The 1979–80

Swiss Cup The Swiss Cup (; ; ; ) is a football cup competition that has been organised annually since 1925–26 season by the Swiss Football Association. The Swiss Cup final is usually the most important game of the year with a high attendance. The co ...

was the 55th season of

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's annual football cup competition.

Overview

The competition began on the weekend 4 and 5 August 1979 with the first games of the first round and was completed on Whit Monday 26 June 1980 with the final, which was held at the former

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. The clubss from this season's Nationalliga B were granted byes for the first round. The games of the second round were played one week later, on the weekend 11 and 12 of August. The clubs from this season's Nationalliga A were granted byes for the first three rounds. These teams joined the competition in the fourth round on 29 and 30 September. The matches were played in a knockout format. Up until the quarter-finals, in the event of a draw at the end of extra time, the match was decided with a penalty shoot-out. In and after the quarter-finals, a replay was foreseen and this was played on the visiting team's pitch. The winners of the cup qualified themselves for the first round of the

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in the next season.

Round 1

The teams from the lower divisions, who had qualified for this round through their regional football association's cup competitions or their requirements, competed in the first round.

Summary

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Round 2

The teams from the NLB joined the cup competition in the second round, they were seeded and could not be drawn against each other. Whenever possible, the draw was respecting regionalities and the lower-tier team was granted home advantage.

Summary

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Matches

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Round 3

Summary

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Matches

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Round 4

The teams from the NLA joined the cup competition in the fourth round, they were seeded and could not be drawn against each other. The draw was still respecting regionalities and the lower-tier team was granted home advantage.

Summary

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* 1979–80 Swiss 1. Liga

References

Sources

Fussball-Schweiz

Cup 1979–80 at fcb-achiv.ch

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Overview

Round 1

Summary

Round 2

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Matches

Round 3

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Matches

Round 4

Summary

Matches

Round 5

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Matches

Quarter-finals

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Matches

Semi-finals

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Matches

Final

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Telegram

Further in Swiss football

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