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1987–88 Swiss Cup

The 1987–88 Swiss Cup was the 63rd season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition. It began on 1 August with the first games of Round 1 and ended on 23 May 1988 with the Final held at Wankdorf, Bern. The winners earned a place in the first round of the Cup Winners' Cup.


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The 1987–88 Swiss Cup was the 63rd season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition. It began on 1 August with the first games of Round 1 and ended on 23 May 1988 with the Final held at Wankdorf, Bern. The winners earned a place in the first round of the Cup Winners' Cup.

The competition began on 9 August 1986 with the first games of Round 1 and ended on Whit Monday 8 June 1987 with the final held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern. The teams from the Nationalliga B were granted byes for the first round. The teams from the Nationalliga A were granted byes for the first two rounds. The winners of the cup qualified themselves for the first round of the Cup Winners' Cup in the next season.

The draw was respecting regionalities, when possible, and the lower classed team was granted home advantage. In the entire competition, the matches were played in a single knockout format. In the event of a draw after 90 minutes, the match went into extra time. In the event of a draw at the end of extra time, a penalty shoot-out was to decide which team qualified for the next round. No replays were foreseen.

In the first round a total of 156 clubs participated from the third-tier and lower. Reserve teams were not admitted to the competition.

  • FC Plan-les-Ouates, FC Hägglingen, FC Kilchberg (ZH) and FC Morbio qualified to the next round with byes.
  • Etoile Espagnole declaired forfeit, the match was awarded as a 3–0 victory to Urania.

The teams from the Nationalliga B joined the competition in this round. The draw respected regionalities, when possible and the lower classed team was granted home advantage.

The teams from the Nationalliga A joined the competition in this round. The draw was respecting regionalities, when possible and the lower classed team was granted home advantage.

Team 1ScoreTeam 2
18 October 1987
FC Bütschwil0–6Grasshopper Club
24 October 1987
FC Châtel-St-Denis0–2Servette
25 October 1987
Monthey1–4Lausanne-Sport
28 October 1987
Delémont0–2Xamax
31 October 1987
Colombier0–1Young Boys
FC Küsnacht (ZH)0–7St. Gallen
7 November 1987
FC Dübendorf2–1Vaduz
ES Malley4–1Martigny-Sports
FC Münchenstein1–9'Lugano '
Tuggen0–0 (a.e.t.)(4–5 p)'Winterthur '
Solothurn2–1FC Sursee
15 November 1987
Grand-Lancy1–1 (a.e.t.)(2–3 p)Étoile-Carouge
FC Ascona2–1Laufen
FC Olten2–1Aarau
FC Plan-les-Ouates0–5Echallens
FC Aigle0–5Chênois
FC Altstätten (St. Gallen)1–2 (a.e.t.)Locarno
Biel-Bienne8–3Thun
FC Breitenbach0–3Wettingen
Chur1–2Frauenfeld
SC Derendingen0–2Baden
SC Emmen0–6Luzern
Grenchen3–1SC Zug
Old Boys2–1Basel
Vevey-Sports0–6Bulle
Brugg0–1Mendrisio
FC Bassecourt2–1FC Siviriez
Fribourg2–0Montreux-Sports
18 November 1987
Chiasso0–4Zürich
24 November 1987
Stade Lausanne0–3Sion
13 March 1988
FC Schaffhausen4–0Bellinzona
  • FC Bütschwil played the 1987/88 season in the 2. Liga (fourth-tier).

  • FC Châtel-Saint-Denis played the 1987/88 season in the 1. Liga (third-tier).

  • FC Colombier played the 1987/88 season in the 1. Liga (third-tier).

  • FC Münchenstein played the 1987/88 season in the 2. Liga (fourth-tier).

  • Old Boys played the 1987/88 season in the NLB (second-tier).

  • Chiasso played the 1987/88 season in the NLB (second-tier).

