1979–80 Swiss League Cup

Swiss League Cup 1979–80 Switzerland 32 Servette Grasshopper Club 31 1978–79 1980–81 The 1979–80 Swiss League Cup was the eighth edition of the Swiss League Cup competition since its introduction in 1972. The first round was played in summer 1979 as a pre-season warm-up to the 1979–80 Swiss football season, the later rounds were played after the winter-break. Overview The League Cup had been created seven seasons earlier to allow clubs from the top two tiers to compete in a tournament in advance of the league season, with the semi-finals and final played in the Autumn. However, this planning had been given up and modified. The idea of a home and away fixture in the first round, as introduced in the previous season, was also rejected. This season the first round was played in advance of the season and the later rounds were played in the second half of the league season. The matches were played in a single 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 penalty shoot-out was to decide which team qualified for the next round. No replays were foreseen. First round Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|2 August 1979 FC Renens (red) Association cantonale vaudoise de football 2024 https://matchcenter-acvf.football.ch/default.aspx?lng=2&cxxlnus=1&v=1123& FC Renens Association cantonale vaudoise de football - acvf.football.ch de 2024-11-16 1–2 Chênois |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|4 August 1979 Lausanne-Sport 1–1 4–1 La Chaux-de-Fonds Servette 1–0 Sion Young Boys 1–0 Basel Aarau 4–0 Winterthur Baden 1–3 FC Bern Bellinzona 4–4 7–8 Luzern Fribourg 1–2 Vevey-Sports Grenchen 2–3 Nordstern Basel Lugano 2–2 5–4 Chiasso Frauenfeld 3–1 Kriens Biel-Bienne 2–1 FC Raron (red) Walliser Fussballverband 2024 https://matchcenter.avf-wfv.ch/?oid=17&lng=1&v=989 FC Raron Walliser Fussballverband - avf-wfv.ch fr 2024-11-16 Xamax 3–0 Wettingen |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|8 August 1979 Mendrisiostar 1–7 Zürich 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 1–6 Grasshopper Club |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|14 August 1979 FC Schaffhausen 1–4 St. Gallen Matches 4 August 1979 Servette 1–0 Servette summary Sion Cucinotta 1:0 Charmilles Stadium, Geneva 4 August 1979 Young Boys 1–0 YB summaryFCB summary Basel Hußner 44 1:0Schönenberger 66 Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 3,400 SUI René Maire (Geneva) 4 August 1979 Aarau 4–0 FCA summary Winterthur Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 1,500 SUI Ernst Dörflinger (Grenchen) 8 August 1979 Mendrisiostar 1–7 FCZ summary Zürich Solcà 48 1:1Croci 55 35 0:1 Seiler55 1:2 Zappa 68 1:3 Kundert 70 1:4 Seiler75 1:5 Seiler79 og Croci85 1:7 Elsener Centro Sportivo Comunale, Mendrisio 1,200 SUI Bruno Burgener (Kriens) Second round Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|17 February 1980 FC Bern 0–3 Servette Biel-Bienne 0–5 Young Boys Frauenfeld 1–2 Grasshopper Club Lausanne-Sport 3–0 Chênois Lugano 1–3 Aarau Xamax 1–0 Vevey-Sports Zürich 2–1 Nordstern Basel Luzern 2–1 St. Gallen Matches 17 February 1980 FC Bern 0–3 Servette summary Servette 0:1 Barberis0:2 Matthey0:3 Dutoit Stadion Neufeld, Bern 17 February 1980 Biel-Bienne 0–5 YB summary Young Boys 35 0:1 Zwahlen61 0:2 Schmied64 0:3 Zwahlen74 0:4 Brodard87 0:5 Müller Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne 900 SUI Denis Perrenoud 17 February 1980 Lugano 1–3 FCA summary Aarau Cornaredo, Lugano 400 SUI Morex 17 February 1980 Zürich 2–1 FCZ summary Nordstern Basel Peterhans 20 1:0Jerković 37 2:0 63 2:1 Zbinden Letzigrund, Zürich 700 SUI Bruno Burgener (Kriens) Quarter-finals Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|24 February 1980 Aarau 0–1 Zürich Lausanne-Sport 1–2 Grasshopper Club Luzern 2–1 Xamax Young Boys 0–2 Servette Matches 24 February 1980 Aarau 0–1 FCA summaryFCZ summary Zürich 50 Elsener81 0:1 Peterhans Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 3,200 SUI Ulrich Nyffenegger (Nidau) 24 February 1980 Lausanne-Sport 1–2 RSSSF summary Grasshopper Club Kok 34 pen. 1:1 22 0:1 Traber41 1:2 Sulser Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 24 February 1980 Luzern 2–1 RSSSF summary Xamax Kaufmann 17 1:1Fischer 37 2:1 3 0:1 Lüthi Stadion Allmend, Luzern 24 February 1980 Young Boys 0–2 YB summaryServette summary Servette 61 0:1 Cucinotta63 0:2 Radi Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 1,800 SUI Jean-Marie Macheret (Rueyres, Switzerland) Semi-finals Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|8 April 1980 Grasshopper Club 2–1 Zürich Servette 6–0 Luzern Matches 8 April 1980 Grasshopper Club 2–1 FCZ summary Zürich Bauer 37 pen. 1:1Egli 52 2:1 37 0:1 Zwicker Hardturm, Zürich 5,500 SUI Jakob Baumann (Schaffhausen) 8 April 1980 Servette 6–0 Servette summary Luzern Barberis 37 1:0Cacciapaglia 43 2:0Radi 62 3:0Barberis 64 4:0Cucinotta 82 5:0Radi 87 6:0 Charmilles Stadium, Geneva Final The final was held at the Gurzelen Stadion in Biel/Bienne on 6 May 1980. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|6 May 1980 Servette 3–0 Grasshopper Club Telegram 6 May 1980 Servette 3–0 Servette summary Grasshopper Club Cucinotta 12 1:0Schnyder 46 2:0Barberis 49 3:0 Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne 7,700 SUI Werner Bösch Servette won the cup and this was the club's second consecutive League Cup title. Further in Swiss football 1979–80 Nationalliga A 1979–80 Swiss 1. Liga 1979–80 Swiss Cup References Swiss League Cup results 1979–80 at RSSSF 1979–80 League Cup