2014–15 Norwich City F.C. season, Transfers, Pre-season matches
The match was initially credited as being against Serie D side S.C. Vallée d'Aoste but following a complaint from their opponents Norwich added a correction to their match report which blamed the error to the late nature to the arrangement of the fixture. The matches on 20 July 2014 was initially announced to be played against Novara before they pulled out of the fixtures. A game on 23 July 2014 was initially due to be played against Sampdoria and then Livorno before both teams pulled out of the fixtures.


2014–15 Norwich City F.C. season, Transfers, Pre-season matches
They finished their tour of Italy with a final game against SC Bastia on 25 July 2014 with Anthony Pilkington scoring late on to snatch a draw. Norwich returned to Norfolk to play their first home pre-season game at against OGC Nice on 28 July 2014 where goals from Nathan Redmond, Lewis Grabban, Bradley Johnson, Andrew Surman and Elliott Bennett saw them win 5–1. They concluded their pre-season with a game at Carrow Road against Celta Vigo on 1 August 2014.


2014–15 Norwich City F.C. season, Championship Season, August
Norwich started their first season back in the Championship with a defeat at newly promoted Wolverhampton Wanderers by a single goal from David Edwards. Martin Olsson was sent off for two yellow cards during the game and accepted a charge of misconduct for an apparent push on referee Simon Hooper. The first home game of the season was a home fixture against Watford. The away team had Joel Ekstrand sent off after three minutes and goals from Johnson, Grabban and Tettey saw Norwich finish the game with a convincing 3–0 win.


2014–15 Norwich City F.C. season, Championship Season, August
Their second home game in four days saw Tom Cairney score for Blackburn after 49 seconds but two goals from Lewis Grabban and one from Bradley Johnson saw them end up 3–1 winners. They followed that up with a victory in their first East Anglian derby since their 5–1 win Portman Road in April 2011. Lewis Grabban scored the only goal in the game which was his fourth goal in three games. Grabban continued his run of scoring by scoring against his former club Bournemouth in the following match but Norwich had to settle for a draw following Callum Wilson's equaliser.


2014–15 Norwich City F.C. season, Championship Season, September
Following the break for the international matches Norwich resumed their league campaign in an away fixture at Cardiff City. First half goals from Joe Ralls and Aron Gunnarson saw Cardiff lead 2–0 at half time but second half goals from Olsson, Hoolahan, Turner and Jerome saw Norwich finish 2–4 winners. The result saw Norwich win the League Managers Association performance of the week award. The following Tuesday saw Norwich travel to a Brentford side who were sixth in the league.


2014–15 Norwich City F.C. season, Championship Season, September
After a tight first half finished without a goal Norwich scored three goals in fifteen minutes to go top of the table. The following game at home to Birmingham City saw Norwich come back from a two-goal deficit for the second time within a week. Two goals from Cameron Jerome saw the game finish in a draw.


2014–15 Norwich City F.C. season, Championship Season, September
Norwich's next game saw them travel to struggling Blackpool where they conceded the first goal shortly after half time but Norwich scored three second half goals to ensure they came from behind for the third time in four matches and also saw them return to the top of the table. Norwich returned to Carrow Road for the following fixture against Charlton Athletic. Despite dominating the game, with fifteen shots to Charlton's four, Charlton won the game with a late winner.


2014–15 Norwich City F.C. season, Championship Season, October
Norwich saw their run of home games without a win stretch to four when they drew to newly promoted Rotherham at Carrow Road. Rotherham took the lead when a late first half penalty was scored by Paul Green. Cameron Jerome equalised in the second half to earn a point for Norwich. Despite the draw results elsewhere meant that they went into the international break top of the league. Norwich went into the fixture against Fulham having not beaten them since 1986. In the end a single first half goal from Fulham was enough to settle the matter.


2014–15 Norwich City F.C. season, Championship Season, October
The following midweek fixture at home to Leeds saw Norwich score the first goal of the game for the first time since the Brentford fixture. The lead lasted only four minutes though and the game finished in a draw. The following match at Sheffield Wednesday finished in a draw and took the poor run of form to five games. The scoreless first half meant that Norwich hadn't scored a first half goal since the end of August, a run of ten league and cup fixtures. That run of games without a first half goal came to an end in the twelfth minute of their victory at home to Bolton Wanderers.


2014–15 Norwich City F.C. season, Championship Season, November
Norwich travelled to Middlesbrough for a midweek fixture at the Riverside Stadium but came away from a match they were never really in contention in with nothing. Middlesbrough scored four goals, the first of which was after only five minutes. Their run of poor form continued when they travelled to Nottingham Forest and conceded two late goals to lose the match 2–1. It was Nottingham Forest's first victory in ten matches.


2014–15 Norwich City F.C. season, Championship Season, March
Norwich's win over rivals Ipswich Town saw a new all seater stadium record of 27,005 set for Carrow Road. Norwich went on to win the game two goals to nil after goals from Bradley Johnson and Lewis Grabban. It was their fourth East Anglian Derby win in succession.


2014–15 Norwich City F.C. season, FA Cup
Norwich started their FA cup campaign in the third round of the competition, against Preston North End FC. This proved to be their only game in the competition, as Norwich lost 2–0 at Preston, failing to register a shot on target in the match.


2014–15 Norwich City F.C. season, League Cup
Norwich will start their league cup campaign in the second round of the competition at home against Crawley Town. In their first ever competitive meeting Norwich City won the match 3−1 with two goals from Josh Murphy and one from Cameron Jerome on his début. Norwich City academy products Kyle Callan-McFadden, who started the match, and Reece Hall-Johnson, who came on as a substitute, both made their professional débuts within the match. Norwich started their third round match against Shrewsbury Town having made eleven changes from the side that played against Birmingham City the previous Saturday. They lost to a single goal from James Collins.


2014–15 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team
The 2014–15 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fighting Irish, led by fifteenth year head coach Mike Brey, played its home games at the Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center in South Bend, Indiana and were second year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 32–6, 14–4 in ACC play to finish in third place. They defeated Miami (FL), Duke, and North Carolina to become champions of the ACC Tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Northeastern in the second round, Butler in the third round, and Wichita State in the Sweet Sixteen before losing in the Elite Eight to unbeaten Kentucky in a close game, 68–66.


2014–15 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team, Previous season
The Fighting Irish finished the 2012–13 season 25–10, with an 11–7 record in Big East play. They then finished the 2013-14 season at 15–17, 6–12 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for 11th place. In their first year as ACC members, they lost in the first round of the ACC Tournament to Wake Forrest.


2014–15 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey season
The 2014–15 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey team represents the University of Notre Dame in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The team is coached by Jeff Jackson, in his 10th season with the Fighting Irish. The Fighting Irish play their home games at Compton Family Ice Arena on campus in Notre Dame, Indiana, competing in Hockey East.


2014–15 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey season, Previous season
In 2013–14, the Fighting Irish finished 8th in Hockey East with a record of 23–13–2, 9–9–2 in conference play. In the 2014 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, they defeated top-seeded Boston College in the quarterfinal, two games to one, before falling to UMass Lowell in the semifinals, 0–4. They qualified for the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament and were selected as the second seed in the West Region in St. Paul, Minnesota. They fell in overtime, 3–4, to St. Cloud State in the first round and were eliminated.


2014–15 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team
The 2014–15 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team will represent University of Notre Dame during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Irish, led by twenty-eighth year head coach Muffet McGraw, play their home games at the Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center and were second year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.


2014–15 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team
By edging South Carolina 66-65 in the Final Four the Irish got a rematch of last year's championship game vs. Connecticut. Like last year things didn't go well for the Irish after trailing 31-23 at the half; they were outscored 32-30 in the 2nd half and ended up 63-53 losers.


2014–15 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team, Media
All Notre Dame games will air on WHPZ Pulse 96.9 FM. Games are streamed online live.


2014–15 Nottingham Forest F.C. season
The 2014–15 season was Nottingham Forest Football Club's 149th season in existence and 7th consecutive season in the Championship since promotion in 2007–08. The club also participated in the FA Cup and Football League Cup. The season covers the period 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015.


2014–15 Nottingham Forest F.C. season
Stuart Pearce, who made over 500 appearances for the club as a player, began the season as manager before he was replaced by another former Forest player, Dougie Freedman, on 1 February 2015.


2014–15 Notts County F.C. season
The 2014–15 season was Notts County Football Club's 126th year in the Football League and their 5th consecutive season in Football League One, the third division of the English League System.


2014–15 Notts County 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 Notts County 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 Notts County F.C. season, Match Details, League Cup
The draw for the first round of the 2014–15 Football League Cup was made on 17 June 2014 at 10:00. Notts County were drawn away to Sheffield Wednesday and were eliminated from the competition after suffering a 3–0 defeat.


2014–15 Notts County 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 Nyíregyháza Spartacus FC season
The 2014–15 season will be Nyíregyháza Spartacus's 1st consecutive season in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II and 86th year in existence as a football club.


2014–15 Nyíregyháza Spartacus FC season, First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014–15 Nyíregyháza Spartacus FC season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014–15 Nyíregyháza Spartacus FC season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014–15 Nyíregyháza Spartacus FC season, Statistics, Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2014–15 Nyíregyháza Spartacus FC season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.


2014–15 OFC Champions League
The 2014–15 OFC Champions League (officially the 2015 Fiji Airways OFC Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 14th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 9th season under the current OFC Champions League name.


