1976–77 Swiss Cup

Swiss Cup 1976–77 Switzerland Young Boys St. Gallen 1975–76 1977–78 The 1976–77 Swiss Cup was the 52nd season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition. Overview The cup competition began on 6 June 1976, with the first games of the first round, but this round was not completed until 8 August. The entire competition was to be completed on Easter Monday 11 April 1978 with the final, which was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern. The clubs from this season's Nationalliga B (NLB) were granted byes for the first round. These entered the competition for the second round, played on the weekend of 14 and 15 of August. 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 on 25 and 26 September. The matches were played in a knockout format. Up until the fifth-round, 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 fifth-round, 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 |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|6 June 1976 FC Tresa 2–0 Locarno FC Widnau 3–0 Vaduz |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|13 June 1976 FC Aegerten/Brügg 4–0 Lengnau FC Langenthal 2–0 Köniz WEF Bern 0–1 Dürrenast Sparta Bern 2–0 Solothurn FC Grafenried 3–4 FC Gerlafingen Muttenz 3–4 Concordia FC Breitenbach 0–4 SC Kleinhüningen Old Boys 2–1 FC Aesch FC Pratteln 2–6 Laufen FC Seefeld ZH 2–7 FC Dübendorf Polizei Zürich 3–1 Blue Stars FC Wetzikon 1–5 FC Zug FC Fortuna St.Gallen 2–1 Chur FC Uzwil 0–1 Brühl SC Emmen 3–4 Emmenbrücke Luzerner SC 0–1 Buochs FC Sursee 7–3 FC Brunnen FC Ebikon 2–4 Kickers Luzern FC Renens 3–0 Stade Nyonnais Signal FC (Bernex) 3–2 Meyrin FC Saint-Prex 1–6 Urania Genève Sport Yverdon-Sport 1–0 CS La Tour-de-Peilz FC Concordia Lausanne 2–5 Stade Lausanne FC Chalais 0–1 Monthey CS Romont 4–2 FC Gurmels FC Moudon 2–1 FC Courtepin FC Tafers 1–2 FC Fétigny Cortaillod 0–3 FC Boudry FC Lamboing 3–8 ASI Audax-Friul Courtemaîche 2–5 US Boncourt FC Klus-Balsthal 1–2 FC Birsfelden FC Bremgarten 0–2 Baden FC Kölliken 0–5 FC Buchs AG FC Männedorf 1–3 FC Rüti ZH FC Dielsdorf 0–5 Schaffhausen FC Oerlikon ZH 1–1 FC Bülach FC Wülfingen 5–1 FC Bischofszell FC Romanshorn 1–4 Frauenfeld FC Bad Ragaz 1–7 FC Flawil AS Gambarogno 3–4 FC Morbio FC Armonia Lugano 2–1 US Giubiasco |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|20 June 1976 FC Altstätten (St. Gallen) 4–1 FC Weinfelden-Bürglen FC Biberist 2–3 Delémont FC Herzogenbuchsee 3–3 Bern FC Naters 6–3 FC Ayent FC La Sagne 1–3 Le Locle-Sports SC Düdingen 1–4 Bulle |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|27 June 1976 FC Superga (La Chaux-de-Fonds) 4–1 FC Bôle |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|8 August 1976 FC Orbe 1–2 Montreux-Sports FC Saint-Légier 2–2 3–5 FC Granges-Marnand FC Schüpfen 1–2 FC Lerchenfeld SV Würenlos 0–3 FC Binningen FC Gränichen 2–4 FC Turgi FC Küsnacht ZH 2–0 SC Zug SV Höngg 1–4 FC Tössfeld FC Adliswil 3–1 Red Star FC Agno 0–1 Mendrisiostar FC Collex-Bossy 4–1 FC Onex FC Leytron 1–2 FC Vouvry FC Bévilard 1–4 FC Bettlach FC Portalban 1–2 Central Fribourg Round 2 The teams from the NLB entered the cup competition in the second round, 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"|14 and 15 August 1976 FC Le Locle 1–2 ASI Audax-Friul FC Superga (La Chaux-de-Fonds) 0–2 Biel-Bienne Old Boys 3–0 Delémont Concordia 0–6 Nordstern FC Binningen 