The 1966–67 Swiss Cup was the 42nd season of Switzerland's annual cup competition. The winner was FC Basel.

1966–67 Swiss Cup
Tournament details
CountrySwitzerland
Teams114
Final positions
ChampionsFC Basel
Runner-upLausanne-Sports
Tournament statistics
Matches played125

Overview

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Principal rounds

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The first principal round was held on September 10 and 11 and the second principal round was held on October 1 and 2. The teams from the Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B were granted byes.

Main rounds

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The Nationalliga B teams joined the competition in the Round of 64 and the teams from the Nationalliga A in the round of 32.

The final was held in the former Wankdorf Stadium on 15 May 1967. The opponents were FC Basel and Lausanne-Sports. The game went down in football history due to the sit-down strike that followed a penalty goal shortly before the end of the match. After 88 minutes of play, with the score at 1–1, referee Karl Göppel awarded Basel a controversial penalty. André Grobéty had pushed Helmut Hauser gently in the back and he had let himself drop theatrically. Hauser scored the decisive penalty. Subsequent to the 2–1 lead for Basel the Lausanne players refused to resume the game and they sat down demonstratively on the pitch. The referee had to abandon the match. Basel were awarded the cup with a 3–0 forfeit.[1]

Participating clubs

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Round of 32

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Round of 32
Basel6 – 0Blue Stars
           

[Nov 6]
FC Uster		0-4 FC Zürich
FC Lugano		ppd FC Turgi
FC Lugano		4-0 FC Turgi			[Dec 11]
FC Thun			1-2 Servette FC Genève		[aet]
FC Sion                 1-0 FC Fribourg
FC Luzern 		ppd FC Chiasso
FC Luzern 		5-1 FC Chiasso			[Dec 11]
AC Bellinzona 		ppd Young Fellows Zürich
AC Bellinzona 		3-0 Young Fellows Zürich	[Dec 11]
Grünstern Ipsach	1-3 Xamax-Sports
FC Biel-Bienne		2-0 Minerva Bern
FC Grenchen		7-1 Vevey-Sports
Le Locle-Sports		3-0 FC Moutier
Grasshopper Club Z	6-2 FC Wettingen
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	2-0 FC Aarau
FC St.Gallen 		1-2 BSC Young Boys Bern
Urania-Genève-Sport     0-3 Lausanne-Sports
FC Winterthur		3-0 FC Frauenfeld

Round of 16

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Round of 16
Basel3 – 2Zürich
         

[Dec 11]
FC Grenchen		0-1 FC Biel-Bienne
Le Locle-Sports		1-4 Grasshopper Club Zürich
FC Winterthur		3-1 BSC Young Boys Bern
Lausanne-Sports		2-0 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
[Dec 18]
FC Lugano 		1-0 Servette FC Genève
AC Bellinzona 		4-1 Xamax-Sports
FC Sion                 3-0 FC Luzern 			[abd at 80']
FC Sion is qualified [Sion - Luzern 3-0 Forfait]

Quarter-finals

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Quarter-final
Basel2 – 2 (a.e.t.)Biel-Bienne
       

Quarter-final replay
Biel-Bienne1 – 2Basel
     

[March 5]
Grasshopper Club	0-0 FC Lugano			[aet]
FC Lugano		5-0 Grasshopper Club Zürich	[Replay]
FC Sion			4-0 AC Bellinzona 
FC Winterthur		0-3 Lausanne-Sports

Semi-finals

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Semi-final
Sion0 – 1Lausanne-Sports
  3' Chapuisat

Semi-final
Lugano0 – 0 (a.e.t.)Basel

Semi-final replay
Basel2 – 1Lugano
Odermatt   12'
Benthaus   73'
  41' Luttrop

Final

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Final
Basel2–1Lausanne-Sports
Hauser   11', 88' (pen.) Josef Kiefer   41' (o.g.)

Sources and References

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  • Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2027-6
  • Switzerland 1966–67 at RSSSF
  1. ^ Schmid, Andreas W. (2010). ""Ein klarer Penalty!" "Nein, eine klare Schwalbe!"" (in German). Basler Zeitung. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
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