1978–79 Swiss Cup

April 2025 Swiss Cup 1978–79 Switzerland Servette Young Boys 1977–78 1979–80 The 1978–79 Swiss Cup was the 54th season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition. Overview The competition began on the weekend 5 and 6 August 1978 with the first games of the first round and was completed on Whit Monday 4 June 1979 with the final, which was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern, but because it ended in a draw it required a replay, which took place on Wednesday 20 June. The teams from this season's Nationalliga B were granted byes for the first round. The games of the second round were played one week later, on the weekend 12 and 13 of August. The teams from this season's Nationalliga A were granted byes for the first three rounds. They joined the competition in the fourth round on 7 and 8 October. 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"|5 and 6 August 1978 Etoile Espagnole FC 2–1 FC Bussigny FC Forward Morges 2–4 FC Orbe FC Saint-Prex 3–4 Stade Lausanne Signal FC (Bernex) 4–2 FC Renens FC Assens 4–5 Stade Nyonnais FC Saint-Maurice 2–2 3–4 FC Raron FC Savièse 2–2 4–3 Martigny-Sports Montreux-Sports 0–2 Bulle FC Courtepin 1–2 FC Rapid Ostermundigen FC Portalban 0–6 FC Lerchenfeld FC Frutigen 0–4 Köniz FC Stade Payerne 0–1 FC Fétigny SC Düdingen 4–2 Dürrenast FC Siviriez 2–1 Central Fribourg FC Bôle 0–9 Le Locle-Sports FC Superga (La Chaux-de-Fonds) 3–1 Yverdon-Sport Moutier 0–1 FC Aurore Bienne FC Courtemaîche 0–2 US Boncourt FC Courgenay 1–3 Delémont FC Aesch 0–5 Muttenz Old Boys 0–2 FC Allschwil FC Binningen 1–2 FC Birsfelden Black Stars 1–5 Concordia FC Sursee 3–1 FC Bremgarten FC Buchs AG 0–4 Baden SC Schöftland 3–1 FC Langenthal FC Deitingen 2–1 Solothurn FC Biberist 1–3 FC Gerlafingen Burgdorf 2–0 SC Derendingen FC Hergiswil 3–3 3–4 SC Emmen FC Seefeld ZH 2–4 SC Zug FC Wädenswil 2–3 FC Zug FC Perlen 0–3 Ibach Cham 0–4 Emmenbrücke FC Goldau 0–3 Locarno AS Gambarogno 0–5 FC Morbio AC Tenero-Contra 2–3 Mendrisiostar SC Balerna 3–0 US Giubiasco FC Flawil 1–3 FC Unterstrass ZH FC Schwammendingen 2–5 FC Glattbrugg FC Kilchberg 1–3 Red Star FC Küsnacht ZH 1–0 Schaffhausen FC Volketswil 3–2 FC Stäfa ZH FC Töss 1–2 FC Tössfeld FC Hinwil 1–3 FC Rüti ZH FC Oberwinterthur 1–2 FC Eschenbach Kreuzlingen 3–4 Brühl FC Weinfelden-Bürglen 6–1 Vaduz FC Bad Ragaz 1–4 Balzers FC Vernier 1–2 ES Malley FC Collex-Bossy 3–2 Meyrin FC Bagnes-Le Châble 4–2 Monthey FC Conthey 2–3 FC Visp FC Brüttisellen 0–3 Blue Stars FC Glattfelden 3–0 FC Turicum FC Lamboing 0–1 SV Lyss FC Kirchberg 4–4 4–3 FC Herzogenbuchsee FC Estavayer-le-Lac 0–4 FC Boudry Brugg 3–1 FC Suhr SV Sissach 4–4 Laufen La Rondinella (La Neuveville) 2–1 Marin-Sports FC Rebstein 1–2 Chur FC Mels 1–0 Gossau FC Aigle 3–2 FC Leytron Round 2 The teams from the NLB joined the cup competition in the second round. Whenever possible, the draw was respecting regionalities and the lower-tier team was granted home advantage. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|12 and 13 August 1979 FC Lerchenfeld (red) Fussballverband Bern/Jura 2024 https://matchcenter.fvbj-afbj.ch/default.aspx?v=1448&oid=6&lng=1 FC Lerchenfeld Fussballverband Bern/Jura - fvbj-afbj.ch de 2024-11-16 2–2 5–4 Fribourg FC Raron 0–2 Vevey Sports US Boncourt 1–1 1–4 Biel-Bienne Delémont 0–2 La Chaux-de-Fonds ES Malley 0–3 Etoile Carouge FC Birsfelden 0–4 Bern FC Morbio 1–2 Luzern Locarno 3–1 Bellinzona Red Star 4–3 Young Fellows Blue Stars 0–5 Winterthur SV Lyss 1–3 Aarau FC Sursee 0–1 Wettingen Burgdorf 0–1 Grenchen FC Kilchberg 0–4 Kriens SC Balerna 1–7 Lugano FC Weinfelden-Bürglen 1–2 Frauenfeld FC Visp 1–2 Bulle FC Le Locle 3–2 FC Boudry Baden 3–1 