The 1980–81 Swiss Cup was the 56th season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition.

Overview The competition began on 2 and 3 August 1980 with the first games of the first round and was completed on Whit Monday 8 June 1981 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 one week later, on the weekend 9 and 10 of August. The teams from the Nationalliga A were granted byes for the first three rounds, they joined the competition in the fourth round on 26/27 and 28 September. 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 2 Summary The teams from the NLB had joined the cup competition in the second round. Whenever possible, the draw was respecting regionalities and the lower-tier team was granted home advantage.

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|9/10 August 1980

Matches

Round 3 Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|23 August 1980

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|24 August 1980

Matches

Round 4 The teams from the NLA joined the cup competition in the fourth round. Again, whenever possible, the draw was respecting regionalities and the lower-tier team was granted home advantage. Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|26 September 1980

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|27 September 1980

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|28 September 1980

Matches

Round 5 Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|8 November 1980

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|9 November 1980

Matches

Quarter-finals Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|29 November 1980

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|30 November 1980

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|28 March 1981

The original Match FCZ-FCB should have been played on 29 November, but was posponed due to snow. Replay

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|2 March 1981

Matches

Semi-finals Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|20 April 1981

Replays

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|5 May 1981

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|12 May 1981

Matches

Final The final was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern on Whit Monday 1981. Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|8 June 1981

Telegram

Lausanne-Sport won the cup and this was the club's seventh cup title to this date.

Further in Swiss football 1980–81 Nationalliga A 1980–81 Swiss 1. Liga

References

Sources Fussball-Schweiz [ 1980–81 at fcb-achiv.ch] Switzerland 1980–81 at RSSSF