to miss the playoffs. Good Angels Košice finished last in the group with a 2–10 record. The team struggled to score, but did manage to sweep defending champion Galatasaray.


2014–15 EuroLeague Women, Regular season, Group B
Fenerbahçe won Group B with an 11–3 record. Nadezhda Orenburg finished in second place with a 10–4 record, winning the tiebreaker over Avenida on the basis of head-to-head point differential. Bourges Basket took the final playoff spot with a 9–5 record. Abdullah Gül Üniversitesi got off to a slow start, winning just one of their first five games. They finished strong, but a late loss to Nadezhda left them outside the playoffs with a final record of 7–7. Employing an aggressive style of play, the team finished first in most fouls drawn.


2014–15 EuroLeague Women, Regular season, Group B
BF Schio lost star player Chiney Ogwumike early in the year to injury, but still managed some impressive wins. The team scored 72.9 points per game, but also gave up the third most points per game in the league. In their inaugural EuroLeague season Toruń had three wins on the year, but were 1–9 in their last ten. They finished first in the league in steals, but gave up the second-most points per game. Brno did not win a single game on the season, and only kept the final margin in single digits once. They had the league's worst defense.


2014–15 EuroLeague Women, Final four
Bids to host the 2015 Final Four were accepted until 19 February. On 9 March, it was announced that USK Prague had held selected as the host club. It was the first time the club ever hosted the event, but not the first time it was held in the Czech Republic – Brno has hosted the tournament three times (1999, 2006, and 2008).


2014–15 EuroLeague Women, Final four, Final
The starting five for UMMC Ekaterinburg were Kristi Toliver, Deanna Nolan, Alba Torrens, Candace Parker, and Sandrine Gruda. USK Prague started Laia Palau, Danielle Robinson, Jana Veselá, Sonja Petrovic, and Kia Vaughn. Although the game was held in Prague, Ekaterinburg was considered the favorite.


2014–15 EuroLeague Women, Final four, Final
Praha used a series of fast breaks and efficient three-point shooting to get off to an early 17–10 lead. A layup by Silvia Dominguez made the score 17–12 at the end of the first quarter.


2014–15 EuroLeague Women, Final four, Final
In the second quarter, Prague quickly extended its lead to nine points. After a basket by Veselá again put Prague up by nine, 27–18, with 3:27 left in the quarter, Ekaterinburg scored the next six points to get within three. The final 1:40 of the quarter saw several scores by both teams, ending with two free throws by Toliver that made the score 32–28 in favor of Prague at the halftime break. Gruda led all players with 11 points, while Parker led with 6 rebounds. Veselá led Prague with 9 points. Ekaterinburg won the rebounding battle 23–16, but failed to make a three-pointer (0/7). Prague was 4/6 on three-point attempts.


2014–15 EuroLeague Women, Final four, Final
Efficient offensive by Prague, and especially Robinson who scored 10 points in the third quarter, allowed Prague to build a double-digit lead. Prague's defense was also good in the period, not allowing a single fast-break point. At the end of the quarter, the score was Prague 50–40.


2014–15 EuroLeague Women, Final four, Final
The "beautiful" fourth quarter saw a comeback effort by Ekaterinburg led by Parker and Gruda. With six minutes to go, a Parker basket and subsequent foul shot cut the lead to four. However, two quick baskets by Prague pushed the lead back to nine. A Veselá steal and layup, described by FIBA as the game's most crucial play, and a basket by Robinson with 2:23 to play gave Prague a 67–56 lead and seemingly put the game out of reach. However, a furious comeback effort by Ekaterinburg ensued. Parker made back-to-back baskets while drawing fouls.


2014–15 EuroLeague Women, Final four, Final
She missed the free throw on the second one, but got the rebound and a basket, resulting in 7 total points between the two possessions. Prague missed several foul shots, leaving the door partially open for Ekaterinburg. A steal and basket by Nolan with six seconds left cut the gap to two points. However, Veselá hit two foul shots to seal the victory and provide the final 72–68 margin.


2014–15 EuroLeague Women, Final four, Final
Vaughn scored 18 points (12 in the second half) and grabbed 12 rebounds. She was named MVP of the Final Four thanks in part to a strong semi-final performance. Robinson scored a team-high 24, while also recording 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Parker led all players with 27 points and 14 rebounds in a losing effort. Gruda added 19 points and 9 rebounds, and Torrens scored 12. The rest of the team scored just 10 points on 4/24 shooting. As a team, Ekaterinburg was just 1/16 on three-pointers compared to 5/9 for Prague.


2014–15 EuroLeague Women, Final four, Final
The win gave Natalia Hejkova her fifth Euroleague title as a coach and made her the first coach to lead three different clubs to a title. She previously coached Ružomberok to the title in 1999 and 2000 and Spartak Moscow to the title in 2007 and 2008. She has never lost a final game. Veselá claimed her third title as a player, all with different teams, becoming the sixth player to win at least three Euroleague Women titles.


2014–15 EuroLeague Women, Statistical leaders
Alba Torrens of UMMC Ekaterinburg was named Player of the Year.


2014–15 EuroLeague Women, Statistical leaders
Statistical leaders include the postseason are sorted on a per game basis.


2014–15 Eurocup Basketball
The 2014–15 Eurocup Basketball season was the 13th edition of Europe's second-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs, the EuroCup. The EuroCup is the European-wide league level that is one level below the EuroLeague.


2014–15 Eurocup Basketball
Khimki won the competition, after beating Herbalife Gran Canaria in the Finals, and earned a spot in the regular season of the 2015–16 Euroleague.


2014–15 Eurocup Basketball, Competition format
The competition format was the same as in the 2013–14 season, but reducing the Regular Season. For this year 36 teams joined this first stage and were divided into two conferences.


2014–15 Eurocup Basketball, Competition format
The Regular Season featured six groups of six teams each one, where the four best teams qualified to the Last 32 stage with the eight teams that do not qualify to the 2014–15 Euroleague Top 16. From this stage to the final, the format was the same as in the last season.


2014–15 Eurocup Basketball, Teams
Teams were confirmed on June 26 by the company Euroleague Basketball.


2014–15 Eurocup Basketball, Teams
Notes:† Qualified through wild card^ Qualified as loser of Euroleague qualifying round


2014–15 Eurocup Basketball, Draw
The draws for the 2014–15 Eurocup were held on Monday, 29 September, after the Euroleague Qualifying Rounds were played.


2014–15 Eurocup Basketball, Draw
Teams were divided into two geographical conferences with 18 teams and 3 groups each. For the each conference teams were seeded into six pots of Three teams in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period.


2014–15 Eurocup Basketball, Draw
Two teams from the same country could not be drawn together in the same Regular Season group if possible. The nations from the former Yugoslavia, which compete jointly in the Adriatic League—Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina—are considered as one country for purposes of the draw.


2014–15 Eurocup Basketball, Western Conference
Telenet Oostende (43) Acea Roma (40) Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia (40)


2014–15 Eurocup Basketball, Eastern Conference
Hapoel Jerusalem (53) Union Olimpija (48) Stelmet Zielona Góra (39)


2014–15 Eurocup Basketball, Regular season
The Regular Season runs from Tuesday, October 14 to Wednesday, December 17.


2014–15 Eurocup Basketball, Regular season
If teams were level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:


2014–15 Eurocup Basketball, Last 32
The Last 32 phase runs from Tuesday, January 6 to Wednesday, February 11.


2014–15 Eurocup Basketball, Last 32
If teams were level on record at the end of the Last 32 phase, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:


2014–15 Eurocup Basketball, Knockout stage
In the knockout phase rounds will be played in a home-and-away format, with the overall cumulative score determining the winner of a round. Thus, the score of one single game can be tied.


2014–15 Eurocup Basketball knockout stage
The 2014–15 Eurocup Basketball knockout stage is the last phase in the competition. Eight-finals started on March 3 and the Finals were played on April 24 and 29.


2014–15 Eurocup Basketball knockout stage, Round of 16
The eight-finals were two-legged ties determined on aggregate score. The first legs were played on March 2–3 and return legs were played on March 9–10. The group winner in each tie, listed as "Team #1", hosted the second leg.


2014–15 Eurocup Basketball knockout stage, Quarterfinals
The eight-finals were two-legged ties determined on aggregate score. The first legs were played on March 17–18 and return legs were played on March 24–25. "Team #1" hosted the second leg.


2014–15 Euroleague
The 2014–15 Turkish Airlines Euroleague was the 15th season of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball and the fifth under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous iteration as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 58th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs.


2014–15 Euroleague
The city of Madrid hosted the Final Four from May 15 to 17, 2015.


2014–15 Euroleague, Allocation
The Euroleague had the right to cancel an A licence for one of the following reasons:


2014–15 Euroleague, Allocation, Euroleague allocation criteria, A licences
Classification after the 2013–14 Euroleague, including also the 2011–12 and the 2012–13 seasons.


2014–15 Euroleague, Allocation, Euroleague allocation criteria, B licences
B licences could be given to every team without an A licence. If in the allocation appeared a team with A licence, the next team in the criteria would receive the B licence, which qualified directly to the Regular Season.


