2016–17 Swiss Cup

The 2016–17 Swiss Cup was the 92nd season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition. The competition commenced on 13 August 2016 with the first games of Round 1 and concluded on 25 May 2017 with the Final. The winner of the competition was FC Basel.

2016–17 Swiss Cup

Country	Switzerland
Teams	64
Champions	FC Basel
Runners-up	FC Sion
Top goal scorer(s)	Anđelko Savić (FC Luzern) (7)
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Participating clubs

All teams from 2015–16 Super League and 2015–16 Challenge League as well as the top 4 teams from 2015–16 Promotion League automatically entered this year's competition. The remaining 41 teams had to qualify through separate qualifying rounds within their leagues. Reserve teams and teams from Liechtenstein are not allowed in the competition, the latter only enter the 2016–17 Liechtenstein Cup.

2016–17 Super League 9 teams	2016–17 Challenge League 10 teams	2016–17 Promotion League 9 teams	2016–17 1. Liga 13 teams	2016–17 2. Liga Interregional 9 teams	2016–17 Regional leagues 14 teams
FC Basel (BS) Grasshopper Zürich (ZH) FC Lausanne-Sport (VD) FC Lugano (TI) FC Luzern (LU) FC Sion (VS) FC St. Gallen (SG) FC Thun (BE) BSC Young Boys (BE)	FC Aarau (AG) FC Chiasso (TI) FC Le Mont (VD) Neuchâtel Xamax FCS (NE) FC Schaffhausen (SH) Servette FC (GE) FC Wil (SG) FC Winterthur (ZH) FC Wohlen (AG) FC Zürich ^TH (ZH)	FC Breitenrain (BE) SC Brühl (SG) SC Cham (ZG) FC Köniz (BE) SC Kriens (LU) FC La Chaux-de-Fonds (NE) BSC Old Boys (BS) FC Rapperswil-Jona (SG) FC Tuggen (SZ)	FC Azzurri 90 LS (VD) AC Bellinzona (TI) FC Black Stars (BS) Lancy FC (GE) FC La Sarraz-Éclépens (VD) FC Münsingen (BE) FC Oberwallis Naters (VS) FC Red Star Zürich (ZH) FC Seefeld (ZH) FC Seuzach (ZH) FC Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy (VD) Yverdon-Sport FC (VD) Zug 94 (ZG)	SC Binningen (BL) FC Conthey (VS) FC Dulliken (SO) FC Genolier-Begnins (VD) FC Illiria Payerne (VD) Meyrin FC (GE) FC Moutier (BE) FC Ticino (NE) FC Uzwil (SG)	Sixth tier US Arbedo (TI) FC Bazenheid (SG) FC Bubendorf (BL) AS Calcio Kreuzlingen (TG) FC Grenchen 15 (SO) FC Gunzwil (LU) FC Klingnau (AG) CS Romontois (FR) SC Veltheim (ZH) FC Vernier (GE) FC Wabern (BE) Seventh tier FC Donneloye (VD) SV Rümlang (ZH) FC Zollbrück (BE)

Teams in bold are still active in the competition.

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Round 1

Teams from Super League and Challenge League were seeded in this round. In a match, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable. Teams in bold continue to the next round of the competition.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
10 August 2016
FC Bubendorf (6)	1–2	Zug 94 (4)
FC Wabern (6)	0–5	SC Brühl (3)
SC Binningen (5)	2–1	FC Münsingen (4)
FC Seefeld (4)	1–2	FC Köniz (3)
FC Grenchen 15 (6)	0–2	FC Illiria Payerne (5)
FC Gunzwil (6)	2–0	FC Vernier (6)
FC Oberwallis Naters (4)	1–4	FC Luzern (1)
SV Rümlang (7)	2–5	FC Seuzach (4)
FC Ticino (5)	4–0	FC Uzwil (5)
Meyrin FC (5)	1–3	FC Wohlen (2)
Yverdon-Sport FC (4)	1–4	FC Winterthur (2)
CS Romontois (6)	1–6	FC Sion (1)
FC Conthey (5)	1–4	AC Bellinzona (4)
FC Klingnau (6)	0–6	FC Tuggen (3)
SC Veltheim (6)	0–6	BSC Young Boys (1)
FC Moutier (5)	0–3	FC Lugano (1)
US Arbedo (6)	0–5	Neuchâtel Xamax FCS (2)
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds (3)	0–2	FC Zürich (2)
14 August 2016
FC Dulliken (5)	0–3	FC Chiasso (2)
FC Breitenrain (3)	3–1	Servette FC (2)
FC Donneloye (7)	0–14	FC Le Mont (2)
BSC Old Boys (3)	0–2	Grasshopper Zürich (1)
FC Zollbrück (7)	0–5	FC Aarau (2)
AS Calcio Kreuzlingen (6)	1–0	SC Cham (3)
FC Genolier-Begnins (5)	1–3	FC Azzurri 90 LS (4)
Lancy FC (4)	1–2	FC Lausanne-Sport (1)
FC Rapperswil-Jona (3)	0–1[1]	FC Basel (1)
FC La Sarraz-Éclépens (4)	0–3	FC Schaffhausen (2)
FC Bazenheid (6)	2–1	FC Red Star Zürich (4)
FC Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy (4)	4–2	FC Wil (2)
SC Kriens (3)	2–1	FC Thun (1)
15 August 2016
FC Black Stars (4)	2–3	FC St. Gallen (1)

