1971–72 Swiss Cup

Swiss Cup 1971–72 Switzerland Zürich Basel 1970–71 1972–73 The 1971–72 Swiss Cup was the 47th season of Switzerland's football cup competition, organised annually since 1925–26 by the Swiss Football Association. Overview This season's cup competition began on the weekend of 4 and 5 September 1971, with the first games of the first round. The competition was to be completed on Whit Monday 22 May 1972 with the final, which was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern. The clubs from this season's Nationalliga B (NLB) were given byes for the first two rounds and entered the competition in the third round. The clubs from this season's Nationalliga A (NLA) were granted byes for the first three rounds. These teams joined the competition in the fourth round, which was played on the week-end of 23 and 24 October. The matches were played in a knockout format. In the event of a draw after 90 minutes, the match went into extra time. In the event of a draw at the end of extra time, a replay was foreseen and this was played on the visiting team's pitch. If the replay ended in a draw after extra time, a toss of a coin would decide the outcome of the match. The winners of the cup qualified themselves for the first round of the Cup Winners' Cup in the next season. Round 1 In this first phase, the lower league teams (1. Liga and lower) that had qualified themselves for the competition through their regional football association's regional cup competitions or their association's requirements, competed here. Whenever possible, the draw respected local regionalities. The lower-tier team in each drawn tie was granted the home advantage. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|4 and 5 September 1971 FC Münchwilen 1–4 FC Rorschach FC Adliswil 0–1 Red Star Vaduz 2–1 FC Rebstein SC Zug 4–2 FC Menziken FC Amriswil 1–2 Gossau Juventus Zürich 2–1 FC Turicum (Zürich) Montreux-Sports 1–2 Stade Nyonnais Bulle 4–1 US Collombey-Muraz ASI Audax-Friul 2–3 FC Aurore Bienne FC Kirchberg BE 0–3 FC Viktoria Bern Nordstern 1–2 Baden SC Baudepartement Basel 3–6 Concordia Locarno 6–2 SC Goldau US Giubiasco 2–1 Biasa Blue Stars 1–1 FC Wiedikon FC Heiden 1–4 Arbon FC Raron 7–0 Concordia Lausanne Urania Genève Sport 3–3 Meyrin Meyrin 3–1 Urania Genève Sport FC Breite Basel 4–1 FC Trimbach Delémont 2–0 FC Reconvillier FC Fontainemelon 5–1 FC Tramelan FC Saint-Imier 6–3 FC Bévillard Buochs 6–1 FC Reinach AG FC Rapid Lugano 1–2 Armonia Lugano SC Kleinhüningen 1–3 FC Breitenbach Laufen 3–2 FC Frenkendorf Yverdon-Sport 4–2 Signal FC (Bernex) FC Collex-Bossy 3–5 FC Assens CS La Tour-de-Peilz 3–0 FC Chalais Forward Morges 2–1 Stade Lausanne Emmenbrücke 2–1 Wangen bei Olten FC Küssnacht am Rigi 3–4 Kriens FC Turgi 2–0 FC Neuhausen FC Oftringen 0–1 FC Reinach BL Dürrenast 5–1 Central Fribourg Thun 4–1 Minerva Bern FC Portalban 1–2 Solothurn Zähringia Bern 4–2 Bern FC Uznach 2–1 Frauenfeld FC Lachen 3–6 Young Fellows FC Tössfeld (Winterthur) 4–1 FC Wetzikon Chur 5–1 FC Triesen Burgdorf 1–2 Bözingen 34 Le Locle-Sports 2–2 FC Porrentruy Replays |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|8 September 1971 FC Wiedikon 3–4 Blue Stars Meyrin 3–1 Urania Genève Sport FC Porrentruy 1–3 Le Locle-Sports Round 2 Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|17 and 18 September 1971 FC Rorschach 3–1 Red Star SC Zug 1–1 Vaduz Gossau 2–5 Juventus Zürich Stade Nyonnais 1–2 Bulle FC Aurore Bienne 0–1 FC Viktoria Bern Baden 2–1 Concordia Locarno 3–1 US Giubiasco Blue Stars 3–2 Arbon FC Raron 3–2 Meyrin FC Breite Basel 0–0 Delémont FC Fontainemelon 3–2 FC Saint-Imier Buochs 2–1 Armonia Lugano FC Breitenbach 0–5 Laufen Yverdon-Sport 1–0 FC Assens CS La Tour-de-Peilz 2–1 Forward Morges Emmenbrücke 0–1 Kriens FC Turgi 1–2 Reinach BL Dürrenast 1–2 Thun Solothurn 3–1 Zähringia Bern FC Uznach 5–2 Young Fellows FC Tössfeld (Winterthur) 0–1 Chur Bözingen 34 1–0 Le Locle-Sports Replays |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|22 September 1971 Vaduz 3–1 SC Zug |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|29 September 1971 Delémont 1–0 FC Breite Basel Round 3 The teams from the NLB entered the cup competition in this round. However, they were seeded and could not be drawn against each other. Whenever possible, the draw respected local regionalities. The lower-tier team in each drawn tie was granted the home advantage. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|2 and 3 October 1971 FC Rorschach 2–0 Vaduz Wettingen 2–1 Juventus Zürich Bulle 0–5 Vevey Sports FC Viktoria Bern 0–4 Martigny-Sports Brühl 4–0 Baden Locarno 1–2 Bellinzona Etoile Carouge 2–0 FC Raron Delémont 0–1 FC Fontainemelon Laufen 0–6 Xamax Monthey 3–0 Yverdon-Sport Chênois 5–0 CS La Tour-de-Peilz US Gambarogno 0–1 Kriens Reinach BL 0–2 Fribourg Thun 6–1 Solothurn Bözingen 34 0–3 Aarau FC Uznach 0–0 Chur Mendrisiostar 0–0 Blue Stars Chiasso 1–1 Buochs Replays |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|12 October 1971 Blue Stars 0–1 Mendrisiostar Buochs 0–0 1–3 Chiasso |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|14 October 1971 Chur 2–0 FC Uznach Matches 2 October 1971 FC Bözingen 34 (red) Fussballverband Bern/Jura 2024 https://matchcenter.fvbj-afbj.ch/default.aspx?v=1286&oid=6&lng=1 FC Bözingen 34 Fussballverband Bern/Jura de-ch 2024-11-16 0–3 FCA summary Aarau Längfeld 1, Biel/Bienne Round 4 The teams from the NLA entered the cup competition in the fourth round, they were seeded and could not be drawn against each other. The draw was still respecting regionalities, but the lower-tier team was no longer granted home advantage. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|23 and 24 October 1971 St. Gallen 3–0 FC Rorschach (red) Ostschweizer Fussballverband 2024 https://matchcenter.ofv.swiss/default.aspx?lng=1&cxxlnus=1&v=1318140& FC Rorschach-Goldach 17 Ostschweizer Fussballverband - ofv.swiss de 2024-11-16 Lugano 3–1 Wettingen Biel-Bienne 3–1 Vevey Sports Martigny-Sports 0–4 Sion Winterthur 1–2 Brühl Zürich 5–2 Bellinzona Mendrisiostar 1–3 Grenchen Young Boys 10–0 Etoile Carouge FC Fontainemelon FC Val-de-Ruz (red) 2022 https://fcvdr.ch/histoire/ Histoire History fcvdr.ch fr 2024-11-16 (red) Association neuchâteloise de football 2024 https://matchcenter-anf.football.ch/default.aspx?v=1258901&oid=15&lng=2 FC Val-de-Ruz Association neuchâteloise de football fr 2024-11-16 0–3 Lausanne-Sport Xamax 1–2 La Chaux-de-Fonds Chur 1–3 Aarau Basel 3–1 Monthey Servette 3–1 Chênois Luzern 5–1 Kriens Chiasso 1–1 Grasshopper Club Fribourg 1–1 Thun Replays |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|27 October 1971 Grasshopper Club 2–0 Chiasso |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|3 November 1971 Thun 2–3 Fribourg Matches 23 October 1971 20:00 Basel 3–1 FCB summary Monthey Hitzfeld 39 1:1Odermatt 42 2:1Blättler 80 3:1 21 0:1 Messerli St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,891 SUI Roland Racine Prilly 23 October 1971 Servette 3–1 Servette summary Chênois Németh Dörfel 2:0Desbiolles Stade des Charmilles, Geneva 24 October 1971 Zürich 5–2 FCZ summary Bellinzona Kuhn 19 1:0Martinelli 31 2:0Künzli 43 3:0Künzli 84 4:2Rutschmann 86 5:2 47 3:1 Morinini56 3:2 Guidotti Letzigrund, Zürich 2,800 SUI Walter Hungerbühler (St. Gallen) 24 October 1971 Young Boys 10–0 10–0 YB summary Etoile Carouge Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 24 October 1971 Chur 1–3 yes FCA summary Aarau Ringstrasse, Chur Round 5 Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|20 November 1972 La Chaux-de-Fonds 0–3 Basel |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|21 November 1972 Biel-Bienne 2–1 Sion |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|12 