1942–43 Swiss Cup

Swiss Cup 1942–43 Switzerland Grasshopper Club Lugano 1941–42 1943–44 The 1942–43 Swiss Cup was the 18th season of Switzerland's football cup competition, organised annually since the 1925–26 season by the Swiss Football Association. Overview Preamble In Switzerland during the second world war, sport became an integral part of the "spiritual national defense". This was a political and cultural movement that had already become increasingly important during the late 1930s. Politicians, intellectuals and media professionals had increasingly called for measures to strengthen Switzerland's basic cultural values. As football games were also considered to be one of the activities that seemed important for maintaining the morale of the population, the military authorities put considerably fewer obstacles in the way of the top players and the clubs as they had during the previous World War. Christian Koller 2009 https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/7144/10/Koller_Kriegsmeisterschaften.pdf Vierzigerjahre (1940 bis 1949): Die Kriegsmeisterschaften Forties (1940 to 1949): The War Championships Zurich Open Repository and Archive de-ch 2024-11-16 Format This season's cup competition began with a preliminary round, which was played on the week-end of 30 August 1942. The competition was to be completed on Easter Monday, 26 April 1943, with the final, which since 1937, was traditionally held in the country's capital, at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern. The preliminary round was held for the lower league teams that had not qualified themselves for the competition. The lower league teams that had qualified via their regional football association's own cup competitions, or had achieved their association's requirements, joined the competition in the first round. The clubs from this season's 1. Liga were given a bye for the first round and started in the second round. The clubs from the 1942–43 Nationalliga were given byes for the first three rounds. These teams joined the competition in the fourth round. With one exception, these games were played on the week-end of 3 January 1943. 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 replay was foreseen and this was played on the visiting team's pitch. Rules and regulations to this situation were altered and amended continuously by each regional football association, due to the current situation (second world war). If the replay ended in a draw after extra time, or if a replay had not been agreed, a toss of a coin would establish the team that qualified for the next round. Erik Garin 2025 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit43.html Switzerland 1942/43 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2024-11-16 Preliminary round The lower league teams that had not qualified themselves for the competition via their regional football association's own regional cup competitions or had not achieved their association's requirements, competed here in a kind of second chance round. Reserve teams were not admitted to the competition. The draw respected local regionalities. The preliminary round was played on Saturday 30 August 1942 and was contested by 108 teams. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|30 August 1942 FC Neuhausen 3–2 FC Thaygen Kreuzlingen 4–1 Frauenfeld SpVgg Schaffhausen 6–3 FC Schaffhausen FC Romanshorn 1–0 FC Amriswil Chur 6–4 FC Ems FC Fortuna (SG) 3–1 Herisau Gossau 5–1 FC Flawil FC Buchs (SG) 5–4 Arbon FC Uzwil 3–2 FC Wil FC Tössfeld (Winterthur) 7–1 Paradies Feuerthalen FC Töss (Winterthur) 1–3 FC Winterthur FC Phönix (Winterthur) 4–1 FC Oberwinterthur SC Veltheim 9–1 FC Wülflingen Wettingen 1–2 Uster SV Seebach 3–2 Polizei Zürich FC Stäfa (ZH) 5–0 FC Rapperswil FC Lachen 5–2 FC Glarus FC Wädenswil 5–3 FC Thalwil FC Meilen 2–6 FC Horgen FC Wallisellen 4–1 FC Wipkingen Hakoah (ZH) 4–2 Black Boys (ZH) FC Wiedikon 0–4 SV Höngg FC Schlieren 3–1 FC Sipo (ZH) FC Diana (ZH) 1–4 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 Bülach 5–5 Red Star FC Altstetten (Zürich) 1–0 Ticinese (ZH) FC Adliswil 1–2 FC Oerlikon Cham 1–6 Kickers Luzern Schöftland 1–3 Baden Wohlen 3–2 FC Gränichen SC Schönenwerd 3–2 FC Kulm FC Turgi 3–2 FC Unterentfelden FC Erlinsbach 1–4 FC Muhen Thun 0–2 FC Lerchenfeld (Thun) FC Langnau im Emmental 2–3 Burgdorf FC Gerlafingen 3–4 FC Biberist FC Herzogenbuchsee 1–4 Minerva Bern FC Länggasse (BE) 0–2 FC Victoria 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 Martigny-Sports 7–1 FC Saint-Maurice FC Chippis 3–2 FC Visp Sion 2–7 FC Sierre Cité Sportive 0–9 Stade Lausanne FC Gland 2–1 Stade Nyonnais Amical Saint-Prex 0–13 FC Forward Morges Concordia Yverdon 6–1 FC Yverdon FC Cossonay 1–3 FC Orbe FC Vignoble Cully 2–1 FC Pully Amical-Abattoirs (GE) 1–2 Union-Sports Carouge FC Haute-Rive 2–4 FC Fleurier Couvet-Sports FFawd 3–0 FC Vallorbe ES Malley 11–1 * Rapid Lausanne |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|6 September 1942 Bulle 4–3 FC La Tour-de-Peilz FC Richemond (FR) 1–7 Central Fribourg Note: the match ES Malley–Rapid Lausanne was played in Lutry. Replay |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|Date unknown Red Star – * Bülach Note to the replay Red Star–Bülach: date of play and result remain unknown, but Bülach qualified for the next round. Round 1 In the first round, the lower league teams that had already qualified themselves for the competition through their regional football association's own regional requirements competed here, together with the winners of the preliminary round. All the teams from this years 1. Liga were given a bye and they started in the next round. Whenever possible, the draw respected local regionalities. Most of the games of the first round were played on Saturday 27 September, however, some games were played a few weeks later. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|27 September 1942 Wohlen 3–0 Uster Old Boys 1–2 SC Kleinhüningen FC Victoria Bern 3–0 Minerva Bern Kickers Luzern 6–3 Mendrisio Moutier 6–0 FC Porrentruy FC Buchs (SG) 3–4 FC Neuhausen Gossau 1–2 Winterthur FC Fortuna (SG) 2–4 FC Phönix (Winterthur) FC Tössfeld (Winterthur) 8–3 FC Uzwil SpVgg Schaffhausen 3–2 Kreuzlingen SV Seebach 3–1 SV Höngg FC Oerlikon (ZH) 6–0 FC Industrie Bülach 0–2 FC Altstetten (Zürich) FC Turgi 1–3 Baden Olympia Basel 2–1 Ballspielclub Basel FC Ettingen 3–7 FC Pratteln Muttenz 2–5 Zofingen Lengnau 3–2 FC Aurore Bienne FC Rorschach 0–3 SC Veltheim FC Romanshorn 3–4 Chur FC Schlieren 0–2 FC Stäfa (ZH) FC Näfels 4–3 FC Horgen FC Wädenswil 2–4 FC Lachen SC Schönenwerd 6–3 Sporting Club Aarau Binningen 6–1 Rot-Schwarz Basel FC Breite (Basel) 5–1 FC Polizei Basel FC Schönbühl 4–2 FC Lerchenfeld (Thun) Burgdorf 3–2 FC Langenthal FC Biberist 3–2 FC Madretsch (Biel) Köniz 2–5 SC Aegerten-Brügg FC Tramelan 6–3 FC Reconvillier FC Grünstern (Ipsach) 0–1 Fulgor Grenchen FC Chippis 2–1 Martigny-Sports Xamax Sports 2–0 Colombier Gland 2–3 FC Jonction-Gardy (GE) Stade Lausanne 1–1 Racing Club Lausanne CS International Genève 3–1 Union-Sports Carouge FC Gloria La Chaux-de-Fonds 7–1 Couvet-Sports FC Orbe 3–4 FC