The 1978–79 Swiss League Cup was the seventh edidition of the Swiss League Cup competition since its introduction in 1972. The first and second rounds were played in summer 1978 as a pre-season warm-up to the 1978–79 Swiss football season, the later rounds were played after the winter-break.

Overview The League Cup had been created six seasons earlier to allow clubs from the top two tiers to compete in a tournament in advance of the league season, with the semi-finals and final played in the Autumn. However, this planning was given up and modified. This season the first two rounds were played in advance of the season and the later rounds were played in the second half of the league season. This year the format was also modified, the first round was played as a two legged affair, however, the teams that competed in the 1978 Intertoto Cup played only a single tie, which was held on a neutral ground. In the remainder of the 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. No replays were foreseen.

First round Summary

The first legs were played on 22 July and the return legs were played on 29 July 1978.

The match Nordstern–Young Fellows was played 1 August.

The one legged ties were all played in Oerlikon.

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|26 July 1978

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|27 July 1978

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|2 August 1978

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|3 August 1978

Matches Two legged ties

Servette won 7–4 on aggregate.

Wettingen won 1–0 on aggregate.

Basel won 4–3 on aggregate.

One legged ties

Second round Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|5 August 1978

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|4 October 1978

Matches

Quarter-finals Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|11 November 1978

Matches

Semi-finals Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|24 January 1979

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|25 January 1979

Matches

Final The final was held at the St. Jakob Stadium in Basel on 1 May 1979.

Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|1 May 1979

Telegram

Servette won the cup and this was the club's second consecutive League Cup title.

Further in Swiss football 1978–79 Nationalliga A 1978–79 Swiss 1. Liga 1978–79 Swiss Cup

References

Swiss League Cup results 1978–79 at RSSSF