The Swiss League Cup was a football tournament which took place as a summer pre-season tournament in 1972 and 1973, and during the Swiss football season from 1974–75 to 1981–82. The tournament was a knockout competition contested by clubs from the top two levels of Swiss football, the Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B.
Founded | 1972 |
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Abolished | 1982 |
Region | |
Number of teams | 16 (1972–1973) 32 (1974–1982) |
Last champions | FC Aarau (1st title) |
Most successful club(s) | Servette FC (3 titles) |
Finals
editSingle match finals
editEdition | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Location | Date |
1972 | FC Basel | 4–1 | FC Winterthur | Letzigrund, Zürich | 11 November 1972 |
1973 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 2–2 aet (5–4 pens) | FC Winterthur | Letzigrund, Zürich | 10 October 1973 |
1974–75 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 3–0 | FC Zürich | Letzigrund, Zürich | 26 March 1975 |
1975–76 | BSC Young Boys | 4–2 | FC Zürich | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern | 23 May 1976 |
1976–77 | Servette FC | 2–0 | Neuchâtel Xamax | Pontaise, Lausanne | 3 May 1977 |
1977–78 | FC St. Gallen | 3–2 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur | 15 August 1978 |
1978–79 | Servette FC | 2–2 aet (4–3 pens) | FC Basel | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel | 5 March 1979 |
1979–80 | Servette FC | 3–0 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne | 6 May 1980 |
Two-legged finals
editEdition | Home team | Score | Away team | Location | Date |
1980–81 | FC Lausanne-Sport | 1–2 | FC Zürich | Pontaise, Lausanne | 26 May 1981 |
FC Zürich | 0–0 | FC Lausanne-Sport | Letzigrund, Zürich | 8 September 1981 | |
FC Zürich won 2–1 on aggregate | |||||
1981–82 | FC St. Gallen | 0–1 | FC Aarau | Espenmoos, St. Gallen | 18 May 1982 |
FC Aarau | 0–0 | FC St. Gallen | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau | 29 May 1982 | |
FC Aarau won 1–0 on aggregate |
Performance By Club
editClub | Winners | Runners-up | Winning Years | Years runner-up |
Servette FC | 3 | – | 1977, 1979, 1980 | – |
Grasshopper Zürich | 2 | 2 | 1973, 1975 | 1978, 1980 |
FC Zürich | 1 | 2 | 1981 | 1975, 1976 |
FC Basel | 1 | 1 | 1972 | 1979 |
FC St. Gallen | 1 | 1 | 1978 | 1982 |
BSC Young Boys | 1 | – | 1976 | – |
FC Aarau | 1 | – | 1982 | – |
FC Winterthur | – | 2 | – | 1972, 1973 |
Neuchâtel Xamax | – | 1 | – | 1977 |
FC Lausanne-Sport | – | 1 | – | 1981 |