1972 Swiss League Cup


The 1972 Swiss League Cup was the inaugural Swiss League Cup competition. It was played in the summer of 1972 as a pre-season tournament to the 1972–73 Swiss football season. It was won by FC Basel who defeated FC Winterthur 4–1 in the final.

Overview

The League Cup was created to allow clubs from the top two tiers to compete in a tournament in advance of the league season. There was a seeding, the top eight teams from last seasons Nationalliga A were directly qualified for the round of 16. The other six teams from the top-tier and the top ten teams from the second-tier played a qualification round. These 16 teams were divided into four regional groups, each with four teams. Within the group they played a single round-robin, after which the top two teams from each group qualified for the main competition.
The matches in the qualification were played 90 minutes and then beended. Two points were awarded for a win and one point was awarded for a draw. Based on the league table, the top two teams from each group qualified for the main competition. In the main competition 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, a penalty shoot-out would decide which team qualified for the next round. No replays were foreseen.

Round of 16

Matches

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Quarter-finals

Matches

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Semi-finals

Matches

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Final

The final took place on 11 November 1972 at Letzigrund in Zürich

Telegram

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Basel won the very first Swiss Football League Cup. Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) president Lucien Schmidlin presented the trophy to Captain Karl Odermatt.

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