Swiss Cup 1978/79

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Swiss Cup 1978/79
Cup winner Servette FC (5th title)
Beginning August 12, 1978
Final June 20, 1979
Final stadium Wankdorf Stadium , Bern
← Swiss Cup 1977/78

The 54th Swiss Cup was held from August 12, 1978 to June 20, 1979. The defending champion was Servette FC .

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.

1/16 finals

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

date Result
07.10.1978, 2:30 p.m. FC Biel-Bienne 1: 3 FC Lausanne Sports
  FC Grenchen 1: 3 a.d. Etoile Carouge
  SC Kriens 1: 3 FC Chiasso
  FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 1: 4 CS Chênois
  La Rondinella La Neuveville 1: 4 a.d. Servette FC
  FC Locarno 1: 4 Grasshopper Club Zurich
  FC Luzern 2-0 FC Baden
  FC Mendrisiostar 2: 5 Nordstern Basel
  FC Orbe 3: 3
(0: 3 on behalf) 		FC Sion
  Rapid Ostermundigen 1: 6 Neuchâtel Xamax
  FC Red Star Zurich 1: 6 FC Zurich
  Vevey Sports 1: 2 a.d. BSC Young Boys
October 8, 1978, 2:30 p.m. FC Chur 0: 4 FC Winterthur
  FC Glattbrugg 0: 7 FC Basel
  FC Ibach 1: 6 FC St. Gallen
  Lausanne stadium 1-0 FC Aarau

Round of 16

date Result
December 9, 1978, 2:30 pm FC Winterthur 1: 1 a.d. CS Chênois
December 10, 1978, 2:30 p.m. Etoile Carouge 0: 3 Servette FC
  Neuchâtel Xamax 2: 1 a.d. FC Luzern
  Nordstern Basel 3: 1 Lausanne stadium
  FC St. Gallen 3: 1 Grasshopper Club Zurich
  BSC Young Boys 2-0 FC Chiasso
  FC Zurich 1: 3 FC Basel
December 17, 1978, 2:30 p.m. FC Sion 0: 4 FC Lausanne Sports

Replay

date Result
December 17, 1978, 2:30 p.m. CS Chênois 4: 1 FC Winterthur

Quarter finals

date Result
March 14, 1979, 2:30 pm Nordstern Basel 0: 2 Servette FC
March 20, 1979, 2:30 p.m. Neuchâtel Xamax 5-0 FC Basel
  BSC Young Boys 2-0 FC St. Gallen
  CS Chênois 1: 1 a.d. FC Lausanne Sports

Replay

date Result
March 22, 1979, 2:30 p.m. FC Lausanne Sports 0: 2 CS Chênois

Semifinals

date Result
April 16, 1979, 2:30 p.m. Servette FC 3: 2 Neuchâtel Xamax
  BSC Young Boys 1: 0 a.d. CS Chênois

Final

The final game took place on June 4, 1979 in the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern .

pairing Servette FC Servette FC - BSC Young BoysBSC Young Boys
Result 1: 1 a.d.
date June 4, 1979 at 3:00 p.m.
Stadion Wankdorf Stadium , Bern
spectator 31,765
referee Rudolf Renggli (Stans)
Gates 1: 0 Pfister (52nd)
1: 1 Hussner (78th)
Servette FC Engel , Valentini , Trinchero , Guyot , Bizzini , Schnyder (91st Weber ), Barberis , Andrey , Peterhans (77th Coutaz ), Hamberg , Pfister
Trainer: Péter Pázmándy
BSC Young Boys Eichenberger , Odermatt , Brechbühl , Feuz , Rebmann (55th Küttel ), Schmidlin , Hussner , Pelfini , Zwahlen , Zwygart (65th Castella ), Müller
Trainer: Timo Konietzka

Replay

pairing Servette FC Servette FC - BSC Young BoysBSC Young Boys
Result 3: 2 (1: 2)
date June 20, 1979 at 3:00 p.m.
Stadion Wankdorf Stadium , Bern
spectator 26,791
referee Bruno Galler (Kirchdorf)
Gates 0: 1 Schmidlin (10th)
1: 1 Weber (28th)
1: 2 Hussner (32nd)
2: 2 Barberis (62nd)
3: 2 Hamberg (73rd)
Servette FC Engel , Valentini , Trinchero (88th Dutoit ), Guyot , Bizzini , Schnyder , Barberis (83rd Coutaz ), Andrey , Pfister , Hamberg , Weber
Trainer: Péter Pázmándy
BSC Young Boys Eichenberger , Odermatt , Pelfini (83rd Jacobacci ), Feuz , Brechbühl , Zwygart , Hussner , Schmidlin , Zwahlen , Küttel (67th Castella ), Müller
Trainer: Helmuth Johannsen

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