1930–31 Swiss Cup

Swiss Cup 1930–31 Switzerland 135 Lugano Grasshopper Club 1929–30 1931–32 The 1930–31 Swiss Cup was the 6th edition of Switzerland's football cup competition, organised annually since the 1925–26 season by the Swiss Football Association. Overview Preamble In Switzerland, after the end of the first world war, the 1920s saw a rapid rise in the popularity of top-level football and also a decade of rapid growth in grassroots football and many new football clubs were formed. By the mid-1920s, every larger Swiss town had a football pitch and its own football club. Top level organised football also experienced a boom and the larger already existing clubs were also expanding and growing. Between 1922 and 1930, twelve new football stadiums were built, each with a capacity of over 10,000 spectators. Furthermore, semi- and fully professional football players began to emerge and transfer fees started to become a reality. Fabian Brändle Christian Koller 2018 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299279864_4_zu_2_Die_goldene_Zeit_des_Schweizer_Fussballs_1918-1939 Die goldene Zeit des Schweizer Fussballs 1918–1939 The golden times in Swiss football 1918–1939 Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz (HLS) de-ch 2024-11-16 The structure of the Swiss championships provided a top-tier Serie A with 27 teams (3 regional groups of 9 clubs) and a second-tier Promotion Series with 54 teams divided into 6 groups. From the third-tier the football system was arranged in the regional leagues, named Serie B, C and D. However, the Swiss league system was suffering a crisis and the differences had expand during the previous few years. There were continuous disagreements between smaller and larger clubs, mainly concerning promotion/relegation procedures, which included play-offs between lower-tier group winners and upper-tier group losers. Things came to a peak at exactly this time, due to the fact that at the end of the previous season there were no promotion/relegation play-offs between the top two tiers. At last years' AGM the Swiss Football and Athletics Federation (SFAV), as the Swiss Football Association used to call itself, then decided to reorganise the structures of their championships and that the first, second and third tiers would be re-arranged. The new league would start explicitly in the following season and his season remained as transition season. Christian Koller Marianne Meier 16 June 2025 https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/048188/2025-06-16/ Fussball Schweiz Football Switzerland Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz (HLS) de-ch 2025-06-16 Format The Cup competition that had been introduced five years earlier, to relieve these rising differences, proved to be a success. This season 135 clubs applied to join the cup competition and, therefore, it began with two preliminary rounds, before the main competition began. The first qualifying round was played at the end of August and second qualifying at the beginning of September 1930. The first principal round was played at the beginning of October. The competition was to be completed on Sunday 10 May 1931, with the final, which this year was held at the Campo Marzio in Lugano. The preliminary rounds were held for the lower league teams that were not qualified for the main rounds. Reserve teams were not admitted to the competition. The 27 clubs from this season's top-tier, in the 1930–31 Swiss Serie A, joined the competition in the first principal round, which was played on Saturday and Sunday, 4 and 5 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, if