The 2019–20 Swiss Cup was the 95th season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition. The competition began on 16 August 2019 with the first games of Round 1 was originally scheduled to end on 24 May 2020 but the final was rescheduled to 30 August 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Basel were the title holders. They were beaten in the final by Young Boys of Bern, securing their first Swiss Cup title since 1987.
Participating clubs All teams from 2018–19 Super League and 2018–19 Challenge League as well as the top 4 teams from 2018–19 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 A-teams from Liechtenstein were not allowed in the competition, the latter only entered the 2019–20 Liechtenstein Cup.
2019–20 Super League10 teams 2019–20 Challenge League9 teams 2019–20 Promotion League9 teams 2019–20 1. Liga10 teams 2019–20 2. Liga Interregional12 teams 2019–20 Regional leagues14 teams FC Basel (BS) FC Lugano (TI) FC Luzern (LU) Neuchâtel Xamax FCS (NE) FC Sion (VS) FC St. Gallen (SG) Servette FC (GE) FC Thun (BE) BSC Young Boys (BE) FC Zürich TH (ZH)FC Aarau (AG) FC Chiasso (TI) Grasshopper Zürich (ZH) SC Kriens (LU) FC Lausanne-Sport (VD) FC Schaffhausen (SH) FC Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy (VD) FC Wil (SG) FC Winterthur (ZH)FC Bavois (VD) AC Bellinzona (TI) FC Black Stars (BS) SC Cham (ZG) Étoile Carouge FC (GE) FC Rapperswil-Jona (SG) FC Stade Nyonnais (VD) SC YF Juventus (ZH) Yverdon Sport FC (VD)FC Bassecourt (JU) FC Bulle (FR) FC Échallens Région (VD) Lancy FC (GE) FC Linth 04 (GL) Meyrin FC (GE) Olympique de Genève FC (GE) FC Red Star Zürich (ZH) FC Wettswil-Bonstetten (ZH) FC Wohlen (AG)FC Allschwil (BL) AS Calcio Kreuzlingen (TG) FC Freienbach (SZ) FC Gambarogno-Contone (TI) FC Monthey (VS) FC Muri (AG) FC Olten (SO) FC Rotkreuz (ZG) Signal FC Bernex-Confignon (GE) FC Spiez (BE) FC Sursee (LU) AC Taverne (TI)Sixth tier FC Altstätten (SG) FC Béroche-Gorgier (NE) FC Concordia Basel (BS) FC Iliria (SO) FC Perly-Certoux (GE) FC Mutschellen (AG) Pully Football (VD) FC Rothorn (BE) FC Saxon Sports (VS) FC Schoenberg (FR) FC Seefeld (ZH) FC Uster (ZH) FC Wetzikon (ZH) Eighth tier FC Escholzmatt-Marbach (LU) 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;"|16 August 2019
| colspan="3" style="background:#9cc;"|17 August 2019
| colspan="3" style="background:#9cc;"|18 August 2019
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"|13 September 2019
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|14 September 2019
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|15 September 2019
Round 3
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|29 October 2019
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|30 October 2019
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|31 October 2019
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
GK Đorđe Nikolić DF Silvan Widmer DF Jasper van der Werff DF Omar Alderete DF Raoul Petretta MF Fabian Frei MF Yannick Marchand MF Valentin Stocker (c) MF Ricky van Wolfswinkel ST Afimico Pululu ST Kemal Ademi Substitutes:DF Eray Cömert MF Samuele Campo Manager: Marcel Koller GK David von Ballmoos DF Jordan Lefort DF Mohamed Ali Camara DF Fabian Lustenberger (c) DF Ulisses Garcia MF Miralem Sulejmani MF Michel Aebischer MF Christopher Martins MF Moumi Ngamaleu MF Christian Fassnacht ST Jean-Pierre Nsame Substitutes:DF Cédric Zesiger MF Gianluca Gaudino MF Vincent Sierro MF Marvin Spielmann FW Guillaume Hoarau Manager: Gerardo Seoane
Top scorers RankPlayerClub(s)Goals1 Jean-Pierre NsameBSC Young Boys72 Mehmed BegzadićFC Bavois5 Nassim Ben KhalifaGrasshopper Club Zürich Anđelko SavićFC Bavois3 Adrian AlvarezFC Bavois4 Alex GauthierFC Bavois Pajtim KasamiFC Sion Moumi NgamaleuBSC Young Boys Jean-Pierre NsameBSC Young Boys Bastien TomaFC Sion Andi ZeqiriFC Lausanne-Sport
References
Sources Switzerland 2019–20 by Karel Stokkermans at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
External links
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