2014–15 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, March
Still refusing to play under Tony Humes, Jabo Ibehre was loaned out to League One rivals Barnsley on 6 March until the end of the season.


2014–15 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, March
On 7 March, Colchester suffered a 2–1 defeat at Rochdale, with Chris Porter scoring a penalty for the visitors.


2014–15 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, March
Colchester were leapfrogged by relegation rivals Crawley Town on 14 March after suffering their twelfth home defeat of the campaign. Sammie Szmodics had given the U's the lead after 11-minutes, but former U's player Ryan Dickson equalised on 15-minutes. Crawley took the lead before half-time, but David Fox's first goal of his second spell with the club from a free kick levelled the score. Former Colchester loanee Izale McLeod scored the winner for Crawley from the penalty spot after being brought down by Sam Walker.


2014–15 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, March
The game featured newly signed Norwich City loanee Jacob Murphy, while South Africa captain Bongani Khumalo signed from Tottenham on loan until the end of the season but did not receive international clearance in time to face Crawley. Fellow Spurs player Kenny McEvoy returned to White Hart Lane after making just one substitute appearance for Colchester.


2014–15 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, March
Colchester hosted League One's bottom club Yeovil Town on 17 March. The U's won 2–0 through a David Fox penalty and a Jacob Murphy goal. Having started in the game, Rhys Healey was recalled from his season long loan by Cardiff on 19 March. Meanwhile, young midfielder Conor Hubble was released by the club.


2014–15 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, March
On 21 March, Colchester drew 2–2 with Gillingham. George Moncur broke the deadlock on 62-minutes, but Max Ehmer levelled eight-minutes from full-time. Chris Porter scored five minutes later to put the U's back in front, but after four minutes of stoppage time, Matthew Briggs was sent off for a second bookable offence, after which Gillingham scored a late equaliser through Doug Loft.


2014–15 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, March
Ipswich recalled Elliott Hewitt from his loan with the club on 26 March. To replace the departing Hewitt, Humes drafted in further defensive cover, signing Rotherham United's right-back Richard Brindley on loan until the end of the season.


2014–15 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, April
On 2 April, Rhys Healey rejoined Colchester from Cardiff on loan until the end of the season.


2014–15 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, April
Colchester battled to an important 2–1 win over Port Vale on 3 April courtesy of George Moncur and Jacob Murphy goals. Despite the victory, Colchester remained four points from safety with seven games remaining. Karleigh Osborne, an usused substitute in the win, was then recalled by his parent club Bristol City after making four appearances until a hamstring injury ruled him out of action.


2014–15 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, April
Colchester earned their first back-to-back victories of the season on 6 April when they beat play-off chasing Barnsley 3–1 at the Community Stadium. Barnsley took a 40th-minute lead through George Waring, but after the break the U's scored three unanswered goals in 24 minutes. Gavin Massey levelled on 62-minutes, before turning provider to Jabob Murphy on 80-minutes. Six minutes later, George Moncur's third goal in as many games sealed an important win and reduced the gap to safety to just two points.


2014–15 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, April
The U's suffered two consecutive away defeats, first 1–0 to Coventry City on 11 April, and then a humiliating 6–0 thrashing by Chesterfield on 14 April, with the hosts scoring three in each half.


2014–15 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, April
On 18 April, Colchester hosted Scunthorpe United. Scunthorpe took a 30th-minute lead, and they held on until the 81st-minute when Tom Eastman levelled with his first goal of the season. Chris Porter then made it 2–1 to the home side as they looked to close the gap on the sides above them in the table, but Hakeeb Adelakun scored with a deflected effort after two minutes of injury time to cost the U's two points. This meant the U's remained four points from safety with a possible nine available.


2014–15 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, April
Despite the receding chances of League One survival, chairman Robbie Cowling publicly backed manager Tony Humes on 20 April, stating whether the club survive in League One for another season or not, Humes would remain in his role for 2015–16.


2014–15 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, April
Tom Lapslie signed a three-year contract extension on 23 April.


2014–15 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, April
Colchester made their final away trip of the season to Fleetwood Town on 25 April. The U's took the lead just after the break through George Moncur, but were pegged back on 65-minutes. Fleetwood then took the lead ten minutes later, and with results standing as they were, Colchester would be relegated. They scored an equaliser through Gavin Massey on 84-minutes, and three minutes later, Dion Sembie-Ferris was fouled in the penalty area. Chris Porter stepped up to convert the penalty and secure a crucial three points for his side, with the U's now two points from safety but with a game in hand over their relegation rivals.


2014–15 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, April
With an opportunity to lift themselves out of the relegation places with a win at home to Swindon on 28 April, Colchester had the best possible start when Jacob Murphy tapped in after just 37-seconds of their encounter. Colchester were made to pay for missed chances in the first-half however when Swindon equalised on 53-minutes. The home side pushed for a winner but settled for a 1–1 draw, leaving them 22nd in League One, one point from safety and relying on a final day win over Preston and other results working for them to survive the threat of relegation.


2014–15 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, May
The final game of the 2014–15 season was to be played at the Community Stadium against Preston North End, who were second in League One and needing to match Milton Keynes Dons result against Yeovil Town to gain promotion to the Championship. Anything but a win against Preston would mean relegation for Colchester, while they needed to rely on other results working in their favour to survive. With so much riding on the game, the match was selected to be shown live on Sky Sports.


2014–15 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, May
In an end-to-end game, Colchester were under pressure from Preston but defended resolutely to keep the score at 0–0 at half-time. George Moncur was fouled in the penalty area by Preston goalkeeper Sam Johnstone, and Chris Porter stepped up to take the kick. However, he sent the ball over the bar. In the 82nd-minute, Chris Porter held the ball up for George Moncur to score the crucial goal that gave Colchester a 1–0 lead. They held off a Preston onslaught for the remainder of normal time and five minutes of added time.


2014–15 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview, May
With relegation rivals Crawley, Crewe, and Notts County, and Leyton Orient only managing a draw, the U's remained in League One by two points, finished in 19th-position and safety. Colchester's performance and result against Preston earned the club the League Managers Association 'Performance of the 'Week' award, as voted by the panel consisting of LMA chairman Howard Wilkinson, Alex Ferguson, Joe Royle, Dave Bassett, and Barry Fry.


2014–15 Colchester United F.C. season, Squad statistics, Player debuts
Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.


2014–15 Colchester United F.C. season, Honours and awards
Players to receive awards at the club's End of Season Awards Dinner held on 8 May 2015.


2014–15 Colgate Raiders men's basketball team
The 2014–15 Colgate Raiders men's basketball team represented Colgate University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Raiders, led by fourth year head coach Matt Langel, played their home games at Cotterell Court and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 16–17, 12–6 in Patriot League play to finish in second place. They defeated Navy to advance to the semifinals of the Patriot League Tournament where they lost to American.


2014–15 Colgate Raiders women's basketball team
The 2014–15 Colgate Raiders women's basketball team represented Colgate University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Raiders, led by fourth year head coach Nicci Hays Fort, played their home games at Cotterell Court and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 9–22, 7–11 in Patriot League play to finish in seventh place. They advance to the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Women's Tournament where they lost to Army.


2014–15 Colgate Raiders women's ice hockey season
The Colgate Raiders represented Colgate University in ECAC women's ice hockey during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.


2014–15 College of Charleston Cougars men's basketball team
The 2014–15 College of Charleston Cougars men's basketball team represented the College of Charleston during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cougars played their home games at the TD Arena and were in their second year as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. On August 5, 2014, before the season began, head coach Doug Wojcik had his employment terminated for just cause effective immediately. This decision was made following numerous accusations that Wojick verbally and physically abused and threatened players.


2014–15 College of Charleston Cougars men's basketball team
On September 2, 2014 the university announced that former Clemson assistant coach Earl Grant had been named the head basketball coach for the Cougars.


2014–15 College of Charleston Cougars men's basketball team
The Cougars finished the season 9–24, 3–15 in CAA play to finish in last place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the CAA Tournament where they lost to UNC Wilmington.


2014–15 College of Charleston Cougars men's basketball team, Previous season
The Cougars finished the season 14–18, 6–10 in CAA play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the CAA Tournament to William & Mary.


2014–15 College of Charleston Cougars women's basketball team
The 2014–15 College of Charleston Cougars women's basketball team represents the College of Charleston during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cougars play their home games at the TD Arena and will be in their second year as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. The Cougars were led by first year head coach Candice M. Jackson. They finished the season 5–25, 3–15 in CAA play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the CAA Women's Tournament to Towson.


2014–15 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball season
The 2014–15 CAA men's basketball season marked the 30th season of Colonial Athletic Association basketball, taking place between November 2014 and March 2015. Practices commenced in October 2014, and the season ended with the 2015 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament.


2014–15 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball season
This was the first CAA season for Elon, which had spent the previous 11 seasons in the Southern Conference.


2014–15 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball season, Preseason, Preseason All-Conference Teams
Juan'ya Green (Hofstra)Damion Lee (Drexel)Andre Nation (James Madison)Marcus Thornton (William & Mary)


2014–15 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball season, Preseason, Preseason All-Conference Teams
Quincy Ford (Northeastern)Dion Nesmith (Hofstra)Omar Prewitt (William & Mary)Cedrick Williams (UNCW)


2014–15 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball season, Preseason, Preseason All-Conference Teams
Colonial Athletic Association Preseason Player of the Year: Marcus Thornton, William & Mary


2014–15 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball season, Postseason, Colonial Athletic Association Tournament
Northeastern defeated William & Mary, 72–61, in the finals of the 2015 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament to win the conference, and earn an automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.


2014–15 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball season, Postseason, NCAA tournament
The CAA has one bid to the 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, that being the automatic bid of Northeastern by winning the conference tournament.


