2015–16 Swiss Cup

Country

Switzerland

Teams

Champions

FC Zürich

Runners-up

FC Lugano

Matches played

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The 2015–16 Swiss Cup is the 91st season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition. The competition started on 15 August 2015 with the first games of Round 1 and ended on 29 May 2016 with the Final, won by FC Zürich. As winners of the competition they qualified for the group stage^[1] of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. The reigning title holders were Sion.

Participating clubs

All teams from 2014–15 Super League and 2014–15 Challenge League as well as the top 4 teams from 2014–15 Promotion League automatically entered this year's competition. The remaining 41 teams had to qualify through separate qualifying rounds within their leagues. Reserve teams and teams from Liechtenstein are not allowed in the competition, the latter only enter the 2015–16 Liechtenstein Cup.

2015–16 Super League 9 teams	2015–16 Challenge League 10 teams	2015–16 Promotion League 9 teams	2015–16 1. Liga 12 teams	2015–16 2. Liga Interregional 11 teams	2015–16 Regional leagues 13 teams
FC Basel (BS) Grasshopper Zürich (ZH) FC Lugano (TI) FC Luzern (LU) FC Sion ^TH (VS) FC St. Gallen (SG) FC Thun (BE) BSC Young Boys (BE) FC Zürich (ZH)	FC Aarau (AG) FC Biel-Bienne (BE) FC Chiasso (TI) FC Lausanne-Sport (VD) FC Le Mont (VD) Neuchâtel Xamax FCS (NE) FC Schaffhausen (SH) FC Wil (SG) FC Winterthur (ZH) FC Wohlen (AG)	FC Breitenrain (BE) SC Brühl (SG) SC Cham (ZG) FC Köniz (BE) SC Kriens (LU) BSC Old Boys (BS) Servette FC (GE) FC Stade Nyonnais (VD) SC YF Juventus (ZH)	FC Azzurri LS (VD) FC Bavois (VD) SC Buochs (NW) SR Delémont (JU) FC La Chaux-de-Fonds (NE) FC Martigny-Sports (VS) FC Münsingen (BE) FC Oberwallis Naters (VS) FC Solothurn (SO) FC United Zürich (ZH) FC Wettswil-Bonstetten (ZH) FC Zug 94 (ZG)	AC Bellinzona (TI) FC Bulle (FR) AS Castello (TI) FC Dardania Lausanne (VD) FC Konolfingen (BE) Meyrin FC (GE) SV Muttenz (BL) FC Red Star Zürich (ZH) FC Sierre (VS) FC Tavannes/Tramelan (BE) FC Uzwil (SG)	Sixth tier FC Arbon 05 (TG) FC Brunnen (SZ) FC Gontenschwil (AG) FC Grand-Saconnex (GE) FC Härkingen (SO) FC Küsnacht (ZH) FC Matran (FR) FC Pied du Jura (VD) FC Pratteln (BL) FC Ticino (NE) Seventh tier FC Hausen am Albis (ZH) FC Länggasse (BE) FC Rheineck (SG)

^TH Title holders.

Round 1

Teams from Super League and Challenge League were seeded 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.

15 August 2015	FC Red Star Zürich	1-0	FC Oberwallis Naters	Zürich
16:00	Cyrill Graf 67'	Report		Stadium: Allmend Brunau

15 August 2015	FC Konolfingen	1-1 (a.e.t.) (1-4 p)	FC Martigny-Sports	Konolfingen
16:30	Christoph Künzi 114'	Report	102' Ramiz Mehmetaj 114' Joël Ndongabi	Stadium: Inseli

15 August 2015	FC Uzwil	0-0 (a.e.t.) (4-5 p)	FC Sierre	Henau
17:00		Report	42' Christian Amato	Stadium: Rüti

15 August 2015	FC Pied du Jura	1-3	FC Münsingen	Apples
17:00	Samy Laubscher 46'	Report	2' David Frey 31' Christian Plüss 89' Sandro Christen	Stadium: Terrain les Planches à Apples

15 August 2015	FC Bulle	2-1	FC Dardania Lausanne	Bulle
17:00	Theo Jaquet 18' Hakim Khadrouche 44'	Report	75' Gustavo Fernando Batista	Stadium: Stade de Bouleyres

15 August 2015	AS Castello	0-2	FC Lugano	Mendrisio
17:00		Report	8' Tosetti 83' (pen.) Bottani	Stadium: Campo comunale Attendance: 1'748

