2016–17 Swiss Cup

The 2016–17 Swiss Cup was the 92nd season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition. The competition commenced on 13 August 2016 with the first games of Round 1 and concluded on 25 May 2017 with the Final. The winner of the competition was FC Basel.

2016–17 Swiss Cup

Tournament details
Country	Switzerland
Teams	64
Final positions
Champions	FC Basel
Runners-up	FC Sion
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Anđelko Savić (FC Luzern) (7)
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Participating clubs

All teams from 2015–16 Super League and 2015–16 Challenge League as well as the top 4 teams from 2015–16 Promotion League automatically entered this year's competition. The remaining 41 teams had to qualify through separate qualifying rounds within their leagues. Reserve teams and teams from Liechtenstein are not allowed in the competition, the latter only enter the 2016–17 Liechtenstein Cup.

2016–17 Super League 9 teams	2016–17 Challenge League 10 teams	2016–17 Promotion League 9 teams	2016–17 1. Liga 13 teams	2016–17 2. Liga Interregional 9 teams	2016–17 Regional leagues 14 teams
FC Basel (BS) Grasshopper Club (ZH) FC Lausanne-Sport (VD) FC Lugano (TI) FC Luzern (LU) FC Sion (VS) FC St. Gallen (SG) FC Thun (BE) BSC Young Boys (BE)	FC Aarau (AG) FC Chiasso (TI) FC Le Mont (VD) Neuchâtel Xamax FCS (NE) FC Schaffhausen (SH) Servette FC (GE) FC Wil (SG) FC Winterthur (ZH) FC Wohlen (AG) FC Zürich TH (ZH)	FC Breitenrain (BE) SC Brühl (SG) SC Cham (ZG) FC Köniz (BE) SC Kriens (LU) FC La Chaux-de-Fonds (NE) BSC Old Boys (BS) FC Rapperswil-Jona (SG) FC Tuggen (SZ)	FC Azzurri 90 LS (VD) AC Bellinzona (TI) FC Black Stars (BS) Lancy FC (GE) FC La Sarraz-Éclépens (VD) FC Münsingen (BE) FC Oberwallis Naters (VS) FC Red Star Zürich (ZH) FC Seefeld (ZH) FC Seuzach (ZH) FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy (VD) Yverdon-Sport FC (VD) Zug 94 (ZG)	SC Binningen (BL) FC Conthey (VS) FC Dulliken (SO) FC Genolier-Begnins (VD) FC Illiria Payerne (VD) FC Meyrin (GE) FC Moutier (BE) FC Ticino (NE) FC Uzwil (SG)	Sixth tier US Arbedo (TI) FC Bazenheid (SG) FC Bubendorf (BL) AS Calcio Kreuzlingen (TG) FC Grenchen (SO) FC Gunzwil (LU) FC Klingnau (AG) CS Romontois (FR) SC Veltheim (ZH) FC Vernier (GE) FC Wabern (BE) Seventh tier FC Donneloye (VD) SV Rümlang (ZH) FC Zollbrück (BE)

Teams in bold are still active in the competition.

^TH Title holders.

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. Teams in bold continue to the next round of the competition.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
10 August 2016
FC Bubendorf (6)	1–2	Zug 94 (4)
FC Wabern (6)	0–5	SC Brühl (3)
SC Binningen (5)	2–1	FC Münsingen (4)
FC Seefeld (4)	1–2	FC Köniz (3)
FC Grenchen (6)	0–2	FC Illiria Payerne (5)
FC Gunzwil (6)	2–0	FC Vernier (6)
FC Oberwallis Naters (4)	1–4	FC Luzern (1)
SV Rümlang (7)	2–5	FC Seuzach (4)
FC Ticino (5)	4–0	FC Uzwil (5)
FC Meyrin (5)	1–3	FC Wohlen (2)
Yverdon-Sport FC (4)	1–4	FC Winterthur (2)
CS Romontois (6)	1–6	FC Sion (1)
FC Conthey (5)	1–4	AC Bellinzona (4)
FC Klingnau (6)	0–6	FC Tuggen (3)
SC Veltheim (6)	0–6	BSC Young Boys (1)
FC Moutier (5)	0–3	FC Lugano (1)
US Arbedo (6)	0–5	Neuchâtel Xamax FCS (2)
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds (3)	0–2	FC Zürich (2)
14 August 2016
FC Dulliken (5)	0–3	FC Chiasso (2)
FC Breitenrain (3)	3–1	Servette FC (2)
FC Donneloye (7)	0–14	FC Le Mont (2)
BSC Old Boys (3)	0–2	Grasshopper Club (1)
FC Zollbrück (7)	0–5	FC Aarau (2)
AS Calcio Kreuzlingen (6)	1–0	SC Cham (3)
FC Genolier-Begnins (5)	1–3	FC Azzurri 90 LS (4)
Lancy FC (4)	1–2	FC Lausanne-Sport (1)
FC Rapperswil-Jona (3)	0–1[1]	FC Basel (1)
FC La Sarraz-Éclépens (4)	0–3	FC Schaffhausen (2)
FC Bazenheid (6)	2–1	FC Red Star Zürich (4)
FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy (4)	4–2	FC Wil (2)
SC Kriens (3)	2–1	FC Thun (1)
15 August 2016
FC Black Stars (4)	2–3	FC St. Gallen (1)