2014–15 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball season, Postseason, National Invitation Tournament
The CAA has one bid to the 2015 National Invitation Tournament, that being the automatic bid of William & Mary by winning the conference's regular season championship.


2014–15 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball season, Postseason, College Basketball Invitational
Hofstra was invited to play in the 2015 College Basketball Invitational.


2014–15 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball season, Postseason, CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
James Madison and UNC Wilmington were both invited to play in the 2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament


2014–15 Colorado Avalanche season
The 2014–15 Colorado Avalanche season was the 20th operational season and 19th playing season since the franchise relocated from Quebec prior to the start of the 1995–96 NHL season. As well as the franchise's 36th season in the National Hockey League and 43rd season overall. The Avalanche would commemorate their 20th anniversary in the 2015-16 season.


2014–15 Colorado Avalanche season
The Avalanche missed the playoffs despite qualifying the previous season.


2014–15 Colorado Avalanche season, Off-season
On May 26, 2014, goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere announced his intention to retire, reportedly saying, "I do not see a reason to remain in the League."


2014–15 Colorado Avalanche season, Schedule and results, Pre-season
Notes: Game was played at Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City. Game was played at Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Game was played at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada.


2014–15 Colorado Avalanche season, Schedule and results, Regular season
Legend:  Win (2 points)  Loss (0 points)  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)


2014–15 Colorado Avalanche season, Player statistics
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Avalanche. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only. ‡Traded mid-seasonBold/italics denotes franchise record


2014–15 Colorado Avalanche season, Transactions
The following transactions took place during the 2014–15 NHL season.


2014–15 Colorado Avalanche season, Draft picks
The 2014 NHL Entry Draft will be held on June 27–28, 2014, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.


2014–15 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team
The 2014–15 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team represented the University of Colorado in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was Tad Boyle's fifth year as head coach at Colorado. The Buffaloes played their home games at the Coors Events Center in Boulder, Colorado as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 16–18, 7–11 in Pac-12 play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Tournament where they lost to Oregon. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Gardner–Webb in the first round before losing in the second round to Seattle.


2014–15 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team, Previous season
The 2013–14 Colorado Buffaloes finished the season with an overall record of 23–12, and 10–8 in the Pac-12 to finish in a five-way tie for third place. In the 2014 Pac-12 Tournament, the team defeated USC in the first round and California in the quarterfinals before losing to Arizona, 43–63 in the semifinals. The Buffaloes received an at-large bid to the 2014 NCAA Tournament as an #8 seed in the South Region, where they lost to Pittsburgh, 48–77 in the Round of 64.


2014–15 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team
The 2014–15 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team will represent University of Colorado Boulder during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buffaloes, led by fifth year head coach Linda Lappe, play their home games at the Coors Events Center and were a members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 15–17, 6–12 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament where they lost to California.


2014–15 Colorado State Rams men's basketball team
The 2014–15 Colorado State Rams men's basketball team represented Colorado State University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Larry Eustachy in his third season. They played their home games at the Moby Arena on Colorado State University's main campus in Fort Collins, Colorado and were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 27–7, 13–5 in Mountain West play to finish in third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Mountain West Tournament where they lost to San Diego State. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to South Dakota State.


2014–15 Colorado State Rams men's basketball team, Previous season
The Rams finished the season with an overall record of 16–16, 7–11 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Mountain West Conference Tournament to Utah State.


2014–15 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team
The 2014–15 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team represented Colorado State University in the 2014–15 college basketball season. The Rams, led by third year head coach Ryun Williams. The Rams played their home games at the Moby Arena and were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finish the season 23–8, 15–3 in Mountain West play to win the regular season championship. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament to San Jose State. As regular season champions who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic big to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Northern Colorado.


2014–15 Columbia Lions men's basketball team
The 2014–15 Columbia Lions men's basketball team represented Columbia University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lions, led by fifth year head coach Kyle Smith, played their home games at Levien Gymnasium and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 13–15, 5–9 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for fifth place.


2014–15 Columbia Lions men's basketball team, Previous season
The Lions finished the season 21–13, 8–6 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for third place. They were invited to the CollegeInsdier.com Tournament where they defeated Valparaiso and Eastern Michigan to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to fellow Ivy League member Yale.


2014–15 Columbus Blue Jackets season
The 2014–15 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the 15th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997. The Blue Jackets missed the playoffs despite qualifying the previous year. The Blue Jackets finished strong, going 15-1-1 in their final 17 games.


2014–15 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Schedule and results, Regular season
Legend:  Win (2 points)  Loss (0 points)  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)


2014–15 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Player stats
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Blue Jackets. Stats reflect time with the Blue Jackets only. ‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Blue Jackets only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record.


2014–15 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Transactions
The Blue Jackets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season.


2014–15 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Draft picks
The 2014 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 27–28, 2014 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


2014–15 Combined Counties Football League
The 2014–15 Combined Counties Football League season (known as the 2014–15 Cherry Red Records Combined Counties Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 37th in the history of the Combined Counties Football League, a football competition in England.


2014–15 Combined Counties Football League, Premier Division
The Premier Division featured five new teams after the promotion of South Park to the Isthmian League, the transfer of Croydon to the Southern Counties East League, the transfer of Wembley to the Spartan South Midlands League, and the relegation of Ash United, Alton Town and Chessington & Hook United to Division One:


2014–15 Combined Counties Football League, Premier Division
The following six clubs applied for promotion to Step 4:Ashford Town, Camberley Town, Epsom & Ewell, Molesey, Spelthorne Sports and Windsor.


2014–15 Combined Counties Football League, Division One
Division One remained at 16 clubs, and featured three new teams after Spelthorne Sports and Knaphill were promoted to the Premier Division, and South Kilburn left the league:


2014–15 Conference USA men's basketball season
The 2014–15 Conference USA men's basketball season began with practices in October 2014, followed by the start of the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November.


2014–15 Conference USA men's basketball season, Conference schedules, Conference matrix
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.


2014–15 Conference USA men's basketball season, Player of the week
Throughout the conference regular season, the C-USA offices named one or two players of the week and one or two freshmen of the week each Monday.


2014–15 Connacht Rugby season
The 2014–15 season was Irish provincial rugby union side Connacht Rugby's fourteenth season competing in the Pro12, and the team's nineteenth season as a professional side. It was also Pat Lam's second season in charge of the side.


2014–15 Connacht Rugby season
As well as playing in the Pro12, Connacht competed in the newly established Rugby Challenge Cup, having played in the now-defunct Heineken Cup the previous season. The second-tier side, the Connacht Eagles, competed in the 2014–15 British and Irish Cup.


2014–15 Connacht Rugby season, Season, Background
The 2014–15 season saw the Heineken Cup replaced by the 20 team Rugby Champions Cup and the creation of this competition meant the Pro12 standings would have a greater impact on European qualification. Under the previous format, the Pro12 provided a minimum of ten teams, with Scotland and Italy providing two teams each, and Ireland and Wales both providing three.


2014–15 Connacht Rugby season, Season, Background
The new system saw one place now being reserved for the highest finishing Pro12 team from each of four participating countries, along with three other qualifiers based solely on league position, for a total of seven teams. The other teams were to be entered in the new second-tier competition, the Rugby Challenge Cup. This meant Connacht were no longer required to finish ahead of another Irish province or rely on an Irish victory in a European tournament to qualify for the top tier of European rugby.


2014–15 Connacht Rugby season, Season, Background
The final tournament spot in the 2015–16 Rugby Champions Cup was decided by a playoff involving the Pro12's highest finishing team that is not already qualified, along with the seventh highest finishing clubs from France's Top 14 and the English Premiership.


2014–15 Connacht Rugby season, Season, Background
On the player front, Connacht entered the season with a new captain following the forced retirement of Craig Clarke due to persistent concussions. They will also be without the playing services of former captain and centurion Gavin Duffy, whose contract was not renewed the previous season. It was later announced that he was taking up a role with the province's commercial team.


2014–15 Connacht Rugby season, Season, Background
Due to their 10th-place finish in the 2013–14 Pro12, Connacht were entered into the 2014–15 Rugby Challenge Cup, which replaced the European Challenge Cup, a competition Connacht hadn't competed in since the 2010–11 season. The draw for the Challenge Cup pool stages took place on 10 June 2014, with Connacht named in the same group as Exeter Chiefs, Bayonne and La Rochelle.


2014–15 Connacht Rugby season, Season, September
Connacht opened the season with victories at home against Newport Gwent Dragons and away to Edinburgh. The team then beat provincial rivals Leinster at home, the 10–9 win giving Connacht their first inter-provincial victory since beating Leinster in the same fixture in the 2012–13 season. Connacht experienced their first defeat of the season in the next round, losing to Glasgow Warriors in their final game of the month.


2014–15 Connacht Rugby season, Season, October
Following their opening defeat of the season to Glasgow, Connacht opened the month of October with a draw at home to Cardiff Blues the following week, but were able to return to winning ways before the first break for European matches, beating Benetton Treviso 6–9 in Italy. Connacht opened their 2014–15 Challenge Cup campaign at the Sportsgrounds on 18 October with a 48–12 bonus point victory over Top 14 side La Rochelle. The following week, however, saw the province beaten 33–13 away to Exeter Chiefs. Connacht's first game after the European break saw them beaten 26–11 in Wales by the Ospreys on Halloween night.


2014–15 Connacht Rugby season, Season, November
A break in the league for the November internationals meant that Connacht didn't play a competitive match in the month until 21 November. When they returned to action, Connacht picked up a comfortable bonus point victory over Zebre at home, posting a final score of 43–3. The team followed this with a 14–8 win against 6th place rivals Scarlets at the Sportsgrounds to keep their unbeaten home record intact.


2014–15 Connacht Rugby season, Season, December
Connacht opened the month of December with a crucial double-header against Bayonne in the Challenge Cup, and won the first of these games comfortably, picking up a bonus point in a 42–19 victory to narrow the gap to Exeter Chiefs. Connacht named an entirely new team for the return leg, and despite being 11 points down in the second half, the team fought back to win 27–29, with academy scrum-half Caolin Blade scoring both tries.


