2019–20 Swiss Cup Explained

Swiss Cup
Year:2019–20
Country:Switzerland
Num Teams:64
Champions:Young Boys
Count:7
Runner-Up:Basel
Prevseason:2018–19
Defending Champions:Basel
Date:16 August 2019 – 30 August 2020
(originally until 24 May 2020)

The 2019–20 Swiss Cup was the 95th season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition. The competition began on 16 August 2019 with the first games of Round 1 was originally scheduled to end on 24 May 2020 but the final was rescheduled to 30 August 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] [2] [3]

Basel were the title holders. They were beaten in the final by Young Boys of Bern, securing their first Swiss Cup title since 1987.

Participating clubs

All teams from 2018–19 Super League and 2018–19 Challenge League as well as the top 4 teams from 2018–19 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 A-teams from Liechtenstein were not allowed in the competition, the latter only entered the 2019–20 Liechtenstein Cup.

2019–20 Super League
10 teams
2019–20 Challenge League
9 teams
2019–20 Promotion League
9 teams
2019–20 1. Liga
10 teams
2019–20 2. Liga Interregional
12 teams
2019–20 Regional leagues
14 teams
Sixth tier
  • FC Altstätten (SG)
  • FC Béroche-Gorgier (NE)
  • FC Concordia Basel (BS)
  • FC Iliria (SO)
  • FC Perly-Certoux (GE)
  • FC Mutschellen (AG)
  • Pully Football (VD)
  • FC Rothorn (BE)
  • FC Saxon Sports (VS)
  • FC Schoenberg (FR)
  • FC Seefeld (ZH)
  • FC Uster (ZH)
  • FC Wetzikon (ZH)

Eighth tier

  • FC Escholzmatt-Marbach (LU)
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;"|16 August 2019|-| colspan="3" style="background:#9cc;"|17 August 2019|-| colspan="3" style="background:#9cc;"|18 August 2019|}

Round 2

The winners of Round 1 played in this round. Teams from Super League were seeded, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable.|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|13 September 2019|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|14 September 2019|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|15 September 2019|}

Round 3

|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|29 October 2019|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|30 October 2019|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|31 October 2019|}

Quarter-finals

|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|14 June 2020|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|5 August 2020|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|6 August 2020|}

Semi-finals

|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|9 August 2020|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|25 August 2020|}

Final

GK
DF
DF
DF
DF
MF
MF
MF Valentin Stocker (c)
MF
ST
ST
Substitutes:
DF
MF
Manager:
Marcel Koller
GK
DF
DF
DF Fabian Lustenberger (c)
DF
MF
MF
MF
MF
MF
ST
Substitutes:
DF
MF
MF
MF Marvin Spielmann
FW
Manager:
Gerardo Seoane

Top scorers

RankPlayer[4] Club(s)Goals
1 Jean-Pierre NsameBSC Young Boys7
2 Mehmed BegzadićFC Bavois5
Nassim Ben KhalifaGrasshopper Club Zürich
Anđelko SavićFC Bavois
3 Adrian AlvarezFC Bavois4
Alex GauthierFC Bavois
Pajtim KasamiFC Sion
Moumi NgamaleuBSC Young Boys
Jean-Pierre NsameBSC Young Boys
Bastien TomaFC Sion
Andi ZeqiriFC Lausanne-Sport

Sources

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Formulaire de compétition et calendrier. football.ch. Swiss Football Association. 12 August 2019. fr.
  2. Web site: Baumgartner. Stefan. Helvetia Schweizer Cup 2019/20 wird zu Ende gespielt. 2020-06-07. ASF SFV. de.
  3. Web site: Schweizerischer Fussballverband - Statistik und Resultate. 2020-08-09. www.football.ch. de.
  4. Web site: Cup 2019/2020 - Top Scorer . 2023-01-10 . worldfootball.net . en.