2014–15 Euroleague, Teams
The participating teams for the season were announced on June 25, 2014. The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: Euroleague title holders):


2014–15 Euroleague, Qualifying rounds
Eight teams participated in a single-venue tournament format that took place in Ostend, Belgium, from 23 to 26 September. The winner advanced to the Euroleague regular season.


2014–15 Euroleague, Draw
Teams were seeded into six pots of four teams in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period.


2014–15 Euroleague, Draw
Two teams from the same country or league could not be drawn together in the same Regular Season group. In brackets, the points in the Club Ranking. Following the Eurocup bylaws, the lowest possible position that any club from that country or league could occupy in the draw was calculated by adding the results of the worst performing team from each league.


2014–15 Euroleague, Regular season
The regular season was played between October 16 and December 19.


2014–15 Euroleague, Regular season
If teams were level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:


2014–15 Euroleague, Top 16
The Top 16 began on December 30 and ended on April 10, 2015.


2014–15 Euroleague, Top 16
If teams were level on record at the end of the Top 16, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:


2014–15 Euroleague, Top 16
See the detailed group stage page for tiebreakers if two or more teams are equal on points.


2014–15 Euroleague, Final Four
The Final Four was the last stage of the Euroleague, consisting of the four winners from the quarterfinals. The semifinal games were played on 15 May, while the third place game and championship game were played on 17 May 2015. The Final Four was hosted by the Barclaycard Center in Madrid, Spain.


2014–15 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament
The 2014–15 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament, also called Adidas Next Generation Tournament by sponsorship reasons, was  the 13th edition of the international junior basketball tournament organized by the Euroleague Basketball Company.


2014–15 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament
As in past years, 32 teams joined the first stage, which was played in four qualifying tournaments between December 2014 and February 2015. The four group winners, Crvena Zvezda Telekom as reigning champions and three wildcarded teams joined the Final Tournament, that was played in Madrid on May 14–17.


2014–15 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament, Qualifying tournaments, Torneo Città di Roma
The Torneo Città di Roma was played on December 27 to 29, 2014.


2014–15 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament, Qualifying tournaments, Torneig de Bàsquet Junior Ciutat de L'Hospitalet
The Torneig de Bàsquet Junior Ciutat de L'Hospitalet was played on January 4 to 6, 2015.


2014–15 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament, Qualifying tournaments, Kaunas International Junior Tournament
The Kaunas International Junior Tournament was played on January 16 to 18, 201.


2014–15 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament, Qualifying tournaments, Marko Ivković Tournament (Belgrade)
The Marko Ivković Tournament was played from February 27 to March 1, 2015.


2014–15 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament, Final tournament
The Final Tournament of the Euroleague NGT was played at Polideportivo Antonio Magariños, in Madrid, Spain by the four champions of the qualifying tournaments and four wildcarded teams by the Euroleague on March 20, 2015. The Championship Game was hosted at the Barclaycard Center, hours before of the final game of the 2015 Euroleague Final Four.


2014–15 Euroleague Quarterfinals
Results for the Quarterfinals, also called the Playoffs of the 2014–15 Euroleague basketball tournament.


2014–15 Euroleague Quarterfinals
The quarterfinals will be played in April 2015. Team #1 (i.e., the group winner in each series) will host Games 1 and 2, plus Game 5 if it is necessary. Team #2 will host Game 3, plus Game 4 if necessary.


2014–15 Euroleague Regular Season Group A
Standings and Results for Group A of the Regular Season phase of the 2014–15 Euroleague basketball tournament.


2014–15 Euroleague Regular Season Group B
Standings and Results for Group B of the Regular Season phase of the 2014–15 Euroleague basketball tournament.


2014–15 Euroleague Regular Season Group C
Standings and Results for Group C of the Regular Season phase of the 2014–15 Euroleague basketball tournament.


2014–15 Euroleague Regular Season Group D
Standings and Results for Group D of the Regular Season phase of the 2014–15 Euroleague basketball tournament.


2014–15 Euroleague qualifying rounds
The 2014–15 Euroleague qualifying rounds was a tournament held before the 2014–15 Euroleague that determined which team would play in the regular season. Eight teams participated in a single-venue tournament format that was played in Ostend, Belgium from 23 to 26 September.


2014–15 Euroleague qualifying rounds, Teams
The eight teams (in brackets, positions in their national leagues) are:


2014–15 Euroleague qualifying rounds, Draw
Teams will be seeded into four pots of two teams in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period and the teams granted a Wild Card by ECA will be seeded above the rest of the teams.


2014–15 Euroleague squads
This article contains the rosters of teams that played in the 2014–15 Euroleague basketball tournament.


2014–15 Euroleague squads, Notes
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup
The 2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup was the first season of the European Rugby Challenge Cup, the annual rugby union competition. It is the 19th season of second tier pan-European club competition in general, as the competition replaces the European Challenge Cup. The competition began with the first round of the group stage, on the weekend of 16 October 2014, and ended with the final on 1 May 2015 at the Twickenham Stoop.


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup
Gloucester became the first ever champions of the newly formatted competition, beating Edinburgh, who became the first ever Scottish team to make a European final, 19–13, with 14 men on the pitch for the final 17 minutes with center Bill Meakes being sent off because of a dangerous high tackle of the ball on Edinburgh center Sam Beard.


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Teams
Twenty teams qualified for the 2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup, based on their performance in their respective domestic leagues the previous season. The distribution of teams is as follows:


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Teams, Champions Cup Play-off
The following teams took part in the play-off to decide the final team in the Champions Cup. The play-off was held between the 7th placed teams in the Aviva Premiership and the Top 14. The loser of this play-off joined the Challenge Cup.


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Teams, Champions Cup Play-off
On 29 April 2014, it was announced that this play-off would take place over two legs, on the weekends of 17/18 May and 24/25 May, with a draw being used to determine home advantage for each leg.


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Teams, Champions Cup Play-off
The draw took place on 6 May 2014, in Heathrow. Following the draw, the fixtures were announced as follows:


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Teams, Champions Cup Play-off
Stade Français lost the play-off 35-50 on aggregate, and will play in the Challenge Cup.


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Teams, Qualifying Competition
On 14 August 2014, EPCR announced the format for the first qualifying competition.


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Teams, Qualifying Competition
Given the amount of time until the start of the Challenge Cup, it was announced that this first competition will consist of 2 two-legged matches, with the aggregate winner of each taking a place in either pool. The first legs took place on 20 September, with the return legs taking place on 27 September


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Teams, Team details
Below is the list of coaches, captain and stadiums with their method of qualification for each team.


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Teams, Team details
Note: Placing shown in brackets, denotes standing at the end of the regular season for their respective leagues, with their end of season positioning shown through CH for Champions, RU for Runner-up, SF for losing Semi-finalist and QF for losing Quarter-finalist.


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Seeding
The 20 competing teams will be seeded and split into four tiers, seeding will be based on performance in their respective domestic leagues. Where promotion and relegation is in effect in a league, the promoted team will be seeded last, or (if multiple teams are promoted) by performance in the lower tier. So, Lyon – who were Pro D2 champions – will be the seventh Top 14 seed while La Rochelle – who qualified through the Pro D2 play-off – will be the eighth seed.


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Seeding
As with the previous European competition, the European Challenge Cup, teams from the same country will be kept apart where possible. However, as 8 teams have qualified from France, 3 pools will contain two French teams – Oyonnax, Lyon and La Rochelle.


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Seeding
For the purposes of creating the tiers, the clubs are ranked based on their finishing positions in the Top 14, Aviva Premiership, Pro12 and PRO D2 Leagues, or on their qualification via a play-off.


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Seeding
Teams will be taken from a league in order of rank and put into a tier. A draw is used allocate two second seeds to Tier 1, the remaining team will go into Tier 2. This allocation then determines which fourth seeded team enters Tier 2, while the others enter Tier 3.


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Seeding
Given the nature of the Qualifying Competition, a competition including developing rugby nations and Italian clubs not competing in the Pro12, Rugby Europe 1 and Rugby Europe 2 are automatically included in Tier 4, despite officially being ranked 1/2 from that competition.


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Seeding
The brackets show each teams seeding and their league (for example, 1 Top 14 indicates the team has been seeded 1st from the Top 14).


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Pool stage
The draw took place on 10 June 2014, at the Stade de la Maladière in Neuchâtel.


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Pool stage
Teams will play each other twice, both at home and away, in the group stage, that will begin on the weekend of 16/17/18/19 October 2014, and continue through to 22/23/24/25 January 2015, before the pool winners and three best runners-up progress to the quarter finals.


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Pool stage
Fixtures were announced on Thursday 14 August 2014 at 2pm.


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Pool stage
Teams are awarded competition points, based on match result. Teams receive 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, 1 attacking bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match and 1 defensive bonus point for losing a match by seven points or fewer.


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Pool stage
In the event of a tie between two or more teams, the following tie-breakers are used, as directed by EPCR:


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Knock-out stage
The eight qualifiers will be seeded according to performance in the pool stage, and compete in the quarter-finals, which will be held on the 3/4/5 April 2015. The four top seeds will host the quarter-finals against the lower seeds, in a 1v8, 2v7, 3v6 and 4v5 format.