Muttenz FC Zug 0–3 SC Emmen Mendrisiostar 3–1 Emmenbrücke SC Zug 2–4 Ibach FC Unterstrass 1–1 Brühl FC Orbe 6–0 Superga La Chaux-de-Fonds FC Siviriez 2–1 FC Fétigny Etoile Espagnol FC 0–3 Stade Lausanne SC Schöftland 2–3 FC Rapid Ostermundigen FC Brugg 4–1 Köniz Laufen 2–1 FC Gerlafingen FC Allschwil 3–0 FC Deitingen Concordia 0–4 SC Düdingen FC Rüti ZH 2–1 FC Küsnacht Balzers 7–2 FC Glattfelden FC Bagnes-Le Châble 4–1 Stade Nyonnais FC Aurore Bienne 0–1 La Rondinella (La Neuveville) FC Eschenbach 0–1 Chur FC Mels 1–3 FC Glattbrugg FC Savièse 6–1 FC Aigle Signal FC (Bernex) 2–1 FC Collex-Bossy FC Volketswil 1–4 FC Tössfeld Matches 12 August 1979 SV Lyss (red) Fussballverband Bern/Jura 2024 https://matchcenter.fvbj-afbj.ch/default.aspx?lng=1&cxxlnus=1&v=1296& SV Lyss Fussballverband Bern/Jura - fvbj-afbj.ch de 2024-11-16 1–3 FCA summary Aarau Sportzentrum Grien, Lyss Round 3 Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|19 August 1978 Kriens 4–1 Lugano Biel-Bienne 4–2 FC Lerchenfeld FC Savièse 2–4 La Chaux-de-Fonds Grenchen 2–1 Bern FC Siviriez 2–9 Etoile Carouge Luzern 3–0 Wettingen Laufen 0–3 Baden Stade Lausanne 2–1 Bulle Düdingen 3–5 Aarau FC Unterstrass ZH 1–2 Chur FC Rüti ZH 1–3 Winterthur FC Tössfeld 1–4 FC Glattbrugg FC Allschwil 1–3 Ibach La Rondinella (La Neuveville) 3–1 FC Bagnes-Le Châble Brugg 1–3 FC Rapid Ostermundingen SC Emmen 1–5 Red Star FC Orbe 2–0 FC Le Locle |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|20 August 1978 Locarno 1–1 4–2 Balzers Mendrisiostar 0–0 4–3 Frauenfeld Signal FC (Bernex) 2–7 Vevey Sports Matches 19 August 1978 Düdingen 3–5 FCA summary Aarau Stadion Birchhölzli, Düdingen Round 4 The teams from the NLA joined the cup competition in the fourth round. The draw was still respecting regionalities and the lower-tier team was granted home advantage. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|7 October 1978 Biel-Bienne 1–3 Lausanne-Sport La Chaux-de-Fonds 1–4 Chênois Grenchen 1–3 Etoile Carouge Kriens 1–3 Chiasso Luzern 2–0 Baden Mendrisiostar 2–5 Nordstern Vevey Sports 1–2 Young Boys Locarno 1–4 Grasshopper Club La Rondinella (La Neuveville) 1–4 Servette Rapid Ostermundingen 1–6 Neuchâtel Xamax Red Star 1–6 Zürich FC Orbe 3–3 0–3 Sion |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|8 October 1978 Stade Lausanne 1–0 Aarau FC Glattbrugg 0–7 Basel Chur 0–4 Winterthur Ibach 1–6 St. Gallen Matches 7 October 1978 Vevey Sports 1–2 yes YB summary Young Boys Zweili 27 1:1 23 0:1 Conz107 Hussner Stade de Copet, Vevey 2,200 SUI René Maire (Genève) 7 October 1978 15:30 La Rondinella (La Neuveville) 1–4 yes ReportReport Servette Wenger 87 1:0 90+5 pen Trinchero98 Barberis113 Elia120+1 1:4 Trinchero Le stade de Saint-Joux, La Neuveville 2,500 SUI Ernest Guignet (Yverdon-les-Bains) 7 October 1978 Red Star 1–6 FCZ summary Zürich Schäuble 88 1:5 4 pen Botteron52 0:2 Risi71 0:3 Zwicker74 0:4 Risi86 0:5 Scheiwiler90 1:6 Botteron Letzigrund, Zürich 1,600 SUI Rudolf Affolter (Bülach) 8 October 1978 Stade Lausanne 1–0 FCA summary Aarau 1:0 Centre sportif de Vidy, Ouchy, Lausanne 8 October 1978 15:00 FC Glattbrugg 0–7 FCB summary Basel 32 0:1 von Wartburg36 0:2 Lauscher48 0:3 Schönenberger54 0:4 Schönenberger71 0:5 Schönenberger79 0:6 Baldinger84 0:7 Baldinger Sportanlage Au, Glattbrugg 3,000 SUI Franz Gächter (Suhr) Round 5 Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|9 December 1978 Winterthur 1–1 Chênois |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|10 December 1978 Etoile Carouge 0–3 Servette Nordstern 3–1 Stade Lausanne Young Boys 2–0 Chiasso St. Gallen 3–1 Grasshopper Club Xamax 2–1 Luzern Zürich 1–3 Basel |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|17 