Swiss Cup 1968/69

Swiss Cup 1968/69
Cup winner	FC St. Gallen (1st title)
Beginning	September 8, 1968
Final	May 26, 1969
Final stadium	Wankdorf Stadium , Bern
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The 44th Swiss Cup was held from September 8, 1968 to May 26, 1969. The defending champion was the club FC St. Gallen .

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.

Participating teams

A total of 57 teams took part in the Swiss Cup, the teams marked in bold are still represented in the competition.

National League A the 14 clubs of the 1968/69 season	National League B the 14 clubs of the 1968/69 season	1. League West the 13 clubs of the 1968/69 season	1. Liga Zentral the 13 clubs of the 1968/69 season	1. League East the 13 clubs of the season 1968/69
FC Basel ( BS ) AC Bellinzona ( TI ) FC Biel-Bienne ( BE ) Grasshopper Zurich ( ZH )   FC La Chaux-de-Fonds ( NE ) FC Lausanne-Sport ( VD ) FC Lugano ( TI ) FC Luzern ( LU ) FC St. Gallen ( SG ) Servette FC Genève ( GE ) FC Sion ( VS ) BSC Young Boys ( BE ) FC Winterthur ( ZH ) FC Zurich ( ZH )	FC Aarau ( AG ) FC Baden ( AG ) FC Brühl St. Gallen ( SG ) FC Chiasso ( TI ) Étoile Carouge ( GE ) FC Friborg ( FR )   FC Grenchen ( SO ) FC Mendrisiostar ( TI ) FC Solothurn ( SO ) FC Thun ( BE ) Urania Genève Sport ( GE ) FC Wettingen ( AG ) SC YF Juventus ( ZH ) Neuchâtel Xamax FCS ( NE )	Cantonal Neuchâtel ( NE ) CS Chênois ( GE ) US Campagnes ( GE ) Fontainemelon FC ( NE ) FC Le Locle-Sports ( NE ) FC Martigny-Sports ( VS ) FC Meyrin ( BE ) FC Monthey ( VD ) FC Moutier ( BE ) FC Raron ( VS ) Nyonnais Stadium ( VD ) Vevey Sports ( VD ) Yverdon-Sport FC ( VD )	FC Bern ( BE ) FC Breite Basel Breite Basel ( BS ) FC Breitenbach ( BE ) SC Burgdorf ( BE ) Concordia Basel ( BS ) FC Dürrenast ( BE ) FC Langenthal ( BE ) Minerva Bern ( BE ) FC Nordstern Basel ( BS ) BSC Old Boys Basel ( BS ) FC Porrentruy ( JU ) FC Trimbach ( SO ) SC Zofingen ( AG )	FC Amriswil ( TG ) FC Blue Stars Zurich ( ZH ) FC Buochs ( NW ) FC Emmenbrücke ( LU ) FC Frauenfeld ( TG ) FC Küsnacht ( ZH ) FC Locarno ( TI ) FC Oerlikon / Police ( ZH ) FC Red Star Zurich ( ZH ) FC Schaffhausen ( SH ) FC Uster ( ZH ) FC Vaduz SC Zug ( ZG )

2nd elimination round

date		Result
09/22/1968, 2:30 p.m.	FC Bern	8: 1	FC Portalban
	FC Breite Basel	0: 2	SR Delémont
	FC Bulle	2-0	Red and white Bümpliz
	SC Buochs	6: 2	Lucerne SC
	CS Chênois	1-0	FC Le Locle-Sports
	Concordia Basel	3-0	FC Trimbach
	FC Dürrenast	0: 3	Cantonal Neuchâtel
	FC Feuerthalen	1: 3 a.d.	FC Rheineck
	FC Gossau	2: 1 a.d.	FC Schaffhausen
	FC Küsnacht	0: 1	SC train
	FC Langenthal	4: 2	SC Burgdorf
	FC Locarno	0: 1	US Giubiasco
	Étoile Sportive FC Malley	3-0	FC Compesières Genève
	FC Martigny-Sports	2-0	FC Plan-les-Ouates
	FC Oensingen	1: 3	FC Pratteln
	Vevey Sports	1-0	Nyonnais Stadium
	Yverdon-Sport FC	3: 1	FC Boudry
	SC Zofingen	0: 1 a.d.	FC Emmenbrücke
	FC Oerlikon / Police		FC Blue Stars Zurich
09/29/1968, 2:30 p.m.	FC Oerlikon	4-0	FC Frauenfeld
	FC Porrentruy	3-0	SC Kleinhüningen
	FC Turicum Zurich	3: 4 a.d.	FC Amriswil

Replay

date		Result
09/29/1968, 2:30 p.m.	FC Oerlikon / Police	2: 1	FC Blue Stars Zurich

annotation

1. ↑ The game was suspended for the rain on the 32nd on the 2-0 result for the Blue Stars.

