1929–30 Swiss Cup

Swiss Cup 1929–30 Switzerland 117 Young Boys Aarau 1928–29 1930–31 The 1929–30 Swiss Cup was the 5th edition of Switzerland's football cup competition, organised annually since the 1925–26 season by the Swiss Football Association. Overview Preamble In Switzerland, after the end of the first world war, the 1920s saw a rapid rise in the popularity of top-level football and also a decade of rapid growth in grassroots football and many new football clubs were formed. By the mid-1920s, every larger Swiss town had a football pitch and its own football club. Top level organised football also experienced a boom and the larger already existing clubs were also expanding and growing. Between 1922 and 1930, twelve new football stadiums were built, each with a capacity of over 10,000 spectators. Furthermore, semi- and fully professional football players began to emerge and transfer fees started to become a reality. Fabian Brändle Christian Koller 2018 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299279864_4_zu_2_Die_goldene_Zeit_des_Schweizer_Fussballs_1918-1939 Die goldene Zeit des Schweizer Fussballs 1918–1939 The golden times in Swiss football 1918–1939 Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz (HLS) de-ch 2024-11-16 The structure of the Swiss championships provided a top-tier Serie A with 27 teams (3 regional groups of 9 clubs) and a second-tier Promotion Series with 54 teams divided into 6 groups. From the third-tier the football system was arranged in the regional leagues, named Serie B, C and D. However, the Swiss league system was suffering a crisis and this had expand during the previous few years. There were continuous disagreements between smaller and larger clubs. These were mainly concerning promotion/relegation procedures which included play-offs between lower-tier group winners and upper-tier group losers. Things came to a peak in exactly this season, due to the fact that at the end of this season there was to be no promotion/relegation between the top two tiers. At this years AGM, held in July, the Swiss Football and Athletics Federation (SFAV), as the Swiss Football Association used to call itself, then decided to reorganise the structures of their championships and that the first, second and third tiers would be re-arranged. The new league would start in 1931. Not only the promotion/relegation procedures were causing discussions, but also due to the expanding professionalism there were differences. The larger clubs continuously contested to take over the better players from thr lower tier clubs by offering the players a wage or at least would offer them semi-professional status, combined with new, better paid jobs with firms who had commercial ties with the club. Christian Koller Marianne Meier 16 June 2025 https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/048188/2025-06-16/ Fussball Schweiz Football Switzerland Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz (HLS) de-ch 2025-06-16 Format The Cup competition that had been introduced four years earlier to relieve these rising differences, was proving to be a success. This season 117 clubs applied to join the cup competition and, therefore, it began with a preliminary round with 53 matches, before the main competition began. This qualifying round, with a few exceptions, was played at the end of August and first week-end of September 1930 in advance of the league season. The first principal round was played, with one exception on Sunday 13 October. The competition was to be completed on Sunday 23 March 1930, with the final, which this year took place in the capital Bern, at the former Wankdorf Stadium. Each club could enter only one team to the competition, reserve teams were not admitted to the competition. 