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2015–16 Swiss Cup

Tournament details
Switzerland
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FC Zürich
FC Lugano
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Marco Schneuwly (6)

The 2015–16 Swiss Cup is the 91st season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition. The competition started on 15 August 2015 with the first games of Round 1 and ended on 29 May 2016 with the Final, won by FC Zürich. As winners of the competition they qualified for the group stage of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. The reigning title holders were Sion.

All teams from 2014–15 Super League and 2014–15 Challenge League as well as the top 4 teams from 2014–15 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 2015–16 Liechtenstein Cup.

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6
2015–16 Super League9 teams	2015–16 Challenge League10 teams	2015–16 Promotion League9 teams	2015–16 1. Liga12 teams	2015–16 2. Liga Interregional11 teams	2015–16 Regional leagues13 teams
FC Basel (BS)
Grasshopper Zürich (ZH)
FC Lugano (TI)
FC Luzern (LU)
FC Sion TH (VS)
FC St. Gallen (SG)
FC Thun (BE)
BSC Young Boys (BE)
FC Zürich (ZH)	FC Aarau (AG)
FC Biel-Bienne (BE)
FC Chiasso (TI)
FC Lausanne-Sport (VD)
FC Le Mont (VD)
Neuchâtel Xamax FCS (NE)
FC Schaffhausen (SH)
FC Wil (SG)
FC Winterthur (ZH)
FC Wohlen (AG)	FC Breitenrain (BE)
SC Brühl (SG)
SC Cham (ZG)
FC Köniz (BE)
SC Kriens (LU)
BSC Old Boys (BS)
Servette FC (GE)
FC Stade Nyonnais (VD)
SC YF Juventus (ZH)	FC Azzurri LS (VD)
FC Bavois (VD)
SC Buochs (NW)
SR Delémont (JU)
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds (NE)
FC Martigny-Sports (VS)
FC Münsingen (BE)
FC Oberwallis Naters (VS)
FC Solothurn (SO)
FC United Zürich (ZH)
FC Wettswil-Bonstetten (ZH)
FC Zug 94 (ZG)	AC Bellinzona (TI)
FC Bulle (FR)
AS Castello (TI)
FC Dardania Lausanne (VD)
FC Konolfingen (BE)
Meyrin FC (GE)
SV Muttenz (BL)
FC Red Star Zürich (ZH)
FC Sierre (VS)
FC Tavannes/Tramelan (BE)
FC Uzwil (SG)	Sixth tier

FC Arbon 05 (TG) FC Brunnen (SZ) FC Gontenschwil (AG) FC Grand-Saconnex (GE) FC Härkingen (SO) FC Küsnacht (ZH) FC Matran (FR) FC Pied du Jura (VD) FC Pratteln (BL) FC Ticino (NE) Seventh tier

FC Hausen am Albis (ZH) FC Länggasse (BE) FC Rheineck (SG) |

TH Title holders.

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.

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. Teams in bold continue to the third round.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
18 September 2015
FC Lausanne-Sport	0–1	FC Thun
FC Köniz	3–1	Grasshopper Zürich
19 September 2015
FC Red Star Zürich	1–1 (a.e.t.)(p. 5–4)	FC Azzurri LS
AC Bellinzona	2–3 (a.e.t.)	FC Lugano
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	0–3	FC Aarau
FC Schaffhausen	2–1 (a.e.t.)	FC Wil
FC Winterthur	1–1 (a.e.t.)(p. 6–5)	FC Biel-Bienne
FC Breitenrain	0–2	FC St. Gallen
FC Sierre	0–3	FC Wettswil-Bonstetten
FC Wohlen	0–1	FC Zürich
20 September 2015
SC YF Juventus	1–4	FC Basel
FC Münsingen	0–2	FC Sion
Neuchâtel Xamax FCS	2–4	FC Luzern
FC Martigny-Sports	0–1	FC Le Mont
FC Bulle	0–3	SV Muttenz
FC Chiasso	0–2	BSC Young Boys

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
28 October 2015
FC Wettswil-Bonstetten	1–2	FC Thun
SV Muttenz	1–5	FC Basel
FC Red Star Zürich	1–2	FC Köniz
FC St. Gallen	2–3	FC Luzern
29 October 2015
FC Aarau	2–0	FC Le Mont
BSC Young Boys	1–3	FC Zürich
FC Schaffhausen	2–3 (a.e.t.)	FC Sion
FC Winterthur	0–2	FC Lugano

The winners of Round 3 played in the Quarter-finals. There was no home advantage granted in the draw. Teams in bold continue to the next round.

Teams


GK	23	Mirko Salvi
DF	13	Frédéric Veseli	82' 90+5'
DF	20	Niko Datković
DF	6	Orlando Urbano
DF	3	Goran Jozinović
MF	14	Jonathan Sabbatini	42'	60'
MF	18	Mario Piccinocchi
MF	19	Antoine Rey (c)	90+2'
FW	7	Ezgjan Alioski		56'
FW	22	Anastasios Donis		70'
FW	10	Mattia Bottani
Substitutes:
GK	1	Alex Valentini
MF	8	Domagoj Pušić
FW	11	Karim Rossi	73'	70'
DF	12	Matías Malvino
FW	17	Matteo Tosetti		56'
MF	21	Nikola Milosavljevic
MF	33	Domen Črnigoj		60'
Manager:
Zdeněk Zeman

GK	32	Anthony Favre	31'
DF	13	Alain Nef
DF	25	Ivan Kecojević
DF	20	Burim Kukeli		20'
MF	16	Philippe Koch		74'
MF	29	Sangoné Sarr	17'
MF	37	Gilles Yapi Yapo (c)		52'
MF	17	Vinícius	90+1'
FW	15	Oliver Buff	71'
FW	33	Kevin Bua
FW	72	Aleksandr Kerzhakov
Substitutes:
GK	31	Novem Baumann
MF	4	Moussa Koné
MF	6	Cabral		52'
MF	10	Davide Chiumiento		74'
MF	22	Anto Grgić		20'
MF	23	Artyom Simonyan
FW	30	Aldin Turkeš
Manager:
Uli Forte

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Official site (in French)

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