15 August 2015	SC Kriens	1-2	BSC Young Boys	Kriens
17:30	Sorgić 58'	Report	45', 54' Kubo	Stadium: Kleinfeld Attendance: 2'312 Referee: Fedayi San

15 August 2015	Meyrin FC	0-4	FC Basel	Meyrin
18:00		Report	35', 60' Ajeti 58' Elneny 61' Delgado	Stadium: Stade des Arbères Attendance: 2'100 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

15 August 2015	FC Hausen am Albis	0-9	FC St. Gallen	Hausen am Albis
18:00		Report	18' Lang 24', 77' Gotal 44' Michael Scherrer 67', 83' Andi Qerfozi 69' Michael Eisenring 78' Tafer 82' Aratore	Stadium: Jonentäli Attendance: 2'200 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

15 August 2015	FC Bavois	1-3	FC Wil	Bavois
18:00	Aziz Demiri 79'	Report	84' Şahin 88', 90' Santos	Stadium: Terrain des Peupliers Attendance: 200 Referee: Skalonja

15 August 2015	FC Küsnacht	2-9	FC Wohlen	Küsnacht
18:00	Bieli 38' 84' Anthony Bauer	Report	2', 52' Rexhep Thaqi 12' Simon Dünki 34', 46', 72' Ramizi 53' Schultz 57' Abegglen 77' Lugo	Stadium: Heslibach Attendance: 350

15 August 2015	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	3-1 (a.e.t.)	Zug 94	La Chaux-de-Fonds
18:00	Frédéric Tosato 39' Julien Pretot 92' Alhassane Touré 108'	Report	6' (pen.) Dušan Ilić 94' Pasquale Martino	Stadium: Stade de la Charrière

15 August 2015	FC Rheineck	1-7	FC Köniz	Rheineck
18:30	Alessandro Chiarello 90+4' (pen.)	Report	6', 90+3' Altin Osmani 21' Cristian Miani 58' Dino Rebronja 61', 85' Varela 86' Raphael Walther	Stadium: Stapfenwies

15 August 2015	FC Pratteln	2-3	SV Muttenz	Pratteln
19:00				Stadium: Stadion Sandgruben

15 August 2015	FC Länggasse	1-2	FC Wettswil-Bonstetten	Bern
19:00	Matthias Hadorn 11' Yves Mezger 90+5'	Report	4' Yannick Waser 90+4' Oleg Dukhnich	Stadium: Stadion Neufeld

15 August 2015	FC Solothurn	0-4	FC Thun	Solothurn
19:30		Report	10', 21' Frontino 63', 85' Munsy	Stadium: Stadion FC Solothurn Attendance: 1'200 Referee: Sébastien Pache

15 August 2015	SC Buochs	0-2 (a.e.t.)	FC Le Mont	Buochs
20:00		Report	108' Adrian Alvarez 116' Aurélien Chappuis	Stadium: Seefeld

16 August 2015	SC Cham	1–4	Grasshopper Zürich	Cham
14:00	Severin Dätwyler 25' Esat Balaj 89'	Report	81' Marko Bašić 82' Tarashaj 90+2', 90+4' Dabbur	Stadium: Eizmoos Attendance: 2'345 Referee: Pascal Erlachner

16 August 2015	FC Brunnen	0–2	FC Sion	Brunnen
14:00				Stadium: Stadion Schoeller-Meyer

16 August 2015	FC Härkingen	0–4	FC Breitenrain	Härkingen
14:30				Stadium: Sportplatz Aesch

16 August 2015	FC Tavannes/Tramelan	1–6	FC Zürich	Tramelan
15:00				Stadium: Allianz Suisse Stadium

16 August 2015	FC Stade Nyonnais	2–2 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p)	FC Chiasso	Nyon
15:00				Stadium: Centre sportif de Colovray

