2025–26 Swiss Cup

2025–26 Swiss Cup

Tournament details
Country	Switzerland
Date	15 August 2025 – 24 May 2026
Teams	64
Defending champions	FC Basel
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The 2025–26 Swiss Cup is the 101st edition of the Swiss Cup, the premier annual association football cup for clubs in Switzerland.

64 teams participate in the Swiss Cup.^[1] They come from across the three levels of the Swiss football pyramid:

• The 21 eligible members of the Swiss Football League are automatically entered
  • Twelve from the Super League
  • Nine teams from the Challenge League^[a]
• 17 teams can qualify from the First League (Promotion League and 1. Liga)^[b]
  • Seven top ranked eligible teams of 2023–24 Swiss Promotion League^[a]
  • Ten 1. Liga Classic teams qualified through the qualifying tournament^[2]
• 25 teams can qualify from the Amateur League
  • Nine 2. Liga Interregional teams qualified through the qualifying tournament^[3]
  • 16 teams from the 13 regional football associations (regional associations of Bern-Jura, Zürich and Eastern Switzerland^[c] have two participants)
• Final spot is awarded to the winner of the Suva Fairplay Trophy, awarded to the fairest football club of the last season

Super League 12 teams	Challenge League 9 teams	Promotion League 7 teams	1. Liga 11 teams	2. Liga Interregional 10 teams	2. Liga 12 teams	3. Liga/4. Liga 3 teams
FC Basel Grasshopper Club Zürich FC Lausanne-Sport FC Lugano FC Luzern Servette FC FC Sion FC St. Gallen FC Thun FC Winterthur BSC Young Boys FC Zürich	FC Aarau AC Bellinzona Étoile Carouge FC Neuchâtel Xamax FCS FC Rapperswil-Jona FC Stade Lausanne-Ouchy FC Stade Nyonnais FC Wil 1900 Yverdon-Sport FC	FC Biel-Bienne FC Breitenrain SC Cham FC Grand-Saconnex SC Kriens FC Schaffhausen Vevey-Sports	FC Courtételle FC Concordia Basel FC Echallens FC Mendrisio FC Prishtina Bern FC La Sarraz-Eclépens SV Schaffhausen FC Stade-Payerne FC Wohlen FC Wettswil-Bonstetten Zug 94	FC Ajoie-Monterri FC Altstätten FC Bosna Neuchâtel FC Dardania Lausanne FC Gossau FC Härkingen FC Klingnau FC Lachen/Altendorf Signal FC Bernex-Confignon FC Vernier	FC Azzurri Bienne FC Breitenbach FC Communal Sport Le Locle FC Diaspora 2014 FC Lommiswil FC Morbio FC Perlen-Buchrain FC Romanshorn FC Saxon Sports FC La Tour/Le Pâquier FC Unterstrass FC Veyrier Sports	FC Volketswil FC Walenstadt SC Nebikon [d]

The following table shows the scheduling of the individual rounds of the competitions:

Round	Match date
Round 1 (round of 64)	15–17 August 2025
Round 2 (round of 32)	19–21 September 2025
Round 3 (round of 16)	2–4 December 2025
Round 4 (quarter-finals)	3–5 February 2026
Round 5 (semi-finals)	28–19 April 2026
Round 6 (final)	24 May 2026

All rounds are drawn following the conclusion of the previous round. All participating teams enter the tournament in round 1. Matchup restrictions apply in the first two rounds:^[1]

• In Round 1, clubs of the Swiss Football League (SL and ChL) cannot be drawn against each other. Furthermore, matchups are regionally drawn.
• In Round 2, teams of the Swiss Super League cannot be drawn against each other.
• From Round 3 onward, no more matchup restrictions apply.

The competitor of the lower league^[e] has home ground advantage in all rounds except the final, if applicable.

