# 2011–12 Swiss Cup

The 2011–12 Swiss Cup was the 87th season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition. It began on 16 September 2011 with the first games of Round 1 and ended on 16 May 2012 with the Final in the Stade de Suisse in Bern. The winners of the competition, Basel, qualified for the play-off round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League as per the benefits of winning. The former title holders are FC Sion.

## Participating clubs

All ten Super League teams and fifteen Challenge League clubs (FC Vaduz are from Liechtenstein and thus play in the 2011–12 Liechtenstein Cup) entered the 2011-2011 competition, as well as 13 teams from 1. Liga and 26 teams from lower leagues. Teams from 1. Liga and below had to qualify through separate qualifying rounds within their leagues.
| 2011–12 Super League 10 teams | 2011–12 Challenge League 15 teams | 2011–12 1. Liga 13 teams | Amateur teams 26 teams |
| FC Basel Grasshoppers Zürich FC Lausanne-Sport FC Luzern Neuchâtel Xamax Servette FC FC Sionth FC Thun BSC Young Boys FC Zürich | FC Aarau AC Bellinzona FC Biel-Bienne SC Brühl FC Chiasso SR Delémont Étoile Carouge FC SC Kriens FC Locarno AC Lugano FC St. Gallen Stade Nyonnais FC Wil FC Winterthur FC Wohlen | FC Baden GC Biaschesi FC Breitenrain SC Cham SC Dornach SC Düdingen FC Grand-Lancy FC Grenchen ES FC Malley FC Naters FC Schötz FC Tuggen Yverdon-Sport FC | Fourth level FC Chur 97 FC Collex-Bossy US Collombey-Muraz FC Entfelden FC Eschenbach FC Freienbach FC Hergiswil FC Langenthal Losone Sportiva FC Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy US Terre-Sainte FC Töss Fifth level FC Abtwil-Engelburg FC Amicitia Riehen FC Ascona FC Colombier FC Gumefens/Sorens FC Herzogenbuchsee FC Konolfingen FC Renens FC Schattdorf FC United Zürich Sixth level FC Deitingen FC Domdidier FC Ellikon Marthalen FC Henau |

## 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. The games were played on 16, 17 and 18 September 2011.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 16 September 2011 |||
| FC Hergiswil | 1–3 | FC Locarno |
| FC Langenthal | 1–3 | Yverdon-Sport FC |
| 17 September 2011 |||
| US Terre-Sainte | 2–5 (a.e.t.) | SC Brühl |
| FC Deitingen | 1–4 | FC Schattdorf |
| FC Naters | 1–5 | FC St. Gallen |
| FC Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy | 0–5 | FC Thun |
| FC Konolfingen | 1–2 | FC Grand-Lancy |
| FC Collex-Bossy | 1–8 | FC Lausanne-Sport |
| FC Eschenbach | 0–4 | FC Basel |
| FC Henau | 1–5 | FC Wohlen |
| FC Herzogenbuchsee | 1–3 | FC Breitenrain |
| FC Abtwil-Engelburg | 1–5 | Stade Nyonnais |
| US Collombey-Muraz | 0–5 | FC Schötz |
| FC Amicitia Riehen | 0–8 | FC Aarau |
| FC Ascona | 1–2 | FC Chiasso |
| FC Ellikon Marthalen | 3–10 | FC Freienbach |
| FC Töss | 0–10 | Grasshoppers Zürich |
| FC United Zürich | 1–5 (a.e.t.) | FC Lugano |
| FC Domdidier | 0–8 | BSC Young Boys |
| ES FC Malley | 3–3 (a.e.t.) (p. 3–1) | SR Delémont |
| FC Grenchen | 0–5 | FC Zürich |
| FC Renens | 1–4 | FC Wil |
| 18 September 2011 |||
| SC Cham | 2–0 | Étoile Carouge FC |
| FC Colombier | 0–5 | FC Sion |
| SC Düdingen | 1–4 (a.e.t.) | Servette FC |
| FC Tuggen | 3–0 | SC Dornach |
| FC Chur 97 | 1–2 | Neuchâtel Xamax |
| FC Entfelden | 0–9 | SC Kriens |
| Losone Sportiva | 0–3 | FC Luzern |
| FC Gumefens/Sorens | 1–3 | AC Bellinzona |
| FC Baden | 0–1 | FC Winterthur |
| GC Biaschesi | 1–2 | FC Biel-Bienne |

