1979–80 Swiss Cup

1979–80 Swiss Cup
Tournament details
Country	Switzerland
Final positions
Champions	Sion
Runners-up	Young Boys
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The 1979–80 Swiss Cup was the 55th season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition.

Overview

The competition began on the weekend 4 and 5 August 1979 with the first games of the first round and was completed on Whit Monday 26 June 1980 with the final, which was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern. The clubss^{[check spelling]} from this season's Nationalliga B were granted byes for the first round. The games of the second round were played one week later, on the weekend 11 and 12 of August. The clubs from this season's Nationalliga A were granted byes for the first three rounds. These teams joined the competition in the fourth round on 29 and 30 September.

The matches were played in a knockout format. Up until the quarter-finals, in the event of a draw at the end of extra time, the match was decided with a penalty shoot-out. In and after the quarter-finals, a replay was foreseen and this was played on the visiting team's pitch. The winners of the cup qualified themselves for the first round of the Cup Winners' Cup in the next season.

Round 1

The teams from the lower divisions, who had qualified for this round through their regional football association's cup competitions or their requirements, competed in the first round.

Summary

Team 1	Score	Team 2
4 and 5 August 1979
FC Onex	0–4	Stade Lausanne
FC Lutry	2–1	Etoile Carouge
Montreux-Sports	3–1	Stade Nyonnais
FC Plan-les-Ouates	0–3	FC Renens
Unistars 77 Aigle	3–1	Monthey
FC Gland	1–3 (a.e.t.)	ES Malley
FC Saint-Prex	1–3	Meyrin
Concordia Lausanne	0–4	Lancy-Sports
FC Siviriez	4–2 (a.e.t.)	FC Orbe
FC Grimisuat	5–1	FC Visp
FC Bagnes	1–4	FC Leytron
Marin-Sports	0–1	Le Locle-Sports
CS Romont	1–2	Bulle
Düdingen	2–5	Central Fribourg
FC Estavayer-le-Lac	1–1 (a.e.t.) (p)	Yverdon-Sport
FC Courfaivre	0–6	Delémont
Moutier	5–0	FC Boudry
FC Langenthal	1–2	US Boncourt
Thun	3–2	FC Lerchenfeld
FC Aarberg	1–2	Dürrenast
Burgdorf	2–0	FC Rapid Ostermundigen
SC Zofingen	0–5	Solothurn
FC Hochdorf	2–3	SC Zug
FC Littau	0–1	Emmenbrücke
FC Wollera	0–2	SC Zug
Cham	1–6	SC Emmen
SV Sissach	3–4	FC Egerkingen
FC Laufenburg	0–3	Laufen
FC Zwingen	4–2	Concordia
FC Brunnen	4–2	US Giubiasco
FC Deitingen	2–4	Muttenz
FC Binningen	1–1 (a.e.t.) (p)	FC Birsfelden
FC Welschenrohr	0–3	FC Allschwil
FC Schaan	3–1	Chur
FC Uznach	2–5	FC Stäfa ZH
FC Berg	2–5 (a.e.t.)	Balzers
FC Adliswil	0–4	FC Rüti ZH
FC Brüttisellen	3–1	Young Fellows
FC Wollishofen	1–2	FC Glattbrugg
FC Kilchberg	0–4	Red Star
FC Töss	5–3	Gossau
FC Schwammendingen	2–0	FC Turicum ZH
FC Embrach	3–5	Schaffhausen
FC Küsnacht ZH	3–0	Unterstrass ZH
FC Claro	1–0	Locarno
Armonia Lugano	1–7	Mendrisiostar
FC Ayent	0–5	Martigny-Sports
SV Lyss	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Köniz
Lengnau	3–1	FC Aurore Bienne
FC Gränichen	1–7	FC Herzogenbuchsee
SC Schöftland	2–4	SC Derendingen
FC Dottikon	1–5	FC Suhr
FC Amriswil	3–1	Vaduz
US Les Geneveys/Coffr	1–4 (a.e.t.)	Fétigny
Losone Sportiva	1–2 (a.e.t.)	FC Morbio
FC Tössfeld	0–0 (a.e.t.) (0–3 p)	Blue Stars
FC Glarus	1–0	Ibach
Kreuzlingen	2–1	Brühl

Round 2

The teams from the NLB joined the cup competition in the second round, they were seeded and could not be drawn against each other. Whenever possible, the draw was respecting regionalities and the lower-tier team was granted home advantage.

