1979–80 Swiss Cup

Swiss Cup 1979–80 Switzerland Sion Young Boys 1978–79 1980–81 The 1979–80 Swiss Cup was the 55th season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition. Overview The competition began on the weekend 4 and 5 August 1979 with the first games of the first round and was completed on Whit Monday 26 June 1980 with the final, which was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern. The clubsssimilar to clubs July 2025 from this season's Nationalliga B were granted byes for the first round. The games of the second round were played one week later, on the weekend 11 and 12 of August. The clubs from this season's Nationalliga A were granted byes for the first three rounds. These teams joined the competition in the fourth round on 29 and 30 September. The matches were played in a knockout format. Up until the quarter-finals, in the event of a draw at the end of extra time, the match was decided with a penalty shoot-out. In and after the quarter-finals, a replay was foreseen and this was played on the visiting team's pitch. The winners of the cup qualified themselves for the first round of the Cup Winners' Cup in the next season. Round 1 The teams from the lower divisions, who had qualified for this round through their regional football association's cup competitions or their requirements, competed in the first round. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|4 and 5 August 1979 FC Onex 0–4 Stade Lausanne FC Lutry 2–1 Etoile Carouge Montreux-Sports 3–1 Stade Nyonnais FC Plan-les-Ouates 0–3 FC Renens Unistars 77 Aigle 3–1 Monthey FC Gland 1–3 ES Malley FC Saint-Prex 1–3 Meyrin Concordia Lausanne 0–4 Lancy-Sports FC Siviriez 4–2 FC Orbe FC Grimisuat 5–1 FC Visp FC Bagnes 1–4 FC Leytron Marin-Sports 0–1 Le Locle-Sports CS Romont 1–2 Bulle Düdingen 2–5 Central Fribourg FC Estavayer-le-Lac 1–1 Yverdon-Sport FC Courfaivre 0–6 Delémont Moutier 5–0 FC Boudry FC Langenthal 1–2 US Boncourt Thun 3–2 FC Lerchenfeld FC Aarberg 1–2 Dürrenast Burgdorf 2–0 FC Rapid Ostermundigen SC Zofingen 0–5 Solothurn FC Hochdorf 2–3 SC Zug FC Littau 0–1 Emmenbrücke FC Wollera 0–2 SC Zug Cham 1–6 SC Emmen SV Sissach 3–4 FC Egerkingen FC Laufenburg 0–3 Laufen FC Zwingen 4–2 Concordia FC Brunnen 4–2 US Giubiasco FC Deitingen 2–4 Muttenz FC Binningen 1–1 FC Birsfelden FC Welschenrohr 0–3 FC Allschwil FC Schaan 3–1 Chur FC Uznach 2–5 FC Stäfa ZH FC Berg 2–5 Balzers FC Adliswil 0–4 FC Rüti ZH FC Brüttisellen 3–1 Young Fellows FC Wollishofen 1–2 FC Glattbrugg FC Kilchberg 0–4 Red Star FC Töss 5–3 Gossau FC Schwammendingen 2–0 FC Turicum ZH FC Embrach 3–5 Schaffhausen FC Küsnacht ZH 3–0 Unterstrass ZH FC Claro 1–0 Locarno Armonia Lugano 1–7 Mendrisiostar FC Ayent 0–5 Martigny-Sports SV Lyss 0–0 4–2 Köniz Lengnau 3–1 FC Aurore Bienne FC Gränichen 1–7 FC Herzogenbuchsee SC Schöftland 2–4 SC Derendingen FC Dottikon 1–5 FC Suhr FC Amriswil 3–1 Vaduz US Les Geneveys/Coffr 1–4 Fétigny Losone Sportiva 1–2 FC Morbio FC Tössfeld 0–0 0–3 Blue Stars FC Glarus 1–0 Ibach Kreuzlingen 2–1 Brühl Round 2 The teams from the NLB joined the cup competition in the second round, they were seeded and could not be drawn against each other. Whenever possible, the draw was respecting regionalities and the lower-tier team was granted home advantage. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|11 and 12 August 1979 FC Fétigny 0–3 Vevey Sports FC Suhr 3–3 3–4 Biel-Bienne Muttenz 1–3 Nordstern FC Stäfa ZH 1–3 Aarau FC Morbio 1–2 Bellinzona Central Fribourg 1–0 FC Raron FC Lutry 2–3 Fribourg Burgdorf 0–1 Grenchen Thun 0–2 Bern FC Zwingen 3–2 Baden FC Brüttisellen 2–1 Wettingen FC Brunnen 1–3 Kriens Red Star 0–5 Winterthur Schaan 2–3 Frauenfeld Martigny-Sports 1–2 FC Renens Bulle 3–2 Montreux-Sports Meyrin 1–2 Lausanne-Sport SC Binningen 0–2 US Boncourt FC Herzogenbuchsee 1–5 SC Derendingen FC Allschwil 2–3 Laufen SC Emmen 0–7 Blue Stars Solothurn 4–2 SC Zug Balzers 2–2 4–5 Schaffhausen FC Glattbrugg 2–2 4–5 FC Rüti ZH Unistars 77 Aigle 1–5 FC Leytron FC Grimisuat 1–2 ES Malley Delémont 5–0 Moutier Lengnau 1–4 FC Egerkingen FC Schwammendingen 5–3 FC Zug FC Claro 0–3 Mendrisiostar FC Glarus 2–3 Emmenbrücke FC Siviriez 2–3 FC Le Locle FC Estavayer-le-Lac 4–0 Lancy-Sports FC Amriswil 0–2 FC Töss SV Lyss 1–0 Dürrenast FC Küsnacht 1–2 Kreuzlingen Matches 11 August 1979 FC Stäfa (red) Fussballverband Region Zürich 2024 https://matchcenter.fvrz.ch/default.aspx?v=1506&oid=11&lng=1 FC Stäfa Fussballverband Region Zürich - fvrz.ch de 2024-11-16 1–3 FCA summary Aarau Sportanlage Frohberg, Stäfa 850 SUI Otto Isler (Zürich) Round 3 Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|18 August 1979 ES Malley 0–1 FC Le Locle Aarau 4–0 Kriens Bellinzona 1–3 Winterthur Grenchen 3–1 Solothurn Fribourg 3–0 Stade Lausanne FC Estavayer-le-Lac 2–1 FC Leytron FC Brüttisellen 1–1 2–4 Mendrisiostar Bern 4–1 Laufen Nordstern 3–1 US Boncourt Bulle 0–3 Vevey Sports FC Rüti ZH 0–2 Schaffhausen Biel-Bienne 3–2 SV Lyss Delémont 3–2 SC Derendingen |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|19 August 1979 {{OneLegResult| Blue Stars'' || 2–0 | FC Schwammendingen }} FC Töss 1–3 Frauenfeld Kreuzlingen 4–3 Emmenbrücke FC Renens 3–0 Central Fribourg FC Zwingen 2–5 FC Egerkingen Matches 18 August 1979 Aarau 4–0 FCA summary Kriens Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 850 SUI Rudolf Affolter Round 4 The teams from the NLA joined the cup competition in the fourth round, they were seeded and could not be drawn against each other. The draw was still respecting regionalities and the lower-tier team was granted home advantage. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|29 September 1979 FC Le Locle 0–4 Xamax Aarau 2–4 St. Gallen Grenchen 1–2 La Chaux-de-Fonds Fribourg 1–2 Chênois FC Egerkingen 1–9 Zürich FC Estavayer-le-Lac 0–1 Young Boys Blue Stars 2–4 Grasshopper Club Bern 2–3 Sion Vevey Sports 2–1 Lausanne-Sport Frauenfeld 2–0 Schaffhausen Biel-Bienne 0–3 FC Renens Delémont 0–1 Servette |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|30 September 1979 Winterthur 1–0 Lugano Nordstern 0–2 Luzern Mendrisiostar 1–3 Basel Kreuzlingen 1–2 Chiasso Matches 29 September 1979 Aarau 2–4 FCA summary St. Gallen Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 5,000 SUI Gottlieb Barmettler (Luzern) 29 September 1979 FC Egerkingen (red) Solothurner Fussballverband 2024 https://matchcenter.sofv.ch/default.aspx?v=1824&oid=10&lng=1 FC Egerkingen Solothurner Fussballverband de 2024-11-16 1–9 FCZ summary Zürich Schwarz 34 1:2 20 0:1 Botteron22 0:2 Erba43 1:3 Peterhans48 1:4 Peterhans50 1:5 Botteron58 1:6 Zappa75 1:7 Seiler84 