1975–76 Swiss Cup

April 2025 Swiss Cup 1975–76 Switzerland Zürich Servette 1974–75 1976–77 The 1975–76 Swiss Cup was the 51st season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition. Overview The cup competition began on 8 June 1975, with the first games of the first round, but this round was not completed until 3 August. The entire competition was to be completed on Easter Monday 19 April 1976 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 9 and 10 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 27 and 28 September. The matches were played in a knockout format. In the first two rounds, 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 third-round, 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. The quarter- and semi-finals were played as two legged fixtures. This was to be the last year of this practice- From next season onwards these would again become one legged fixtures. The final, es ever, was held in one match. The winners of the competition 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 that had qualified themselves through the regional football associations took part in the competition. The draw respected local regionalities. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|8 June 1975 FC Plan-les-Ouates 2–6 Stade Nyonnais FC Crissier 2–3 FC Assens FC Ayent 4–2 FC Sierre FC Fétigny 4–2 FC Stade Payerne Marin-Sports 2–1 FC Saint-Imier Moutier 0–4 US Boncourt FC Aesch 1–0 SC Kleinhüningen FC Stäfa ZH 0–2 FC Oerlikon ZH FC Affoltern ZH 1–2 Schaffhausen FC Polizei ZH 0–4 Frauenfeld FC Wollishofen ZH 4–2 FC Altstetten (Zürich) FC Küsnacht 1–4 Emmenbrücke |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|15 June 1975 Etoile Espagnole GE 2–1 Meyrin Concordia Lausanne 5–2 Montreux-Sports FC Renens 6–2 Yverdon-Sport FC Chalais 0–4 Monthey FC Domdidier 1–10 Bulle FC Portalban 1–5 Central Fribourg FC Fontainemelon 2–1 FC Boudry Bözingen 34 2–4 ASI Audax Neuchâtel SC Derendingen 0–1 Dürrenast FC Pratteln 1–3 Concordia SC Schöftland 5–0 Baden FC Adliswil 1–3 SC Zug FC Küsnacht ZH 1–0 Blue Stars FC Rüti ZH 2–3 Red Star FC Wiedikon 0–1 FC Tössfeld FC Rheineck 0–10 Gossau FC Weinfelden 2–1 FC Uzwil FC Bischofszell 2–5 Brühl Winkeln St.Gallen 1–1 4–5 FC Wil FC Muri AG 1–0 Buochs Losone Sportiva 0–4 Locarno Interstar GE 2–0 FC Onex FC Steg 1–2 Naters WEF Bern 4–2 Düdingen FC Courrendlin 2–1 FC Selzach FC Breitenbach 1–0 FC Birsfelden FC Lachen 4–5 Juventus Zürich Balzers 2–1 FC Triesen (LIE) FC Dottikon 3–0 FC Oltenese Sparta Bern 1–0 Solothurn |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|22 June 1975 Echallens 3–0 CS Romont Muttenz 0–2 Laufen FC Herzogenbuchsee 3–0 FC Oftringen FC Reiden 2–4 FC Turgi FC Rapperswil 0–9 Young Fellows Vaduz 3–2 Chur FC Ibach 5–3 FC Brunnen FC Baar 4–1 FC Ebikon FC Morbio 4–3 Real Caneggio |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|2 July 1975 FC Interlaken 0–4 Bern |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|5 July 1975 FC Orbe 2–0 Stade Lausanne Grünstern Ipsach 1–5 Le Locle-Sports |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|27 July 1975 FC Utzensdorf 1–5 Viktoria Bern |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|3 August 1975 FC Hochdorf 0–1 Kriens Old Boys 2–1 Delémont FC Bévilard 3–1 FC Porrentruy 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"|9 August 1975 FC Echallens 3–6 Etoile Carouge Marin-Sports 2–1 FC Bévilard Sparta Bern 2–4 Central Fribourg Dürrenast 1–2 Fribourg FC Aesch 3–6 US Boncourt Old Boys 1–2 Concordia Laufen 3–2 Nordstern FC Baar 1–6 Juventus Zürich FC Muri AG 0–1 FC Tössfeld FC Küsnacht ZH 1–2 Red Star FC Dottikon 0–3 Young Fellows FC Turgi 2–2 Aarau Balzers 4–2 FC Wil Vaduz 2–4 Brühl FC Weinfelden 1–2 Gossau FC Ibach 0–1 Mendrisiostar FC Morbio 0–0 7–6 Locarno Emmenbrücke 1–2 Chiasso SC Zug 3–0 US Giubiasco Kriens 1–0 Bellinzona |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|10 August 1975 Interstar GE 1–2 Vevey Sports FC Assens 