agreed between the clubs, a second extra time was played. If the score was still level at the final whistle, a replay was foreseen and this was played on the visiting team's pitch. If no replay was agreed or the replay ended in a draw after extra time, a toss of a coin would establish the team that qualified for the next round. Erik Garin Peter Kungler 2024 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit31.html Switzerland 1930/31 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2024-11-16 Preliminary rounds The lower league teams that had not qualified for the competition competed here in two preliminary knockout rounds. Reserve teams were not admitted to the competition. The aim of this preliminary stage was to reduce the number of lower league teams to 31 before the first main round, to join the 33 clubs from the top-tier that were automatically qualified. The draw in the preliminary stage and in the early rounds of the main competition respected local regionalities. Both preliminary rounds were played in advance of the lower leagues regional season. First preliminary round |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|24 August 1930 FC Madretsch (Biel) 5–1 FC Saint-Jean Genève Baden 1–2 FC Liestal SV Schaffhausen 2–3 FC Industrie Der Vorstand FCIT 2024 https://fcit.ch/geschichte Fusion / Unsere Geschichte – FC Industrie Turicum Merger / Our History – FC Industrie Turicum FC Industrie Turicum de-ch 2024-11-16 (red) Fussballverband Region Zürich 2023 https://matchcenter.fvrz.ch/default.aspx?v=822596&oid=11&lng=1 FC Industrie Turicum Fussballverband Region Zürich de 2024-11-16 |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|31 August 1930 FC Bözingen 2–1 FC Länggasse (Bern) FC Lengnau 4–3 FC Helvetia Bern Cercle des Sports Bienne 1–2 FC Nidau FC Birsfelden 4–2 Red Star FC Wädenswil 0–2 FC Amriswil FC Münchenstein 4–2 SC Veltheim (Winterthur) FC Flawil 5–6 FC Buchs (SG) FC Helvetia Bern 0–2 FC Breite (Basel) FC Lenzburg 5–2 FC Romanshorn FC Dietikon 3–4 FC Langnau am Albis (ZH) FC Töss (Winterthur) 3–2 VfR Kleinhüningen SV Höngg 2–5 SV Sissach Sirius Zürich 2–4 Kickers Luzern FC Weinfelden 1–5 SV Seebach Black Stars 5–3 Fortuna Oberstrass Sportfreunde Basel 0–6 FC Buchs (AG) Frauenfeld 3–6 FC Oerlikon (ZH) FC Allschwil 4–3 Arbon SC Zug 3–7 FC Engstringen Uster 6–1 FC Neuhausen Rasenspiele Basel 2–1 FC Altstetten (Zürich) FC Horgen 1–7 FC Diana Zürich Sparta Schaffhausen 3–2 Juventus Zürich Wohlen 1–4 Luzern Locarno 5–0 FC Adliswil FC Thalwil 3–5 GC Luganesi SV Suhr 1–3 SC Balerna Bellinzona 3–2 Bülach Couvet-Sports 4–2 Richemond-Daillettes (FR) FC Gloria (Le Locle) FFAwd 3–0 * Payerne-Sports FC Le Locle 1–5 annulledAwd 0–3 * USI Dopolavoro Genève Vevey Sports 3–0 SCI Esperia Bern La Côte-Sports Rolle 4–6 ASEP Saint-Imier-Sports CAA Genève 7–2 annulledAwd 0–3 * FC Boudry Stade Nyonnais 3–1 FC Tramelan Sion 4–3 FC Tavannes Sport Boys Bern 2–1 Montreux-Sports CS La Tour-de-Peilz 2–3 US Fulgor Grenchen FC Chailly/Lausanne 3–2 Martigny-Sports Concordia Yverdon 8–1 FC Reconvilier FC Fleurier 3–4 FC Xamax (Neuchâtel) Sylva-Sports (Le Locle) 3–1 annulledAwd 0–3 * Zähringia Bern FC Viktoria Bern (red) Fussballverband Bern/Jura 2024 https://matchcenter.fvbj-afbj.ch/default.aspx?v=1355&oid=6&lng=1 FC Weissenstein Fussballverband Bern/Jura de 2024-11-16 Adrian Lüpold 22 May 2019 https://www.bernerzeitung.ch/das-kam-bei-der-fraktion-von-viktoria-nicht-gut-an-658416238648 Das kam bei der Fraktion von Viktoria nicht gut an This did not go down well with the Viktoria faction Bernerzeitung de-ch 2024-11-16 1–2 Monthey Minerva Bern 