December 1978 Sion 0–4 Lausanne-Sport Replay |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|17 December 1978 Chênois 4–1 Winterthur Matches 10 December 1978 Etoile Carouge 0–3 Servette summary Servette 0:1 Barberis0:2 Hamberg0:3 Hamberg Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge 10 December 1978 Young Boys 2–0 YB summary Chiasso Müller 71 1:0Müller 80 2:0 Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 5,600 SUI Rudolf Renggli (Luzern) 10 December 1978 14:30 Zürich 1–3 FCB summaryFCZ summary Basel Botteron 1:1Zwicker 36 0:1 Stohler68 1:2 Marti Demarmels89 1:3 Lauscher Letzigrund, Zürich 13,800 SUI Gottlieb Barmettler (Luzern) Quarter-finals Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|14 March 1979 Nordstern 0–2 Servette |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|20 March 1979 Chênois 1–1 Lausanne-Sport Young Boys 2–0 St. Gallen Xamax 5–0 Basel Replay |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|22 March 1979 Lausanne-Sport 0–2 Chênois Matches 14 March 1979 14:30 Nordstern 0–2 Servette summary Servette 0:1 Weber0:2 Barberis Rankhof, Basel 20 March 1979 14:30 Young Boys 2–0 YB summary St. Gallen Küttel 42 1:0Zwahlen 56 2:0 Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 5,900 SUI Ernst Dörflinger (Grenchen) 20 March 1979 14:30 Xamax 5 – 0 FCB summary Basel Decastel 21 1:0Küffer 70 2:0Richard 77 penLüthi 4:0Decastel 87 5:0 Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel 2,000 SUI Peter Scherz Semi-finals Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|16 April 1979 Servette 3–2 Xamax Young Boys 1–0 Chênois Matches 16 April 1979 14:30 Servette 3–2 Servette summary Xamax Schnyder 4 1:0Hamberg 87 2:2Hamberg 90+1 3:2 7 1:1 Weiler29 1:2 Rub Stade des Charmilles, Geneva 16 April 1979 14:30 Young Boys 1–0 yes YB summary Chênois Hussner 105 1:0 Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 15,200 SUI Final The final was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern on Whit Monday 1978. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|4 June 1978 Servette 1–1 Young Boys replay |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|20 June 1978 Servette 3–2 Young Boys Telegram 4 June 1978 15:00 Servette 1–1 yes Fussball-Schweiz summary Young Boys Pfister 52 1:0 78 1:1 Hussner Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 35,000 SUI Rudolf Renggli (Luzern) 20 June 1978 15:00 Servette 3–2 Fussball-Schweiz summary Young Boys Weber 28 1:1Barberis 63 2:2Hamberg 68 3:2 11 0:1 Schmidlin32 1:2 Hussner Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 30,000 SUI Bruno Galler (Kirchdorf, Bern) Servette won the cup and this was the club's fifth cup title to this date, their second in succession. Because they won the Swiss championship as well, they won the domestic double, this for the first time in their history. In fact Sevette won the domestic treble because they won the 1978–79 Swiss League Cup. To top things up, they also won the 1978 Cup of the Alps and made it four trophies in one season. (red) SFL Glory https://glory.sfl.ch/fr/stories/detail/4-trophees-pour-servette/ 4 Trophées pour Servette 4 Trophies for Servette Swiss Football League (SFL) website fr 2024-11-16 Daniel Reichmuth 2024 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/1978-79_servette_history.pdf 1978/79: Der einzigartige Exploit 1978/79: The unique exploit super-servette-ch de-ch 2024-11-16 Further in Swiss football 1978–79 Nationalliga A 1978–79 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Fussball-Schweiz 1978–79 at fcb-achiv.ch Switzerland 1978–79 at RSSSF Swiss Cupseasons 1977–78 1979–80 Category:Swiss Cup seasons Swiss Cup Swiss Cup