1947–48 Swiss Cup

Swiss Cup 1947–48 Switzerland La Chaux-de-Fonds Grenchen 1946–47 1948–49 The 1947–48 Swiss Cup was the 23d season of Switzerland's football cup competition, organised annually since the 1925–26 season by the Swiss Football Association. Overview This season's cup competition began with the first round, which was played on the week-end of the 28 September 1947. The competition was to be completed on Easter Monday, 29 March 1948, with the final, which, since 1937, was traditionally held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern. The clubs from the 1947–48 Swiss 1. Liga were given a bye for the first round, they joined the competition in the second round on the week-end of 12 October. The clubs from this season's Nationalliga A (NLA) and from this season's Nationalliga B (NLB) were given byes for the first two rounds. These teams joined the competition in the third round, which was played on the week-end of 26 October. 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 establish the team that qualified for the next round. Erik Garin 2017 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit48.html Switzerland 1947/48 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2024-11-16 Round 1 In the first round, the lower league teams that had qualified themselves for the competition through their regional football association's regional cup competitions or their association's requirements, competed here. Whenever possible, the draw respected local regionalities. The games of the first round were played on Saturday 28 September 1947. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|28 September 1947 Mont-Cervin 1–4 CA Genève Signal FC (Bernex) 1–2 Compesières FC (GE) ES Malley 7–1 FC Gland CS La Tour-de-Peilz 1–2 FC Aigle FC Renens 5–2 Prilly-Sports FC Stade Payerne 6–2 Grandson-Sports Sion 1–4 Monthey FC Ardon 3–5 FC Saint-Léonard FC Auvernier 1–0 FC Fleurier FC Bévilard 3–2 FC Floria FC Tavannes (red) Association de football Berne/Jura 2024 https://matchcenter.fvbj-afbj.ch/default.aspx?v=543771&oid=6&lng=2 FC Tavannes/Tramelan Association de football Berne/Jura fr 2024-11-16 4–1 FC Tramelan FC Längasse (Bern) 1–3 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 Kirchberg 3–0 FC Belp Zähringia Bern 1–0 SV Lyss FC Nidau 0–7 FC Bözingen 34 FC Gerlafingen 2–1 Burgdorf Wacker Grenchen 5–2 Minerva Bern FC Gränichen 2–1 FC Menziken FC Turgi 4–1 FC Suhr Emmenbrücke 3–2 US Giubiasco FC Thalwil 2–5 FC Stäfa (ZH) FC Dietikon 2–0 Diana FC Unterstrass 0–2 FC Adliswil FC Horgen 2–1 FC Oerlikon FC Phönix Seen (Winterthur) 5–2 FC Bülach FC Töss 0–2 FC Tössfeld FC Glarus 1–2 FC Lachen Chur 0–2 FC Widnau Gossau 4–1 FC Bischofszell Frauenfeld 2–1 FC Amriswil Spvgg Schaffhausen 1–0 Old Boys FC Trimbach 3–1 FC Klus FC Allschwil 7–1 Laufen Dornach 1–2 FC Breitenbach SC Balerna 3–1 US Pro Daro |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|5 October 1947 Saint-Imier-Sports 6–2 FC Couvet Round 2 The clubs from the 1947–48 1. Liga had been given a bye for the first round, these teams now joined the competition here, in the second round. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|12 October 1947 Arbon 2–1 Frauenfeld Gossau 0–1 FC Altstetten (Zürich) FC Horgen 2–0 Zofingen FC Lachen 2–0 Blue Stars FC Phönix Seen (Winterthur) 4–1 Red Star Emmenbrücke 4–3 Schöftland FC Stäfa (ZH) 1–2 Biasca FC Trimbach 0–3 SV Höngg FC Turgi 3–5 FC Pratteln Uster 3–2 FC Tössfeld FC Widnau 2–1 Kreuzlingen Winterthur 3–0 FC Adliswil SC Balerna 2–1 Mendrisio FC Allschwil 1–1 Black Stars FC Birsfelden 5–1 Spvgg Schaffhausen FC Bözingen 34 1–2 FC Porrentruy Delémont 4–2 FC Breitenbach FC Gerlafingen 1–3 SC Derendingen FC Gränichen 2–1 FC Olten FC Kirchberg 2–0 FC Helvetia Bern SC Kleinhüningen 8–0 FC Dietikon Solothurn 5–3 Wacker Grenchen Zähringia Bern 1–3 Lengnau ES Malley 0–2 FC Ambrosiana Lausanne Vevey Sports 4–2 FC Saint-Léonard FC Renens 1–0 Racing Club Lausanne Stade