Swiss Cup 2009/10

Swiss Cup 2009/10
Cup winner	FC Basel (10th title)
Europa League qualification	FC Lausanne Sports
Beginning	17th September 2009
Final	May 9, 2010
Final stadium	St. Jakob-Park , Basel
Teams	64
Games	63  (of which 63 played)
Gates	277  (ø 4.4 per game)
Top scorer	Marc Rüetschli (5) ( FC Solothurn )
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The 85th Swiss Cup took place from September 17, 2009 to May 9, 2010. The defending champion was FC Sion , which failed in the second round against the lower class FC Thun . The cup winner was FC Basel .

The mode

Ten clubs in the Axpo Super League and 15 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 13 clubs from the first 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. Each round should take place within a maximum of two days, but there were always deviations. In the first round and the round of 16 games were brought forward, in the second round a game had to be postponed. After a one-year break, the final took place in Basel's St. Jakob-Park .

1/32 finals (September 17-20, 2009): 64 teams, the winners qualified for the 1/16 finals.

1/16 finals (October 17 and 18, 2009): 32 teams, the winners qualified for the round of 16.

Round of 16 (November 20-22, 2009): 16 teams, the winners qualified for the quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals (December 10-13, 2009): 8 teams, the winners qualified for the semi-finals.

Semi-finals (April 5, 2010): 4 teams, the winners qualified for the final.

Final (May 9, 2010): The winner won the 85th Swiss Cup.

Participating teams

Axpo Super League the 10 clubs of the 2009/10 season	Challenge League 15 clubs of the 2009/10 season	1. League 13 clubs of the season 2009/10	2. Liga Interregional 11 clubs of the 2009/10 season	2. League Regional 10 clubs of the 2009/10 season	3. League 5 clubs of the 2009/10 season
FC Aarau   FC Basel   AC Bellinzona   Grasshopper Club Zurich   FC Luzern   Neuchâtel Xamax   FC Sion   FC St. Gallen   BSC Young Boys   FC Zurich	FC Biel-Bienne   FC Gossau   SC Kriens   FC Lausanne Sports   FC Le Mont   FC Locarno   FC Lugano   FC Schaffhausen   Servette FC Genève   Nyonnais Stadium   FC Thun   FC Wil   FC Winterthur   FC Wohlen   Yverdon-Sport FC	FC Baden   SC Cham   CS Chênois   FC Chiasso   Chur 97   FC Echallens   Étoile Carouge FC FC running   FC Münsingen FC Rapperswil-Jona   FC Schötz   FC Solothurn   FC Tuggen	SC Buochs FC Colombier FC Härkingen FC La Tour / Le Pâquier FC Langenthal Le Locle Sports FC Linth 04 Losone Sportiva FC Serrières NE FC Thalwil   FC Töss	FC Amicitia Riehen FC Echichens FC Farvagny / Ogoz   FC Frauenfeld FC Montlingen FC Regensdorf FC Wängi FC Belp US Giubiasco FC Zollikofen	La Combe FC FC Dottikon FC Muotathal FC Vernier Witikon FC

First round

The teams from the Axpo Super League and the Challenge League could not meet. Teams from a lower league had home advantage. The draw took place on August 21, 2009 in Cham.