2014–15 Connacht Rugby season, Season, December
After the two European matches, Connacht finished 2015 with two provincial derbies in a row over the Christmas period. Connacht lost the first of these matches against Leinster in Dublin. This loss was followed by a narrow away defeat to Ulster on St. Stephen's Day in the last match of the calendar year.


2014–15 Connacht Rugby season, Season, January
On New Year's Day, Connacht picked up where they had left off in 2014, with another league match against Irish opposition. In the final derby of this period, Connacht managed to pick up a win, beating Munster 24–16. Following this high however, Connacht were beaten at home for the first time in the season, losing 13–16 to Edinburgh. The poor form was carried into Europe as Connacht lost another home match in quick succession, being beaten 24–33 by the Exeter Chiefs. The team was able to recover the following week to beat La Rochelle and secure a place in the knock-out stage of the competition.


2014–15 Connacht Rugby season, Season, February
There were no games in the opening weekend of the month as the 2015 Six Nations Championship was taking place. On 15 February Connacht returned to league action, suffering a 32–14 loss away to Scarlets. The following week, Connacht were away to another Welsh side, this time facing Newport Gwent Dragons, and recovered from the previous week's disappointment to emerge 25–30 winners.


2014–15 Connacht Rugby season, Season, March
Connacht opened the month of March with  bonus point victory over Benetton Treviso, crushing the Italians 53–5. On 6 March, Connacht faced Cardiff Blues away ahead of a tough series of matches against teams in the play-off places, making the game important in the qualification for the 2015–16 Rugby Champions Cup. Connacht were beaten 18–17 by a late try, after the referee controversially gave a penalty against Connacht with the game in overtime after Cardiff appeared to have knocked the ball on.


2014–15 Connacht Rugby season, Season, March
In the aftermath of the game, Pat Lam criticised touch judge Leighton Hodges and lodged a complaint with the league. Lam was later charged with misconduct for his comments. In spite of Lam's comments and the misconduct charge, Hodges refereed Connacht's next match, away to Munster in Thomond Park, where Connacht were beaten 42–20.


2014–15 Connacht Rugby season, Season, April
The team's first match in April was a Challenge Cup quarter-final against Gloucester in Kingsholm Stadium. After going in 14–0 down, Connacht held the hosts scoreless in the second half and pulled themselves back into the match with a penalty try. They couldn't make up the deficit however, and Connacht were knocked out of the Cup by 14–7.


2014–15 Connacht Rugby season, Season, April
In their return to the Pro12, Connacht suffered their second home league defeat of the season, this time to Ulster. After another poor first half performance, Connacht went in 17–0 down, only to earn a losing bonus with a final score of 20–27. Another home defeat followed, with the team shipping five tries against Glasgow Warriors in a 13–31 defeat, leaving the team in danger of finishing behind Edinburgh in 8th place and missing not only automatic qualification for the Champions Cup, but also the chance at a play-off for the final spot.


2014–15 Connacht Rugby season, Season, May
Connacht were able to start the month with their first win since 1 March, beating Zebre 10–40 in Italy, to earn a try bonus and leave themselves with a chance of reaching the Champions Cup. In the final round of the regular season, on 16 May, Connacht faced Ospreys, while their rivals for the Champions Cup places, Scarlets and Edinburgh, faced Benetton Treviso and Leinster respectively. Connacht picked up a losing bonus, while Scarlets won and Edinburgh were beaten by 13, leaving Connacht in 7th place, their highest finish in a regular league season, but just short of qualification to the Champions Cup.


2014–15 Connacht Rugby season, Season, May
Connacht proceeded to a play-off involving Bordeaux Bègles, the 7th placed team in the 2014–15 Top 14 season, and Gloucester the 2014–15 Rugby Challenge Cup winners. Connacht played Gloucester away on 24 May for the chance to face Bordeaux. Connacht were leading 18–25 in the final minutes of the game, but a controversial penalty decision from Romain Poite gave Gloucester a try-scoring opportunity and sent the match to extra time, after which Gloucester emerged 40–32 victors.


2014–15 Connacht Rugby season, Players, Senior Playing Squad
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.


2014–15 Connacht Rugby season, Players, Academy squad
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.


2014–15 Connacht Rugby season, Playing kit
Connacht's official kit supplier for the season was Australian manufacturer BLK sport, who announced a comprehensive four-year agreement to supply the full range of apparel for all of Connacht Rugby's representative teams and support staff in 2013.


2014–15 Connacht Rugby season, Playing kit
Connacht's main shirt sponsors were Irish sporting retailer Lifestyle Sports. Lifestyle Sports signed a four-season deal with the province, to will see their logo feature on the jersey until the end of the 2017–18 season, taking over from the previous season's sponsors Mazda Ireland.


2014–15 Connacht Rugby season, Results, Pro12
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:


2014–15 Connacht Rugby season, Results, Pro12
Green background (rows 1 to 4) are play-off places, and earn a place in the 2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup.Blue background indicates teams outside the play-off places, that earn a place in the European Rugby Champions Cup. The top team from each country will qualify. Yellow background indicates the team that advances to a play-off semi-final against Aviva Premiership side Gloucester, who qualified for the play-off as the 2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup winners. Plain background indicates teams that earn a place in the 2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup.


2014–15 Connacht Rugby season, Awards and recognition
At the end of the 2014–15 Pro12 season, an Awards evening was held in the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, with Connacht among those honoured both as a team and for individual performance.


2014–15 Connacht Rugby season, Awards and recognition
Connacht held their own awards ceremony in May, to acknowledge the services of individual players.


2014–15 Connacht Rugby season, Awards and recognition
Connacht also had awards throughout the season for the Player of the Month, as voted by the team's supporters.


2014–15 Copa Argentina
The 2014–15 Copa Argentina was the sixth edition of the Copa Argentina, and the fourth since the relaunch of the tournament in 2011. The competition began on October 15, 2014. Defending champions Huracán were eliminated by Independiente Rivadavia in the Round of 64. In the final, Boca Juniors won the tournament beating Rosario Central to win their third title. By winning the competition, Boca Juniors won the right to play the 2015 Supercopa Argentina, and Rosario Central, as runner-up won the right to play in the 2016 Copa Libertadores because Boca Juniors had already qualified as Primera División champion.


2014–15 Copa Argentina, Teams
Two hundred and seventy teams took part in this competition. All the teams from the Primera División (20), Primera B Nacional (22), Primera B Metropolitana (22), Federal A (40), Primera C (20), Federal B (128), and Primera D (18).


2014–15 Copa Argentina, Regional Round, Group A:Federal A, Round I
In this first round, 40 teams from the Torneo Federal A and 4 teams from the Torneo Federal B participated. The round was played on October 22, in a single match knock-out format. The 22 winning teams advanced to the Round II.


2014–15 Copa Argentina, Regional Round, Group A:Federal A, Round II
In this round, 22 teams qualified from Round I participated. The round was played between November 5 and November 21, in a single knock-out match format. The 11 winning teams advanced to the Final Stage.


2014–15 Copa Argentina, Regional Round, Group B:Federal B, Round I
In this first round, 72 teams from the Torneo Argentino B participated. The round was played between October 15 and October 22, in a single match knock-out format. The 36 winning teams advanced to the Round II.


2014–15 Copa Argentina, Regional Round, Group B:Federal B, Round II
In this round, 36 qualified teams from the Round I and the remaining 52 teams from Torneo Federal B participated. The round was played between October 29 and November 12, in a single knock-out match format. The 44 winning teams advanced to the Round III.


2014–15 Copa Argentina, Regional Round, Group B:Federal B, Round III
In this round, 44 qualified teams from the Round II participated. The round was played between November 12 and November 19, in a single knock-out match format. The 22 winning teams advanced to the Round IV.


2014–15 Copa Argentina, Regional Round, Group B:Federal B, Round IV
In this round, 22 qualified teams from the Round III participated. The round was played between November 26 and November 27, in a single knock-out match format. The 11 winning teams advanced to the Final Stage.


2014–15 Copa Argentina, Regional Round, Regional Final Stage
In this round, 11 qualified teams from the Round II of Group A and 11 qualified teams from the Round IV of Group B. The round was played between December 4 and February 22, in a single knock-out match format. The 11 winning teams advanced to the Final Round.


2014–15 Copa Argentina, Metropolitan Round, Group 1, Round I
In this first round, 18 teams from the Primera D and 14 from the Primera C participated. The round was played between November 22 and February 9, in a single match knock-out format. The 16 winning teams advanced to the Round II.


2014–15 Copa Argentina, Metropolitan Round, Group 1, Round II
In this round, 16 qualified teams from the Round I and the 6 remaining teams from Primera C participated. The round was played between February 25 and March 20, in a single match knock-out format. The 11 winning teams advanced to the Metropolitan Final Stage.


2014–15 Copa Argentina, Metropolitan Round, Group 2, Round I
In this first round, 22 teams from the Primera B participated. The round was played between November 22 and February 8, in a single match knock-out format. The 11 winning teams advanced to Metropolitan Final Stage.


2014–15 Copa Argentina, Metropolitan Round, Metropolitan Final Stage
In this round, 11 qualified teams from the Round II of Group 1 and 11 qualified teams from the Round I of Group 2 participated. The round was played between March 25 and April 8, in a single knock-out match format. The 11 winning teams advanced to the Final Round.


2014–15 Copa Argentina, Final round, Round of 64
This round will have 11 qualified teams from the Regional Round, 11 qualified teams from the Metropolitana Round, 22 teams from Primera B Nacional and 20 teams from Primera División. The round was played between March 18 and July 1, in a single knock-out match format. The 32 winning teams advanced to the Round of 32. The draw took place on 10 February 2015.