Round 2

In a match, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable. Teams in bold continue to the next round of the competition.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
16 September 2016
FC Köniz (3)	3–1	FC Lausanne-Sport (1)
FC Breitenrain (3)	0–1	FC Aarau (2)
17 September 2016
FC Chiasso (2)	1–0	FC Wohlen (2)
SC Binningen (5)	1–2	SC Brühl (3)
FC Gunzwil (6)	1–4	FC Lugano (1)
FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy (4)	0–3	FC Winterthur (2)
AS Calcio Kreuzlingen (6)	1–1 (5–6 p)	FC Tuggen (3)
FC Azzurri 90 LS (4)	2–3	SC Kriens (3)
FC Ticino (5)	0–3	FC Luzern (1)
FC Seuzach (4)	1–4	Grasshopper Club (1)
FC Le Mont (2)	0–1	FC St. Gallen (1)
18 September 2016
FC Bazenheid (6)	1–7	BSC Young Boys (1)
FC Illiria Payerne (5)	1–4	FC Schaffhausen (2)
Zug 94 (4)	0–1[2]	FC Basel (1)
AC Bellinzona (4)	0–2	FC Zürich (2)
Neuchâtel Xamax FCS (2)	3–4	FC Sion (1)

Round 3

The winners of Round 2 played in this round. The home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league. Teams in bold continue to the quarter-finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
26 October 2016
FC Aarau (2)	2–0	FC Lugano (1)
SC Kriens (3)	5–3 (a.e.t.)	SC Brühl (3)
FC Tuggen (3)	1–4[3]	FC Basel (1)
FC Winterthur (2)	2–1	FC Chiasso (2)
BSC Young Boys (1)	5–0	Grasshopper Club (1)
27 October 2016
FC Köniz (3)	1–1 (4–5 p)	FC Lucerne (1)
FC Zürich (2)	2–1	FC St. Gallen (1)
2 November 2016
FC Schaffhausen (2)	2–5 (a.e.t.)	FC Sion (1)

Quarter-finals

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

BSC Young Boys v FC Winterthur

1 March 2017	BSC Young Boys	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	FC Winterthur	Bern
19:30	Hoarau 8' Bertone 39'	Report	Sílvio 61' M. Sutter 66'	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 9,462 Referee: Sébastien Pache
	Penalties
	Hoarau Ravet Frey Sanogo		Di Gregorio Cani Schuler M. Sutter Sílvio

FC Aarau v FC Lucerne

1 March 2017	FC Aarau	3–5	FC Lucerne	Aarau
20:30	Josipovic 28' Ciarrocchi 41' Tréand 51'	Report	Juric 2', 54' Neumayr 3' M. Schneuwly 36', 76'	Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld Attendance: 6,162 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

FC Sion v SC Kriens

2 March 2017	FC Sion	5–1	SC Kriens	Sion
19:00	Mujangi 45', 78' Konaté 65', 67', 83'	Report	Thali 32'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Pascal Erlachner

FC Basel v FC Zürich

2 March 2017	FC Basel	3–1	FC Zürich	Basel
20:30	Steffen  8' Janko 20' (1:1) Lang 41' (2:1) Xhaka  28'  56' Steffen 78' (3:1)	FCB summary Report	3' (0:1) Buff  14' Nef  15' Brunner  58' Voser  82' Schönbächler	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 25,259 Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)

Semi-finals

The winners of Quarterfinals play in the Semifinals, there is no home advantage granted in the draw. The games played on the 5 April 2017.

FC Winterthur v FC Basel

5 April 2017	FC Winterthur	1–3	FC Basel	Winterthur
18:45	Gazzetta  24' Cani 88' (1:2) Hebib  89'	FCB summary Report	54' (pen. 0:1) Delgado  56' Janko 85' (0:2) Akanji 90+4' (1:3) Fransson	Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese Attendance: 9,400 (sold out) Referee: Sascha Amhof

FC Sion v FC Luzern

5 April 2017	FC Sion	0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	FC Luzern	Sion
20:45		Report		Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 11,300 Referee: Sandro Schärer
	Penalties
	Ziegler Salatić Konaté Modou Carlitos Zverotić Adão		Kryeziu M. Schneuwly Affolter Neumayr Lustenberger Voca Haas

Final

The winners of the Semi-finals play in the Final. The match was played on 25 May 2017 at the Stade de Genève.

25 May 2017

16:00

FC Basel	3–0[4]	FC Sion
Doumbia  44' Delgado 47' Traoré 62' Lang  77' 89' Xhaka  79'	SFV summary	37' Salatic  90+5' Lüchinger

Stade de Genève, Lancy

Attendance: 26,500

Referee: Stephan Klossner^[5]

Teams

GK Tomáš Vaclík DF Michael Lang DF Marek Suchý DF Manuel Akanji DF Adama Traoré MF Taulant Xhaka MF Luca Zuffi  90+3' MF Mohamed Elyounoussi MF Matías Delgado (c)  81' MF Renato Steffen ST Seydou Doumbia  88' Substitutes: MF Serey Die  81' ST Marc Janko  88' MF Alexander Fransson  90+3' Manager: Urs Fischer

GK Anton Mitryushkin DF Nicolas Lüchinger DF Elsad Zverotić (c) DF Reto Ziegler DF Pa Modou Jagne  63' MF Gregory Karlen  70' MF Vero Salatić MF Kévin Constant ST Chadrac Akolo  79' ST Moussa Konaté ST Joaquim Adão Substitutes: MF Carlitos  63' MF Geoffrey Mujangi Bia  70' MF Léo Itaperuna  79' Manager: Sébastien Fournier