## 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. The games were played on 15 and 16 October 2011.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 15 October 2011 |||
| FC Breitenrain | 1–2 | FC Tuggen |
| FC Schattdorf | 0–5 | FC Lausanne-Sport |
| FC Schötz | 1–5 | FC Basel |
| FC Aarau | 1–3 | FC Zürich |
| FC Sion | 2–1 | Stade Nyonnais |
| Yverdon-Sport | 1–3 | Servette FC |
| FC Winterthur | 2–0 | SC Brühl |
| ES FC Malley | 0–1 | AC Bellinzona |
| 16 October 2011 |||
| SC Cham | 1–5 | FC Wohlen |
| FC Chiasso | 0–1 | Grasshoppers Zürich |
| FC Freienbach | 0–4 | BSC Young Boys |
| FC Grand-Lancy | 1–3 | FC Luzern |
| SC Kriens | 2–1 | Neuchâtel Xamax |
| FC Lugano | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | FC Biel/Bienne |
| FC St. Gallen | 2–0 | FC Thun |
| FC Locarno | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (p. 4–5) | FC Wil |

## 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. The games were played on 26–27 November 2011.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 26 November 2011 |||
| FC Tuggen | 1–2 | FC Sion |
| AC Bellinzona | 0–4 | FC Lausanne-Sport |
| FC Wil | 2−3 (a.e.t.) | FC Basel |
| 27 November 2011 |||
| FC Biel-Bienne | 3−0 | Servette FC |
| FC St. Gallen | 4−2 | FC Zürich |
| SC Kriens | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (p. 3–5) | Grasshoppers Zürich |
| FC Winterthur | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (p. 3–2) | BSC Young Boys |
| FC Wohlen | 1−2 | FC Luzern |

## Quarter-finals

The winners of Round 3 play in the Quarterfinals, there is no home advantage granted in the draw. The games will be played on the 20 and 21 March 2012.

## Semi-finals

The winners of Quarterfinals play in the Semifinals, there is no home advantage granted in the draw. The games were played on the 11 and 15 April 2012.

## Final

The Final was played between the two Semifinal winners and took place at Stade de Suisse in Bern.
| GK | Yann Sommer | | |
| DF | Markus Steinhöfer | | |
| DF | David Abraham | | |
| DF | Aleksandar Dragović | 40' | 72' |
| DF | Park Joo-Ho | | |
| MF | Xherdan Shaqiri | | |
| MF | Benjamin Huggel (cap) | | 96' |
| MF | Granit Xhaka | 90' | |
| MF | Valentin Stocker | | 73' |
| ST | Alexander Frei | | |
| ST | Marco Streller | | |
| Substitutes: ||
| DF | Radoslav Kováč | | 72' |
| FW | Jacques Zoua | | 73' |
| FW | Gilles Yapi | | 96' |
| Manager: ||
| Heiko Vogel ||
| DF | Sally Sarr | | |
| DF | Florian Stahel | | |
| DF | Tomislav Puljić | | |
| DF | Claudio Lustenberger | | |
| MF | Alain Wiss | 57' | |
| MF | Michel Renggli | | |
| MF | Adrian Winter | | |
| MF | Xavier Hochstrasser | | 60' |
| FW | Nelson Ferreira | | 104' |
| ST | Dario Lezcano | | 95' |
| Substitutes: ||||
| MF | Daniel Gygax | 90' | 60' |
| ST | Jahmir Hyka | | 95' |
| FW | Moshe Ohayon | | 104' |
| Manager: ||||
| Murat Yakin ||||