Liechtenstein Football Cup

Liechtenstein Football Cup

Founded	1945
Region	Liechtenstein
Number of teams	7 (and 10 reserve teams)
Qualifier for	UEFA Europa Conference League
Current champions	FC Vaduz (49th title)
Most successful club(s)	FC Vaduz (49 titles)
Website	lfv.li/aktiv-cup
2023–24 Liechtenstein Cup

The Liechtenstein Football Cup is Liechtenstein's premier football competition, and has been organised annually by the Liechtenstein Football Association (LFV) since 1946. The winner qualifies to take part in the UEFA Europa Conference League.

As there is no national league in Liechtenstein, the Liechtenstein Football Cup is the only national football competition in the country. The country has only seven clubs, all of which historically have already established themselves in the Swiss league competitions. The national cup competition is currently the only route for Liechtenstein to be represented at the European football club competitions, since Liechtensteiner clubs are prevented from qualifying for European competition via the Swiss league system. ^[1]

Competition format

The competition has an unusual format in that not only can the first teams of the main seven football clubs enter, but also the reserve sides, which all play in lower divisions in the Swiss league system. This can lead to some unusual scenarios, such as in the second round of the 2006–07 cup, where FC Triesenberg's second team went through, but the first team was knocked out.

Teams from the same football club can be drawn together from the semi-finals onwards. In the 2009–10 competition semi-final stage, USV Eschen/Mauren were drawn with USV Eschen/Mauren II, and again in 2022-23 semi-finals, where FC Balzers were drawn with FC Balzers II.

The top 3 clubs based on league position can only meet from the quarter-finals onwards. A qualifying round also takes place if more than 16 teams enter, and a draw is made to determine which of the third-teams are required to participate in this round. ^[2]

List of winners

FC Vaduz have won the competition on 49 occasions, which is a domestic football cup world record.

Season Winner Final score Runner-up 1945–46 FC Triesen 3–1 FC Vaduz 1946–47 FC Triesen 2–0 FC Vaduz 1947–48 FC Triesen 4–2 FC Vaduz 1948–49 FC Vaduz 2–1 FC Triesen 1949–50 FC Triesen 3–2 FC Vaduz 1950–51 FC Triesen 3–1 FC Vaduz 1951–52 FC Vaduz 2–0 FC Triesen 1952–53 FC Vaduz 4–2 FC Triesen 1953–54 FC Vaduz 1–0 FC Triesen 1954–55 FC Schaan 1–0 FC Vaduz 1955–56 FC Vaduz 4–1 FC Schaan 1956–57 FC Vaduz 4–0 FC Schaan 1957–58 FC Vaduz 2–0 FC Triesen 1958–59 FC Vaduz 3–0 FC Triesen 1959–60 FC Vaduz 3–2 FC Schaan 1960–61 FC Vaduz 3–0 FC Schaan 1961–62 FC Vaduz 4–0 FC Schaan 1962–63 FC Schaan 3–1 FC Ruggell 1963–64 FC Balzers 1–0 FC Triesen 1964–65 FC Triesen 4–3 FC Schaan 1965–66 FC Vaduz 7–0 FC Schaan 1966–67 FC Vaduz 2–1 FC Triesen 1967–68 FC Vaduz 4–2 FC Triesen 1968–69 FC Vaduz 1–0 FC Triesen 1969–70 FC Vaduz 2–1 FC Schaan 1970–71 FC Vaduz 4–2 FC Schaan 1971–72 FC Triesen 2–1 FC Vaduz 1972–73 FC Balzers 2–1 FC Ruggell 1973–74 FC Vaduz 2–2 (4–3 PSO) FC Balzers 1974–75 FC Triesen 5–2 FC Balzers 1975–76 USV Eschen/Mauren 3–1 FC Balzers 1976–77 USV Eschen/Mauren 0–0 (4–2 PSO) FC Vaduz 1977–78 USV Eschen/Mauren 3–1 FC Ruggell 1978–79 FC Balzers 3–1 USV Eschen/Mauren 1979–80 FC Vaduz 1–1 (4–2 PSO) FC Balzers 1980–81 FC Balzers 3–0 FC Ruggell 1981–82 FC Balzers 5–0 USV Eschen/Mauren 1982–83 FC Balzers 1–1 (5–3 PSO) USV Eschen/Mauren 1983–84 FC Balzers 2–0 FC Vaduz

