The 2015–16 Swiss Cup is the 91st season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition. The competition started on 15 August 2015 with the first games of Round 1 and ended on 29 May 2016 with the Final, won by FC Zürich. As winners of the competition they qualified for the group stage2016/17 Access list Bert Kassies' Site of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. The reigning title holders were Sion.
Participating clubs All teams from 2014–15 Super League and 2014–15 Challenge League as well as the top 4 teams from 2014–15 Promotion League automatically entered this year's competition. The remaining 41 teams had to qualify through separate qualifying rounds within their leagues. Reserve teams and teams from Liechtenstein are not allowed in the competition, the latter only enter the 2015–16 Liechtenstein Cup.
2015–16 Super League9 teams 2015–16 Challenge League10 teams 2015–16 Promotion League9 teams 2015–16 1. Liga12 teams 2015–16 2. Liga Interregional11 teams 2015–16 Regional leagues13 teams FC Basel (BS) Grasshopper Zürich (ZH) FC Lugano (TI) FC Luzern (LU) FC Sion TH (VS) FC St. Gallen (SG) FC Thun (BE) BSC Young Boys (BE) FC Zürich (ZH)FC Aarau (AG) FC Biel-Bienne (BE) FC Chiasso (TI) FC Lausanne-Sport (VD) FC Le Mont (VD) Neuchâtel Xamax FCS (NE) FC Schaffhausen (SH) FC Wil (SG) FC Winterthur (ZH) FC Wohlen (AG)FC Breitenrain (BE) SC Brühl (SG) SC Cham (ZG) FC Köniz (BE) SC Kriens (LU) BSC Old Boys (BS) Servette FC (GE) FC Stade Nyonnais (VD) SC YF Juventus (ZH)FC Azzurri LS (VD) FC Bavois (VD) SC Buochs (NW) SR Delémont (JU) FC La Chaux-de-Fonds (NE) FC Martigny-Sports (VS) FC Münsingen (BE) FC Oberwallis Naters (VS) FC Solothurn (SO) FC United Zürich (ZH) FC Wettswil-Bonstetten (ZH) FC Zug 94 (ZG)AC Bellinzona (TI) FC Bulle (FR) AS Castello (TI) FC Dardania Lausanne (VD) FC Konolfingen (BE) Meyrin FC (GE) SV Muttenz (BL) FC Red Star Zürich (ZH) FC Sierre (VS) FC Tavannes/Tramelan (BE) FC Uzwil (SG)Sixth tier FC Arbon 05 (TG) FC Brunnen (SZ) FC Gontenschwil (AG) FC Grand-Saconnex (GE) FC Härkingen (SO) FC Küsnacht (ZH) FC Matran (FR) FC Pied du Jura (VD) FC Pratteln (BL) FC Ticino (NE) Seventh tier FC Hausen am Albis (ZH) FC Länggasse (BE) FC Rheineck (SG) TH Title holders.
Round 1 Teams from Super League and Challenge League were seeded in this round. In a match, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable. Teams in bold continue to the next round of the competition.
Round 2 The winners of Round 1 played in this round. Teams from Super League were seeded, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league, if applicable. Teams in bold continue to the third round.
|colspan=3 style="background-color:#99CCCC"|18 September 2015
|colspan=3 style="background-color:#99CCCC"|19 September 2015
|colspan=3 style="background-color:#99CCCC"|20 September 2015
Round 3 The winners of Round 2 played in this round. The home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league. Teams in bold continue to the quarter-finals.
|colspan=3 style="background-color:#99CCCC"|28 October 2015
|colspan=3 style="background-color:#99CCCC"|29 October 2015
Quarter-finals The winners of Round 3 played in the Quarter-finals. There was no home advantage granted in the draw. Teams in bold continue to the next round.
Semi-finals
Final
Teams GK 23 Mirko Salvi DF 13 Frédéric Veseli DF 20 Niko Datković DF 6 Orlando Urbano DF 3 Goran Jozinović MF 14 Jonathan Sabbatini MF 18 Mario Piccinocchi MF 19 Antoine Rey (c) FW 7 Ezgjan Alioski FW 22 Anastasios Donis FW 10 Mattia Bottani Substitutes:GK 1 Alex Valentini MF 8 Domagoj Pušić FW 11 Karim Rossi DF 12 Matías Malvino FW 17 Matteo Tosetti MF 21 Nikola Milosavljevic MF 33 Domen Črnigoj Manager: Zdeněk Zeman GK 32 Anthony Favre DF 13 Alain Nef DF 25 Ivan Kecojević DF 20 Burim Kukeli MF 16 Philippe Koch MF 29 Sangoné Sarr MF 37 Gilles Yapi Yapo (c) MF 17 Vinícius FW 15 Oliver Buff FW 33 Kevin Bua FW 72 Aleksandr Kerzhakov Substitutes:GK 31 Novem Baumann MF 4 Moussa Koné MF 6 Cabral MF 10 Davide Chiumiento MF 22 Anto Grgić MF 23 Artyom Simonyan FW 30 Aldin Turkeš Manager: Uli Forte
References
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