2012–13 Swiss Cup

2012–13 Swiss Cup

Country	Switzerland
Teams	64
Champions	Grasshopper Club Zürich
Runners-up	FC Basel
Top goal scorer(s)	Frank Feltscher (8)
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The 2012–13 Swiss Cup was the 88th season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition. The competition commenced on 14 September 2012 with the first game of Round 1 and ended on 20 May 2013 with the Final. The winners of the competition, Grasshopper Club Zürich qualified for the play-off round^[1] of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League. They beat defending champions FC Basel in the final.

Participating clubs[]

All ten Super League and nine Challenge League teams (FC Vaduz are from Liechtenstein and thus play in the 2012–13 Liechtenstein Cup) entered this year's competition, as well as 45 teams from lower leagues. Teams from 1. Liga Promotion and below qualified through separate qualifying rounds within their leagues. Teams from regional leagues qualified by winning the last season's regional cups.

2012–13 Super League 10 teams	2012–13 Challenge League 9 teams	2012–13 1. Liga Promotion 6 teams	2012–13 1. Liga 13 teams	2012-13 2. Liga Interregional 10 teams	2012-13 Regional leagues 16 teams
FC Basel (BS) Grasshoppers Zürich (ZH) FC Lausanne-Sport (VD) FC Luzern (LU) Servette FC (GE) FC Sion (VS) FC St. Gallen (SG) FC Thun (BE) BSC Young Boys (BE) FC Zürich (ZH)	FC Aarau (AG) AC Bellinzona (TI) FC Biel-Bienne (BE) FC Chiasso (TI) FC Locarno (TI) FC Lugano (TI) FC Wil (SG) FC Winterthur (ZH) FC Wohlen (AG)	SC Brühl (SG) SR Delémont (JU) Étoile Carouge FC (GE) SC Kriens (LU) FC Schaffhausen (SH) FC Tuggen (SZ)	FC Baden (AG) FC Black Stars (BS) SC Cham (ZG) SC Düdingen (FR) FC Echallens (VD) FC Grenchen (SO) FC Köniz (BE) FC Le Mont (VD) FC Monthey (VS) SV Muttenz (BL) FC Schötz (LU) FC Wettswil-Bonstetten (ZH) SC Zofingen (AG)	SC Bümpliz 78 (BE) FC Colombier† (NE) FC Eschenbach (LU) FC Hergiswil (NW) FC Ibach (SZ) FC Langenthal (BE) FC La Sarraz-Éclépens (VD) FC Linth 04 (GL) FC Moutier (BE) FC Thierrens (VD)	Sixth tier FC Aarberg (BE) FC Altstetten (ZH) FC Amriswil (TG) FC Arlesheim (BL) FC Ems (GR) FC Hochdorf (LU) CS Italien (GE) FC Olten (SO) Pully Football (VD) FC Richemond (FR) FC Saxon-Sports (VS) FC Schönbühl (BE) AC Vallemaggia (TI) Vedeggio Calcio‡ (TI) FC Windisch (AG) Seventh tier FC DiessenhofenFP (TG)

Teams in bold are still active in the competition.

th Title holders.
^FP Qualified for having the lowest fair play points inside its regional tier.
^† Qualified as regional leagues cup winners before being promoted to 2. Liga Interregional.
^‡ Qualified through 2. Liga Interregional qualifiers after being relegated to their regional league.

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.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
14 September 2012
FC Le Mont	1–4	FC Biel-Bienne
15 September 2012
FC Olten	0–4	FC Lugano
FC Altstetten	0–7	FC St. Gallen
FC Wettswil-Bonstetten	1–5	BSC Young Boys
FC Arlesheim	1–3	FC Chiasso
FC Köniz	3–1	FC Tuggen
FC Amriswil	1–6	FC Basel
FC Schönbühl	2–1	FC Aarberg
FC Eschenbach	0–1	FC Winterthur
FC Monthey	2–4 (a.e.t.)	SC Brühl
FC Colombier	2–4	FC Hergiswil
SC Düdingen	3–4	FC Thun
FC Hochdorf	0–4	FC Lausanne-Sport
FC Thierrens	2–3	FC Locarno
FC Saxon-Sports	2–3 (a.e.t.)	FC La Sarraz-Éclépens
SC Zofingen	1–3 (a.e.t.)	FC Schötz
FC Langenthal	1–3	SC Kriens
FC Moutier	0–4	FC Grenchen
CS Italien	1–5	FC Schaffhausen
FC Ibach	1–2 (a.e.t.)	FC Black Stars
AC Vallemaggia	3–1 (a.e.t.)	SC Bümpliz 78
FC Diessenhofen	0–5	FC Baden
Étoile Carouge FC	1–1 (a.e.t.) (p. 4–5)	FC Wohlen
16 September 2012
SC Cham	2–1	Servette FC
SR Delémont	1–1 (a.e.t.) (p. 6–5)	FC Luzern
Vedeggio Calcio	0–5	Grasshoppers Zürich
FC Ems	0–5	AC Bellinzona
FC Echallens	0–6	FC Zürich
FC Windisch	0–7	FC Wil
FC Richemond	0–1	FC Sion
Pully Football	1–4	FC Aarau
FC Linth 04	2–3	SV Muttenz

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.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
10 November 2012
FC Schönbühl	0–4	SC Kriens
FC Black Stars	1–3	FC Zürich
AC Vallemaggia	0–6	Grasshoppers Zürich
FC Köniz	2–2 (a.e.t.) (p. 4–2)	FC Winterthur
FC Schötz	1–4	FC Wil
FC Baden	0–5	FC Schaffhausen
FC Lugano	0–2	FC Thun
11 November 2012
FC Grenchen	0–4	FC Wohlen
FC Hergiswil	0–3	FC Sion
FC Biel-Bienne	0–3	FC St. Gallen
SV Muttenz	1–5	BSC Young Boys
FC Chiasso	1–4	FC Basel
FC Aarau	2–0	AC Bellinzona
FC La Sarraz-Éclépens	0–3	SC Brühl
SC Cham	2–2 (a.e.t.) (p. 4–5)	FC Locarno
SR Delémont	0–4	FC Lausanne-Sport

Round 3[]

The winners of Round 2 played in this round, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
8 December 2012
SC Brühl	1–3	FC Lausanne-Sport
FC Schaffhausen	1–1 (a.e.t.) (p. 2–3)	Grasshoppers Zürich
9 December 2012
FC Köniz	1–5	FC Zürich
FC Wil	4–3	BSC Young Boys
FC Locarno	2–3 (a.e.t.)	FC Basel
3 February 2013
FC Wohlen	1–2	FC Thun
SC Kriens	0–4	FC Sion
FC Aarau	2–0 (a.e.t.)	FC St. Gallen

Quarter-finals[]

The winners of Round 3 played in the Quarter-finals, there was no home advantage granted in the draw.

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Semi-finals[]

The winners of the Quarter-finals stage advanced to play in the Semi-finals.

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Final[]

The winners of the Semi-finals stage played in the Final, which was held in the capital.

References[]

External links[]

• Official site (in German)
• Official site (in French)