1973–74 Swiss Cup

The 1973–74 Swiss Cup was the 49th season of Switzerland's football cup competition, organised annually since 1925–1926 by the Swiss Football Association.

This season's cup competition began on the weekend of 11 and 12 August 1973, with the first games of the first round. The competition was to be completed on Easter Monday 15 April 1974 with the final, which was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern. The clubs from this season's Nationalliga B (NLB) were granted byes for the first round. These entered the competition for the second round, played on the weekend of 24 to 26 of August. The clubs from this season's Nationalliga A (NLA) were granted byes for the first three rounds. These teams joined the competition in the fourth round, which was played on the week-end of 22 and 23 September.

The matches were played in a knockout format. In the first two rounds, in the event of a draw at the end of extra time, the match was decided with a penalty shoot-out. This was the first season that penalty shoot-outs were introduced to this competition and this would replace the toss of a coin. In and after the third-round, in the event of a draw at the end of extra time, a replay was foreseen and this was played on the visiting team's pitch. The quarter- and semi-finals were played as two legged fixtures. The final was again played in one match. The winners of the cup qualified themselves for the first round of the Cup Winners' Cup in the next season.

In this first phase, the lower league teams (1. Liga and lower) that had qualified themselves for the competition through their regional football assocciation's cup competitions or their requirements, competed here.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
11 August 1973
FC Saint-Prex	2–1	Stade Nyonnais
Signal FC (Bernex)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (p)	Urania Genève Sport
FC Collex-Bossy	4–0	PTT Lausanne
FC Moudon	0–3	Meyrin
CS Interstar GE	1–4	Yverdon-Sport
FC Orbe	3–4	FC Assens
FC Vernayaz	4–1 (a.e.t.)	FC Chalais
Folgore Lausanne	5–1	FC Sierre
FC Salgesch	0–3 (a.e.t.)	Monthey
Montreux-Sports	1–0	FC Raron
FC Saint-Maurice	4–1	CS La Tour-de-Peilz
FC Fétigny	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Central Fribourg
FC Portalban	3–5 (a.e.t.)	Rot-Weiss Bümpliz
Arconciel	1–5	Bulle
FC Beauregard Fribourg	4–0	FC Courtepin
FC Courrendlin	0–4	FC Porrentruy
FC Breitenbach	2–2 (a.e.t.) (11–12 p)	ASI Audax Neuchâtel
Béroche St-Aubain	0–2	Le Locle-Sports
FC Breite Basel	1–5 (a.e.t.)	Concordia
FC Binningen	5–1	FC Reconvilier
SC Kleihünungen	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Delémont
Aegerten-Brügg	2–3	Moutier
FC Liestal	0–5	Laufen
Muttenz	2–0	FC Fleurier
US Boncourt	0–0 (a.e.t.) (p)	FC Superga (La Chaux-de-Fonds)
FC Frutigen	2–3	Bern
Burgdorf	2–1	Thun
FC Herzogenbuchsee	1–2	Dürrenast
FC Lerchenfeld (Thun)	3–4	FC Langenthal
FC Olten	1–4	Solothurn
SC Derendingen	2–1	FC Brugg
SC Schöftland	2–0	FC Deitingen
Blustavia SO	1–3	Köniz
Reinach AG	1–6	Baden
FC Altstetten (Zürich)	4–2	FC Menziken
SV Seebach ZH	3–3 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Red Star
FC Horgen	0–4	Kriens
FC Villmergen	1–0	FC Neuhausen
FC Beringen	2–5	Schaffhausen
FC Kilchberg	1–3	FC Adliswil
FC Bülach	1–2	Blue Stars
FC Steinhausen	2–7	FC Brunnen
Unterstrass ZH	2–3	Emmenbrücke
FC Perlen	3–6	Buochs
Balerna	2–4	Locarno
FC Ponte Tresa	1–0	FC Rapid Lugano
FC Altdorf (Uri)	2–4	SC Zug
Losone Sportiva	1–1 (a.e.t.) (p)	FC Bodio
FC Schwyz	2–4	US Giubiasco
Juventus Zürich	5–4	FC Sursee
Arbon	0–4	Gossau
FC Rüti ZH	4–1	Weinfelden-Bürglen
Töss Winterthur	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Chur
FC Münchwilen	0–7	Frauenfeld
FC Schmerikon	1–8	Brühl
FC Altstätten (St. Gallen)	1–4	FC Widnau
FC Staad	F–F *	FC Uzwil

