The 1981–82 Swiss Cup was the 57th season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition.

Overview The competition began on 1 and 2 August 1982 with the first games of the first round and was completed on Whit Monday 31 May 1982 with the final, which was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern. The teams from the Nationalliga B were granted byes for the first round. The games of the second round were played one week later, on the weekend 8 and 9 of August. The teams from the Nationalliga A were granted byes for the first two rounds. The matches were played in a knockout format. Up until the fifth round, 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 fifth round replays were foreseen and this was played on the visiting team's pitch. The winners of the cup qualified themselves for the first round of the Cup Winners' Cup in the next season.

Round 3 Summary The teams from the NLA joined the cup competition in the third round. Whenever possible, the draw was respecting regionalities and the lower-tier team was granted home advantage.

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|26 September 1981

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|27 September 1981

Matches

Round 4 Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|30 October 1981

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|31 October 1981

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|1 November 1981

Matches

Round 5 Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|20 March 1983

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|23 March 1983

Matches

Quarter-finals Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|12 April 1982

Replay

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|20 April 1982

Matches

Replay

Semi-finals Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|4 May 1982

Matches

Final The final was held at the former Wankdorf Stadium in Bern on Whit Monday 1982.

Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|31 May 1982

Telegram

Sion won the cup and this was the club's fourth cup title to this date.

Further in Swiss football 1981–82 Nationalliga A 1981–82 Swiss 1. Liga

References

Sources Fussball-Schweiz 1981–82 at fcb-achiv.ch Switzerland 1981–82 at RSSSF