The 1986–87 Swiss Cup was the 62nd season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition organised by the Swiss Football Association.
Overview The competition began on 9 August 1986 with the first games of Round 1 and ended on Whit Monday 8 June 1987 with the final held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern. The teams from the Nationalliga B were granted byes for the first round. The teams from the Nationalliga A were granted byes for the first two rounds. The winners of the cup qualified themselves for the first round of the Cup Winners' Cup in the next season.
The draw was respecting regionalities, when possible and the lower classed team was granted home advantage. In the entire competition, the matches were played in a single knockout format. In the event of a draw after 90 minutes, the match went into extra time. In the event of a draw at the end of extra time, a penalty shoot-out was to decide which team qualified for the next round. In and after the quarter-finals replays were foreseen.
Round 1 In the first round a total of 160 clubs participated from the third-tier and lower. Reserve teams were not admitted to the competition. Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|9–10 August 1987
The match Onex–Grand-Lancy declaired forfait and awarded as 3-0 victory for Onex, because a player of Grand-Lancy was not qualified.
Round 2 The teams from the Nationalliga B joined the competition in this round. The draw was respecting regionalities, when possible and the lower classed team was granted home advantage. Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|6 September 1987
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|6–7 September 1987
Round 3 The teams from the Nationalliga A joined the competition in this round. The draw was respecting regionalities, when possible and the lower classed team was granted home advantage. Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|19 September 1986
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|20 September 1986
Matches
Lyss played the 1986–87 season in the 2. Liga (fourth-tier)
Renens played the 1986–87 season in the Nationalliga B (second-tier)
Round 4 Summary The draw for this round also respected regionalities, when possible, and the lower classed team was again granted home advantage.
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|18 October 1986
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|19 October 1986
Matches
Round 5 Summary The draw for the fifth round no longer respected clubs out of their regionalities, but the lower classed team was again granted home advantage.
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|9 November 1986
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|11 November 1986
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|7 December 1986
Matches
Quarter-finals Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|29 March 1987
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|7 April 1987
Matches
Semi-finals Summary
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"| 1 May 19
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"| 1 May 19
Matches
Replay
Final
Young Boys won the cup and this was their sixth cup title to this date
Further in Swiss football 1986–87 Nationalliga A 1986–87 Swiss 1. Liga
References
Sources Fussball-Schweiz 1986–87 at fcb-achiv.ch Switzerland 1986–87 at RSSSF