3–2 FC Yverdon Villeneuve-Sports 1–4 Central Fribourg Sainte-Croix Sports 2–3 FC Renens FC Jonction (Genève) 7–0 Olympia-Sports Vevey Racing-Club Lausanne 0–1 annulledAwd 3–0 * Stade Lausanne Thun 2–1 Delémont FC Forward Morges 4–1 FC Lancy-Champagne-Sports FC Olten 4–2 Chênois Note to match Couvet-Sports–Richemond-Daillettes: Richemond-Daillettes declaired forfeit and the match was awarded as a 3–0 victory for Couvet-Sports. Note to match Le Locle–Dopolavoro: a player of FC Le Locle was not qualified, the result was annulled and the match was awarded as a 3–0 victory for Dopolavoro. Note to match CAA Genève–Boudry: a player of CAA Genève was not qualified, the result was annulled and the match was awarded as a 3–0 victory for Boudry. Note to match Sylva-Sports–Zähringia: following a protest from Zähringia, the result was annulled and awarded as a 3–0 victory for Zähringia. Note to match Racing-Club–Stade Lausanne: a player of Stade Lausanne was not qualified, the result was annulled and the match was awarded as a 3–0 victory for Racing-Club. Second preliminary round |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|7 September 1930 FC Lenzburg 1–7 FC Töss (Winterthur) Locarno 2–1 Sparta Schaffhausen FC Amriswil 1–2 FC Breite (Basel) FC Birsfelden 1–2 SV Seebach Black Stars 1–0 FC Diana Zürich SC Balerna 2–4 Kickers Luzern FC Oerlikon (ZH) 9–1 SV Sissach Rasenspiele Basel 3–4 FC Langnau am Albis (ZH) FC Liestal 2–1 FC Münchenstein FC Lengnau 2–3 Monthey FC Bözingen 4–2 Couvet-Sports FC Chailly/Lausanne 0–6 Central Fribourg FC Gloria (Le Locle) 0–12 FC Olten Vevey Sports FFAwd 3–0 * ASEP Saint-Imier-Sports FC Forward Morges 3–2 FC Madretsch (Biel) |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|21 September 1930 FC Jonction (Genève) 5–0 FC Renens Stade Nyonnais 6–2 Sion Note to match Vevey Sports–ASEP Saint-Imier-Sports: Saint-Imier declaired forfeit and the match was awarded as a 3–0 victory for Vevey Sports. All the other clubs received byes. First principal round The winners of the qualification round were to join the clubs from the lower leagues that had already qualified and the teams from the top-tier that were automatically qualified. The draw in the early rounds of the main competition respected local regionalities, whenever possible. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|4 October 1930 Servette 2–1 FC Xamax (Neuchâtel) |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|5 October 1930 Bellinzona 1–5 Luzern Zürich 6–0 Black Stars FC Liestal 8–4 FC Engstringen FC Buchs SG 3–7 St. Gallen Concordia Basel 4–3 SV Seebach Old Boys 1–2 Winterthur Basel 4–5 Locarno Lugano 6–3 Chiasso FC Langnau am Albis (ZH) 2–5 FC Oerlikon (ZH) FC Breite (Basel) 4–3 Uster Brühl 5–0 FC Allschwil Solothurn 5–2 Minerva Bern Fulgor Grenchen 1–4 Cantonal Neuchâtel FC Boudry 1–12 FC Olten Lausanne-Sport 3–1 FC Nidau Sion 4–0 Central Fribourg Vevey Sports 0–6 Grenchen La Chaux-de-Fonds 2–1 Young Boys FC Bözingen 3–1 Zähringia Bern FC Jonction (Genève) 2–5 Etoile Carouge Urania Genève Sport 3–1 Biel-Bienne Sport-Boys Bern 2–4 Racing-Club Lausanne Bern 3–1 Étoile-Sporting FC Forward Morges 2–1 Concordia Yverdon Kickers Luzern 1–5 Young Fellows FC Töss (Winterthur) 1–5 Grasshopper Club USI Dopolavoro Genève 2–4 Fribourg Monthey 3–3 Awd 0–3 * Thun Aarau 1–2 Blue Stars GC Luganesi 3–2 FC Industrie (Zürich) |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|12 October 1930 FC Buchs (AG) 1–9 Nordstern Note to match Monthey–Thun: The match was abandoned due to darkness and awarded as a 3–0 victory for Thun who qualified for next round. Matches 4 October 1930 Servette 2–1 Servette summary FC Xamax (Neuchâtel) Edward Brown Bailly Stade des Charmilles, Geneva Servette played the 1930/31 season in the Serie A (top-tier), Xamax in the Serie C (fourth tier). 