2011–12 Swiss Cup

The 2011–12 Swiss Cup was the 87th season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition. It began on 16 September 2011 with the first games of Round 1 and ended on 16 May 2012 with the Final in the Stade de Suisse in Bern. The winners of the competition, Basel, qualified for the play-off round^[1] of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League as per the benefits of winning. The former title holders are FC Sion.

2011–12 Swiss Cup

Tournament details
Country	Switzerland
Teams	64
Final positions
Champions	FC Basel
Runners-up	FC Luzern
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Igor Tadić (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 2011–12 Liechtenstein Cup) entered the 2011-2011 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.

2011–12 Super League 10 teams	2011–12 Challenge League 15 teams	2011–12 1. Liga 13 teams	Amateur teams 26 teams
FC Basel Grasshoppers Zürich FC Lausanne-Sport FC Luzern Neuchâtel Xamax Servette FC FC Sionth FC Thun BSC Young Boys FC Zürich	FC Aarau AC Bellinzona FC Biel-Bienne SC Brühl FC Chiasso SR Delémont Étoile Carouge FC SC Kriens FC Locarno AC Lugano FC St. Gallen Stade Nyonnais FC Wil FC Winterthur FC Wohlen	FC Baden GC Biaschesi FC Breitenrain SC Cham SC Dornach SC Düdingen FC Grand-Lancy FC Grenchen ES FC Malley FC Naters FC Schötz FC Tuggen Yverdon-Sport FC	Fourth level FC Chur 97 FC Collex-Bossy US Collombey-Muraz FC Entfelden FC Eschenbach FC Freienbach FC Hergiswil FC Langenthal Losone Sportiva FC Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy US Terre-Sainte FC Töss Fifth level FC Abtwil-Engelburg FC Amicitia Riehen FC Ascona FC Colombier FC Gumefens/Sorens FC Herzogenbuchsee FC Konolfingen FC Renens FC Schattdorf FC United Zürich Sixth level FC Deitingen FC Domdidier FC Ellikon Marthalen FC Henau

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 16, 17 and 18 September 2011.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
16 September 2011
FC Hergiswil	1–3	FC Locarno
FC Langenthal	1–3	Yverdon-Sport FC
17 September 2011
US Terre-Sainte	2–5 (a.e.t.)	SC Brühl
FC Deitingen	1–4	FC Schattdorf
FC Naters	1–5	FC St. Gallen
FC Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy	0–5	FC Thun
FC Konolfingen	1–2	FC Grand-Lancy
FC Collex-Bossy	1–8	FC Lausanne-Sport
FC Eschenbach	0–4	FC Basel
FC Henau	1–5	FC Wohlen
FC Herzogenbuchsee	1–3	FC Breitenrain
FC Abtwil-Engelburg	1–5	Stade Nyonnais
US Collombey-Muraz	0–5	FC Schötz
FC Amicitia Riehen	0–8	FC Aarau
FC Ascona	1–2	FC Chiasso
FC Ellikon Marthalen	3–10	FC Freienbach
FC Töss	0–10	Grasshoppers Zürich
FC United Zürich	1–5 (a.e.t.)	FC Lugano
FC Domdidier	0–8	BSC Young Boys
ES FC Malley	3–3 (a.e.t.) (p. 3–1)	SR Delémont
FC Grenchen	0–5	FC Zürich
FC Renens	1–4	FC Wil
18 September 2011
SC Cham	2–0	Étoile Carouge FC
FC Colombier	0–5	FC Sion
SC Düdingen	1–4 (a.e.t.)	Servette FC
FC Tuggen	3–0	SC Dornach
FC Chur 97	1–2	Neuchâtel Xamax
FC Entfelden	0–9	SC Kriens
Losone Sportiva	0–3	FC Luzern
FC Gumefens/Sorens	1–3	AC Bellinzona
FC Baden	0–1	FC Winterthur
GC Biaschesi	1–2	FC Biel-Bienne

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 and 16 October 2011.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
15 October 2011
FC Breitenrain	1–2	FC Tuggen
FC Schattdorf	0–5	FC Lausanne-Sport
FC Schötz	1–5	FC Basel
FC Aarau	1–3	FC Zürich
FC Sion	2–1	Stade Nyonnais
Yverdon-Sport	1–3	Servette FC
FC Winterthur	2–0	SC Brühl
ES FC Malley	0–1	AC Bellinzona
16 October 2011
SC Cham	1–5	FC Wohlen
FC Chiasso	0–1	Grasshoppers Zürich
FC Freienbach	0–4	BSC Young Boys
FC Grand-Lancy	1–3	FC Luzern
SC Kriens	2–1	Neuchâtel Xamax
FC Lugano	0–1 (a.e.t.)	FC Biel/Bienne
FC St. Gallen	2–0	FC Thun
FC Locarno	1–1 (a.e.t.) (p. 4–5)	FC Wil

