Swiss Cup 1969/70

Swiss Cup 1969/70

Cup winner	FC Zurich (2nd title)
Beginning	July 6, 1969
Final	May 18, 1970
Final stadium	Wankdorf Stadium , Bern
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The 45th Swiss Cup was held from July 6, 1969 to May 18, 1970. The defending champion was the club FC Zurich .

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 1969/70 season	National League B the 14 clubs of the 1969/70 season	1. League West the 13 clubs of the 1969/70 season	1. Liga Zentral the 13 clubs of the 1969/70 season	1st League East the 13 clubs of the 1969/70 season
FC Basel ( BS ) AC Bellinzona ( TI ) FC Biel-Bienne ( BE ) FC Friborg ( FR ) Grasshopper Zurich ( ZH ) FC La Chaux-de-Fonds ( NE ) FC Lausanne-Sport ( VD ) FC Lugano ( TI ) FC St. Gallen ( SG ) Servette FC Genève ( GE ) BSC Young Boys ( BE ) FC Wettingen ( AG ) FC Winterthur ( ZH ) FC Zurich ( ZH )	FC Aarau ( AG ) FC Brühl St. Gallen ( SG ) FC Chiasso ( TI ) Étoile Carouge ( GE ) FC Grenchen ( SO ) FC Langenthal ( BE ) FC Luzern ( LU ) FC Martigny-Sports ( VS ) FC Mendrisiostar ( TI ) FC Sion ( VS ) FC Thun ( BE ) Urania Genève Sport ( GE ) SC YF Juventus ( ZH ) Neuchâtel Xamax FCS ( NE )	ASI Audax-Friul Neuchâtel ( NE ) FC Bern ( BE ) CS Chênois ( GE ) US Campagnes ( GE ) FC Le Locle-Sports ( NE ) Étoile Sportive FC Malley ( VD ) FC Meyrin ( BE ) Minerva Bern ( BE ) FC Monthey ( VD ) FC Raron ( VS ) Nyonnais Stadium ( VD ) Vevey Sports ( VD ) Yverdon-Sport FC ( VD )	FC Breite Basel Breite Basel ( BS ) FC Breitenbach ( BE ) SC Burgdorf ( BE ) Concordia Basel ( BS ) FC Delémont ( JU ) FC Dürrenast ( BE ) FC Emmenbrücke ( LU ) FC Moutier ( BE ) FC Nordstern Basel ( BS ) FC Porrentruy ( JU ) FC Solothurn ( SO ) FC Sursee ( LU ) SC Zofingen ( AG )	FC Amriswil ( TG ) FC Baden ( AG ) SC Buochs ( NW ) FC Frauenfeld ( TG ) SCI Juventus Zurich ( ZH ) FC Küsnacht ( ZH ) FC Locarno ( TI ) FC Oerlikon / Police ( ZH ) FC Red Star Zurich ( ZH ) FC Rorschach ( SG ) FC Uster ( ZH ) FC Vaduz SC Zug ( ZG )

2nd elimination round

date		Result
August 3rd, 1969, 2:30 p.m.	FC Amriswil	0: 1	FC Vaduz
	FC Bern	1: 3	SC Burgdorf
	SC Buochs	1-0	FC Emmenbrücke
	FC Breitenbach	1: 4	Concordia Basel
	FC Brugg	2: 5 a.d.	FC Rapperswil
	FC Bulle	1: 3 a.d.	FC Le Locle-Sports
	FC Crissier	3: 5	Lausanne stadium
	FC Deitingen	1-0	FC Pratteln
	FC Engstringen	0: 6	FC Uster
	FC Frenkendorf	1-0	FC Reinach
	FC Küsnacht	1: 0 a.d.	FC Frauenfeld
	FC Langenthal	0: 2	FC Lengnau
	FC Montreux Sports	4: 1	FC Lancy-Sports
	FC Oerlikon	2: 3 a.d.	FC Hergiswil
	SC Schöftland	1-0	Cantonal Neuchâtel
	FC Trimbach	0: 1	Minerva Bern
	FC Turgi	5: 2	FC Schaffhausen
	Viktoria Bern	2-0	FC Porrentruy
	Vevey Sports	4: 1	Nyonnais Stadium
	FC Wiedikon	0: 2	FC Arbon
	Yverdon-Sport FC	4-0	FC Meyrin
	SC train	3: 1	FC Locarno

