2008–09 Swiss Cup

Swiss Cup 2008–09 Switzerland FC Sion BSC Young Boys 2007–08 2009–10 The 2008–09 Swiss Cup was the 84th season of Switzerland's annual cup competition. It began on 20 September with the first games of Round 1 and ended on 20 May 2009 with the Final held at Stade de Suisse, Bern. The winners earned a place in the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League. FC Basel were the defending champions. Participating clubs Nine Super League teams (FC Vaduz are from Liechtenstein and thus play in the 2008–09 Liechtenstein Cup) and all sixteen Challenge League clubs entered this year's competition, as well as thirteen teams from 1. Liga and 26 teams from lower leagues (their level within the Swiss league pyramid is given in parentheses below). Teams from 1. Liga and below had to qualify through separate qualifying rounds within their leagues. 2008–09 Super League9 teams 2008–09 Challenge League16 teams 2008–09 1. Liga13 teams Amateur teams26 teams FC Aarau FC Basel AC Bellinzona Grasshoppers Zürich FC Luzern Neuchâtel Xamax FC Sion BSC Young Boys FC ZürichFC Biel-Bienne FC Concordia Basel FC Gossau FC La Chaux-de-Fonds FC Lausanne-Sport FC Locarno AC Lugano FC St. Gallen FC Schaffhausen Servette FC Genève Stade Nyonnais FC Thun FC Wil FC Winterthur FC Wohlen Yverdon-Sport FCFC Baulmes GC Biaschesi FC Bulle CS Chênois FC Echallens Etoile-Carouge FC FC Grenchen SV Höngg FC Le Mont, Lausanne ES FC Malley, Lausanne FC Kreuzlingen FC Schötz SC Zofingen Fourth level FC Alle FC Bavois FC Bazenheid SC Binningen SC Brühl, St. Gallen FC Grand-Lancy FC Ibach FC Liestal FC Plan-les-Ouates Racing Club, Geneva FC Seefeld, Zürich FC Sursee FC Thalwil Fifth level FC Allmendingen FC Amriswil FC Bassersdorf FC La Sarraz-Eclépens Le Locle Sports FC Oerlikon/Polizei, Zürich FC Plaffeien FC Saxon Sports FC Tavannes/Tramelan FC Wacker Grenchen FC Widnau FC Windisch Sixth level AC Vallemaggia Round 1 Teams from Super League and Challenge League were seeded in this round. In a match, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable. |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|19 September 2008 FC Grand-Lancy 0–3 FC Lausanne-Sport FC Sursee 0–2 FC Wohlen Racing Club Genève 1–2 FC Echallens FC Windisch 1–5 FC Thun |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|20 September 2008 Le Locle Sports 0–7 Yverdon-Sport FC SC Binningen 2–6 FC Aarau FC Oerlikon/Polizei 1–5 AC Bellinzona FC Allmendingen 0–2 SC Zofingen FC Wacker Grenchen 1–3 1 FC Alle FC Amriswil 0–0 (p. 2–4) FC Schaffhausen FC Seefeld 0–0 (p. 3–2) FC Winterthur FC Thalwil 1–3 FC Gossau FC Bavois 3–1 FC Baulmes CS Chênois 1–3 ES FC Malley FC Bazenheid 0–2 FC St. Gallen FC Kreuzlingen 1–3 FC Locarno SC Brühl 0–5 Grasshopper Club Zürich FC Le Mont 2–0 Stade Nyonnais FC Liestal 0–3 FC Concordia Basel FC Schötz 0–1 FC Basel FC Bassersdorf 0–2 SV Höngg FC Tavannes/Tramelan 0–2 FC Bulle FC Saxon-Sports 0–2 Neuchâtel Xamax Etoile-Carouge FC 0–5 FC Sion FC Grenchen 3–2 FC Biel-Bienne |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|21 September 2008 FC Widnau 0–6 FC Zürich FC Ibach 0–6 BSC Young Boys Bern FC La Sarraz-Ecléplens 1–6 Servette FC Genève FC Plaffeien 0–3 FC Luzern GC Biaschesi 0–1 FC Wil 1900 FC Plan-les-Ouates 0–3 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds AC Vallemaggia 0–5 AC Lugano |} 1 1The match between Wacker Grenchen and FC Alle was abandoned after 119 minutes because of violent altercations among players, coaches and spectators. Spielabbruch nach Massenschlägerei in Grenchen http://www.bazonline.ch/sport/fussball/story/18950100 Basler Zeitung 2008-09-21 2008-09-21 de 