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 26–27 November 2011.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
26 November 2011
FC Tuggen	1–2	FC Sion
AC Bellinzona	0–4	FC Lausanne-Sport
FC Wil	2−3 (a.e.t.)	FC Basel
27 November 2011
FC Biel-Bienne	3−0	Servette FC
FC St. Gallen	4−2	FC Zürich
SC Kriens	2–2 (a.e.t.) (p. 3–5)	Grasshoppers Zürich
FC Winterthur	1–1 (a.e.t.) (p. 3–2)	BSC Young Boys
FC Wohlen	1−2	FC Luzern

Quarter-finals

The winners of Round 3 play in the Quarterfinals, there is no home advantage granted in the draw. The games will be played on the 20 and 21 March 2012.

20 March 2012

20:00

FC Luzern	3 – 0	Grasshoppers Zürich
Lezcano 42' Ferreira 61' Lustenberger 80'	Report

Swissporarena, Lucerne

Attendance: 7,034

Referee: Sascha Kever (Breganzona)

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21 March 2012

19:30

FC Winterthur	2 − 2 (a.e.t.)	FC St. Gallen
Radice 26' Bengondo 82'	Report	17'  55' Mathys 19' Sutter
Penalties
Zuffi Bengondo Iten Lenjani Sereinig	5 − 4	Scarione Jagne Montandon Muntwiler Regazzoni

Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Stephan Klossner (Willisau)

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21 March 2012

19:45

FC Basel	5 − 2	FC Lausanne-Sport
Katz 24' (o.g.) Streller 50', 89' A. Frei 59' (pen.) F. Frei 90+2'	Report	45', 71' Roux

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Attendance: 8,028

Referee: Cyril Zimmermann (Münsingen)

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21 March 2012

20:15

FC Biel-Bienne	1 − 3	FC Sion
Doudin  65'  90+3' 21' Rafael Schweizer  34' Sallaj  90+1'	Report	9' Yoda  54' Wüthrich  68' Obradović 82' Vanczák 90+4' (pen.) Danilo

Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne

Attendance: 3,938

Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)

Semi-finals

The winners of Quarterfinals play in the Semifinals, there is no home advantage granted in the draw. The games were played on the 11 and 15 April 2012.

11 April 2012

20:15

FC Sion	0 – 1	FC Luzern
Adaílton  9' Sauthier  19' Bühler  57'	Report	7' Winter  12' Ohayon

Stade Tourbillon, Sion

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Stephan Studer (Bellmund)

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15 April 2012

14:00

FC Winterthur	1 – 2	FC Basel
Bengondo  42' Lüscher  68' Kuzmanovic  45' 90+3' (pen.)	Report	26' Yapi 38' Streller  64' F. Frei 89'  90+4' A. Frei

Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur

Attendance: 8,500 (sold out)

Referee: Alain Bieri (Bern)

Final

The Final was played between the two Semifinal winners and took place at Stade de Suisse in Bern.^[2]

16 May 2012

20:30 CEST

Final

Basel	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Luzern
Dragović  40' Huggel 56' (1:0) G. Xhaka  90'	SFV summary FCB summary	57' Wiss 67' (1:1) Puljić  90' Gygax
Penalties
Yapi Yapo Streller Zoua Shaqiri	4–2	Renggli Ohayon Gygax Stahel

Stade de Suisse, Bern

Attendance: 30,100

Referee: Daniel Wermelinger^[3]

GK Yann Sommer DF Markus Steinhöfer DF David Abraham DF Aleksandar Dragović  40'  72' DF Park Joo-Ho MF Xherdan Shaqiri MF Benjamin Huggel (cap)  96' MF Granit Xhaka  90' MF Valentin Stocker  73' ST Alexander Frei ST Marco Streller Substitutes: DF Radoslav Kováč  72' FW Jacques Zoua  73' FW Gilles Yapi  96' Manager: Heiko Vogel

GK David Zibung DF Sally Sarr DF Florian Stahel DF Tomislav Puljić DF Claudio Lustenberger MF Alain Wiss  57' MF Michel Renggli MF Adrian Winter MF Xavier Hochstrasser  60' FW Nelson Ferreira  104' ST Dario Lezcano  95' Substitutes: MF Daniel Gygax  90'  60' ST Jahmir Hyka  95' FW Moshe Ohayon  104' Manager: Murat Yakin