2014–15 Copa Argentina, Final round, Round of 32
This round will have the 32 qualified teams from the Round of 64. The round was played between July 3 and August 12, in a single knock-out match format. The 16 winning teams advanced to the Round of 16.


2014–15 Copa Argentina, Final round, Round of 16
This round will have the 16 qualified teams from the Round of 32. The round was played between August 19 and September 3, in a single knock-out match format. The 8 winning teams advanced to the Quarterfinals.


2014–15 Copa Argentina, Final round, Quarterfinals
This round will have the 8 qualified teams from the Round of 16. The round was played between September 9 and September 23, in a single knock-out match format. The 4 winning teams advanced to the Semifinals.


2014–15 Copa Argentina, Final round, Semifinals
This round will have the 4 qualified teams from the Quarterfinals. The round was played on October 23, in a single knock-out match format. The 2 winning teams advanced to the Final.


2014–15 Copa Argentina, Top goalscorers
Note: Players in bold are still active in the competition.


2014–15 Copa Catalunya
The 2014–15 Copa Catalunya is the 26th staging of the Copa Catalunya. The competition began on 2 and 3 August 2014 and was played by teams in Segunda División, Segunda División B, Tercera División and the top teams of Primera Catalana. Teams of lower divisions played a new competition called Copa Catalunya Amateur. FC Barcelona and RCD Espanyol joined the competition with their reserve teams.


2014–15 Copa Catalunya
Girona, Sabadell and Barcelona B, who played in the 2013–14 Segunda División joined the competition in the fourth round.


2014–15 Copa Catalunya, Tournament, Semifinals
The semifinals were drawn on 2 December 2014 and will be played on 4 February 2015.


2014–15 Copa Chile
The 2014–15 Copa Chile, (officially known as Copa Chile MTS 2014/15 because of its sponsorship), was the 35th edition of the Copa Chile, the country's national cup tournament. The competition started on May 16, 2014 with the First Round and concludes on 2015 with the Final. The winner qualifies for the 2015 Copa Sudamericana and the 2015 Supercopa de Chile.


2014–15 Copa Chile, Teams
A total 32 clubs were accepted for the competition. For this edition the teams are from the Primera División and Primera B, only.


2014–15 Copa Chile, First round
On this round every team plays home and away against every other team in its group. The best 2 teams from each group advance to the next round.


2014–15 Copa Federación de España
The 2014–15 Copa Federación de España was the 22nd edition of the Copa Federación de España, also known as Copa RFEF, a knockout competition for Spanish football clubs in Segunda División B and Tercera División. R. Unión defeated Castellón 4–0 on aggregate in the final. R. Unión got the trophy and a cash prize of 90.152 euros and qualified for the next edition of the tournament. Castellón received a prize of 30.051 euros and losing semifinalists 12.020 euros. Each winner of an Autonomous Community tournament received a prize of 3.005 euros.


2014–15 Copa Federación de España
The competition began 30 July 2014 and finished 16 April 2015.


2014–15 Copa Federación de España, Autonomous Communities tournaments, Galicia tournament, First round
Alondras, Barbadás, Boiro, Cerceda, Pontevedra and Rápido de Bouzas received a bye.


2014–15 Copa Federación de España, National phase
National phase will begin in November 2014. CD Ourense will not defend the title after being dissolved on July 2014.


2014–15 Copa Federación de España, National phase, Round of 32
The draw for the first round was held on November 3. Round of 32 was played between 27 November and 18 December 2014.


2014–15 Copa Federación de España, National phase, Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on December 19. Round of 16 was played between 7 and 22 January 2015.


2014–15 Copa Federación de España, National phase, Round of 16, Second leg
Gerena won 1–1 on aggregate after extra time and penalty kicks


2014–15 Copa Federación de España, National phase, Round of 16, Second leg
At. Baleares won 2–2 on aggregate on away goals rule


2014–15 Copa Federación de España, National phase, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was held 23 January 2015. Quarter-finals were played between 4 and 19 February 2015.


2014–15 Copa Federación de España, National phase, Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was held 13 February 2015. Semi-finals were played between 4 and 18 March 2015.


2014–15 Copa del Rey
The 2014–15 Copa del Rey was the 113th staging of the Copa del Rey (including two seasons where two rival editions were played). The winners assure a place for the group stage of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.


2014–15 Copa del Rey
Real Madrid were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Atlético Madrid 2–4 on aggregate in the round of 16.


2014–15 Copa del Rey
Barcelona won the tournament by defeating Athletic Bilbao in the final, 3–1, thus achieving their record 27th title.


2014–15 Copa del Rey, Schedule and format
The fixtures' schedule was released by the RFEF and the LFP on 30 May 2014 and the format is identical to the previous season.


2014–15 Copa del Rey, Qualified teams
The following teams competed in the 2014–15 Copa del Rey.


2014–15 Copa del Rey, Qualified teams
Twenty teams of 2014–15 Segunda División (Barcelona B was excluded for being a reserve team and Racing Santander was sanctioned):


2014–15 Copa del Rey, Qualified teams
36 teams of 2014–15 Segunda División B: the top five teams of each of the 4 groups (excluding reserve teams), the five with the highest number of points out of the remaining non-reserve teams (*), the three teams relegated from 2013–14 Segunda División, and the twelve teams winners of a group of 2013–14 Tercera División (or at least the ones with the highest number of points within their group since reserve teams are excluded) that were promoted to Segunda División B.


2014–15 Copa del Rey, Qualified teams
Seven teams of 2014–15 Tercera División. Teams that qualified were six of eighteen champions that were not promoted to Segunda División B (or at least the ones with the highest number of points within their group since reserve teams were excluded):


2014–15 Copa del Rey, First round
The draw for First and Second round was held on 31 July 2014 at 13:00 CEST in La Ciudad del Fútbol, RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas, Madrid. In this round 43 Segunda División B and Tercera División teams gained entry. In the draw, firstly seven teams from the 2014–15 Segunda División B (L'Hospitalet, Guadalajara, Fuenlabrada, Zamora, Lleida Esportiu, Mirandés and Guijuelo) received a bye and then remaining teams from 2014–15 Segunda División B and teams from 2014–15 Tercera División faced according to proximity criteria by next groups:


2014–15 Copa del Rey, Second round
The draw was held together with the First round draw on 31 July 2014 in La Ciudad del Fútbol. In the draw, the team from 2014–15 Segunda División B or 2014–15 Tercera División, winner from First round match Oviedo v Amorebieta, received a bye. Teams from 2014–15 Segunda División gained entry in this round and faced each other. Winners of First round, together with the seven teams which received a bye, faced each other too.


2014–15 Copa del Rey, Third round
The draw was held on 22 September 2013 at 13:00 CEST in La Ciudad del Fútbol. In the draw, as Mirandés was relocated to the pot with the teams of 2014–15 Segunda División, one team from this league received a bye. Teams from Segunda División faced each other and teams from 2014–15 Segunda División B and 2014–15 Tercera División faced each other.


2014–15 Copa del Rey, Final phase
The draw for the Round of 32 was held on October 17, 2014, in La Ciudad del Fútbol. In this round, all La Liga teams gained entry in the competition.


2014–15 Copa del Rey, Final phase
Round of 32 pairings were as follows: the six remaining teams participating in Segunda División B and Tercera División faced the La Liga teams which qualified for European competitions, this was: four teams from Pot 1 (Segunda B and Tercera) were drawn against four teams from pot 2a (Champions) and the two remaining teams in pot 1 were drawn in the same way with the pot 2b teams (Europa League). The remaining team in pot 2b was drawn with a Segunda División team (Pot 3).


2014–15 Copa del Rey, Final phase
The five remaining teams in this pot were drawn against five teams of the thirteen remaining teams of La Liga (Pot 4). The remaining eight teams of La Liga faced each other. Matches involving teams with different league tiers were played at home on the first leg the team in lower tier. This rule also  applied in the Round of 16, but not for Quarter-finals and Semi-finals, in which order of the two legs was decided by the draw.


2014–15 Copa del Rey de Balonmano
The Copa del Rey de Balonmano 2014–15 was the 40th edition of this tournament, organized by Liga ASOBAL. The tournament began on October 4 and 5 with the matches of the first round.


2014–15 Copa del Rey de Balonmano
FC Barcelona won its nineteenth Copa del Rey title after defeating BM Granollers 27–26 in the Final. Further, with this win, FC Barcelona achieved a 2014–15 season trophy record (7), winning every trophy which they played: Liga ASOBAL, Copa del Rey, Copa ASOBAL, Supercopa ASOBAL, EHF Champions League, Superglobe and the Supercopa de Catalunya.


2014–15 Copa del Rey de Balonmano, Round of 16
The draw was conducted on 24 October 2014. Matches were to be played on 5 November.


2014–15 Copa del Rey de Balonmano, Quarter finals
The quarter final's draw was conducted on 20 December during ASOBAL's general meeting in León. This round was due to play over two legs. The matches were scheduled for 4 February 2015 (1st leg) and 1 April (2nd leg).


2014–15 Copa del Rey de Balonmano, Final four
The Final Four was played during days 6 and 7 June at Palacio de Deportes in Gijón, Asturias. The draw was conducted on May 14. One place to the 2015–16 EHF Cup was given to the champion. As FC Barcelona and Fraikin Granollers qualified to European competitions through the 2014–15 Liga ASOBAL, Juanfersa Gijón and Ángel Ximénez Puente Genil can qualify if they at least win the semifinals. If both teams lose their match, the fifth qualified in Liga ASOBAL would play EHF Cup.


2014–15 Copa del Rey de Futsal
The 2014–15 Copa del Rey was the 5th staging of the Copa del Rey de Futsal. The competition began on 23 and 24 September 2013 with First round matches. The Final took place on 2 May at Pabellón Diego Calvo Valera, in Águilas, Region of Murcia.


