2013–14 Swiss Cup

The 2013–14 Swiss Cup was the 89th season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition. The competition started on 14 August 2013 with the first game of Round 1 and ended in May 2014 with the Final. The winners of the competition qualified for the play-off round^[1] of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. The title holders were Grasshopper Zürich.

2013–14 Swiss Cup

Tournament details
Country	Switzerland
Teams	64
Final positions
Champions	FC Zürich
Runner-up	FC Basel
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	255 (4.05 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Dimitar Rangelov, Ange Mawete N’Silu (6)
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Participating clubs

All 19 teams from Super League and Challenge League (teams from Liechtenstein only play in the 2013–14 Liechtenstein Cup) automatically entered this year's competition, as well as 45 teams from lower leagues. Teams from 1. Liga Promotion and below had to qualify through separate qualifying rounds within their leagues. Teams from regional leagues had to qualify by winning the last season's regional cups.

2013–14 Super League 10 teams	2013–14 Challenge League 9 teams	2013–14 1. Liga Promotion 10 teams	2013–14 1. Liga 11 teams	2013-14 2. Liga Interregional 10 teams	2013-14 Regional leagues 14 teams
FC Aarau (AG) FC Basel (BS) Grasshopper Zürich TH (ZH) FC Lausanne-Sport (VD) FC Luzern (LU) FC Sion (VS) FC St. Gallen (SG) FC Thun (BE) BSC Young Boys (BE) FC Zürich (ZH)	FC Biel-Bienne (BE) FC Chiasso (TI) FC Locarno (TI) FC Lugano (TI) FC Schaffhausen (SH) Servette FC (GE) FC Wil (SG) FC Winterthur (ZH) FC Wohlen (AG)	AC Bellinzona (TI) SC Brühl (SG) Étoile Carouge FC (GE) FC Köniz† (BE) SC Kriens (LU) FC Le Mont† (VD) BSC Old Boys (BS) FC Stade Nyonnais (VD) FC Tuggen (SZ) SC YF Juventus (ZH)	FC Baden (AG) FC Bavois† (VD) FC Bulle (FR) FC Concordia Basel† (BS) FC Échallens (VD) Lancy FC (GE) FC Münsingen (BE) Neuchâtel Xamax FCS (NE) FC Schötz (LU) FC Sursee† (LU) US Terre Sainte (VD)	FC Altstätten (SG) FC Amriswil† (TG) FC Ascona (TI) SC Buochs (NW) FC Dietikon (ZH) FC Hergiswil (NW) FC Kreuzlingen‡ (TG) FC La Chaux-de-Fonds† (NE) FC Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy (VD) FC Vevey-Sports 05† (VD)	Sixth tier SC Balerna (TI) FC Bassersdorf (ZH) AS Calcio Kreuzlingen (TG) FC Chippis‡ (VS) FC Cornol (JU) SC Fulenbach (SO) FC Murten (FR) FC Reinach (BL) FC Savièse (VS) FC Schönbühl (BE) FC Suhr (AG) FC Veyrier Sports (GE) Seventh tier SC Obergeissenstein (LU) FC WiesendangenFP (ZH)

^TH Title holders.
^FP Qualified for having the lowest fair play points inside its regional tier.
^† Qualified in their last season's tier qualifiers before being promoted.
^‡ Qualified in their last season's tier qualifiers before being relegated.

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 August 2013
FC Fulenbach	0–6	FC Baden
17 August 2013
FC Sursee	1–3 (a.e.t.)	FC Sion
FC Kreuzlingen	2–4	FC Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy
FC Bassersdorf	0–6	FC Zürich
FC Veyrier Sports	0–8	BSC Young Boys
FC Amriswil	2–3	FC Tuggen
FC Münsingen	2–0	FC Bulle
FC Altstätten	0–5	FC Wohlen
FC Reinach	1–4	Lancy FC
FC Wiesendangen	1–2	FC Savièse
SC Kriens	0–1	Grasshopper Zürich
SC Brühl	0–0 (a.e.t.) (p. 5–4)	FC Winterthur
FC Stade Nyonnais	2–0 (a.e.t.)	AC Bellinzona
BSC Old Boys	0–1 (a.e.t.)	FC Basel
FC Le Mont	4–1	FC Wil
US Terre Sainte	2–1	FC Chiasso
FC Dietikon	0–6	SC YF Juventus
SC Balerna	1–3	FC Hergiswil
FC Vevey-Sports 05	1–3	FC Köniz
Étoile Carouge FC	1–4	FC Lugano
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	0–3	Servette FC
18 August 2013
FC Concordia Basel	2–4	FC Biel-Bienne
FC Chippis	0–6	FC Schaffhausen
SC Obergeissenstein	1–3	FC Bavois
FC Échallens	1–3	FC Thun
FC Cornol	0–7	FC Lausanne-Sport
FC Murten	0–11	FC Luzern
FC Suhr	1–3	SC Buochs
Neuchâtel Xamax FCS	1–3	FC Aarau
FC Schönbühl	1–8	FC St. Gallen
AS Calcio Kreuzlingen	0–4	FC Schötz
FC Ascona	1–2 (a.e.t.)	FC Locarno

