1975–76 Swiss Cup

The 1975–76 Swiss Cup was the 51st season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition.

The cup competition began on 8 June 1975, with the first games of the first round, but this round was not completed until 3 August. The entire competition was to be completed on Easter Monday 19 April 1976 with the final, which was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern. The clubs from this season's Nationalliga B (NLB) were granted byes for the first round. These entered the competition for the second round, played on the weekend of 9 and 10 of August. The clubs from this season's Nationalliga A (NLA) were granted byes for the first three rounds. These teams joined the competition in the fourth round on 27 and 28 September.

The matches were played in a knockout format. In the first two rounds, 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 third-round, 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. The quarter- and semi-finals were played as two legged fixtures. This was to be the last year of this practice- From next season onwards these would again become one legged fixtures. The final, es ever, was held in one match. The winners of the competition qualified themselves for the first round of the Cup Winners' Cup in the next season.

In this first phase, the lower league teams that had qualified themselves through the regional football associations took part in the competition. The draw respected local regionalities.

The teams from the NLB entered the cup competition in the second round, they were seeded and could not be drawn against each other. Whenever possible, the draw respected local regionalities. The lower-tier team in each drawn tie was granted the home advantage.

Aarau won on penalties.

Replays

The teams from the NLA entered the cup competition in the fourth round, they were seeded and could not be drawn against each other. The draw was still respecting regionalities and the lower-tier team was again granted the home advantage.

Replay

• All three games marked A–A were abandoned during play, due to fog.

Replays

The first legs were played on 16 November and the return legs were played on 7 December 1975.

• [Protest from Biel-Bienne following a technical error by the referee, the goalless replay was held on 29 February 1976; the original score from 7 December had been: Lausanne-Sports–FC Biel-Bienne 4–1]

The first legs were played on 16 or 21 March and the return legs were played on 21 and 24 March 1976.

The final was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern on Easter Monday 1976.

Zürich won the cup and this was the club's fifth cup title to this date and they were all achieved in the last eleven years. At the end of the 1975–76 Nationalliga A season, FCZ also won the Swiss championship and thus completed the domenstic double for the second time in the club's history. The Zurich team finished the league five points ahead of Servette and, with only one single defeat during the season (against Xamax), became only the second club in Swiss football history to win three consecutive championship titles. Consequently, the club were awarded the championship trophy to keep.^[2]

• 1975–76 Nationalliga A
• 1975–76 Swiss 1. Liga

• Fussball-Schweiz
• 1975–76 at fcb-achiv.ch
• Switzerland 1975–76 at RSSSF