Summary

Team 1	Score	Team 2
11 and 12 August 1979
FC Fétigny	0–3	Vevey Sports
FC Suhr	3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Biel-Bienne
Muttenz	1–3	Nordstern
FC Stäfa ZH	1–3	Aarau
FC Morbio	1–2	Bellinzona
Central Fribourg	1–0	FC Raron
FC Lutry	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Fribourg
Burgdorf	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Grenchen
Thun	0–2	Bern
FC Zwingen	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Baden
FC Brüttisellen	2–1	Wettingen
FC Brunnen	1–3	Kriens
Red Star	0–5	Winterthur
Schaan	2–3	Frauenfeld
Martigny-Sports	1–2	FC Renens
Bulle	3–2	Montreux-Sports
Meyrin	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Lausanne-Sport
SC Binningen	0–2	US Boncourt
FC Herzogenbuchsee	1–5 (a.e.t.)	SC Derendingen
FC Allschwil	2–3	Laufen
SC Emmen	0–7	Blue Stars
Solothurn	4–2 (a.e.t.)	SC Zug
Balzers	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Schaffhausen
FC Glattbrugg	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	FC Rüti ZH
Unistars 77 Aigle	1–5	FC Leytron
FC Grimisuat	1–2 (a.e.t.)	ES Malley
Delémont	5–0	Moutier
Lengnau	1–4	FC Egerkingen
FC Schwammendingen	5–3 (a.e.t.)	FC Zug
FC Claro	0–3	Mendrisiostar
FC Glarus	2–3	Emmenbrücke
FC Siviriez	2–3 (a.e.t.)	FC Le Locle
FC Estavayer-le-Lac	4–0	Lancy-Sports
FC Amriswil	0–2	FC Töss
SV Lyss	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Dürrenast
FC Küsnacht	1–2	Kreuzlingen

Matches

11 August 1979

FC Stäfa^[1]	1–3	Aarau
	FCA summary

Sportanlage Frohberg, Stäfa

Attendance: 850

Referee:

Otto Isler (Zürich)

Round 3

Summary

Team 1	Score	Team 2
18 August 1979
ES Malley	0–1 (a.e.t.)	FC Le Locle
Aarau	4–0	Kriens
Bellinzona	1–3	Winterthur
Grenchen	3–1	Solothurn
Fribourg	3–0	Stade Lausanne
FC Estavayer-le-Lac	2–1	FC Leytron
FC Brüttisellen	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Mendrisiostar
Bern	(a.e.t.) 4–1	Laufen
Nordstern	3–1	US Boncourt
Bulle	0–3	Vevey Sports
FC Rüti ZH	0–2	Schaffhausen
Biel-Bienne	3–2	SV Lyss
Delémont	3–2	SC Derendingen
19 August 1979
'Blue Stars	2–0	FC Schwammendingen
FC Töss	1–3	Frauenfeld
Kreuzlingen	4–3	Emmenbrücke
FC Renens	3–0	Central Fribourg
FC Zwingen	2–5	FC Egerkingen

Matches

18 August 1979

Aarau	4–0	Kriens
	FCA summary

Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau

Attendance: 850

Referee:

Rudolf Affolter

Round 4

The teams from the NLA joined the cup competition in the fourth round, they were seeded and could not be drawn against each other. The draw was still respecting regionalities and the lower-tier team was granted home advantage.

Summary

Team 1	Score	Team 2
29 September 1979
FC Le Locle	0–4	Xamax
Aarau	2–4	St. Gallen
Grenchen	1–2	La Chaux-de-Fonds
Fribourg	1–2	Chênois
FC Egerkingen	1–9	Zürich
FC Estavayer-le-Lac	0–1	Young Boys
Blue Stars	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Grasshopper Club
Bern	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Sion
Vevey Sports	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Lausanne-Sport
Frauenfeld	2–0	Schaffhausen
Biel-Bienne	0–3	FC Renens
Delémont	0–1	Servette
30 September 1979
Winterthur	1–0	Lugano
Nordstern	0–2	Luzern
Mendrisiostar	1–3	Basel
Kreuzlingen	1–2	Chiasso

Matches

29 September 1979

Aarau	2–4	St. Gallen
	FCA summary

Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau

Attendance: 5,000

Referee:

Gottlieb Barmettler (Luzern)

29 September 1979

FC Egerkingen^[2]	1–9	Zürich
Schwarz 34' (1:2)	FCZ summary	20' (0:1) Botteron 22' (0:2) Erba 43' (1:3) Peterhans 48' (1:4) Peterhans 50' (1:5) Botteron 58' (1:6) Zappa 75' (1:7) Seiler 84' (1:8) Zwicker 88' (1:9) Peterhans

Sportplatz Byfang, Egerkingen

Attendance: 5,000

Referee:

Arturo Martino (Neukirch an der Thur)

29 September 1979

FC Estavayer-le-Lac^[3]	0–1	Young Boys
	YB summary	82' Müller

Stade des Grèves, Estavayer-le-Lac

Attendance: 3,000

Referee:

René Maire (Genève)

29 September 1979

Delémont	0–1	Servette
	Servette summary	(0:1) Andrey

La Blancherie, Delémont

30 September 1979

15:00

Mendrisiostar	1 – 3	Basel
Roncari 30' Preisig 59' (1:1)	FCB summary	16' (0:1) Tanner 41' Maradan 65' (1:2) Küttel 81' (1:3) Demarmels