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, if agreed between the clubs, a second extra time was played. If the score was still level at the final whistle, a replay was foreseen and this was played on the visiting team's pitch. If no replay was agreed or the replay ended in a draw after extra time, a toss of a coin would establish the team that qualified for the next round. Erik Garin Peter Kungler 2024 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit30.html Switzerland 1929/30 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2024-11-16 Preliminary round Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|18 August 1929 Sion 0–4 Étoile-Sporting |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|24 August 1929 Zürich 10–2 SC Veltheim (Winterthur) |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|25 August 1929 Lausanne-Sport 2–1 FC Tavannes Young Boys 9–0 Concordia Yverdon Bern 9–1 FC Tramelan Cantonal Neuchâtel 2–6 Etoile Carouge FC Madretsch (Biel) 2–1 FC Viktoria Bern (red) Fussballverband Bern/Jura 2024 https://matchcenter.fvbj-afbj.ch/default.aspx?v=1355&oid=6&lng=1 FC Weissenstein Fussballverband Bern/Jura de 2024-11-16 Adrian Lüpold 22 May 2019 https://www.bernerzeitung.ch/das-kam-bei-der-fraktion-von-viktoria-nicht-gut-an-658416238648 Das kam bei der Fraktion von Viktoria nicht gut an This did not go down well with the Viktoria faction Bernerzeitung de-ch 2024-11-16 FC Gloria (Le Locle) 1–5 Urania Genève Sport Brühl 3–1 Concordia Basel FC Olten 2–9 Old Boys Basel 6–2 FC Diana Zürich Chiasso 3–2 Kickers Luzern Winterthur 7–1 FC Fortuna (SG) Blue Stars 8–0 SV Sissach |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|1 September 1929 Sparta Schaffhausen 1–3 Frauenfeld FC Münchenstein 2–6 VfR Kleinhüningen FC Buchs 1–2 FC Allschwil FC Birsfelden 5–0 Helvetik Basel FC Romanshorn 0–1 FC Töss (Winterthur) Locarno 4–2 FC Neumünster Zürich FC Altstetten (Zürich) 1–3 Bülach FC Amriswil 5–3 FC Rheinfelden Spielvereinigung Schaffhausen 1–3 Giovanni Calciatori Luganesi Bellinzona 2–6 FC Oerlikon (ZH) Black Stars 4–2 FC Breite (Basel) Juventus Zürich 8–4 Wohlen Baden 3–1 Uster FC Horgen 1–7 SV Seebach (Zürich) FC Industrie Der Vorstand FCIT 2024 https://fcit.ch/geschichte Fusion / Unsere Geschichte – FC Industrie Turicum Merger / Our History – FC Industrie Turicum FC Industrie Turicum de-ch 2024-11-16 (red) Fussballverband Region Zürich 2023 https://matchcenter.fvrz.ch/default.aspx?v=822596&oid=11&lng=1 FC Industrie Turicum Fussballverband Region Zürich de 2024-11-16 2–3 Kreuzlingen Red Star 0–2 FC Adliswil FC Schlieren 1–8 Luzern FC Dietikon 1–3 Chur FC Höngg 4–1 FC Thalwil Sirius Zürich 3–0 FC Lenzburg Delémont 2–7 FC Bözingen Couvet-Sports 8–0 Sylva-Sports (Le Locle) FC Renens 5–0 Racing-Club Lausanne Montreux-Sports 9–1 FC Forward Morges FC Chailly 2–5 FC Yverdon Olympia-Sports Vevey 2–1 FC Länggasse (Bern) Central Fribourg 4–1 FC Jonction (Genève) FC Helvetia Bern 3–0 FC Le Parc (La Chaux-de-Fonds) Sports Boys Bern 7–1 Thun Cercle des Sports Bienne 2–5 Stade Nyonnais FC Langenthal 0–3 Vevey Sports Minerva Bern 8–2 FC Biberist Zähringia Bern 3–2 Villeneuve-Sports Xamax-Sports (Neuchâtel) 1–7 Monthey CAA Genève 3–0 FC Fleurier FC Nidau 5–1 FC Stade Payerne FC Reconvilier 3–2 St-Imier