0–2 FC Orbe Etoile Espagnole GE 2–6 Stade Nyonnais Naters 3–0 Bulle Concordia Lausanne 4–1 FC Renens Monthey 1–2 Martigny-Sports WEF Bern 3–2 FC Fontainemelon FC Viktoria Bern 1–4 Grenchen ASI Audax Neuchâtel 2–0 Bern FC Fétigny 4–1 Le Locle-Sports FC Courrendlin 1–2 FC Breitenbach FC Oerlikon ZH 3–1 Wettingen FC Wollishofen ZH 0–8 Frauenfeld FC Ayent 2–3 FC Raron SC Schöftland 2–1 Schaffhausen FC Herzogenbuchsee 0–4 Luzern Matches 9 August 1975 FC Turgi (red) Aargauer Fussballverband 2024 https://matchcenter.afv.ch/default.aspx?v=281&oid=5&lng=1 FC Turgi Aargauer Fussballverband de 2024-11-16 2–2 yes FCA summary Aarau Sportanlage Oberau, Turgi Aarau won on penalties. Round 3 Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|30 August 1975 Balzers 3–2 FC Oerlikon ZH Frauenfeld 1–0 FC Tössfeld Kriens 1–2 SC Zug US Boncourt 0–3 Grenchen Laufen 6–0 Red Star Martigny-Sports 0–2 FC Raron Mendrisiostar 0–1 Chiasso Central Fribourg 1–1 Fribourg Aarau 2–3 SC Schöftland |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|31 August 1975 Concordia Lausanne 3–2 Naters Stade Nyonnais 4–0 Vevey Sports FC Orbe 4–6 Etoile Carouge WEF Bern 2–3 Marin-Sports ASI Audax Neuchâtel 3–1 FC Fétigny Brühl 4–4 Juventus Zürich FC Breitenbach 0–1 Concordia FC Morbio 4–3 Luzern Young Fellows 1–0 Gossau Replays |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|2 September 1975 Fribourg 5–1 Central Fribourg |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|10 September 1975 Juventus Zürich 1–0 Brühl Matches 30 August 1975 Aarau 2–3 FCA summary SC Schöftland Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 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"|27 September 1975 Fribourg 4–0 Marin-Sports Young Fellows 0–0 Young Boys Grenchen 0–2 Basel Chiasso 0–1 Lugano Etoile Carouge 1–3 Servette Concordia Basel 0–1 Winterthur FC Concordia Lausanne 0–3 Sion FC Morbio 0–4 Grasshopper Club |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|28 September 1975 ASI Audax Neuchâtel 1–4 La Chaux-de-Fonds Balzers 1–6 Frauenfeld Juventus Zürich 3–4 St. Gallen FC Raron 0–2 Lausanne-Sport Stade Nyonnais 1–3 Chênois SC Schöftland 0–2 Neuchâtel Xamax Laufen 0–1 Biel-Bienne SC Zug 0–2 Zürich Replay |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|8 October 1975 Young Boys 6–0 Young Fellows Matches 27 September 1975 Young Fellows 0–0 yes YB summary Young Boys Zehnder 8 89 Conz Letzigrund, Zürich 1,000 SUI Attilio Bignasca (Lugano) Replay 8 October 1975 Young Boys 6–0 YB summary Young Fellows Conz 25 1:0Bruttin 41 2:0Siegenthaler 50 3:0Bruttin 54 4:0Odermatt 76 5:0Odermatt 84 6:0 Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 5,000 SUI Othmar Winter 27 September 1975 20:00 Grenchen 0 – 2 Summary Basel Scheller 50 17 0:1 Nielsen74 0:2 Muhmenthaler Stadium Brühl, Grenchen 3,500 SUI Peter Kellenberger 27 September 1975 Etoile Carouge 1–3 Servette summary Servette Hussner Wegmann Riner Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge 28 September 1975 SC Zug 0–2 FCZ summary Zürich 2 0:1 Martinelli36 0:2 Sanfilippo Allmend Stadion, Zug 3,500 SUI Mario Osta (Oberuzwil) Round 5 Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|29 October 1975 Frauenfeld A–A Zürich Young Boys 3–1 Basel Biel-Bienne 2–1 St. Gallen Lugano 1–2 Fribourg Winterthur A–A Sion Grasshopper Club 3–3 La Chaux-de-Fonds |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|30 October 1975 Lausanne-Sport A–A Chênois |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|4 November 1975 Servette 2–1 Xamax All three games marked A–A were abandoned during play, due to fog. Replays |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|4 November 1975 Lausanne-Sport 1–0 Chênois |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|5 November 1975 Frauenfeld 0–2 Zürich La Chaux-de-Fonds 0–0 6–7 Grasshopper Club |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|6 November 1975 Winterthur 1–4 Sion Matches 29 October 1975 19:30 Young