2012–13 Swiss Cup

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.

2012–13 Swiss Cup

Tournament details
Country	Switzerland
Teams	64
Final positions
Champions	Grasshopper Club Zürich
Runners-up	FC Basel
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Frank Feltscher (8)
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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.

27 February 2013

19:30

FC Wil	2 – 4 (a.e.t.)	FC Zürich
Muslin 29' Audino 96'		Gavranović 5' Gajić 93' Drmić 114' Schönbächler 120'

AFG Arena, St. Gallen

Attendance: 2,950

Referee: Sascha Amhof

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27 February 2013

19:45

FC Thun	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	FC Basel
Schneuwly 79'		A. Frei 12', 115'

Arena Thun, Thun

Attendance: 3,664

Referee: Alain Bieri

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27 February 2013

20:15

FC Aarau	1 – 4	Grasshoppers Zürich
Ioniţă 66'	Report	Feltscher 16', 74' Zuber 89' Ngamukol 90'

Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau

Attendance: 6,600

Referee: Stephan Studer

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27 February 2013

20:30

FC Lausanne-Sport	0 – 2	FC Sion
		Vanczák 28' N'Djeng 90+4' (pen.)

Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

Semi-finals

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

17 April 2013

19:00

FC Zürich	1 − 2 (a.e.t.)	Grasshoppers Zürich
Benito 23'		Feltscher 39' Hajrović 94'

Letzigrund, Zürich

Attendance: 20,507

Referee: Alain Bieri

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17 April 2013

20:45

FC Sion	0 − 1	FC Basel
	(FCB Report) (in German)	Stocker 73' (pen.)

Stade Tourbillon, Sion

Attendance: 13,800

Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

Final

The winners of the Semi-finals stage played in the Final, which was held in the capital at the Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf.

20 May 2013

16:00

FC Basel	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Grasshoppers Zürich
Schär  28' Dragović  57' Steinhöfer 71' Elneny  91'	SFV summary FCB summary	29' Gashi 75' Hajrović
Penalties
Schär F. Frei Steinhöfer Díaz Bobadilla	3 – 4	Salatić Hajrović Lang Feltscher Vilotić

Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf, Bern

Attendance: 27,290

Referee: Stephan Studer^[2]

GK Yann Sommer DF Kay Voser  60' DF Fabian Schär  28' DF Aleksandar Dragović  57' DF Park Joo-Ho MF Fabian Frei MF Marcelo Díaz MF Mohamed Elneny  91' MF Serey Die  106' MF Valentin Stocker ST Marco Streller (c)  69' Substitutes: DF Markus Steinhöfer  60' MF Raúl Bobadilla  69' FW David Degen  106' Manager: Murat Yakin

GK Roman Bürki DF Michael Lang DF Milan Vilotić DF Stéphane Grichting DF Moritz Bauer MF Amir Abrashi  95' MF Vero Salatić MF Izet Hajrović MF Shkëlzen Gashi  29'  100' MF Steven Zuber  66' ST Anatole Ngamukol Substitutes: MF Frank Feltscher  66' MF Nzuzi Toko  95' MF Nassim Ben Khalifa  100' Manager: Uli Forte