2020–21 Swiss Cup

2020–21 Swiss Cup
Tournament details
Country	Switzerland
Date	29 August 2020 – 24 May 2021
Teams	37
Defending champions	Young Boys
Final positions
Champions	Luzern (3rd title)
Runner-up	St. Gallen
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The 2020–21 Swiss Cup was the 96th season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition. The competition began on 29 August 2020 with the first games of Round 1, and ended on 24 May 2021.

Young Boys were the title holders.

Participating clubs

All teams from 2019–20 Super League and 2019–20 Challenge League. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only 18 slots (instead of 45) were allocated to teams from lower divisions. Those teams had to qualify through separate qualifying rounds within their leagues. Reserve teams and A-teams from Liechtenstein are not allowed in the competition, the latter only enter the 2020–21 Liechtenstein Cup.

2020–21 Super League 9 teams	2020–21 Challenge League 10 teams	2020–21 Promotion League 3 teams	2020–21 1. Liga 4 teams	2020–21 2. Liga Interregional 4 teams	2020–21 Regional leagues 7 teams
FC Basel (BS) FC Lausanne-Sport (VD) FC Lugano (TI) FC Luzern (LU) FC Sion (VS) FC St. Gallen (SG) Servette FC (GE) BSC Young Boys^TH (BE) FC Zürich (ZH)	FC Aarau (AG) FC Chiasso (TI) Grasshopper Zürich (ZH) SC Kriens (LU) Neuchâtel Xamax FCS (NE) FC Schaffhausen (SH) FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy (VD) FC Thun (BE) FC Wil (SG) FC Winterthur (ZH)	FC Black Stars (BS) FC Köniz (BE) FC Stade Nyonnais (VD)	FC Schötz (LU) FC Solothurn (SO) FC Tuggen (ZG) FC Vevey United (VD)	FC Ajoie-Monterri (JU) FC Monthey (VS) SC Schöftland (AG) FC Sierre (VS)	Sixth tier SC Balerna (TI) FC Dübendorf (ZH) FC Laufen (BL) FC Savièse (VS) Seventh tier FC Dürrenast (BE) AS Haute-Broye (VD) FC Zollbrück (BE)

Teams in bold are still active in the competition.

^TH Title holders.

Round 1

Teams from Super League and Challenge League received a bye in this round. In a match, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable. Teams in bold continue to the next round of the competition.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
29 August 2020
FC Monthey (5)	2–1	FC Black Stars (3)
AS Haute-Broye (7)	1–4	FC Vevey United (4)
SC Schöftland (5)	6–1	FC Sierre (5)
30 August 2020
FC Laufen (6)	0–6	FC Solothurn (4)
FC Dübendorf (6)	1–2	FC Schötz (4)
FC Savièse (6)	0–2	SC Balerna (6)
FC Zollbrück (7)	0–7	FC Stade Nyonnais (3)
FC Ajoie-Monterri (5)	0–2	FC Tuggen (4)
31 August 2020
FC Dürrenast (7)	1–5	FC Köniz (3)

Round 2

Teams engaged in UEFA competitions received a bye in this round. Teams from Super League were seeded. In a match, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable. Teams in bold continue to the next round of the competition.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
11 September 2020
FC Schaffhausen (2)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	FC Lugano (1)
12 September 2020
FC Schötz (4)	0–3	FC Sion (1)
FC Tuggen (4)	1–2	FC Winterthur (2)
FC Stade Nyonnais (3)	1–3	FC Lausanne-Sport (1)
FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy (2)	1–2	Grasshopper Zürich (2)
FC Aarau (2)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	FC Wil (2)
FC Vevey United (4)	3–0	FC Köniz (3)
13 September 2020
SC Schöftland (5)	1–5	FC Solothurn (4)
Neuchâtel Xamax FCS (2)	1–4	SC Kriens (2)
FC Chiasso (2)	3–2	FC Zürich (1)
FC Thun (2)	0–1	FC Luzern (1)
26 September 2020
SC Balerna (6)	1–2	FC Monthey (5)

Round 3

In a match, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable. Teams in bold continue to the next round of the competition.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
10 February 2021
FC Aarau (2)	4–2	FC Sion (1)
FC Solothurn (4)	0–3 (w/o)	SC Kriens (2)
17 February 2021
FC Winterthur (2)	6–2	FC Basel (1)
24 February 2021
Grasshopper Zürich (2)	2–0	FC Lausanne-Sport (1)
10 March 2021
FC Chiasso (2)	1–2	FC Luzern (1)
7 April 2021
FC Vevey United (4)	2–4	Servette FC (1)
FC Monthey (5)	0–3	FC Lugano (1)
8 April 2021
St. Gallen (1)	4–1	BSC Young Boys (1)

Quarter-finals

In a match, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable. Teams in bold continue to the next round of the competition.

6 April 2021	FC Aarau	3–0	FC Winterthur	Aarau
18:00	Almeida 12' Bergsma 41' Gashi 41'			Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

13 April 2021	FC Lugano	1–2 (a.e.t.)	FC Luzern	Lugano
17:00	Lovrić 20'		79' Schürpf 107' Ndiaye	Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Referee: Alain Bieri

14 April 2021	SC Kriens	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Servette FC	Kriens
17:00	Mistrafovic 24' Sessolo 78'		67' Cognat 85' Kyei 107' Ondoua	Stadium: Stadion Kleinfeld Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

14 April 2021	Grasshopper Zürich	1–2	St. Gallen	Zurich
18:00	Bonatini 90+3'		5' Görtler 18' Víctor Ruiz	Stadium: Stade du Letzigrund Referee: Fedayi San

Semi-finals

Teams in bold continue to the next round of the competition.

4 May 2021	FC Aarau	1–2	FC Luzern	Aarau
17:30	Almeida 10'		4' Ndiaye 74' Tasar	Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld Referee: Sandro Schärer

5 May 2021	Servette FC	0–1	St. Gallen	Lancy
17:00			84' Stillhart	Stadium: Stade de Genève Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

Final

24 May 2021	St. Gallen	1–3	FC Luzern	Bern
15:00	Adamu 42'	Report	27' Ndiaye 31' Wehrmann 71' Schürpf	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Referee: Lionel Tschudi

References

External links

Official site