5 October 1930 Zürich 6–0 FCZ summary Black Stars Max Meier 5 1:0Max Meier 59 2:0Baumeister 64 3:0Max Meier 4:0Baumeister 5:0Baumeister 74 6:0 Letzigrund, Zürich 500 SUI Hans Enderli (Winterthur) Zürich played the 1930/31 season in the Serie A (top-tier) Black Stars played the first half of the 1930/31 season in the second-tier and the second half of the season in the top-tier. 5 October 1930 14:30 Basel 4–5note cup Extra time 2x 30 Minutes. Score after 90 minutes 2:2, after 120 minutes 4:4 yes FCB summary Locarno Kielholz 11 1:1Wionsowsky 2:1Wionsowsky 94 3:2Bielser 110 4:2 5 0:1 Case (II)60 2:2 Spehler111 4:3 Mutter120 4:4 Case (II)150 4:5 Carminati Landhof, Basel 3,500 SUI Albert Osterwalder (Bern) Notes note Basel played the 1930/31 season in the Serie A (top-tier) Locarno played the first half of the 1930/31 season in the second-tier and the second half of the season in the top-tier. 5 October 1930 Aarau 1–2 FCA summary Blue Stars Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau Both Aarau and Blue Stars played the 1930/31 season in the Serie A (top-tier). Round 2 Sumarry |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|2 November 1930 Blue Stars 9–0 GC Luganesi |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|9 November 1930 Nordstern 2–1 Luzern Zürich 2–1 FC Liestal St. Gallen 3–0 Concordia Basel Winterthur 1–0 Locarno Lugano 11–1 FC Oerlikon (ZH) FC Breite (Basel) 2–6 Brühl Solothurn 2–3 Cantonal Neuchâtel FC Olten 2–1 Lausanne-Sport Sion 0–3 Grenchen La Chaux-de-Fonds 7–1 FC Bözingen Etoile Carouge 1–5 Urania Genève Sport Racing-Club Lausanne 2–1 Servette Bern 2–0 FC Forward Morges Young Fellows 0–4 Grasshopper Club Fribourg 6–3 Thun Matches 9 November 1930 13:00 Zürich 2–1 FCZ summary FC Liestal (red) Fussballverband Nordwestschweiz 2024 https://matchcenter.fvnws.ch/default.aspx?v=496&oid=8&lng=1 FC Liestal Fussballverband Nordwestschweiz (FVNWS) de-ch 2024-11-16 Meyer 75 1:1A. Lehmann 90 2:1 41 0:1 Schaub Hardturm, Zürich 3,000 SUI Meyer Zürich played the 1930/31 season in the Serie A (top-tier), Liestal in the Serie B (third tier). 9 November 1930 Racing-Club Lausanne (red) Association cantonale vaudoise de football 2024 https://matchcenter-acvf.football.ch/default.aspx?v=1094&oid=16&lng=2 Racing Club Lausanne Association cantonale vaudoise de football fr 2024-11-16 2–1 Servette summary Servette Tschirren Centre sportif de la Tuilière, Lausanne Racing-Club played the first half of the 1930/31 season in the second-tier and the second half in the top-tier. Servette in the top-tier. Round 3 Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|7 December 1930 Winterthur 1–3 Nordstern Bern 0–2 La Chaux-de-Fonds Lugano 2–0 Zürich Grasshopper Club 4–1 Brühl St. Gallen 1–4 Blue Stars Racing-Club Lausanne 0–1 Grenchen Cantonal Neuchâtel 3–1 FC Olten |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|14 December 1930 Urania Genève Sport 6–0 Fribourg Matches 7 December 1930 Winterthur 1–3 RSSSF summary Nordstern Bösch Büche Hediger Hediger Schützenwiese, Winterthur Both Winterthur and Nordstern played the 1930/31 season in the Serie A (top-tier). 7 December 1930 Bern 0–2 RSSSF summary La Chaux-de-Fonds 65 0:1 Grimm75 0:2 Grimm Stadion Neufeld, Bern Both Bern and La Chaux-de-Fonds played the 1930/31 season in the Serie A (top-tier). 7 December 1930 Lugano 2–0 FCZ summary Zürich Cabrini 50 1:0Fink 80 2:0 Campo Marzio, Lugano 3,000 SUI Menke (Schlieren) Both Lugano and Zürich played the 1930/31 season in the Serie A (top-tier). 