Season Winner Final score Runner-up 1984–85 FC Vaduz 3–1 USV Eschen/Mauren 1985–86 FC Vaduz 2–0 FC Balzers 1986–87 USV Eschen/Mauren 1–0 FC Vaduz 1987–88 FC Vaduz 2–0 USV Eschen/Mauren 1988–89 FC Balzers 4–2 USV Eschen/Mauren 1989-90 FC Vaduz 4–1 USV Eschen/Mauren 1990–91 FC Balzers 2–1 FC Vaduz 1991–92 FC Vaduz 2–1 FC Balzers 1992–93 FC Balzers 5–2 FC Schaan 1993–94 FC Schaan 3–0 FC Balzers 1994–95 FC Vaduz 3–1 USV Eschen/Mauren 1995–96 FC Vaduz 1–0 USV Eschen/Mauren 1996–97 FC Balzers 3–2 FC Vaduz 1997–98 FC Vaduz 5–1 USV Eschen/Mauren 1998–99 FC Vaduz 3–2 FC Balzers 1999–00 FC Vaduz 6–0 FC Balzers 2000–01 FC Vaduz 9–0 FC Ruggell 2001–02 FC Vaduz 6–1 USV Eschen/Mauren 2002–03 FC Vaduz 6–0 FC Balzers 2003–04 FC Vaduz 5–0 FC Balzers 2004–05 FC Vaduz 4–1 USV Eschen/Mauren 2005–06 FC Vaduz 4–2 FC Balzers 2006–07 FC Vaduz 8–0 FC Ruggell 2007–08 FC Vaduz 4–0 FC Balzers 2008–09 FC Vaduz 2–1 USV Eschen/Mauren 2009–10 FC Vaduz 1–1 (4–2 PSO) USV Eschen/Mauren 2010–11 FC Vaduz 5–0 USV Eschen/Mauren 2011–12 USV Eschen/Mauren 2–2 (4–2 PSO) FC Vaduz 2012–13 FC Vaduz 1–1 (3–0 PSO) FC Balzers 2013–14 FC Vaduz 6–0 USV Eschen/Mauren 2014–15 FC Vaduz 5–0 FC Triesenberg 2015–16 FC Vaduz 11–0 FC Schaan 2016–17 FC Vaduz 5–1 USV Eschen/Mauren 2017–18 FC Vaduz 3–0 FC Balzers 2018–19 FC Vaduz 3–2 FC Ruggell 2019–20 Abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic 2020–21 2021–22 FC Vaduz 3–1 USV Eschen/Mauren 2022–23 FC Vaduz 4–0 FC Balzers

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Records

A list of all Liechtenstein clubs reflecting their success in the Liechtenstein Cup after 76 competitions (from 1946 to 2023, exclude 2019-2021).

"League Tier" indicates in which tier of the Swiss Football League the clubs are active (status: season 2022–23).

Club	League Tier	Finals	Won	Lost
FC Vaduz	2	62	49	13
FC Balzers	4	27	11	16
FC Triesen	7	18	8	10
USV Eschen/Mauren	5	23	5	18
FC Schaan	8	14	3	11
FC Ruggell	6	7	–	7
FC Triesenberg	7	1	–	1

References

1. "Swiss first for Liechtenstein's Vaduz | Inside UEFA". fifa.com. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
2. https://www.lfv.li/nationale-wettbewerbe/liechtensteiner-cup/spielplan-2023/2024
3. "Liechtenstein - List of Cup Finals". RSSSF . Retrieved 28 July 2011.

External links

• Official website
• Cup at uefa.com
• Cup at soccerway.com