# 2012–13 Swiss Cup

The 2012–13 Swiss Cup was the 88th season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition. The competition commenced on 14 September 2012 with the first game of Round 1 and ended on 20 May 2013 with the Final. The winners of the competition, Grasshopper Club Zürich qualified for the play-off round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League. They beat defending champions FC Basel in the final.

## Participating clubs

All ten Super League and nine Challenge League teams (FC Vaduz are from Liechtenstein and thus play in the 2012–13 Liechtenstein Cup) entered this year's competition, as well as 45 teams from lower leagues. Teams from 1. Liga Promotion and below qualified through separate qualifying rounds within their leagues. Teams from regional leagues qualified by winning the last season's regional cups.
| 2012–13 Super League 10 teams | 2012–13 Challenge League 9 teams | 2012–13 1. Liga Promotion 6 teams | 2012–13 1. Liga 13 teams | 2012-13 2. Liga Interregional 10 teams | 2012-13 Regional leagues 16 teams |
| FC Basel (BS) Grasshoppers Zürich (ZH) FC Lausanne-Sport (VD) FC Luzern (LU) Servette FC (GE) FC Sion (VS) FC St. Gallen (SG) FC Thun (BE) BSC Young Boys (BE) FC Zürich (ZH) | FC Aarau (AG) AC Bellinzona (TI) FC Biel-Bienne (BE) FC Chiasso (TI) FC Locarno (TI) FC Lugano (TI) FC Wil (SG) FC Winterthur (ZH) FC Wohlen (AG) | SC Brühl (SG) SR Delémont (JU) Étoile Carouge FC (GE) SC Kriens (LU) FC Schaffhausen (SH) FC Tuggen (SZ) | FC Baden (AG) FC Black Stars (BS) SC Cham (ZG) SC Düdingen (FR) FC Echallens (VD) FC Grenchen (SO) FC Köniz (BE) FC Le Mont (VD) FC Monthey (VS) SV Muttenz (BL) FC Schötz (LU) FC Wettswil-Bonstetten (ZH) SC Zofingen (AG) | SC Bümpliz 78 (BE) FC Colombier$^†$ (NE) FC Eschenbach (LU) FC Hergiswil (NW) FC Ibach (SZ) FC Langenthal (BE) FC La Sarraz-Éclépens (VD) FC Linth 04 (GL) FC Moutier (BE) FC Thierrens (VD) | Sixth tier FC Aarberg (BE) FC Altstetten (ZH) FC Amriswil (TG) FC Arlesheim (BL) FC Ems (GR) FC Hochdorf (LU) CS Italien (GE) FC Olten (SO) Pully Football (VD) FC Richemond (FR) FC Saxon-Sports (VS) FC Schönbühl (BE) AC Vallemaggia (TI) Vedeggio Calcio$^‡$ (TI) FC Windisch (AG) Seventh tier FC Diessenhofen$^{FP}$ (TG) |
Teams in bold are still active in the competition.
th Title holders. $^{FP}$ Qualified for having the lowest fair play points inside its regional tier. $^†$ Qualified as regional leagues cup winners before being promoted to 2. Liga Interregional. $^‡$ Qualified through 2. Liga Interregional qualifiers after being relegated to their regional league.

## Round 1

Teams from Super League and Challenge League were seeded in this round. In a match, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 14 September 2012 |||
| FC Le Mont | 1–4 | FC Biel-Bienne |
| 15 September 2012 |||
| FC Olten | 0–4 | FC Lugano |
| FC Altstetten | 0–7 | FC St. Gallen |
| FC Wettswil-Bonstetten | 1–5 | BSC Young Boys |
| FC Arlesheim | 1–3 | FC Chiasso |
| FC Köniz | 3–1 | FC Tuggen |
| FC Amriswil | 1–6 | FC Basel |
| FC Schönbühl | 2–1 | FC Aarberg |
| FC Eschenbach | 0–1 | FC Winterthur |
| FC Monthey | 2–4 (a.e.t.) | SC Brühl |
| FC Colombier | 2–4 | FC Hergiswil |
| SC Düdingen | 3–4 | FC Thun |
| FC Hochdorf | 0–4 | FC Lausanne-Sport |
| FC Thierrens | 2–3 | FC Locarno |
| FC Saxon-Sports | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | FC La Sarraz-Éclépens |
| SC Zofingen | 1–3 (a.e.t.) | FC Schötz |
| FC Langenthal | 1–3 | SC Kriens |
| FC Moutier | 0–4 | FC Grenchen |
| CS Italien | 1–5 | FC Schaffhausen |
| FC Ibach | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | FC Black Stars |
| AC Vallemaggia | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | SC Bümpliz 78 |
| FC Diessenhofen | 0–5 | FC Baden |
| Étoile Carouge FC | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (p. 4–5) | FC Wohlen |
| 16 September 2012 |||
| SC Cham | 2–1 | Servette FC |
| SR Delémont | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (p. 6–5) | FC Luzern |
| Vedeggio Calcio | 0–5 | Grasshoppers Zürich |
| FC Ems | 0–5 | AC Bellinzona |
| FC Echallens | 0–6 | FC Zürich |
| FC Windisch | 0–7 | FC Wil |
| FC Richemond | 0–1 | FC Sion |
| Pully Football | 1–4 | FC Aarau |
| FC Linth 04 | 2–3 | SV Muttenz |

