2019–20 Swiss Cup

The 2019–20 Swiss Cup was the 95th season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition. The competition began on 16 August 2019 with the first games of Round 1 was originally scheduled to end on 24 May 2020 but the final was rescheduled to 30 August 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1][2][3]

2019–20 Swiss Cup

Tournament details
Country	Switzerland
Date	16 August 2019 – 30 August 2020 (originally until 24 May 2020)
Teams	64
Defending champions	Basel
Final positions
Champions	Young Boys (7th title)
Runner-up	Basel
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Basel were the title holders. They were beaten in the final by Young Boys of Bern, securing their first Swiss Cup title since 1987.

Participating clubs

All teams from 2018–19 Super League and 2018–19 Challenge League as well as the top 4 teams from 2018–19 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 A-teams from Liechtenstein were not allowed in the competition, the latter only entered the 2019–20 Liechtenstein Cup.

2019–20 Super League 10 teams	2019–20 Challenge League 9 teams	2019–20 Promotion League 9 teams	2019–20 1. Liga 10 teams	2019–20 2. Liga Interregional 12 teams	2019–20 Regional leagues 14 teams
FC Basel (BS) FC Lugano (TI) FC Luzern (LU) Neuchâtel Xamax FCS (NE) FC Sion (VS) FC St. Gallen (SG) Servette FC (GE) FC Thun (BE) BSC Young Boys (BE) FC Zürich TH (ZH)	FC Aarau (AG) FC Chiasso (TI) Grasshopper Zürich (ZH) SC Kriens (LU) FC Lausanne-Sport (VD) FC Schaffhausen (SH) FC Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy (VD) FC Wil (SG) FC Winterthur (ZH)	FC Bavois (VD) AC Bellinzona (TI) FC Black Stars (BS) SC Cham (ZG) Étoile Carouge FC (GE) FC Rapperswil-Jona (SG) FC Stade Nyonnais (VD) SC YF Juventus (ZH) Yverdon Sport FC (VD)	FC Bassecourt (JU) FC Bulle (FR) FC Échallens Région (VD) Lancy FC (GE) FC Linth 04 (GL) Meyrin FC (GE) Olympique de Genève FC (GE) FC Red Star Zürich (ZH) FC Wettswil-Bonstetten (ZH) FC Wohlen (AG)	FC Allschwil (BL) AS Calcio Kreuzlingen (TG) FC Freienbach (SZ) FC Gambarogno-Contone (TI) FC Monthey (VS) FC Muri (AG) FC Olten (SO) FC Rotkreuz (ZG) Signal FC Bernex-Confignon (GE) FC Spiez (BE) FC Sursee (LU) AC Taverne (TI)	Sixth tier FC Altstätten (SG) FC Béroche-Gorgier (NE) FC Concordia Basel (BS) FC Iliria (SO) FC Perly-Certoux (GE) FC Mutschellen (AG) Pully Football (VD) FC Rothorn (BE) FC Saxon Sports (VS) FC Schoenberg (FR) FC Seefeld (ZH) FC Uster (ZH) FC Wetzikon (ZH) Eighth tier FC Escholzmatt-Marbach (LU)

Teams in bold are still active in the competition.

^TH Title holders.

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
16 August 2019
Étoile Carouge FC (3)	0–1	BSC Young Boys (1)
FC Concordia Basel (6)	0–5	FC Lugano (1)
17 August 2019
SC YF Juventus (3)	0–3	FC Winterthur (2)
FC Red Star Zürich (4)	1–3	FC Wil (2)
FC Wohlen (4)	2–1	FC Wettswil-Bonstetten (4)
FC Wetzikon (6)	1–3	Meyrin FC (4)
FC Black Stars (3)	1–2	FC Zürich (1)
FC Échallens Région (4)	0–6	Servette FC (1)
Pully Football (6)	1–4[4]	FC Basel (1)
FC Seefeld (6)	1–9	Grasshopper Zürich (2)
FC Altstätten (6)	1–3	FC Bassecourt (4)
FC Rothorn (6)	1–3 (a.e.t.)	FC Sursee (5)
FC Allschwil (5)	1–10	FC Sion (1)
FC Bulle (4)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	FC Chiasso (2)
AC Taverne (5)	1–4	SC Kriens (2)
FC Iliria (6)	1–6	FC Lausanne-Sport (2)
FC Perly-Certoux (6)	0–5	FC Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy (2)
FC Muri (5)	2–3	FC Rapperswil-Jona (3)
FC Rotkreuz (5)	0–2	FC Freienbach (5)
FC Saxon Sports (6)	2–4	FC Spiez (5)
FC Gambarogno-Contone (5)	0–5	AC Bellinzona (3)
FC Monthey (5)	1–4	FC St. Gallen (1)
FC Mutschellen (6)	0–3	FC Stade Nyonnais (3)
18 August 2019
SC Cham (3)	2–2 (1–3 p)	FC Aarau (2)
FC Linth 04 (4)	3–1	FC Schaffhausen (2)
FC Béroche-Gorgier (6)	1–1 (5–4 p)	FC Olten (5)
Signal FC Bernex-Confignon (5)	0–2	FC Thun (1)
FC Escholzmatt-Marbach (8)	0–14[5]	FC Bavois (3)
FC Schoenberg (6)	1–5	Olympique de Genève FC (4)
FC Uster (6)	1–3	Lancy FC (4)
Yverdon Sport FC (3)	1–2	Neuchâtel Xamax FCS (1)
AS Calcio Kreuzlingen (5)	0–2	FC Luzern (1)