2014–15 Copa del Rey de Futsal
Barcelona Alusport is the defending champion after winning its fourth title in previous edition but will not able to defend its title after they were defeated in Semifinals to Inter Movistar.


2014–15 Copa del Rey de Futsal
In the Final, Inter Movistar won 3–0 to Marfil Santa Coloma clinching its first Copa del Rey title.


2014–15 Copa del Rey de Futsal, First round
Draw was held on Saturday, 6 September. Matches played on 23–27 September 2014.


2014–15 Copa del Rey de Futsal, Second round
Draw took place on 26 September at RFEF headquarters. Draw included ten winners from the first round plus all Primera División and 10 remaining Segunda División teams.


2014–15 Copa del Rey de Futsal, Round of 16
Round of 16 draw took place on 21 October at RFEF headquarters. This round draw includes the 16 winners from the Round of 32 which in summary are 10 teams from Primera División, 3 from Segunda División and 3 from Segunda División B.


2014–15 Copa del Rey de Futsal, Round of 16
Matches to be played on 4 and 5 November 2014.


2014–15 Copa del Rey de Futsal, Quarter finals
Quarter-finals draw took place on 12 November 2014, at the RFEF headquarters.


2014–15 Copa del Rey de Futsal, Semi finals
Semi-finals draw to be held on 18 December 2014, at the RFEF headquarters.


2014–15 Copa del Rey de Futsal, Semi finals
First leg matches to be played on 14 January 2015 and second leg on 4 February.


2014–15 Copa del Rey de Futsal, Semi finals, Final
The final was played on 2 May at the Pabellón Diego Calvo Valera in Águilas, Region of Murcia.


2014–15 Coppa Italia
The 2014–15 Coppa Italia, also known as TIM Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 68th edition of the national cup in Italian football. Napoli were the defending champions, having won the previous year's final, but were eliminated in the semi-finals by Lazio. Juventus emerged victorious with a 2–1 win in extra time, achieving a record tenth title.


2014–15 Coppa Italia, Second round
Second round matches were played on 16 & 17 August 2014.


2014–15 Coppa Italia, Third round
Third round matches were played on 21, 22, 23 and 24 August 2014.


2014–15 Coppa Italia, Fourth round
Fourth round matches were played on 2, 3 and 4 December 2014.


2014–15 Coppa Italia, Final stage, Bracket, Round of 16
Round of 16 were played on 13, 14, 15, 20, 21 and 22 January 2015.


2014–15 Coppa Italia, Final stage, Bracket, Quarter-finals
Quarter-finals were played on 27, 28 January, 3 and 4 February 2015.


2014–15 Coppa Italia, Final stage, Bracket, Semi-finals
Semi-finals were played on 4–5 March & 7–8 April 2015.


2014–15 Coppa Titano
The 2014−15 Coppa Titano is the cup's 57th season. It began on 27 August 2013. Libertas are the defending champion.


2014–15 Coppa Titano
The winner of the 2014–15 Coppa Titano qualifies for the 2015–16 Europa League first qualifying round.


2014–15 Coppa Titano, Group stage
Teams play each other home and away. The top two from each group advance to the Knockout stage. The third placed teams play each other to determine two more teams to join them.


2014–15 Coppa Titano, Third place play–off
The three third-place teams will play each other to determine which two teams will advance to the Elimination rounds.


2014–15 Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team
The 2014–15 Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team represented Coppin State University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by first-year head coach Michael Grant, played their home games at the Physical Education Complex and were members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 8–23 6–10 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the MEAC TOurnament where they lost to North Carolina Central.


2014–15 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team
The 2014–15 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team represented Cornell University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Big Red, led by fifth year head coach Bill Courtney, played their home games at Newman Arena and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 13–17, 5–9 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for fifth place.


2014–15 Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey season
The Cornell Big Red represented Cornell University in ECAC women's ice hockey during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. The Big Red advanced to the ECAC Championship game until being stopped by Harvard.


2014–15 Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey season, Offseason
One former and six current Cornell players were invited to try out for Team Canada in Fall Festival Tryouts.


2014–15 Coupe de France
The 2014–15 Coupe de France was the 98th season of the most prestigious football cup competition of France. The competition was organised by the French Football Federation (FFF) and was opened to all clubs in French football, as well as clubs from the overseas departments and territories (Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, and Réunion).


2014–15 Coupe de France
Guingamp were the defending champions, having defeated Rennes in the previous season's final, but were knocked out in the semi-finals by Auxerre.


2014–15 Coupe de France, Seventh round
There are 88 matches this round. 145 winners from the sixth round are joined by 11 overseas teams and 20 Ligue 2 teams.


2014–15 Coupe de France, Round of 64
44 winners of the eighth round are joined by the 20 Ligue 1 teams.


2014–15 Coupe de France, Final
The 2015 Coupe de France final was played on 30 May 2015 between Auxerre, from Ligue 2; and Paris Saint-Germain, from Ligue 1.


2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue
The 2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue was the 21st edition of the French league cup competition. The competition was organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel and was open to the 44 professional clubs in France that are managed by the organization.


2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue
Paris Saint-Germain were the reigning champions, having defeated Lyon 2–1 in the previous season's final for a record fourth title. They won their fifth on 11 April, defeating Bastia 4–0 in the final.


2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue, First round
First round matches were held over 1 day; 12 of August 2014. The 10 winners secured places in the second round.


2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue, Second round
The round featured the 10 winners of the first-round matches, plus Ajaccio and Châteauroux, who were exempt from the first round. The matches were contested on 26 August 2014.


2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue, Third round
The round features the 6 winners of the second round matches in addition to 14 Ligue 1 clubs who were not participating in the European competitions. The matches were contested on 28 and 29 October 2014.


2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue, Round of 16
The draw for the Round of 16 of the 2014–15 edition of the Coupe de la Ligue was held on 5 November 2014. The round featured the ten winners of the third round matches and the six Ligue 1 clubs that qualified for European competition in the 2013–14 season. The matches were contested on 16 and 17 December 2014.


2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was held 17 December 2014 following the conclusion of the Round of 16 matches. The round featured the eight winners of the Round of 16 matches and were contested on 13 and 14 January 2015.


2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue, Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 14 January 2015 following the conclusion of the quarter-finals matches. The round featured the four winners of the quarter-final matches and were contested on 3 and 4 February 2015.


2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue, Final
The final was held on 11 April 2015 at the Stade de France, Saint-Denis.


2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue, Media coverage
For the seventh consecutive season, the tournament was screened in France by France Télévisions.


2014–15 Coventry City F.C. season
The 2014–15 season was Coventry City's 95th season in The Football League and their third consecutive season in League One. In addition to League One, the Sky Blues also entered the Football League Cup, FA Cup and Football League Trophy competitions.


2014–15 Coventry City F.C. season
On 9 November 2014 Coventry were eliminated from the FA Cup in the 1st Round following a shock 2–1 home defeat to Football Conference North side Worcester City, and the second time they had lost to non-league opposition in 25 years following their defeat away to Sutton United in January 1989. This was in the wake of their 1st Round elimination from the Football League Cup in August, having lost 1–2 at home to Football League Championship side Cardiff City.


2014–15 Coventry City F.C. season, Review and events, Monthly events
21 August – Coventry City return to the Ricoh Arena following thirteen months playing at Northampton Town's Sixfields Stadium.


2014–15 Coventry City F.C. season, Squad details
* Player age and appearances/goals for the club as of beginning of 2014–15 season.


2014–15 Coventry City F.C. season, Matches, League One
The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.


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


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


2014–15 Coventry City F.C. season, League One data, League table
A total of 24 teams contest the division: 17 sides remaining in the division from last season, three relegated from the Championship, and four promoted from League Two.


2014–15 Coventry City F.C. season, League One data, Results summary
Last updated: 3 May 2015. Source: CCFC League One Results


2014–15 Crawley Town F.C. season
The 2014–15 season was the 65th season in which Crawley Town played senior football, and the 9th as a fully professional team. Crawley Town competed in Football League One, the third tier of English football, following automatic promotion from League Two during the 2011–12 season.


2014–15 Crawley Town F.C. season, Season summary
The 2014–15 season saw Crawley struggle for form, and Gregory resigned for health reasons near the end of 2014, with the club in the relegation zone. Dean Saunders was appointed to replace him on an interim basis, and despite an upturn in form, was unable to get the club out of trouble. On Sunday 3 May 2015, Crawley were relegated to League Two, following a 1–2 defeat at home to Coventry City. Saunders' short-term deal was not renewed after the season ended, and he was replaced by Mark Yates.


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


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


2014–15 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team
The 2014–15 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team represented Creighton University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bluejays, led by fifth-year head coach Greg McDermott, played their home games at the CenturyLink Center Omaha, and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 14–19, 4–14 in Big East play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament where they lost to Georgetown.


2014–15 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team, Previous season
The Bluejays finished the season with an overall record of 27–8, with a record of 14–4 in the Big East regular season for a second-place finish. In the 2014 Big East Tournament, the Bluejays were defeated by Providence, 65–58 in the championship game. They were invited to the 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament which they defeated Louisiana–Lafayette in the second round before losing to Baylor in third round.


2014–15 Creighton Bluejays women's basketball team
The 2014–15 Creighton Bluejays women's basketball team represented Creighton University in the 2014–15 college basketball season. The Bluejays were led by 12th year head coach Jim Flanery and were members of the Big East Conference. The Bluejays play their home games at the D. J. Sokol Arena. They finished the season 17–14, 10–8 in Big East play to finish in a tie fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East Women's Tournament to St. John's. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to South Dakota in the first round.


2014–15 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season
During the 2014–15 English football season, Crewe Alexandra F.C. competed in Football League One, their 91st season in the English Football League.


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


2014–15 Crewe Alexandra 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 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season, Match details, League Cup
The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Crewe Alexandra were drawn at away to Barnsley.


2014–15 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season, Transfers, Out
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.


