1972–73 Swiss Cup

Swiss Cup 1972–73 Switzerland Zürich Basel 1971–72 1973–74 The 1972–73 Swiss Cup was the 48th 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 1972, with the first games of the first round. The competition was to be completed on Easter Monday 23 April 1973 with the final, which was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern. The clubs from this season's Nationalliga B (NLB) 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 4 and 5 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 match. For the first time, the quarter- and semi-finals were played as two legged fixtures. This was going to be a test, that would last for three years. The final was again played in one single match. 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 cup competitions or the 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"|2 and 3 September 1972 FC Fétigny 0–1 Yverdon-Sport Stade Nyonnais 1–3 FC Renens Minerva Bern 2–1 FC Deitingen Zähringia Bern 0–4 Bern Thun 2–1 Köniz FC Raron 3–1 FC Assens Wohlen 0–3 Emmenbrücke FC Bischofszell 4–1 FC Tössfeld (Winterthur) FC Uzwil 4–4 Schaffhausen FC Beringen 0–2 FC Wil Gossau 3–1 FC Oberwinterthur FC Stäfa ZH 1–0 FC Dietikon Baden 1–1 FC Glattbrugg ASI Audax-Friul NE 3–4 FC Beauregard Fribourg Central Fribourg 5–2 FC Courtepin FC Glarus 2–1 Uster Vaduz 2–3 FC Landquart FC Crissier 1–1 FC Vernier Meyrin 1–2 Urania Genève Sport Laufen 6–2 FC Breite Basel FC Porrentruy 2–1 Moutier SC Derendingen 1–0 FC Aurore Bienne FC Aesch 1–3 FC Langenthal Concordia 2–3 SC Kleinhüningen Nordstern 2–3 FC Olten FC Bettlach 4–0 FC Bözingen 34 Delémont 2–1 FC Trimbach Solothurn 3–1 SV Lyss FC Le Locle 1–2 Dürrenast Frauenfeld 3–0 FC Rheineck Brugg 1–6 Chur FC Orbe 0–1 FC Fontainemelon FC Couvet 0–1 FC Sainte-Croix FC Obergeissenstein LU 2–0 FC Perlen Kriens 5–0 US Giubiasco FC Turgi 3–3 FC Dübendorf Ibach 1–2 SC Zug Locarno 5–0 Losone Sportiva AS Gambarogno 0–0 FC Rapid Lugano Armonia Lugano 2–1 FC Bodio Red Star 1–1 FC Albisrieden ZH Blue Stars 3–0 FC Adliswil FC Vernayaz 1–0 FC Sierre Star Sécheron 0–1 Monthey Replays |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|6 September 1972 Schaffhausen 3–4 FC Uzwil FC Glattbrugg 0–3 Baden FC Vernier 2–0 FC Crissier FC Dübendorf 1–1 * FC Turgi FC Rapid Lugano 0–2 AS Gambarogno FC Albisrieden ZH 2–0 Red Star FC Turgi qualified on toss of a coin Round 2 Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|16 and 17 September 1972 Yverdon-Sport 3–0 FC Renens Minerva Bern 1–5 Bern Thun 3–2 FC Raron AS Gambarogno 0–0 Emmenbrücke Bischofszell 0–2 FC Uzwil FC Wil 1–4 Gossau FC Stäfa ZH 1–2 Baden FC Beauregard Fribourg 1–4 Central Fribourg FC Glarus 3–2 FC Landquart FC Vernier 2–1 Urania Genève Sport Laufen 2–1 FC Porrentruy SC Derendingen 4–0 FC Langenthal SC Kleinhüningen 2–2 FC Olten Bettlach 1–1 Delémont Delémont 2–1 Bettlach Solothurn 3–2 Dürrenast Frauenfeld 0–1 Chur FC Fontainemelon 7–1 FC Sainte-Croix FC Obergeissenstein 1–3 Kriens FC Turgi 3–2 SC Zug Locarno 4–0 Armonia Lugano FC Albisrieden ZH 1–2 Blue Stars FC Vernayaz 0–0 Monthey Replays |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|21 September 1972 Monthey 1–2 FC Vernayaz |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|24 September 1972 FC Olten 5–3 SC Kleinhüningen |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|26 September 1972 Delémont 2–1 Bettlach |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|1 October 1972 Emmenbrücke 2–3 AS Gambarogno 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"|7 October 1972 Chênois 3–1 Yverdon-Sport US Gambarogno 1–4 Aarau Brühl 2–1 FC Wil Bellinzona 1–0 Baden Xamax 2–0 Central Fribourg Luzern 18–1 FC Glarus Etoile Carouge 5–2 FC Vernier Biel-Bienne 2–1 Solothurn Young Fellows 3–0 Chur Vevey Sports 3–0 FC Fontainemelon Mendrisiostar 3–1 FC Turgi |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|8 October 1972 FC Vernayaz 1–4 Martigny-Sports Laufen 1–2 SC Derendingen Locarno 0–1 Blue Stars FC Olten 0–2 Delémont FC Uzwil 2–1 Buochs Bern 2–0 Thun Matches 7 October 1972 US Gambarogno (red) Federazione ticinese di calcio 2024 https://matchcenter-ftc.football.ch/default.aspx?v=1145603&oid=12&lng=3 AS Gambarogno Federazione ticinese di calcio it 2024-11-16 1–4 summary Aarau 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"|4 and 5 November 1972 Sion 2–0 Chênois Bern 0–6 Servette Aarau 0–2 Winterthur FC Uzwil (red) Ostschweizer Fussballverband 2024 https://matchcenter.ofv.swiss/default.aspx?v=1751&oid=9&lng=1 FC Uzwil Ostschweizer Fussballverband de 2024-11-16 2–1 Brühl Bellinzona 1–4 Zürich Xamax 0–2 Lausanne-Sport Lugano 2–4 Luzern Etoile Carouge 4–0 La Chaux-de-Fonds SC Derendingen 1–4 Fribourg Delémont 0–2 Biel-Bienne Grasshopper Club 4–1 Young Fellows Vevey Sports 5–1 Grenchen Chiasso 3–0 Kriens St. Gallen 0–1 Wettingen Young Boys 3–0 Blue Stars Basel 6–0 Martigny-Sports Matches 5 November 1972 Bern 0–6 Servette summary Servette 0:1 Wegmann0:2 Németh0:3 Pfister0:4 Pfister0:5 Barriquand0:6 Castella 2x Pfister, Barriquand, Castella Stadion Neufeld, Bern 5 November 1972 Aarau 0–2 yes FCA summary Winterthur 0:1 0:2 Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 5 November 1972 Bellinzona 1–4 FCZ summary Zürich Gobbi 74 1:3 16 0:1 Marti48 0:2 Marti67 0:3 Stierli75 1:4 Künzli Letzigrund, Zürich SUI 5 November 1972 Young Boys 3–0 3–0 YB summary Blue Stars 1:02:03:0 Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 5 November 1972 14:30 Basel 6–0 FCB summary Martigny-Sports Riner 18 1:0Balmer 49 2:0Hitzfeld 77 pen. 3:0Riner 81 4:0Balmer 83 5:0Riner 87 6:0 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 5,000 SUI Ernest Guignet (Yverdon) Round 5 Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|25 and 26 November 1972 Sion 2–1 Servette FC Uzwil 0–2 Winterthur Zürich 2–1 Lausanne-Sport Fribourg 1–2 Biel-Bienne Grasshopper Club 5–1 Vevey Sports Chiasso 4–0 Wettingen Young Boys 0–4 Basel Etoile Carouge 0–0 Luzern Replay |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|29 November 1972 Luzern 0–2 Etoile Carouge Matches 25 November 1972 Sion 2–1 Servette summary Servette Blanchoud Stade de Tourbillon, Sion 25 November 1972 Zürich 2–1 FCZ summary Lausanne-Sport Jeandupeux 19 1:0Künzli 60 2:0 Walter Müller II Letzigrund, Zürich 7,800 SUI Jean Dubach (Nidau) 26 November 1972 14:30 BSC Young Boys 0–4 YB summaryFCB summary Basel Brechbühl 65 26 0:1 Demarmels57 0:2 Riner61 0:3 Odermatt63 0:4 Wenger Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 11,500 SUI Anton Bucheli Luzern Quarter-finals For the first time since three