4–3 Aarau FC Langenthal 1–2 Grenchen Frauenfeld 3–1 Brühl Polizei Zürich 2–1 FC Oerlikon Naters 2–0 Martigny-Sports Monthey 0–1 FC Raron Buochs 1–5 FC Zug Emmenbrücke 0–0 6–5 Luzern FC Sursee 2–1 FC Küsnacht Central Fribourg 0–4 FC Lerchenfeld Yverdon-Sport 0–2 FC Boudry FC Gerlafingen 1–2 La Chaux-de-Fonds FC Aegerten/Brügg 3–5 FC Bettlach Laufen 3–1 SC Kleinhüningen FC Vouvry 2–6 Vevey Sports FC Fétigny 3–2 Sparta Bern FC Armonia Lugano 1–4 Lugano FC Morbio 3–2 FC Tresa FC Altstätten (St. Gallen) 4–2 FC Flawil FC Turgi 1–2 Wettingen FC Dübendorf 0–3 FC Adliswil FC Buchs 5–3 FC Rüti ZH FC Granges-Marnand 1–3 FC Moudon Stade Lausanne 2–2 4–3 FC Renens FC Widnau 1–5 Gossau Schaffhausen 2–2 6–5 FC Tössfeld Kriens 4–0 Kickers Luzern Mendrisiostar 0–2 Chiasso FC Wülfingen 2–6 Fortuna St.Gallen Baden 0–3 Young Fellows Montreux-Sports 3–0 CS Romont Signal FC (Bernex) 1–7 Etoile Carouge US Boncourt 1–0 FC Birsfelden FC Dürrenast 3–0 Bulle Bern 1–2 Fribourg FC Collex-Bossy 3–0 Urania Genève Sport Matches 14 August 1976 FC Binningen (red) Fussballverband Nordwestschweiz 2024 https://matchcenter.fvnws.ch/default.aspx?lng=1&v=487&bn=0 SC Binningen de 2024-11-16 4–3 FCA summary Aarau Spiegelfeld, Binningen Round 3 Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|4 September 1976 Vevey Sports 2–1 FC Fétigny Lugano 2–0 FC Morbio Kriens 4–2 Chiasso |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|5 September 1976 Montreux-Sports 1–3 Etoile Carouge FC Boudry 0–4 La Chaux-de-Fonds ASI Audax-Friul 1–1 2–3 Biel-Bienne Old Boys 0–4 Nordstern SC Binningen 1–2 Grenchen Frauenfeld 0–1 Polizei Zürich Naters 2–5 FC Raron FC Zug 1–0 Emmenbrücke FC Sursee 1–3 FC Lerchenfeld FC Bettlach 1–1 4–5 Laufen FC Altstätten (St. Gallen) 1–1 5–4 Wettingen FC Adliswil 2–0 FC Buchs FC Moudon 1–2 Stade Lausanne Gossau 4–1 Schaffhausen Fortuna St.Gallen 1–4 Young Fellows US Boncourt 4–2 Dürrenast Fribourg 5–0 FC Collex-Bossy 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 and the lower-tier team was again granted the home advantage. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|25 September 1976 FC Zug 1–2 Bellinzona FC Raron 0–1 Lausanne-Sport US Boncourt 0–6 Xamax Grenchen 5–0 Polizei Zürich FC Altstätten (St. Gallen) 1–6 Winterthur Biel-Bienne 1–2 Nordstern Gossau 1–3 Grasshopper Club Etoile Carouge 2–1 Chênois Vevey Sports 3–2 Servette Fribourg 1–2 Basel Kriens 1–0 Young Fellows |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|26 September 1976 La Chaux-de-Fonds 3–2 Laufen Lugano 2–4 Zürich FC Lerchenfeld 3–6 Young Boys FC Adliswil 0–5 St. Gallen Stade Lausanne 0–1 Sion Matches 25 September 1976 Vevey Sports 3–2 Servette summary Servette Chivers Pfister Stade de Copet, Vevey 25 September 1976 20:15 Fribourg 1–2 yes FCB summary Basel Dorthe 58Amantini 88 1:1 57 0:1 Marti93 1:2 Demarmels Stade Universitaire, Fribourg 3,200 SUI Alfred Heinis (Ammannsegg, Biberist) 26 September 1976 14:30 Lugano 2–4 FCZ summary Zürich Signorelli 13 1:2Valsangiacomo 84 2:3 7 0:1 Stierli9 0:2 Cucinotta76 1:3 Scheiwiler90 2:4 Weller Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano SUI 26 September 1976 14:30 FC Lerchenfeld 3–6 YB summary Young Boys Rolf Imhof 16 1:0Zahnd 30 2:1Haldemann 79 pen 27 1:1 Küttel42 2:2 Lorenz47 pen Lorenz53 2:4 Lorenz81 3:5 Burkhardt88 3:6 Burkhardt Sportanlagen Waldeck, Thun 4,300 SUI Jean Dubach (Nidau) Round 