2014–15 OFC Champions League
In an all-New Zealand final, four-time defending champions Auckland City defeated Team Wellington 4–3 on penalties (1–1 after extra time) to win their fifth consecutive and seventh overall title. As the winner of the 2014–15 OFC Champions League, Auckland City earned the right to represent the OFC at the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup.


2014–15 OFC Champions League, Teams
A total of 15 teams from all 11 OFC associations entered the competition. The four associations with the best results in the 2013–14 OFC Champions League (Fiji, New Zealand, Tahiti, Vanuatu) were awarded two berths each, and three other associations (New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands) were awarded one berth each. Those teams directly entered the group stage, to be joined by the winner of the preliminary stage, which was contested by teams from the four developing associations (American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga).


2014–15 OFC Champions League, Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows. For this edition, the semi-finals and final were played as single matches (instead of over two legs on a home-and-away format as in the previous edition).


2014–15 OFC Champions League, Preliminary stage
The preliminary stage was played in Apia, Samoa from 7 to 11 October 2014. The draw to determine the fixtures was held on 22 September 2014 at the OFC headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand. The four teams played each other on a round-robin basis. The group winner advanced to the group stage to join the 11 automatic qualifiers.


2014–15 OFC Champions League, Group stage
The group stage was played in Ba and Suva, Fiji from 11 to 18 April 2015. The draw for the group stage was held on 5 December 2014 at the OFC headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand. The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four, with each group containing one team from each of the four pots. The allocation of teams into pots was based on the results of their associations in the previous edition of the OFC Champions League. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.


2014–15 OFC Champions League, Group stage
The schedule was confirmed on 4 February 2015. In each group, the four teams played each other on a round-robin basis. The group winners and the best runner-up advanced to the semi-finals.


2014–15 OFC Champions League, Group stage, Group A
The kick-off of Group A matches on matchday 2 were delayed by 30 minutes due to heavy rain.


2014–15 OFC Champions League, Knockout stage
The knockout stage was played in Suva, Fiji from 21 to 26 April 2015. The four teams played on a single-elimination basis.


2014–15 OGC Nice season
The 2014–15 OGC Nice season is the 110th professional season of the club since its creation in 1904.


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


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


2014–15 OGC Nice season, Players, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014–15 OHL season
The 2014–15 OHL season was the 35th season of the Ontario Hockey League, in which twenty teams played 68 games each according to the regular season schedule, from September 24, 2014 to March 22, 2015. The Niagara IceDogs began play at their new arena, the Meridian Centre. The Ottawa 67's returned to TD Place Arena after a two-year hiatus due to a renovation. Brian Kilrea returned to coach the Ottawa 67's for one game on October 17, becoming the oldest coach in league history.


2014–15 OHL season
The Oshawa Generals won the J. Ross Robertson Cup for the 13th time in franchise history, as they defeated the Erie Otters in five games in the final round of the playoffs. The Generals qualified for the 2015 Memorial Cup held at Colisée Pepsi in Quebec City. Oshawa defeated the Kelowna Rockets 2-1 in overtime in the final game, winning the Memorial Cup for the fifth time in franchise history.


2014–15 OHL season
Near the end of the regular season, the Plymouth Whalers were sold, and the franchise moved to Flint, Michigan becoming the Flint Firebirds. Also near the end of the regular season, the Belleville Bulls were sold and the franchise  moved to Hamilton, Ontario, becoming the Hamilton Bulldogs.


2014–15 OHL season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: DIV = Division; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title


2014–15 OHL season, Regular season, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes


2014–15 OHL season, Regular season, Leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average


2014–15 OHL season, Playoffs, Playoff scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes


2014–15 OHL season, Playoffs, Playoff leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average


2014–15 OHL season, All-Star teams
The OHL All-Star Teams were selected by the OHL's General Managers.


2014–15 OHL season, 2015 OHL Priority Selection
On April 11, 2015, the OHL conducted the 2015 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection. The Sudbury Wolves held the first overall pick in the draft, and selected David Levin from the Don Mills Flyers of the GTHL. Levin was awarded the Jack Ferguson Award, awarded to the top pick in the draft.


2014–15 OHL season, 2015 OHL Priority Selection
Below are the players who were selected in the first round of the 2015 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection.


2014–15 OHL season, 2015 NHL Entry Draft
On June 26-27, 2015, the National Hockey League conducted the 2015 NHL Entry Draft held at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida. In total, 31 players from the Ontario Hockey League were selected in the draft. Connor McDavid of the Erie Otters was the first player from the OHL to be selected, as he was taken with the first overall pick by the Edmonton Oilers.


2014–15 OHL season, 2015 NHL Entry Draft
Below are the players selected from OHL teams at the NHL Entry Draft.


2014–15 OHL season, 2015 CHL Import Draft
On June 30, 2015, the Canadian Hockey League conducted the 2015 CHL Import Draft, in which teams in all three CHL leagues participate in. The Sudbury Wolves held the first pick in the draft by a team in the OHL, and selected Dmitry Sokolov from Russia with their selection.


2014–15 OHL season, 2015 CHL Import Draft
Below are the players who were selected in the first round by Ontario Hockey League teams in the 2015 CHL Import Draft.


2014–15 OJHL season
The 2014–15 OJHL season is the 21st season of the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) and the fifth since the league existed as two separate bodies in 2009–10. The twenty-two teams of the North, South, East and West Divisions will play 55-game schedules.


2014–15 OJHL season
The top teams of each division played for the Frank L. Buckland Trophy, the OJHL championship. The winner of the Buckland Cup will compete in the Central Canadian Junior "A" championship, the Dudley Hewitt Cup. If successful against the winners of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League and Superior International Junior Hockey League, the champion would then move on to play in the Canadian Junior Hockey League championship, the 2015 Royal Bank Cup.


2014–15 OJHL season, Standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SOL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title.


2014–15 OJHL season, 2015 Frank L. Buckland Trophy Playoffs
Playoff results are listed by Pointstreak on the official league website.


2014–15 OJHL season, Dudley Hewitt Cup Championship
Hosted by the Fort Frances Lakers in Fort Frances, Ontario.


2014–15 OJHL season, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes


2014–15 OJHL season, Leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average


2014–15 OJHL season, Players selected in 2015 NHL Entry Draft
To be decided at the end of the 2014-15 NHL season.


2014–15 OK Liga
The 2014–15 season of the OK Liga is the 46th season of top-tier rink hockey in Spain.


2014–15 OK Liga
FC Barcelona won its twenty-sixth title in their history, winning 28 matches, and losing only one.


2014–15 OK Liga, Copa del Rey
The 2015 Copa del Rey was the 72nd edition of the Spanish men's roller hockey cup. It was played at the Pavelló d'Esports de Reus between the eight first qualified teams after the first half of the season.


2014–15 OK Liga Femenina
The 2014–15 OK Liga Femenina was the eighth edition of Spain's premier women's rink hockey championship.


2014–15 OK Liga Femenina, Copa de la Reina
The 2015 Copa de la Reina was the 10th edition of the Spanish women's roller hockey cup. As in the previous year, it was played in Lloret de Mar, this time between the eight first qualified teams after the first half of the season.


2014–15 OK Liga Femenina, Copa de la Reina
Manlleu won its first title ever after beating 3–2 Voltregà in the final.


2014–15 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team
The 2014–15 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team represented Oakland University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Grizzlies, led by 31st year head coach Greg Kampe, played their home games at the Athletics Center O'rena. This was Oakland's second season in the Horizon League. They finished the season 16–17, 11–5 in Horizon League play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Horizon League Tournament to UIC. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Eastern Illinois.


2014–15 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team, 2014 recruiting class
The Golden Grizzlies brought in two freshmen from high school detailed in the following table. The Golden Grizzlies also accepted transfer Colin Weaver from North Pointe Preparatory school in Phoenix, Arizona. Weaver has sophomore eligibility.


2014–15 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team, Preseason
Oakland was picked by coaches, media and sports information directors to finish seventh in their second season in the Horizon League. Senior center Corey Petros was selected to the preseason first team and sophomore point guard Kahlil Felder was selected to the second team.


2014–15 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team, Preseason
From the previous season, Oakland lost seniors Travis Bader and Duke Mondy to graduation. Bader finished his college career with the most three-point field goals made in NCAA history. Redshirt freshman Artis Cleveland violated team rules in the offseason and will not return to the team.


2014–15 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team, Preseason
Oakland defeated NCAA Division II member Ferris State 94–87 and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics member Saint Xavier 87–72 in exhibition games prior to the start of the regular season. Both games were played at home at the O'rena.


2014–15 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team, Season
During the season Oakland announced two players transferred to the school. Guards Martez Walker transferred from the Texas Longhorns men's basketball team and Sherron Dorsey-Walker transferred from Iowa State. Walker withdrew from the University of Texas after he was arrested on charges he assaulted his girlfriend. He is currently a walk-on for the team although that situation may change depending on the outcome of the charges. Dorsey-Walker transferred from Iowa State to be closer to his mother and younger brothers. Both players were high school teammates of Felder.


2014–15 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team, Roster
The following table lists Oakland's roster as of January 10, 2015.


2014–15 Oberliga
The 2014–15 season of the Oberliga was the seventh season of the Oberligas at tier five of the German football league system and the 41st season overall since reintroduction of the Oberligas in 1974. The regular season started in July 2014 and finished on 14 June 2015, followed by relegation and promotion play-offs.