## Round 2

The winners of Round 1 played in this round. Teams from Super League were seeded, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 10 November 2012 |||
| FC Schönbühl | 0–4 | SC Kriens |
| FC Black Stars | 1–3 | FC Zürich |
| AC Vallemaggia | 0–6 | Grasshoppers Zürich |
| FC Köniz | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (p. 4–2) | FC Winterthur |
| FC Schötz | 1–4 | FC Wil |
| FC Baden | 0–5 | FC Schaffhausen |
| FC Lugano | 0–2 | FC Thun |
| 11 November 2012 |||
| FC Grenchen | 0–4 | FC Wohlen |
| FC Hergiswil | 0–3 | FC Sion |
| FC Biel-Bienne | 0–3 | FC St. Gallen |
| SV Muttenz | 1–5 | BSC Young Boys |
| FC Chiasso | 1–4 | FC Basel |
| FC Aarau | 2–0 | AC Bellinzona |
| FC La Sarraz-Éclépens | 0–3 | SC Brühl |
| SC Cham | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (p. 4–5) | FC Locarno |
| SR Delémont | 0–4 | FC Lausanne-Sport |

## Round 3

The winners of Round 2 played in this round, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 8 December 2012 |||
| SC Brühl | 1–3 | FC Lausanne-Sport |
| FC Schaffhausen | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (p. 2–3) | Grasshoppers Zürich |
| 9 December 2012 |||
| FC Köniz | 1–5 | FC Zürich |
| FC Wil | 4–3 | BSC Young Boys |
| FC Locarno | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | FC Basel |
| 3 February 2013 |||
| FC Wohlen | 1–2 | FC Thun |
| SC Kriens | 0–4 | FC Sion |
| FC Aarau | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | FC St. Gallen |

## Quarter-finals

The winners of Round 3 played in the Quarter-finals, there was no home advantage granted in the draw.

## Semi-finals

The winners of the Quarter-finals stage advanced to play in the Semi-finals.

## Final

The winners of the Semi-finals stage played in the Final, which was held in the capital at the Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf.
| GK | Yann Sommer | | |
| DF | Kay Voser | | 60' |
| DF | Fabian Schär | 28' | |
| DF | Aleksandar Dragović | 57' | |
| DF | Park Joo-Ho | | |
| MF | Fabian Frei | | |
| MF | Marcelo Díaz | | |
| MF | Mohamed Elneny | 91' | |
| MF | Serey Die | | 106' |
| MF | Valentin Stocker | | |
| ST | Marco Streller (c) | | 69' |
| Substitutes: ||
| DF | Markus Steinhöfer | | 60' |
| MF | Raúl Bobadilla | | 69' |
| FW | David Degen | | 106' |
| Manager: ||
| Murat Yakin ||
| DF | Michael Lang | | |
| DF | Milan Vilotić | | |
| DF | Stéphane Grichting | | |
| DF | Moritz Bauer | | |
| MF | Amir Abrashi | | 95' |
| MF | Vero Salatić | | |
| MF | Izet Hajrović | | |
| MF | Shkëlzen Gashi | 29' | 100' |
| MF | Steven Zuber | | 66' |
| ST | Anatole Ngamukol | | |
| Substitutes: ||||
| MF | Frank Feltscher | | 66' |
| MF | Nzuzi Toko | | 95' |
| MF | Nassim Ben Khalifa | | 100' |
| Manager: ||||
| Uli Forte ||||