5 Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|13 October 1976 Vevey Sports 0–2 Zürich |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|16 October 1976 Xamax 4–1 Basel |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|17 October 1976 Nordstern 1–0 Grenchen Lausanne-Sport 3–1 Bellinzona Young Boys 6–3 La Chaux-de-Fonds Winterthur 0–1 St. Gallen Sion 4–2 Grasshopper Club Kriens 1–3 Etoile Carouge Matches 13 October 1976 Vevey Sports 0–2 FCZ summary Zürich 50 Heer81 0:1 Rutschmann82 0:2 Weller Stade de Copet, Vevey 5,800 SUI Jean Dubach (Nidau) 16 October 1976 18:00 Xamax 4–1 yes FCB summary Basel Bonny 78 1:1Rub 110 2:1Decastel 117 3:1Guggisberg 120 4:1 22 0:1 Marti Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel 5,000 SUI Gottlieb Barmettler (Luzern) 17 October 1976 Young Boys 6–3 YB summary La Chaux-de-Fonds Rebmann 4 1:0Küttel 16 2:0Lorenz 39 3:1Brechbühl 41 4:1Küttel 69 5:2Küttel 76 6:2 20 2:1 Delavelle66 4:2 Hulme83 6:3 Schermesser Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 4,100 SUI René Maire (Genève) Quarter-finals Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|12 December 1976 Nordstern 1–3 Lausanne-Sport Etoile Carouge 2–1 Neuchâtel Xamax |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|19 December 1976 St. Gallen 1–0 Sion Young Boys 2–1 Zürich Matches 19 December 1976 St. Gallen 1–0 yes [ summary] Sion Espenmoos, St. Gallen 19 December 1976 Young Boys 2–1 YB summaryFCZ summary Zürich Andersen 32Lorenz 42 1:1Vögeli 80Andersen 90 2:1 40 0:1 Cucinotta Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 9,500 SUI Walter Hungerbühler (St. Gallen) Remarks: This match was postponed on December 12 due to unplayable terrain (snow). Semi-finals Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|20 March 1977 Lausanne-Sport 0–1 Young Boys |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|21 March 1977 St. Gallen 0–0 Etoile Carouge Replay |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|23 March 1977 Etoile Carouge 2–4 St. Gallen Matches 20 March 1977 Lausanne-Sport 0–1 yes YB summary Young Boys 120 0:1 Küttel Pontaise, Lausanne 12,800 SUI René Kellenberger (Herisau) 21 March 1977 St. Gallen 0–0 yes [ summary] Etoile Carouge Espenmoos, St. Gallen 23 March 1977 Etoile Carouge 2–4 [ summary] St. Gallen Ducommun 13 1:0Conus 61 34 1:1 Labhart41 1:2 Mogg78 2:3 Ries87 2:4 Ries Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge Final The final was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern on East Monday 1977. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|11 April 1977 Young Boys 1–0 St. Gallen Telegram 11 April 1977 15:00 Young Boys 1–0 Fussball-Schweiz summary St. Gallen Andersen 76 1:0Mast 83 40 Oettli Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 25,000 SUI Ernest Guignet (Yverdon-les-Bains) Young Boys, with Kurt Linder as head coach, won the cup and this was the club's fifth cup title to this date. [cb][sst] 11 April 2023 https://www.bscyb.ch/news?nID=13508 YB wins the cup thanks to Jan Andersen's goal BSC Young Boys AG de-ch 2024-11-16 Further in Swiss football 1976–77 Nationalliga A 1976–77 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Fussball-Schweiz Cup 1976–77 at fcb-achiv.ch Cup 1976–77 at bscyb.ch/archiv Switzerland 1976–77 at RSSSF Swiss Cupseasons 1975–76 1977–78 Category:Swiss Cup seasons Swiss Cup Swiss Cup