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. 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 League10 teams 2018–19 Challenge League9 teams 2018–19 Promotion League9 teams 2018–19 1. Liga10 teams 2018–19 2. Liga Interregional12 teams 2018–19 Regional leagues14 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 ZürichTH (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.
| colspan="3" style="background:#9cc;"|18 August 2018
| colspan="3" style="background:#9cc;"|19 August 2018
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.
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|14 September 2018
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|15 September 2018
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|16 September 2018
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.
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|31 October 2018
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|1 November 2018
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.
Semi-finals
Final
GK Jonas Omlin DF Taulant Xhaka DF Marek Suchý (c) DF Carlos Zambrano MF Blás Riveros MF Éder Álvarez Balanta MF Fabian Frei MF Valentin Stocker MF Luca Zuffi ST Noah Okafor ST Albian Ajeti Substitutes:MF Ricky van Wolfswinkel MF Kevin Bua FW Zdravko Kuzmanović Manager: Marcel Koller GK Guillaume Faivre (c) DF Sven Joss DF Roy Gelmi DF Nicola Sutter DF Chris Kablan MF Kenan Fatkič MF Matteo Tosetti MF Moreno Costanzo MF Basil Stillhart MF Marvin Spielmann ST Dejan Sorgić Substitutes:MF Gregory Karlen MF Dennis Salanović MF Dominik Schwizer Manager: Marc Schneider
References
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