date	time	home	guest	result
17.09.09	20:15	FC Serrières NE ( 2nd Int )	Le Locle Sports (2nd Int)	2: 1 n.V. (1: 1)
18.09.09	20:00	FC Langenthal (2nd Int)	FC Biel ( ChL )	0: 3
19.09.09	3:30 p.m.	FC Witikon ( 3rd )	FC Zurich ( ASL )	0:10
	16:00	FC La Combe (3rd)	Neuchâtel Xamax (ASL)	0: 8
		FC Münsingen ( 1st )	FC Aarau (ASL)	1: 3 n.V. (1: 1)
		FC Belp ( 2nd )	FC Solothurn (1st)	0: 7
		FC Tuggen (1st)	FC Schaffhausen (ChL)	4: 1
	16:30	FC Thalwil (2nd Int)	FC Wil (ChL)	0: 4 n.V. (0: 0)
	17:00	FC Colombier (2nd Int)	FC Lausanne-Sport (ChL)	1: 5
		FC Echallens (1st)	FC Sion (ASL)	0: 1
		CS Chênois (1st)	Servette FC (ChL)	0: 4
		FC Schötz (1st)	FC Luzern (ASL)	2: 3
		FC Amicitia Riehen (2nd)	FC Thun (ChL)	0: 4
		FC Baden (1st)	BSC Young Boys (ASL)	1: 3
		SC Buochs (2nd Int)	SC Kriens (ChL)	1: 6
		FC Zollikofen (2.)	FC Härkingen (2nd Int)	1: 2
		FC Montlingen (2nd)	FC Lugano (ChL)	0: 4
		FC Regensdorf (2nd)	FC Rapperswil-Jona (1st)	1: 3
		FC Töss (2nd Int)	Chur 97 (1.)	3-0
	18:00	FC La Tour / Le Pâquier (2nd Int)	Étoile Carouge FC (1st)	1: 3
		FC Laufen (1.)	FC Wohlen (ChL)	2: 3
		FC Muotathal (3rd)	FC Dottikon (3rd)	3: 1
		FC Wängi (2nd)	FC Locarno (ChL)	1: 3
		FC Frauenfeld (2nd)	FC Winterthur (ChL)	0: 8
		FC Linth 04 (2nd Int)	FC Gossau (ChL)	2: 1
		FC Chiasso (1st)	Grasshopper Club Zurich (ASL)	0: 3
		Losone Sportiva (2nd Int)	AC Bellinzona (ASL)	1: 4
09/20/09	14:30	SC Cham (1st)	FC Basel (ASL)	0: 3
	15:00	FC Echichens (2nd)	FC Le Mont (ChL)	0: 6
		FC Vernier (3rd)	Stade Nyonnais (ChL)	0: 7
		FC Farvagny / Ogoz (2nd)	Yverdon-Sport FC (ChL)	0: 3
	3:30 p.m.	US Giubiasco (2nd)	FC St. Gallen (ASL)	1: 3 n.V. (1: 1)

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. The draw took place on September 21, 2009 in Zurich.

On September 24th it was announced that FC Locarno would cede its home rights to their opponent, FC Zurich . Next came the FC Wil and FC Serrières NE her home right at the FC St. Gallen and Neuchatel Xamax from. As a side effect, a discussion was triggered as to whether small clubs should be allowed to give up their home rights; for many lower-class people, the Cup would become a “financial burden”.

The game between FC Muotathal and FC Töss, which was originally scheduled for October 17th, had to be postponed by a week due to snowfall.

date	time	home	guest	result
10/17/09	15:00	FC Rapperswil-Jona ( 1st )	FC Wohlen ( ChL )	4: 1
	16:00	Neuchâtel Xamax ( ASL )	FC Serrières NE ( 2nd Int )	2: 1
	17:00	FC Le Mont (ChL)	FC Basel (ASL)	1: 3
	17:30	SC Kriens (ChL)	AC Bellinzona (ASL)	5: 4
	17:45	FC Zurich (ASL)	FC Locarno (ChL)	7-0
	18:00	FC Tuggen (1st)	FC Winterthur (ChL)	1: 3 n.V. (1: 1)
	19:00	Étoile Carouge FC (1st)	Servette FC (ChL)	0: 3
10/18/09	14:00	FC Linth 04 (2nd Int)	FC Luzern (ASL)	1: 4
	14:30	FC Biel (ChL)	FC Aarau (ASL)	3: 2 n.V. (2: 2)
		Yverdon-Sport FC (ChL)	BSC Young Boys (ASL)	1: 3
		FC Thun (ChL)	FC Sion (ASL)	2: 1 n.V. (1: 1)
		FC Härkingen (2nd Int)	FC Solothurn (1st)	1: 3
		FC St. Gallen (ASL)	FC Wil (ChL)	2: 1
		FC Lugano (ChL)	Grasshopper Club Zurich (ASL)	1-0
	15:00	Stade Nyonnais (ChL)	FC Lausanne-Sport (ChL)	1: 2
10/24/09	18:00	FC Muotathal ( 3rd )	FC Töss (2nd Int)	0: 3