2014–15 Oberliga
The Oberliga is organised in fourteen regional divisions with the league champions promoted to the level above, the Regionalligas while the relegated teams drop down to the Verbandsligas and Landesligas.


2014–15 Oberliga, Overview
In the 2014–15 season 243 clubs compete in the Oberligas, two less than in the previous season.


2014–15 Oberliga, Overview
Of the fourteen league champions twelve were promoted to the Regionalliga while one, the Oberliga Hamburg champions TuS Dassendorf, declined promotion for the second year running. No club from the Oberliga Hamburg was promoted to the Regionalliga as the only club to apply for a licence, SC Victoria Hamburg, later withdrew for financial reasons after successfully passing the application process. One league champion, Bremer SV of the Bremen-Liga, missed out on promotion in the play-off round, as they had done in 2013–14. Apart from twelve of the fourteen Oberliga champions six runners-up also achieved promotion. Three of them, Bahlinger SC, FC Amberg and VfV 06 Hildesheim, had to go through the promotion round. The other three, Rot Weiss Ahlen, FC Oberlausitz and FC Schönberg 95, were directly promoted.


2014–15 Oberliga, Overview
The two NOFV-Oberligas each had two teams directly promoted to the Regionalliga Nordost as the league was to be expanded from 16 to 18 clubs. Additionally, because 1. FC Magdeburg won promotion to the 3. Liga, a playoff between the two third-placed clubs in the NOFV-Oberligas determined a fifth team, the FSV 63 Luckenwalde, to move up.


2014–15 Oberliga, Overview
The most successful goal scorer of the fourteen Oberligas was Sebastian Kinzel with 51 goals to his name.


2014–15 Oberliga, Overview
The Oberligas also saw an exodus of reserve teams with seven clubs withdrawing their second team, those being VfR Aalen II, SV Wehen II, Erzgebirge Aue II, Chemnitzer FC II, Dynamo Dresden II, 1. FC Saarbrücken II and SpVgg Unterhaching II. The last two of those finished the season on relegation ranks and would have been relegated regardless. Apart from these seven teams another three non-reserve sides resigned from the Oberligas while 38 clubs were relegated.


2014–15 Oberliga, Overview
The only team to complete the 2014–15 Oberliga season undefeated was Bremer SV, with a record of 25 wins, five draws and no defeat. The club scored 118 goals during the season, second only to Brinkumer SV with 119. At the other end 1. FC Schwalmstadt was the worst Oberliga club with a record of one win, three draws and 26 defeats, accumulating just six points during the season. The team with the worst defence was SV Türkspor Bremen which conceded 139 goals.


2014–15 Oberliga, 2014–15 season
The 2014–15 league champions, promoted and relegated teams, the league strength (S), the top scorer and the number of goals they scored, as far as has been determined:


2014–15 Oberliga, Promotion play-offs
Promotion play-offs were held at the end of the season to the Regionalliga Südwest, Regionalliga Bayern, Regionalliga Nord and Regionalliga Nordost:


2014–15 Oberliga, Promotion play-offs, Regionalliga Südwest
The runners-up of the Hessenliga, Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar and the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, TSV Lehnerz, SC Hauenstein and Bahlinger SC, competed for one more spot in the Regionalliga. While the first game had been scheduled the second and third depended on the outcome of the first. Bahlinger SC won promotion to the Regionalliga courtesy to a win and a draw.


2014–15 Oberliga, Promotion play-offs, Regionalliga Bayern
The 15th and 16th placed Regionalliga teams, SV Heimstetten and VfR Garching, play the runners-up of the northern and southern division. In the north this is FC Amberg while, in the south, FC Pipinsried qualified regardless of its place in the table as no other team applied for a Regionalliga licence. The winner of these games then play each other for one more spot in the Regionalliga. Should TSV 1860 Munich have suffered relegation from the 2. Bundesliga its reserve team would be forced to leave the Regionalliga. In this case 17th placed Regionalliga club SV Seligenporten would have entered the relegation play-offs and Heimstetten would have retained their Regionalliga place.


2014–15 Oberliga, Promotion play-offs, Regionalliga Bayern, Second round
The winners of the first round play each other for the one available spot in the Regionalliga:


2014–15 Oberliga, Promotion play-offs, Regionalliga Nord
The champions of the Bremen-Liga, Oberliga Hamburg and the Schleswig-Holstein-Liga as well as the runners-up from the Niedersachsenliga enter a play-off for two more spots in the Regionalliga Nord. Eight clubs from these four leagues applied for a Regionalliga licence. As the only club from Hamburg to apply for a licence, SC Victoria Hamburg, later declined participation only three clubs take part in the promotion round, Bremer SV, TSV Schilksee and VfV 06 Hildesheim, with the latter two promoted:


2014–15 Oberliga, Promotion play-offs, Regionalliga Nordost
The third-placed teams from the two NOFV-Oberligas will compete in a two-legged playoff to fill the vacancy left by 1. FC Magdeburg, who won promotion to the 3. Liga.


2014–15 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
The 2014–15 season of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, the highest association football league in the state of Baden-Württemberg, was the seventh season of the league at tier five (V) of the German football league system and the 37th season overall since establishment of the league in 1978. The regular season started on 8 August 2014 and finished on 23 May 2015.


2014–15 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, Standings
The league featured six new clubs for the 2014–15 season with VfR Aalen II promoted from the Verbandsliga Württemberg, Freiburger FC from the Verbandsliga Südbaden and SV Kickers Pforzheim and FC Germania Friedrichstal from the Verbandsliga Baden while SSV Ulm 1846 and SC Pfullendorf had been relegated from the Regionalliga Südwest.


2014–15 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, Promotion play-offs
Promotion play-offs will be held at the end of the season for both the Regionalliga above and the Oberliga.


2014–15 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, Promotion play-offs, To the Regionalliga
The runners-up of the Hessenliga, Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar and the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, TSV Lehnerz, SC Hauenstein and Bahlinger SC, played each other for one more spot in the Regionalliga. While the first game had been scheduled the second and third depended on the outcome of the first. Bahlinger SC won promotion to the Regionalliga courtesy to a win and a draw.


2014–15 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, Promotion play-offs, To the Oberliga
The runners-up of the Verbandsliga Baden, Verbandsliga Südbaden and Verbandsliga Württemberg play each other for one more spot in the Oberliga, whereby the Baden and Südbaden runners-up play each other first with the winner of this encounter then meets the Württemberg runners-up.


2014–15 Oberliga Hamburg
The 2014–15 season of the Oberliga Hamburg, the highest association football league in the German state of Hamburg, was the seventh season of the league at tier five (V) of the German football league system.


2014–15 Oberliga Hamburg, League table
The 2014–15 season saw four new clubs in the league, FC Süderelbe, USC Paloma and Buxtehuder SV, all promoted from the Landesligas while SC Victoria Hamburg had been relegated from the Regionalliga Nord to the league.


2014–15 Oberliga Hamburg, League table
League champions TuS Dassendorf declined to apply for a licence for the Regionalliga Nord. Runners-up SC Victoria Hamburg was granted a Regionalliga licence but later declined participation in the promotion round to the league. FC Elmshorn withdrew from the league during the season, in December 2014, and had its record expunged.


2014–15 Oberliga Hamburg, Promotion round
The two runners-up of the Landesliga divisions, Hammonia and Hansa, competed against each other for one more spot in the Oberliga for the following season:


2014–15 Oberliga Niederrhein
The 2014–15 Oberliga Niederrhein was the 59th season of the Oberliga Niederrhein, one of three state association league systems in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, covering its northwestern part. It was the third season of the league as a fifth level of the German football league system.


2014–15 Oberliga Niederrhein, League table
The league featured four new clubs for the 2014–15 season with 1. FC Bocholt, VfR Krefeld-Fischeln and VdS Nievenheim promoted from the Landesliga Niederrhein while SSVg Velbert had been relegated from the Regionalliga West.


2014–15 Oberliga Niederrhein, Promotion round
The runners-up of the three divisions of the Landesliga Niederrhein competed for one more spot in the Oberliga for the following season, with each team playing the other just once:


2014–15 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar
The 2014–15 season of the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, the highest association football league in the states of Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate, was the seventh season of the league at tier five (V) of the German football league system and the 37th season overall since establishment of the league in 1978, then as the Oberliga Südwest.


2014–15 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar
The season began on 1 August 2014 and finished on 23 May 2015, interrupted by a lengthy winter break.


2014–15 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, Final table
The league featured four new clubs for the 2014–15 season with Saar 05 Saarbrücken and FV Diefflen promoted from the Saarlandliga, TSV Schott Mainz from the Verbandsliga Südwest and SpVgg EGC Wirges from the Rheinlandliga while no team had been relegated from the Regionalliga Südwest.


2014–15 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, Promotion play-offs
Promotion play-offs will be held at the end of the season for both the Regionalliga above and the Oberliga.


2014–15 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, Promotion play-offs, To the Regionalliga
The runners-up of the Hessenliga, Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar and the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, TSV Lehnerz, SC Hauenstein and Bahlinger SC, played each other for one more spot in the Regionalliga. While the first game had been scheduled the second and third depended on the outcome of the first. Bahlinger SC won promotion to the Regionalliga courtesy to a win and a draw.


2014–15 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, Promotion play-offs, To the Oberliga
The runners-up of the Rheinlandliga, Verbandsliga Südwest and Saarlandliga played each other for one more spot in the Oberliga which SV Mehring won.