• Staad–Uzwil not played: no referee; Forfait: awd 0-3

The teams from the NLB entered the cup competition in this round with the teams from the lower divisions. However, they were seeded and could not be drawn against each other. Whenever possible, the draw respected local regionalities. The lower-tier team in each drawn tie was granted the home advantage.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
24 August 1973
Urania Genève Sport	A–A *	Vevey Sports
25 August 1973
Monthey	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Martigny-Sports
FC Porrentruy	1–4	Biel-Bienne
Burgdorf	0–7	Aarau
FC Brunnen	1–5	Luzern
Concordia	1–3	Le Locle-Sports
26 August 1973
FC Assens	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Fribourg
FC Collex-Bossy	2–5	Etoile Carouge
US Boncourt	3–5 (a.e.t.)	Nordstern
Solothurn	3–3 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	Grenchen
FC Rebstein	2–3	FC Tössfeld
FC Altstetten (Zürich)	0–4	Young Fellows
SC Schöftland	0–3	Wettingen
Locarno	3–0	Bellinzona
Buochs	2–3 (a.e.t.)	US Giubiasco
SC Zug	1–0	Kriens
FC Ponte Tresa	0–1	Losone Sportiva
ASI Audax Neuchâtel	3–1	Moutier
Emmenbrücke	1–2	Mendrisiostar
FC Beauregard Fribourg	5–6 (a.e.t.)	Bulle
FC Saint-Prex	0–1	Yverdon-Sport
FC Binningen	1–0	Muttenz
Frauenfeld	3–2	Brühl
Central Fribourg	3–2	Meyrin
Rot-Weiss Bümpliz	1–3	Bern
Blue Stars	3–1	Schaffhausen
FC Adliswil	2–4	Juventus Zürich
FC Villmergen	3–2	FC Langenthal
FC Rüti ZH	1–4	Gossau
SV Seebach ZH	3–0	Chur
Montreux-Sports	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Folgore Lausanne
FC Saint-Maurice	0–1	FC Vernayaz
Baden	3–0	Dürrenast
Delémont	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Laufen
FC Widnau	3–1	FC Uzwil
SC Derendingen	F–F *	Köniz

• A–A: The match Urania Genève–Vevey Sports was abandoned at half-time due to rain and was replayed.
• F–F: The match Derendingen–Köniz ended in a goalless draw after extra time and Derendingen won 9–8 on penalties. But because the player Hofer of Derendingen was not qualified to play the result was annulled and awarded with a 0–3 forfeit.

Replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
5 September 1973
Urania Genève Sport	1–3	Vevey Sports

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From this round onwards, in the event of a draw at the end of extra time, a replay was foreseen and this was played on the visiting team's pitch.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
8 September 1973
Biel-Bienne	2–0	Grenchen
Central Fribourg	4–2	Bern
Luzern	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Blue Stars
FC Villmergen	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Aarau
FC Tössfeld	2–1	Young Fellows
Fribourg	2–3	Vevey Sports
SC Zug	1–0	US Giubiasco
Nordstern	2–1	Le Locle-Sports
9 September 1973
Martigny-Sports	3–1	Etoile Carouge
Montreux-Sports	5–1	FC Vernayaz
Bulle	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Yverdon-Sport
Audax Neuchâtel	2–1	Delémont
FC Binningen	2–3	Köniz
Losone Sportiva	3–2	Baden
Mendrisiostar	4–0	Locarno
FC Widnau	2–5	Juventus Zürich
Frauenfeld	3–2	Wettingen
Gossau	4–2	SV Seebach ZH

Replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
12 September 1976
Blue Stars	1–6	Luzern

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The teams from the NLA entered the cup competition in the fourth round, they were seeded and could not be drawn against each other. The draw was still respecting regionalities and the lower-tier team was again granted the home advantage.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
22 September 1973
Bulle	1–4	Sion
Köniz	0–2	Servette
Biel-Bienne	1–2	Basel
Central Fribourg	2–5	Lausanne-Sport
Luzern	2–1	Young Boys
Juventus Zürich	1–5	Zürich
Aarau	1–2	St. Gallen
Martigny-Sports	0–6	Xamax
Gossau	0–1	Chiasso
FC Tössfeld	2–3	Winterthur
Losone Sportiva	0–2	Grasshopper Club
Audax Neuchâtel	1–8	Vevey Sports
SC Zug	3–7	Lugano
Nordstern	1–3	La Chaux-de-Fonds
23 September 1973
Frauenfeld	1–2	Mendrisiostar
Montreux-Sports	0–3	Chênois

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Team 1	Score	Team 2
6 October 1973
Grasshopper Club	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Vevey Sports
Xamax	2–0	Chiasso
Chênois	2–1	Winterthur
Lugano	1–1 (a.e.t.)	La Chaux-de-Fonds
7 October 1973
Sion	3–0	Servette
Mendrisiostar	1–4	Basel
Lausanne-Sport	4–0	Luzern
Zürich	2–3	St. Gallen

Replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
10 October 1973
La Chaux-de-Fonds	0–1	Lugano

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The first legs were played on and the return legs were played on

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sion	3–2	Basel	1–0	2–2
Lausanne-Sport	4–3	St. Gallen	3–1	1–2
Xamax	7–1	Chênois	5–1	2–0
Grasshopper Club	2–2 (a)	Lugano	1–0	1–2

Grasshopper Club won on the away goals rule.

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• Sion won 3–2 on aggregate

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The first legs were played on and the return legs were played on

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sion	1–1 (a)	Lausanne-Sport	0–0	1–1
Xamax	1–1 (a)	Grasshopper Club	0–0	1–1

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• Sion won on the away goals rule.

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• Xamax won on the away goals rule.

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The final was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern on Easter Monday 1974.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
15 April 1974
Sion	3–2	Xamax

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Sion won the cup and this was the club's second cup title to this date.

• 1973–74 Nationalliga A
• 1973–74 Swiss 1. Liga

• Fussball-Schweiz
• FCB Cup games 1973–74 at fcb-achiv.ch
• Switzerland 1973–74 at RSSSF

Preceded by 1972–73

Swiss Cup seasons

Succeeded by 1974–75