years, the quarter- and semi-finals were played as two legged fixtures. This was going to be a test, that would last for three years. Summary The first legs of the quarter-finals were played on 10 December and the return legs on 17 December 1972. main y Sion 2–4 Winterthur 1–2 1–2 Zürich 5–1 Etoile Carouge 1–1 4–0 Biel-Bienne 2–1 Grasshopper Club 1–1 1–0 Chiasso 3–7 Basel 0–2 3–5 Matches First leg 10 December 1972 14:30 Zürich 1–1 FCZ summary Etoile Carouge Münch 15 1:0 74 1:1 Letzigrund, Zürich 2,700 SUI Rudolf Scheurer (Bettlach, Switzerland) Second leg 17 December 1972 14:30 Etoile Carouge 0–4 1–5 FCZ summary Zürich 19 0:1 Martinelli28 0:2 Kuhn37 0:3 Jeandupeux64 Heer69 0:4 Martinelli Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge 8,157 SUI Hans Wieland (Grenchen) First leg 10 December 1972 14:30 Chiasso 0–2 FCB summary Basel Ferroni 68Sulmoni 70 2 0:1 Balmer37 Ramseier44 Wenger55 0:2 Wenger Stadio Comunale, Chiasso 4,000 SUI Roland Racine (Prilly) Second leg 17 December 1972 14:30 Basel 5–3 7–3 FCB summary Chiasso Ries 12 1:0Balmer 15 2:0Hasler 64 3:2Odermatt 68 4:2Odermatt 89 5:3 32 2:1 Allio34 2:2 Boriani79 4:2 Messerli81 Katnic St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 6,500 SUI Walter Gallmann (Oberrieden) Semi-finals Summary The first legs were played on 25 March and the return legs were played on 28 March 1973. main y Winterthur 2–3 Zürich 1–1 1–2 Biel-Bienne 1–6 Basel 0–1 1–5 Matches First leg 25 March 1973 14:30 Winterthur 1–1 FCZ summary Zürich Meili2 1:0Oettli 84 63 1:1 Stierli Schützenwiese, Winterthur 12,700 SUI Rudolf Scheurer (Bettlach, Switzerland) Second leg 28 March 1973 19:30 Zürich 2–1 yes 3–2 FCZ summary Winterthur Martinelli 36 1:1Rutschmann 100 2:1 33 0:1 Grünig Letzigrund, Zürich 15,000 SUI Hans Wieland (Grenchen) First leg 25 March 1973 20:15 Biel-Bienne 0–1 FCB summary Basel 76 0:1 Hitzfeld Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne 10,000 SUI Bruno Della Bruna (Lumino) Second leg 28 March 1973 19:30 Basel 5–1 6–1 FCB summary Biel-Bienne Balmer 19 1:1Balmer 31 2:1Hitzfeld 36 3:1Balmer 51 4:1Demarmels 78 6:1 6 0:1 Konrad St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 7,800 SUI Walter Gallmann (Oberrieden) Final The final was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern on Easter Monday 1973. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|23 April 1973' Zürich 2–0 Basel Telegram 23 April 1973 14:30 Zürich 2–0 yes FCB summary Basel Münch 22Zigerlig 36Marti 92Künzli 101Bionda 104 41 Hitzfeld99 Demarmels104 Odermatt Wankdorf, Bern 45,000 SUI Roland Keller (Bern) For the third time in four years, following their encounters in 1970 and 1972, the two teams FCZ and FCB battled it out for the national cup title. After a 1–4 loss in extra time at the start of this trilogy and a 0–1 defeat last season, 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 under the motto "All good things come in threes." On Easter Monday, 23 April 1973, they secured the fourth 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 1972–73 Nationalliga A 1972–73 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Fussball-Schweiz FCB Cup games 1972–73 at fcb-achiv.ch Switzerland 1972–73 at RSSSF Swiss Cupseasons 1971–72 1973–74 Category:Swiss Cup seasons Swiss Cup Swiss Cup