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2018–19 Swiss Cup
Tournament details
Country	Switzerland
Teams	64
Final positions
Champions	Basel (13th title)
Runners-up	Thun

The 2018–19 Swiss Cup was the 94th season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition. The competition began on 18 August 2018 with the first games of Round 1 and ended on 19 May 2019 with the final.^[1] The Super League side Zürich were the defending champion but they were eliminated by eventual winners Basel in the semi-final on 25 April 2019.

Participating clubs

All teams from 2017–18 Super League and 2017–18 Challenge League as well as the top 4 teams from 2017–18 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 2018–19 Liechtenstein Cup.

2018–19 Super League 10 teams	2018–19 Challenge League 9 teams	2018–19 Promotion League 9 teams	2018–19 1. Liga 10 teams	2018–19 2. Liga Interregional 12 teams	2018–19 Regional leagues 14 teams
FC Basel (BS) Grasshopper Zürich (ZH) FC Lugano (TI) FC Luzern (LU) Neuchâtel Xamax FCS (NE) FC Sion (VS) FC St. Gallen (SG) FC Thun (BE) BSC Young Boys (BE) FC Zürich^TH (ZH)	FC Aarau (AG) FC Chiasso (TI) SC Kriens (LU) FC Lausanne-Sport (VD) FC Rapperswil-Jona (SG) FC Schaffhausen (SH) Servette FC (GE) FC Wil (SG) FC Winterthur (ZH)	FC Bavois (VD) AC Bellinzona (TI) FC Breitenrain (BE) SC Cham (ZG) FC Köniz (BE) FC Stade Nyonnais (VD) FC Wohlen (AG) SC YF Juventus (ZH) Yverdon Sport FC (VD)	FC Azzurri 90 LS (VD) FC Biel-Bienne (BE) SC Buochs (NW) FC Échallens Région (VD) SC Goldau (SZ) FC Kosova (ZH) Meyrin FC (GE) FC Red Star Zürich (ZH) FC Solothurn (SO) Zug 94 (ZG)	FC Amriswil (TG) FC Dietikon (ZH) FC Frauenfeld (TG) FC Freienbach (SZ) FC Moutier (BE) FC Muri (AG) AS Novazzano (TI) FC Portalban/Gletterens (FR) FC Ueberstorf (FR) FC Uzwil (SG) FC Veyrier Sports (GE) FC Willisau (LU)	Sixth tier FC Bellach (SO) FC Bramois (VS) FC Concordia Basel (BS) FC Fleurier (NE) FC Gland (VD) FC Grand-Saconnex (GE) FC Greifensee (ZH) FC Klingnau (AG) FC Montlingen (SG) FC Nidau (BE) Seventh tier FC Langnau (BE) AC Malcantone (TI) FC Meilen (ZH) Eighth tier FC Erde (VS)

^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
18 August 2018
FC Willisau (5)	1–3	FC Breitenrain (3)
FC Frauenfeld (5)	0–5	FC Rapperswil-Jona (2)
FC Solothurn (4)	0–2	FC Stade Nyonnais (3)
Zug 94 (4)	1–2	FC Red Star Zürich (4)
FC Amriswil (5)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	FC Aarau (2)
FC Veyrier Sports (5)	1–5	FC Thun (1)
SC Goldau (4)	1–3	FC Bavois (3)
AC Malcantone (7)	0–2	FC Moutier (5)
FC Uzwil (5)	0–3	FC Wil (2)
FC Bellach (6)	0–7	FC Chiasso (2)
AC Bellinzona (3)	4–0	SC YF Juventus (3)
FC Concordia Basel (6)	0–6	FC Zürich (1)
FC Kosova (4)	0–4	FC Lausanne-Sport (2)
FC Greifensee (6)	0–3	FC Winterthur (2)
FC Langnau (7)	0–6	SC Kriens (2)
FC Meilen (7)	0–6	Servette FC (2)
Meyrin FC (4)	1–6	SC Cham (3)
AS Novazzano (5)	0–4	FC Échallens Région (4)
FC Erde (8)	1–5	FC Azzurri 90 LS (4)
FC Montlingen (6)	0–3	FC Basel (1)
FC Grand-Saconnex (6)	3–5	FC Muri (5)
FC Köniz (3)	0–2	FC Sion (1)
FC Portalban/Gletterens (5)	3–4 (a.e.t.)	FC Wohlen (3)
FC Biel-Bienne (4)	2–3 (a.e.t.)	BSC Young Boys (1)
19 August 2018
SC Buochs (4)	0–2	Grasshopper Club Zürich (1)
FC Freienbach (5)	0–5	FC Schaffhausen (2)
FC Dietikon (5)	0–4	FC Lugano (1)
FC Ueberstorf (5)	0–6	FC St. Gallen (1)
FC Gland (6)	1–9	FC Luzern (1)
FC Fleurier (6)	3–1	FC Nidau (6)
FC Klingnau (6)	7–0	FC Bramois (6)
Yverdon Sport FC (3)	0–1	Neuchâtel Xamax FCS (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. Teams in bold continue to the third round.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
14 September 2018
FC Bavois (3)	2–3 (a.e.t.)	FC Rapperswil-Jona (2)
15 September 2018
FC Échallens Région (4)	2–7	FC Basel (1)
FC Red Star Zürich (4)	1–0	SC Cham (3)
AC Bellinzona (3)	1–2	FC Winterthur (2)
Servette FC (2)	3–3 (4–5 p)	FC Luzern (1)
FC Wohlen (3)	0–1	FC Wil (2)
FC Breitenrain (3)	2–4	FC Zürich (1)
FC Schaffhausen (2)	2–3 (a.e.t.)	BSC Young Boys (1)
FC Azzurri 90 LS (4)	0–1	FC Lugano (1)
16 September 2018
FC Moutier (5)	1–3	FC Thun (1)
FC Stade Nyonnais (3)	3–1	Grasshopper Club Zürich (1)
FC Aarau (2)	1–2	Neuchâtel Xamax FCS (1)
FC Fleurier (6)	1–4	SC Kriens (2)
FC Klingnau (6)	0–2 (a.e.t.)	FC Chiasso (2)
FC Lausanne-Sport (2)	0–1	FC Sion (1)
FC Muri (5)	0–7	FC St. Gallen (1)