December 1972 Brühl 0–2 Zürich St. Gallen 5–0 Lugano Lausanne-Sport 1–2 Grasshopper Club Servette 1–0 Luzern Fribourg 3–0 Aarau Grenchen 1–1 Young Boys Replay |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|19 December 1972 Young Boys 1–0 Grenchen Matches 21 November 14:30 La Chaux-de-Fonds 0 – 3 FCB summary Basel Blättler 34 1:0Hitzfeld 73 2:0Blättler 79 3:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 4,500 SUI André Favre (Echallens) 5 December 1971 Brühl 0–2 FCZ summary Zürich 66 0:1 Künzli69 0:2 Rutschmann Krontal, St. Gallen 1,500 SUI Ulysse Darbellay (Roche) 5 December 1971 Servette 1–0 Servette summary Luzern og Stade des Charmilles, Geneva 5 December 1971 Fribourg 3–0 FCA summary Aarau Stade Universitaire, Fribourg 5 December 1971 Grenchen 1–1 Young Boys 1–1 yes YB summary Young Boys Stadium Brühl, Grenchen Replay 19 December 1972 Young Boys 1–0 YB summary Grenchen Wankdorf Stadium, Bern Quarter-finals Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|12 March 1972 Biel-Bienne 0–0 St. Gallen Zürich 2–1 Fribourg Servette 0–1 Young Boys Grasshopper Club 1–1 Basel Replays |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|15 March 1972 St. Gallen 1–0 Biel-Bienne Basel 3–2 Grasshopper Club Matches 12 March 1972 Zürich 2–1 FCZ summary Fribourg Martinelli 71 1:1Jeandupeux 78 2:1 26 0:1 Kvicinsky Letzigrund, Zürich 2,900 SUI Roland Racine (Prilly) 12 March 1972 Servette 0–1 yes Servette summaryYB summary Young Boys Stade des Charmilles, Geneva 12 March 1972 14:30 Grasshopper-Club 1–1 yes FCB ummary Basel Meier 56 1:0 66 1:1 Rahmen97 Hasler Hardturm, Zürich 16,000 SUI Bruno Della Bruna (Lumino) Replay 15 March 1972 20:00 Basel 3–2 Summary Grasshopper-Club Hasler 7 1:0Rahmen 77 2:1Hitzfeld 78 3:1 53 1:1 Müller88 3:2 Meier St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 33,000 SUI Walter Hungerbühler (St. Gallen) Semi-finals Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|3 April 1972 St. Gallen 2–3 Zürich Young Boys 0–2 Basel Matches 3 April 1972 St. Gallen 2–3 FCZ summary Zürich Perušić 53 1:3Cornioley 89 2:3 8 0:1 Künzli17 0:2 Konietzka45 0:3 Heer88 Heer Espenmoos, St. Gallen 9,500 SUI Roland Keller (Bern) 3 April 1972 BSC Young Boys 0–2 FCB summaryYB summary Basel Messerli 39 5 1:0 Karl Odermatt39 Hitzfeld82 2:0 Walter Balmer Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 50,000 SUI Walter Gallmann (Oberrieden) Final The final was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern on Whit Monday 1972. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|22 May 1972 Zürich 1–0 Basel Telegram 22 May 1972 14:30 Zürich 1–0 yes Fussball-Schweiz summaryFCB summary Basel Jeandupeux 45Jeandupeux 90 Wankdorf, Bern 45,000 SUI Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach For the second time in three years, following their encounter in 1970, the two teams FCZ and FCB battled it out for the national cup title. After a 1–4 loss in extra time on the last occasion, the club from the Rhine knee was shaky at the reunion. FCZ promptly triumphed in front of 45,000 spectators at Bern's Wankdorf stadium. On Whit Monday, 22 May 1972, they secured the third cup trophy in their history (the first, incidentally, had come in 1966, against Servette). bud/sda 2014 https://www.srf.ch/sport/fussball/fussball-allgemein/dank-geduld-marti-und-kuenzli-cupfinal-1973-fuer-den-fcz-waren-aller-guten-dinge-drei Cupfinal 1973: Für den FCZ waren aller guten Dinge drei Cup Final 1973: For FCZ, all good things came in threes Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) de-ch 2024-11-16 Further in Swiss football 1971–72 Nationalliga A 1971–72 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Fussball-Schweiz FCB Cup games 1971–72 at fcb-achiv.ch Switzerland 1971–72 at RSSSF Swiss Cupseasons 1970–71 1972–73 Category:Swiss Cup seasons Swiss Cup Swiss Cup