2010–11 Swiss Cup

The 2010–11 Swiss Cup was the 86th season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition. It began on 18 September 2010 with the first games of Round 1 and ended on 29 May 2011 with the Final. The winners, FC Sion, claimed their 12th cup overall and will qualify for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League.

2010–11 Swiss Cup

Tournament details
Country	Switzerland
Teams	64
Final positions
Champions	FC Sion
Runners-up	Neuchâtel Xamax
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Dragan Mrđa, Steven Zuber (6)
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Participating clubs

All ten Super League teams and fifteen Challenge League clubs (FC Vaduz are from Liechtenstein and thus play in the 2010–11 Liechtenstein Cup) entered this year's competition, as well as 13 teams from 1. Liga and 26 teams from lower leagues. Teams from 1. Liga and below had to qualify through separate qualifying rounds within their leagues.

2010–11 Super League 10 teams	2010–11 Challenge League 15 teams	2010–11 1. Liga 13 teams	Amateur teams 26 teams
FC Basel AC Bellinzona Grasshoppers Zürich FC Luzern Neuchâtel Xamax FC St. Gallen FC Sion FC Thun BSC Young Boys FC Zürich	FC Aarau FC Biel-Bienne FC Chiasso SR Delémont SC Kriens FC Lausanne-Sport FC Locarno AC Lugano FC Schaffhausen Servette FC Stade Nyonnais FC Wil FC Winterthur FC Wohlen Yverdon-Sport FC	FC Baulmes SC Brühl SC Buochs SC Cham CS Chênois Grand-Lancy FC FC Grenchen ES FC Malley FC Meyrin FC Le Mont FC Mendrisio-Stabio FC Schötz FC Tuggen	Fourth level FC Bavois Black Stars Basel FC Courtételle FC Eschenbach FC Freienbach FC Gumefens/Sorens FC Ibach FC Langenthal FC Liestal Losone Sportiva FC Montreux-Sports FC Perly-Certoux FC Seefeld Zürich FC Spiez AC Taverne FC Wettswil-Bonstetten Fifth level FC Béroche-Gorgier SC Binningen FC Champvent FC Collex-Bossy US Collombey-Muraz FC Entfelden FC Flawil FC Subingen Sixth level Racing Club Zürich FC Uznach

Teams in bold are still active in the competition.

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.

The games were played on 18, 19 and 22 September 2010.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
18 September 2010
CS Chênois	1–3	FC Chiasso
Racing Club Zürich	1–7	Yverdon-Sport FC
Black Stars Basel	5–0	SC Brühl
FC Seefeld Zürich	1–3	AC Bellinzona
FC Wettswil-Bonstetten	0–2	Servette FC
SC Binningen	0–2	FC Baulmes
FC Spiez	0–7	BSC Young Boys
FC Uznach	1–3	Neuchâtel Xamax
FC Bavois	1–3	FC Aarau
SC Buochs	2–1 (a.e.t.)	SR Delémont
FC Collex-Bossy	5–1	FC Champvent
FC Flawil	1–5 (a.e.t.)	FC St. Gallen
ES FC Malley	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Grand-Lancy FC
FC Schötz	0–6	FC Zürich
US Collombey-Muraz	4–0	FC Courtételle
FC Eschenbach	1–3 (a.e.t.)	FC Wohlen
FC Liestal	2–5	FC Schaffhausen
Losone Sportiva	0–3	FC Biel-Bienne
FC Meyrin	1–3	FC Locarno
FC Montreux-Sports	1–2	FC Grenchen
FC Subingen	0–1	FC Gumefens/Sorens
AC Taverne	0–4	FC Sion
FC Le Mont	1–5	SC Kriens
19 September 2010
FC Ibach	0–2	AC Lugano
FC Béroche-Gorgier	0–9	Grasshoppers Zürich
SC Cham	0–4	FC Thun
FC Entfelden	0–3	FC Luzern
FC Freienbach	2–3 (a.e.t.)	FC Winterthur
FC Tuggen	2–1	FC Wil
FC Mendrisio-Stabio	0–5	FC Basel
FC Perly-Certoux	0–1	Stade Nyonnais
22 September 2010
FC Langenthal	2–5	FC Lausanne-Sport

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.

