1932–33 Swiss Cup


The 1932–33 Swiss Cup was the 8th edition of Switzerland's football cup competition, organised annually since the 1925–26 season by the Swiss Football Association.

Overview

This season's cup competition began with two preliminary rounds, which were held before the main competition began. These two rounds were played during the last two week-ends of August and the first week-end of September 1933. The first principal round was played at the beginning of October. The competition was to be completed on Sunday 9 April 1933, with the final, which this year was held at the Hardturm in Zürich.
The preliminary rounds were held for the lower league teams that were not qualified for the main rounds. Reserve teams were not admitted to the competition. The 16 clubs from the 1932–33 Nationalliga and the 18 clubs from this season's 1. Liga joined the competition in the first principal round, which was played on Sunday 2 October.
The matches were played in a 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, if agreed between the clubs, a second extra time was played. If the score was still level at the final whistle, a replay was foreseen and this was played on the visiting team's pitch. If the replay ended in a draw after extra time, or if no replay was not agreed, a toss of a coin would establish the team that qualified for the next round.

Preliminary rounds

The lower league teams that had not qualified for the competition competed here in two preliminary knockout rounds. Reserve teams were not admitted to the competition. The aim of this preliminary stage was to reduce the number of lower league teams to 28 before the first main round, to join the 34 clubs from the top two tiers. The draw in the preliminary stage and in the early rounds of the main competition respected local regionalities. Both preliminary rounds were played in advance of the lower leagues regional season.

First preliminary round

  • Note to match Fribourg–Morges: Forward Morges declaied forfeit and the match was awarded as 3–0 victory for Fribourg.
  • Note : Match Tavannes–Birsfelden no replay was agreed between the two teams. Birsfelden qualified on toss of a coin.
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  • Note : The replay Hakoah–Höngg ended in a draw after exra-time. Hakoah Zürich qualified on toss of a coin.

Second preliminary round

  • The teams Central Fribourg, FC Gloria , FC Diana Zürich and Uster qualified for the next round with byes.
  • Note to match Langnau–Moutier: Langnau declaired forfeit and the match was awarded as a 0–3 victory for Moutier.
  • Note to match Neuhausen–Horgen: Neuhausen declaired forfeit and the match was awarded as a 0–3 victory for Horgen.

First principal round

Summary

  • The match Old Boys–Bellinzona was played in Bellinzona. The match was scheduled to be played in Basel, but Old Boys accepted Bellinzona's proposal to play on their pitch.
  • Note to match Balerna–Horgen: Horgen declaired forfeit and the match was awarded as a 3–0 victory for Balerna.

Matches

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  • Both teams played the 1932/33 season in the Nationalliga, Basel in Group 1 and Concordia in Group 2.
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  • Seebach played the 1932/33 season in the 1. Liga Group East, Zürich ib the Nationalliga Group 2.
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  • Aarau played the 1932/33 season in the Nationalliga Group 2, Olten in the 1. Liga Group West.
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  • Servette played the 1932/33 season in the Nationalliga Group 2, Burgdorf in the 3. Liga.
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Round 2

Summary

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Matches

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  • Both teams played the 1932/33 season in the Nationalliga, Basel in Group 1 and Blue Stars in Group 2.
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  • Zürich played the 1932/33 season in the Nationalliga Group 2, Kreuzlingen in the 2. Liga.
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  • Both teams played the 1932/33 season in the Nationalliga, Aarau in Group 2, Urania in Group 1.
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  • Both teams played the 1932/33 season in the Nationalliga, Servette in Group 2, Etoile Carouge in Group 1.
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Round 3

Matches

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  • Lugano played the 1932/33 season in the Nationalliga Group 1, St. Gallen in the 1. Liga Group East.
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  • GC played the 1932/33 season in the Nationalliga Group 1, Juventus Zürich in the 2. Liga.
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  • Zürich played the 1932/33 season in the Nationalliga Group 2, Winterthur in the 1. Liga Group East.
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  • Montreux played the 1932/33 season in the 1. Liga Group West, Urania in the Nationalliga Group 1.
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  • Bern played the 1932/33 season in the 1. Liga Group West, Lausanne-Sport in the Nationalliga Group 2.
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  • Etoile Carouge played the 1932/33 season in the Nationalliga Group 1, Racing-Club Lausanne in the 1. Liga Group West.
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  • Bellinzona played the 1932/33 season in the 1. Liga Group East, Basel in the Nationalliga.
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Quarter-finals

Matches

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Semi-finals

Matches

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Final

The final was held in Zürich this year, at the Hardturm, on Sunday 9 April 1933.

Telegram

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Basel won the cup and this was the club's first cup title, in fact, it was their very first trophy to that date.

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