2004–05 Swiss Cup

The 2004–05 Swiss Cup was the 80th season of Switzerland's annual cup competition. It began on 17 September with the first games of Round 1 and ended on 16 May 2005 with the Final held at St. Jakob-Park, Basel. The winners earned a place in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.

2004–05 Swiss Cup

Tournament details
Country	Switzerland
Final positions
Champions	FC Zürich
Runners-up	FC Luzern
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Alhassane Keita (6)
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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
17 September 2004
FC Martigny-Sports	0–6	BSC Young Boys
FC Porrentruy	1–3	FC Concordia Basel
FC Schötz	1–4 (a.e.t.)	FC Baden
FC Kickers Luzern	1–4	FC Zürich
FC Signal	0–3	FC Meyrin
18 September 2004
FC Saint-Imier	2–5	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
FC Epalinges	2–4	Yverdon-Sport FC
FC Collex-Bossy	0–3	FC Baulmes
FC Lausanne-Sport	1–2	Neuchâtel Xamax
FC Konolfingen	0–4	FC Sion
FC Biel-Bienne	0–2	FC Thun
FC Visp	0–1	FC Bex
FC Sierre	1–1 (a.e.t.) (p. 2–4)	FC Massongex
FC Muri	2–2 (a.e.t.) (p. 3–5)	FC Wohlen
FC Niedergösgen	0–9	FC Aarau
FC Oberdorf	0–4	FC Basel
FC Grenchen	1–3	SC Zofingen
FC Luterbach	2–1	FC Laufen
Inter Club Zurigo	0–7	Grasshoppers
FC Küssnacht a/R	1–2	SC YF Juventus
SC Cham	2-4	SC Kriens
Zug 94	0–2	FC Luzern
FC Affoltern	1–5	FC Winterthur
FC Wolhusen	2–1	FC Uster
FC Bazenheid	0–1 (a.e.t.)	AC Lugano
FC Altstätten	1–4	AC Bellinzona
FC Goldach	0–3	FC Chiasso
SC Brühl	2–4	FC Schaffhausen
FC Herisau	2–1	FC Wil 1900
19 September 2004
US Arbedo	1–3	FC St. Gallen
FC Stade Nyonnais	1–2	Servette FC
ES Belfaux	1–4	FC Bulle

Source:^[1]

Round 2

Teams from Super League were seeded in this round and could not play against each other. In a match, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
22 October 2004
SC Kriens	3–4 (a.e.t.)	SC YF Juventus
23 October 2004
FC Luterbach	0–7	Neuchâtel Xamax FC
FC Massongex	0–8	FC Thun
FC Sion	4–2	Servette FC
FC Wohlen	0–1	BSC Young Boys
FC Baulmes	1–0	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
AC Lugano	1–1 (a.e.t.) (p. 8–9)	FC Aarau
FC Winterthur	1–3	FC Luzern
FC Wolhusen	1–3	FC Chiasso
24 October 2004
FC Meyrin	1–3	FC Basel
FC Bex	1–7	FC Concordia Basel
FC Bulle	0–4	Yverdon-Sport FC
SC Zofingen	1–5	FC Schaffhausen
FC Baden	1–5 (a.e.t.)	FC St.Gallen
FC Herisau	2–7	FC Zürich
AC Bellinzona	2–2 (a.e.t.) (p. 4–3)	Grasshoppers

Source:^[1]

Round 3

The ties were drawn, there was no seeding, everyone could meet everyone. The home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, otherwise to the team that drawn first.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
20 November 2004
FC Baulmes	0–2	FC Aarau
FC Chiasso	1–0	Yverdon-Sport FC
FC Sion	1–2	BSC Young Boys
FC Thun	1–1 (a.e.t.) (p. 4–3)	FC Basel
21 November 2004
SC YF Juventus	0–2	AC Bellinzona
FC Luzern	4–1	FC Concordia Basel
Neuchâtel Xamax FC	0–2	FC Zürich
FC Schaffhausen	2–2 (a.e.t.) (p. 3–5)	FC St.Gallen

Source:^[1]

Quarter-finals

The ties were drawn, there was no seeding, everyone could meet everyone. The home advantage was granted to the team that drawn first.

13 February 2005

14:30 CET

FC Chiasso	0 – 4	FC Luzern
	SFL summary	37' Vogt 39' (pen.), 63' Tchouga 78' Castillo

Stadio Comunale, Chiasso

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Markus Nobs

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13 February 2005

14:30 CET

BSC Young Boys	2 – 0	FC Thun
Neri 52', 90'	SFL summary

Stadion Neufeld, Bern

Attendance: 8,415

Referee: Philippe Leuba

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13 February 2005

14:30 CET

FC St. Gallen	3 – 3 (a.e.t.)	FC Aarau
Tachie-Mensah 5', 67' Merenda 107'	SFL summary	3' Vanetta 57' Beqiri 106' Fejzulahi
Penalties
Zellweger Imhof Schicker Tachie-Mensah Lopez	3 – 4	Beqiri Vanetta Opango Fejzulahi

Espenmoos, St. Gallen

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: René Rogalla

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13 February 2005

14:30 CET

AC Bellinzona	0 – 2	FC Zürich
	SFL summary	15' (o.g.) Bell 41' Keita

Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Guido Wildhaber

Semi-finals

The ties were drawn, there was no seeding, everyone could meet everyone. The home advantage was granted to the team that drawn first.

14 April 2005

20:15 CEST

FC Aarau	1 – 2	FC Luzern
Bieli 3'	SFL summary	24' Vogt 30' Sucic

Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau

Attendance: 9,250

Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

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20 April 2005

20:15 CEST

FC Zürich	3 – 1	BSC Young Boys
Gygax 48' Keita 70', 86'	SFL summary	75' Urdaneta

Letzigrund, Zürich

Attendance: 9,800

Referee: Claudio Circhetta

Final

The game was played in the St. Jakob-Park Basel. The advantage of the home team was granted to the team that won semi-final number one.

16 May 2005

15:00 CEST

FC Luzern	1 – 3	FC Zürich
Andreoli 87'	SFL summary	19' Schneider 62' Keita 74' Tararache

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Attendance: 33,433

Referee: Philippe Leuba

GK David Zibung DF Christian Schwegler DF Pascal Castillo DF Genc Mehmeti MF Ronny Hodel MF Marko Sucic  69' MF Pirmin Schwegler  24' MF Ratinho  58' MF David Andreoli  22' ST Jean-Michel Tchouga ST Paulo Vogt Substitutes: DF Michael Diethelm  24' MF Alsény Këïta  58' DF André Niederhäuser  69' Manager: René van Eck

GK Davide Taini DF Alain Nef  29' DF Iulian Filipescu DF Florian Stahel DF Marc Schneider MF Blerim Džemaili  80' MF Mihai Tararache  19' MF Daniel Gygax MF Xavier Margairaz MF Francesco Di Jorio  80' ST Alhassane Keita Substitutes: MF Cesar  67'  29' MF Daniel Tarone  80' ST Adrian Ilie  80' Manager: Lucien Favre