Liechtenstein Cup 2015/16

Liechtenstein Cup 2015/16

Cup winner	FC Vaduz (44th title)
Europe League	FC Vaduz
Beginning	August 24, 2015
Final	4th May 2016
Final stadium	Rheinpark Stadium , Vaduz
Teams	17th
Games	16
Gates	74 (ø 4.63 per game)
Top scorer	Switzerland Michael Bärtsch (5)
yellow cards	39 (ø 2.44 per game)
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The Liechtensteiner Cup 2015/16 (officially: FL1 Aktiv-Cup) was the 71st staging of the men's soccer cup competition in Liechtenstein . The competition was played from August 25, 2015 to May 4, 2016 in five rounds in a knockout system. The defending champion was the record cup winner FC Vaduz , who reached the final again and won it 11-0 against FC Schaan . It was the 44th cup title in the 57th final. In addition, FC Vaduz was able to qualify for the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League .

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All Liechtenstein teams that took part in the Swiss league system were also registered for the Liechtenstein Cup, which means that second and third teams also played. There were no restrictions when the matches were drawn, so that teams from the same club could also be drawn against each other.

The semi-finalists of the last event did not enter until the quarter-finals, while of the remaining fourteen teams, the two that play in the higher leagues, did not intervene until the second round.

Participating teams

17 teams were registered for the competition:

Super League (I)	1st league (IV)	2nd division (VI)	3rd League (VII)	4th division (VIII)	5th league (IX)
FC Vaduz	FC Balzers USV Eschen-Mauren	FC Triesen FC Vaduz U-23	FC Balzers II FC Ruggell FC Schaan FC Triesenberg	USV Eschen-Mauren II FC Schaan Azzurri FC Triesen II	FC Balzers III USV Eschen-Mauren III FC Ruggell II FC Schaan II FC Triesenberg II

1st preliminary round

The first preliminary round took place on August 25th and 26th, 2015. The following teams had a bye for this round: USV Eschen-Mauren III, FC Ruggell II, FC Schaan II.

date		Result
08/25/2015	FC Triesenberg II	0: 5	UPS Eschen-Mauren II
08/25/2015	FC Balzers III	0: 6	FC Schaan
08/25/2015	FC Triesen II	1: 3	FC Balzers II
08/26/2015	FC Triesen	1: 4	FC Balzers
08/26/2015	FC Schaan Azzurri	0: 3	FC Ruggell

2nd preliminary round

The 2nd preliminary round took place from September 15 to 30, 2015. The semi-finalists of the last cup competition had a bye for this round (FC Vaduz, USV Eschen-Mauren, FC Vaduz U-23, FC Triesenberg).

date		Result
09/15/2015	FC Ruggell II	3-0	UPS Eschen-Mauren II
09/16/2015	FC Schaan	4: 2 a.d.	FC Balzers
09/30/2015	FC Schaan II	0: 3	FC Ruggell
09/30/2015	UPS Eschen-Mauren III	1: 4	FC Balzers II

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals took place between October 27 and November 4, 2015.

date		Result
10/27/2015	FC Ruggell II	0: 6	UPS Eschen-Mauren
03/11/2015	FC Ruggell	0: 4	FC Vaduz
04/11/2015	FC Balzers II	1-0	FC Vaduz U-23
04/11/2015	FC Schaan	3: 2 a.d.	FC Triesenberg

Semi-final

The semi-finals took place on April 5 and 6, 2016.

date		Result
04/05/2016	UPS Eschen-Mauren	1: 2	FC Vaduz
04/06/2016	FC Balzers II	2: 2 n.v. (3: 5 in good condition)	FC Schaan

Final

The cup final in the Rheinpark Stadium took place on May 4th, 2016.

pairing	FC Vaduz - FC Schaan
Result	11: 0 (6: 0)
date	Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. ( CEST )
Stadion	Rheinpark Stadium , Vaduz
spectator	1,298
referee	Nikolaj Hänni ( Switzerland ) Switzerland
Gates	1-0 Mauro Caballero (11th) 2-0 Mauro Caballero (13th) 3-0 Albion Avdijaj (20th) 4-0 Axel Borgmann (30th) 5-0 Ali Messaoud (43rd) 6-0 Mauro Caballero (45.) 7: 0 Manuel Sutter (68.) 8: 0 Mauro Caballero (78.) 9: 0 Pascal Schürpf (81.) 10: 0 Manuel Sutter (85.) 11: 0 Nicolas Hasler (90.)
' FC Vaduz '	Oliver Klaus - Nick von Niederhäusern , Mario Bühler , Levent Gülen , Axel Borgmann (46th Pascal Schürpf ) - Diego Ciccone (46th Manuel Sutter ), Nicolas Hasler , Ali Messaoud , Robin Kamber - Mauro Caballero , Albion Avdijaj (77th Armando Sadiku ) Coach: Giorgio Contini(C)
FC Schaan	Adrian Thomann - Milorad Nikolić (83rd Kieran Walser ), Thomas Hagmann , Matthias Quaderer (46th Binjamin Ismaili ) - Fabio Quaderer , Lucas Eberle , Rui Almeida , Nurudeen Mohammed , Fabian Eberle (60th Andreas Schweiger ), Burak Eris - Agim Zeciri Trainer: Nathanael Staub
yellow cards	none - Milorad Nikolić (37.)

List of goalscorers

If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
01.	Switzerland Michael Bärtsch	UPS Eschen-Mauren	5
02.	Kosovo Agim Zeciri	FC Schaan	4th
	Paraguay Mauro Caballero	FC Vaduz
	Switzerland Dragan Nikolic	FC Schaan
05.	Italy Antonio Scarlino	FC Balzers II	3

Web links

Liechtenstein Football Association