1986–87 Swiss Cup


The 1986–87 Swiss Cup was the 62nd season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition organised by the Swiss Football Association.

Overview

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. In and after the quarter-finals replays were foreseen.

Round 1

In the first round a total of 160 clubs participated from the third-tier and lower. Reserve teams were not admitted to the competition.

Summary

  • The match Onex–Grand-Lancy declaired forfait and awarded as 3-0 victory for Onex, because a player of Grand-Lancy was not qualified.

Round 2

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

Round 3

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.

Matches

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  • Lyss played the 1986–87 season in the 2. Liga
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  • Renens played the 1986–87 season in the Nationalliga B
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Round 4

Summary

The draw for this round also respected regionalities, when possible, and the lower classed team was again granted home advantage.

Matches

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Round 5

Summary

The draw for the fifth round no longer respected clubs out of their regionalities, but the lower classed team was again granted home advantage.

Matches

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Quarter-finals

Matches

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Semi-finals

Matches

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;Replay
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Final

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Young Boys won the cup and this was their sixth cup title to this date

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