2014–15 Oberliga Westfalen
The 2014–15 season of the Oberliga Westfalen, the highest association football league in the Westphalia region of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, was the third season of the league at tier five (V) of the German football league system and the 33rd season overall since establishment of the league in 1978. The league was defunct from 2008 to 2012, when it was re-established.


2014–15 Oberliga Westfalen
The season began on 15 August 2014 and finished on 14 June 2015.


2014–15 Oberliga Westfalen
The champions and runners-up of the league were promoted to the Regionalliga West. Additionally the league champion also qualified directly for the first round of the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal.


2014–15 Oberliga Westfalen, League table
The 2014–15 season saw three new clubs in the league, SuS Stadtlohn and ASC 09 Dortmund, both promoted from the Westfalenliga, while SV Lippstadt 08 had been relegated from the Regionalliga West to the league.


2014–15 Oberliga Westfalen, Promotion play-off
The runners-up of the two divisions of the Westfalenliga competed for one more spot in the Oberliga.


2014–15 Odense Bulldogs season
The 2014–15 Odense Bulldogs season was the 24th season in the Danish Hockey League since the team was promoted in 1990. The team has completed 26 transfers, 13 in and 13 out. They have furthermore got a new General Manager, Brad Gratton, who switched from the league rivals from Rødovre Mighty Bulls.


2014–15 Odense Bulldogs season
Bulldogs finished as number 4 in the general classification, after a long period sitting in first place. They got knockout out in the quarter-finals by Esbjerg Energy.


2014–15 Odense Bulldogs season, Regular season, League table
Legend:   Win (3 points)  Overtime/Shootout win (2 points)  Loss (0 points)  Overtime/Shootout loss (1 point)


2014–15 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team
The 2014–15 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was the first year for Saul Phillips as head coach for the program. The team played its home games at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio as a member of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 10–20, 5–13 in MAC play to finish in last place in the East Division. They lost in the first round of the MAC Tournament to Western Michigan.


2014–15 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team, Previous season
The Bobcats finished the 2013–14 season 25–12, 11–7 in MAC play to finish in third place in the East Division. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the MAC Tournament where they lost to Akron. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament(CIT) where they defeated Cleveland State and Wright State to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to VMI.


2014–15 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team, Off season
Jim Christian resigned from Ohio to coach for the Boston College Eagles on April 3, 2014. Ohio University Director of Athletics Jim Schaus introduced Saul Phillips as the new head coach for the Bobcats three days later on April 6, 2014.


2014–15 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team, Off season
Phillips announced on May 7, 2014 that the coaching staff will include former NDSU assistants Will Ryan and Jason Kemp. Aaron Fuss(assistant under former head coach Christian) will remain with the Bobcats as an assistant under Phillips as well.


2014–15 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team, Off season
Freshman Jaaron Simmons transferred from the University of Houston. Because of NCAA transfer rules, Simmons will be forced to sit out the 2014–15 season but will have 3 years of eligibility starting the following season.


2014–15 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team
The 2015–15 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team represented Ohio University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by second year head coach Bob Boldon, played its home games at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio as a member of the Mid-American Conference. After winning the MAC regular season and tournament titles, the team was invited to the 2015 NCAA Women's Tournament and lost to Arizona State in the first round.


2014–15 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team
The 2014–15 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represented The Ohio State University in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Thad Matta, in his 11th season with the Buckeyes. The team played its home games at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 24–11, 11–7 in Big Ten play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament where they lost to Michigan State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated VCU in the second round before losing in the third round to Arizona.


2014–15 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team, Before the season, Previous season
The Buckeye finished the season with 25-10 overall, 10-8 in Big Ten play for a fifth-place finish. They lost in the semifinals of the 2014 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to Michigan. They were invited to the 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a 6th seed in the south region which they were upset by Dayton in the second round 60-59.


2014–15 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team
The 2014–15 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team will represent the Ohio State University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buckeyes, led by second year head coach Kevin McGuff, play their home games at Value City Arena and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 24–11, 13–5 in Big Ten play to finish in third place. They advanced to the championship game of the Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament where they lost to Maryland. They received at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated James Madison in the first round before losing the gamewinning buzzer beater to North Carolina in the second round to end their season.


2014–15 Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey season
The Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey program represented The Ohio State University during the 2014-15 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.


2014–15 Oklahoma City Thunder season
The 2014–15 Oklahoma City Thunder season was the 7th season of the franchise in Oklahoma City and the 48th in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Thunder would suffer from injuries, mainly to Kevin Durant, who underwent surgery and was shut down for the rest of the season. Despite this, the Thunder remained in playoff contention, but a four-game losing streak at the beginning of April cost them as they finished 45–37 tied with the New Orleans Pelicans and were eliminated on a head-to-head matchup tie breaker. The Thunder missed the playoffs for the first time since 2009, resulting in Scott Brooks's firing 1 week after the conclusion of the regular season.


2014–15 Oklahoma City Thunder season, Regular season
On October 12, 2014, Kevin Durant was diagnosed with a fractured right foot after feeling discomfort the day before and was ruled out for 6 to 8 weeks. He went on to miss the first 17 games of the season, and with Russell Westbrook also out for 14 of those 17 games with a fractured hand, the Thunder dropped to a 4-12 record prior to Westbrook's return on November 28 against the New York Knicks.


2014–15 Oklahoma City Thunder season, Regular season
Following Westbrook's return, Durant returned to action the following game on December 2 as he scored 27 points on 9-of-18 shooting in the 104-112 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans. With the duo back to full health, they went on to lead the Thunder on a seven-game winning streak to bring the Thunder back into playoff contention. On December 18, Durant injured his ankle during the second quarter of the streak-breaking 109-114 loss to the Golden State Warriors.


2014–15 Oklahoma City Thunder season, Regular season
Durant scored 30 points on 10-of-13 shooting in the 18 minutes he was on the court before exiting the game with the injury. He subsequently missed the following game the next night against the Los Angeles Lakers. Durant returned on December 31 versus the Phoenix Suns, and played 12 games before spraining the big toe on his left foot versus the Cleveland Cavaliers on January 25. He would play only six more games the rest of the season, having a procedure on February 22 to replace a screw that was causing soreness in his surgically repaired right foot.


2014–15 Oklahoma City Thunder season, Regular season
It was announced on March 21 that the Thunder might be without Durant for the rest of the season. The team then decided to shut down Durant for the remainder of the season after determining that he would need a third surgery on his right foot. Without Durant, the Thunder finished the season just missing the playoffs, missing the 8th seed by tiebreaker to the New Orleans Pelicans.


2014–15 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team
The 2014–15 Oklahoma Sooners basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Sooners were led by Lon Kruger in his fourth season. The team played its home games at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 24–11, 12–6 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament where they lost to Iowa State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Albany in the second round and Dayton in the third round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they lost to Michigan State.


2014–15 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team, Previous season
The 2013–14 Oklahoma Sooners finished the season with an overall record of 23–10, with a record of 12–6 in the Big 12 play to finish in second place. In the 2014 Big 12 Tournament, the Sooners were defeated by Baylor in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the second round to North Dakota State.


2014–15 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team, Schedule
x- Sooner Sports Television (SSTV) is aired locally on Fox Sports. However the contract allows games to air on various affiliates. Those affiliates are FSSW, FSSW+, FSOK, FSOK+, and FCS Atlantic, Central, and Pacific.


2014–15 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team
The 2014–15 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team will represent the University of Oklahoma in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Sooners were led by Sherri Coale in her nineteenth season. The team will play its home games at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 21–12, 13–5 in Big 12 play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 Women's Tournament where they lost to Texas. They received at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Quinnipiac in the first round before losing to Stanford in the second round.


2014–15 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team, Schedule
x- Sooner Sports Television (SSTV) is aired locally on Fox Sports. However the contract allows games to air on various affiliates. Those affiliates are FSSW, FSSW+, FSOK, FSOK+, and FCS Atlantic, Central, and Pacific.


2014–15 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team
The 2014–15 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team represented Oklahoma State University in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Travis Ford's seventh season at Oklahoma State. The Cowboys were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the Gallagher-Iba Arena. They finished the season 18–14, 8–10 in Big 12 play to finish in a three way tie for sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament to Oklahoma. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in second round to Oregon.


2014–15 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team, Schedule and results
CSN = Cowboy Sports Network. The Cowboy Sports Network is affiliated with Fox Sports Net. Games could air on Fox Sports Oklahoma, Fox Sports Oklahoma Plus, Fox Sports Southwest, Fox Sports Southwest Plus, or Fox College Sports.


2014–15 Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball team
The 2014–15 Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball team will represent Oklahoma State University in the 2014–15 college basketball season. It was head coach Jim Littell's fourth season at Oklahoma State. The Cowgirls were members of the Big 12 Conference and will play their home games at the Gallagher-Iba Arena. They finished the season 20–12, 9–9 in Big 12 play for a four way tie to finish in third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 Women's Tournament where they lost to Baylor. They received at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament where they lost in the first round to Florida Gulf Coast.


2014–15 Old Dominion Lady Monarchs basketball team
The 2014–15 Old Dominion Monarchs basketball team represents Old Dominion University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Monarchs, led by fourth year head coach Karen Barefoot, play their home games at Ted Constant Convocation Center and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 21–13, 11–7 in C-USA play to finish in a three way tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the C-USA Women's Tournament where they lost to WKU. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where defeated Virginia in the first round before losing to Villanova in the second round.


