Swiss League Cup
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{{infobox football tournament
| name = Swiss League Cup
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| founded = 1972
| abolished = 1982
| region = {{SUI}}
| number of teams = 16 (1972–1973)
32 (1974–1982)
| current champions = FC Aarau (1st title)
| most successful club = Servette FC (3 titles)
| broadcasters =
| motto =
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The Swiss League Cup was a football tournament which took place as a summer pre-season tournament in 1972 and 1973, and during the Swiss football season from 1974–75 to 1981–82. The tournament was a knockout competition contested by clubs from the top two levels of Swiss football, the Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B.
Finals
=Single match finals=
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| width="8%" align="center" | Edition | width="20%" align="center" | Winner | width="15%" align="center" | Score | width="20%" align="center" | Runner-up | width="22%" align="center" | Location | width="15%" align="center" | Date | |||||
| align="center" | 1972 | FC Basel | align="center" | 4–1 | FC Winterthur | Letzigrund, Zürich | 11 November 1972 |
| align="center" | 1973 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | align="center" | 2–2 aet (5–4 pens) | FC Winterthur | Letzigrund, Zürich | 10 October 1973 |
| align="center" | 1974–75 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | align="center" | 3–0 | FC Zürich | Letzigrund, Zürich | 26 March 1975 |
| align="center" | 1975–76 | BSC Young Boys | align="center" | 4–2 | FC Zürich | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern | 23 May 1976 |
| align="center" | 1976–77 | Servette FC | align="center" | 2–0 | Neuchâtel Xamax | Pontaise, Lausanne | 3 May 1977 |
| align="center" | 1977–78 | FC St. Gallen | align="center" | 3–2 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur | 15 August 1978 |
| align="center" | 1978–79 | Servette FC | align="center" | 2–2 aet (4–3 pens) | FC Basel | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel | 5 March 1979 |
| align="center" | 1979–80 | Servette FC | align="center" | 3–0 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne | 6 May 1980 |
=Two-legged finals=
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| width="8%" align="center" | Edition | width="20%" align="center" | Home team | width="15%" align="center" | Score | width="20%" align="center" | Away team | width="22%" align="center" | Location | width="15%" align="center" | Date | |
| rowspan="3"|1980–81
| 1–2 | 26 May 1981 |
| FC Zürich
| 0–0 | 8 September 1981 |
| colspan="5"|FC Zürich won 2–1 on aggregate | |
| rowspan="3"|1981–82
| 0–1 | 18 May 1982 |
| FC Aarau
| 0–0 | 29 May 1982 |
| colspan=5 align=center |FC Aarau won 1–0 on aggregate |
=Performance By Club=
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| width="15%" align="center" | Club | width="7%" align="center" | Winners | width="7%" align="center" | Runners-up | width="15%" align="center" | Winning Years | width="15%" align="center" | Years runner-up |
| Servette FC
| align="center" | 3 | align="center" | – | 1977, 1979, 1980 | align="center" | – |
| Grasshopper Zürich
| align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 2 | 1973, 1975 | 1978, 1980 |
| FC Zürich
| align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 2 | 1981 | 1975, 1976 |
| FC Basel
| align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1 | 1972 | 1979 |
| FC St. Gallen
| align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1 | 1978 | 1982 |
| BSC Young Boys
| align="center" | 1 | align="center" | – | 1976 | align="center" | – |
| FC Aarau
| align="center" | 1 | align="center" | – | 1982 | align="center" | – |
| FC Winterthur
| align="center" | – | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | – | 1972, 1973 |
| Neuchâtel Xamax
| align="center" | – | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | – | 1977 |
| FC Lausanne-Sport
| align="center" | – | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | – | 1981 |
References
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwitleagcuphist.html Swiss League Cup results]
{{Football in Switzerland}}
{{National football (soccer) league cups}}
Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1972
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Category:Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1982