Sports |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|8 September 1929 FC Liestal 2–5 CS La Tour-de-Peilz |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|6 October 1929 Stade Lausanne 4–1 Grenchen Matches 24 August 1929 16:30 Zürich 10–2 10–2 FCZ summary SC Veltheim (Winterthur) Baumeister 30 1:0A. Lehmann 2:0Baumeister 63 3:1Baumeister 4:1Baumeister 5:1Girelli og 6:1Girelli og 7:1Stelzer 8:1A. Lehmann 9:1A. Lehmann 10:1 50 2:1 Bischioni10:2 Letzigrund, Zürich SUI Stirnemann (Aarau) Zürich played the 1929/30 season in the Serie A (top-tier), Veltheim in the Serie Promotion (second tier). 15 August 1929 10:30 Basel 6–2 FCB summary FC Diana Zürich Bielser 25 1:0Enderlin (I) 35 2:0Müller 3:0Müller 4:0Wionsowsky 5:2Enderlin (I) 6:2 4:14:2 Landhof, Basel 1,000 SUI Bitterli (Baden) Basel played the 1929/30 season in the Serie A (top-tier), Diana Zürich in the Serie B (third tier). First principal round Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|6 October 1929 Winterthur 2–1 FC Birsfelden |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|13 October 1929 Etoile Carouge 6–2 FC Helvetia Bern Olympia-Sports Vevey 1–3 Bern Minerva Bern 0–6 Biel-Bienne Étoile-Sporting 6–2 Monthey Servette 9–1 Zähringia Bern FC Reconvilier 2–3 FC Yverdon Couvet-Sports 4–2 Fribourg Urania Genève Sport 3–1 Renens-Sports Young Boys 2–0 Vevey Sports FC Madretsch (Biel) 6–3 Solothurn La Chaux-de-Fonds 6–1 Lausanne-Sport CS La Tour-de-Peilz 2–7 Montreux-Sports Aarau 7–4 FC Bözingen Stade Nyonnais 3–1 Sports-Boys Bern CAA Genève 4–2 Central Fribourg FC Nidau 3–1 Stade Lausanne Grasshopper Club 9–2 FC Oerlikon (ZH) SCI Juventus Zürich 6–1 Bülach Young Fellows 6–0 Baden Chiasso 3–1 Black Stars Blue Stars 8–0 Kreuzlingen SV Seebach 0–4 Lugano Basel 10–0 FC Dietikon Zürich 4–2 Old Boys FC Adliswil 5–2 VfR Kleinhüningen Nordstern 4–0 Sirius Zürich SV Höngg 3–2 FC Amriswil Locarno 3–2 Luzern FC Töss (Winterthur) 0–1 St. Gallen FC Allschwil 5–3 Frauenfeld Giovanni Calciatori Luganesi 5–1 Brühl Matches 13 October 1929 Servette 9–1 Servette summary Zähringia Bern 3x Passello 2x Oswald 3x Beretta 1x og Parc des Sports, Geneva Servette played the 1929/30 season in the Serie A (top-tier), Zähringia in the Serie B (third tier). 13 October 1929 Aarau 7–4 yes FCA summary FC Bözingen (red) Fussballverband Bern/Jura 2024 https://matchcenter.fvbj-afbj.ch/default.aspx?v=1286&oid=6&lng=1 FC Bözingen 34 Fussballverband Bern/Jura de 2024-11-16 Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 1,000 Aarau played the 1929/30 season in the Serie A (top-tier), Bözingen in the Serie B (third tier). 13 October 1929 10:45 Basel 10–0 FCB summary FC Dietikon (red) Fussballverband Region Zürich 2024 https://matchcenter.fvrz.ch/default.aspx?v=1469&oid=11&lng=1 FC Dietikon Fussballverband Region Zürich de 2024-11-16 Enderlin (I) 7 1:0Bielser 10 2:0Bielser 16 3:0Bielser 19 4:0Wionsowsky 34 5:0Galler 6:0Strasser 55 7:0Müller 60 8:0Bielser 61 9:0Bielser 75 10:0 Landhof, Basel 1,800 SUI Krämer (Basel) Basel played the 1929/30 season in the Serie A (top-tier), Dietikon in the Serie B (third tier). 