Centro Sportivo Comunale, Mendrisio

Attendance: 1,500

Referee:

Franz Gächter

Round 5

Summary

Team 1	Score	Team 2
3 November 1979
Grasshopper Club	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Sion
Chênois	4–1	Zürich
Chiasso	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Servette
Xamax	2–1	St. Gallen
4 November 1979
Winterthur	2–1	La Chaux-de-Fonds
Young Boys	2–0	Basel
Luzern	3–0	Vevey Sports
Frauenfeld	1–0	FC Renens^[4]

Matches

3 November 1979

Chênois	4–1	Zürich
Tachet 23' (1:1) Garande 49' (2:1) Garande 74' (3:1) Garande 79' (4:1)	FCZ summary	7' (0:1) Peterhans

Stade des Trois-Chêne, Chêne-Bourg

Attendance: 3,000

Referee:

Jean-Marie Macheret (Rueyres-St-Laurent)

3 November 1979

Chiasso	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Servette
	Servette summary	Barberis Dutoit
Penalties
	2–4

Stadio Comunale Riva IV, Chiasso

4 November 1979

14:30

Young Boys	2 – 0	Basel
Müller 29' (1:0) Zwahlen 47' Schönenberger 52' Zwahlen 62' (2:0)	YB summery Summary

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Attendance: 9,000

Referee:

Peter Rotschi (Oensingen)

Quarter-finals

Summary

Team 1	Score	Team 2
9 December 1979
Xamax	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Winterthur
Chênois	0–1	Young Boys
Sion	4–1	Luzern
Frauenfeld	0–2	Servette

Matches

9 December 1979

Chênois	0–1	Young Boys
	YB summary	89' (0:1) Müller

Stade des Trois-Chêne, Chêne-Bourg

Attendance: 4,000

Referee:

Alfred Heinis

9 December 1979

Frauenfeld	0–2	Servette
	Servette summary	(0:1) Barberis (0:2) Barberis

Kleine Allmend, Frauenfeld

Semi-finals

Summary

Team 1	Score	Team 2
7 April 1980
Sion	2–1	Servette
Xamax	0–1	Young Boys

Matches

7 April 1980

Sion	2–1	Servette
Brigger 6' (1:0) Cernicky 75' (2:1)	Servette summary	52' (1:1) Bizzini

Stade de Tourbillon, Sion

7 April 1980

Xamax	0–1	Young Boys
	YB summary	56' (0:1) Müller

Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel

Referee:

Bruno Galler (Kirchdorf, Bern)

Final

The final was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern on Whit Monday 1980.

Summary

Team 1	Score	Team 2
26 May 1980
Sion	2–1	Young Boys

Telegram

26 May 1980

15:00

Sion	2–1	Young Boys
Balet 8' (1:0) Mathez 62' (2:1)	Fussball-Schweiz summary	10' (1:1) Schönenberger

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Attendance: 45,000

Referee:

Otto Isler (Zürich)

Sion won the cup and this was the club's third cup title to this date.^[5]

Further in Swiss football

References

^ (red) Fussballverband Region Zürich (2024). "FC Stäfa" (in German). Fussballverband Region Zürich - fvrz.ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
^ (red) Solothurner Fussballverband (2024). "FC Egerkingen" (in German). Solothurner Fussballverband. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
^ (red) Association Fribourgeoise de Football (2024). "FC Estavayer-le-Lac" (in French). Association Fribourgeoise de Football. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
^ (red) Association cantonale vaudoise de football (2024). "FC Renens" (in German). Association cantonale vaudoise de football - acvf.football.ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
^ (red) FC Sion (2024). "Historisch" [Historical] (in German). FC Sion (Olympique des Alpes SA). Retrieved 2024-11-16.

Sources

Preceded by 1979–80	Swiss Cup seasons	Succeeded by 1981–82

[Fussballverband_Region_Zürich-2024-FC_Stäfa-1] (red) Fussballverband Region Zürich (2024). "FC Stäfa" (in German). Fussballverband Region Zürich - fvrz.ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

[Solothurner_Fussballverband-2024-FC_Egerkingen-2] (red) Solothurner Fussballverband (2024). "FC Egerkingen" (in German). Solothurner Fussballverband. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

[Association_Fribourgeoise_de_Football-2024-FC_Estavayer-le-Lac-3] (red) Association Fribourgeoise de Football (2024). "FC Estavayer-le-Lac" (in French). Association Fribourgeoise de Football. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

[acvf.football.ch-2024-FC_Renens-4] (red) Association cantonale vaudoise de football (2024). "FC Renens" (in German). Association cantonale vaudoise de football - acvf.football.ch. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

[FC_Sion-Historisch-5] (red) FC Sion (2024). "Historisch" [Historical] (in German). FC Sion (Olympique des Alpes SA). Retrieved 2024-11-16.

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