Nyonnais 4–2 Compesières FC (GE) Le Locle-Sports 5–3 Saint-Imier-Sports FC Concordia Yverdon 6–1 FC Stade Payerne Moutier 3–3 FC Tavannes FC Aigle 3–4 Stade Lausanne FC Auvernier 1–3 Montreux-Sports FC Bévilard 2–5 Étoile-Sporting CA Genève 0–3 FC Gardy-Jonction (GE) Central Fribourg 5–1 FC Viktoria Bern Monthey 6–1 FC Sierre Replays |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|19 October 1947 Black Stars 4–2 FC Allschwil FC Tavannes 3–2 Moutier Round 3 The teams from this season's NLA and this season's NLB entered the cup competition in this round. However, the teams from the NLA were seeded and could not be drawn against each other. Whenever possible, the draw respected local regionalities. The third round was played on the week-end of 26 October. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|26 October 1947 Bern 4–0 Black Stars Servette 4–2 Vevey Sports FC Birsfelden 2–1 Brühl Solothurn 2–4 Nordstern FC Pratteln 2–3 St. Gallen Aarau 3–0 Delémont Lugano 9–3 Lengnau FC Horgen 0–1 FC Lachen Cantonal Neuchâtel 3–2 FC Ambrosiana Lausanne Biel-Bienne 3–1 Stade Nyonnais Le Locle-Sports 1–6 La Chaux-de-Fonds CS International Genève 1–0 Monthey Basel 7–0 SC Balerna Zürich 6–0 Uster Luzern 0–1 SC Kleinhüningen Locarno 7–1 FC Widnau Concordia 0–2 SC Derendingen Chiasso 3–1 Biasca Bellinzona 3–0 SV Höngg Emmenbrücke 2–8 Young Boys Arbon 2–1 Schaffhausen FC Altstetten (Zürich) 1–1 Young Fellows Lausanne-Sport 10–2 FC Concordia Yverdon Thun 2–0 FC Porrentruy FC Gardy-Jonction (GE) 2–0 FC Renens Central Fribourg 5–1 FC Gränichen SC Zug 2–0 Winterthur FC Phönix Seen (Winterthur) 2–3 Grasshopper Club Urania Genève Sport 4–0 Stade Lausanne Étoile-Sporting 1–3 Montreux-Sports Fribourg 6–1 FC Kirchberg Grenchen 18–0 FC Tavannes Replay |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|2 November 1947 Young Fellows 6–0 FC Altstetten (Zürich) Matches 26 October 1947 Servette 4–2 Servette summary Vevey Sports 1x Fatton 2x Facchinetti 1x Tamini Stade des Charmilles, Geneva 26 October 1947 Aarau 3–0 FCA summary Delémont Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 26 October 1947 Basel 7–0 FCB summary SC Balerna (red) Federazione ticinese di calcio https://matchcenter-ftc.football.ch/default.aspx?v=535&oid=12&lng=3 SC Balerna Federazione ticinese di calcio it 2024-11-16 3x Oberer 2x Suter 2x Stäuble Landhof, Basel 2,500 SUI Schmidsberger (Zürich) 26 October 1947 Zürich 6–0 6–0 FCZ summary Uster (red) Amateur Liga 2023 https://matchcenter.al-la.ch/default.aspx?v=1509&oid=4&lng=1 FC Uster Amateur Liga de 2024-11-16 Cornioley 3 1:0Zanetti 30 2:0Walter 32 3:0Cornioley 55 4:0Cornioley 83 5:0Schneiter 85 6:0 Letzigrund, Zürich 26 October 1947 Grenchen 18–0 Summary FC Tavannes 4x Perroud 7x Courtat 1x Tschui 4x Heinz Pfister 4x Righetti II 1x Monbaron Round 4 Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|7 December 1947 Bern 1–2 Servette FC Birsfelden 2–2 Abandoned Nordstern St. Gallen 4–0 Aarau Lugano 2–1 FC Lachen Cantonal Neuchâtel 0–5 Biel-Bienne La Chaux-de-Fonds 3–0 CS International Genève Basel 2–1 Zürich SC Kleinhüningen 3–6 Locarno SC Derendingen 3–6 Chiasso Bellinzona 3–1 Young Boys Arbon 1–5 Young Fellows Lausanne-Sport 9–0 Thun FC Gardy-Jonction (GE) 1–1 Central Fribourg SC Zug 0–7 Grasshopper Club Grenchen 4–3 Urania Genève Sport Montreux-Sports 2–1 Fribourg Replays |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|14 December 1947 FC Birsfelden 2–4 Nordstern |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|21 December 1947 Central Fribourg 3–1 FC Gardy-Jonction (GE) Matches 7 December 1947 Bern 1–2 Servette summary Servette Buchoux Facchinetti Stadion Neufeld, Bern 7 December 1947 St. Gallen 4–0 FCA summary Aarau Espenmoos, St. Gallen 7 December 1947 14:30 Basel 2–1 FCB summaryFCZ summary Zürich Oberer 12 1:0Bader 58 2:0 62 2:1 Zanetti 67′ Bosshard Landhof, Basel 4,300 SUI Niederhauser (Bern) Round 5 Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|28 