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Knock-out stage
The semi-finals, to be contested by the quarter-final winners, will take place on the weekend of 17/18/19 April 2015.


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Knock-out stage
The winners of the semi-finals will contest the final, at The Twickenham Stoop, on the weekend of 1 May 2015.


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage
The 2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage was the first stage of the inaugural season of the new European Rugby Challenge Cup format, which replaced the European Challenge Cup as the second-tier European competition for clubs.


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage
It involved 20 teams competing, across 5 pools of 4 teams, for 8 quarter-final places – awarded to the 5 pool winners and the 3 top-ranked pool runners-up.


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage
The pool stage began in October 2014, and was completed in January 2015.


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage, Seeding
The 20 teams were seeded through a new system based on a club's performance in their domestic league for previous season alone, whereas the previous tournament, the European Challenge Cup, seeded teams based on performance in European Competition over 4 previous seasons.


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage, Seeding
Teams were then placed into 4 Tiers, each containing 5 teams, based on their seeding. A draw determined which two second seeded teams completed Tier 1, and based on this, the fourth seeded teams were allocated to either Tier 2 and Tier 3.


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage, Seeding
Given the nature of the Qualifying Competition, a competition including developing rugby nations and Italian clubs not competing in the Pro12, Rugby Europe 1 and Rugby Europe 2 are automatically included in Tier 4, despite officially being ranked 1/2 from that competition.


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage, Seeding
The brackets show each teams seeding and their league (for example, 1 Top 14 indicates the team has been seeded 1st from the Top 14).


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage, Pool stage
The draw took place on 10 June 2014, at the Stade de la Maladière in Neuchâtel.


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage, Pool stage
Teams will play each other twice, both at home and away, in the group stage, that will begin on the weekend of 16/17/18/19 October 2014, and continue through to 22/23/24/25 January 2015, before the pool winners and three best runners-up progress to the quarter finals.


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage, Pool stage
The pool stage of the competition uses the same competition point system as previous European competitions, where, based on the result of the match, teams receive:


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage, Pool stage
Based on these competition points, the five pool winners from each group, will progress to the quarter-finals, along with the three best pool runners-up from the competition. If at any point in the competition there is a tie between two or more teams from the same pool, the following criteria will be used as tie-breakers:


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage, Pool stage
If this does not separate teams, and/or the tie relates to teams that haven't played each other (i.e. are in different pools), the following tie breakers are used:


2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage, Pool stage
Fixtures were announced on Thursday 14 August 2014 at 2pm.


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup
The 2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup was the first season of the European Rugby Champions Cup (20th overall), the annual rugby union club competition for teams from the top six nations in European rugby, and the 20th season of professional European rugby union in total. It replaced the Heineken Cup as Europe's top-tier competition for rugby clubs. The competition got underway on the weekend of 17 October 2014 with the first round of the pool stage, and ended with the final on 2 May 2015 at Twickenham Stadium, London, England.


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup
Toulon were the champions having beaten Clermont 24–18 in a repeat of the 2013 Heineken Cup Final. Toulon retained their title for the second consecutive year, the first team to win three European titles in a row.


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup, Teams
20 clubs, from the three major European domestic leagues, will compete in the Champions Cup:


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup, Teams, 20th Team play-off
The following teams took part in the play-off for the final place in the Champions Cup, having finished 7th in their respective leagues.


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup, Teams, 20th Team play-off
This play-off took place over two legs, on the weekends of 17/18 May and 24/25 May, with a draw being used to determine home advantage for each leg. The draw took place on 6 May 2014, in Heathrow. Following the draw, the fixtures were announced as follows:


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup, Teams, 20th Team play-off
Wasps won the play-off 50–35 on aggregate and qualified for the Champions Cup.


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup, Teams, Team details
Below is the list of coaches, captain and stadiums with their method of qualification for each team.


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup, Teams, Team details
Note: Placing shown in brackets, denotes standing at the end of the regular season for their respective leagues, with their end of season positioning shown through CH for Champions, RU for Runner-up, SF for losing Semi-finalist and QF for losing Quarter-finalist.


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup, Seeding
The 20 competing teams were seeded and split into four tiers; seeding was based on performance in their respective domestic leagues.


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup, Seeding
For the purpose of creating the tiers, Aviva Premiership clubs were ranked only according to their finishing positions in the League table, and not based on performance in the knockout phase of the season, while Top 14 and Pro12 clubs were ranked based on their League performances and on their qualification for the knockout phases of their championships, so a losing quarter-finalist in the Top 14 would be seeded below a losing semi-finalist, even if they finished above them in the regular season.


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup, Seeding
Teams were taken from a league and put into a tier; a draw was used to allocate two second seeds to Tier 1, the remaining team went into Tier 2. This allocation then determined which fourth seeded team entered Tier 2, while the others entered Tier 3.


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup, Seeding
As with the previous European competition, the Heineken Cup, teams from the same country were kept apart where possible. However, as 7 teams qualified from England, 2 pools would by necessity contain two English teams and as 6 French teams qualified, there would be one pool with two French teams. Sale Sharks and Wasps would be drawn into pools which contained one other Aviva Premiership club, and Toulouse would be drawn into a pool which contained one other Top 14 club.


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup, Seeding
The brackets show each team's seeding and their league (for example, 1 Top 14 indicates the team was seeded 1st from the Top 14).


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup, Pool stage
The draw took place on 10 June 2014, at the Stade de la Maladière in Neuchâtel.


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup, Pool stage
Fixtures were announced on Thursday 14 August 2014 at 2pm.


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup, Pool stage
Teams played each other twice, both at home and away, in the group stage, that began on the weekend of 17/18/19 October 2014, and continued through to 23/24/25 January 2015, before the pool winners and three best runners-up progressed to the quarter finals.


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup, Pool stage
Teams were awarded competition points, based on match result. Teams receive 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, 1 attacking bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match and 1 defensive bonus point for losing a match by seven points or fewer.


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup, Pool stage
In the event of a tie between two or more teams, the following tie-breakers were used, as directed by EPCR:


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup, Knock-out stage
The eight qualifiers were seeded according to performance in the pool stage, and competed in the quarter-finals, which were held on the weekend of 3–5 April 2015. The four top seeds hosted the quarter-finals against the lower seeds, in a 1v8, 2v7, 3v6 and 4v5 format.


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup, Knock-out stage
The semi-finals were played on the weekend of 18–19 April 2015.


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup, Knock-out stage
The winners of the semi-finals will contest the final, at Twickenham Stadium, on 2 May 2015.


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage
The 2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage was the first stage of the 20th season of European club rugby union, and the first to be organised under the new European Rugby Champions Cup format, which replaced the Heineken Cup as the top European competition for clubs.


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage
It involved 20 teams competing, across 5 pools of 4 teams, for 8 quarter-final places – which were awarded to the 5 pool winners and the 3 top-ranked pool runners-up.


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage
The pool stage began on the weekend of 17–19 October 2014, and was completed on the weekend of 23–25 January 2015.


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Seeding
The 20 teams were seeded through a new system based solely on clubs' performance in their domestic leagues for the previous season, whereas the previous tournament, the Heineken Cup, seeded teams based on performance in European competition over 4 previous seasons.


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Seeding
Where teams were seeded based on play-off performance, if teams were eliminated in the same round of a knock-out tournament, their league position at the end of the regular season determined which team received a higher seed.


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Seeding
Teams were then placed into 4 Tiers, each containing 5 teams, based on their seeding. A draw determined which two second seeded teams completed Tier 1, and based on this, the fourth seeded teams were allocated to either Tier 2 and Tier 3.


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Seeding
The brackets show each team's seeding and their league (for example, 1 Top 14 indicates the team was seeded 1st from the Top 14).


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Pool stage
The draw took place on 10 June 2014, at the Stade de la Maladière in Neuchâtel.


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Pool stage
Teams played each other twice, both at home and away, in the group stage, that began on the weekend of 17–19 October 2014, and continued through to 23–25 January 2015.


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Pool stage
The pool stage of the competition used the same competition point system as previous European competitions, where, based on the result of the match, teams receive:


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Pool stage
Based on these competition points, the five pool winners from each group progressed to the quarter-finals, along with the three best pool runners-up from the competition. If at any point in the competition there was a tie between two or more teams from the same pool, the following criteria were used as tie-breakers:


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Pool stage
If this did not separate teams, and/or the tie related to teams that did not play each other (i.e., in different pools), the following tie breakers were used:


2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Pool stage
Fixtures were announced on Thursday 14 August 2014. Alongside the exact dates and kick-off times for rounds 1 and 2. Exact times for Rounds 3 and 4 were announced 10 October 2014, and for Rounds 5 and 6 were announced 19 December 2014.


2014–15 European Rugby Champions–Challenge Cup play-offs
The 2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup-Challenge Cup play-off was the first play-off for entry into the top level competition of European Club rugby union, the European Rugby Champions Cup.


2014–15 European Rugby Champions–Challenge Cup play-offs
In March 2014, following the announcement of new European club competitions, the European Rugby Champions Cup and the European Rugby Challenge Cup, it was announced that the final place in the Champions Cup competition would be awarded by a play-off.


