The 1983–84 Swiss Cup was the 59th season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition.
Overview The competition began on 29 July 1983 with the first games of the first round and was completed on Whit Monday 11 June 1984 with the final, which was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern. The teams from the Nationalliga B were granted byes for the first round. The games of the second round were played on the weekend 6 and 7 of August. The teams from the Nationalliga A were granted byes for the first two rounds. The matches were played in a knockout format. Up until the quarter-finals, in the event of a draw at the end of extra time, the match was decided with a penalty shoot-out. In and after the quarter-finals replays were foreseen and this was played on the visiting team's pitch. The winners of the cup qualified themselves for the first round of the Cup Winners' Cup in the next season.
Round 3 The teams from the NLA joined the cup competition in the third round. The draw was respecting regionalities, whenever possible, and the lower classed team was granted home advantage. Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|10 September 1983
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|11 September 1983
Note: the match Locarno-Kreuzlingen was abandoned after 120 minutes due to rain, before the penalty shoot-out. It was replayed. Replay
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|21 September 1983
Matches
Round 4 Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|15 October 1983
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|16 October 1983
Note: the match Grenchen-Neuchâtel Xamax was voided due to an arbitration error. It was replayed. Replay
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|20 March 1984
Matches
Round 5 Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|31 March 1984
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|1 April 1984
Matches
Quarter-finals Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|18 April 1984
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|23 April 1984
Matches
Semi-finals Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|8 May 1984
Replay
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|23 May 1984
Matches
Final The final was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern on Whit Monday 1984. Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|11 June 1984
Telegram
Servette won the cup and this was the club's sixth cup title to this date.
Further in Swiss football 1983–84 Nationalliga A 1983–84 Swiss 1. Liga
References
Sources Fussball-Schweiz 1983–84 at fcb-achiv.ch Switzerland 1983–84 at RSSSF