16 August 2015	FC United Zürich	0–5	FC Aarau	Zürich
15:00				Stadium: Utogrund

16 August 2015	FC Matran	1–4	AC Bellinzona	Matran
15:00				Stadium: Stade de Matran

16 August 2015	Servette FC	2–5	FC Luzern	Lancy
15:30				Stadium: Stade de Genève

16 August 2015	SC Brühl	1–5	Neuchâtel Xamax FCS	St. Gallen
16:00				Stadium: Paul-Grüninger-Stadion

16 August 2015	BSC Old Boys	1–2	FC Schaffhausen	Basel
16:00				Stadium: Schützenmatte

16 August 2015	SR Delémont	0–1	FC Winterthur	Delémont
16:00				Stadium: Stade de la Blancherie

16 August 2015	FC Grand-Saconnex	1–10	FC Biel-Bienne	Collex-Bossy
16:00				Stadium: Stade Marc-Burdet

16 August 2015	FC Ticino	0–3	FC Lausanne-Sport	Le Locle
16:00				Stadium: Stade des Jeannerets

16 August 2015	FC Arbon 05	1–4	SC YF Juventus	Arbon
16:00				Stadium: Stacherholz

16 August 2015	FC Gontenschwil	0–2	FC Azzurri LS	Gontenschwil
16:00				Stadium: Neumättli

Round 2

The winners of Round 1 played in this round. Teams from Super League were seeded, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable. Teams in bold continue to the third round.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
18 September 2015
FC Lausanne-Sport	0–1	FC Thun
FC Köniz	3–1	Grasshopper Zürich
19 September 2015
FC Red Star Zürich	1–1 (a.e.t.) (p. 5–4)	FC Azzurri LS
AC Bellinzona	2–3 (a.e.t.)	FC Lugano
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	0–3	FC Aarau
FC Schaffhausen	2–1 (a.e.t.)	FC Wil
FC Winterthur	1–1 (a.e.t.) (p. 6–5)	FC Biel-Bienne
FC Breitenrain	0–2	FC St. Gallen
FC Sierre	0–3	FC Wettswil-Bonstetten
FC Wohlen	0–1	FC Zürich
20 September 2015
SC YF Juventus	1–4	FC Basel
FC Münsingen	0–2	FC Sion
Neuchâtel Xamax FCS	2–4	FC Luzern
FC Martigny-Sports	0–1	FC Le Mont
FC Bulle	0–3	SV Muttenz
FC Chiasso	0–2	BSC Young Boys

Round 3

The winners of Round 2 played in this round. The home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league. Teams in bold continue to the quarter-finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
28 October 2015
FC Wettswil-Bonstetten	1–2	FC Thun
SV Muttenz	1–5	FC Basel
FC Red Star Zürich	1–2	FC Köniz
FC St. Gallen	2–3	FC Luzern
29 October 2015
FC Aarau	2–0	FC Le Mont
BSC Young Boys	1–3	FC Zürich
FC Schaffhausen	2–3 (a.e.t.)	FC Sion
FC Winterthur	0–2	FC Lugano

Quarter-finals

The winners of Round 3 played in the Quarter-finals. There was no home advantage granted in the draw. Teams in bold continue to the next round.

FC Aarau v FC Luzern

12 December 2015
18:00

FC Aarau	3–4	FC Luzern
Nganga 4', 90+3' Romano 55'		Schneuwly 9', 79' Hyka 60' Lezcano 79'

Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
Attendance: 5,724
Referee: Alain Bieri

FC Thun v FC Zürich

12 December 2015
18:30

FC Thun	1–4	FC Zürich
Wittwer 11'		Etoundi 50', 71' Grgic 57' Koch 79'

Stockhorn Arena, Thun
Attendance: 4,917
Referee: Pascal Erlachner

FC Lugano v FC Köniz

13 December 2015
14:30

FC Lugano	2–0 (a.e.t.)	FC Köniz
Črnigoj 110' Donis 115'

Stadio Cornaredo, Lugano
Attendance: 1,849
Referee: Sébastien Pache

FC Sion v FC Basel

13 December 2015
15:30

FC Sion	2–2 (a.e.t.)	FC Basel
Pa Modou 37' Assifuah 66'		Elneny 79' Janko 89' (pen.)
	Penalties
Bia Ziegler Salatić Carlitos Pa Modou	4–3	Elneny Janko Bjarnason Samuel Callà

Stade de Tourbillon, Sion
Attendance: 9,200
Referee: Stephan Klossner

Semi-finals

FC Luzern v FC Lugano

2 March 2016
19:00

FC Luzern	1–2	FC Lugano
Schneuwly 45+1' (pen.)		Donis 2', 51'

Swissporarena, Lucerne

FC Sion v FC Zürich

2 March 2016
20:45

FC Sion	0–3	FC Zürich
		Kerzhakov 10', 43' Buff 50'

Stade de Tourbillon, Sion

Final

FC Lugano v FC Zürich

29 May 2016
16:15

FC Lugano	0–1	FC Zürich
		40' Sarr

Letzigrund, Zürich
Referee: Alain Bieri^[2]

References

↑ 2016/17 Access list Bert Kassies' Site
↑ http://refereesfifa.blogspot.fr/2016/05/switzerland-2016-swiss-cup-final.html

External links

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