2016-03-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20160313020604/http://bazonline.ch/sport/fussball/story/18950100 live Both teams had originally been expelled from the competition. However, upon a successful appeal, FC Alle were awarded the victory and gained permission to compete in the second round. Alle trifft im Cup auf YB http://www.football.ch/de/start.aspx?vNews=1&newsID=17 Schweizer Fussball-Verband 2008-10-14 2008-10-14 de 2011-05-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20110526071911/http://www.football.ch//de/start.aspx?vNews=1&newsID=17 live Round 2 The winners of Round 1 played in this round. Teams from Super League were seeded. In a match, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable. |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|17 October 2008 FC Bulle 1–4 FC Basel |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|18 October 2008 SV Höngg 0–3 FC Wil FC Seefeld 1–3 FC Gossau FC Zofingen 2–3 AC Bellinzona FC Wohlen 2–3 Grasshoppers Zürich FC Concordia Basel 3–1 Servette FC Genève FC Lausanne-Sport 1–2 Neuchâtel Xamax Yverdon Sports 1–2 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds FC St. Gallen 2–0 FC Aarau ES FC Malley 3–2 FC Echallens |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|19 October 2008 FC Grenchen 0–3 FC Luzern FC Schaffhausen 0–1 FC Zürich FC Bavois 0–1 FC Thun FC Le Mont 2–5 FC Sion FC Locarno 3–1 AC Lugano |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|29 October 2008 FC Alle 0–5 BSC Young Boys |} Round 3 The winners of Round 2 played in this round. In a match, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable. Some games were postponed due to snow, and subsequently played elsewhere. |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|22 November 2008 FC Concordia Basel 4–0 Neuchâtel Xamax FC Thun 0–4 FC Basel FC St. Gallen 2–0 FC Locarno |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|23 November 2008 Grasshoppers Zürich 2–1 AC Bellinzona ES FC Malley 0–1 FC Sion FC Wil 0–1 FC Zürich |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|10 December 2008 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 0–41 FC Luzern FC Gossau 0–12 BSC Young Boys |} 1 1The match was played at Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel. 2 2The match was played at Stade de Suisse, Bern. Quarter-finals The winners of Round 3 played in this round. 4 March 2009 20:15 CET BSC Young Boys 3 – 0 Grasshoppers Zürich Ghezal 56Hochstrasser 67Seydou 70 Stade de Suisse, Bern 10758 17 March 2009 20:15 CET FC St. Gallen 1 – 2 FC Sion Sarni 12 o.g. Monterrubio 53Dominguez 66 AFG Arena, St. Gallen 18 March 2009 19:30 CET FC Concordia Basel 0 – 2 FC Luzern Schwegler 65João Paiva 88 Rankhof, Basel 950 18 March 2009 20:15 CET FC Zürich 0 – 1 FC Basel Huggel 67 pen. Letzigrund, Zürich 16200 Semi-finals The winners of the quarter-finals played in this round. As in the previous round, matches were openly drawn, meaning that the team drawn first in a match earned the home game. 13 April 2009 20:15 CEST FC Luzern 1 – 1 yes FC Sion Lustenberger 90+5 Monterrubio 85 Stadion Allmend, Lucerne 12,500 Gajić Paiva Pacar Renggli 2 – 4 Obradović Fermino Afonso Paíto 16 April 2009 20:15 CEST BSC Young Boys 0 – 0 yes FC Basel Stade de Suisse, Bern 31,120 Yapi Yapo Hochstrasser Bastians Schneuwly 3 – 2 Huggel Ergić Abraham Chipperfield Gjasula Final 20 May 2009 20:30 CEST BSC Young Boys 2 – 3 FC Sion Yapi Yapo 22 pen.Alioui 36 o.g. Obradović 41Sarni 53Afonso 88 Stade de Suisse, Bern 31,789 Claudio Circhetta External links Official site de References Category:Swiss Cup seasons Swiss Cup, 2008-09 Swiss Cup