13 October 1929 Zürich 4–2 FCZ summary Old Boys Romberg 36 1:0Nyffeler 40 2:0Baumeister 48 3:0A. Lehmann 90 4:2 50 3:1 Bossi60 3:2 Kies Letzigrund, Zürich 3,000 SUI Both teams played the 1929/30 season in the Serie A (top-tier). Round 2 Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|3 November 1929 Etoile Carouge 3–0 Bern Biel-Bienne 4–2 Étoile-Sporting Servette 6–0 FC Yverdon Couvet-Sports 0–6 Urania Genève Sport Young Boys 6–1 FC Madretsch (Biel) La Chaux-de-Fonds 4–3 Montreux-Sports Aarau 8–1 Stade Nyonnais CAA Genève 3–2 FC Nidau Grasshopper Club 12–1 Juventus Zürich Young Fellows 1–0 Chiasso Winterthur 1–2 Blue Stars Lugano 3–5 Basel Zürich 12–1 FC Adliswil Nordstern 7–0 SV Höngg Locarno 4–2 St. Gallen FC Allschwil 2–3 GC Luganesi Matches 3 November 1929 Servette 6–0 Servette summary FC Yverdon 3x Passello 1x Beretta 2x Rüegg Parc des Sports, Geneva Servette played the 1929/30 season in the Serie A (top-tier), Yverdon in the Serie B (third tier). 3 November 1929 Aarau 8–1 FCA summary Stade Nyonnais Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 1,000 Aarau played the 1929/30 season in the Serie A (top-tier), Stade Nyonnais in the Serie Promotion (second tier). 3 November 1929 Lugano 3–5 FCB summary Basel Fink 39 1:1Fink 81 2:3Sturzenegger 80 3:4 31 0:1 Müller41 1:2 Schlecht54 1:3 Bielser79 2:4 Wionsowsky85 3:5 Enderlin (I) Campo Marzio, Lugano 2,500 SUI Paschoud (Bern) Both teams played the 1929/30 season in the Serie A (top-tier). 3 November 1929 10:00 Zürich 12–1 FCZ summary FC Adliswil A. Lehmann 4 1:0Romberg 9 2:0Romberg 3:0Baumeister 30 4:0Clérico 5:0Romberg 6:0Baumeister 37 7:0Romberg 8:0A. Lehmann 9:0A. Lehmann 80 10:1Romberg 11:1Baumeister 90 12:1 9:1 Letzigrund, Zürich SUI Meuche (Schlieren, Switzerland) In the early morning hours of that day, the Letzigrund grandstand burned down. When the match began at 10 a.m., the city and Altstetten fire services were still busy extinguishing and cleaning up after the fire. Zürich played the 1929/30 season in the Serie A (top-tier), Adliswil in the Serie B (third tier). Round 3 Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|1 December 1929 Grasshopper Club 3–2 Blue Stars Urania Genève Sport 2–3 Biel-Bienne Young Boys 10–3 CAA Genève Aarau 5–1 La Chaux-de-Fonds GC Luganesi 1–3 Young Fellows Locarno 5–4 Basel Nordstern 0–3 Zürich |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|22 December 1929 Etoile Carouge 3–0 Servette Matches 1 December 1929 Grasshopper Club 3–2 RSSSF summary Blue Stars De Weck 22 1:0De Weck 24 2:0W. Weiler 35 pen 60 3:1 Pfetsch78 3:0 Baumann Sportplatz Hardturmstrasse, Zürich Both teams played the 1929/30 season in the Serie A (top-tier). 1 December 1929 Urania Genève Sport 2–3 RSSSF summary Biel-Bienne Barrière 65 1:2Berchten 25 0:1 Wüthrich50 0:2 Grimm Joseph Stade de Frontenex, Genève Both teams played the 1929/30 season in the Serie A (top-tier). 1 December 1929 Young Boys 10–3 RSSSF summary CAA Genève 4x Jung 2x Volery 3x Dasen Jolliet Jolliet Rentsik Wankdorf Stadium, Bern Young Boys played the 1929/30 season in the Serie A (top-tier), CAA Genève in the Serie Promotion (second tier). 1 December 1929 Aarau 5–1 FCA summary La Chaux-de-Fonds 2x Lüthy II 2x Taddei 1x Hochstrasser 40 Held Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 1,500 Both teams played the 1929/30 season in the Serie A (top-tier). 1 December 1929 Giovanni Calciatori Luganesi Luca Ortelli 17 September 2022 https://www.cdt.ch/sport/i-sogni-dellarbedo-e-il-caso-dei-giovani-calciatori-luganesi-293891 CalcioI sogni dell'Arbedo e il caso dei Giovani Calciatori Luganesi Football: Arbedo's dreams and the case of the Lugano Young Footballers Corriere del Ticino it 2024-11-16 1–3 RSSSF summary Young Fellows Domeniconi Diebold Noldin Winkler (III) Campo Marzio, Lugano CG Luganesi played the 1929/30 season in the Serie B (third tier), Young Fellows in the Serie A (top-tier). 