# 1966–67 Swiss Cup

The 1966–67 Swiss Cup was the 42nd season of Switzerland's annual cup competition.

## Overview

The first principal round was held on 10 and 11 September and the second principal round was held on 1 and 2 October. The teams from the Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B were granted byes for these two rounds. The cup winners were qualified for the 1967–68 Cup Winners' Cup.

## Third round

The Nationalliga B teams joined the competition in the third round. The teams from the Nationalliga A were granted byes in this round.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 22 / 23 October 19 |||
| Blue Stars | 4–2 (a.e.t.) | FC Widnau |
| Uster | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | SC Brühl |
| FC Turgi | 2–1 | Baden |
| Thun | 5–3 | Cantonal Neuchâtel |
| Fribourg | 4–1 | Bern |
| Emmenbrücke | 0–1 | Luzern |
| Chiasso | 7–1 | Red Star |
| Bellinzona | 6–0 | Bodio |
| Grünstern Ipsach | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Solothurn |
| Neuchâtel Xamax | 3–2 | Etoile Carouge |
| FC Porrentruy | 0–1 | Minerva Bern |
| Vevey Sports | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Wettingen |
| FC Le Locle | 5–1 | Montreux-Sports |
| Nordstern | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Wettingen |
| Aarau | 6–0 | Concordia |
| St. Gallen | 5–3 (a.e.t.) | FC Dübendorf |
| Urania Genève Sport | 3–1 | ES Malley |
| Frauenfeld | 8–0 | FC Rorschach |

### Replays

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 26 October 1966 |||
| Wettingen | 5–3 (a.e.t.) | Nordstern |
| 26 October 1966 |||
| Solothurn | 1–2 | Grünstern Ipsach |
| 30 October 1966 |||
| Chênois | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | Vevey Sports |

## Fourth round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 6 November 1966 |||
| FC Uster | 0–4 | Zürich |
| Lugano | PP | FC Turgi |
| Thun | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Servette |
| Sion | 1–0 | Fribourg |
| Luzern | PP | Chiasso |
| Bellinzona | PP | Young Fellows |
| Grünstern Ipsach | 1–3 | Neuchâtel Xamax |
| Biel-Bienne | 2–0 | Minerva Bern |
| Grenchen | 7–1 | Vevey Sports |
| FC Le Locle | 3–0 | Moutier |
| Grasshopper Club | 6–2 | Wettingen |
| La Chaux-de-Fonds | 2–0 | Aarau |
| St. Gallen | 1–2 | Young Boys |
| Urania Genève Sport | 0–3 | Lausanne-Sport |
| Winterthur | 3–0 | Frauenfeld |
| Basel | 6–0 | Blue Stars |
| 1 May 19 |||
| Lugano | 4–0 | FC Turgi |
| Luzern | 5–1 | Chiasso |
| Bellinzona | 3–0 | Young Fellows |

## Fifth round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 11 December 1966 |||
| Basel | 3–2 | Zürich |
| Grenchen | 0–1 | Biel-Bienne |
| FC Le Locle | 1–4 | Grasshopper Club |
| Winterthur | 3–1 | Young Boys |
| Lausanne-Sport | 2–0 | La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| 18 December 1966 |||
| Lugano | 1–0 | Servette |
| AC Bellinzona | 4–1 | Neuchâtel Xamax |
| Sion | 3–0 FF | Luzern |

## Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 5 March 1967 |||
| Basel | 2–2 | Biel-Bienne |
| Grasshopper Club | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Lugano |
| FC Sion | 4–0 | AC Bellinzona |
| FC Winterthur | 0–3 | Lausanne-Sport |

### Replays

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 8 March 1967 |||
| Lugano | 5–0 | Grasshopper Club |
| Biel-Bienne | 1–2 | Basel |

## Final

The final was held in the former Wankdorf Stadium on 15 May 1967. The opponents were FC Basel and Lausanne-Sports. The game went down in football history due to the sit-down strike that followed a penalty goal shortly before the end of the match. After 88 minutes of play, with the score at 1–1, referee Karl Göppel awarded Basel a controversial penalty. André Grobéty had pushed Helmut Hauser gently in the back and he had let himself drop theatrically. Hauser scored the decisive penalty. Subsequent to the 2–1 lead for Basel the Lausanne players refused to resume the game and they sat down demonstratively on the pitch. The referee had to abandon the match. Basel were awarded the cup with a 3–0 forfeit.
The winners were to be qualified for the 1967–68 Cup Winners' Cup. However, because FCB were the 1966–67 Nationalliga A champions they qualified for the 1967–68 European Cup and so Lausanne-Sports qualified as rummers-up for the Cup Winners' Cup. This was FCB's fourth cup title and their first domestic double.