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. FC Savièse, from the sixth tier of Swiss football, were the lowest-ranked team in this round.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
13 September 2013
FC Locarno	0–3	FC Thun
14 September 2013
FC Hergiswil	2–3	FC Baden
FC Schötz	3–4	FC Köniz
FC Stade Nyonnais	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Grasshopper Zürich
SC Brühl	3–2	FC Schaffhausen
FC Bavois	0–4	FC Biel-Bienne
Lancy FC	0–5	FC Le Mont
FC Münsingen	0–1	FC Basel
SC YF Juventus	2–4	BSC Young Boys
FC Savièse	1–3	FC Tuggen
SC Buochs	1–5	FC Aarau
Servette FC	0–1	FC Lausanne-Sport
15 September 2013
FC Wohlen	0–1	FC Sion
US Terre Sainte	1–4	FC Luzern
FC Lugano	1–3	FC St. Gallen
FC Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy	2–3	FC Zürich

Round 3

The winners of Round 2 played in this round. Teams from Super League were seeded, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable. FC Baden, from the fourth tier of Swiss football, were the lowest-ranked team in this round.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
9 November 2013
FC Baden	1–4	FC Zürich
FC Köniz	1–4	Grasshopper Zürich
SC Brühl	0–3	FC Lausanne-Sport
FC Le Mont	4–1	BSC Young Boys
10 November 2013
FC Tuggen	1–3	FC Basel
FC Luzern	1–0	FC Sion
FC St. Gallen	4–0	FC Aarau
14 November
FC Biel-Bienne	0–1 (a.e.t.)	FC Thun

Quarter-finals

The winners of Round 3 played in the Quarter-finals, there was no home advantage granted in the draw. FC Le Mont, from the third tier of Swiss football, were the lowest-ranked team in this round.

FC Thun	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Grasshopper Zürich
Penalties
M. Schneuwly Lüthi Wittwer Martínez Sadik	4–3	Toko Gashi Feltscher Dingsdag Vilotić

4 December 2013

19:00

Arena Thun, Thun

Attendance: 2,764

Referee: Sebastien Pache

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FC Luzern	2–0	FC Lausanne-Sport
Rangelov 61' Lezcano 71'

4 December 2013

19:45

Swissporarena, Lucerne

Attendance: 6,110

Referee: Sascha Amhof

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FC St. Gallen	0–1	FC Zürich
		Rikan 82' (pen.)

4 December 2013

20:15

AFG Arena, St. Gallen

Attendance: 7,753

Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

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FC Le Mont	1–6	FC Basel
Bouziane 89'	Report	Andrist 6', 84' Suchý 8' Streller 45' Frei 48' D. Degen 58'

5 February 2014

19:30

St. Jakob-Park, Basel^[2]

Attendance: 6,138

Referee: Patrick Graf

Semi-finals

FC Basel	1–0	FC Luzern
Callà 80'	Report (German)

26 March 2014

19:00

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Attendance: 12,688

Referee: Alain Bieri

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FC Zürich	0–0 (a.e.t.)	FC Thun
	Report (German)
Penalties
Buff Chikhaoui Sadiku Teixeira Pedro	5–4	C. Schneuwly Lüthi Zuffi M. Schneuwly Schirinzi

26 March 2014

21:00

Letzigrund, Zürich

Attendance: 8,575

Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

Final

The two winners of the semi-finals played against each other in the final, which was held on 21 April 2014 in the Stade de Suisse in Bern, with the winner of the first semi-final was to be treated as home team. Zürich beat Thun 5–4 in the penalty shoot-out following a goalless draw in the first semi-final and Basel beat Luzern 1–0 in the second semi-final. ^[3][4]

Zürich	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Basel
Chikhaoui  61' Buff  83' Kecojević  95' Gavranović 110' (1:0) Gavranović 114' (2:0)	SFV summary	62' Elneny  66' Sauro  77'  99' Sio  102' Serey Die

21 April 2014

14:00

Stade de Suisse, Bern

Attendance: 23,312

Referee: Patrick Graf^[5]

GK David Da Costa DF Jorge Teixeira DF Ivan Kecojević  95' DF Berat Djimsiti MF Oliver Buff  83'  86' MF Philippe Koch (cap) MF Davide Chiumiento MF Yassine Chikhaoui  61' MF Avi Rikan  111' ST Mario Gavranović ST Franck Etoundi  91' Substitutes: DF Davide Mariani  86' MF Armando Sadiku  91' FW Asmir Kajević  111' Manager: Urs Meier

GK Yann Sommer DF Naser Aliji DF Marek Suchý DF Gastón Sauro  66' DF Behrang Safari MF Serey Die  102' MF Mohamed Elneny  62' MF Davide Callà  70' MF Fabian Frei  60' MF Valentin Stocker (cap)  106' ST Giovanni Sio  77'  99' Substitutes: MF Matías Delgado  60' MF Arlind Ajeti  70' MF Marcelo Díaz  106' Manager: Murat Yakin