2014–15 European Rugby Champions–Challenge Cup play-offs
For the 2014–15 season, this was a two-legged play-off between the seventh placed teams from the 2013–14 Aviva Premiership season, and the 2013–14 Top 14 season. Following the completion of both legs, the team with the highest aggregate score took the twentieth berth in the 2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup, the new top tier competition, while the loser will play in the second tier 2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup.


2014–15 European Rugby Champions–Challenge Cup play-offs, Legs
On 29 April 2014, it was announced that the play off would take place over two legs, with each side hosting one leg. The draw to decide which team would hold home-advantage for each leg took place on 6 May 2014


2014–15 European Rugby Champions–Challenge Cup play-offs, Legs, First Leg
Touch judges:Dudley Phillips (IRFU)Michael Black (IRFU)Television match official:Simon McDowell (IRFU)


2014–15 European Rugby Champions–Challenge Cup play-offs, Legs, Second Leg
Touch judges:Ian Davies (WRU)Sean Brickell (WRU)Television match official:Derek Bevan (WRU)


2014–15 European Rugby Champions–Challenge Cup play-offs, Result
Wasps won the playoff 50 - 35 on aggregate and qualified for the 2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup. Stade Français competed in the 2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup.


2014–15 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team
The 2014–15 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team represented the University of Evansville during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Purple Aces, led by eighth year head coach Marty Simmons, played their home games at the Ford Center and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 24–12, 9–9 in MVC play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Tournament to Illinois State. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated IPFW, Eastern Illinois, Louisiana–Lafayette, UT Martin, and Northern Arizona to become CIT champions.


2014–15 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team, Previous season
The Purple Aces finished the season 14–19, 6–12 in MVC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Tournament where they lost to Wichita State.


2014–15 Everton F.C. season
The 2014–15 season was Everton's 23rd season in the Premier League and 61st consecutive season in the top division of English football. It is also Everton's 115th season of league football and 118th season in all competitions. The club finished fifth in the previous campaign to qualify for the Europa League, which saw Everton play in Europe for the first time since the 2009–10 season. On 30 July 2014, the club signed Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku for a club record £28 million.


2014–15 Everton F.C. season, Season overview, July
"This signing is not just important for this season. It is a significant day in the history of this football club. We know that Romelu is still a young man and the potential that he has is quite unique, and we are desperate to see him enjoying his football and to watch him grow as footballer in the years to come."


2014–15 Everton F.C. season, Season overview, July
Roberto Martínez, Everton's manager, on signing Romelu Lukaku, 30 July 2014.


2014–15 Everton F.C. season, Season overview, July
On 8 July, Everton signed Gareth Barry on a three-year contract after the midfielder had been on loan to the club in the previous campaign. Later in the month Bosnian Muhamed Bešić joined from Ferencváros for an undisclosed fee. On 30 July, Everton broke their record transfer fee by signing Romelu Lukaku from Chelsea for £28 million, smashing the £15 million the club paid for Marouane Fellaini in 2008. Lukaku had been on loan at Everton last season, scoring 16 goals in 33 games.


2014–15 Everton F.C. season, Season overview, August
Everton played five pre-season friendlies before their first Premier League match without winning any (drew two, lost three). They opened the year with a 2–2 draw at newcomers Leicester City after twice being ahead. A week later goals from Séamus Coleman and Steven Naismith saw Everton take a 2–0 lead over Arsenal with seven minutes to go, but two late goals resulted in a second consecutive 2–2 draw. On 26 August, Everton signed Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o on a free transfer.


2014–15 Everton F.C. season, Season overview, August
Everton were then involved in the joint seventh highest scoring game in the history of the Premier League when they fell 2–0 down at home to Chelsea after three minutes and went on to be defeated 6–3. It meant the club had equalled a Premier League record by conceding 10 goals in the first three games.


2014–15 Everton F.C. season, Season overview, September
Everton recorded their first win of the campaign by beating West Bromwich Albion 2–0 at the Hawthorns with Lukaku getting his first goal since joining permanently. The club then returned to European football for the first time since February 2010 with an impressive 4–1 victory over VfL Wolfsburg. Everton's congested fixture list then seemed to affect results as Crystal Palace beat them 3–2 at Goodison Park for the second successive season and the Toffees were unceremoniously knocked out of the League Cup 3–0 by Swansea City. However, the month did end on a positive note when Phil Jagielka scored a spectacular injury-time drive from 30 yards to salvage a 1–1 in the first Merseyside derby at Anfield.


2014–15 Everton F.C. season, Season overview, October
The side battled to a 1–1 draw once more this time in Russia against Krasnodar with Samuel Eto'o getting the goal. The fixture became Everton's furthest ever competitive game, some 2,400 miles from Goodison Park. A 2–1 loss at Old Trafford followed with Leighton Baines missing his first Premier League penalty after converting all of his 15 previous ones.


2014–15 Everton F.C. season, Season overview, October
During the match defender John Stones picked up an ankle injury which ruled him out of the rest of 2014, but in the next game Everton welcomed back Ross Barkley for his first appearance of the season and beat Aston Villa 3–0 at home. Everton won successive games for the first time this season by defeating Burnley 3–1 with Eto'o scoring a brace and on 31 October announced club record profits of £28.2 million for the year ending 31 May 2014.


2014–15 Everton F.C. season, Season overview, November
A 0–0 draw with Swansea City marked the first time Everton had not scored a goal in a league match this season. They remained top of Group H in the Europa League with a resounding 3–0 win over Lille. Everton recorded just their second home win of the season by beating West Ham United 2–1 and then guaranteed they would finish atop of their Europa League group with a game to spare when they won 2–0 against Wolfsburg, described as a perfect away performance by Martínez. However, the month closed with a first defeat in eight games in all competitions when they lost 2–1 to Tottenham Hotspur.


2014–15 Everton F.C. season, Season overview, December
Martínez then blamed Everton's busy schedule of matches for their 1–1 home draw against relegation candidates Hull City and a contentious penalty for Manchester City proved the difference in a 1–0 loss at the City of Manchester Stadium. Ross Barkley scored a superb individual goal to put Everton 1–0 ahead of Queens Park Rangers, with further goals from Kevin Mirallas and Steven Naismith helping the Toffees to their fifth league win of the campaign. Everton's up and down season continued when they were beaten 3–0 by Southampton to maintain their mid-table position in the league.


2014–15 Everton F.C. season, Season overview, December
However, their form was to get worse over the Christmas period with a 1–0 home defeat to Stoke City and a 3–2 loss against Newcastle United. Everton ended the calendar year with the second worse defensive record in the league and had made the most individual errors resulting in goals in Europe's top five leagues. Despite this, Martínez stated that he would not change his team's style of play which had proven so successful last season.


2014–15 Everton F.C. season, Season overview, January
Everton lost their fourth game in a row on New Year's Day when Hull City saw them off 2–0. Lukaku scored a stoppage time goal to rescue a 1–1 draw against West Ham United in the third round of the FA Cup. Their run without picking up any points ended when Steven Naismith equalised to draw 1–1 at home to reigning champions Manchester City. Leighton Baines delivered the ball for the goal which was his 45th assist in the Premier League to overtake Graeme Le Saux as the defender with the most in the history of the division.


2014–15 Everton F.C. season, Season overview, January
Aiden McGeady was sent off in the 56th minute of Everton's FA Cup replay with West Ham, but Kevin Mirallas scored a free kick to send the match into extra time during which Everton took the lead through Lukaku. However, West Ham levelled meaning penalties were required to settle the tie which they won 9–8 after goalkeeper Joel Robles missed for Everton and his opposite number Adrián converted the game-winning penalty. The barren spell continued with a 0–0 draw at home to West Bromwich Albion after Kevin Mirallas refused to hand over the ball to regular penalty taker Leighton Baines and subsequently missed. Samuel Eto'o's brief stay at the club ended when he joined Sampdoria.


2014–15 Everton F.C. season, Season overview, February
Everton won for the first time in nine matches as Lukaku scored the only goal of the game after two minutes in beating Crystal Palace. The club signed Aaron Lennon from Tottenham Hotspur on loan for the rest of the season on transfer deadline day. A 0–0 draw with Liverpool followed before an 89th minute Chelsea goal proved the difference between the teams.


2014–15 Everton F.C. season, Season overview, February
However, Everton's good form in Europe continued as Lukaku scored a hat-trick during a 4–1 away win over Swiss side Young Boys, despite playing for over half an hour with 10 men after John Stones had been dismissed. Bottom of the table club Leicester City twice came from behind to draw 2–2 in the next league fixture, but Everton closed out the month by comfortably progressing to the last 16 of the Europa League by seeing off Young Boys 7–2 on aggregate.


2014–15 Everton F.C. season, Season overview, March
Everton's struggles in the league continued as they lost back-to-back matches 2–0 against Arsenal and Stoke City which led Martínez to admit for the first time that his side were in a relegation battle. With 28 points from 28 games, it was Everton's lowest tally at this stage of a season in the history of the Premier League. They responded by coming from a goal down to take a 2–1 first leg lead over Dynamo Kiev. Lukaku became the club's record European goal scorer as he netted for the seventh time in the competition this season.


