1967–68 Swiss Cup

Swiss Cup 1967–68 Switzerland Lugano Winterthur 1966–67 1968–69 The 1967–68 Swiss Cup was the 43rd 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 2 and 3 September 1967, with the games of the first round. The competition was to be completed on Easter Monday 15 April 1968 with the final, which was traditionally 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 12 and 13 November. 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 encounter. The cup winners 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. The draw respected local regionalities. Summary Region Ostschweiz/Zürich |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|2 and 3 September 1967 FC Küsnacht 1–2 FC Lachen FC Widnau 3–1 FC Turicum Red Star 3–2 FC Oberwinterthur FC Neuhausen 0–1 FC Amriswil SC Zug 0–1 Frauenfeld FC Adliswil 3–1 FC Wil Uster 1–0 Ballspielclub Zürich Blue Stars 6–3 FC Oerlikon ZH FC Industrie ZH 2–0 Schaffhausen Gossau 1–4 Vaduz SV Seebach ZH 3–2 Chur Region Innerschweiz/Ticino |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|2 and 3 September 1967 Emmenbrücke 3–0 Kickers Luzern (red) Innerschweizerischer Fussballverband 2023 https://matchcenter.ifv.ch/default.aspx?lng=1&cxxlnus=1&v=362& FC Kickers Luzern Innerschweizerischer Fussballverband - ifv.ch de 2024-11-16 US Giubiasco 3–3 Mendrisiostar FC Tresa 2–3 Locarno FC Mezzovicco 4–2 FC Bodio FC Brunnen 2–1 Melano Replay |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|10 September 1967 Mendrisiostar 2–0 US Giubiasco Region Zentalschweiz/Nord |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|2 and 3 September 1967 Old Boys 1–3 Concordia Courrendlin 0–4 FC Frenkendorf Schöftland 0–0 Nordstern Wangen bei Olten 2–0 Alle FC Allschwil 0–5 FC Pratteln FC Trimbach 3–1 FC Schönenwerd SC Zofingen 2–1 FC Langenthal Menziken AG 1–2 FC Breite Basel FC Porrentruy 3–1 FC Deitingen Roggwil 3–4 FC Breitenbach Replay |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|10 September 1967 Nordstern 2–1 Schöftland Region Zentalschweiz/Süd |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|2 and 3 September 1967 FC Selzach 3–1 FC Portalban Cantonal Neuchâtel 4–4 FC Le Locle FC Fontainemelon 1–4 FC Bözingen 34 Corcelles/Cormondrèche 1–4 Central Fribourg FC Fleurier 2–1 FC Saint-Imier FC Couvet 1–1 Minerva Bern Minerva Bern 8–1 Täuffelen Dürrenast 4–3 FC Interlaken Aegerten-Brügg 1–2 Burgdorf Replays |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|9 September 1967 FC Le Locle 3–1 Cantonal Neuchâtel |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|10 September 1967 Minerva Bern 2–0 FC Couvet Region Romande |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|2 and 3 September 1967 Monthey 3–2 Martigny-Sports FC Ecublens 2–2 Le Mont Etoile Carouge 1–2 FC Versoix US Campagnes GE 5–3 Meyrin Vevey Sports 2–1 ES Malley Chênois 1–2 FC Raron Forward Morges 3–1 FC Saint-Léonard FC Lutry 4–6 FC Plan-les-Ouates Stade Lausanne 1–3 Yverdon-Sport Replay |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|10 September 1967 Le Mont 0–2 FC Ecublens Round 2 Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|16 and 17 September 1967 FC Brunnen 1–3 Mendrisiostar FC Mezzovicco 3–0 Locarno Red Star 0–3 Emmenbrücke FC Lachen 2–1 FC Industrie ZH FC Adliswil 0–2 FC Amriswil Blue Stars 2–0 Uster SV Seebach ZH 2–2 FC Widnau Frauenfeld 2–3 Vaduz FC Pratteln 0–3 FC Frenkendorf Wangen bei Olten 2–4 FC Breite Basel FC Porrentruy 5–2 FC Bözingen 34 FC Breitenbach 2–1 SC Zofingen FC Selzach 2–4 Concordia FC Trimbach 3–3 Zähringia Bern Dürrenast 1–0 Minerva Bern Nordstern 0–2 Burgdorf FC Raron 2–1 FC Versoix FC Ecublens 2–6 Yverdon-Sport FC Le Locle 5–1 US Campagnes GE Forward Morges 0–3 Monthey Central Fribourg 2–2 Vevey Sports FC Fleurier 0–3 FC Plan-les-Ouates Replays |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|24 September 1967 FC Widnau 6–3 SV Seebach ZH Zähringia Bern 0–2 FC Trimbach Vevey Sports 5–2 Central Fribourg 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 encounter was granted home advantage, if they so wished. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|30 September and 1 October 1967 Winterthur 10–1 Vaduz St. Gallen 4–0 Blue Stars Chiasso 0–1 Mendrisiostar Bern 1–2 FC Breitenbach Fribourg 0–1 FC Le Locle Xamax 2–1 Monthey Concordia 4–1 Baden FC Porrentruy 4–5 Solothurn FC Raron 3–2 Moutier Vevey Sports 2–0 Urania Genève Sport Burgdorf 2–4 Aarau Thun 2–0 FC Trimbach Wettingen 1–1 FC Mezzovicco FC Mezzovicco 2–1 Wettingen Brühl 8–0 FC Frenkendorf FC Widnau 0–1 FC Amriswil Yverdon-Sport 3–0 FC Plan-les-Ouates FC Lachen 1–4 Emmenbrücke FC Breite Basel 2–2 Dürrenast Replays |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|11 October 1967 FC Mezzovicco 2–1 Wettingen |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|29 October 1967 Dürrenast 3–1 FC Breite Basel Matches 1 October 1967 Burgdorf 2–4 FCA summary Aarau Stadion Neumatt, Burgdorf SUI 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 not automatically granted home advantage. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|12 November 1967 FC Mezzovicco 0–6 Zürich Basel 2–1 FC Le Locle Servette 5–1 FC Raron Mendrisiostar 0–2 Bellinzona Biel-Bienne 4–3 Vevey Sports Yverdon-Sport 0–0 La Chaux-de-Fonds Emmenbrücke 2–3 Young Boys Concordia 1–5 Sion Thun 2–1 Grenchen Young Fellows 2–1 Solothurn Xamax 4–2 Lausanne-Sport Winterthur 3–0 FC Amriswil Brühl P–P Luzern Dürrenast 1–0 FC Breitenbach St. Gallen 2–1 Grasshopper Club Aarau 2–2 Lugano Replays |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|21 November 1967 Lugano 3–1 Aarau |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|22 November 1967 La Chaux-de-Fonds 6–0 Yverdon-Sport Luzern 5–1 Brühl Matches 12 November 1967 FC Mezzovicco 0–6 FCZ summary Zürich 3 0:1 Künzli14 0:2 Kuhn32 0:3 Künzli44 0:4 Kuhn83 0:5 Künzli88 0:6 Künzli Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano 5,000 SUI Othmar Huber (Thun) 12 November 1967 15:15 Basel 2 – 1 yes FCB summary Le Locle-Sports (red) Association neuchâteloise de football 2024 https://matchcenter-anf.football.ch/default.aspx?v=919&oid=15&lng=2 FC Le Locle Association neuchâteloise de football - anf.football.ch fr 2024-11-16 Frigerio 83 1:1Benthaus 108 2:1 49 0:1 Bosset St. Jakob-Park, Basel 9,300 SUI W. Hardmeier (Thalwil) 12 November 1967 Servette 5–1 Servette summary FC Raron (red) Walliser Fussballverband 2024 https://matchcenter.avf-wfv.ch/?oid=17&lng=1&v=989 FC Raron Walliser Fussballverband - avf-wfv.ch fr 2024-11-16 Pottier Heuri Guyot Mocellin Németh Stade des Charmilles, Geneva SUI 12 November 1967 Aarau 2–2 yes FCA summary Lugano Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 13,000 (sold-out) SUI 21 November 1967 Lugano 3–1 FCA summary Aarau Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano SUI Round 5 Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|10 December 1967 Zürich 1–0 Basel Servette 1–0 Bellinzona Biel-Bienne 3–0 La Chaux-de-Fonds Young Boys 0–2 Sion Thun 0–1 Young Fellows Neuchâtel Xamax 4–5 Winterthur Luzern 7–1 Dürrenast St. Gallen 1–2 Lugano Matches 10 December 1967 Servette 1–0 1–0 Servette summary Bellinzona Sundermann 1:0 Stade des Charmilles, Geneva 10 December 1967 14:30 Zürich 1–0 FCZ summaryFCB summary Basel Meyer 52 1:0 Letzigrund, Zürich 15,500 SUI Gilbert Droz (Marin) Quarter-finals Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|24 February 1968 Lugano 1–0 Zürich |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|25 February 1968 Biel-Bienne 1–0 Servette Sion 2–2 Luzern Winterthur 2–1 Young Fellows Replay |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|28 February 1968 Luzern 4–0 Sion Matches 24 February 1968 Lugano 1–0 1–0 FCZ summary Zürich Pullica 22Luttrop 30 1:0Moscatelli 45 22 Künzli Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano 13,000 SUI Gilbert Droz (Marin) 25 February 1968 Biel-Bienne 1–0 Servette summary Servette Stadion Gurzelen, Biel/Bienne Semi-finals Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|17 March 1968 Luzern 2–4 Lugano Winterthur 2–1 Biel-Bienne Matches 17 March 1968 Luzern 2–4 yes [ summary] Lugano Wechselberger 43 1:1Richter 67 2:2 37 0:1 Luttrop59 1:2 Simonetti109 2:3 Simonetti116 2:4 Brenna Stadion Allmend, Lucerne 17 March 1968 Winterthur 2–1 [ summary] Biel-Bienne Rutschmann 22 1:0Odermatt 51 2:1 24 1:1 Peters Schützenwiese, Winterthur Final The final was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern on Easter Monday 1968. FC Winterthur reached the final as a club from the second tier (NLB). Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|15 April 1968 Lugano 2–1 Winterthur Telegram 15 April 1968 15:00 Lugano 2–1 Fussball-Schweiz summary Winterthur Luttrop 11 1:0Simonetti 77 2:1 46 1:1 Dimmeler Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 34,000 SUI Mario Clematide (Zollikofen) Lugano won the cup and this was the club's second cup title to this date. Further in Swiss football 1967–68 Nationalliga A 1967–68 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Fussball-Schweiz FCB Cup games 1967–68 at fcb-achiv.ch Switzerland 1967–68 at RSSSF Swiss Cupseasons 1966–67 1968–69 Category:Swiss Cup seasons Swiss Cup Swiss Cup