The 1982–83 Swiss Cup was the 58th season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition.

Overview The competition began on 7 and 8 August 1982 with the first games of the first round and was completed on Whit Monday 23 May 1983 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 14 and 15 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 fifth round, 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 fifth round 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 Summary The teams from the NLA joined the cup competition in the third round. Whenever possible, the draw was respecting regionalities and the lower-tier team was granted home advantage.

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|16 October 1982

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|17 October 1982

Matches

Round 4 Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|12 March 1983

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|13 March 1983

Matches

Round 5 Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|2 April 1983

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|4 April 1983

Due to the unplayable terrain in La Chaux de Fonds, the game was moved to Bern on the next day. Replays

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|5 April 1983

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|19 April 1983

Matches

Quarter-finals Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|26 April 1983

Replay

Matches

Semi-finals Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|3 May 1983

Matches

Final The final was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern on Whit Monday 1983. Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|23 May 1983

Replay

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|14 June 1983

Telegram

The replay was also held at the Wankdorf Stadium and was played on 14 June 1983.

Grasshopper Club won the cup and this was the club's fourteenth cup title to this date. Because they won the Swiss championship as well, they won the domestic double and this for the seventh time in their history.

Further in Swiss football 1982–83 Nationalliga A 1982–83 Swiss 1. Liga

References

Sources Fussball-Schweiz 1982–83 at fcb-achiv.ch Switzerland 1982–83 at RSSSF