Aigle Stade Français Genève 2–4 ES Malley Bulle 4–2 Concordia Yverdon Central Fribourg 9–0 FC Vignoble Cully FC Sierre 3–0 FC Fleurier Hakoah Zürich FFawd 0–3 FC Wallisellen FC Brugg FFawd 0–3 FC Muhen |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|11 October FC Forward Morges 3–1 Chênois |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|8 November FC Stade Payerne 2–3 Sylva-Sports Le Locle Replay |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|11 October Racing Club Lausanne 2–2 Stade Lausanne Second replay |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|11 October Racing Club Lausanne 3–2 Stade Lausanne Matches 27 September 1942 SC Schönenwerd (red) Aargauer Fussballverband 2024 https://matchcenter.afv.ch/default.aspx?v=1047694&oid=5&lng=1 SC Schönenwerd Aargauer Fussballverband de 2024-11-16 6–3 FCA summary Sporting Club Aarau Sportplatz Feld, Schönenwerd Schönenwerd and Sporting Club Aarau both played the 1942/1943 season in the 3. Liga (fourth tier) Round 2 The winning teams from the first round were joined by the teams from this years 1. Liga to compete in the second round. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|7 November 1942 FC Näfels 1–4 FC Oerlikon (ZH) |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|15 November 1942 Winterthur 1–5 Brühl FC Sierre 2–1 Monthey Chur 1–4 Blue Stars FC Breite (Basel) 1–2 Concordia Binningen 0–3 FC Birsfelden FC Schönbühl 1–6 Bern Burgdorf 0–1 Fribourg FC Helvetia Bern 1–1 FC Biberist FC Aigle 0–1 Vevey Sports FC Tramelan 1–6 Étoile-Sporting FC Gloria La Chaux-de-Fonds 1–7 La Chaux-de-Fonds Central Fribourg 0–1 FC Forward Morges CS International Genève 1–0 CA Genève US Pro Daro 5–1 SV Seebach SC Zug 3–0 FC Wallisellen Fulgor Grenchen 1–4 Solothurn Aarau 6–2 Lengnau SC Aegerten-Brügg 1–4 SC Derendingen FC Muhen 0–2 Wohlen SC Schönenwerd 0–3 SpVgg Schaffhausen FC Tössfeld (Winterthur) 2–1 FC Neuhausen FC Phönix (Winterthur) 4–0 SC Veltheim ES Malley 2–1 annulled FC Chippis Moutier 2–0 Xamax-Sports FC Victoria Bern 0–2 US Bienne-Boujean Racing Club Lausanne 1–2 Montreux-Sports Bulle 0–2 FC Renens Dopolavoro Genève 0–2 Sylva-Sports Le Locle FC Jonction-Gardy (GE) 0–2 Urania Genève Sport FC Lachen 1–1 FC Stäfa (ZH) Zofingen 1–1 Olympia Basel |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|22 November 1942 Baden 0–7 Bellinzona Locarno FFawd 3–0 FC Altstetten (Zürich) |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|29 November 1942 SC Kleinhüningen 1–2 FC Pratteln Chiasso FFawd 3–0 Kickers Luzern Note: the result of the match Malley–Chippis was annulled and replayed in Chippis. Replays |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|22 November 1942 FC Stäfa (ZH) 0–3 FC Lachen Olympia Basel 2–4 Zofingen |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|29 November 1942 FC Biberist 2–1 FC Helvetia Bern FC Chippis 4–2 ES Malley Matches 15 November 1942 Aarau 6–2 FCA summary Lengnau Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau Aarau played the 1942/43 season in the 1. Liga (second tier), Lengnau in the 2. Liga (third tier). Round 3 Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|13 December 1942 Vevey Sports 2–0 Sylva-Sports Le Locle FC Sierre 1–3 Urania Genève Sport Chiasso 4–0 FC Oerlikon (ZH) Moutier 2–4 Montreux-Sports FC Renens 1–2 Étoile-Sporting US Bienne-Boujean 4–2 Fribourg FC Pratteln 3–2 Zofingen US Pro Daro 2–1 Blue Stars FC Birsfelden 1–2 FC Helvetia Bern FC Tössfeld (Winterthur) 0–1 Aarau Locarno 3–1 SC Zug Wohlen 0–2 Concordia La Chaux-de-Fonds 4–0 CS International Genève FC Phönix (Winterthur) 6–0 FC Lachen Brühl 2–0 Bellinzona SC Derendingen 0–7 * Bern Solothurn 1–1 Schaffhausen |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|20 December 1942 FC Chippis 0–1 FC Forward Morges The match Derendingen–Bern was played in Bern. Replay |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|27 December 1942 Schaffhausen 3–1 Solothurn Matches 13 December 1942 FC Tössfeld (Winterthur) (red) Fussballverband Region Zürich 2024 https://matchcenter.fvrz.ch/default.aspx?v=1555&oid=11&lng=1 FC Tössfeld Fussballverband Region Zürich de 2024-11-16 0–1 FCA summary Aarau Talgut, Winterthur Tössfeld played the 1942/43 season in the 2. Liga (third tier) Round 4 The teams from this season's Nationalliga, who had received a bye for the first three rounds, entered the cup competition in this round. The teams from the Nationalliga were seeded and could not be drawn against each other. Whenever possible, the draw respected local regionalities. The fourth round was played on the first Sunday in the new year, with one exception played a week earlier. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|27 December 1942 La Chaux-de-Fonds 4–1 Vevey Sports |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|3 January 1943 Aarau ppd Young Boys Lausanne-Sport ppd Étoile-Sporting Montreux-Sports ppd Servette Urania Genève Sport 3–4 Cantonal Neuchâtel Chiasso 0–6 Grasshopper Club Biel-Bienne 5–0 FC Forward Morges Young Fellows 4–1 US Bienne-Boujean Grenchen 4–0 Bern FC Phönix (Winterthur) 2–7 Brühl Luzern 0–1 Locarno Nordstern 4–0 Concordia Basel 6–0 FC Pratteln St. Gallen 1–3 * SV Schaffhausen US Pro Daro 0–4 Lugano FC Helvetia Bern 0–1 Zürich Note: The match St.Gallen–SV Schaffhausen was played in Schaffhausen. Re-dated |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|10 January 1943 Aarau 2–2 Young Boys Lausanne-Sport 2–3 Étoile-Sporting Montreux-Sports 0–4 Servette Replays |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|17 January 1943 Young Boys 3–1 Aarau Matches 3 January 1943 14:30 Basel 6–0 FCB summary FC Pratteln (red) Fussballverband Nordwestschweiz 2024 https://matchcenter.fvnws.ch/default.aspx?lng=1&cxxlnus=1&v=501& FC Pratteln Fussballverband Nordwestschweiz - fvnws.ch de 2024-11-16 Schmidlin (I) 2xAndres 2xKappenberger 1xSuter 1x Landhof, Basel 2,700 SUI Josef Schürch (Winterthur) Pratteln played the 1942/43 season in the 2. Liga (third tier) 3 January 1943 FC Helvetia Bern (red) dbFCZ 2024 https://www.dbfcz.ch/team.php?team_id=1468 FC Helvetia Bern dbFCZ.ch de 2024-11-16 0–1 FCZ summary Zürich 60 0:1 Bosshard Spitalacker, Bern 1,200 SUI Jean Lutz (Geneva) Helvetia played the 1942/43 season in the 1. Liga (second tier) 10 January 1943 Aarau 2–2 yes FCA summary Young Boys Hofer 55 1:1Hofer 93 2:1 41 0:1 Blaser115 2:2 Bernhard Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau Aarau played the 1942/43 season in the 1. Liga (second tier) Replay 17 January 1943 Young Boys 3–1 FCA summary Aarau 40 pen2:1Blaser 86 3:1 50 pen Schär Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 10 January 1943 Montreux-Sports 0–4 Servette summary Servette 2x Perroud 1x Pasteur 1x Buchoux Stade de Chailly, Montreux Montreux played the 1942/43 season in the 1. Liga (second tier) Round 5 Summery |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|10 January 1943 Young Fellows 1–3 Grenchen Locarno 3–2 Nordstern Lugano 2–1 Zürich Basel 9–2 SV Schaffhausen Biel-Bienne ppd La Chaux-de-Fonds Cantonal Neuchâtel ppd Grasshopper Club |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|17 January 1943 