The 1936–37 Swiss Cup was the 12th edition 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 four preliminary rounds. Two of which were played during the last two week-ends of August and the other two played in September. The first principal round was played at the beginning of October. The competition was to be completed on Easter Monday, 29 March 1937, with the final, which, this year was held in the country's capital in Bern, at the Stadion Neufeld.
The preliminary rounds were held for the lower league teams that were not qualified for the main rounds. The 24 clubs from this season's 1. Liga and the 13 clubs from the 1936–37 Nationalliga joined the competition in the first principal round, which was played on Sunday 4 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, if agreed between the clubs, a replay was foreseen and this was played on the visiting team's pitch. If the replay ended in a draw after extra time, or if a replay had not been agreed, a toss of a coin would establish the team that qualified for the next round.
Preliminary rounds The lower league teams that had not qualified for the competition competed here in four preliminary rounds. Reserve teams were not admitted to the competition. The aim of this preliminary stage was to reduce the number of lower league teams to 27 before the first main round. The draw respected local regionalities. The first two preliminary rounds were played at the end of August in advance of the lower leagues regional season.
First preliminary round
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|16 August 1936
All other results are unknown.
Second preliminary round
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|23 August 1936
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|30 August 1936
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|6 September 1936
Note to match Chênois–Le Sentier: Le Sentier declaied forfeit and the match was awarded as 3–0 victory for Chênois. Note to match Fulgor–Madretsch: FC Madretsch declaied forfeit and the match was awarded as 3–0 victory for Fulgor Grenchen.
Replays
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|30 August 1936
Note to match Payerne–Dopolavoro: Payerne declaied forfeit and the match was awarded as 3–0 victory for USI Dopolavoro Genève. Note to match Chippis–Morges: Chippis declaied forfeit and the match was awarded as 3–0 victory for FC Forward Morges.
Third preliminary round
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|30 August 1936
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|13 September 1936
Fourth preliminary round
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|20 September 1936
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|27 September 1936
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|4 October 1936
Note to match FC Industrie–FC Horgen: Horgen declaied forfeit and the match was awarded as 3–0 victory for FC Industrie. Note to match Langnau am Albis–Minerva: Minerva declaied forfeit and the match was awarded as 3–0 victory for Langnau am Albis.
First principal round The 13 clubs from the 1936–37 Nationalliga and the 24 clubs from this season's 1. Liga joined the competition in the first principal round. Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|4 October 1936
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|25 October 1936
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|25 October 1936
Replays
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|25 October 1936
Matches
Forward Morges played the 1936/37 season in the 2. Liga (third tier), Sevette in the Nationalliga.
FC Töss played the 1936/37 season in the 2. Liga (third tier), Zürich in the 1. Liga (second tier).
Solothurn and Aarau both played the 1936/37 season in the 1. Liga (second tier).
Basel played the 1936/37 season in the Nationalliga (top-tier), Concordia in the 1. Liga (second tier).
Round 2 Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|1 November 1936
Replays
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|8 November 1936
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|6 December 1936
Matches
Aurore Bienne played the 1936/37 season in the 2. Liga (third tier).
Zofingen played the 1936/37 season in the 2. Liga (third tier).
Juventus and Zürich both played the 1936/37 season in the 1. Liga (second tier).
Aarau and Concordia both played the 1936/37 season in the 1. Liga (second tier).
Round 3 Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|6 December 1936
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|13 December 1936
Matches
Both teams played the 1936/37 season in the Nationalliga.
Both teams played the 1936/37 season in the Nationalliga.
FC Schaffhausen and Zürich both played the 1936/37 season in the 1. Liga (second tier).
Old Boys played the 1936/37 season in the 2. Liga (third tier), Aarau in the 1. Liga (second tier).
Quarter-finals Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|7 February 1937
Matches
Old Boys played the 1936/37 season in the 2. Liga (third tier), GC in the Nationalliga (top-tier).
Both teams played the season in the Nationalliga (top-tier).
Both teams played the season in the Nationalliga (top-tier).
Biel-Bienne played the 1936/37 season in the Nationalliga (top-tier), Zürich in the 1. Liga (second tier).
Semi-finals Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|14 March 1936
Matches
Final The final was traditionally held in the capital Bern, at the former Wankdorf Stadium, on Easter Monday 1937. Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|29 March 1937
Telegram
Grasshopper Club won the cup and this was the club's fifth cup title to this date. Noteworthy to this result is that three players had achieved a hat-trick. Also noteworthy, is the fact that this was the second time that the final had ended with the result 10–0 and both times one of the finalists was Lausanne-Sport, only this time they had been beaten. Two years earlier they had won the cup with 10–0 against Nordstern. Some two months after the Cup final, on 6 June, the last day of the season, GC secured themselves the Swiss league championship title with their 4–0 victory against Basel. That was the second time in Grasshoppers history, that the club had achieved the double.
Further in Swiss football 1936–37 Nationalliga 1936–37 Swiss 1. Liga 1936–37 FC Basel season 1936–37 BSC Young Boys season
References
Sources Fussball-Schweiz FCB Cup games 1936–37 at fcb-achiv.ch Switzerland 1936–37 at RSSSF