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	time	home	guest	result
11/20/09	20:10	FC Basel ( ASL )	FC Zurich (ASL)	4: 2
11/21/09	14:30	FC Töss ( 2nd Int )	FC Luzern (ASL)	1: 2
	16:00	FC Rapperswil-Jona ( 1st )	FC Biel-Bienne ( ChL )	3: 5 a.d. (3: 3)
	7:30 p.m.	Servette FC (ChL)	FC St. Gallen (ASL)	1: 2 n.V. (1: 1)
11/22/09	14:30	FC Lugano (ChL)	FC Lausanne-Sport (ChL)	1: 2
		Neuchâtel Xamax (ASL)	BSC Young Boys (ASL)	0: 1
		FC Winterthur (ChL)	FC Thun (ChL)	2: 4 n.V. (2: 2)
		FC Solothurn (1st)	SC Kriens (ChL)	2: 4

Quarter finals

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

date	time	home	guest	result
12/10/09	19:00	FC Luzern ( ASL )	FC St. Gallen (ASL)	1: 4
12/12/09	17:45	FC Basel (ASL)	FC Biel-Bienne ( ChL )	3: 1
12/13/09	14:00	SC Kriens (ChL)	FC Thun (ChL)	2: 1
	3:30 p.m.	FC Lausanne-Sport (ChL)	BSC Young Boys (ASL)	4: 1

Semifinals

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

date	time	home	guest	result
04/05/10	14:00	SC Kriens ( ChL )	FC Basel ( ASL )	0: 1
	14:00	FC St. Gallen (ASL)	FC Lausanne-Sport (ChL)	1: 2

Final

The final game took place on May 9, 2010 at 4:30 p.m. in St. Jakob-Park in Basel.

pairing	FC Basel - FC Lausanne-Sport
Result	6: 0 (2: 0)
date	May 9, 2010 at 4:30 p.m.
Stadion	St. Jakob-Park , Basel
spectator	30,100
referee	Sascha Kever ( Cureglia )
Gates	1: 0 Valentin Stocker (28th) 2: 0 Xherdan Shaqiri (30th) 3: 0 Jacques Zoua (46th) 4: 0 Scott Chipperfield (52nd) 5: 0 Valentin Stocker (75th) 6: 0 Benjamin Huggel (89.)
FC Basel	Franco Costanzo - Samuel Inkoom (54th Reto Zanni ), David Abraham , Beg Ferati , Behrang Safari - Xherdan Shaqiri (79th Federico Almerares ), Benjamin Huggel , Antônio da Silva , Valentin Stocker - Jacques Zoua , Scott Chipperfield (67th Alexander Frei ) Trainer: Thorsten Fink
FC Lausanne Sports	Anthony Favre - Nelson Borges (53rd Fabian Geiser ), Sébastien Meoli , Baptiste Buntschu , Jérôme Sonnerat - Nicolas Marazzi , Bertrand N'Dzomo - Abdul Carrupt , Rodrigo Tosi , Luis Felipe Pimenta (71st Dylan Stadelmann ) - Gaspar (82nd Nicolas Hélin ) Coach: Arpad Soos

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cup final takes place in Basel ( Memento from December 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), view from December 1, 2009
2. ↑ Locarno assigns cup home rights to FCZ. NZZ Online , accessed on September 24, 2009 . 
3. ↑ This is how the cup breaks. Blick =, archived from the original on October 20, 2009 ; Retrieved October 19, 2009 . 
4. ↑ Basel wins 3: 1 - FCZ turned up after the break. Tages-Anzeiger , accessed on October 19, 2009 .