Swiss Cup 2004/05

Swiss Cup 2004/05
Cup winner	FC Zurich (7th title)
Europa League qualification	FC Zurich
Beginning	September 17, 2004
Final	May 16, 2005
Final stadium	St. Jakob-Park , Basel
Teams	64
Games	63  (of which 63 played)
Gates	260  (ø 4.13 per game)
Top scorer	Alhassane Keita (6) ( FC Zurich )
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Swiss Football Regional Cups 2004/05 ↓

The 80th Swiss Cup took place from September 17, 2004 to May 16, 2005. The defending champion was FC Wil , the cup winner was FC Zurich .

The mode

10 clubs in the Axpo Super League and 17 clubs in the Challenge League were directly qualified for the Swiss Cup (FC Vaduz, which took part in the Liechtenstein Cup , was not eligible to play in the Challenge League ). There were also 11 clubs from the 1st division and 26 clubs from the amateur leagues. They had to qualify for the Swiss Cup in regional competitions. It was played in a knockout system.

1/32 finals (September 17-19, 2004): 64 teams, the winners qualified for the 1/16 finals.

1/16 finals (October 22-14, 2004): 32 teams, the winners qualified for the round of 16.

Round of 16 (November 20 and 21, 2004): 16 teams, the winners qualified for the quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals (February 13, 2005): 8 teams, the winners qualified for the semi-finals.

Semi-finals (April 14th and 20th, 2005):: 4 teams, the winners qualified for the final.

Final (May 16, 2005): The winner won the 80th Swiss Cup.

Participating teams

Axpo Super League the 10 clubs of the 2003/04 season	Challenge League 17 clubs of the 2003/04 season	1st league 11 clubs of the 2003/04 season	2. Liga Interregional 15 clubs of the 2003/04 season	2nd league regional 9 clubs of the 2003/04 season	3. League 2 clubs of the 2003/04 season
FC Aarau   FC Basel   Grasshopper Club Zurich   Neuchâtel Xamax   FC Schaffhausen   Servette FC Genève   FC St. Gallen   FC Thun   BSC Young Boys   FC Zurich	FC Baden   FC Baulmes   SC Kriens   AC Bellinzona   FC Bulle   FC Chiasso   FC Lugano   FC Concordia Basel   FC La Chaux-de-Fonds   FC Luzern   FC Meyrin   FC Wil   FC Winterthur   FC Wohlen   FC Sion   SC YF Juventus Zurich	FC Bex   FC Biel-Bienne   SC Cham   FC Grenchen   FC Herisau   FC Lausanne Sports   FC Martigny-Sports   Nyonnais Stadium    FC Schötz   SC Zofingen   FC Zug 94	FC Bazenheid   Brühl St. Gallen FC Collex-Bossy FC Epalinges Inter Club Zurich   FC Kickers Lucerne FC Küssnacht FC running Massongex FC   FC Muri FC Niedergösgen FC Sierre Signal Bernex-Confignon   FC Uster FC Visp	FC Altstätten US Arbedo ES Belfaux FC Goldach FC Oberdorf FC Saint-Imier FC Konolfingen FC Porrentruy FC Wolhusen	FC Affoltern FC Luterbach

First round

The teams from the Axpo Super League and the Challenge League could not meet. The team that was in a lower league received home advantage.