2014–15 Old Dominion Monarchs basketball team
The 2014–15 Old Dominion Monarchs basketball team represented Old Dominion University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Monarchs, led by second year head coach Jeff Jones, played their home games at Ted Constant Convocation Center and were members of the Conference USA. They finished the season 27–8, 13–5 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the C-USA Tournament to Middle Tennessee. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Charleston Southern in the first round, Illinois State in the second round, and Murray State in the quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Stanford.


2014–15 Old Dominion Monarchs basketball team, Previous season
The Monarchs  the season 18–18, 9–7 in C-USA play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the C-USA Tournament to Middle Tennessee. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated South Dakota State and Radford to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Fresno State.


2014–15 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season
The 2014–15 season is Oldham Athletic's 18th consecutive season in the third division of the English football league system and Lee Johnson's second full season as manager of the club.


2014–15 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season
A strong ten match unbeaten run at the end of the 2013–14 season gave Oldham a platform on which to build for the new season as building work literally continued on the new North Stand.


2014–15 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season
Six of the first team squad who finished the 2013–14 season left the club after their contracts' expired: Jonathan Grounds, James Wesolowski, Terry Dunfield, Anton Rodgers, Charlie MacDonald and Kirk Millar. The club captain Korey Smith was sold to Bristol City. In Smith's place, Johnson signed  midfielders Liam Kelly from Bristol City and Mike Jones from Crawley Town. Joseph Mills, who had spent three months on loan during the 2013–14 season, was signed on a two-year contract. In addition, Johnson brought in defenders Brian Wilson and George Elokobi, midfielder Timothée Dieng and forwards Willy Gros, Amari Morgan-Smith and Jonathan Forte before the first game of the new season.


2014–15 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season, Results and fixtures, FA Cup
The draw for the first round of the FA Cup was made on 27 October 2014.


2014–15 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season, Results and fixtures, League Cup
The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Oldham were drawn at home versus Middlesbrough.


2014–15 Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball team
The 2014–15 Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball team represented the University of Mississippi in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Andy Kennedy, in his ninth season at Ole Miss. The team played their home games at the Tad Smith Coliseum in Oxford, Mississippi as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 21–13, 11–7 in SEC play to finish in four-way tie for third place. They lost in the second round of the SEC Tournament to South Carolina. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated BYU in the First Four before losing in the second round to Xavier.


2014–15 Ole Miss Rebels women's basketball team
The 2014–15 Ole Miss Rebels women's basketball team represented University of Mississippi during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Rebels, who were led by second-year head coach Matt Insell, played their home games at Tad Smith Coliseum and are members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 19–14, 7–9 in SEC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the second round of the SEC Women's Basketball Tournament to Arkansas. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Tennessee–Martin in the first round, Georgia Tech in the second round before losing to Middle Tennessee in the third round.


2014–15 Olympiacos F.C. season
The 2014–15 season was Olympiacos's 56th consecutive season in the Super League Greece. Olympiacos also participated in the Greek Cup.


2014–15 Olympiacos F.C. season
Olympiacos won the domestic title for the fifth year in a row.


2014–15 Olympiacos F.C. season
Olympiacos also participated in UEFA Europa League Knock-out Stage after being eliminated from the UEFA Champions League Group Stage.


2014–15 Olympiacos F.C. season
On January 6 Olympiacos announced the end of the cooperation with head coach Míchel. Vítor Pereira was hired as the new manager of the team.


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


2014–15 Olympiacos F.C. season, Players, Current squad
For recent transfers, see List of Greek football transfers summer 2014


2014–15 Olympiacos F.C. season, Players, Olympiacos U20 squad
Olympiacos U20 is the youth team of Olympiacos. They participate in the Super League U20 championship and in UEFA Youth League competition. They play their home games at the 3,000-seater Renti Training Centre in Renti, Piraeus.


2014–15 Olympiacos F.C. season, Players, Olympiacos U20 squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014–15 Olympiacos F.C. season, Players, Loans ending from 2013–14 season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


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


2014–15 Olympiacos F.C. season, Competitions, Super League Greece, Matches
1. Matchday 6 vs. PAOK, originally meant to be held on 4 October 2014, was postponed until 4 December 2014 via a direct decision of the Deputy Minister of Culture and Sport, Giannis Andrianos in response to the murder of Ethnikos Piraeus fan Kostas Katsoulis in the municipal Nea Alikarnassos Stadium during the Football League 2 match vs. Irodotos. 2 . Matchday 11 vs. Skoda Xanthi, originally meant to be held November 23, 2014, was postponed until January 11, 2015 after the Hellenic Football Federation decided not to appoint referees for all domestic league and cup matches in response to a violent attack versus its member Christoforos Zografos.


2014–15 Olympiacos F.C. season, Competitions, UEFA Europa League
Olympiacos qualified to UEFA Europa League knock-out stage as the 3rd team of Champions League Group A.


2014–15 Olympique Lyonnais season
The 2014–15 season was Olympique Lyonnais's 65th professional season since its creation in 1950. The club competed in Ligue 1, finishing second, the Coupe de France, and the Coupe de la Ligue.


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


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


2014–15 Olympique de Marseille season
The 2014–15 Olympique de Marseille season was the 65th professional season of the club since its creation in 1899 and 19th consecutive season in the top flight.


2014–15 Olympique de Marseille season
This was the first season in ten years that Marseille did not participate in the UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League, having finished sixth in the 2013–14 Ligue 1 season. The club was coached by legendary Argentine tactician Marcelo Bielsa, who signed a two-year contract in May 2014.


2014–15 Olympique de Marseille season
This was also the first season in which the side played at the renovated Stade Vélodrome, with the stadium having completed renovations which took place over the last three years. Capacity went up to 67,000 - from 48,000 last season, and 42,000 the season before. The stadium is rated five-star by UEFA, and was used ahead for the UEFA Euro 2016.


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


2014–15 Olympique de Marseille season, Players, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014–15 Olympique de Marseille season, Players, Transfers
The club made their first transfer of the season in June when they signed Belgian striker Michy Batshuayi for a rumoured €8 million from Standard Liège. The club then signed Romain Alessandrini, the Marseille-born Rennes winger for €5 million a few days later.


2014–15 Olympique de Marseille season, Players, Transfers
So far, Larry Azouni has been transferred to Nîmes and Florian Raspentino has departed to Caen.


2014–15 Omaha Mavericks men's basketball team
The 2014–15 Omaha Mavericks men's basketball team represented the University of Nebraska Omaha during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mavericks, led by tenth year head coach Derrin Hansen, played their home games at the Ralston Arena and were members of The Summit League. As part of their transition from Division II to Division I, they were ineligible for the NCAA Tournament, and thus The Summit League Tournament because its champion receives an NCAA Tournament bid. They finished the season 12–17, 5–11 in Summit League play to finish in 8th place.


2014–15 Omaha Mavericks men's basketball team
This was the Mavericks' final season at Ralston Arena. The team moved to the new on-campus Baxter Arena in fall 2015.


2014–15 Oman First Division League
The 2014-15 Oman First Division League (known as the Omantel First Division League for sponsorship reasons) is the 39th edition of the second-highest division overall football league in Oman. The season began on 18 September 2014, and will conclude on 16 May 2015. Al-Khabourah SC are the defending champions, having won their third title in the previous 2013–14 season.


2014–15 Oman First Division League, OFA Awards
Oman Football Association awarded the following awards for the 2014-15 Oman Professional League season.


2014–15 Oman First Division League, Controversies
On 7 March 2015, 10 out of 39 clubs attending a consultative meeting of the OFA walked out in protest midway into the proceedings. walkout was triggered by the OFA's decision to call off an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM), which was originally scheduled for 7 March 2015. However, the OFA which had previously agreed for an EGM, on 6 March 2015 shelved the summit, citing a letter from the FIFA, football’s world governing body. On the very next day, the OFA cancelled the membership of 11 clubs (Ahli Sidab, Al-Ittifaq, Al-Kamel Wa Al-Wafi, Al-Musannah, Al-Seeb, Bowsher, Dhofar, Fanja, Ibri, Ja'lan and Nizwa) for illegally withdrawing from the consultative meeting conducted by the OFA.


2014–15 Oman Professional League
The 2014–15 Oman Professional League (known as the Omantel Professional League for sponsorship reasons) was the 39th edition of the top football league in Oman. The season began on 11 September 2014, and concluded on 28 May 2015. Al-Nahda Club were the defending champions, having won their third title in the previous 2013–14 season. On Saturday, 9 May 2015, Al-Oruba SC were crowned the champions of the 2014–15 Oman Professional League with three games to spare after Sur SC was held to a 2–2 draw by Al-Suwaiq Club at the Al-Seeb Stadium.


2014–15 Oman Professional League
Al-Oruba who had beaten Sohar SC, 1–0 on Friday took their tally to 48 points from 23 matches, gaining an unassailable lead of eight points ahead of second-placed Sur. Sur, which needed to win on Saturday to keep their title hopes alive, and settled for one point to take its tally to 40 points, helping the fierce rivals from Sur city to win their 4th domestic title.


2014–15 Oman Professional League, Teams
This season the league has 14 teams. Majees SC and Al-Ittihad Club were relegated to the First Division League after finishing in the relegation zone in the 2013–14 season. Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. however again managed to play in the top division as they won the Relegation/Promotion playoff against Al-Mudhaibi Club. The two relegated teams were replaced by First Division League winners Al-Khabourah SC, runners-up Bowsher Club.