Étoile-Sporting 1–9 * Servette |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|31 January 1943 Brühl 0–2 Young Boys Note: The match Étoile-Sporting–Servette was played in Geneva. Re-dated |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|17 January 1943 Biel-Bienne 1–2 La Chaux-de-Fonds |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|31 January 1943 Cantonal Neuchâtel 0–2 Grasshopper Club Matches 10 January 1943 Lugano 2–1 FCZ summary Zürich Frigerio 36 1:0Bossoni 70 2:0 85 2:1 Spengler Campo Marzio, Lugano 2,000 SUI Eugen Scherz (Bern) 10 January 1943 14:30 Basel 9–2 Summary SV Schaffhausen Suter 3xSchmidlin (I) 3xKappenberger 1xLosa 1x74 o.g. 15 1:1 Büche67 7:2 Meier Landhof, Basel 3,950 SUI Paul von Wartburg (Bern) Schaffhausen played the 1942/43 season in the 2. Liga (third tier) 10 January 1943 Brühl 0–2 [ summary] Young Boys 47 0:1 Lanz50 0:2 Blaser Paul-Grüninger-Stadion, St. Gallen Brühl played the 1942/43 season in the 1. Liga (second tier) 17 January 1943 Étoile-Sporting 1–9 Servette summary Servette Knecht pen 2x Pasteur 5x Perroud 1x Walaschek 1x Neury Centre Sportif de la Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds Étoile-Sporting played the 1942/43 season in the 1. Liga (second tier) Quarter-finals Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|28 February 1943 Grasshopper Club 1–0 La Chaux-de-Fonds Servette 1–0 Grenchen Young Boys 0–5 Locarno Basel 0–2 Lugano Matches 28 February 1943 Grasshopper Club 1–0 summary La Chaux-de-Fonds Friedländer 71 1:0 Hardturm, Zürich La Chaux-de-Fonds played the 1942/43 season in the 1. Liga (second tier) 28 February 1943 Servette 1–0 Servette summary Grenchen Belli 17 1:0 Stade des Charmilles, Geneva Grenchen played the 1942/43 season in the 2. Liga (third tier) 28 February 1943 Young Boys 0–5 summary Locarno 30 1:0 Casè 3x Rey 1x Ciseri Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 28 February 1943 15:00 Basel 0–2 FCB summary Lugano 16 0:1 Frigerio61 0:2 Frigerio Landhof, Basel 7,400 SUI Paul von Wartburg (Bern) Semi-finals Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|28 March 1943 Grasshopper Club 4–1 Servette Lugano 7–0 Locarno Matches 28 March 1943 Grasshopper Club 4–1 summary Servette Friedländer 1 1:0Friedländer 63 2:1Friedländer 77 3:1Bickel 87 4:1 30 1:1 Perroud Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 8,000 SUI Mario Grassi (Bellinzona) 28 March 1943 Lugano 7–0 summary Locarno Bossoni 17 1:033 2:048 pen56 4:062 penFrigerio 76 6:0Fornara 85 7:0 Campo Marzio, Lugano 5,100 SUI Hans Wüthrich (Bern) Final The final was traditionally held in the capital Bern, at the former Wankdorf Stadium, on Easter Monday. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|26 April 1943 Grasshopper Club 2–1 Lugano Telegram 26 April 1943 15:00 Grasshopper Club 2–1 Fussball-Schweiz summary Lugano Amadò 36 1:1H. Bianchi 54 2:1 22 0:1 Frigerio Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 18,260 SUI Paul von Wartburg (Bern) Grasshopper Club won the cup and this was the club's 10th cup title to this date. Two months later, on 20 June 1943, they also finished the league as champions, therefore, they secured themselves the double for the second time in a row and it was the fourth time in their history that they had achieved the double to this date. Further in Swiss football 1942–43 Nationalliga 1942–43 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Fussball-Schweiz FCB Cup games 1942–43 at fcb-achiv.ch Switzerland 1942–43 at RSSSF Swiss Cupseasons 1941–42 1943–44 Category:Swiss Cup seasons Swiss Cup Swiss Cup