December 1947 Nordstern 2–2 Servette St. Gallen 0–0 Lugano Biel-Bienne 0–1 La Chaux-de-Fonds Basel 5–3 Locarno Chiasso 1–2 Bellinzona Young Fellows 2–4 Lausanne-Sport Central Fribourg 2–7 Grasshopper Club Grenchen 3–1 Montreux-Sports Replays |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|4 January 1948 Servette Abandoneddue to fog Nordstern Lugano 2–1 St. Gallen Second replay |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|11 January 1948 Servette 3–0 Nordstern Matches 28 December 1947 Nordstern 2–2 yes Servette summary Servette Mouthon Tamini Rankhof, Basel 11 January 1948 Servette 3–0 Servette summary Nordstern Fatton 1:0Buchoux 2:0Tamini 3:0 Stade des Charmilles, Geneva 27 December 1947 Basel 5–3 FCB summary Locarno Bader 30 1:0Oberer 35 2:0Wenk 40 3:0Oberer 44 4:0Hägler 65 5:0 0 60 Visentin69 pen. 5:1 Ernst78 5:2 Ernst88 5:3 Losa Landhof, Basel 4,000 SUI A. Sandoz (Lausanne) Quarter-finals Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|11 January 1948 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2–0 Basel Lugano 1–2 Bellinzona Lausanne-Sport 1–2 Grasshopper Club |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|1 February 1948 Servette 4–5 Grenchen Matches 11 January 1948 14:30 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2–0 FCB summary Basel Amey 37 1:0Hermann 38 2:0 Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds 7,500 SUI DörflingerGrenchen {{football box | round = | date = 1 February 1948 | time = | team1 = Servette || 4–5 | | score = 4–5 | aet = | report = Servette summary | team2 = Grenchen | goals1 = Pierre Stefano Fatton ogAndré Belli | goals2 = | stadium = Stade des Charmilles, Geneva | attendance = | referee = }} Semi-finals Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|7 March 1948 La Chaux-de-Fonds 1–0 Bellinzona Grasshopper Club 0–3 Grenchen 7 March 1948 La Chaux-de-Fonds 1–0 Summary Bellinzona Antenen 74 1:0 Centre Sportif de la Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds 7 March 1948 Grasshopper Club 0–3 Summary Grenchen 53 0:1 Courtat70 0:2 Righetti I81 0:3 Righetti I Hardturm, Zürich Final The final was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern on Easter Monday 1948. Because the game ended with a draw after extra time a replay was required and played three weeks later at the same venue. Because the replay also ended with a draw after extra time a second replay was required and this was played after the end of the league season at the Pontaise in Lausanne. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|29 March 1948 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2–2 Grenchen Replay |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|18 April 1948 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2–2 Grenchen Second replay |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|27 June 1948 La Chaux-de-Fonds 4–0 Grenchen Telegram 29 March 1948 15:00 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2–2 yes Fussball-Schweiz summary Grenchen Amey 46 1:0Amey 62 2:1 52 1:1 Courtat70 2:2 Bohren Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 32,000 SUI Ernst Ruefer (Bern) 18 April 1948 15:00 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2–2 yes Fussball-Schweiz summary Grenchen Amey 65 1:1Busenhart 67 2:1 44 0:1 Courtat78 2:2 Righetti I Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 18:00 27 June 1948 15:00 La Chaux-de-Fonds 4–0 Fussball-Schweiz summary Grenchen Antenen 20 1:0Kernen 73 2:0Kernen 78 3:0Antenen 79 4:0 Pontaise, Lausanne 12,000 SUI Ernst Ruefer (Bern)La Chaux-de-Fonds''' won the cup and this was the club's first cup title to this date. Further in Swiss football 1947–48 Nationalliga A 1947–48 Nationalliga B 1947–48 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Fussball-Schweiz FCB Cup games 1947–48 at fcb-achiv.ch Switzerland 1947–48 at RSSSF Swiss Cupseasons 1946–47 1948–49 Category:Swiss Cup seasons Swiss Cup Swiss Cup