2014–15 Oman Professional League, Teams
The winner and the runner-up will qualify for the 2016 AFC Cup.


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


2014–15 Oman Professional League, Teams, Foreign players
Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team could use four foreign players on the field during each game including at least one player from the AFC country.


2014–15 Oman Professional League, Season statistics, Top scorers
* Player scored 2 goals for Saham SC** Player scored 2 goals for Dhofar S.C.S.C.


2014–15 Oman Professional League, OFA Awards
Oman Football Association awarded the following awards for the 2014–15 Oman Professional League season.


2014–15 Oman Professional League, Controversies
The league was the subject of controversies like the refusal of Omani referees to officiate in the league matches and boycott of the Professional League by clubs.


2014–15 Oman Professional League, Controversies
Before the beginning of the 2014–15 season, nine top clubs of the Oman Professional League demanded the cancellation of the Professional League. It was reported that the presidents of the nine clubs (Al-Oruba, Dhofar, Al-Seeb, Al-Nahda, Fanja, Bowsher, Sohar, Al-Shabab and Sur) held a meeting in the head office of Sur SC on 7 June 2014 in order to discuss the experience of different clubs of the professional league.


2014–15 Oman Professional League, Controversies
The statement released by the clubs after this meeting sparked a wave of controversy as all these nine clubs decided to hold a meeting with Sayyid Khalid Al-Busaidi, Chairman of the Oman Football Association and demand the cancellation of the 2014–15 season of the Oman Professional League. The reason given out was that the clubs were unable to meet the financial demands laid out by the association and also that the association failed to fulfill the promises made before the beginning of the pro-league system.


2014–15 Oman Professional League, Controversies
In a major embarrassment for the Oman Football Association (OFA), all its top-division referees boycotted the three-day opening round of the prestigious Omantel Professional League (OPL), which began on 11 September 2014, over a payment issue. This was the first ever instance in Oman of OFA-accredited referees boycotting top-flight domestic league matches over a stand-off. The referees refused to officiate in the opening-round matches on 11 September 2014, 12 September 2014 and 13 September 2014 over long-standing bonus payments from the OFA.


2014–15 Oman Professional League, Controversies
The row over pending bonus payments for the referees had been brewing since the conclusion of the inaugural edition of OPL last season. The first round match between Sur SC and Al-Seeb Club was postponed from the scheduled time to another time and the match between Dhofar S.C.S.C. and Al-Khaboora SC which was also scheduled to be held on 11 September was postponed to the next day because of the refusal of Omani referees to officiate in the league matches.


2014–15 Oman Professional League, Controversies
The OFA, under the chairmanship of Sayyid Khalid al Busaidy, managed to defuse the crisis by requesting the UAE football body to send match officials to get the OPL started. UAE duly responded, sending 16 officials - eight referees and eight linesmen - who officiated in the seven opening-round matches that went ahead as scheduled from Thursday to Saturday at various venues in Oman.


2014–15 Oman Professional League, Controversies
On 11 December 2014, defending champions Al-Nahda failed to turn up against Dhofar in an OPL match at the Al-Saada Stadium in Salalah; the Oman Professional League's Disciplinary Committee handed the result of the abandoned match in favour of Dhofar (3-0) and docked Al-Nahda a total of nine points - three for skipping the 11 December fixture and six more as penalty.


2014–15 Oman Professional League, Controversies
On 11 February 2015, 4 (Al-Musannah, Al-Seeb, Bowsher and Fanja) out of the 14 clubs participating in the 2014–15 Oman Professional League along with 8 other Omani clubs decided to go ahead with their demand for an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) with the aim of introducing a no-confidence motion against the association's  board members.


2014–15 Oman Professional League, Controversies
On 7 March 2015, 10 out of 39 clubs attending a consultative meeting of the OFA walked out in protest midway into the proceedings. walkout was triggered by the OFA's decision to call off an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM), which was originally scheduled for 7 March 2015. However, the OFA which had previously agreed for an EGM, on 6 March 2015 shelved the summit, citing a letter from the FIFA, football's world governing body. On the very next day, the OFA cancelled the membership of 11 clubs (Ahli Sidab, Al-Ittifaq, Al-Kamel Wa Al-Wafi, Al-Musannah, Al-Seeb, Bowsher, Dhofar, Fanja, Ibri, Ja'lan and Nizwa) for illegally withdrawing from the consultative meeting conducted by the OFA.


2014–15 Oman Professional League Cup
The 2014–15 Oman Professional League Cup (known as the Mazda Professional Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the fourth edition of a domestic football competition held in Oman.


2014–15 Oman Professional League Cup
The competition features four groups of 3-4 teams (Group A and B featured 4 teams and Group C and D featured 3 teams), with the group stage winners entering the semi-finals stage. Groups featuring three sides played each other twice so that each team could play 6 matches in the group phase.


2014–15 Oman Professional League Cup
The competition featured all the clubs playing in the top flight in the 2014–15 season.


2014–15 Oman Professional League Cup
The competition began on 13 November 2014, and will conclude on 29 January 2015.


2014–15 Oman Professional League Cup
In 2014, ahead of the 2014–15 Oman Professional League Cup, it was announced by Oman Football Association that Mazda have agreed to sponsor the Professional League Cup and will henceforth be known as the Mazda Professional Cup, for a period of four years. According to a four-year agreement reached by the two parties, Mazda became the title sponsor of the 14-team competition.


2014–15 Ontario Fury season
The 2014–15 Ontario Fury season was the second season of the Ontario Fury professional indoor soccer club. The Fury, a Pacific Division team in the Major Arena Soccer League, played their home games in the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California.


2014–15 Ontario Fury season
The team was led by general manager and head coach Bernie Lilavois plus assistant coach Joe Pollard. The Ladies of Fury dance team was directed by Lynae de Leon. Ontario finished the 2014–15 season with a 13–7 record, second best in the Pacific Division, but lost their first-round playoff game to the Las Vegas Legends.


2014–15 Ontario Fury season, Season summary
The Fury struggled early in the season, losing 3 of their first 4 games. A road win over the Rochester Lancers began a 5-game in streak stopped by an overtime loss to the Turlock Express. 2014 ended with a win over the Sacramento Surge and 2015 began with a loss to the Las Vegas Legends. A home win over the Harrisburg Heat was the first of 6 consecutive wins that followed. A pair of losses to the San Diego Sockers at home and on the road left Ontario with a 13–7 record and 2nd place in the Pacific Division. The Fury qualified for the post-season but fell 5–6 to Las Vegas in the Pacific Division Semi-Final.


2014–15 Ontario Fury season, History
The Fury entered the 2013–14 season as an expansion team in the Professional Arena Soccer League. They got off to a promising start with home wins over the Dallas Sidekicks and Sacramento Surge, but dropped six straight matches then struggled to find their way. With their only road win coming at fellow expansion team Bay Area Rosal, the Fury finished the season with a 5–11 record and missed the playoffs.


2014–15 Ontario Fury season, Off-field moves
The team established a non-profit organization named the Fury Foundation to promote healthy living to young people. Activities include school assemblies, soccer camps, and an educational program called "Health's A Kick".


2014–15 Ontario Fury season, Off-field moves
In May 2014, the Professional Arena Soccer League added six teams from the failed third incarnation of the Major Indoor Soccer League and reorganized as the Major Arena Soccer League. With the league expansion and reorganization, the other Pacific teams for 2014–15 are California-based Sacramento Surge, San Diego Sockers, and Turlock Express plus the Las Vegas Legends and the expansion Seattle Impact. The Impact's assets were purchased mid-season and the team replaced on the schedule by the Tacoma Stars.


2014–15 Ontario Fury season, Off-field moves
In September 2014, the Fury purchased the Tijuana-based Toros Mexico and designated the franchise as their official developmental team in the Premier Arena Soccer League. Former Toros Mexico owner Joe Pollard will serve as an assistant coach for the Fury as well as running the developmental team.


2014–15 Ontario Fury season, Schedule, Regular season
♠ Game played with multi-point scoring (most goals worth 2 points and select goals worth 3 points). 2 Originally scheduled for February 15; rescheduled to avoid an arena conflict.


2014–15 Ontario Fury season, Awards and honors
During the last regular season game, the Fury honored Tiguinho (#10) as the team's Offensive Player of the Year, Jose Rodriguez (#6) as Defensive Player of the Year, and Joey Pacheco (#3) as Iron Man of the Year.


2014–15 Ontario Fury season, Awards and honors
Ontario midfielder Tiguinho Dias was selected for the 2014-15 MASL All-League Second Team. Ontario goalkeeper Alexis Apodaca earned honorable mention for the league's all-rookie team for 2014-15.


2014–15 Ontario Fury season, Awards and honors
On March 13, the MASL announced the finalists for its major year-end awards. These nominees included Ontario general manager/coach Bernie Lilavois for Coach of the Year.


2014–15 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball team
The 2014–15 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented Oral Roberts University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Eagles were led by 16th year head coach Scott Sutton and played their home games at the Mabee Center. They were members of The Summit League. They return to The Summit after only two seasons in the Southland Conference. They finished the season 19–15, 10–6 in The Summit League play to finish in third place. They advanced to the semifinals of  The Summit League Tournament where they lost to North Dakota State. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated UC Santa Barbara in the first round before losing in the second round to Loyola–Chicago.