1:8 Zwicker88 1:9 Peterhans Sportplatz Byfang, Egerkingen 5,000 SUI Arturo Martino (Neukirch an der Thur) 29 September 1979 FC Estavayer-le-Lac (red) Association Fribourgeoise de Football 2024 https://matchcenter.aff-ffv.ch/default.aspx?v=725&oid=13&lng=2 FC Estavayer-le-Lac Association Fribourgeoise de Football fr 2024-11-16 0–1 YB summary Young Boys 82 Müller Stade des Grèves, Estavayer-le-Lac 3,000 SUI René Maire (Genève) 29 September 1979 Delémont 0–1 Servette summary Servette 0:1 Andrey La Blancherie, Delémont 30 September 1979 15:00 Mendrisiostar 1 – 3 FCB summary Basel Roncari 30Preisig 59 1:1 16 0:1 Tanner41 Maradan65 1:2 Küttel81 1:3 Demarmels Centro Sportivo Comunale, Mendrisio 1,500 SUI Franz Gächter Round 5 Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|3 November 1979 Grasshopper Club 3–3 4–5 Sion Chênois 4–1 Zürich Chiasso 2–2 2–4 Servette Xamax 2–1 St. Gallen |- |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|4 November 1979 Winterthur 2–1 La Chaux-de-Fonds Young Boys 2–0 Basel Luzern 3–0 Vevey Sports Frauenfeld 1–0 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 Matches 3 November 1979 Chênois 4–1 4–1 FCZ summary Zürich Tachet 23 1:1Garande 49 2:1Garande 74 3:1Garande 79 4:1 7 0:1 Peterhans Stade des Trois-Chêne, Chêne-Bourg 3,000 SUI Jean-Marie Macheret (Rueyres-St-Laurent) 3 November 1979 Chiasso 2–2 yes 2–4 Servette summary Servette Barberis Dutoit Stadio Comunale Riva IV, Chiasso 4 November 1979 14:30 Young Boys 2 – 0 YB summerySummary Basel Müller 29 1:0Zwahlen 47Schönenberger 52Zwahlen 62 2:0 Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 9,000 SUI Peter Rotschi (Oensingen) Quarter-finals Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|9 December 1979 Xamax 1–0 Winterthur Chênois 0–1 Young Boys Sion 4–1 Luzern Frauenfeld 0–2 Servette Matches 9 December 1979 Chênois 0–1 YB summary Young Boys 89 0:1 Müller Stade des Trois-Chêne, Chêne-Bourg 4,000 SUI Alfred Heinis 9 December 1979 Frauenfeld 0–2 Servette summary Servette 0:1 Barberis0:2 Barberis Kleine Allmend, Frauenfeld Semi-finals Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|7 April 1980 Sion 2–1 Servette Xamax 0–1 Young Boys Matches 7 April 1980 Sion 2–1 Servette summary Servette Brigger 6 1:0Cernicky 75 2:1 52 1:1 Bizzini Stade de Tourbillon, Sion 7 April 1980 Xamax 0–1 YB summary Young Boys 56 0:1 Müller Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel SUI Bruno Galler (Kirchdorf, Bern) Final The final was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern on Whit Monday 1980. Summary |colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|26 May 1980 Sion 2–1 Young Boys Telegram 26 May 1980 15:00 Sion 2–1 Fussball-Schweiz summary Young Boys Balet 8 1:0Mathez 62 2:1 10 1:1 Schönenberger Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 45,000 SUI Otto Isler (Zürich)Sion''' won the cup and this was the club's third cup title to this date. (red) FC Sion 2024 https://www.fcsion.ch/de/historisch/ Historisch Historical FC Sion (Olympique des Alpes SA) de 2024-11-16 Further in Swiss football 1979–80 Nationalliga A 1979–80 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Fussball-Schweiz Cup 1979–80 at fcb-achiv.ch Switzerland 1979–80 at RSSSF Swiss Cupseasons 1979–80 1981–82 Category:Swiss Cup seasons Swiss Cup Swiss Cup