2014–15 Croatian First Football League
The 2014–15 Croatian First Football League (officially known as the MAXtv Prva Liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 24th season of the Croatian First Football League, the national championship for men's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 18 July 2014 and ended on 30 May 2015.


2014–15 Croatian First Football League
The league was contested by 10 teams. Dinamo Zagreb were the defending champions, having won their ninth consecutive title in 2013–14.


2014–15 Croatian First Football League, Teams
The following is a complete list of teams who will contest the 2014–15 Prva HNL.


2014–15 Croatian First Football League, Results, Relegation play-off
At the end of season, ninth placed Istra 1961 qualified for a home and away relegation playoff tie against Sesvete, runners-up of the 2014–15 Croatian Second Football League. However, Sesvete's managing board decided not to contest the tie, as their home stadium in Sesvete failed to get a licence for top-level football. As the club also refused to use Maksimir Stadium as a replacement venue for hosting home games, Istra 1961 automatically avoided relegation and qualified for 2015–16 Croatian First Football League.


2014–15 Croatian Football Cup
The 2014–15 Croatian Football Cup was the twenty-fourth season of Croatia's football knockout competition. The defending champions are Rijeka, having won their third title the previous year by defeating Dinamo Zagreb in the final.


2014–15 Croatian Football Cup, Preliminary round
The draw for the preliminary round was held on 11 August 2014 with matches scheduled on 27 August 2014.


2014–15 Croatian Football Cup, First round
First round proper will consist of 16 single-legged matches, with 16 winners of the preliminary round joined by 16 clubs with the highest cup coefficients. Matches are scheduled for 24 September 2014.


2014–15 Croatian Football Cup, Second round
The second round was contested on 29 October 2014 by 16 winners from the first round in eight single-legged fixtures.


2014–15 Croatian Football Cup, Quarter-finals
Quarter-final ties will be played over two legs, scheduled for 11 February and 4 March 2015. The round featured eight winners from the second round. The unseeded draw for quarter-final pairings was held on 4 November.


2014–15 Croatian Football Cup, Semi-finals
Semi-final ties will be played over two legs and are scheduled for 8 and 22 April 2015. The round featured four winners from the quarter-final. The unseeded draw for semi-final pairings was held on 6 March.


2014–15 Croatian Football Cup, Final
The final was played over one leg on 20 May 2015.


2014–15 Croatian Football Cup, Final
0–0 on aggregate. Dinamo Zagreb won 4–2 in penalty shootout.


2014–15 Croatian Ice Hockey League season
The 2014–15 Croatian Ice Hockey League season was the 24th season of the Croatian Ice Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Croatia. KHL Medveščak Zagreb II won the championship by defeating KHL Mladost Zagreb in the final. Many KHL players from Medveščak's top team joined the second team for the playoffs.


2014–15 Croatian Premier League (men's handball)
The 2014–15 Croatian Premier Handball League is the 24th season of the Premier League, Croatia's premier Handball league.


2014–15 Croatian Premier League (men's handball), Team information
The following 16 clubs compete in the Premijer liga during the 2014–15 season:


2014–15 Croatian Premier League (men's handball), Regular season, Standings
Pld - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost; GF - Goals for; GA - Goals against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.


2014–15 Croatian Premier League (men's handball), Regular season, Schedule and results
In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.


2014–15 Croatian Premier League (men's handball), Championship round, Standings
Pld - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost; GF - Goals for; GA - Goals against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.


2014–15 Croatian Premier League (men's handball), Championship round, Schedule and results
In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.


2014–15 Croatian Second Football League
The 2014–15 Croatian Second Football League (also known as Druga HNL or 2. HNL) is the 24th season of Croatia's second level football competition since its establishment in 1992.


2014–15 Croatian Second Football League
NK Zagreb were league champions and earned a place in Croatia's first division, Croatian First Football League. Pomorac withdrew from the competition due to financial instability.


2014–15 Croatian Second Football League, Format
The league is contested by 12 teams. Only two teams from Croatian Third Football League were granted license for competing in the second level - Bistra and Imotski.


2014–15 Croatian Second Football League, Format
Hrvatski Dragovoljac were relegated from 2013–14 Croatian First Football League.


2014–15 Croatian Second Football League, Changes from last season
The following clubs have been promoted or relegated at the end of the 2013–14 season:


2014–15 Croatian Second Football League, Top goalscorers
The top scorers in the 2014–15 Croatian Second Football League season were:


2014–15 Croatian Women's First Football League
The 2014–15 Croatian Women's First Football League (Prva hrvatska nogometna liga za žene) was the twenty fourth season of Croatian Women's First Football League, the national championship for women's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992.


2014–15 Croatian Women's First Football League
The league was contested by 10 teams, two more than in the previous season. ŽNK Osijek were the defending champions, having won their eighteenth title in 2013–14.


2014–15 Croatian Women's First Football League
In April 2015, Rijeka-Jack Pot announced their withdrawal from the competition. According to the competition rulebook since they quit during the first half of the second part of the season, the matches played in the first part of the season were considered valid and all further matches were considered as not played. They played only one match in the second part of the season, a 5–1 loss against Viktorija.


2014–15 Croatian Women's First Football League, Teams
The following is a complete list of teams who are contesting the 2014–15 Prva HNLŽ.


2014–15 Croatian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Croatia on 28 December 2014 and 11 January 2015, the sixth such elections since independence in 1991. Only four candidates contested the elections, the lowest number since 1997. Incumbent President Ivo Josipović, who had been elected as the candidate of the Social Democratic Party in 2009–2010 but ran as an independent, was eligible to seek reelection for a second and final five-year term.


2014–15 Croatian presidential election
As no candidate received 50% of the vote in the first round in December 2014, a run-off took place in January 2015 between the two candidates with the most votes; Josipović and Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović. Grabar-Kitarović went on to win the elections by a slim margin of 32,509 votes or 1.48%, making her Croatia's first female president.


2014–15 Croatian presidential election
The elections were the second to have a woman in the run-off, the first having been the 2005 elections, and also featured the youngest candidate to run in a presidential contest, Ivan Vilibor Sinčić, aged 24. The election of Grabar-Kitarović was the first victory for the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) in a presidential election since the death of Franjo Tuđman in December 1999, making her the first right-wing President of Croatia in 15 years.


2014–15 Croatian presidential election
The defeat of Josipović marked the first time that an incumbent Croatian President had failed to win reelection for a second five-year term, with both his predecessors Franjo Tuđman and Stjepan Mesić serving two terms. The number of votes (1,114,900) received by Grabar-Kitarović in the second round was the lowest number of votes received by any elected Croatian President to date. Grabar-Kitarović was sworn in as the fourth President of Croatia on 15 February 2015, becoming the youngest person to take office as President of the Republic of Croatia, aged 46 years and 295 days.


2014–15 Croatian presidential election, Background and rules
In mid-October 2014 the SDP-led government proposed adopting a new electoral law by February 2015. SDP's parliamentary speaker Josip Leko stated that the party's position in consultation with the Venice Commission was that the electoral law should not be changed within a year prior to an election. However, the new Law on the Election of the President of the Republic of Croatia was subsequently voted in by the SDP-led parliamentary majority on 24 October.


2014–15 Croatian presidential election, Background and rules
The opposition Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) walked out on the vote criticizing the timing, while most of the parliament's minority representatives voted against the law due to a lack of consultation of parliamentary groups. The SDP's Peđa Grbin, head of the parliament's constitutional committee jeered the opposition: "I understand why my colleagues from HDZ are opposed, since they won't have to wait until midnight to find that they've also lost these elections" - ostensibly in reference to a part of the law which shortened the electoral silence from midnight on election day to the closing of the polls.


2014–15 Croatian presidential election, Background and rules
One of the more significant changes to the law involved limiting voting abroad to consular offices. This had the effect of greatly reducing the number of polling stations in neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina: from 124 in the 2009-10 presidential elections to 15 in the current election. The Croatian People's Assembly, a grouping of Croat parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina, protested at the reduction. Overall the number of polling stations abroad was reduced from 250 to 90.


2014–15 Croatian presidential election, Background and rules
On 20 November Croatian prime minister Zoran Milanović called presidential elections to take place on 28 December.


2014–15 Croatian presidential election, Background and rules
Opinions polls in late 2014 showed the Croatian public with high disapproval ratings of the country's direction and the government: 82% and 79% respectively.


2014–15 Croatian presidential election, Campaign before the official start
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović was first discussed as the Croatian Democratic Union's candidate in May 2014 after the party emerged with the most votes and seats nationally in the European Parliament elections. Her candidature was confirmed by party leader Tomislav Karamarko on 12 June.


2014–15 Croatian presidential election, Campaign before the official start
In October, president Josipović had to deal with the fallout from an article written by his chief analyst Dejan Jović claiming that the 1991 Croatian independence referendum was "quite illiberal and was not held in free and honest circumstances". Josipović subsequently dismissed Jović.


2014–15 Croatian presidential election, Candidates
Candidates seeking nomination first had to submit a minimum of 10,000 citizens' signatures to the State Electoral Commission (Državno izborno povjerenstvo or DIP) in order for their candidacy to be formally accepted. The signatures had to be collected in a period of twelve days, from 25 November to 6 December. The deadline for submissions was midnight, 6 December, with most candidates submitting a much larger number of signatures as a show of support. Following the submissions, DIP had two days to check the validity of signatures and announced a final list of candidates by midnight on 8 December. On 9 December the campaign officially started, and lasted for 18 days until 26 December, celebrated in Croatia as St. Stephen's Day.


2014–15 Croatian presidential election, Candidates
The first to submit his signatures was Milan Kujundžić who handed them in on 5 December. Incumbent president Ivo Josipović submitted his 203,875 signatures along with prime minister Zoran Milanović and other members of his cabinet on the day of the deadline. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović and Ivan Sinčić both also submitted the required signatures later that day.