2014–15 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball team, Schedule
* The December 7 game vs Missouri State was postponed due to a power outage.


2014–15 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team
The 2014–15 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team represented the University of Oregon during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Ducks were led by their fifth year head coach Dana Altman. They played their home games at Matthew Knight Arena and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 26–10, 13–5 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for second place. They advanced to the championship game of the Pac-12 Tournament where they lost to Arizona. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Oklahoma State in the second round before losing in the third round to Wisconsin.


2014–15 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team, Previous season
The 2013–14 Oregon Ducks finished the season with a record of 24–10 after advancing to the 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The team went 10–8 in the Pac-12 regular season. In the 2014 Pac-12 Tournament, the team defeated Oregon State 88–74, before losing to UCLA, 63–82 in the Quarterfinals. The Ducks were a #7-seed in the West Region of the NCAA Tournament. Oregon won its first tournament game, defeating #10-seed BYU 87–68. Oregon eventually lost to #2-seed Wisconsin 77–85, in the Round of 32.


2014–15 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team
The 2014–15 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team represented the University of Oregon during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ducks, led by first year head coach Kelly Graves, played their games at the Matthew Knight Arena and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 13–17, 6–12 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round in the Pac-12 Women's Tournament to Washington State.


2014–15 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team
The 2014–15 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team represented Oregon State University in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first year head coach Wayne Tinkle, the Beavers played their home games at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Oregon as members of the Pac-12 Conference. The Beavers 17–14, 8–10 in Pac-12 play to finish 7th in the conference standings and lost to Colorado in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament. Oregon St. was invited to play in the College Basketball Invitational for the 5th time, but declined.


2014–15 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team, Previous season
The 2013–14 Oregon State Beavers finished the season with an overall record of 16–16, and 8–10 in the Pac-12. In the 2014 Pac-12 Tournament, the team was defeated by Oregon, 74-88 in the first round. The Beavers were defeated by Radford, 92-96 in the first round of the 2014 College Basketball Invitational.


2014–15 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team, Off Season
On May 4, 2014, Oregon State fired Craig Robinson as head coach of the basketball program.


2014–15 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team
The 2014–15 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team represented Oregon State University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Beavers, led by fifth year head coach Scott Rueck, played their games at the Gill Coliseum and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 27–5, 16–2 in Pac-12 play to win the Pac-12 regular season title. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament to Colorado. They received at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated South Dakota State in the first round before getting upset by Gonzaga in the second round.


2014–15 Orlando Magic season
The 2014–15 Orlando Magic season was the 26th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Magic looked to improve on their 23–59 record the previous season where they had finished 5th in the Southeastern division and 13th in the Eastern Conference. While they did improve their record by two games, they still finished 5th and 13th in the division and conference, respectively.


2014–15 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)
The 2014–15 Országos Bajnokság I (known as the E.ON férfi OB I for sponsorship reasons) is the 109th season of the Országos Bajnokság I, Hungary's premier Water polo league.


2014–15 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), Team information
The following 14 clubs compete in the OB I during the 2014–15 season:


2014–15 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), Regular season, Standings
Pld - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost; GF - Goals for; GA - Goals against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.


2014–15 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), Championship playoff
Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game.


2014–15 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), Championship playoff, Semifinals, 2nd leg
A-HÍD OSC Újbuda won series 2–0 and advanced to the Final.


2014–15 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), Championship playoff, Semifinals, 2nd leg
Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP won series 2–0 and advanced to the Final.


2014–15 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), 7th – 10th placement
Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game.


2014–15 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), Relegation playout
Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game.


2014–15 Ottawa Senators season
The 2014–15 Ottawa Senators season was the 23rd season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). After an eventful regular season, the team returned to the NHL playoffs after not qualifying in the 2013–14 NHL season. Since 1996, the team has not missed the playoffs in consecutive seasons.


2014–15 Ottawa Senators season
With the team at .500 in early December, general manager Bryan Murray fired head coach Paul MacLean, replacing him with assistant coach  Dave Cameron. After being 14 points out of a playoff spot at the start of February, the Senators rallied behind the outstanding play of call-up goaltender Andrew Hammond down the stretch and qualified for the playoffs in the last game of the regular season. For his play, Hammond, nicknamed the "Hamburglar", gained league-wide attention, being named as an NHL Star of the Month and Week. Two rookies had outstanding seasons.


2014–15 Ottawa Senators season
Mark Stone who was nominated for the Calder Memorial Trophy, tied for the lead in points among rookies and Mike Hoffman led all rookies in goal scoring. First-year captain Erik Karlsson led the team in scoring with 66 points and won the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the league's top defenceman.


2014–15 Ottawa Senators season
In the playoffs, the Senators played the Montreal Canadiens in the first round of the playoffs. It was a rematch of the 2013 series which the Senators won. The Senators fell behind 3–0 in the series before rallying back with two wins. However, the comeback fell short and the Senators were eliminated in six games. Hammond started the series but was replaced in the third game by the Senators' number one goalie Craig Anderson, who was outstanding in his return to play.


2014–15 Ottawa Senators season
Before the season, it was learned that Murray had cancer, for which he underwent treatment weekly during the season, although he continued in his duties as general manager. In March 2015, it was learned that assistant coach Mark Reeds also had cancer. Reeds died on the eve of the playoffs, and the team dedicated their play to Reeds. Owner Eugene Melnyk was too ill to attend the playoffs and received a liver transplant in May 2015 after a public appeal for donors.


2014–15 Ottawa Senators season, Off-season
On May 11, 2014, it was reported that the Senators were looking to trade captain Jason Spezza, who has one year remaining on his current contract, prior to the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. Spezza was traded on July 1 to the Dallas Stars, along with Ludwig Karlsson for Alex Chiasson, Alex Guptill, Nick Paul and a 2015 draft second-round pick. Milan Michalek re-signed with the Senators on the same day, for a three-year extension. On July 4, free agent David Legwand signed with the Senators on a two-year deal. On July 7, the team issued a statement that general manager Bryan Murray had been diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer and will undergo treatment immediately. Assistant general managers Pierre Dorion and Randy Lee will manage hockey operations when Murray is undergoing treatment.


2014–15 Ottawa Senators season, Off-season
On August 18, 2014, TSN and the Ottawa Senators announced that the team's regional games will be broadcast on a new channel launching on August 25, 2014. The new channel is called TSN5. The channel will broadcast 53 games in the regular season plus preseason games.


2014–15 Ottawa Senators season, Off-season
On August 19, 2014, the Ottawa Senators announced that the team had surpassed over $100 million in community contributions in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec. The total includes over $59 million in community projects, over $25 million in contributions to charities and minor hockey programs, and more than $21 million in community programs and in-kind donations.


2014–15 Ottawa Senators season, Off-season
On September 9, 2014, the Ottawa Senators announced a couple of affiliation agreements. The club announced they've extended their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliation with the Binghamton Senators through the 2018–19 season. The Senators also announced a new ECHL affiliation with the Evansville IceMen through the 2015-16 season.


2014–15 Ottawa Senators season, Off-season
After some speculation about right winger Bobby Ryan's status entering the final year of his contract, on October 2, 2014, the team re-signed Ryan to a seven-year $50.25 million contract extension. At the same press conference announcing Ryan's signing, it was announced that Erik Karlsson was named team captain, the ninth in the current Senators history.


2014–15 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season
The team began their season October 9 with a three-game road trip beginning in Nashville taking on the Predators. Their home opener took place one week later on October 16 when they hosted the Colorado Avalanche at the Canadian Tire Centre. The Senators finished the home portion of their schedule on April 7, 2015 against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Their final regular season game took place in Philadelphia when they defeated the Flyers on April 11.


2014–15 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season
Former long-time Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson signed a one-game contract with Ottawa so he could announce his retirement as a member of the Senators. He was honoured prior to the match on December 4, 2014, where he participated in the pre-game warmup wearing an Ottawa jersey with the captain's insignia, which current captain Erik Karlsson relinquished for the occasion. Alfredsson would in March, receive the "key to the city" of Ottawa from Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson.


2014–15 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season
Head coach Paul MacLean was fired 27 games into the season. It was 109 games after MacLean won the Jack Adams trophy as NHL Coach of the Year. general manager Bryan Murray elevated assistant coach Dave Cameron to head coach. According to Murray, there was discord among the players. The team was at .500, and Murray expressed the hope that the team had enough games to make run to the playoffs.


2014–15 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season
In February, both of the Senators' goalies were injured. Craig Anderson injured his hand in practice and Robin Lehner was concussed in a collision with Clarke MacArthur who also received a concussion. Binghamton starting goalie Andrew "Hamburglar" Hammond was elevated to Ottawa. He won his first five starts (his first starts ever in the NHL) and was named NHL First Star for the week of February 23 – March 1. The Senators won three straight games in California, the first time the franchise had done so.


2014–15 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season
The corresponding win streak elevated the Senators into playoff contention for the final wild-card spot. In March, Anderson returned to the lineup and started two games. After losing to Boston, the team the Senators were chasing, coach Cameron returned to starting Hammond, who continued his streak of holding the opposition to two or fewer goals, and the team being undefeated in regulation time with him starting. Hammond became only the third NHL goalie since 1938 to hold the opposition to two or fewer goals for his first twelve career starts.