2014–15 Everton F.C. season, Season overview, March
Everton then won their first league game at home in over three months as James McCarthy opened the scoring with his first goal of the year against Newcastle United and further strikes from Lukaku and Ross Barkley completed a 3–0 victory. The Toffees' run in Europe ended on a 6–4 aggregate loss to Dynamo when they lost the second leg 5–2. For the first time since October, Everton won two consecutive league games with a 2–1 success against Queens Park Rangers which put them nine points clear of relegation.


2014–15 Everton F.C. season, Season overview, April
A 1–0 win over Southampton made for Everton's first three-game league win streak of the season. Everton then tied 1–1 with Swansea City after a goal from Aaron Lennon opened the scoring, and a Jonjo Shelvey penalty equalised for Swansea. Everton defeated relegation candidates Burnley 1–0, before producing undoubtedly their best performance of the season in beating Manchester United 3–0. It marked the third season in a row that Everton had won the home fixture versus the Red Devils and extended their unbeaten run to six matches.


2014–15 Everton F.C. season, Season overview, May
Despite Everton's late season revival, May has so far proved something of an anti-climax as the club were beaten 3–2 by Aston Villa and suffered their first home defeat since December, 2–0 against Sunderland. However, goals from Leon Osman and Roemlu Lukaku's injury time winner against West Ham snapped the Toffee's two game losing streak as well as ensuring Everton would defeat the Hammers for a third consecutive season in Upton Park. Having said that, the mediocre season was capped off with a 1–0 defeat at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur with Harry Kane scoring the only goal. The game similarly marked the end of Sylvain Distin's distinguished Everton career.


2014–15 Everton F.C. season, Competitions, Premier League, Matches
The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.


2014–15 Everton F.C. season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Last updated: match played 24 May 2015Source: Match reports in Competitions


2014–15 Everton F.C. season, Statistics, Home attendances
Correct as of match played 24 May 2015. Win  Draw  Loss


2014–15 Evian Thonon Gaillard F.C. season
The 2014–15 Evian Thonon Gaillard F.C. season is the 12th professional season of the club since its creation in 2003. After 4 seasons in Ligue 1 Evian finished in 18th and were relegated from the league for the first time in their history.


2014–15 Evian Thonon Gaillard F.C. season, Players, First team squad
French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.


2014–15 Evian Thonon Gaillard F.C. season, Players, First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014–15 Evian Thonon Gaillard F.C. season, Players, First team squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014–15 Exeter City F.C. season
This page shows the progress of Exeter City F.C. in the 2014–15 football season. They are playing in the fourth tier of English football, League Two.


2014–15 Exeter City F.C. season, Match details, League Two, Matches
The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.


2014–15 Exeter City F.C. season, Match details, FA Cup
The draw for the first round of the FA Cup was made on 27 October 2014.


2014–15 Exeter City F.C. season, Match details, League Cup
The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Exeter City were drawn at home to Bournemouth.


2014–15 F.B.C. Unione Venezia season
The 2014–15 season of F.B.C. Unione Venezia's is their first season in the new Lega Pro format.


2014–15 F.B.C. Unione Venezia season
The club will plays in the Girone A north Italy.


2014–15 F.B.C. Unione Venezia season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014–15 F.B.C. Unione Venezia season, Squad, Left in January window
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014–15 F.C. Arouca season
The 2014–15 Arouca season was the club's 62nd competitive season, 2nd in the Primeira Liga, and 63rd year in existence as a football club.


2014–15 F.C. Arouca season
Along with the club's participation in the Primeira Liga, the club also competed in the Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga. The club finished 16th in the Primeira Liga, finishing five points above the relegation zone. In the Taça de Portugal, the club were eliminated in the third round by Vitória de Setúbal. Like in the Taça de Portugal, the Arouquenses were eliminated in the third round of the Taça da Liga. Arouca finished third in a group consisting of Benfica, Moreirense and Nacional.


2014–15 F.C. Arouca season, First-team squad
Stats as of the end of the 2014–15 season. Games played and goals scored only refers to appearances and goals in domestic league campaigns.


2014–15 F.C. Copenhagen season
This article shows statistics of individual players for the football club F.C. Copenhagen. It also lists all matches that F.C. Copenhagen played in the 2014–15 season.


2014–15 F.C. Copenhagen season, Players, Squad information
This section show the squad as currently, considering all players who are confirmedly moved in and out (see section Players in / out).


2014–15 F.C. Copenhagen season, Club, Other information
Updated to match played 30 JuneSource: F.C. Copenhagen and Telia Parken


2014–15 F.C. Copenhagen season, Matches, Competitive
Last updated: 7 JuneSource: 1F.C. Copenhagen goals come first.National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of F.C. Copenhagen.M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.


2014–15 FA Cup
The 2014–15 FA Cup, also called the 2014–15 FA Challenge Cup, was the 134th occurrence of the FA Cup, the main domestic cup in English football and the oldest knockout competition in the world. It was the first season when the BBC and BT Sport hosted televised matches, seven years after the BBC lost the rights to ITV. The 2014–15 season's Cup also marked the first time that 3G (third generation) artificial pitches were allowed in all rounds of the competition, designed to lower costs for maintenance. After Queens Park Rangers (the first English artificial pitch, from 1981 to 1988), Luton Town, Oldham Athletic and Preston North End trialled artificial pitches in the 1980s, they were made illegal in 1995.


2014–15 FA Cup
The defending champions were Premier League side Arsenal, after they beat Hull City 3–2 in the previous final on 17 May 2014.


2014–15 FA Cup
The semi-finals took place at Wembley Stadium, as they have since 2008, to offset the cost of the new stadium, despite protestations from some supporters. The stadium also hosted the final.


2014–15 FA Cup
The winner of the FA Cup earns automatic qualification to the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stages. However, as Arsenal qualified for the UEFA Champions League via their league position, Southampton, the highest placed team in the 2014–15 Premier League not already Europe-qualified took this Europa League place. In a change to Europa League rules, qualifying slots for national cup winners no longer pass to the runners-up if the winners have already qualified through their league.


2014–15 FA Cup
Arsenal retained the trophy, beating Aston Villa 4–0 in the final.


2014–15 FA Cup
Notably, EFL Championship side Reading F.C. reached the semi-finals, for only the second time in their history.


2014–15 FA Cup, Qualifying rounds
All of the competing teams that were not members of either the Premier League or the Football League had to compete in the qualifying rounds to win a place in the First Round Proper.


2014–15 FA Cup, First Round Proper
The First Round draw took place on 27 October 2014 at 19:00, at St George's Park. A total of 80 teams competed, 32 of which had progressed from the Fourth Qualifying Round and 48 from League One and League Two of the Football League. The lowest ranked sides in this round were Norton United and Warrington Town, both of whom competed at level 8 of English football.


2014–15 FA Cup, Second Round Proper
The Second Round draw took place on 10 November 2014 at 19:00, at the National Football Museum. A total of forty teams competed, all of which had progressed from the First Round. The lowest ranked side in this round was Warrington Town, who competed at level 8 of English football. Chesterfield initially faced expulsion from the tournament after fielding an ineligible player, but were required to play their second round fixture against Milton Keynes Dons again.


2014–15 FA Cup, Second Round Proper
Scunthorpe United's penalty win over Worcester City set a new competition record for most penalty kicks taken with 32.


2014–15 FA Cup, Third Round Proper
The Third Round draw took place on 8 December 2014 at 19:00, at The Deep in Hull, and was broadcast live on BBC Two. A total of 64 teams  competed, 20 of which had progressed from the Second Round and 44 clubs from the Premier League and Football League Championship. The lowest ranked side in this round was Blyth Spartans, who compete at level 7 of English football.


2014–15 FA Cup, Fourth Round Proper
The Fourth Round draw took place on 5 January 2015 at 19:30, in the clubhouse of AFC Wimbledon at Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames, and was broadcast live on BBC One. In the draw the title holders Arsenal drew a trip to Brighton against Brighton & Hove Albion while the lowest ranked side in this round, Cambridge United (who compete at level 4 of English football) drew Premier League club Manchester United. A total of 32 teams  competed, all of which had progressed from the third round.


2014–15 FA Cup, Fifth Round Proper
The Fifth Round draw took place on 26 January 2015 at 19:20 on The One Show, which was broadcast live on BBC One, and the matches took place between 14 and 16 February 2015. In the draw, title holders Arsenal drew Middlesbrough (who eliminated Manchester City in fourth round) and Bradford City (who eliminated Chelsea in fourth round) were rewarded a home tie against Sunderland. The lowest ranked sides in this round were Bradford City and Preston North End (who competed at level 3 of English football)


2014–15 FA Cup, Sixth Round Proper
The Sixth Round draw took place on 16 February 2015 at 19:35 on BBC One, and the regular matches were played between 7 and 9 March. The lowest ranked side in this round were Bradford City (who competed at level 3 of English football).


2014–15 FA Cup, Semi-finals
The semi-final draw took place on 9 March 2015 at approximately 21:45, at Old Trafford, Manchester, and was broadcast on BBC One after the match between Manchester United and Arsenal. In the draw, title holders Arsenal drew Reading, while Aston Villa drew Liverpool. The matches were played at Wembley Stadium on 18 and 19 April 2015. The lowest ranked side in this round were Reading (who competed at level 2 of English football).


