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

Overview

Principal rounds

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

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

6 November 1966

Round of 32

Basel	6 – 0	Blue Stars

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

[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

11 December 1966

Round of 16

Basel	3 – 2	Zürich

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

[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

4 March 1967

Quarter-final

Basel	2 – 2 ( a.e.t.)	Biel-Bienne

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

? March 1967

Quarter-final replay

Biel-Bienne	1 – 2	Basel

Gurzelen Stadion, Biel

[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

27 March 1967

Semi-final

Sion	0 – 1	Lausanne-Sports
		3' Chapuisat

Parc-des-Sports, Sion

12 May 1967

Semi-final replay

Basel	2 – 1	Lugano
Odermatt 12' Benthaus 73'		41' Luttrop

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

Final

15 May 1967

Final

Basel	2–1	Lausanne-Sports
Hauser 11', 88' ( pen.)		Josef Kiefer 41' ( o.g.)

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Referee: Karl Göppel

Sources and References

• Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN  978-3-7245-2027-6
• Switzerland 1966–67 at RSSSF

External links

• Official site (in German)