date		Result
09/17/04	FC Martigny-Sports ( 1st )	0: 6	BSC Young Boys ( ASL )
	FC Porrentruy ( 2nd )	1: 3	FC Concordia Basel ( ChL )
	FC Schötz (1st)	1: 4	FC Baden (ChL)
	FC Kickers Luzern ( 2nd Int )	1: 4	FC Zurich (ASL)
	FC Signal Bernex-Confignon (2nd Int)	0: 3	FC Meyrin (ChL)
09/18/04	FC Saint-Imier I (2nd)	2: 5	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds (ChL)
	FC Epalinges (2nd Int)	2: 4	Yverdon-Sport FC (ChL)
	FC Collex-Bossy I (2nd Int)	0: 3	FC Baulmes (ChL)
	FC Lausanne-Sport (1st)	1: 2	Neuchâtel Xamax (ASL)
	FC Konolfingen I (2nd)	0: 4	FC Sion (ChL)
	FC Biel-Bienne (1st)	0: 2	FC Thun (ASL)
	FC Visp (2 Int.)	0: 1	FC Bex (1st)
	FC Sierre (2nd)	1: 1 nV (1: 1) (2: 4 i. E.)	FC Massongex (2nd Int)
	FC Muri (2 Int.)	2: 2 n.V. (1: 1) (3: 5 in.E.)	FC Wohlen (ChL)
	FC Niedergösgen (2nd Int)	0: 9	FC Aarau (ASL)
	FC Oberdorf (2nd)	0: 4	FC Basel (ASL)
	FC Grenchen (1st)	1: 3	SC Zofingen (1st)
	FC Luterbach I (3rd)	3: 1	FC Laufen (2nd Int)
	Inter Club Zurich I (2nd Int)	0: 7	Grasshopper Club Zurich (ASL)
	FC Küssnacht (2nd Int)	1: 2	SC YF Juventus Zurich (ChL)
	SC Cham (1st)	2: 4	SC Kriens (ChL)
	FC Zug 94 (1.)	0: 2	FC Luzern (ChL)
	FC Affoltern I (3.)	1: 5	FC Winterthur (ChL)
	FC Wolhusen (2nd)	2: 1	FC Uster (2nd Int)
	FC Bazenheid (2nd Int)	0: 1 a.d. (0: 0)	FC Lugano (ChL)
	FC Altstätten (2.)	1: 4	AC Bellinzona (ChL)
	FC Goldach (2nd)	0: 3	FC Chiasso (ChL)
	Brühl St. Gallen (2nd Int)	2: 4	FC Schaffhausen (ASL)
	FC Herisau (1st)	2: 1 n.V. (1: 1)	FC Wil (ChL)
09/19/04	US Arbedo (2nd)	1: 3	FC St. Gallen (ASL)
	Nyonnais Stadium (1st)	1: 2	Servette FC Genève (ASL)
	ES Belfaux (2.)	1: 4	FC Bulle (ChL)

Second round

The teams from the Axpo Super League could not meet. If a team was in a lower league, it was given home advantage, otherwise the team drawn first.

date		Result
10/22/04	SC Kriens ( ChL )	3: 4 n.V. (3: 3)	SC YF Juventus Zurich (ChL)
10/23/04	FC Luterbach ( 3rd )	0: 7	Neuchâtel Xamax ( ASL )
	FC Massongex ( 2nd Int )	0: 8	FC Thun (ASL)
	FC Sion (ChL)	4: 2	Servette FC Genève (ASL)
	FC Wohlen (ChL)	0: 1	BSC Young Boys (ASL)
	FC Baulmes (ChL)	1-0	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds (ChL)
	FC Lugano (ChL)	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1) (8: 9 i. E.)	FC Aarau (ASL)
	FC Winterthur (ChL)	1: 3	FC Luzern (ChL)
	FC Wolhusen ( 2nd )	1: 3	FC Chiasso (ChL)
10/24/04	FC Meyrin (ChL)	1: 3	FC Basel (ASL)
	FC Bex (1st)	1: 7	FC Concordia Basel (ChL)
	FC Bulle (ChL)	0: 4	Yverdon-Sport FC (ChL)
	SC Zofingen (1st)	1: 5	FC Schaffhausen (ASL)
	FC Baden (ChL)	1: 5 a.d. (1: 1)	FC St. Gallen (ASL)
	FC Herisau (1st)	2: 7	FC Zurich (ASL)
	AC Bellinzona (ChL)	2: 2 nV (2: 2) (4: 3 in good condition)	Grasshopper Club Zurich (ASL)

Round of 16

The matches were drawn by lots, everyone could meet anyone. If a team was in a lower league, it was given home advantage, otherwise the team drawn first.

