Uhrencup
Tournament details
Host countrySwitzerland
Dates10–14 July
Teams4 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Wolverhampton Wanderers (1st title)
Runners-upNetherlands Feyenoord
Third placeSwitzerland Young Boys
Fourth placeSwitzerland FC Basel
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored15 (3.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)Bonatini, Mir, van Persie
(2 goals each)

The Uhrencup is a club football tournament, held annually in Grenchen and Biel in Switzerland. The Uhrencup is seen as a testament to the major influence that is exercised by the local watchmaking industry on the cultural lives of the area's residents (Uhren is German for "watches"). The tournament usually features four teams (sometimes more), each playing two matches, and is held in July as a friendly tournament, the format of which tends to be fluid. For the teams taking part, the tournament is a welcome opportunity to prepare for the upcoming football season.

Origin

Founded in 1962 by representatives of Grenchen's watchmaking industry, the first Uhrencup was held to celebrate the inauguration of the new grandstand at the local Brühl stadium. Due to the tournament's reverberating success it was repeated the following year and, thanks to the sponsoring from the local watch industry, it continues to be held annually (with the exception of 1967, 1974 and 2012).

History

Established as an international tournament (1962–1968)

The first Uhrencup in 1962 already featured an international line-up. Together with the two local clubs FC Grenchen and FC Biel-Bienne, the Belgian team Cercle Brügge and Italian team AC Como also took part in the tournament. Due to its success and because it attracted about 20,000 spectators, it was repeated the following year.

The English side Ipswich Town won the tournament in 1963 and the Dutch team Sparta Rotterdam was the second international representative. A year later German club Karlsruher SC and the French team Nîmes Olympique competed in the Uhrencup. In 1965 Lanerossi Vicenza won the competition, Maccabi Tel Aviv also took part. In 1966 and again in 1968 FC Sochaux took part, winning the first of the two competitions, but not being at all successful two years later. In 1967 the competition was not held.

Uhrencup as regional event (1969–2002)

At the end of the 1967–68 Nationalliga A season Grenchen were relegated and therefore the tournament lost its international significance. From here on it was mainly Swiss sides that took part in the Uhrencup and it turned into a regional event. FC Basel took part for the first time in 1969 and won the cup 5–3 in the final against Biel-Bienne, Wenger, Hauser (twice), Balmer and Odermatt scoring the Basel goals. A year later Basel defended the title with an 8–7 win after penalties following a 5–5 at full-time.

The next year the home team Grenchen won the cup for the second time, winning 3–1 against reigning Swiss Champions Basel, local boy Serge Muhmenthaler scoring one of the Grenchen goals. Neuchâtel Xamax won the Uhrencup 1972. Young Boys won the title 1973, Serge Muhmenthaler scoring a goal and winning his second Uhrencup title this time with his new team. In 1974 the competition was not held. Young Boys (1975) and Zürich (1976) were the next two cup winners. Serge Muhmenthaler reached his third Uhrencup Final with his third club in 1977 but was unable to repeat the success, the final ended in a 6–1 defeat against Neuchâtel Xamax. However reaching the final again in the next year Muhmenthaler won the 1978 Uhrencup with FC Basel 2–1 against the same finalists.

Basel won the title six times (1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988), Grenchen won it three times (1981, 1982, 1985), Servette (1984) and Young Boys (1987) during the following years. As international teams were again invited to participate Partizan Belgrade (1989), Górnik Zabrze (1990) and 1. FC Köln (1991) competed and won the tournament.

During the following years (1992 to 2002) the Uhrencup returned to being a Swiss-Internal tournament. The winners being FC Zürich (three times), Grenchen (twice) and FC Solothurn, Grasshoppers and Sevette each once. FC Subingen, a team from the 2. Liga (then fourth tier of the Swiss Football League) won Uhrencup in 1997.

New edition as an international tournament (2003–2011)

In 2003 a new organising committee took over the marketing of the Uhrencup and with added financial help it was again possible to invite international teams. Casino SW Bregenz, FC Schalke 04, 1. FC Kaiserslautern (twice), 1. FC Köln, Bayer Leverkusen, FC Red Bull Salzburg, Celtic Glasgow, Borussia Dortmund, Legia Warsaw and Panathinaikos Athens have participated during this period, but only Trabzonspor (2005) and Shakhtar Donetsk (2009) were able to win the title.

2010 was a truly international affair, with only one club (Young Boys) originating from Switzerland. The remaining competitors were Deportivo de La Coruña from Spain, the Dutch side Twente Enschede and the eventual winner VfB Stuttgart from Germany.

Basel won the competition for the twelfth time. In the 2011 event, they beat Hertha Berlin 3–0, and then went on to defeat West Ham 2–1 in their second game. The second Swiss team, Young Boys Bern, also won both matches against the international teams, but had a lower overall goal score with 6–3. To celebrate the 50th edition of the tournament, the current German champion Borussia Dortmund played a friendly game against the Swiss vice champion FC Zürich, which ended with a 1–1 tie.