Round 2

In a match, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable. Teams in bold continue to the next round of the competition.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
16 September 2016
FC Köniz (3)	3–1	FC Lausanne-Sport (1)
FC Breitenrain (3)	0–1	FC Aarau (2)
17 September 2016
FC Chiasso (2)	1–0	FC Wohlen (2)
SC Binningen (5)	1–2	SC Brühl (3)
FC Gunzwil (6)	1–4	FC Lugano (1)
FC Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy (4)	0–3	FC Winterthur (2)
AS Calcio Kreuzlingen (6)	1–1 (5–6 p)	FC Tuggen (3)
FC Azzurri 90 LS (4)	2–3	SC Kriens (3)
FC Ticino (5)	0–3	FC Luzern (1)
FC Seuzach (4)	1–4	Grasshopper Zürich (1)
FC Le Mont (2)	0–1	FC St. Gallen (1)
18 September 2016
FC Bazenheid (6)	1–7	BSC Young Boys (1)
FC Illiria Payerne (5)	1–4	FC Schaffhausen (2)
Zug 94 (4)	0–1	FC Basel (1)
AC Bellinzona (4)	0–2	FC Zürich (2)
Neuchâtel Xamax FCS (2)	3–4	FC Sion (1)

Round 3

The winners of Round 2 played in this round. The home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league. Teams in bold continue to the quarter-finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
26 October 2016
FC Aarau (2)	2–0	FC Lugano (1)
SC Kriens (3)	5–3 (a.e.t.)	SC Brühl (3)
FC Tuggen (3)	1–4	FC Basel (1)
FC Winterthur (2)	2–1	FC Chiasso (2)
BSC Young Boys (1)	5–0	Grasshopper Zürich (1)
27 October 2016
FC Köniz (3)	1–1 (4–5 p)	FC Lucerne (1)
FC Zürich (2)	2–1	FC St. Gallen (1)
2 November 2016
FC Schaffhausen (2)	2–5 (a.e.t.)	FC Sion (1)

Quarter-finals

The winners of Round 3 played in the Quarter-finals, there was no home advantage granted in the draw. SC Kriens, from the third tier of Swiss football, were the lowest-ranked team in this round.

1 March 2017	BSC Young Boys	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	FC Winterthur	Bern
19:30	Hoarau  8' Bertone  39'	Report	Sílvio  61' M. Sutter  66'	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 9,462 Referee: Sébastien Pache
	Penalties
	Hoarau Ravet Frey Sanogo		Di Gregorio Cani Schuler M. Sutter Sílvio

1 March 2017	FC Aarau	3–5	FC Lucerne	Aarau
20:30	Josipovic  28' Ciarrocchi  41' Tréand  51'	Report	Juric  2', 54' Neumayr  3' M. Schneuwly  36', 76'	Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld Attendance: 6,162 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

2 March 2017	FC Sion	5–1	SC Kriens	Sion
19:00	Mujangi  45', 78' Konaté  65', 67', 83'	Report	Thali  32'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Pascal Erlachner

2 March 2017	FC Basel	3–1	FC Zürich	Basel
20:30	Janko  20' Xhaka  28'  56' Lang  41' Steffen  8'  78'	Report	Buff  3'  14' Nef  15' Brunner  58' Voser  82' Schönbächler	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 25,259 Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)

Semi-finals

The winners of Quarterfinals play in the Semifinals, there is no home advantage granted in the draw. The games played on the 5 April 2017.

5 April 2017	FC Winterthur	1–3	FC Basel	Winterthur
18:45	Cani  88'	Report	Delgado  54' (pen.) Akanji  85' Fransson  90+4'	Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese Attendance: 9,400 Referee: Sascha Amhof

5 April 2017	FC Sion	0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	FC Luzern	Sion
20:45		Report		Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 11,300 Referee: Sandro Schärer
	Penalties
	Ziegler Salatić Konaté Modou Carlitos Zverotić Adão		Kryeziu M. Schneuwly Affolter Neumayr Lustenberger Voca Haas

Final

The winners of the Semifinals play in the Final. The match will be played on 25 May 2017 at the Stade de Genève.

25 May 2017	FC Basel	3–0	FC Sion	Lancy
16:00	Doumbia  44' Delgado  47' Traoré  62' Lang  77'  89' Xhaka  79'	SFV report	37' Salatic  90+5' Lüchinger	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 26,500 Referee: Stephan Klossner [2]

References

1. Herklotz, Guido (2016). "Spielbericht Rapperswil-FCB". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
2. "Switzerland : 2017 Swiss Cup Final". refereesfifa.blogspot.fr. Retrieved 19 April 2018.

External links

• Official site (in German)
• Official site (in French)
• Official site (in Italian)