date		Result
11/20/04	FC Baulmes ( ChL )	0: 2	FC Aarau ( ASL )
	FC Chiasso (ChL)	1-0	Yverdon-Sport FC (ChL)
	FC Sion (ChL)	1: 2	BSC Young Boys (ASL)
	FC Thun (ASL)	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1) (4: 3 in good condition)	FC Basel (ASL)
11/21/04	SC YF Juventus Zurich (ChL)	0: 2	AC Bellinzona (ChL)
	FC Luzern (ChL)	4: 1	FC Concordia Basel (ChL)
	Neuchâtel Xamax (ASL)	0: 2	FC Zurich (ASL)
	FC Schaffhausen (ASL)	2: 2 n.V. (1: 1) (3: 5 in.E.)	FC St. Gallen (ASL)

Quarter finals

The matches were drawn by lots, everyone could meet anyone. The team that was drawn first received home advantage.

date		Result
02/13/05	FC Chiasso ( ChL )	0: 4	FC Luzern (ChL)
	BSC Young Boys ( ASL )	2-0	FC Thun (ASL)
	FC St. Gallen (ASL)	3: 3 n.V. (2: 2) (3: 4 in good condition)	FC Aarau (ASL)
	AC Bellinzona (ChL)	0: 2	FC Zurich (ASL)

Semifinals

The matches were drawn by lots, everyone could meet anyone. The team that was drawn first received home advantage.

date		Result
04/14/05	FC Aarau ( ASL )	1: 2	FC Luzern (ChL)
04/20/05	FC Zurich (ASL)	3: 1	BSC Young Boys (ASL)

Final

The final game took place on May 16, 2005 in St. Jakob-Park in Basel .

pairing	FC Luzern - FC Zurich
Result	1: 3 (0: 1)
date	May 16, 2005 , 8:15 pm
Stadion	St. Jakob-Park , Basel
spectator	33'433
Gates	0: 1 Marc Schneider (39.) 0: 2 Alhassane Keita (62.) 0: 3 Mihai Tararache (74.) 1: 3 David Andreoli (87.)
FC Luzern	David Zibung ; Christian Schwegler , Pascal Castillo , Genc Mehmeti , Ronny Hodel ; Pirmin Schwegler (24th Michael Diethelm ), Ratinho (58th Alseny Keita ), David Andreoli , Marko Sucic (69th André Niederhäuser ); Jean-Michel Tchouga , Paulo Vogt . Trainer: René van Eck
FC Zurich	Davide Taini ; Alain Nef (29th César ), Iulian Filipescu , Florian Stahel , Marc Schneider ; Blerim Džemaili (80th Daniel Tarone ), Mihai Tararache ; Daniel Gygax , Xavier Margairaz , Francesco Di Jorio (80th Adrian Ilie ), Alhassane Keita . Coach: Lucien Favre

List of goalscorers

The following are the top scorers of the Swiss Cup 2004/05. They are initially sorted alphabetically according to the number of their hits, with the same number of goals.

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
1.	Alhassane Keita	FC Zurich	6th
2.	Jean-Michel Tchouga	FC Luzern	5
4th	Rainer Bieli	FC Aarau	4th
	Adrian Ilie	FC Zurich
	Alexander Tachie-Mensah	FC St. Gallen
	Edmond N'Tiamoah	FC Concordia Basel
	Rogério	Grasshopper Club Zurich
	Julio Hernán Rossi	FC Basel
9.	Argjend Bekiri	FC Aarau	3
	Franciel Hengemühle	FC Schaffhausen
	Gaetano Giallanza	FC Aarau
	Michele Maggetti	AC Bellinzona
	Francisco Neri	BSC Young Boys
	Remo Pesenti	FC Schaffhausen
	Dusan Pavlovic	FC St. Gallen
	Mario Raimondi	FC Thun

Web links

• Results on football.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Swiss Cup (list of goalscorers 2004/2005)