The 2012–13 Swiss Cup was the 88th season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition. The competition commenced on 14 September 2012 with the first game of Round 1 and ended on 20 May 2013 with the Final. The winners of the competition, Grasshopper Club Zürich qualified for the play-off round2013/14 Access list Bert Kassies' Site of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League. They beat defending champions FC Basel in the final.
Participating clubs All ten Super League and nine Challenge League teams (FC Vaduz are from Liechtenstein and thus play in the 2012–13 Liechtenstein Cup) entered this year's competition, as well as 45 teams from lower leagues. Teams from 1. Liga Promotion and below qualified through separate qualifying rounds within their leagues. Teams from regional leagues qualified by winning the last season's regional cups. 2012–13 Super League10 teams 2012–13 Challenge League9 teams 2012–13 1. Liga Promotion6 teams 2012–13 1. Liga13 teams 2012-13 2. Liga Interregional10 teams 2012-13 Regional leagues16 teams FC Basel (BS) Grasshoppers Zürich (ZH) FC Lausanne-Sport (VD) FC Luzern (LU) Servette FC (GE) FC Sion (VS) FC St. Gallen (SG) FC Thun (BE) BSC Young Boys (BE) FC Zürich (ZH)FC Aarau (AG) AC Bellinzona (TI) FC Biel-Bienne (BE) FC Chiasso (TI) FC Locarno (TI) FC Lugano (TI) FC Wil (SG) FC Winterthur (ZH) FC Wohlen (AG)SC Brühl (SG) SR Delémont (JU) Étoile Carouge FC (GE) SC Kriens (LU) FC Schaffhausen (SH) FC Tuggen (SZ)FC Baden (AG) FC Black Stars (BS) SC Cham (ZG) SC Düdingen (FR) FC Echallens (VD) FC Grenchen (SO) FC Köniz (BE) FC Le Mont (VD) FC Monthey (VS) SV Muttenz (BL) FC Schötz (LU) FC Wettswil-Bonstetten (ZH) SC Zofingen (AG)SC Bümpliz 78 (BE) FC Colombier† (NE) FC Eschenbach (LU) FC Hergiswil (NW) FC Ibach (SZ) FC Langenthal (BE) FC La Sarraz-Éclépens (VD) FC Linth 04 (GL) FC Moutier (BE) FC Thierrens (VD)Sixth tier FC Aarberg (BE) FC Altstetten (ZH) FC Amriswil (TG) FC Arlesheim (BL) FC Ems (GR) FC Hochdorf (LU) CS Italien (GE) FC Olten (SO) Pully Football (VD) FC Richemond (FR) FC Saxon-Sports (VS) FC Schönbühl (BE) AC Vallemaggia (TI) Vedeggio Calcio‡ (TI) FC Windisch (AG)
Seventh tier FC DiessenhofenFP (TG) Teams in bold are still active in the competition.
th Title holders. FP Qualified for having the lowest fair play points inside its regional tier. † Qualified as regional leagues cup winners before being promoted to 2. Liga Interregional. ‡ Qualified through 2. Liga Interregional qualifiers after being relegated to their regional league.
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.
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|14 September 2012
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|15 September 2012
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|16 September 2012
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.
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|10 November 2012
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|11 November 2012
Round 3 The winners of Round 2 played in this round, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable.
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|8 December 2012
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|9 December 2012
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|3 February 2013
Quarter-finals The winners of Round 3 played in the Quarter-finals, there was no home advantage granted in the draw.
Semi-finals The winners of the Quarter-finals stage advanced to play in the Semi-finals.
Final The winners of the Semi-finals stage played in the Final, which was held in the capital at the Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf.
GK Yann Sommer DF Kay Voser DF Fabian Schär DF Aleksandar Dragović DF Park Joo-Ho MF Fabian Frei MF Marcelo Díaz MF Mohamed Elneny MF Serey Die MF Valentin Stocker ST Marco Streller (c) Substitutes:DF Markus Steinhöfer MF Raúl Bobadilla FW David Degen Manager: Murat Yakin GK Roman Bürki DF Michael Lang DF Milan Vilotić DF Stéphane Grichting DF Moritz Bauer MF Amir Abrashi MF Vero Salatić MF Izet Hajrović MF Shkëlzen Gashi MF Steven Zuber ST Anatole Ngamukol Substitutes:MF Frank Feltscher MF Nzuzi Toko MF Nassim Ben Khalifa Manager: Uli Forte
References
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