2014–15 FA Cup, Broadcasting rights
The domestic broadcasting rights for the competition were held by the BBC and subscription channel BT Sport. The BBC regained the rights from ITV after six years, while BT Sport extended its existing deal carried over from obtaining ESPN's rights in February 2013. The FA Cup Final had to be broadcast live on UK terrestrial television under the Ofcom code of protected sporting events.


2014–15 FA Cup, Broadcasting rights
Cambridge United v Manchester UnitedBlackburn Rovers v Swansea City (BBC Wales)Bristol City v West Ham UnitedBolton Wanderers v Liverpool (Replay)


2014–15 FA Cup, Broadcasting rights
Aston Villa v Leicester CityPreston North End v Manchester United


2014–15 FA Cup, Broadcasting rights
Welsh language channel S4C broadcast the first round proper match between Wrexham and Woking. This was the only FA Cup match of the season that S4C broadcast.


2014–15 FA Cup qualifying rounds
The 2014–15 FA Cup qualifying rounds opened the 134th season of competition in England for 'The Football Association Challenge Cup' (FA Cup), the world's oldest association football single knockout competition. A total of 736 clubs were accepted for the competition, down 1 from the previous season's 737.


2014–15 FA Cup qualifying rounds
The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down (Levels 5 through 10) in the English football pyramid meant that the competition started with six rounds of preliminary (2) and qualifying (4) knockouts for these non-League teams. The 32 winning teams from Fourth qualifying round progressed to the First Round Proper, where League teams tiered at Levels 3 and 4 entered the competition.


2014–15 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Calendar and prizes
The calendar for the 2014–15 FA Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by The Football Association.


2014–15 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Extra preliminary round
Extra Preliminary Round fixtures were due to be played on 16 August 2014, with replays taking place no later than 21 August 2014. A total of 368 teams, from Level 9 and Level 10 of English football, entered at this stage of the competition.


2014–15 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Preliminary round
Preliminary round fixtures were due to be played on 30 August 2014, with replays no later than 5 September. A total of 320 teams took part in this stage of the competition, including the 184 winners from the Extra preliminary round and 136 entering at this stage from the six leagues at Level 8 of English football. The round included 34 teams from Level 10 still in the competition, being the lowest ranked teams in this round.


2014–15 FA Cup qualifying rounds, First qualifying round
First qualifying round fixtures were due to be played on 13 September 2014, with replays no later than 18 September. A total of 232 teams took part in this stage of the competition, including the 160 winners from the Preliminary round and 72 entering at this stage from the three leagues at Level 7 of English football. There were 10 teams from Level 10 still in the competition, being the lowest ranked teams in this round.


2014–15 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round
Second qualifying round fixtures were due to be played on 27 September 2014, with replays no later than 2 October. A total of 160 teams took part in this stage of the competition, including the 116 winners from the First qualifying round and 44 entering at this stage from the two divisions at Level 6 of English football. Ellistown & Ibstock United and Blaby & Whetstone Athletic from Level 10 were still in the competition, being the lowest ranked teams in this round.


2014–15 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round
Third qualifying round fixtures were due to be played on 11 October 2014, with replays taking place no later than 16 October 2014. A total of 80 teams took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the Second qualifying round. The round featured six teams from Level 9 still in the competition, being the lowest ranked teams in this round.


2014–15 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Fourth qualifying round
Fourth qualifying round fixtures were due to be played on 25 October 2014, with replays taking place no later than 30 October 2014. A total of 64 teams took part in this stage of the competition, including the 40 winners from the Third qualifying round and 24 entering at this stage from the Conference Premier at Level 5 of English football. The round featured Willand Rovers, Greenwich Borough and Shildon from Level 9 still in the competition, being the lowest ranked teams in this round.


2014–15 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Competition proper
Winners from Fourth qualifying round advance to First Round Proper, where teams from League One (Level 3) and League Two (Level 4) of English football, operating in The Football League, first enter the competition. See 2014–15 FA Cup for a report of First Round Proper onwards.


2014–15 FA Trophy
The 2014–15 FA Trophy was the 45th season of the FA Trophy, the Football Association's cup competition for teams at levels 5–8 of the English football league system. A total of 275 clubs entered the competition, which was won by Conference North club North Ferriby United after beating Conference team Wrexham in the final on 29 March 2015. Competition ran one club shorter than usual after Conference South club Salisbury City was disbanded before the season started, thus one club were to get a bye in the third round qualifying.


2014–15 FA Trophy, Preliminary round
A total of 128 clubs, from Level 8 of English football, entered preliminary round of the competition. Eight clubs from level 8 get a bye to the first round qualifying - Barkingside, Bishop's Cleeve, Carlton Town, Evesham United, Farsley, Merstham, Scarborough Athletic and Worthing.


2014–15 FA Trophy, First round qualifying
A total of 144 teams took part in this stage of the competition including 64 winners from the preliminary round, 72 teams from Level 7 of English football and eight teams from level 8, who get a bye in the previous round.


2014–15 FA Trophy, Second round qualifying
A total of 72 clubs took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the first round qualifying.


2014–15 FA Trophy, Third round qualifying
A total of 80 clubs took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the second round qualifying and 43 clubs from Level 6 of English football. As Conference South club Salisbury City was disbanded before the season started, this stage was one team short. Leiston received a bye to the first round proper.


2014–15 FA Trophy, First round proper
A total of 64 clubs took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the third round qualifying, one club that received a bye in the previous round and 24 teams from Level 5 of English football.


2014–15 FA Vase
The 2014–15 FA Vase is the 41st season of the FA Vase, an annual football competition for teams playing below Step 4 of the English National League System. The competition is to be played with two qualifying rounds preceding the six proper rounds, semi-finals (played over two legs) and final to be played at Wembley Stadium.


2014–15 FA Vase
The 2015 winners were North Shields F.C., who beat Glossop North End A.F.C. 2–1 on 9 May at Wembley Stadium.


2014–15 FA Vase
For the 2014–15 season 536 entrants were accepted, one more than the 2013–14 season.


2014–15 FA Vase, Calendar
The calendar for the 2014–15 FA Vase qualifying rounds, as announced by The Football Association.


2014–15 FA Vase, First Round Qualifying
First Round Qualifying fixtures were played on 6 September 2014, with replays taking place no later than 11 September 2014. Two-hundred and ninety teams entered at this stage of the competition. The draw was as follows:


2014–15 FA Vase, Second Round Qualifying
Second Round Qualifying fixtures were played on 4 October 2014, with replays taking place no later than 9 October 2014. One-hundred and seventy-seven new teams joined the one-hundred and forty-five who won their First Round Qualifying match at this stage of the competition. The draw was as follows:


2014–15 FA Vase, First Round Proper
First Round Proper fixtures were played on 1 November 2014, with replays taking place no later than 6 November 2014. Forty-three new teams joined the one-hundred and sixty-one who won their Second Round Qualifying match at this stage of the competition. Alnwick Town received a bye The draw was as follows:


2014–15 FA Vase, Second Round Proper
Second Round Proper fixtures were played on 22 November 2014, with replays taking place no later than 27 November 2014. Twenty-six new teams joined the one-hundred and two who won their First Round match at this stage of the competition. The draw was as follows:


2014–15 FA Vase, Third Round Proper
Third Round Proper fixtures were played on 6 December 2014, with replays taking place no later than 11 December 2014. No new teams were added for the remainder of the competition. The draw was as follows:


2014–15 FA Vase, Fourth Round Proper
Fourth Round Proper fixtures were played on 17 January 2015, with replays taking place no later than 22 January 2015. The draw was as follows:


2014–15 FA Vase, Fifth Round Proper
Fifth Round Proper fixtures were played on 7 February 2015, with replays taking place no later than 12 February 2015. The draw was as follows:


2014–15 FA Vase, Quarter finals
Quarter Final fixtures were played on 28 February 2015, with replays taking place no later than 5 March 2015. The draw was as follows:


2014–15 FA Vase, Semi-Finals
Semi-Final fixtures were played on 21 & 28 March 2015. The draw was as follows:


2014–15 FA Women's Cup
The 2014–15 Women's FA Cup was the 45th staging of the FA Women's Cup, a knockout cup competition for women's football teams in England. Arsenal were the defending champions having beaten Everton 2–0 in the previous final, but lost in the quarter finals to Chelsea. The 2015 Final took place at Wembley Stadium for the first time with kick off at 3pm on 1 August 2015. The match was televised live on BBC One.


2014–15 FA Women's Cup, Teams
A total of 257 teams entered the 2014–15 FA Women's Cup, with the level of league football played by each team determining the stage of the competition where they were inserted. Teams which played in WSL1, the highest level of league football for women in England, entered in the fifth round.


2014–15 FA Women's Cup, Teams
The preliminary round, first, second and third qualifying rounds, and the second round proper each saw one tie cancelled due to the withdrawal or disqualification of one of the teams.


2014–15 FA Women's Cup, Preliminary round
64 teams entered this stage, with the matches being played on 7 September 2014 and the winners receiving £125. The draw was made on 29 August 2014.


2014–15 FA Women's Cup, Preliminary round
N.B. the team progressing to the next round is shown in bold.