3rd elimination round

date		Result
August 17, 1969, 2:30 p.m.	FC Aarau	3-0	FC Frenkendorf
	FC Arbon	0: 2	FC Brühl St. Gallen
	SC Buochs	1-0	FC Chiasso
	Etoile Carouge	1-0	Vevey Sports
	FC Grenchen	6-0	FC Deitingen
	FC Hergiswil	0:11	FC Luzern
	FC Küsnacht	6: 1	FC Vaduz
	FC Le Locle Sports	5: 1	FC Lengnau
	FC Mendrisiostar	2: 1	SC train
	FC Montreux Sports	0: 2	Urania Genève Sport
	Lausanne stadium	1:10	FC Sion
	FC Thun	5: 1	SC Burgdorf
	FC Turgi	3: 1	SC Schöftland
	FC Uster	0: 1	FC Baden
	Viktoria Bern	0: 1	Minerva Bern
	Young Fellows Zurich	10: 1	FC Rapperswil
	Neuchâtel Xamax	3: 1	Yverdon-Sport FC
	Concordia Basel	0: 0 a.d.	FC Solothurn

Replay

date		Result
October 16, 1968, 2:30 p.m.	FC Solothurn	0: 0 a.d.	Concordia Basel

annotation

↑ FC Solothurn 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
09/14/1969, 2:30 p.m.	FC Aarau	0: 2	AC Bellinzona
	FC Basel	10-0	Minerva Bern
	FC Biel-Bienne	5-0	FC Thun
	SC Buochs	2-0	FC Turgi
	FC Friborg	2-0	FC Le Locle-Sports
	Grasshopper Club Zurich	1: 0 a.d.	FC Brühl St. Gallen
	FC Küsnacht	1: 8	FC Zurich
	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	3: 5	Neuchâtel Xamax
	FC Lausanne Sports	0: 2	FC Grenchen
	FC Lugano	4-0	FC Baden
	FC Mendrisiostar	1-0	FC St. Gallen
	Servette FC	7-0	FC Solothurn
	FC Sion	3: 1 a.d.	BSC Young Boys
	Urania Genève Sport	3: 1	Etoile Carouge
	Young Fellows Zurich	0: 1	FC Wettingen
	FC Luzern	3: 3 a.d.	FC Winterthur

Replay

date		Result
09/23/1969, 2:30 p.m.	FC Winterthur	4: 2	FC Luzern

Round of 16

date		Result
October 12, 1969, 2:30 p.m.	FC Basel	3: 2	FC Grenchen
	AC Bellinzona	0: 3	FC Lugano
	FC Biel-Bienne	5-0	SC Buochs
	FC Mendrisiostar	2-0	Urania Genève Sport
	FC Sion	5-0	FC Wettingen
	Xamax Neuchâtel	3: 1	FC Friborg
	FC Zurich	5: 1	Grasshopper Club Zurich
	FC Winterthur	1: 1 a.d.	Servette FC

Replay

date		Result
10/22/1969, 2:30 p.m.	Servette FC	4: 1	FC Winterthur

Quarter finals

Home and return matches: November 19 and 23, 1969

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Biel-Bienne	2: 5	FC Lugano	0: 5	2-0
FC Sion	2: 4	Servette FC	2-0	0: 4 a.d.
Xamax Neuchâtel	2: 7	FC Basel	0: 2	2: 5
FC Zurich	4: 2	FC Mendrisiostar	1: 1	3: 1 a.d.

Semifinals

Home and return matches: March 30 and April 8, 1970

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Lugano	1: 5	FC Zurich	0: 2	1: 3
Servette FC	1: 6	FC Basel	0: 2	1: 4

Final

The final game took place on May 18, 1970 in the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern .

pairing	FC Zurich - FC Basel
Result	4: 1 a.d.
date	May 18, 1970 at 3:00 p.m.
Stadion	Wankdorf Stadium , Bern
spectator	47,500
referee	Roland Marendaz (Lausanne)
Gates	0: 1 Odermatt (62nd) 1: 1 Quentin (72nd) 2: 1 Künzli (92nd) 3: 1 Künzli (100th) 4: 1 Corti (112th)
FC Zurich	Grob , Münch , Hasler , Kyburz , Leimgruber , Kuhn , Winiger , Martinelli , Künzli , Quentin , Volkert (63rd Corti ) Trainer: Georg Gawliczek
FC Basel	Kunz , Kiefer , Michaud , Ramseier , Paolucci , Sundermann (135th Demarmels ), Balmer , Odermatt , Hauser , Benthaus (120th frame ), Wenger Trainer: Helmut Benthaus (player trainer)

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L'Express and L'Impartial 1969/70 lexpressarchives.ch
Tribune de Lausanne 1969/70 scriptorium.bcu-lausanne.ch
Gazzetta Ticinese years 1969/70 sbt.ti.ch (Italian)

[1] FC Solothurn qualified by tossing a coin.