2014–15 Croatian presidential election, Campaign
During the course of the first-round campaign the head of the president's War Veterans Council Vlado Marić gave his resignation in protest of Josipović. His resignation cited a lack of an "appropriate reaction to multiple attempts to show either [Josipović] or his close associates, personally or through the War Veterans Council, of the difficulty and seriousness of the problems affecting Croatian veterans".


2014–15 Croatian presidential election, Campaign
Incumbent president Ivo Josipović addressed his supporters on the night of the first round of elections. During his speech he stated "Too much blood has been spilled for Croatia and too many defenders died that we would give Croatia up to those who don't deserve it" in reference to the opposition challenger Grabar-Kitarović. The Croatian Democratic Union criticized the president's rhetoric as "dirty and aggressive" and stressed that while Josipović "speaks of blood", their candidate offers "peace, unity and optimism".


2014–15 Croatian presidential election, Campaign
After the first round, third place candidate Ivan Sinčić was asked which of the two candidates he would support in the second round to which he replied that he could not support either due to moral reasons. Sinčić's Živi zid told his supporters to spoil their ballots in the second round by entering Sinčić's name on the ballot. Vice-president of the SDP government Milanka Opačić called Sinčić a "colourful lie" in an interview from the Josipović campaign headquarters on the night of the first-round elections.


2014–15 Croatian presidential election, Campaign
In response Sinčić's campaign manager Dušan Cvetanović called SDP and the government "a colourful lie which ever fewer people have faith in". SDP vice-president and director of operations for Josipović's campaign Željka Antunović also said that "Sinčić acted like an anarchist and didn't offer solutions". Nevertheless, the following day Josipović reached out to Sinčić's voters: "I hope that those voters who were for Sinčić recognize that this is a field where we're playing together". Sinčić continued his work with Živi zid after the first round. He was arrested during an attempt to prevent an eviction in Zagreb on 8 January.


2014–15 Croatian presidential election, Campaign
Fourth placed candidate Milan Kujundžić implicitly endorsed Grabar-Kitarović during his concession speech on the first-round election night stating that "Croatia will get a new president". The Croatian Party of Rights which had backed Kujundžić subsequently endorsed Grabar-Kitarović.


2014–15 Croatian presidential election, Campaign
Grabar-Kitarović entered the second round as only the second woman to do so after Jadranka Kosor in 2005, and attempting to be the first to win the presidency. In prime minister Milanović's new-year interview with RTL he referred to her as a "prima ballerina" in the previous HDZ government when she served as minister.


2014–15 Croatian presidential election, Campaign
In the interview Milanović also referred to Croatian Catholic bishops as "the most backward in Europe" and referred to Orthodox Christmas as the only non-working day in the coming weeks, despite Ephipany being celebrated as a national non-working holiday on 6 January and Orthodox Christmas being an optional non-working holiday reserved for those Orthodox observing it.


2014–15 Croatian presidential election, Campaign
Josipović continued with some events in his presidential role during the campaign. On 6 January he was to attend the Serbian National Council's Christmas party. Traditionally, the event is attended by the president although Josipović had last been in 2012 after a falling-out with the head of the council Milorad Pupovac.


2014–15 Croatian presidential election, Campaign, Debates - Second round
Grabar-Kitarović and Josipović were scheduled to have three head-to-head debates before the second round:


2014–15 Croatian presidential election, Analysis
Incumbent president Ivo Josipović and opposition candidate Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović received the greatest number of votes in the first round. The result was notable for being much closer than expected in pre-election polls, with respective vote shares of 38.46% and 37.22%. Political analyst Žarko Puhovski criticized the polls for having an inadequate sample and being overly reliant on telephone polling.


2014–15 Croatian presidential election, Analysis
The new electoral law put into place by the Milanović government had the effect of greatly reducing the number of polling stations in neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina for Croatian citizens residing there. This translated to a greatly reduced turnout there: from 50,859 in the first round of the 2009 presidential elections to 7,372 in 2014. The Croatian Democratic Union agreed with its sister party in Bosnia and Herzegovina on organizing free buses for voters to polling stations for the second round. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović had received an overwhelming majority there in the first round. Josipović's campaign complained to the State Electoral Commission that offering free rides to polling stations constituted a donation which would violate electoral rules. However, votes of the diaspora still wouldn't change the outcome.


2014–15 Croatian presidential election, Analysis
Around 60% of voters between ages 18 and 29 voted for Grabar-Kitarović, while Josipović was favoured by voters older than 60.


2014–15 Crystal Palace F.C. season
The 2014–15 season was Crystal Palace's second consecutive season back in the Premier League, and was also the first time they had ever been in the Premier League for two seasons in a row. Palace also competed in the League Cup and the FA Cup.


2014–15 Crystal Palace F.C. season, Summary, Management
Crystal Palace began the season under the management of Neil Warnock who returned to the club for his second spell in charge following the departure of Tony Pulis less than 48 hours before the season began. However Warnock's tenure would only last until 27 December when he was sacked from his position as manager, with former Palace player Alan Pardew being appointed as his replacement on 3 January 2015.


2014–15 Cuban National Series
The 2014–15 Cuban National Series was the 54th season of the league. Ciego de Ávila defeated Isla de la Juventud in the series' final round. This was the first finals appearance for Isla de la Juventud, and the third for Ciego de Ávila.


2014–15 Cupa Ligii
The 2014–15 Cupa Ligii was the first official season of the Cupa Ligii. The winner, Steaua București, was not granted a place in the UEFA Europa League, but received €265,000.


2014–15 Cupa României
The 2014–15 Cupa României was the seventy-seventh season of the annual Romanian primary football knockout tournament. Astra Giurgiu, last season's title holders, were eliminated in the Round of 32 by the Liga II team Mioveni. Steaua București won the tournament.


2014–15 Cupa României, First round
All matches will be played on the 16 July 2014


2014–15 Cupa României, Second round
All matches will be played on the 30 July 2014


2014–15 Cupa României, Third round
All matches will be played on the 13 August 2014


2014–15 Cupa României, Fourth round
All matches will be played on the 26 August 2014


2014–15 Cupa României, Fifth Round
All matches will be played on the 9 September 2014


2014–15 Cupa României, Round of 32
All matches will be played on the 23, 24 and 25 September 2014


2014–15 Cupa României, Round of 16
All matches will be played on 28, 29 and 30 October 2014


2014–15 Cyclo-cross BPost Bank Trophy
The BPost Bank Trophy 2014–2015 is a season long cyclo-cross competition which began on 12 October with the GP Mario De Clercq and will end on 7 February in Lille. In this season Oostmalle, that became an independent race this season, is replaced by Hamme, a former race in the Superprestige.


2014–15 Cyclo-cross BPost Bank Trophy
This edition follows the ranking system introduced the year before, using time instead of points.


2014–15 Cyclo-cross Superprestige
The 2014–2015 Cyclo-cross Superprestige events and season-long competition took place between 5 October 2014 and 14 February 2015. This was the first season after Niels Albert gave a press-conference that he had to stop competitive cycling because of a heart condition. Meanwhile, Sven Nys was going this season for his 14th title in the Cyclo-cross Superprestige.


2014–15 Cyclo-cross Superprestige, Season standings
In each race, the top 15 riders gain points, going from 15 points for the winner decreasing by one point per position to 1 point for the rider finishing in 15th position. In case of ties in the total score of two or more riders, the following tie breakers exist: most races started, most races won, best result in the last race.


2014–15 Cymru Alliance
The 2014–15 Cymru Alliance (known as the Huws Gray Alliance for sponsorship reasons) is a football league in Wales. It is the top division of football in North & Central Wales and the second tier of the Welsh football league system.


2014–15 Cymru Alliance
The reigning champions are Cefn Druids. They were promoted to the Welsh Premier League.


2014–15 Cypriot Cup
The 2014–15 Cypriot Cup was the 73rd edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 26 clubs entered the competition. It began on 29 October 2014 with the first round and concluded on 20 May 2015 with the final which was held at GSZ Stadium. APOEL clinched their 21st Cypriot Cup trophy and their second in successive seasons with a convincing 4–2 victory over AEL Limassol.


2014–15 Cypriot Cup, Format
In the 2014–15 Cypriot Cup, participated all the teams of the Cypriot First Division and the Cypriot Second Division (Divisions B1 and B2). Teams from the two lower divisions (Third and Fourth) competed in a separate cup competition.


2014–15 Cypriot Cup, Format
The competition consisted of five rounds. In the first round each tie was played as a single leg and was held at the home ground of the one of the two teams, according to the draw results. Each tie winner was qualifying to the next round. If a match was drawn, extra time was following. If extra time was drawn, there was a replay at the ground of the team who were away for the first game. If the rematch was also drawn, then extra time was following and if the match remained drawn after extra time the winner was decided by penalty shoot-out.


2014–15 Cypriot Cup, Format
The next three rounds were played in a two-legged format, each team playing a home and an away match against their opponent. The team which scored more goals on aggregate, was qualifying to the next round. If the two teams scored the same number of goals on aggregate, then the team which scored more goals away from home was advancing to the next round.


2014–15 Cypriot Cup, Format
If both teams had scored the same number of home and away goals, then extra time was following after the end of the second leg match. If during the extra thirty minutes both teams had managed to score, but they had scored the same number of goals, then the team who scored the away goals was advancing to the next round (i.e. the team which was playing away). If there weren't scored any goals during extra time, the qualifying team was determined by penalty shoot-out.


2014–15 Cypriot Cup, Format
The cup winner secured a place in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.


2014–15 Cypriot Cup, First round
The first round draw took place on 16 October 2014 and the matches played on 29 October and 5 November 2014.


2014–15 Cypriot Cup, Second round
The second round draw took place on 11 December 2014 and the matches played on 7, 14, 28 January 2015 and on 4 February 2015.


