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.
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 League9 teams 2016–17 Challenge League10 teams 2016–17 Promotion League9 teams 2016–17 1. Liga13 teams 2016–17 2. Liga Interregional9 teams 2016–17 Regional leagues14 teams FC Basel (BS) Grasshopper Club (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) FC Meyrin (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 (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.
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.
| colspan="3" style="background:#9cc;"|10 August 2016
| colspan="3" style="background:#9cc;"|14 August 2016
| colspan="3" style="background:#9cc;"|15 August 2016
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.
| colspan="3" style="background:#9cc;"|16 September 2016
| colspan="3" style="background:#9cc;"|17 September 2016
| colspan="3" style="background:#9cc;"|18 September 2016
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.
| colspan="3" style="background:#9cc;"|26 October 2016
| colspan="3" style="background:#9cc;"|27 October 2016
| colspan="3" style="background:#9cc;"|2 November 2016
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.
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.
Final The winners of the Semi-finals play in the Final. The match was played on 25 May 2017 at the Stade de Genève.
Teams GK Tomáš Vaclík DF Michael Lang DF Marek Suchý DF Manuel Akanji DF Adama Traoré MF Taulant Xhaka MF Luca Zuffi MF Mohamed Elyounoussi MF Matías Delgado (c) MF Renato Steffen ST Seydou Doumbia Substitutes:MF Serey Die ST Marc Janko MF Alexander Fransson Manager: Urs Fischer GK Anton Mitryushkin DF Nicolas Lüchinger DF Elsad Zverotić (c) DF Reto Ziegler DF Pa Modou Jagne MF Gregory Karlen MF Vero Salatić MF Kévin Constant ST Chadrac Akolo ST Moussa Konaté ST Joaquim Adão Substitutes:MF Carlitos MF Geoffrey Mujangi Bia MF Léo Itaperuna Manager: Sébastien Fournier
References
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