Boys 3–1 YB summaryFCB summary Basel Odermatt 3 1:0Burkhardt 47 2:0Burkhardt 52 3:0 74 3:1 Schönenberger Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 23,000 SUI Walter Hungerbühler (St. Gallen) 4 November 1975 Servette 2–1 Servette summary Xamax Hussner Bizzini Stade des Charmilles, Geneva 5 November 1975 Frauenfeld 0–2 FCZ summary Zürich Wolf 0 28 19 0:1 Stierli25 Zigerlig58 0:2 Katić Kleine Allmend, Frauenfeld 4,300 SUI René Kellenberger (Herisau) Quarter-finals Summary The first legs were played on 16 November and the return legs were played on 7 December 1975. main y Zürich 5–1 Young Boys 3–1 2–0 Fribourg 0–5 Servette 0–2 0–3 Sion 3–3 (a) Grasshopper Club 2–2 1–1 Biel-Bienne 3–2 Lausanne-Sport 3–2 0–0 * [Protest from Biel-Bienne following a technical error by the referee, the goalless replay was held on 29 February 1976; the original score from 7 December had been: Lausanne-Sports–FC Biel-Bienne 4–1] Matches First leg 16 November 1975 Zürich 3–1 FCZ summaryYB summary Young Boys Rutschmann 15 1:1Risi 76 penRisi 80 3:1 10 0:1 Odermatt Letzigrund, Zürich 11,500 SUI Mario Osta (Oberuzwil) Second leg 7 December 1975 Young Boys 0–2 YB summaryFCZ summary Zürich Bruttin 27 40 Zigerlig46 Rutschmann47 0:1 Martinelli84 0:2 Risi87 Pirmin Stierli Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 20,000 SUI Roland Racine (Prilly) First leg 16 November 1975 Fribourg 0–2 Servette summary Servette 0:1 Canizares0:2 Pfister Stade Universitaire, Fribourg Second leg 7 December 1975 Servette 3–0 Servette summary Fribourg Andrey 1:0Andrey 2:0Guyot 3:0 Stade des Charmilles, Geneva Semi-finals Summary The first legs were played on 16 or 21 March and the return legs were played on 21 and 24 March 1976. main y Biel-Bienne 3–7 Zürich 1–0 2–7 Servette 7–4 Grasshopper Club 6–2 1–2 Matches 16 March 1976 Biel-Bienne 1–0 FCZ summary Zürich Jallonardo 75 1:0 Stadion Gurzelen, 4,800 SUI Gottlieb Barmettler (Luzern) 21 March 1976 Zürich 7–2 summary Biel-Bienne Katić 3 1:0Botteron 25 2:0Martinelli 49 3:0Scheiwiler 55 4:0Scheiwiler 60 5:0Scheiwiler 63 6:0Martinelli 80 7:1 79 6:1 Schwemmle85 pen Schwemmle Letzigrund, Zürich 8,500 SUI Attilio Bignasca (Lugano) 21 March 1976 Servette 6–2 Servette summary Grasshopper Club Andrey 7 1:0Andrey 18 2:1Pfister 44 3:2Bizzini 59 4:2Pfister 70 5:2Pfister84 6:2 11 1:1 Bosco23 2:2 Elsener Stade des Charmilles, Geneva 24 March 1976 Grasshopper Club 2–1 Servette summary Servette Christian Gross 35 penBosco 46 2:1 38 1:1 Schnyder Hardturm, Zürich Final The final was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern on Easter Monday 1976. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|1 19 Zürich 1–0 Servette Telegram 19 April 1976 15:00 Zürich 1–0 Fussball-Schweiz summary Servette Katić 9 1:0Rutschmann 26Risi 58 36 Marchi Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 46,000 SUI Jean Dubach (Nidau) Zürich won the cup and this was the club's fifth cup title to this date and they were all achieved in the last eleven years. At the end of the 1975–76 Nationalliga A season, FCZ also won the Swiss championship and thus completed the domenstic double for the second time in the club's history. The Zurich team finished the league five points ahead of Servette and, with only one single defeat during the season (against Xamax), became only the second club in Swiss football history to win three consecutive championship titles. Consequently, the club were awarded the championship trophy to keep. (red) Swiss Football League (SFL) 2024 https://glory.sfl.ch/storys/detail/fcz-behaelt-nach-triple-den-pokal/ FCZ behält nach Triple den Pokal Swiss Football League (SFL) website de-ch FCZ retains the cup after the treble 2024-11-16 Further in Swiss football 1975–76 Nationalliga A 1975–76 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Fussball-Schweiz 1975–76 at fcb-achiv.ch Switzerland 1975–76 at RSSSF Swiss Cupseasons 1974–75 1976–77 Category:Swiss Cup seasons Swiss Cup Swiss Cup