2014–15 Cypriot Cup, Second round
The following six teams advanced directly to second round, meeting the ten winners of first round ties:


2014–15 Cypriot Cup, Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals draw took place on 27 January 2015 and the matches played on 11 and 18 February 2015 and on 4 and 11 March 2015.


2014–15 Cypriot Cup, Semi-finals
The semi-finals draw took place on 24 March 2015 and the matches played on 8 and 22 April 2015.


2014–15 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions
The 2014–15 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions was the 7th edition of the Cypriot Cup for lower divisions. A total of 12 clubs entered the competition. It began on 5 November 2014 with the first round and concluded on 8 April 2015 with the final which was held at Geroskipou Municipality Stadium. Akritas Chlorakas won their 1st cup trophy after beating PAEEK FC 1–0 in the final.


2014–15 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions, Format
Only teams from the Cypriot Third Division and Cypriot Fourth Division could participate. Participation was not compulsory. 12 of 28 participated that season.


2014–15 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions, Format
The competition consisted of four rounds. In the first round each tie was played as a single leg and was held at the home ground of the one of the two teams, according to the draw results. Each tie winner was qualifying to the next round. If a match was drawn, extra time was following. If extra time was drawn, there was a replay at the ground of the team who were away for the first game. If the rematch was also drawn, then extra time was following and if the match remained drawn after extra time the winner was decided by penalty shoot-out.


2014–15 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions, Format
The next two rounds were played in a two-legged format, each team playing a home and an away match against their opponent. The team which scored more goals on aggregate, was qualifying to the next round. If the two teams scored the same number of goals on aggregate, then the team which scored more goals away from home was advancing to the next round.


2014–15 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions, Format
If both teams had scored the same number of home and away goals, then extra time was following after the end of the second leg match. If during the extra thirty minutes both teams had managed to score, but they had scored the same number of goals, then the team who scored the away goals was advancing to the next round (i.e. the team which was playing away). If there weren't scored any goals during extra time, the qualifying team was determined by penalty shoot-out.


2014–15 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions, First round
4 out of the 12 teams were drawn to qualify directly to the second round, without needing to play any match.


2014–15 Cypriot First Division
The 2014–15 Cypriot First Division was the 76th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It began on 23 August 2014 and ended on 24 May 2015. APOEL were the defending champions.


2014–15 Cypriot First Division
The league reduced from 14 to 12 teams this season, comprised ten teams from the 2013–14 season and two promoted teams from the 2013–14 B1 Division. APOEL won the league for a 24th time and a third time in a row, after amassing 62 points.


2014–15 Cypriot First Division, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
Enosis Neon Paralimni and Alki Larnaca were relegated at the end of the first stage of the 2013–14 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were joined by Aris Limassol and AEK Kouklia, who finished at the bottom of the second-phase relegation group.


2014–15 Cypriot First Division, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
The relegated teams were replaced by 2013–14 B1 Division champions Ayia Napa and runners-up Othellos Athienou.


2014–15 Cypriot First Division, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014–15 Cypriot First Division (women)
The 2014–15 Cypriot First Division (women) was the 17th season of women's league football under the Cyprus Football Association.


2014–15 Cypriot First Division (women)
The league was won by Apollon Limassol, its seventh consecutive title. By winning, Apollon qualified to 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League.


2014–15 Cypriot Fourth Division
The 2014–15 Cypriot Fourth Division was the 30th season of the Cypriot fourth-level football league. Alki Oroklini won their 1st title. The 2014–15 season was the last one ever for the Cypriot Fourth Division, as the league was dissolved and replaced by the STOK Elite Division.


2014–15 Cypriot Fourth Division, Format
Fourteen teams participated in the 2014–15 Cypriot Fourth Division. All teams played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season crowned champions. The first five teams were promoted to the 2015–16 Cypriot Third Division. All the other teams participated in 2015–16 STOK Elite Division.


2014–15 Cypriot Fourth Division, Format, Point system
Teams received three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.


2014–15 Cypriot Fourth Division, Changes from previous season
1Konstantios & Evripidis Trachoniou withdrew from the 2014–15 Cypriot Fourth Division.


2014–15 Cypriot Second Division
The 2014–15 Cypriot Second Division was the 60th season of the Cypriot second-level football league and it began on 20 September 2014. There was a new league system in place with the eight teams of the B1 Division, merging with the eight teams of the B2 Division, creating a unified Second Division. Before the season, Alki Larnaca was dissolved due to financial problems and AEK Kouklia and AEP Paphos merged to create Pafos FC, reducing the total of clubs competing from 16 to 14. Enosis Neon Paralimni won their 2nd title.


2014–15 Cypriot Third Division
The 2014–15 Cypriot Third Division was the 44th season of the Cypriot third-level football league. THOI Lakatamia won their 3rd title.


2014–15 Cypriot Third Division, Format
Fourteen teams participated in the 2014–15 Cypriot Third Division. All teams played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season crowned champions. The first three teams were promoted to the 2015–16 Cypriot Second Division and the last team was relegated to the 2015–16 Cypriot Fourth Division.


2014–15 Cypriot Third Division, Format, Point system
Teams received three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.


2014–15 Cypriot Third Division, Changes from previous season
1Onisillos Sotira were dissolved after the end of the 2013–14 season due to financial problems.


2014–15 Cypriot Third Division, Changes from previous season
1Enosi Neon Ypsona merged with Digenis Akritas Ipsona to form ENY-Digenis Ipsona.


2014–15 Cyprus Basketball Division A
The 2014–15 Cyprus Basketball Division A was the 48th season of the Cyprus Basketball Division A, the top-tier level professional basketball league on Cyprus. The season started on November 1, 2014, and ended April 21, 2015. AEK Larnaca won the national championship.


2014–15 Czech 1. Liga season
The 2014-15 Czech 1. liga season was the 21st season of the Czech 1. liga, the second level of ice hockey in the Czech Republic. 14 teams participated in the league.


2014–15 Czech 1. Liga season
Piráti Chomutov and ČEZ Motor České Budějovice have won this season of the league, with Chomutov later succeeding in the Extraliga qualification, thus being promoted to the league for the following season. They have been replaced by HC Slavia Praha, who have been relegated to the 1. Liga after 20 straight seasons in the Extraliga.


2014–15 Czech 1. Liga season
HC Rebel Havlíčkův Brod was relegated to the Czech 2. liga after almost 9 years in the league, having been plagued by financial difficulties during the entirety of the season. They have been replaced by HC ZUBR Přerov, who have been promoted from the 2. Liga.


2014–15 Czech 1. Liga season, Format
14 teams compete in the league, with the top 6 teams at the end of the regular season play qualifying for the playoffs. The teams that finish 7th through 10th play a play-in series (best-of-five) to determine who will join the top six into the playoff quarter-finals (best-of-seven). No final is played. Instead, two teams which win the semifinals are declared co-champions and both advance to the qualifying group against two worst placed teams at the end of the Extraliga regular season.


2014–15 Czech 1. Liga season, Format
The four lowest ranked teams (11–14) after the regular season play in a play-out group (12 games, all regular-season matches are counted into the ranking). The worst team after 12 rounds is relegated to the Czech 2. Liga.


2014–15 Czech 1. Liga season, 2015-16 Extraliga qualification
Piráti Chomutov have been promoted to the Extraliga for the 2015-16 season.


2014–15 Czech 1. Liga season, 2015-16 Extraliga qualification
HC Olomouc have qualified for the 2015-16 Czech Extraliga season


2014–15 Czech 1. Liga season, 2015-16 Extraliga qualification
HC Slavia Praha have been relegated to the Czech 1. Liga for the 2015–16 season, after 21 straight seasons in the Extraliga.


2014–15 Czech 1. Liga season, 2015-16 Extraliga qualification
ČEZ Motor České Budějovice failed to qualify for the 2015-16 Czech Extraliga season. They will resume playing in the Czech 1. Liga.


2014–15 Czech 1. Liga season, Play-out
*- the final game between HC Rebel Havlíčkův Brod and HC Most was cancelled.


2014–15 Czech Cup
The 2014–15 Czech Cup, known as the Česká Pošta Cup (Czech: Pohár české pošty) for sponsorship reasons, is the 22nd season of the annual knockout football tournament of the Czech Republic. It began with the preliminary round on 20 July 2014 and end with the final on 26 May 2015. The winner of the cup will gain the right to play in the third qualifying round of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.


2014–15 Czech Cup, Preliminary round
The preliminary round ties are scheduled for 20 July 2014. 52 teams compete in this round, all from level 4 or below of the Czech league system.


2014–15 Czech Cup, First round
The first round ties are scheduled for 26 July 2014.


2014–15 Czech Cup, Second round
The second round ties are scheduled for 12, 13, 19, 20 August & 2 September 2014.


2014–15 Czech Cup, Third round
The third round ties are scheduled for 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 24 September and 8 October 2014.


2014–15 Czech Cup, Fourth round
The fourth round ties were played on 23, 24 and 30 September, 8, 9, 14 and 29 October, 4, 5, 18 and 19 November and 4 December 2014.


2014–15 Czech Cup, Quarter-finals
Quarter-final matches were played on 31 March and 14 April 2015.


2014–15 Czech Cup, Semi-finals
Semifinal matches were played on 28/29 April and 12 May 2015.


2014–15 Czech Cup, Final
The final was played at Mladá Boleslav City Stadium on 27 May 2015.


2014–15 Czech Extraliga season
The 2014–15 Czech Extraliga season is the 22nd season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993.


2014–15 Czech Extraliga season, Regular season, Scoring leaders
List shows the ten best skaters based on the number of points during the regular season. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown. GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes


2014–15 Czech Extraliga season, Regular season, Leading goaltenders
These are the leaders in GAA among goaltenders who played at least 40% of the team's minutes. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.


2014–15 Czech Extraliga season, Regular season, Leading goaltenders
GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average