2014–15 FA Women's Cup, Third Round qualifying
45 clubs belonging to the Women's Premier League division one's Midlands, North, South and South West leagues entered at this stage of the competition.


2014–15 FA Women's Cup, First round
The draw for the first round was made on 3 November 2014. All ties with the exception of the matches at Chorley and C&K Basildon were played on 6 December 2014. The remaining two took place on 14 December 2014.


2014–15 FA Women's Cup, Second round
The FA Women's Premier League teams entered at this stage. All matches were played on 11 January 2015. The ties between Blackburn Rovers and Liverpool Marshall and Swindon Town and Carshalton Athletic were postponed with the later facing a FA investigation. Blackburn Rovers and Liverpool Marshall eventually played the match on 25 January after postponements due to a waterlogged and frozen pitches. Carhalton Athletic were awarded a walkover as Swindon Town were ejected from the competition for fielding an ineligible player in the 3rd round of qualifying.


2014–15 FA Women's Cup, Third round
The draw for the 3rd round was made at Wembley on 12 January 2015. Sides from the FA WSL 2 league enter the competition at this stage. All ties were played on 1 February 2015, with the exception of Doncaster's tie which was staged the day before. The winners of each match received £400. Six matches were rearranged for 8 February due to adverse weather conditions.


2014–15 FA Women's Cup, Fourth round
The draw for the fourth round was made on 2 February. Matches played on 8 March 2015.


2014–15 FA Women's Cup, Fifth round / Round of 16
The eight winners of round four are joined by the eight 2014 FA WSL teams. The draw was held on 9 March 2015. Besides the eight WSL 1 teams, there remain four WSL 2 and four teams from the Premier League (Level 3) teams: Charlton Athletic, Coventry City, Sheffield, Tottenham. Matches played on 22 March.


2014–15 FA Women's Cup, Quarter-finals
Draw on 23 March 2015. Matches were played on 12 April. Charlton Athletic is the only Premier League team remaining. Aston Villa is from the WSL 2.


2014–15 FA Women's Cup, Semi finals
The draw for the semi finals was made on 13 April 2015. The Everton v Notts County game was played on 3 May at Goodison Park. The Chelsea v Manchester City game took place on 4 May at Adams Park.


2014–15 FA Women's Cup, Final
The final of the FA Women's Cup was held for the first time at Wembley Stadium. It was played on 1 August 2015. The match was broadcast live on BBC One.


2014–15 FA Women's Premier League Plate
The 2014–15 FA Women's Premier League Plate was the inaugural season of the Premier League Plate, which was introduced as a secondary League Cup competition of the FA Women's Premier League (FA WPL).


2014–15 FA Women's Premier League Plate
Preston North End became the first ever winners of the Plate, beating Huddersfield Town 3–0 in the final at Guiseley's Nethermoor Park to win their first major trophy.


2014–15 FA Women's Premier League Plate
The teams that took part in the WPL plate were decided after the first qualifying round of the WPL Cup, known as the Determining Round. The winners of Determining Round matches continued in the WPL Cup, while the losers moved into the WPL Plate.


2014–15 FA Women's Premier League Plate, Background
Due to a restructuring of elite-level women's football in England in 2014, the WPL had doubled in size from three divisions to six. With this in mind the league opted to introduce a new cup competition to run alongside their existing League Cup competition, the Premier League Cup, to cater for the increased number of teams.


2014–15 FA Women's Premier League Plate, Background
Seventy teams were entered into the Determining Round of the FA WPL Cup, with the 35 match losers being eligible for the Plate, but two teams (Keynsham Town development and Norwich City) withdrew from the competition, meaning only 33 teams took part.


2014–15 FA Women's Premier League Plate, Results
All results shown here were published by The Football Association. Games are listed firstly in chronological order, and then by alphabetical order of the home team. The division each team played in is shown in Brackets after their name: (N)=Northern Division; (S)=Southern Division; (N1)=Northern Division One; (M1)=Midlands Division One; (SE1)=South East Division One; (SW1)=South West Division One.


2014–15 FA Women's Premier League Plate, Results, Preliminary round
All other teams were given a bye to the first round of the competition.


2014–15 FA Women's Premier League Plate, Results, Semi-finals
Huddersfield town reached the final of a major cup competition for the first time in their history thanks to a 4–1 victory over Isle of Wight side Shanklin, witnessed by a small crowd of just 40 people at the West Yorkshire club's Storthes Hall ground. It was their second cup semi-final win in quick succession, having recently also reached the final of the Sheffield & Hallamshire Women's Challenge Cup. Emily Heckler scored twice for Huddersfield, and Kate Mallin and Debbie Hastings each scored once. Rowan Treagus scored Shanklin's consolation goal. Midfielder Alarna Fuller was named Huddersfield's Player of the Match.


2014–15 FA Women's Premier League Plate, Results, Semi-finals
Preston North End earned their place as Huddersfield's opposition in the final through a 1–0 victory over West Ham United. The only goal of the game was scored by Preston's Chelsea Flanagan. West Ham, who were missing a number of regular first team players, rarely threatened the Preston goal, and eventually conceded the winning goal ten minutes from time.


2014–15 FA Women's Premier League Plate, Results, Final
Huddersfield were beaten 3–0 in the final by Preston North End, who were winners of a major trophy for the first time in their history. The final was played at Guiseley's Nethermoor Park ground as part of a double-header with the FA Women's Premier League Reserves Cup, which was played in the morning before the Plate final. Spectators were allowed into the ground to watch both games for free.


2014–15 FA Youth Cup
The 2014–15 FA Youth Cup was the 63rd edition of the FA Youth Cup.


2014–15 FA Youth Cup
Chelsea defended the title, beating Manchester City in the final.


2014–15 FC Aarau season
FC Aarau is a Swiss football club which are based in Aarau. during the 2014/15 campaign they will be participating in the Swiss Super League, Schweizer Pokal.


2014–15 FC Admira Wacker Mödling season
FC Admira Wacker Mödling are an Austrian football club which are based in Mödling. During the 2014/15 campaign they will be competing in the Austrian Bundesliga and Austrian Cup.


2014–15 FC Amkar Perm season
The 2014–15 Amkar Perm season was their 11th season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, following promotion during the 2003 season. They will participate in the Russian Premier League and Russian Cup.


2014–15 FC Amkar Perm season
Slavoljub Muslin was appointed as the club's manager on 17 June 2014, take over from Konstantin Paramonov who was the club's caretaker manager following Stanislav Cherchesov leaving the club in April of the previous season. Muslin was fired as manager on 9 December 2014, with Gadzhi Gadzhiyev being appointed as his replacement on 30 December.


2014–15 FC Amkar Perm season, Squad
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2014–15 FC Amkar Perm season, Transfers, Summer
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2014–15 FC Amkar Perm season, Transfers, Summer
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2014–15 FC Amkar Perm season, Transfers, Winter
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2014–15 FC Amkar Perm season, Transfers, Winter
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2014–15 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season
The 2014–15 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season was the club's first season back in the Football National League following their relegation in 2014. Anzhi Makhachkala finished the season in 2nd place, earning promotion back to the Russian Premier League at the first opportunity, whilst they also reached the Round of 32 in the Russian Cup where they were knocked out by Zenit St.Petersburg.


2014–15 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season, Squad statistics, Clean Sheets
Krivoruchko & Jannatov both played in Anzhi's 1-0 victory over Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on 30 May 2015


2014–15 FC Ararat Yerevan season
The 2014–15 season was FC Ararat Yerevan's 24th consecutive season in the Armenian Premier League. Ararat finished the season in 8th position, escaping relegation as no team was promoted. In the Armenian Cup they were knocked out by Pyunik in the Quarterfinals.


2014–15 FC Ararat Yerevan season, Season events
Prior to the start of the season, Ararat traveled to Georgia for a 10-day training camp and three friendly games, with new signings Levon Minasyan, Gor Matirosyan, Ararat Poghosyan and Narek Amiryan. Also part of the travelling squad was trialist Alexander Zelenov, with new French signings Zaven Bulut and Robin Di Lauro joining the squad in Georgia.


2014–15 FC Ararat Yerevan season, Season events
At the beginning of August, Ararat signed a trio of players from Los Angeles Misioneros, midfielders Jamel Wallace, Bryan de la Fuente and Christian King. On 23 August, Serbian defender Nikola Prebiračević and American winger Darryl Odom signed for Ararat Yerevan.


2014–15 FC Ararat Yerevan season, Season events
On 26 September Samvel Darbinyan replaced Dušan Mijić as manager of Ararat. With Samvel Darbinyan's contract expiring on 1 December, Suren Chakhalyan was appointed manager a week later.


2014–15 FC Ararat Yerevan season, Season events
On 1 December, Aleksandar Rakić signed a new one-year contract with Ararat, keeping him at the club until 1 December 2015, whilst Zdravko Kovačević's contract expired and Gor Matirosyan, Christian King and Darryl Odom all the left club by mutual consent a couple days later.


2014–15 FC Ararat Yerevan season, Season events
On 16 December, Ararat announced the return of Gorik Khachatryan and Vahe Martirosyan, whilst Armen Durunts and Avetis Ghazatyan departed by mutual consent. The following day, Aram Ayrapetyan joined the club from Banants.