Round 3

The winners of Round 2 played in this round. No team was seeded, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable. Teams in bold continue to the quarter-finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
31 October 2018
FC Stade Nyonnais (3)	0–1	BSC Young Boys (1)
FC Red Star Zürich (4)	2–3	FC Zürich (1)
FC Wil (2)	1–1 (2–4 p)	FC Thun (1)
FC Winterthur (2)	0–1	FC Basel (1)
FC Lugano (1)	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Neuchâtel Xamax FCS (1)
1 November 2018
FC Chiasso (2)	0–2	FC Luzern (1)
FC Rapperswil-Jona (2)	1–4	SC Kriens (2)
FC St. Gallen (1)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	FC Sion (1)

Quarter-finals

The winners of Round 3 played in this round. No team was seeded, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable. Teams in bold continue to the Semi-finals.

FC Sion v FC Basel

27 February 2019	FC Sion	2–4 (a.e.t.)	FC Basel	Sion
19:30	Morgado 71' Grgić 79'		Ajeti 82' Zuffi 88' (pen.) Stocker 102', 120+2'	Stadium: Stade de Tourbillon Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Stephan Klossner

FC Zurich v SC Kriens

28 February 2019	FC Zurich	2–1	SC Kriens	Zurich
20:15	Khelifi 16' Winter 83'		Chihadeh 44'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 3,650 Referee: Lionel Tschudi

FC Thun v FC Lugano

28 February 2019	FC Thun	3–2	FC Lugano	Thun
19:30	Salanović 34' Sutter 71' Sorgić 82'		Čovilo 41' Janko 90'	Stadium: Stockhorn Arena Attendance: 3,102 Referee: Urs Schnyder

FC Luzern v BSC Young Boys

6 March 2019	FC Luzern	4–0	BSC Young Boys	Lucerne
18:00	Schürpf 6', 62' Schneuwly 69' Vargas 75'			Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 8,110 Referee: Sandro Schärer

Semi-finals

FC Luzern v FC Thun

23 April 2019	FC Luzern	0–1	FC Thun	Lucerne
20:15			Gelmi 80'	Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 12,094 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

FC Zürich v FC Basel

25 April 2019	FC Zürich	1–3	FC Basel	Zurich
20:15	Odey 90+4'		Okafor 5' Kuzmanović 87' Ajeti 90+2'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 13,403 Referee: Stephan Klossner

Final

19 May 2019

15:00

FC Basel	2–1^[2]	FC Thun
Okafor 13' Ajeti 24' 90+4' Álvarez 26' Riveros 65' Frei 77' Omlin 87'	SFV summary Report	Stillhart 23' Sorgić 81' Costanzo 90+3'

Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern, Bern

Attendance: 20,500

Referee: Fedayi San


GK	Jonas Omlin
DF	Taulant Xhaka
DF	Marek Suchý (c)
DF	Carlos Zambrano
MF	Blás Riveros
MF	Éder Álvarez Balanta
MF	Fabian Frei	90+1'
MF	Valentin Stocker	67'
MF	Luca Zuffi	72'
ST	Noah Okafor
ST	Albian Ajeti
Substitutes:
MF	Ricky van Wolfswinkel	90+1'
MF	Kevin Bua	67'
FW	Zdravko Kuzmanović	72'
Manager:
Marcel Koller



GK	Guillaume Faivre (c)
DF	Sven Joss
DF	Roy Gelmi
DF	Nicola Sutter	26'
DF	Chris Kablan
MF	Kenan Fatkič
MF	Matteo Tosetti	78'
MF	Moreno Costanzo
MF	Basil Stillhart
MF	Marvin Spielmann	90+4'
ST	Dejan Sorgić
Substitutes:
MF	Gregory Karlen	26'
MF	Dennis Salanović	76'
MF	Dominik Schwizer	90+4'
Manager:
Marc Schneider

References

"Formulaire de compétition et calendrier". football.ch (in French). Swiss Football Association. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (19 May 2019). "FC Basel - FC Thun 2:1 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.

External links

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