Team 1ScoreTeam 2
12 March 1988
ES Malley0–0 (a.e.t.) (7–8 p)Étoile-Carouge
Biel-Bienne2–3Servette
Young Boys4–0FC Olten
Xamax3–1Lugano
13 March 1988
Grenchen1–2Sion
FC Ascona2–2 (a.e.t.) (8–9 p)Frauenfeld
Bulle4–1FC Bassecourt
Echallens2–1Fribourg
Wettingen0–2 *Grasshopper Club
Lausanne-Sport2–0Chênois
Luzern3–2Locarno
Mendrisio0–1St. Gallen
Old Boys3–1Winterthur
Zürich6–1FC Dübendorf
23 March 1988
Solothurn3–0Buochs
27 March 1988
FC Schaffhausen1–0Baden
  • The match Wettingen–Grasshopper Club was played in Zürich

  • Malley and Étoile-Carouge both played the 1987/88 season in the NLB (second-tier).

  • Biel-Bienne played the 1987/88 season in the NLB (second-tier) and Sevette in the NLA (top-tier).

  • Young Boys played the 1987/88 season in the NLA (top-tier) and Olten in the NLB (second-tier)

  • Xamax played the 1987/88 season in the NLA (top-tier) and Lugano in the NLB (second-tier)

  • Grenchen played the 1987/88 season in the NLB (second-tier) and Sion in the NLA (top-tier).
  • Ascona and Frauenfeld both played the 1987/88 season in the 1. Liga (third-tier)

  • Bulle played the 1987/88 season in the NLB (second-tier) and Bassecourt in the 2. Liga (fourth-tier).

  • Echallens and Fribourg both played the 1987/88 season in the 1. Liga (third-tier)

  • Wettingen played the 1987/88 season in the NLB (second-tier) and the Grasshoppers in the NLA (top-tier).

  • Lausanne-Sport played the 1987/88 season in the NLA (top-tier) and Chênois in the NLB (second-tier)

  • Luzern played the 1987/88 season in the NLA (top-tier) and Locarno in the NLB (second-tier)

  • Mendrisio played the 1987/88 season in the 1. Liga (third-tier) and St. Gallen in the NLA (top-tier).

  • Old Boys and Winterthur both played the 1987/88 season in the NLB (second-tier).

  • Zürich played the 1987/88 season in the NLA (top-tier) and Dübendorf in the 1. Liga (third-tier).

  • Solothurn played the 1987/88 season in the NLB (second-tier) and Buochs in the 1. Liga (third-tier).

  • Schaffhausen and Baden both played the 1987/88 season in the NLB (second-tier).

Team 1ScoreTeam 2
26 March 1988
Étoile-Carouge1–0Frauenfeld
Grasshopper Club2–1 (a.e.t.)Servette
Lausanne-Sport0–1Zürich
27 March 1988
Sion0–3Xamax
Solothurn1–3Bulle
2 April 1988
Young Boys1–0 (a.e.t.)Old Boys
9 April 1988
FC Schaffhausen2–0 (a.e.t.)Echallens
19 April 1988
Luzern2–4 (a.e.t.)St. Gallen
  • The match Solothurn–Bulle was played in Bulle.
Team 1ScoreTeam 2
19 April 1988
Bulle0–1Étoile-Carouge
Xamax1–1 (a.e.t.)(4–5 p)Young Boys
Zürich1–2Grasshopper Club
26 April 1988
FC Schaffhausen2–1 (a.e.t.)FC St. Gallen
Team 1ScoreTeam 2
10 May 1988
Étoile-Carouge1–2 (a.e.t.)Grasshopper Club
Young Boys0–1FC Schaffhausen
Team 1ScoreTeam 2
23 May 1988
Grasshopper Club2–0FC Schaffhausen

Grasshopper Club won the cup and this was the club's 17th Swiss Cup title to this date.

  • 1987–88 Nationalliga A

  • 1987–88 Nationalliga B

  • 1987–88 Swiss 1. Liga

  • Fussball-Schweiz

  • RSSSF Page

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Preceded by1986–87Swiss CupseasonsSucceeded by1988–89
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