Swiss Cup The Swiss Cup (; ; ; ) is a football cup tournament that has been organised annually since 1925–26 by the Swiss Football Association. Since 1999 the winner earns the chance to qualify for the UEFA Europa League or the UEFA Europa Conference L ...

2004–05 was the eightieth season of

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

's annual cup competition. It began on 17 September with the first games of Round 1 and ended on 16 May 2005 with the Final held at

St. Jakob-Park St. Jakob-Park () is a Swiss sports stadium in Basel. It is the largest football venue in Switzerland and home to FC Basel. "Joggeli", as the venue is nicknamed by the locals, was originally built with a capacity of 33,433 seats. The capacity w ...

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

. The winners earned a place in the

second qualifying round The second (symbol: s) is the unit of time in the International System of Units (SI), historically defined as of a day – this factor derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes and finally to 60 seconds eac ...

of the UEFA Cup.

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. , colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC", 17 September 2004 , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC", 18 September 2004 , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC", 19 September 2004

Round 2

Teams from Super League were seeded in this round and could not play against each other. In a match, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable. , colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC", 22 October 2004 , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC", 23 October 2004 , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC", 24 October 2004

Round 3

The ties were drawn, there was no seeding, everyone could meet everyone. The home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, otherwise to the team that drawn first. , colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC", 20 November 2004 , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC", 21 November 2004

Quarterfinals

The ties were drawn, there was no seeding, everyone could meet everyone. The home advantage was granted to the team that drawn first. ---- ---- ----

Semifinals

The ties were drawn, there was no seeding, everyone could meet everyone. The home advantage was granted to the team that drawn first. ----

Final

The game was played in the

. The advantage of the home team was granted to the team that won semi-final number one.

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:2004-05 Swiss Cup Swiss Cup seasons Swiss Cup, 2004-05