The 1949–50 Swiss Cup was the 25th season of Switzerland's football cup competition, organised annually since the 1925–26 season by the Swiss Football Association.
Overview This season's cup competition began with the first round, which was played on the week-end of the 11 September 1949. The competition was to be completed on Easter Monday, 10 April 1950, with the final, which, since 1937, was traditionally held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern. As the final ended in a draw a replay was required and this was held on Ascension Thursday 18 May. The clubs from the 1949–50 Swiss 1. Liga were given a bye for the first round, they joined the competition in the second round on the week-end of 2 October. The clubs from this season's Nationalliga A (NLA) and from this season's Nationalliga B (NLB) were given byes for the first two rounds. These teams joined the competition in the third round, which was played on the week-end of 30 October.
The matches were played in a 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 replay was foreseen and this was played on the visiting team's pitch. If the replay ended in a draw after extra time, a toss of a coin would establish the team that qualified for the next round.
Round 1 In the first round, the lower league teams that had qualified themselves for the competition through their regional football association's regional cup competitions or their association's requirements, competed here. Whenever possible, the draw respected local regionalities. The games of the first round were played on Saturday 11 September 1949.
Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|11 September 1949
Replays
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|18 September 1949
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|25 September 1949
Round 2 The clubs from the 1949–50 1. Liga had been given a bye for the first round, these teams now joined the competition here, in the second round. Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|2 October 1949
Replays
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|16 October 1949
Round 3 The teams from this season's NLA and this season's NLB entered the cup competition in this round. However, the teams from the NLA were seeded and could not be drawn against each other. Whenever possible, the draw respected local regionalities. The third round was played on the week-end of 30 October.
Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|30 October 1949
Replay
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|13 November 1949
Matches
Round 4 Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|27 November 1949
Replays
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|18 December 1949
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|26 December 1949
Matches
Round 5 Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|8 January 1950
Note: the match Wil–Basel was played in Basel
Matches
Quarter-finals Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|5 February 1950
Matches
Semi-finals Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|5 March 1950
Match telegrams
Final The final was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern on Easter Monday 1950. Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|10 April 1950
Replay
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|18 May 1950
Matches
Lausanne-Sport won the cup and this was the club's fourth cup title to this date.
Further in Swiss football 1949–50 Nationalliga A 1949–50 Nationalliga B 1949–50 Swiss 1. Liga
References
Sources Fussball-Schweiz FCB Cup games 1949–50 at fcb-achiv.ch Switzerland 1949–50 at RSSSF