2014–15 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season
The team continued its run with Hammond and qualified for the playoffs in the final game of the season. The team had been 14 points out of a playoff spot and was the first team in NHL history to overcome that large of a deficit to qualify for the playoffs. They also became the first team not to get shutout in a full regular season since the Buffalo Sabres during the 2006-07 season.


2014–15 Ottawa Senators season, Playoffs
The Senators qualified for the playoffs after missing them in 2014. It is the fifteenth time in the modern franchise's 23-year history they've gone to the post-season. The Senators finished the regular season on a 23-4-4 run in their final 31 games in order to qualify for the postseason.


2014–15 Ottawa Senators season, Playoffs
Prior to the season, several sports outlets predicted the club would miss the playoffs. According to The Hockey News yearbook, the club's Stanley Cup odds were 95-1, and the club would finish in seventh place in the Atlantic Division. The official NHL 2015 Yearbook predicted the Senators would finish in 13th place in the Eastern Conference. Gambling site Bodog set the expected over/under for points at 78.5. That is 14.5 less points than the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference the prior season.


2014–15 Ottawa Senators season, Playoffs, First round: Ottawa vs. Montreal
Montreal, which won the Atlantic Division title, had home ice advantage over the Senators, who took the first wild card position. This was a rematch of the 2013 playoff series between the teams won by the Senators. In the 2014–15 regular season series, the Senators won three games of four between the teams.


2014–15 Ottawa Senators season, Playoffs, First round: Ottawa vs. Montreal
In game one in Montreal, the Senators started rookie goaltender Andrew Hammond for his first NHL career playoff start. An own goal by Andrei Markov was the only scoring of the first period, giving Ottawa a 1–0 lead after the period. Montreal scored four times in the second period to take a 4–3 lead. Montreal defender P. K. Subban was ejected from the game for a slashing attempt to injure on Mark Stone, who left the game but returned to play though injured. The third period was scoreless and Montreal took a 1–0 series lead.


2014–15 Ottawa Senators season, Playoffs, First round: Ottawa vs. Montreal
The next day, the Senators announced Stone suffered a microfracture in his wrist due to the slash. In game two, the Senators again took the lead with a goal in the first period by Clarke MacArthur. In the second period, the Canadiens took the lead on goals by Max Pacioretty and Subban. In the third, the Senators forced it to overtime with a power play goal by Patrick Wiercioch. In overtime, Alex Galchenyuk scored to win the game for the Canadiens.


2014–15 Ottawa Senators season, Playoffs, First round: Ottawa vs. Montreal
The series moved to Ottawa for game three, and Ottawa switched goaltenders, substituting Craig Anderson for Hammond, and inserted Chris Neil into the lineup. For the third time in the series, the Senators scored first, in the first period, on a goal by MacArthur. The second period was scoreless. In the third period, Dale Weise scored to tie the game and send it to overtime. In the overtime, Weise scored again to put the Canadiens up in the series 3–0.


2014–15 Ottawa Senators season, Playoffs, First round: Ottawa vs. Montreal
In game four, the game was scoreless until halfway through the third period when Mike Hoffman scored the only goal of the game and the Senators staved off elimination. Anderson stopped 28 Canadiens shots to record his third career playoff shutout. It was the Senators' first playoff shutout of the Canadiens and the first playoff shutout of Montreal by Ottawa since the first Senators shut out the Canadiens in April 1927 en route to a Stanley Cup title.


2014–15 Ottawa Senators season, Playoffs, First round: Ottawa vs. Montreal
The Senators faced elimination again in game five in Montreal. Again, Ottawa took the lead in the first, this time with two goals by Bobby Ryan and Patrick Wiercioch. The Senators increased their lead in the second period with a power play goal by Erik Karlsson to lead by 3–0 after two. In the third, Tom Gilbert scored to narrow the gap to 3–1. Erik Condra made a critical takeaway and scored on a breakaway. After some roughing between Anderson and Brandon Prust led to a Senators power play, Mike Hoffman scored in the final minute to make it a 5–1 romp. In the game, Montreal out shot Ottawa 46–25 but was repeatedly stymied by Anderson.


2014–15 Ottawa Senators season, Playoffs, First round: Ottawa vs. Montreal
In game six, Montreal scored first for the first time in the series, on a first period fluke goal by Brendan Gallagher and made it stand up to the end, adding an empty net goal with one second left to win the game 2–0 and take the series. It was the first and only time this season that Ottawa was shut out. A second-period goal by Jean-Gabriel Pageau was called off by the referee who ruled he had lost sight of the puck. The Senators outshot the Canadiens 43–19 but were stymied by Canadiens' goaltender Carey Price.


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


2014–15 Ottawa Senators season, Player statistics
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Senators. Stats reflect time with the Senators only. ‡No longer with team. Bold/italics denotes team leader in that category.


2014–15 Ottawa Senators season, Draft picks
The 2014 NHL Entry Draft took place on June 27–28, 2014 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


2014–15 Oulun Kärpät season
2014–15 Oulun Kärpät season  is the 30th season for Oulun Kärpät in Finnish Liiga.


2014–15 Oulun Kärpät season, Standings
Top six advanced straight to quarter-finals, while teams between 7th and 10th positions played wild card round for the final two spots. The Liiga is a closed series and thus there is no relegation.


2014–15 Oulun Kärpät season, Schedule and results
Selitykset:  Win (3 points)  Overtime win (2 points)  Overtime loss (1 point)  Loss (0 points)


2014–15 Oxford City FC of Texas season
The 2014–15 Oxford City FC of Texas season was the third season for the Beaumont, Texas-based professional indoor soccer franchise. Founded as the Texas Strikers in 2012, new ownership rebranded the team as Oxford City FC of Texas in July 2014.


2014–15 Oxford City FC of Texas season
The team was led by Oxford City Football Club, Inc. CEO Thomas Anthony Guerriero and head coach Mariano Bollella. Texas was a Southern Division team in the Major Arena Soccer League and played their home games at Ford Arena in Beaumont, Texas. They finished the regular season with a 12–8 record then fell to the Dallas Sidekicks in the first round of the MASL playoffs.


2014–15 Oxford City FC of Texas season, Season summary
Oxford City FC of Texas struggled to start the 2014–15 season, dropping their first two games, but rebounded with three consecutive wins. Although another loss briefly returned the team to .500, wins in their next two games gave the team more wins (5) by that point in the season than they earned in their two full seasons as the Texas Strikers (4).


2014–15 Oxford City FC of Texas season, Season summary
The team ended 2014 with a 7–4 record but with the new year (and the mid-season folding of Hidalgo La Fiera) came the addition of several former Hidalgo players and the replacement of head coach Chris "Topper" Cogan by former Hidalgo head coach Mariano Bollella. The team began 2015 with a three-game winning streak, including a road win against the Dallas Sidekicks, before losing 5 of their remaining 6 games, including home and road losses to Dallas. Their 12–8 record was good enough for third place in the Southern Division and qualified the Beaumont-based team for the playoffs. They faced rival Dallas at the Allen Event Center and lost 5–6, ending their playoff run.


2014–15 Oxford City FC of Texas season, History
The 2012–13 season was the first for the expansion Texas Strikers, Beaumont's first professional soccer team. The team struggled early on but split its final six regular season matches, finishing with a 3–13 record. The Strikers stumbled from the start of the 2013–14 season, dropping 15 consecutive matches. Only a home win over the Tulsa Revolution in their final match allowed them to earn a 1–15 record. The team did not qualify for post-season play.


2014–15 Oxford City FC of Texas season, History
In May 2014, the Professional Arena Soccer League added six teams from the failed third incarnation of the Major Indoor Soccer League and reorganized as the Major Arena Soccer League. With the league expansion and reorganization, Texas moved from the Central division to the new Southern division. The other Southern teams for 2014–15 are Texas-based Brownsville Barracudas, Dallas Sidekicks, and Hidalgo La Fiera plus Mexico-based Monterrey Flash and Saltillo Rancho Seco.


2014–15 Oxford City FC of Texas season, Off-field moves
In September 2014, the team announced that pre-game and post-game entertainment would be provided by a series of tribute bands. The announced acts include Back in Black, Rock and Roll Over, Light and Shade, and Van Hagar.


2014–15 Oxford City FC of Texas season, Off-field moves
On December 15, team owner Oxford City Football Club, Inc. announced that it had "successfully come to terms to sell" Oxford City FC of Texas to an unspecified "Latin American group", pending league approval. CEO Thomas Anthony Guerriero said that their "complete focus as an organization needs to be" on Oxford City F.C. which plays in Conference North, a division of Football Conference at Step 2 of the National League System and the sixth overall tier of the English football league system. The new owners were to have licensed the rights to use the "Oxford City FC of Texas" name through the end of the current MASL season. The sale was not completed before the end of the season and the announcement removed from the team's website.


2014–15 Oxford City FC of Texas season, Schedule, Regular season
1 Originally scheduled for Saturday, November 15. 2 Rescheduled due to mid-season withdrawal of Hidalgo La Fiera, maintaining 20-game schedule. 3 Replaces Hidalgo game originally scheduled for that date.


2014–15 Oxford City FC of Texas season, Awards and honors
Texas forward Lucas Totti was selected for the 2014-15 MASL All-League Third Team. Totti was also named to the league's all-rookie team for 2014–15. Texas goalkeeper Kyle Renfro earned honorable mention for the all-rookie team.


2014–15 Oxford City FC of Texas season, Awards and honors
On March 13, the MASL announced the finalists for its major year-end awards. These nominees included Texas forward Lucas Totti for both Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year.