The 1937–38 Swiss Cup was the 13th edition of Switzerland's football cup competition, organised annually since the 1925–26 season by the Swiss Football Association.

Overview This season's cup competition began with a three preliminary rounds which were played during the last two week-ends of August and the first week-end in September. The first principal round was played at the beginning of October. The competition was to be completed on Easter Monday, 18 April 1938, with the final, which since a few years, was held in the country's capital in Bern, at the former Wankdorf Stadium.

The preliminary rounds were held for the lower league teams that were not qualified for the main rounds. The 24 clubs from this season's 1. Liga and the 12 clubs from the 1937–38 Nationalliga joined the competition in the first principal round which was played Sunday 3 October.

The matches were played in a 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, if agreed between the clubs, a replay was foreseen and this was played on the visiting team's pitch. If the replay ended in a draw after extra time, or if a replay had not been agreed, a toss of a coin would establish the team that qualified for the next round.

Preliminary rounds The lower league teams that were not directly qualified for the competition competed here in three preliminary rounds. Reserve teams were not admitted to the competition. The aim of this preliminary stage was to reduce the number of teams to 28 for the first main round. The draw respected local regionalities. The preliminary rounds was played at the end of August in advance of the lower leagues season.

First preliminary round

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|22 August 1937

Replay

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|29 August 1937

Second preliminary round

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|22 August 1937

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|29 August 1937

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|5 September 1937

Replays

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|5 September 1937

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|12 September 1937

The following matches were not played and the qualification for the next round was decided by toss of a coin.

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|Toss of a coin.

Third preliminary round

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|5 September 1937

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|12 September 1937

Replay

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|26 September 1937

First principal round Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|3 October 1937

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|10 October 1937

Replay

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|3 October 1937

Note: Match Forward Morges–Racing Lausanne awarded 3–0 for Forward Morges, because the player Ruosch of Racing Lausanne was not qualified.

Matches

FC Breite played the 1937/38 season in the 2. Liga (third tier), Basel in the Nationalliga (top-tier).

Oerlikon played the 1937/38 season in the 2. Liga (third tier), Zürich in the 1. Liga (second tier).

Dopolavoro Genève played the 1937/38 season in the 2. Liga (third tier) and achieved promotion that season, Servette played in the Nationalliga (top-tier).

Black Stars played the 1937/38 season in the 2. Liga (third tier), Aarau in the 1. Liga (second tier).

Round 2 Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|7 November 1937Matches

Bellinzona played the 1937/38 season in the 1. Liga (second tier).

Forward Morges played the 1937/38 season in the 1. Liga (second tier).

Aarau played the 1937/38 season in the 1. Liga (second tier), Olten in the 2. Liga (third tier).

Round 3 Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|5 December 1937 Note: The match Vevey–Lausanne was abandoned at 95' (too dark) and replayed.

Replay

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|2 January 1938Matches

Quarter-finals Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|13 February 1938Rescheduled

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|23 February 1938 Matches

Semi-finals Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|6 March 1938Matches

Final The final was traditionally held in the capital Bern, at the former Wankdorf Stadium, on Easter Monday 1938. Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|18 April 1938Replay

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|19 June 1938Telegram

The cup final replay could only be played two months after the first match, following the 1938 World Cup in France. Several players were rested in the World Cup quarterfinals for this cup final. André Abegglen missed a penalty during the first half. Grasshopper Club' won the cup and this was the club's sixth cup title to this date.

Further in Swiss football 1937–38 Nationalliga 1937–38 Swiss 1. Liga 1937–38 FC Basel season 1937–38 BSC Young Boys season

References

Sources Fussball-Schweiz FCB Cup games 1937–38 at fcb-achiv.ch Switzerland 1937–38 at RSSSF