2014–15 FC Ararat Yerevan season, Season events
In January Ararat resumed training, taking part in a training camp in Sochi. Whilst at the camp, they signed contracts with Karen Israelyan, Nagui Bouras, Oleksandr Volchkov, Raffi Kaya, Hossein Hosseini, Saman Aghazamani, Amiri Shoeib, Victor Garza, Carlo Chueca and Oumarou Kaina. Ararat also took Jevgenij Moroz and Bavon Tshibuabua on trial, and Jamel Wallace, Čedomir Tomčić and Nikola Prebiračević all left the club after their contract where terminated by mutual consent.


2014–15 FC Ararat Yerevan season, Season events
On 14 April, manager Suren Chakhalyan resigned from his role.


2014–15 FC Arsenal Tula season
The 2014–15 FC Arsenal Tula season was the club's first season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, and 7th in total. Terek Grozny will also be taking part in the Russian Cup.


2014–15 FC Arsenal Tula season, Squad
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2014–15 FC Arsenal Tula season, Squad, Out on loan
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2014–15 FC Arsenal Tula season, Squad, Youth Team
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2014–15 FC Arsenal Tula season, Transfers, Summer
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2014–15 FC Arsenal Tula season, Transfers, Summer
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2014–15 FC Arsenal Tula season, Transfers, Winter
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2014–15 FC Arsenal Tula season, Transfers, Winter
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2014–15 FC Augsburg season
The 2014–15 FC Augsburg season was the 108th season in the football club's history and fourth consecutive season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2011. FC Augsburg also participated in the season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. It was the sixth season for FC Augsburg in the SGL arena.


2014–15 FC Augsburg season
Having finished fifth in Bundesliga, FC Augsburg also qualified for the UEFA Europa League for the first time in the club's history. They will enter at the group stage.


2014–15 FC Augsburg season, First team squad
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2014–15 FC Augsburg season, First team squad, Out on loan
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2014–15 FC Augsburg season, Transfers, In
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2014–15 FC Augsburg season, Transfers, Out
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2014–15 FC Barcelona B season
The 2014–15 season is the Futbol Club Barcelona "B" 45th in existence and the club's 22nd season in Segunda División and 5th consecutive season in the second top flight of Spanish football.


2014–15 FC Barcelona B season, Season Overview
During the summer transfer window, many players like Rodri, Dani Nieto, Javier Espinosa, Edu Bedia departed, while players such as Alen Halilović, Diawandou Diagne, Maxi Rolón and Fabrice Ondoa all joined the club. Despite finishing in third place in 2013–14, the team suffered relegation at the end of the season.


2014–15 FC Barcelona Bàsquet season
The 2014–15 season of FC Barcelona Bàsquet is the 51st season of the basketball club in the highest division of Spanish basketball and the 24th season in the Liga ACB.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season
The 2014–15 season was Futbol Club Barcelona's 115th in existence and the club's 84th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. It was one of the most successful seasons in the club's history as they clinched the Treble by winning La Liga, Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League. By doing so, the Catalans became the first European team to twice win the domestic double as well as the highest continental tournament, after winning their first treble in the 2008–09 season.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season
Barcelona's success was due to a large extent to their formidable forward trio composed of Lionel Messi, Neymar and summer signing Luis Suárez, who scored an unprecedented total of 122 goals in all competitions to become the trio with most goals in Spanish football history. This was also the first season under head coach Luis Enrique.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season
The season was the first since 1998–99 without former captain Carles Puyol, who retired after the 2013–14 season.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, May
At the end of the 2013–14 FC Barcelona season, goalkeepers José Manuel Pinto and Víctor Valdés expired contracts were not renewed. Barcelona quickly signed Marc-André ter Stegen from Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach, and Claudio Bravo from fellow La Liga outfit Real Sociedad. On 15 May, long-time captain Carles Puyol announced his retirement from football after a 15-year career on the first team. Puyol was subsequently named Assistant to Sports Management under Director of football Andoni Zubizarreta. On 19 May, Luis Enrique was named the new manager after it was announced that Gerardo Martino would step down at the end of the season. Luis Enrique returned to Barça after being the B Team manager from 2008 to 2011.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, June
On 12 June, Barcelona and Premier League club Chelsea reached an agreement for the transfer of midfielder Cesc Fàbregas for a reported fee of €33 million. With the move, Fàbregas returns to London where he started his first team career as an Arsenal player. On 16 June, Barcelona signed Croatian midfielder Ivan Rakitić from Sevilla for €18 million along with the loan of Barcelona B midfielder Denis Suárez for the next two seasons. Rakitić joins after leading Sevilla to the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League title, where he was named man of the match in the final.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, July
On 9 July, Barcelona announced the transfer of Jonathan dos Santos to Villarreal for a fee of €2 million. Most of his last season with the club was spent recovering from an ACL tear which he suffered in training on 23 October 2013. With the move, Jonathan reunites with his older brother Giovani dos Santos, since both players shared time on the Barcelona youth team. On 10 July, Barcelona announced it had rescinded the contract of forward Isaac Cuenca. Cuenca then made the move to Deportivo de La Coruña, where he signed for one season to join the Galician club. Later in the day, Barcelona completed the transfer of Alexis Sánchez to Arsenal for €42 million. Sánchez left after three years when he had played 141 matches and scored 47 goals, including a season personal best of 21 goals during the 2013–14 season.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, July
On 11 July, Barcelona and English club Liverpool announced the transfer of Uruguayan international forward Luis Suárez for a reported fee of £75 million. The reigning European Golden Shoe winner joins after spending four seasons with the Merseyside club in which he scored 82 goals in 133 appearances. Barcelona will be without Suárez's services after the FIFA Disciplinary Committee banned the player for four months of any football-related activity after he was found guilty of biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during Uruguay's final World Cup group stage match. The suspension means Suárez is unable to play for Barcelona until 26 October. Later in the day, goalkeeper Oier moved to Granada on a free transfer to the Andalusian club. The transfer, however, includes the caveat that "Barcelona reserves the economic rights to any future transfer of the player".


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, July
On 16 July, Barcelona announced that Spanish winger Cristian Tello would be moving on a two-year loan deal to Portuguese club Porto for a loan fee of €2 million. The deal includes a purchase option for Porto of €8 million. Barcelona also informed that left back Adriano would be out four-to-six weeks with an abnormal heart rhythm discovered during his return medical. On 19 July, Barcelona played their first friendly of the pre-season against Recreativo de Huelva at the Nuevo Colombino in Huelva. The match ended 0–1 with the only goal coming from Barcelona B winger Joan Àngel Román in the 66th minute that gave Barça the Trofeo Colombino for the first time.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, July
On 22 July, Barcelona parted ways with La Masia graduate and youth system all-time leading scorer Bojan. Bojan moved to English club Stoke City where he joins fellow La Masia graduate Marc Muniesa and ex-Barça striker and current manager Mark Hughes. On 23 July, Barcelona announced the transfer of French international central defender Jérémy Mathieu from Valencia for a transfer fee of €20 million. Mathieu signed a contract for four seasons, with an optional season, and a buyout fee of €50 million. With the move, Mathieu becomes the most expensive defender over 30 years old to be transferred.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, August
On 9 August, Barcelona announced the signing of Belgium international defender Thomas Vermaelen from Arsenal for a fee of €19 million. The next day, Barcelona also announced that Ibrahim Afellay would be headed to Olympiacos in the Superleague Greece for a season-long loan. On 14 August, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) confirmed the ban imposed by FIFA against Suárez, who remains suspended from football for four months, as well as a nine international match ban. However, the CAS removed the player's "football-related activities" ban, and was allowed to train with Barcelona. Barcelona also announced it had reached an agreement with Sevilla for the loan of forward Gerard Deulofeu for the 2014–15 season.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, August
On 19 August, the FIFA Appeal Committee upheld its transfer ban on Barcelona in regards to "breaches relating to the international transfer and registration of players under the age of 18." Barcelona will be unable to transfer players during both the 2015 winter and summer transfer windows. Barcelona released a statement stating "that it shall continue defending its interests before the highest sporting authority, in this case the CAS". On 24 August, Barcelona started the season campaign with a 3-0 victory over Elche at the Camp Nou. A brace by Lionel Messi and a third by youth player Munir sealed the win for the Blaugrana. On 27 August, Barcelona announced it had reached an agreement with Brazilian club São Paulo for the transfer of right-back Douglas.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, August
On 30 August, Barcelona and West Ham United announced the loan for Cameroonian international Alex Song for the remainder of the season to the Premier League club. The next day, Barcelona won their first away match at El Madrigal 0–1 versus Villarreal with the lone goal scored by Barça B forward Sandro.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, September
On 13 September, Barcelona played their first match after the FIFA international break and for the first time in their history, wore their Senyera shirts from the previous season in a home game. The Senyera was used to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Siege of Barcelona in 1714. The match finished 2-0 victory against Athletic Bilbao with two second half goals from Neymar. On 17 September, Barcelona played their first match in the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League edition against Cypriot champions APOEL. It was the official debut of youngster Sergi Samper for the first team and the 300th match for Dani Alves at Barcelona. Barça won the match 1–0 with Lionel Messi heading the winning goal in 28th minute. Piqué was named Man of the Match.