The 1973 Swiss League Cup was the second Swiss League Cup competition. It was played in summer 1973 as a pre-season tournament to the 1973–74 Swiss football season. It was won by Grasshopper Club Zürich who defeated FC Winterthur 5–4 on penalties after a 2–2 draw in the final.
Overview The League Cup was created to allow clubs from the top two tiers to compete in a tournament in advance of the league season. There was a seeding, the top eight teams from last seasons Nationalliga A were directly qualified for the round of 16. The other six teams from the top-tier and all the teams from the second-tier played a qualification round. As opposed to in the inaugural version last season, where the teams were divided into regional groups to play a round-robin, this year the 20 teams were drawn in a two-legged elimination tournament, yet only the best eight winners qualified for the round of 16. In the main competition, the matches were played in a single knockout format. In the event of a draw after 90 minutes, the match went into extra time. In the event of a draw at the end of extra time, a penalty shoot-out was foreseen.
Qualification round The first legs were played on 16 June and the return legs were played on 23 June 1973. Summary
The best eight winners qualified. Buochs and Young Boys did not qualify.
Matches
Round of 16 Summary
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Quarter-finals Summary
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Semi-finals Summary
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Final Summary The final took place on Wednesday 10 October 1973 at Letzigrund in Zürich.
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|10 October 1973
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Grasshopper Club won the cup and this was the club's first League Cup title to this date.
Further in Swiss football 1973–74 Nationalliga A 1973–74 Swiss 1. Liga 1973–74 Swiss Cup
References Swiss League Cup results at RSSSF