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1973 Swiss League Cup

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1973 Swiss League Cup
Tournament details
CountrySwitzerland
Teams28
Final positions
ChampionsGrasshopper Club
Runners-upWinterthur
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
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The 1973 Swiss League Cup was the second Swiss League Cup competition. It was played in summer 1973 as a pre-season tournament to the 1973–74 Swiss football season. It was won by Grasshopper Club Zürich who defeated FC Winterthur 5–4 on penalties after a 2–2 draw in the final.

Overview

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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 all the teams from the second-tier played a qualification round. As opposed to in the inaugural version last season, where the teams were divided into regional groups to play a round-robin, this year the 20 teams were drawn in a two-legged elimination tournament, yet only the best eight winners qualified for the round of 16. In the main 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 foreseen.

Qualification round

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The first legs were played on 16 June and the return legs were played on 23 June 1973.

Summary

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Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Grenchen10–2Brühl St. Gallen6–14–1
Mendrisiostar5–1Chiasso4–11–0
Biel-Bienne9–4Martigny-Sports8–11–3
St. Gallen7–4Wettingen2–25–2
Buochs4–4Young Fellows Zürich3–21–2
Luzern11–1Bellinzona6–15–0
Chênois1–6Fribourg1–40–2
Xamax9–5La Chaux-de-Fonds5–24–3
Young Boys5–4Aarau1–24–2
Vevey-Sports6–2Étoile Carouge4–02–2
  • The best eight winners qualified. Buochs and Young Boys did not qualify.

Matches

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First leg
Young Boys1–2Aarau
Brechbühl Image 83' (1:2) YB summary
FCA summary		 Image 44' (0:1) Osterwalder
Image 50' (0:2) Osterwalder
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Switzerland Anton Bucheli (Luzern)
Return leg
Aarau2–4Young Boys
Züttel Image 32' (1:2)
Züttel Image 80' (2:4)		 FCA summary
YB summary		 Image 25' (0:1) Zahnd
Image 30' (0:2) Cornioley
Image 60' (1:3) Muhmenthaler
Image 61' (1:4) Bruttin
Attendance: 629
Referee: Switzerland Adolf Schumacher (Lucerne)

Round of 16

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Summary

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
11 August 1973
Biel-Bienne 2–1 Lausanne-Sport
Lugano 3–0 Grenchen
Xamax 4–1 Basel
Sion 0–2 Servette
Vevey-Sports 2–1 Fribourg
Winterthur 1–0 Luzern
Zürich 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)		 Grasshopper Club
St. Gallen 2–0 Mendrisiostar

Matches

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Neuchâtel Xamax4–1Basel
Rub Image 10' (1:0)
Citherlet Image 29' (2:1)
Richard Yellow card 33'
Elsig Image 38' (3:1)
Richard Image 68' (4:1)		 FCB summary Yellow card 3' Hitzfeld
Image 15' (1:1) Rahmen
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Switzerland André Favre (Echallens)
Sion0–2Servette
Servette summary Image 23' (0:1) Petrović
Image 54' (0:2) Pfister
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Switzerland Fernand Burioli (Lausanne)
Zürich1–1 (a.e.t.)Grasshopper Club
Kuhn Image 83' (pen 1:1) FCZ summary Image 21' (0:1) Grahn
Penalties
Kuhn football with red X
Jeandupeux football with red X
Bionda football with check mark
Botteron football with check mark
Zigerlig football with check mark		 3–4 football with red X Gross
football with check mark Noventa
football with check mark Meier
football with check mark Winiger
football with check mark Grahn
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Switzerland Hans Wieland (Grenchen)

Quarter-finals

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Summary

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
14 August 1973
Vevey-Sports 1–4 Grasshopper Club
Lugano 2–4 Servette
Xamax 1–2 Biel-Bienne
St. Gallen 1–2 Winterthur

Matches

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Vevey-Sports1–4Grasshopper Club
Lambelet Image 53' (1:2) RSSSF summary Image 23' (0:1) Noventa
Image 45' (0:2) Grahn
Image 61' (1:3) Grahn
Image 73' (1:4) Elsener
Lugano2–4Servette
Lubanski Image 3' (1:0)
Luttrop Image 73' (2:2)		 Servette summary Image 5' (1:1) Petrović
Image 31' (1:2) Petrović
Image 87' (2:3) Schnyder
Image 89' (2:4) Riner
Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Switzerland Anton Bucheli (Luzern)
Xamax1–2Biel-Bienne
Citherlet Image 2' (1:0) RSSSF summary Image 54' (1:1) Peters
Image 75' (1:2) Gobet
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Switzerland Ulysse Darbellay (Roche, Vaud)
St. Gallen1–2Winterthur
Blättler Image 78' (1:1) RSSSF summary Image 38' (0:1) Risi
Image 90' (1:2) Grünig
Attendance: 4,600
Referee: Switzerland Jean Dubach (Nidau)

Semi-finals

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Summary

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
8 September 1973
Grasshopper Club 2–0 Servette
12 September 1973
Biel-Bienne 0–3 Winterthur

Matches

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Grasshopper Club2–0Servette
Grahn Image 30' (1:0)
(Marchi) red-colored football 43' (o.g.)		 Servette summary
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Karl Keller (Basel)
Biel-Bienne0–3Winterthur
RSSSF summary Image 51' (0:1) Meili
Image 80' (0:2) Nielsen
Image 82' (0:3) Künzli
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Switzerland Pierre Despont (Lausanne)

Final

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Summary

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The final took place on Wednesday 10 October 1973 at Letzigrund in Zürich.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
10 October 1973
Grasshopper Club 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		 Winterthur

Telegram

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Grasshopper Club2–2 (a.e.t.)Winterthur
Elsener Image 71' (1:2)
Ohlhauser Image 76' (2:2)		 RSSSF summary Image 25' (0:1) Risi
Image 66' (0:2) Risi
Penalties
Winiger football with check mark
Meier football with check mark
T. Niggl football with check mark
Gröbli football with check mark
Grahn football with check mark		 5–4 football with check mark Fehr
football with red X Nielsen
football with check mark Arnold
football with check mark Risi
football with check mark Küng
Attendance: 3,700
Referee: Switzerland Anton Bucheli (Luzern)

Grasshopper Club won the cup and this was the club's first League Cup title to this date.

Further in Swiss football

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References

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