1 December 1929 14:45 Locarno 5–4 FCB summary Basel 1:0Case (II) 2:3Case (II) 3:3Mutter 70 4:3Mutter 75 5:3 1:1 Enderlin (I)1:2 Schlecht1:3 Schlecht88 5:4 Wionsowsky Campo Sportivo Alle Palestre, Locarno 1,000 SUI Ferdinand Allemann (Biel/Bienne) Locarno played the 1929/30 season in the Serie Promotion (second tier) and at the end of the seasons became second tier champions. Basel played the 1929/30 season in the Serie A (top-tier). 1 December 1929 Nordstern 0–3 FCZ summary Zürich 22 0:1 Romberg77 0:2 Nyffeler85 0:3 Baumeister Rankhof, Basel 2,000 SUI Calpini (Sion) Both teams played the 1929/30 season in the Serie A (top-tier). 22 December 1929 Etoile Carouge 3–0 Servette summary Servette Rey 17 1:0Rey 60 2:0Losio 65 pen Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge Both teams played the 1929/30 season in the Serie A (top-tier). Quarter-finals Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|2 February 1930 Grasshopper Club 1–4 Zürich Etoile Carouge ppd Young Fellows Aarau 2–2 Biel-Bienne Locarno 2–2 Young Boys Resheduled |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|16 February 1930 Etoile Carouge 3–2 Young Fellows Replays |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|16 February 1930 Biel-Bienne 2–3 Aarau Young Boys 2–1 Locarno Matches {{football box | round = | date = 2 February 1930 | time = | team1 = Grasshopper Club || 1–4 | | score = 1–4 | aet = | report = FCZ summary | team2 = Zürich | goals1 = Adam 30 1:1 | goals2 = 4 0:1 Baumeister42 1:2 Romberg74 1:3 A. Lehmann86 1:4 Romberg | stadium = Hardturm, Zürich | attendance = 8,000 | referee = SUI Paschoud (Bern) }} 2 February 1930 Aarau 2–2 yes FCA summary Biel-Bienne Lüthy II 5 1:0Vaccani 34 2:2 11 1:1 Strasser24 1:2 Grimm Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 4,000 Replay 16 February 1930 Biel-Bienne 2–3 FCA summary Aarau Hirt 4 1:0Buffat 35 1:1 Vaccani Vaccani K. Lüthy Stadion Gurzelen, Biel/Bienne 4,000 2 February 1930 Locarno 2–2 yes RSSSF summary Young Boys Imhof Carminati Volery Volery Stadio comunale Lido, Locarno Replay 16 February 1930 Young Boys 2–1 RSSSF summary Locarno Volery 3 1:0Jung 35 2:1 20 1:1 Cavallini Wankdorf Stadium, Bern Rescheduled 16 February 1930 Etoile Carouge 3–2 RSSSF summary Young Fellows Rey 20 1:0Losio 67Buchoux 90 3:2 og (Crosetti) Lohrer Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge Semi-finals Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|2 March 1930 Etoile Carouge 2–4 Young Boys Zürich 1–2 Aarau Matches 2 March 1930 Etoile Carouge 2–4 RSSSF summary Young Boys Arn 18 1:0(Baumgartner) 66 og 2:3 26 1:1 Wysard36 1:2 Schicker43 pen. 1:368 2:4 Dasen Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge 7,000 SUI Hans Enderli (Winterthur) 2 March 1930 14:45 Zürich 1–2 FCZ summary Aarau Spiller 64 1:1 23 0:1 K. Lüthy69 1:2 Taddei Hardturm, Zürich 10,000 SUI René Mercet (Locarno and Lausanne) Final The final was held in the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern on Sunday 23 March 1930. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|23 March 1930 Young Boys 1–0 Aarau Telegram 23 March 1930 Young Boys 1–0 Fussball-Schweiz summary Aarau Jung 15 1:0 Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 7,500 SUI René Mercet (Locarno and Lausanne)Young Boys''' won the cup and this was the club's first cup title to this date. Further in Swiss football 1929–30 Swiss Serie A 1929–30 FC Basel season References Sources Fussball-Schweiz Switzerland 1929–30 at RSSSF Swiss Cupseasons 1928–29 1930–31 Category:Swiss Cup seasons Swiss Cup Swiss Cup