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 round2012/13 Access list Bert Kassies' Site 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 League10 teams 2011–12 Challenge League15 teams 2011–12 1. Liga13 teams Amateur teams26 teams FC Basel Grasshoppers Zürich FC Lausanne-Sport FC Luzern Neuchâtel Xamax Servette FC FC Sionth FC Thun BSC Young Boys FC ZürichFC 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 WohlenFC 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 FCFourth 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.
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|16 September 2011
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|17 September 2011
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|18 September 2011
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.
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|15 October 2011
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|16 October 2011
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.
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|26 November 2011
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|27 November 2011
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 DF Park Joo-Ho MF Xherdan Shaqiri MF Benjamin Huggel (cap) MF Granit Xhaka MF Valentin Stocker ST Alexander Frei ST Marco Streller Substitutes:DF Radoslav Kováč FW Jacques Zoua FW Gilles Yapi Manager: Heiko Vogel GK David Zibung DF Sally Sarr DF Florian Stahel DF Tomislav Puljić DF Claudio Lustenberger MF Alain Wiss MF Michel Renggli MF Adrian Winter MF Xavier Hochstrasser FW Nelson Ferreira ST Dario Lezcano Substitutes:MF Daniel Gygax ST Jahmir Hyka FW Moshe Ohayon Manager: Murat Yakin
References
External links Official site