2016–17 Swiss Cup Explained

Swiss Cup
Year:2016–17
Country: Switzerland
Num Teams:64
Champions:FC Basel
Runner-Up:FC Sion
Top Goal Scorer:Anđelko Savić (FC Luzern) (7)
Prevseason:2015–16
Nextseason:2017–18

The 2016–17 Swiss Cup was the 92nd season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition. The competition commenced on 13 August 2016 with the first games of Round 1 and concluded on 25 May 2017 with the Final. The winner of the competition was FC Basel.

Participating clubs

All teams from 2015–16 Super League and 2015–16 Challenge League as well as the top 4 teams from 2015–16 Promotion League automatically entered this year's competition. The remaining 41 teams had to qualify through separate qualifying rounds within their leagues. Reserve teams and teams from Liechtenstein are not allowed in the competition, the latter only enter the 2016–17 Liechtenstein Cup.

2016–17 Super League
9 teams
2016–17 Challenge League
10 teams
2016–17 Promotion League
9 teams
2016–17 1. Liga
13 teams
2016–17 2. Liga Interregional
9 teams
2016–17 Regional leagues
14 teams
Sixth tier

Seventh tier

  • FC Donneloye (VD)
  • SV Rümlang (ZH)
  • FC Zollbrück (BE)
Teams in bold are still active in the competition.

TH Title holders.

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. Teams in bold continue to the next round of the competition.

|-| colspan="3" style="background:#9cc;"|10 August 2016|-| colspan="3" style="background:#9cc;"|14 August 2016|-| colspan="3" style="background:#9cc;"|15 August 2016|}

Round 2

In a match, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable. Teams in bold continue to the next round of the competition.

|-| colspan="3" style="background:#9cc;"|16 September 2016|-| colspan="3" style="background:#9cc;"|17 September 2016|-| colspan="3" style="background:#9cc;"|18 September 2016|}

Round 3

The winners of Round 2 played in this round. The home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league. Teams in bold continue to the quarter-finals.

|-| colspan="3" style="background:#9cc;"|26 October 2016|-| colspan="3" style="background:#9cc;"|27 October 2016|-| colspan="3" style="background:#9cc;"|2 November 2016|}

Quarter-finals

The winners of Round 3 played in the Quarter-finals, there was no home advantage granted in the draw. SC Kriens, from the third tier of Swiss football, were the lowest-ranked team in this round.

Semi-finals

The winners of Quarterfinals play in the Semifinals, there is no home advantage granted in the draw. The games played on the 5 April 2017.

Final

The winners of the Semi-finals play in the Final. The match was played on 25 May 2017 at the Stade de Genève.

Teams
GK
DF
DF
DF
DF
MF
MF
MF
MF Matías Delgado (c)
MF
ST
Substitutes:
MF
ST
MF
Manager:
Urs Fischer
GK
DF
DF Elsad Zverotić (c)
DF
DF
MF
MF
MF
ST
ST
ST
Substitutes:
MF
MF
MF
Manager:
Sébastien Fournier

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