7 December 1930 Grasshopper Club 4–1 RSSSF summary Brühl Adam Grassi Grassi Max Abegglen 60 Steinwalder Hardturm, Zürich Both GC and Brühl played the 1930/31 season in the Serie A (top-tier). 7 December 1930 St. Gallen 1–4 RSSSF summary Blue Stars Volery pen Springer Springer Springer Rey Espenmoos, St. Gallen Both St. Gallen and Blue Stars played the 1930/31 season in the Serie A (top-tier). 7 December 1930 Racing-Club Lausanne 0–1 RSSSF summary Grenchen 85 0:1 Schreiber Centre sportif de la Tuilière, Lausanne Racing-Club played the first half of the 1930/31 season in the second-tier and the second half in the top-tier. Grenchen in the top-tier. 7 December 1930 Cantonal Neuchâtel 3–1 RSSSF summary FC Olten (red) Solothurner Fussballverband 2024 https://matchcenter.sofv.ch/default.aspx?lng=1&cxxlnus=1&v=1842& FC Olten Solothurner Fussballverband - sofv.ch de 2024-11-16 Bossi 50 penSiems 2:1Presch 3:1 4 0:1 Korber Cantonal played the 1930/31 season in the Serie A (top-tier), Olten in the Serie Promotion (second tier) 14 December 1930 Urania Genève Sport 6–0 RSSSF summary Fribourg Kramer 5 1:0Stalder 70 2:0Sekoulitch 75 3:0Stalder 81 4:0Sekoulitch 87 5:0Sekoulitch 90 6:0 Stade de Frontenex, Genève Both UGS and Fribourg played the 1930/31 season in the Serie A (top-tier). Quarter-finals Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|28 December 1930 La Chaux-de-Fonds 3–1 Nordstern |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|1 February 1931 Grasshopper Club 7–2 Blue Stars Grenchen 1–4 Lugano Urania Genève Sport 8–0 Cantonal Neuchâtel Matches 28 December 1930 La Chaux-de-Fonds 3–1 RSSSF summary Nordstern Ducommun 30 1:0Jäggi IV 66 2:1Grimm 76 3:1 35 1:1 Bucco Parc des Sports la Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds 1 February 1931 Grasshopper Club 7–2 RSSSF summary Blue Stars 3x Max Abegglen 2x Adam 2x A. Abegglen 2x Springer Hardturm, Zürich 1 February 1931 Grenchen 1–4 RSSSF summary Lugano Dubois 15 1:1 10 0:1 Sturzenegger25 1:2 Cabrini63 1:3 Fink75 1:4 Costa] Stadium Brühl, Grenchen 1 February 1931 Urania Genève Sport 8–0 RSSSF summary Cantonal Neuchâtel 3x Zila 3x Stalder 2x Syrvet Stade de Frontenex, Genève Semi-finals Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|1 March 1931 Lugano 3–1 Urania Genève Sport |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|19 April 1931 Grasshopper Club 2–1 La Chaux-de-Fonds Matches 1 March 1931 Lugano 3–1 RSSSF summary Urania Genève Sport Fink 18 1:0Sturzenegger 38 2:0Sturzenegger 40 3:0 42 3:1 Stalder Campo Marzio, Lugano 3,500 SUI Albert Osterwalder (Bern) 19 April 1931 Grasshopper Club 2–1 RSSSF summary La Chaux-de-Fonds Faugel 1 1:0Faugel 5 2:0 86 2:1 Ducommun Hardturm Sportplatz, Zürich 15,000 SUI Anton Giavarini (Basel) Final The final was held on Sunday 10 May 1931. The location for the final was decided by a toss of a coin between the two finalists. Lugano won the draw and so the final was held at the former Campo Marzio in Lugano. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|10 May 1931 Lugano 2–1 Grasshopper Club Telegram 10 May 1931 Lugano 2–1 yes Fussball-Schweiz summary Grasshopper Club Sturzenegger 73 pen 1:1Poretti 118 2:1 64 0:1 Steiner Campo Marzio, Lugano 6,000 SUI Walter Jordan (Basel) Lugano won the cup and this was the club's first cup title to this date. Further in Swiss football 1930–31 Swiss Serie A 1930–31 FC Basel season References Sources Fussball-Schweiz Switzerland 1930–31 at RSSSF Swiss Cupseasons 1929–30 1931–32 Category:Swiss Cup seasons Swiss Cup Swiss Cup