The games were played on 15, 16 and 17 October 2010.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
15 October 2010
Yverdon-Sport FC	0–2	FC Basel
16 October 2010
Black Stars Basel	0–3	AC Lugano
SC Buochs	0–3	FC Thun
FC Tuggen	4–0	FC Grenchen
US Collombey-Muraz	2–5	BSC Young Boys
FC Collex-Bossy	0–5	FC Sion
FC Wohlen	5–1	FC Winterthur
FC Lausanne-Sport	0–2	AC Bellinzona
FC Chiasso	0–0 (a.e.t.) (p. 3–4)	Neuchâtel Xamax
ES FC Malley	0–3	FC Biel-Bienne
17 October 2010
FC Baulmes	2–5	Servette FC
FC Gumefens/Sorens	0–12	Grasshoppers Zürich
FC Locarno	0–3	FC Zürich
Stade Nyonnais	1–2	FC Luzern
FC Schaffhausen	2–6	FC St. Gallen
FC Aarau	2–3	SC Kriens

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.

The games were played on 20–21 November 2010.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
20 November 2010
FC Tuggen	0–4	FC Zürich
Servette FC	1–1 (a.e.t.) (p. 3–4)	FC Basel
FC St. Gallen	0–1	FC Thun
21 November 2010
AC Lugano	2–3 (a.e.t.)	FC Sion
FC Biel-Bienne	2–2 (a.e.t.) (p. 5–3)	FC Luzern
SC Kriens	1–2	BSC Young Boys
Neuchâtel Xamax	1–0	AC Bellinzona
FC Wohlen	1–2	Grasshoppers Zürich

Quarter-finals

The winners of Round 3 played in this round. The games were played on 2 and 3 March 2011.

2 March 2011

19:00

Grasshoppers Zürich	1 – 2[1]	FC Sion
Abrashi 56'		Mrdja 19' Obradović 87'

Letzigrund, Zürich

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Alain Bieri

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2 March 2011

19:45

FC Thun	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Neuchâtel Xamax
Klose 120'		Tréand 106'
Penalties
Matić Schneider Taljevic	0 – 3[1]	Tréand Gohou Niasse

Stadion Lachen, Thun

Attendance: 2,385

Referee: Stephan Studer

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2 March 2011

20:15

BSC Young Boys	3 – 4[1] (a.e.t.)	FC Zürich
Farnerud 54' Bienvenu 56' Mayuka 82'		Schönbächler 5' Margairaz 41' 116' Chermiti 49'

Stade de Suisse, Bern

Attendance: 12,195

Referee: Massimo Busacca

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3 March 2011

19:30

FC Biel-Bienne	3 – 1[1]	FC Basel
Egli 53' Morello 80' Etoundi 84'	(Report) (in German)	Kehrli 43' (o.g.)

Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Daniel Wermelinger

Semi-finals

The winners of the quarter-finals played this round. The games were played on 25 and 28 April 2011.

25 April 2011

16:45 CET

FC Zürich	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Neuchâtel Xamax
Teixeira 26'		Tréand 66'
Penalties
Chermiti Nikci Rodríguez Béda Alphonse Aegerter Djurić	6 – 7[2]	Tréand Nuzzolo Gohou Niasse Besle Page Binya

Letzigrund, Zürich

Attendance: 10,064

Referee: Daniel Wermelinger

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28 April 2011

20:15 CET

FC Sion	2 – 1[2]	FC Biel-Bienne
Sio 62' Vanczák 85'		Kehrli 43'

Stade Tourbillon, Sion

Attendance: 14,600

Referee: Massimo Busacca

Final

The final was played on 29 May 2011 between the two semi-final winners and took place at St. Jakob-Park in Basel.

29 May 2011

16:30 CET

Neuchâtel Xamax	0 – 2[3]	FC Sion
		Sio 2' Vanczák 6'

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Attendance: 37,500

Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

External links

• Official site (in German)