1980–81 Swiss Cup

1980–81 Swiss Cup
Tournament details
CountrySwitzerland
Final positions
ChampionsLausanne-Sport
Runners-upZürich

The 1980–81 Swiss Cup was the 56th season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition.

Overview

The competition began on 2 and 3 August 1980 with the first games of the first round and was completed on Whit Monday 8 June 1981 with the final, which was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern. The teams from the Nationalliga B were granted byes for the first round. The games of the second round were played one week later, on the weekend 9 and 10 of August. The teams from the Nationalliga A were granted byes for the first three rounds, they joined the competition in the fourth round on 26/27 and 28 September. The matches were played in a knockout format. Up until the fifth round, 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 fifth round replays were foreseen and this was played on the visiting team's pitch. The winners of the cup qualified themselves for the first round of the Cup Winners' Cup in the next season.

Round 2

Summary

The teams from the NLB had joined the cup competition in the second round. Whenever possible, the draw was respecting regionalities and the lower-tier team was granted home advantage.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
9/10 August 1980
Monthey 1–2 Vevey Sports
SC Emmen 5–5 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)
Biel-Bienne
SC Zug 0–1 Grenchen
FC Boudry 0–3 Bern
Central Fribourg 0–5 Fribourg
FC Sursee 2–0 Kriens
FC Oberentfelden 1–0 Wettingen
FC Uzwil 0–1 Frauenfeld
Burgdorf 2–2 (a.e.t.)
Aarau pen.
Aarau
Morobbia Giubiasco 0–2 Mendrisiostar
FC Stäfa ZH 1–6 Lugano
FC Onex 1–5 Bulle
FC Rapid Ostermundigen 0–2 La Chaux-de-Fonds
Brühl 2–5 Winterthur
FC Ibach 2–3 (a.e.t.) FC Lerchenfeld
FC Suhr 2–1 (a.e.t.) Emmenbrücke
FC Fétigny 0–1 Stade Lausanne
Gossau 1–2 (a.e.t.) FC Altstätten (St. Gallen)
FC Birsfelden 1–0 Muttenz
FC Aurore Bienne 0–2 FC Allschwil
FC Breitenbach 1–1 (a.e.t.)
Laufen pen
Laufen
Concordia Lausanne 2–4 FC Orbe
FC Renens 1–0 FC Vernier
Yverdon-Sport 1–2 (a.e.t.) Martigny-Sports
Stade Nyonnais 4–0 FC Saint-Jean GE
Meyrin 1–2 Etoile Carouge
Lengnau 5–1 Delémont
FC Wolhusen 2–1 Köniz
FC Olten 0–2 Schaffhausen
Blue Stars 1–0 US Giubiasco
Vaduz 3–0 FC Unterstrass
Losone Sportiva 0–3 FC Turicum ZH
SC Düdingen 3–2 FC Estavayer-le-Lac
FC Kilchberg 1–2 SC Veltheim
FC Widnau 2–1 (a.e.t.) FC Zwingen
FC Hinwil 0–3 Red Star

Matches


Burgdorf2–2 (a.e.t.)Aarau

FCA summary
Penalties
2–4
Stadion Neumatt, Burgdorf
Attendance: 700
Referee: Hauri

Round 3

Summary

Team 1  Score  Team 2
23 August 1980
Frauenfeld 1–0 Winterthur
Lengnau 3–1 La Chaux-de-Fonds
Aarau 7–1 SC Emmen
Schaffhausen 2–1 FC Widnau
FC Birsfelden 2–1 Grenchen
Vevey Sports 3–2 (a.e.t.) FC Orbe
Düdingen 3–4 Fribourg
FC Oberentfelden 2–1 FC Sursee
Stade Nyonnais 1–6 Etoile Carouge
Laufen 1–2 FC Allschwil
FC Altstätten (St. Gallen) 3–2 Blue Stars
24 August 1980
SC Veltheim 4–2 Red Star
FC Suhr 3–1 FC Lerchenfeld
FC Renens 2–5 Martigny-Sports
FC Wohlhusen 0–6 Bern
Stade Lausanne 1–2 Bulle
Vaduz 4–3 FC Turicum ZH
Mendrisiostar 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
Lugano

Matches


Aarau7–1SC Emmen[1]






FCA summary
Attendance: 900

Round 4

The teams from the NLA joined the cup competition in the fourth round. Again, whenever possible, the draw was respecting regionalities and the lower-tier team was granted home advantage.

