1996–97 Swiss Cup

1996–97 Swiss Cup

Tournament details
Country	Switzerland
Final positions
Champions	FC Sion
Runner-up	FC Luzern

The 1996–97 Swiss Cup was the 72nd season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition. It began on 10 August with the first games of Round 1 and ended on 8 June 1997 with the Final held at Wankdorf, Bern. The winners earned a place in the first round of the Cup Winners' Cup.

Round 3

Team 1	Score	Team 2
21 September 1996
FC Sargans	0–4	FC Altstetten
FC Seefeld ZH	0–3	FC Winterthur
FC Arlesheim	6–0	FC Le Locle Sports
FC Biel-Bienne	0–2	FC Riehen
FC Châtel-St-Denis	1–3	Étoile-Carouge FC
FC Fribourg	4–0	FC Central Fribourg
FC Serrières	0–0 (a.e.t.) (p. 5–4)	FC Solothurn
FC Sursee	0–2	Zug 94
FC Montreux-Sports	0–2	Servette FC
FC Renens	0–2	FC Monthey
FC Rorschach	0–4	FC St. Gallen
FC Baar	0–2	AC Bellinzona
FC Bülach	2–3	FC Wil
FC Raron	0–4	CS Chênois
FC Grenchen	0–3	FC Luzern
FC Locarno	0–3	FC Lugano
Stade Nyonnais	1–8	FC Lausanne-Sport
FC Münsingen	1–3 (a.e.t.)	FC Basel
22 September 1996
SR Delémont	1–2	BSC Young Boys
FC Rapperswil-Jona	2–0	FC Dübendorf
FC Vernier	1–2	FC Naters
SC YF Juventus	0–1	FC Schaffhausen
SC Dornach	0–3	Yverdon-Sport FC
FC Biasca	0–4	SC Buochs
FC Kreuzlingen	0–1	FC Gossau
FC Uzwil	0–10	FC Zürich

Round 4

Team 1	Score	Team 2
15 March 1997
FC Altstetten	0–2	SC Kriens
FC Arlesheim	0–11	FC Lausanne-Sport
SC Buochs	1–1 (a.e.t.) (p. 2–3)	FC St. Gallen
SV Lyss	0–3	FC Fribourg
FC Rapperswil-Jona	2–3	FC Schaffhausen
FC Wil	3–1	FC Zürich
CS Chênois	1–2	Étoile-Carouge FC
FC Naters	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Yverdon-Sport FC
FC Basel	2–1	BSC Young Boys
16 March 1997
AC Bellinzona	2–3	FC Winterthur
FC Gossau	0–4	Grasshoppers
FC Lugano	0–3	FC Luzern
FC Monthey	4–2	FC Serrières
FC Riehen	0–2	FC Sion
Servette FC	4–0	Neuchâtel Xamax FC
Zug 94	1–4	FC Aarau

Round 5

Team 1	Score	Team 2
29 March 1997
FC Monthey	2–3	FC Luzern
FC Schaffhausen	0–0 (a.e.t.) (p. 3–1)	FC Aarau
FC Wil	2–3	FC Lausanne-Sport
Étoile-Carouge FC	3–2	SC Kriens
FC Basel	1–4	Servette FC
FC Sion	2–1	Grasshoppers
31 March 1997
FC Fribourg	1–0	FC Winterthur
Yverdon-Sport FC	0–1	FC St. Gallen

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
6 May 1997
FC Schaffhausen	1–0	Servette FC
Étoile-Carouge FC	0–6	FC Luzern
FC Fribourg	2–1 (a.e.t.)	FC Lausanne-Sport
FC Sion	5–0	FC St. Gallen

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
19 May 1997
FC Luzern	2–1	FC Schaffhausen
FC Sion	5–2	FC Fribourg

Final

8 June 1997

15:00

FC Sion	3 – 3 (a.e.t.)	FC Luzern
Meyrieu 1' Gaspoz 28' Lukić 84' (pen.)	Report	17', 68' (pen.) Wolf 42' Kögl
Penalties
Lukić Outtara Zambaz Gaspoz Assis Quentin	5 – 4	Wolf Wyss Moser Kögl Sermeter Sawu

Wankdorf, Bern

Attendance: 28,500

Referee: Claude Détruche (Thônex)

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