3rd elimination round

date		Result
October 13, 1968, 2:30 p.m.	FC Baden	1: 0 a.d.	FC Amriswil
	FC Bern	3: 1 a.d.	FC Pratteln
	FC Bulle	1-0	Vevey Sports
	SC Burgdorf	2: 4	FC Aarau
	SC Buochs	3-0	FC Oerlikon / Police
	SR Delémont	1: 3 a.d.	FC Thun
	FC Friborg	0: 1	Martigny FC
	FC Grenchen	4-0	FC Porrentruy
	FC Langenthal	3: 2	FC Gossau
	FC Oerlikon	2: 3	FC Brühl St. Gallen
	FC Rheineck	0: 6	FC Wettingen
	FC Solothurn	1: 0 a.d.	Concordia Basel
	Urania Genève Sport	1: 2 a.d.	CS Chênois
	Yverdon-Sport FC	3: 4	Neuchâtel Xamax
	SC train	0: 1	FC Chiasso
	Cantonal Neuchâtel	1: 1 a.d.	FC Aarau
	Étoile Sportive FC Malley	1: 1 a.d.	Etoile Carouge
	FC Mendrisiostar	0: 0 a.d.	US Giubiasco
	Young Fellows Zurich	0: 0 a.d.	FC Emmenbrücke

Replay

date		Result
October 16, 1968, 2:30 p.m.	FC Aarau	0: 0 a.d.	Cantonal Neuchâtel
	FC Emmenbrücke	0: 2	Young Fellows Zurich
	Etoile Carouge	2-0	Étoile Sportive FC Malley
	US Giubiasco	0: 0 a.d.	FC Mendrisiostar

annotation

1. ↑ FC Aarau qualified by tossing a coin.
2. ↑ FC Mendrisiostar qualified by tossing a coin.

1/16 finals

In the 1/16 finals, the teams of National League A played for the first time:

date		Result
11/02/1968, 2:30 p.m.	FC Biel-Bienne	1-0	FC Aarau
	CS Chênois	1: 2 a.d.	Servette FC
03/11/1968, 2:30 p.m.	FC Baden	4: 5	Grasshopper Club Zurich
	FC Bulle	1-0	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
	SC Buochs	1: 4	AC Bellinzona
	FC Chiasso	2: 1	FC Brühl St. Gallen
	Etoile Carouge	1: 8	FC Lausanne Sports
	FC Lugano	1-0	FC Mendrisiostar
	FC St. Gallen	3: 2 a.d.	FC Wettingen
	FC Thun	1: 2	FC Basel
	BSC Young Boys	9: 1	FC Bern
	FC Zurich	6: 3	Young Fellows Zurich
	FC Grenchen	0: 0 a.d.	FC Winterthur
	FC Langenthal	3: 3 a.d.	FC Luzern
	FC Martigny-Sports	1: 1 a.d.	FC Solothurn
	Neuchâtel Xamax	2: 2 a.d.	FC Sion

Replay

date		Result
06/11/1968, 2:30 p.m.	FC Luzern	6: 4	FC Langenthal
	FC Sion	4: 1	Neuchâtel Xamax
11/24/1968, 2:30 p.m.	FC Solothurn	3: 2 a.d.	FC Martigny-Sports
	FC Winterthur	1: 2	FC Sion

annotation

1. ↑ Played in Bellinzona.

Round of 16

date		Result
December 15, 1968, 2:30 p.m.	FC Basel	3: 1	FC Luzern
	AC Bellinzona	3: 2	FC Lausanne Sports
	FC Grenchen	0: 1	Grasshopper Club Zurich
	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	1: 3	Servette FC
	FC St. Gallen	2: 1	BSC Young Boys
	FC Solothurn	0: 3	FC Chiasso
	FC Zurich	0: 1	FC Lugano
February 16, 1969, 2:30 p.m.	FC Sion	3: 1	FC Biel-Bienne

annotation

1. ↑ Played in Chiasso.

Quarter finals

date		Result
02/22/1969, 2:30 p.m.	FC Lugano	0: 1 a.d.	FC St. Gallen
02/23/1969, 2:30 p.m.	AC Bellinzona	3: 1	FC Sion
	Servette FC	1-0	FC Basel
	FC Chiasso	3: 3 a.d.	Grasshopper Club Zurich

Replay

date		Result
02/28/1968, 2:30 p.m.	Grasshopper Club Zurich	1-0	FC Chiasso

Semifinals

date		Result
04/07/1969, 2:30 p.m.	AC Bellinzona	2: 1	Grasshopper Club Zurich
	FC St. Gallen	3-0	Servette FC

Final

The final game took place on May 26, 1969 in the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern .

pairing	FC St. Gallen - AC Bellinzona
Result	2: 0 (0: 0)
date	May 26, 1969 at 3:00 p.m.
Stadion	Wankdorf Stadium , Bern
spectator	24,000
referee	Gilbert Droz (Marin)
Gates	1: 0 Nafziger (60.) 2: 0 Nafziger (71.)
FC St. Gallen	Biaggi , Schüwig , Bauer , Kaspar , Tanner , Dolmen , Moscatelli , Nafziger , Frei , Grünig , Meier Trainer: Albert Sing
AC Bellinzona	Eichenberger , Ghilardi , Genazzi , Paglia , Bionda , Guidotti , Gottardi , Sørensen , Frigerio , Tagli , Nembrini Trainer: Carlo Pinter

swell

• L'Express and L'Impartial 1968/69 - website
• Tribune de Lausanne 1968/69 - website
• Gazzetta Ticinese years 1968/69 - website (Italian)

literature

• Swiss National Library (NL)