The 1934–35 Swiss Cup was the 10th 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 three preliminary rounds. These were played during the last few week-ends of August 1934. The first principal round was played at the beginning of October. The competition was to be completed on Sunday 19 May 1935, with the final, which this year was held at the Pontaise in Lausanne.
The preliminary rounds were held for the lower league teams that were not qualified for the main rounds. Reserve teams were not admitted to the competition. The 14 clubs from the 1934–35 Nationalliga and the 22 clubs from this season's 1. Liga joined the competition in the first principal round, which was played on Sunday 7 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 second extra time was played, or a replay was foreseen and this was played on the visiting team's pitch. If the replay ended in a draw after extra time, it would require another replay. However, 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 three preliminary knockout 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 28 before the first main round, to join the 36 clubs from the top two tiers. The draw in these rounds respected local regionalities. The preliminary rounds were played during August, a few in September, but all in advance of the lower leagues regional season.
First preliminary round
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|12 August 1934
Note to match Floria-Le Parc: The result was annulled and awarded forfeit 3–0 victory for FC Floria.
Second preliminary round
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|19 August 1934
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|26 August 1934
Note (t): Match Villeneuve–Renens no replay was agreed between the two teams. Villeneuve-Sports qualified on toss of a coin. Note to match Martigny-Chênois: The result was annulled and awarded forfeit 3–0 victory for Chênois. Note to match Étoile-Sporting–Orbe: Étoile-Sporting declaied forfeit and the match was awarded forfeit 3–0 victory for Orbe. Étoile-Sporting withdrew in championship and in cup. Note to match Delémont–Black Stars: the match was abandoned due to a fault of the referee and was replayed Replays
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|26 August 1934
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|2 September 1934
Third preliminary round
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|26 August 1934
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|2 September 1934
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|16 September 1934
Note (t): Match La Tour-de-Peilz–FC Gloria no replay was agreed between the two teams. FC Gloria qualified on toss of a coin. Note to match Chênois–Sion: Sion declaied forfeit and the match was awarded forfeit 3–0 victory for Chênois Replay
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|2 September 1934
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|6 October 1934
First principal round Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|7 October 1934
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|28 October 1934
Note to the match Sierre–Solothurn: The match was played in Solothurn
Matches
Sevette played the 1934/35 season in the Nationalliga (top-tier), Fribourg in the 1. Liga (second tier).
Bellinzona played the 1934/35 season in the 1. Liga (second tier), Basel in the Nationalliga (top-tier).
Zürich played the 1934/35 season in the 1. Liga (second tier), Wohlen in the 2. Liga (third tier).
Aarau played the 1934/35 season in the 1. Liga (second tier), CS La Tour-de-Peilz in the 3. Liga (fourth tier).
Round 2 Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|18 November 1934
Replay
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|1 December 1934
Matches
Young Boys played the 1934/35 season in the Nationalliga (top-tier).
Cantonal played the 1934/35 season in the 1. Liga (second tier).
St. Gallen played the 1934/35 season in the 1. Liga (second tier).
Round 3 Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|2 December 1934
Matches
Both teams played the 1934/35 season in the Nationalloga (top-tier).
Both teams played the 1934/35 season in the Nationalloga (top-tier).
Both teams played the 1934/35 season in the Nationalloga (top-tier).
Chiasso played the 1934/35 season in the 1. Liga (second tier).
Quarter-finals The quarter-finals were due to take place on 2 February 1935, but all the matches were postponed due to bad weather and rescheduled for the beginning of March. Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|3 March 1935
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Matches
Urania played the 1934/35 season in the 1. Liga (second tier).
Both teams played the 1934/35 season in the Nationalloga (top-tier).
Both teams played the 1934/35 season in the Nationalloga (top-tier).
Both teams played the 1934/35 season in the Nationalloga (top-tier).
Semi-finals Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|22 April 1935
Matches
Final The final was held in Lausanne, at the Pontaise, on Sunday 19 May 1935. Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|19 May 1935
Telegram
Lausanne-Sport won the cup and this was the club's first cup title to this date. As they won the Swiss championship two weeks later, on 19 May, the team won the domestic Double in this season. This was the clubs first double to this date. This is the highest Swiss Cup final result of all time (together with GC–Lausanne in 1937). Willy Jäggi is the only player to date to score five goals in a cup final.
Further in Swiss football 1934–35 Nationalliga 1934–35 Swiss 1. Liga
References
Sources Fussball-Schweiz FCB Cup games 1934–35 at fcb-achiv.ch Switzerland 1934–35 at RSSSF