Summary

Team 1  Score  Team 2
26 September 1980
Bulle 4–2 Bern
27 September 1980
FC Oberentfelden 1–3 Chênois
FC Altstätten (St. Gallen) 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p)
Lugano
Martigny-Sports 2–1 Servette
FC Birsfelden 0–2 Chiasso
Aarau 0–6 Grasshopper Club
Frauenfeld 2–4 Zürich
Fribourg 0–3 Basel
Vevey Sports 0–4 Sion
28 September 1980
Lengnau 0–1 Lausanne-Sport
Vaduz 1–6 Luzern
Schaffhausen 0–2 Young Boys
Etoile Carouge 3–4 (a.e.t.) Nordstern
SC Veltheim 0–1 (a.e.t.) St. Gallen
FC Suhr 0–4 Neuchâtel Xamax
FC Allschwil 0–3 Bellinzona

Matches


Martigny-Sports2–1Servette

Servette summary (0:1) Schnyder
Stade d'Octodure, Martigny

Aarau0–6Grasshopper Club
FCA summary




Referee: Rudolf Renggli (Luzern)

Frauenfeld2–4Zürich
Hanspeter Studer 28' (1:0)
Frei 82' (2:3)
FCZ summary 32' (1:1) Elsener
59' (1:2) Seiler
68' (1:3) Moser
88' (2:4) Erba
Kleine Allmend, Frauenfeld
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Bruno Burgener (Kriens)

Fribourg0–3Basel
FCB summary 36' (0:1) Lauscher
47' (0:2) Maissen
87' (0:3) Mullis
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Othmar Winter

Schaffhausen0–2Young Boys
YB summary 57' (0:1) Berkemeier
90' (0:2) Schönenberger
Attendance: 3,900
Referee: Marino Paggiola

Round 5

Summary

Team 1  Score  Team 2
8 November 1980
Grasshopper Club 4–1 Young Boys
9 November 1980
Bulle 0–5 Zürich
Lausanne-Sport 1–0 Luzern
Chiasso 0–2 (a.e.t.) Sion
Basel 6–0 Martigny-Sports
Chênois 0–1 Nordstern
St. Gallen 2–0 Neuchâtel Xamax
Bellinzona 2–1 FC Altstätten (St. Gallen)

Matches


Grasshopper Club4–1Young Boys
Egli 5' (1:0)
Hermann 25' (2:0)
Sulser 59' (3:1)
Zanetti 74' (4:1)
summary 56' (2:1) Schönenberger
Attendance: 4,700

Bulle0–5Zürich
FCZ summary Jerković 13' (0:1)
Jerković 27' (0:2)
Seiler 55' (0:3)
Seiler 65' (0:4)
Zwicker 87' (0:5)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee:

Basel6 – 0Martigny-Sports
Küttel 1' (1:0)
Maissen 22' (2:0)
Maissen 38' (3:0)
Küttel 48' (4:0)
Stohler 66′
Tanner 67' (5:0)
Gaisser 84' (6:0)
Summary
Attendance: 1,900
Referee: Roland Chapuis

Quarter-finals

Summary

Team 1  Score  Team 2
29 November 1980
Zürich P–P Basel
30 November 1980
Nordstern 2–2 (a.e.t.) Lausanne-Sport
Sion 3–1 St. Gallen
Bellinzona 1–4 Grasshopper Club
28 March 1981
Zürich 3–0 Basel

The original Match FCZ-FCB should have been played on 29 November, but was posponed due to snow.

Replay
Team 1  Score  Team 2
2 March 1981
Lausanne-Sport 3–1 Nordstern

Matches


Zürich3–0Basel
Elsener  15'
Seiler 24' (1:0)
Elsener 42' (2:0)
Seiler 70' (3:0)
Baur  88'
FCB summary
FCZ summary
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Peter Scherz

Semi-finals

Summary

Team 1  Score  Team 2
20 April 1981
Lausanne-Sport 1–1 (a.e.t.) Grasshopper Club
Sion 0–0 (a.e.t.) Zürich
Replays
Team 1  Score  Team 2
5 May 1981
Zürich 4–0 Sion
12 May 1981
Grasshopper Club 1–3 Lausanne-Sport

Matches


Sion0–0 (a.e.t.)Zürich
FCZ summary  107' Lüdi
 114' Zwicker
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Ulrich Nyffenegger (Nidau)

Zürich4–0Sion
Peterhans 8' (1:0)
Zappa 31' (2:0)
Moser 45' (3:0)
Zappa 88' (4:0)
FCZ summary
Attendance: 8,735
Referee: Georges Sandoz (Corcelles-Cormondrèche, Neuchâtel)

Final

The final was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern on Whit Monday 1981.

Summary

Team 1  Score  Team 2
8 June 1981
Lausanne-Sport 4–3 (a.e.t.) Zürich

Telegram


Lausanne-Sport4–3 (a.e.t.)Zürich
Raczynski  4'
Kok 47' (1:1)
Mauron 65' (2:2)
Crescenzi 97' (3:2)
Crescenzi 99' (4:2)
Fussball-Schweiz summary 38' (0:1) Lüdi
52' (pen.) Zappa
 76' Zappa
 103' Iselin
107' (4:3) Peterhans
 117' Lüdi
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Jakob Baumann (Schaffhausen)

Lausanne-Sport won the cup and this was the club's seventh cup title to this date.[2]

Further in Swiss football

References

  1. ^ (red) Innerschweizerischer Fussballverband (2024). "SC Emmen" (in German). Innerschweizerischer Fussballverband. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  2. ^ (red) dbFCZ (2024). "1980/1981-Swiss Cup Final" (in Swiss High German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

Sources

Preceded by
1979–80
Swiss Cup
seasons
Succeeded by
1981–82