The 1993–94 Swiss Cup was the 69th season of Switzerland's football cup competition organised annually by the Swiss Football Association. It began on 28 August with the first games of Round 1 and ended on Sunday 15 May 1994 with the Final held at Wankdorf, Bern. The winners earned a place in the first round of the Cup Winners' Cup.
Overview The competition began on the week-end of 28–29 August 1993 with the games of the first round and ended on Sunday 15 May 1994 with the final held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern. The 20 clubs from the reduced in size Nationalliga B were granted byes for the first round. The 12 clubs from the Nationalliga A were granted byes for the first two rounds. The winners of the cup qualified themselves for the first round of the Cup Winners' Cup in the next season.
The draw was respecting regionalities, when possible, and the lower classed team was granted home advantage. In the entire 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 to decide which team qualified for the next round. No replays were foreseen.
Round 1 In the first round a total of 167 clubs participated from the third-tier and lower. Reserve teams were not admitted to the competition.
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|28–29 August 1993
Schöftland qualified for the second round with a bye for the first round.
Round 2 The 20 clubs from the Nationalliga B were granted byes for the first round and joined the competition in the second round. These teams were seeded and cound not be drawn against each other. The draw respected regionalities, when possible, and the lower classed team was granted home advantage. Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|4–5 September 1993
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|7 September 1993
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|9 September 1993
Matches
Round 3 The first-tier clubs from the 1993–94 Nationalliga A were granted byes for the first two rounds and joined the competition in this round. These teams were seeded and cound not be drawn against each other. The draw respected regionalities, when possible, and the lower classed team was granted home advantage. Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|17 September 1993
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|18 September 1993
Matches
Round 4 Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|6 November 1993
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|7 November 1993
Matches
Round 5 Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|12 February 1994
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|13 February 1994
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|26 February 1994
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|2 March 1994
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|9 March 1994
Matches
Quarter-finals Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|23 March 1994
Matches
Semi-finals Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|4 April 1994
Matches
Final Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|15 May 1994
Telegram
Grasshopper Club won the cup and this was the club's 18th cup title to this date.
See also 1993–94 Nationalliga A 1993–94 Nationalliga B 1993–94 Swiss 1. Liga
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