Swiss Cup 1952/53

Swiss Cup 1952/53
Cup winner	BSC Young Boys (3rd title)
Beginning	September 7, 1952
Final	May 14, 1953
Final stadium	Wankdorf Stadium , Bern
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The 27th Swiss Cup was held from September 7, 1952 to May 14, 1953. The defending champion was the BSC Young Boys club .

The mode

It was played in a knockout system. In the event of a tie at the end of extra time, the game was repeated on the visiting team's pitch. The final game took place in Bern.

3rd elimination round

In the 3rd elimination round, the teams of the National League played for the first time:

date		Result
October 26, 1952, 2:30 p.m.	FC Aarau	2: 5	Concordia Basel
	AC Bellinzona	2: 1	FC Blue Stars Zurich
	US Bienne-Boujean	0: 3	FC Bern
	FC Bulle	1: 2	US Lausanne
	SC Burgdorf	1: 5	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
	Club Athletique Genève	2: 4	Forward Morges
	Étoile-Sporting La Chaux-de-Fonds	0: 3	FC Thun
	FC Friborg	6: 1	CS International Genève
	CS La Tour-de-Peilz	2: 6	Urania Genève Sport
	FC Lausanne Sports	10: 1	Vevey Sports
	FC Locarno	9: 3	FC Altdorf
	FC Luzern	3: 1	Nordstern Basel
	Étoile Sportive FC Malley	7: 1	FC Monthey
	FC Martigny-Sports	1: 2	Servette FC
	FC Porrentruy	0: 5	FC Biel-Bienne
	FC St. Gallen	6-0	FC Feuerthalen
	Saint-Imier-Sports	0: 3	FC Grenchen
	FC Schaffhausen	3: 2 a.d.	FC Brühl St. Gallen
	FC Sierre	2: 4	Cantonal Neuchâtel
	FC Solothurn	3: 1	FC Le Locle-Sports
	FC Turgi	2: 1	BSC Old Boys Basel
	FC Wil	3: 2	FC Arbon
	FC Winterthur	5: 1	FC Wetzikon
	BSC Young Boys	6: 2	FC Olten
	Yverdon-Sport FC	0: 3	FC Lengnau
	SC train	5: 1	FC Mendrisio
	FC Zurich	7: 2	FC Baden
	FC Lugano	3: 3 a.d.	FC Red Star Zurich
November 9, 1952, 2:30 pm	Young Fellows Zurich	3-0	FC Uster
November 16, 1952, 2:30 p.m.	FC Basel	10-0	Helvetia Bern
	FC Chiasso	7: 1	FC Oerlikon
11/23/1952, 2:30 p.m.	SC Kleinhüningen	1:13	Grasshopper Club Zurich

Replay

date		Result
November 9, 1952, 2:30 pm	FC Lugano	1-0	FC Red Star Zurich

annotation

1. ↑ Forfeit

1/16 finals

date		Result
11/23/1952, 2:30 p.m.	FC Basel	5-0	FC Thun
	FC Chiasso	0: 1	AC Bellinzona
	FC Grenchen	12: 0	FC Turgi
	Forward Morges	2: 4	Cantonal Neuchâtel
	FC Lausanne Sports	2-0	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
	FC Lugano	1: 2	FC St. Gallen
	Étoile Sportive FC Malley	2: 3	FC Biel-Bienne
	Servette FC	9-0	US Lausanne
	FC Schaffhausen	4: 3	FC Locarno
	FC Wil	0: 2	FC Luzern
	BSC Young Boys	5-0	Concordia Basel
	SC train	1: 2	FC Zurich
	FC Friborg	1: 1 a.d.	Urania Genève Sport
	FC Solothurn	0: 0 a.d.	FC Bern
	Young Fellows Zurich	3: 3 a.d.	FC Winterthur
January 4th, 1953, 2:30 pm	Grasshopper Club Zurich	2: 1	FC Lengnau

Replay

date		Result
07.12.1952, 2:30 p.m.	FC Bern	3: 1	FC Solothurn
	Urania Genève Sport	1: 2 a.d.	FC Friborg
	FC Winterthur	2: 1	Young Fellows Zurich

Round of 16

date		Result
January 4th, 1953, 2:30 pm	FC Basel	4: 1	FC Grenchen
	FC Friborg	0: 1	FC Zurich
	FC Lausanne Sports	5: 1	FC Winterthur
	FC St. Gallen	2: 1	FC Cantonal Neuchâtel
	FC Schaffhausen	4-0	FC Luzern
	BSC Young Boys	4-0	AC Bellinzona
January 11, 1953, 2:30 p.m.	FC Bern	1: 3	Servette FC
	FC Biel-Bienne	1: 6	Grasshopper Club Zurich

Quarter finals

date		Result
02/15/1953, 2:30 p.m.	FC St. Gallen	0: 5	Grasshopper Club Zurich
	Servette FC	4: 3 a.d.	FC Basel
	FC Lausanne Sports	1: 1 a.d.	FC Zurich
	BSC Young Boys	1: 1 a.d.	FC Schaffhausen

Replay

date		Result
02/22/1953, 2:30 p.m.	FC Zurich	1-0	FC Lausanne Sports
03/01/1953, 2:30 p.m.	FC Schaffhausen	0: 2	BSC Young Boys

Semifinals

date		Result
March 8, 1953, 2:30 p.m.	Servette FC	0: 1	Grasshoppers Club Zurich
	FC Zurich	0: 0 a.d.	BSC Young Boys

Replay

date		Result
March 30, 1953, 2:30 p.m.	BSC Young Boys	3-0	FC Zurich

Final

The final game took place on April 6, 1953 in the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern .

pairing	BSC Young Boys - Grasshoppers Club Zurich
Result	1: 1 a.d.
date	April 6, 1953 at 3:00 p.m.
Stadion	Wankdorf Stadium , Bern
spectator	38,000
referee	René Baumberger (Lausanne)
Gates	1: 0 Meier (16.) 1: 1 Hüssy II (30.)
BSC Young Boys	Eich , Flühmann , Casali I , Casali II , Zehnder , Bigler , Bähler II , Häuptli , Grütter , Meier , Sing (31st Alphons Stadler) Trainer: Albert Sing
Grasshoppers Club Zurich	Preiss , Neukom , Frosio , Hüssy II , Bouvard , Zappia , Ballaman , Bickel I , Volanthen II , Hagen , Hüssy I Trainer: Willi Treml

Replay

pairing	BSC Young Boys - Grasshoppers Club Zurich
Result	3: 1 (1: 1)
date	May 14, 1953 at 3:00 p.m.
Stadion	Wankdorf Stadium , Bern
spectator	25,000
referee	Maurice Tasca (Geneva)
Gates	1: 0 Bähler II (5.) 1: 1 Volanthen II (43.) 2: 1 Bähler II (54.) 3: 1 Sing (81.)
BSC Young Boys	Eich , Zehnder , Flückiger , Casali II , Casali I , Bigler , Bähler II , Häuptli , Grütter , Meier , Sing Trainer: Albert Sing
Grasshoppers Club Zurich	Preiss , Neukom , Frosio , Hüssy II , Bouvard , Zappia , Ballaman , Bickel I , Volanthen II , Hagen , Hüssy I Trainer: Willi Treml

swell

• L'Express and L'Impartial 1952/53 - website
• Tribune de Lausanne 1952/53 - website
• Gazzetta Ticinese years 1952/53 - website (Italian)

literature

• Swiss National Library (NL)