The first round was drawn on 30 June 2025.^[6] Teams' league is indicated in brackets.^[e]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Perlen-Buchrain (2)	0–3	FC Luzern (SL)
FC Volketswil (3)	0–8	FC Rapperswil-Jona (ChL)
FC Wettswil-Bonnstetten (1)	0–2	FC Zürich (SL)
FC Ajoie-Monterri (2I)	0–2	FC Sion (SL)
FC Walenstadt (3)	0–13	FC St. Gallen (SL)
FC Romanshorn (2)	2–4	FC Altstätten (2I)
FC La Sarraz-Eclépens (1)	1–4	FC Grand-Saconnex (PL)
FC Lommiswil (2)	1–4 (a.e.t.)	FC Prishtina Bern (1)
FC Stade-Payerne (1)	1–3	Yverdon-Sport FC (ChL)
SC Kriens (PL)	2–3 (a.e.t.)	FC Wil (ChL)
Zug 94 (1)	0–0 (a.e.t.) 5–4 (p)	FC Mendrisio (1)
FC Veyrier Sports (2)	0–2	FC Stade Lausanne-Ouchy (ChL)
FC Härkingen (2I)	2–3 (a.e.t.)	FC Schaffhausen (PL)
FC Morbio (2)	2–1	FC Gossau (2I)
FC Le Communal Sport Le Locle (2)	2–1	FC Saxon Sports (2)
FC Vernier (2I)	0–1 (a.e.t.)	FC Echallens (1)
Signal FC Bernex-Confignon (2I)	0–3 (a.e.t.)	Étoile Carouge FC (ChL)
SV Schaffhausen (1)	0–5	FC Winterthur (SL)
FC Diaspora (2)	2–3	Neuchâtel Xamax FCS (ChL)
FC Breitenbach (2)	0–5	FC Bosna Neuchâtel (2I)
FC Unterstrass (2)	2–2 (a.e.t.) 6–4 (p)	FC Klingnau (2I)
SC Nebikon (4)	0–4	AC Bellinzona (ChL)
FC Wohlen (1)	1–3	FC Aarau (ChL)
FC Biel-Bienne (PL)	1–6	FC Basel (SL)
FC Azzurri Bienne (2)	0–8	FC Concordia Basel (1)
SC Cham (PL)	3–2	FC Lugano (SL)
FC La Tour/Le Pâquier (2)	0–4	FC Stade Nyonnais (ChL)
FC Dardania Lausanne (2I)	0–5	Servette FC (SL)
Vevey-Sports (PL)	1–2	FC Lausanne-Sport (SL)
FC Courtételle (1)	1–4	BSC Young Boys (SL)
FC Breitenrain (PL)	1–0	FC Thun (SL)
FC Lachen/Altendorf (2I)	0–2	Grasshopper Club Zürich (SL)

The second round was drawn following the conclusion of the first round on 17 August 2025.^[7]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Zug 94 (1)	–	FC Breitenrain (PL)
FC Unterstrass (2)	–	Neuchâtel Xamax FCS (ChL)
FC Altstätten (2I)	–	SC Cham (PL)
FC Le Communal Sport Le Locle (2)	–	FC Grand-Saconnex (PL)
FC Morbio (2)	–	FC Rapperswil-Jona (ChL)
FC Echallens (1)	–	FC Stade Lausanne-Ouchy (ChL)
FC Prishtina Bern (1)	–	FC Sion (SL)
Yverdon-Sport FC (ChL)	–	Servette FC (SL)
FC Wil (ChL)	–	FC St. Gallen (SL)
FC Bosna Neuchâtel (2I)	–	FC Luzern (SL)
FC Schaffhausen (PL)	–	FC Winterthur (SL)
Étoile Carouge FC (ChL)	–	FC Basel (SL)
FC Stade Nyonnais (ChL)	–	FC Zürich (SL)
FC Concordia Basel (1)	–	FC Lausanne-Sport (SL)
FC Aarau (ChL)	–	BSC Young Boys (SL)
AC Bellinzona (ChL)	–	Grasshopper Club Zürich (SL)

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