Round 2

The winners of Round 1 played in this round. Teams from Super League were seeded, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
13 September 2019
Grasshopper Club Zürich (2)	1–0	Servette FC (1)
FC Winterthur (2)	2–0	FC St. Gallen (1)
14 September 2019
FC Spiez (5)	0–4	FC Linth 04 (4)
FC Sursee (5)	1–2	FC Bulle (4)
FC Freienbach (5)	2–11	BSC Young Boys (1)
SC Kriens (2)	2–4	FC Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy (2)
FC Béroche-Gorgier (6)	2–1	Lancy FC (4)
FC Lausanne-Sport (2)	3–0	FC Lugano (1)
Olympique de Genève FC (4)	1–2	FC Bavois (3)
FC Wil (2)	1–2	FC Zürich (1)
Meyrin FC (4)	0–3[6]	FC Basel (1)
15 September 2019
FC Stade Nyonnais (3)	0–1	FC Thun (1)
AC Bellinzona (3)	1–2	Neuchâtel Xamax FCS (1)
FC Bassecourt (4)	0–3	FC Rapperswil-Jona (3)
FC Aarau (2)	1–2	FC Sion (1)
FC Wohlen (4)	0–4	FC Luzern (1)

Round 3

Team 1	Score	Team 2
29 October 2019
FC Béroche-Gorgier (6)	1–7	FC Bavois (3)
30 October 2019
Grasshopper Club Zürich (2)	0–1	FC Luzern (1)
FC Winterthur (2)	1–0	FC Thun (1)
FC Spiez (5)	0–2	FC Sion (1)
FC Zürich (1)	0–4	BSC Young Boys (1)
FC Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy (2)	1–2[7]	FC Basel (1)
31 October 2019
FC Bulle (4)	2–3	FC Rapperswil-Jona (3)
FC Lausanne-Sport (2)	6–0	Neuchâtel Xamax FCS (1)

Quarter-finals

FC Lausanne-Sport v FC Basel

14 June 2020	FC Lausanne-Sport	2–3 (a.e.t.)	FC Basel	Lausanne
16:00	Zeqiri 72' Geissmann 73'		54', 67' Cabral 105+2' Widmer	Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Attendance: 300 Referee: Alain Bieri

FC Winterthur v FC Bavois

5 August 2020	FC Winterthur	4–0	FC Bavois	Zurich
18:00	Buess 20' Pepsi 45+1' Callà 75' Mahamid 87'			Stadium: Utogrund Attendance: 400 Referee: Alessandro Dudic

FC Luzern v BSC Young Boys

6 August 2020	FC Luzern	1–2 (a.e.t.)	BSC Young Boys	Lucerne
18:00	Margiotta 33'		35' Nsame 116' Gaudino	Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

FC Rapperswil-Jona v FC Sion

6 August 2020	FC Rapperswil-Jona	1–2	FC Sion	Rapperswil-Jona
18:00	Ferreira 67'		3' Uldriķis 22' (pen.) Grgić	Stadium: Stadion Grünfeld Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Lionel Tschudi

Semi-finals

BSC Young Boys v FC Sion

9 August 2020	BSC Young Boys	3–1	FC Sion	Bern
16:00	Nsame 72' Martins 90' Mambimbi 90+3'		80' Uldriķis	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 600 Referee: Fedayi San

FC Basel v FC Winterthur

25 August 2020	FC Basel	6–1	FC Winterthur	Basel
20:15	Stocker 2' Widmer 5' van Wolfswinkel 22' 62' Pululu 51' Frei 63'		32' Buess	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

Final

FC Basel	1–2[8]	BSC Young Boys
Widmer  12' Alderete 42' Marchand  62' Ademi  68' Van der Werff  74'	ASF/SFV	Martins  5' Nsame 50' Garcia  69' Ngamaleu  74' Spielmann 89'

30 August 2020

17:30

Stadion Wankdorf, Bern

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Sandro Schärer

GK Đorđe Nikolić DF Silvan Widmer DF Jasper van der Werff DF Omar Alderete DF Raoul Petretta MF Fabian Frei MF Yannick Marchand  80' MF Valentin Stocker (c)  86' MF Ricky van Wolfswinkel ST Afimico Pululu ST Kemal Ademi Substitutes: DF Eray Cömert  80' MF Samuele Campo  86' Manager: Marcel Koller

GK David von Ballmoos DF Jordan Lefort DF Mohamed Ali Camara DF Fabian Lustenberger (c)  49' DF Ulisses Garcia  82' MF Miralem Sulejmani  66' MF Michel Aebischer MF Christopher Martins  66' MF Moumi Ngamaleu  82' MF Christian Fassnacht ST Jean-Pierre Nsame Substitutes: DF Cédric Zesiger  49' MF Gianluca Gaudino  66' MF Vincent Sierro  66' MF Marvin Spielmann  82' FW Guillaume Hoarau  82' Manager: Gerardo Seoane

Top scorers

Rank	Player[9]	Club(s)	Goals
1	Jean-Pierre Nsame	BSC Young Boys	7
2	Mehmed Begzadić	FC Bavois	5
	Nassim Ben Khalifa	Grasshopper Club Zürich
	Anđelko Savić	FC Bavois
3	Adrian Alvarez	FC Bavois	4
	Alex Gauthier	FC Bavois
	Pajtim Kasami	FC Sion
	Moumi Ngamaleu	BSC Young Boys
	Jean-Pierre Nsame	BSC Young Boys
	Bastien Toma	FC Sion
	Andi Zeqiri	FC Lausanne-Sport