Since 2013

In 2012 the tournament was not held, but was held in 2013 between 5 and 9 July with Basel and Grasshopper Club Zürich taking part.[1] For Basel it was the 29th time that they would take place; they have won the competition thirteen times. The tournament again took a hiatus, this time of two years before returning in 2015.[2][3]

2011

Standings

Pos Team Pld W WP LP L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 Switzerland Basel 2 2 0 0 0 5 1 +4 6 2011 Uhrencup Champions
2 Switzerland Young Boys 2 2 0 0 0 6 3 +3 6
3 England West Ham United 2 0 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0
4 Germany Hertha Berlin 2 0 0 0 2 2 7 −5 0
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Goal ratio

Matches

Young Boys Switzerland4–2Germany Hertha Berlin
 Report
All Stars
Final
Borussia Dortmund Germany1–1Switzerland FC Zürich
 Report
Young Boys Switzerland2–1England West Ham United
 Report
Basel Switzerland3–0Germany Hertha Berlin
 Report
Basel Switzerland2–1England West Ham United
 Report

2013

Standings

Pos Team Pld W WP LP L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 Switzerland FC Basel 2 2 0 0 0 5 1 +4 6 2013 Uhrencup Champions
2 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 3
3 Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf 2 0 1 0 1 2 4 −2 2
4 Switzerland Grasshopper Club Zürich 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Goal ratio

Matches

FC Basel Switzerland3–0Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf
 Report
Grasshopper Club Zürich Switzerland0–1Serbia Red Star Belgrade
Report
FC Basel Switzerland2–1Serbia Red Star Belgrade
 Report
Grasshopper Club Zürich Switzerland1–1Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf
 Report
Penalties
5–6

2015

Standings

Pos Team Pld W WP LP L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 Switzerland Biel 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 +2 3 2015 Uhrencup Champions
2 Germany B. Mönchengladbach 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 +1 3
3 Switzerland Sion 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0
4 Austria A. Salzburg 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Goal ratio

Matches

B. Mönchengladbach Germany2–1Switzerland Sion
 Report
Biel Switzerland2–0Austria A. Salzburg
 Report

2016

Standings

Pos Team Pld W WP D LP L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 Turkey Galatasaray 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 +3 4 2016 Uhrencup Champions
2 Switzerland Zürich 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 −2 3
3 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 2 0 1 0 0 1 5 5 0 2
4 Switzerland Young Boys 2 0 0 1 1 0 4 5 −1 2
Source: Uhrencup
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Goal ratio[4]

Matches

Borussia Mönchengladbach Germany1–2Switzerland Zürich
Hahn 59'
Attendance: 1,952[6]
Referee: San Fedayi (Switzerland)[6]
Galatasaray Turkey3–0Switzerland Zürich
 Report
Referee: San Fedayi (Switzerland)[7]
Young Boys Switzerland1–1Turkey Galatasaray
Lecjaks 84' Report Bruma 14'

2017

Standings

Pos Team Pld W WP LP L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 England Stoke City 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 5 2017 Uhrencup Champions
2 Switzerland BSC Young Boys 2 1 0 1 0 7 4 +3 4
3 Portugal S.L. Benfica 2 1 0 0 1 3 5 −2 3
4 Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
Source:

Results

2018

Standings

Pos Team Pld W WP LP L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 England Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 2 0 0 0 6 1 +5 6 2018 Uhrencup Champions
2 Netherlands Feyenoord 2 1 0 0 1 5 3 +2 3
3 Switzerland BSC Young Boys 2 1 0 0 1 3 4 −1 3
4 Switzerland FC Basel 2 0 0 0 2 1 7 −6 0
Source:

Results

FC Basel Switzerland0–5Netherlands Feyenoord
 Report

2019

Standings

Pos Team Pld W WP LP L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 Switzerland BSC Young Boys 2 2 0 0 0 7 1 +6 6 2019 Uhrencup Champions
2 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 2 1 0 0 1 4 6 −2 3
3 England Crystal Palace 2 0 1 0 1 2 3 −1 2
4 Switzerland FC Luzern 2 0 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
Source:

Results

Uhrencup winners by year

 Year Placements
Winner2nd Place3rd Place4th place
1962 Switzerland FC GrenchenBelgium Cercle Brugge K.S.V.Italy Calcio ComoSwitzerland FC Biel-Bienne
1963 England Ipswich TownSwitzerland FC GrenchenSwitzerland FC Biel-BienneNetherlands Sparta Rotterdam
1964 Switzerland BSC Young BoysGermany Karlsruher SCFrance Nîmes OlympiqueSwitzerland FC Grenchen
1965 Italy Lanerossi VicenzaSwitzerland FC GrenchenSwitzerland BSC Young BoysIsrael Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.
1966 France FC Sochaux-MontbéliardSwitzerland FC GrenchenItaly Lanerossi VicenzaSwitzerland FC Biel-Bienne
1967 Not held
1968 Switzerland FC Biel-BienneSwitzerland BSC Young BoysFrance FC Sochaux-MontbéliardSwitzerland FC Grenchen
1969 Switzerland FC BaselSwitzerland FC Biel-BienneSwitzerland FC GrenchenSwitzerland FC Lausanne-Sport
1970 Switzerland FC BaselSwitzerland BSC Young BoysSwitzerland FC Biel-BienneSwitzerland FC Grenchen
1971 Switzerland FC GrenchenSwitzerland FC BaselSwitzerland FC Lausanne-SportSwitzerland FC Biel-Bienne
1972 Switzerland Neuchâtel XamaxSwitzerland FC Biel-BienneSwitzerland FC GrenchenSwitzerland FC Basel
1973 Switzerland BSC Young BoysSwitzerland FC Biel-BienneSwitzerland Neuchâtel XamaxSwitzerland FC Grenchen
1974 Not held
1975 Switzerland BSC Young BoysSwitzerland FC GrenchenSwitzerland FC Biel-BienneSwitzerland FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
1976 Switzerland FC ZurichSwitzerland BSC Young BoysSwitzerland FC GrenchenSwitzerland FC Biel-Bienne
1977 Switzerland Neuchâtel XamaxSwitzerland FC BaselSwitzerland FC Biel-BienneSwitzerland FC Grenchen
1978 Switzerland FC BaselSwitzerland Neuchâtel XamaxSwitzerland FC GrenchenSwitzerland FC Biel-Bienne
1979 Switzerland FC BaselSwitzerland FC GrenchenSwitzerland FC La Chaux-de-FondsSwitzerland FC Luzern
1980 Switzerland FC BaselSwitzerland FC GrenchenSwitzerland FC Biel-BienneSwitzerland FC Luzern
1981 Switzerland FC GrenchenSwitzerland FC BaselSwitzerland FC LuzernSwitzerland FC Biel-Bienne
1982 Switzerland FC GrenchenSwitzerland FC BaselSwitzerland FC AarauSwitzerland FC Biel-Bienne
1983 Switzerland FC BaselSwitzerland FC ZurichSwitzerland FC GrenchenSwitzerland FC Biel-Bienne
1984 Switzerland Servette FCSwitzerland FC BaselSwitzerland FC Biel-BienneSwitzerland FC Grenchen
1985 Switzerland FC GrenchenSwitzerland FC BaselSwitzerland FC Biel-BienneSwitzerland Servette FC
1986 Switzerland FC BaselSwitzerland Grasshopper Club ZürichSwitzerland FC GrenchenSwitzerland FC Biel-Bienne
1987 Switzerland BSC Young BoysSwitzerland FC GrenchenPoland Górnik ZabrzeSwitzerland FC Basel
1988 Switzerland FC BaselSwitzerland FC GrenchenCzechoslovakia FC NitraNetherlands FC Twente
1989 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FK PartizanSwitzerland FC GrenchenSwitzerland FC BaselSwitzerland FC Zurich
1990

Poland Górnik ZabrzeSwitzerland FC BaselSwitzerland FC LuganoSwitzerland FC Aarau
Eliminated (with the other two) as the last of group 1: Switzerland FC Grenchen
Eliminated as severed bottom of Group 2: Switzerland FC Zurich
1991 Germany 1. FC KölnSwitzerland FC SionPoland Olimpia PoznańSwitzerland FC Grenchen
1992 Switzerland FC ZurichSwitzerland SR DelémontSwitzerland FC BaselSwitzerland FC Grenchen
1993 Switzerland FC ZurichSwitzerland FC BaselSwitzerland FC GrenchenSwitzerland SR Delémont
1994 Switzerland FC ZurichSwitzerland SR DelémontSwitzerland FC GrenchenSwitzerland FC Schaffhausen
1995 Switzerland FC AarauSwitzerland FC SolothurnSwitzerland BSC Young BoysSwitzerland FC Grenchen
1996 Switzerland FC GrenchenSwitzerland FC SolothurnSwitzerland SV LyssSwitzerland FC Biel-Bienne
1997 Switzerland FC SubingenSwitzerland FC Biel-BienneSwitzerland FC GrenchenSwitzerland SV Lyss
1998 Switzerland FC SolothurnSwitzerland SR DelémontSwitzerland FC SubingenSwitzerland FC Grenchen
1999 Switzerland FC GrenchenSwitzerland FC SolothurnSwitzerland FC LangenthalSwitzerland FC Thun
2000 Switzerland BSC Young BoysSwitzerland Neuchâtel XamaxSwitzerland FC SolothurnSwitzerland FC Grenchen
2001 Switzerland Grasshopper Club ZürichSwitzerland BSC Young BoysSwitzerland FC SolothurnSwitzerland FC Grenchen
2002 Switzerland Servette FCSwitzerland BSC Young BoysSwitzerland FC AarauSwitzerland FC Grenchen
2003 Switzerland FC BaselSwitzerland BSC Young BoysSwitzerland Grasshopper Club ZürichAustria SC Bregenz
2004 Switzerland BSC Young BoysGermany 1. FC KaiserslauternSwitzerland FC BaselGermany FC Schalke 04
2005 Turkey TrabzonsporGermany 1. FC KaiserslauternSwitzerland BSC Young BoysSwitzerland FC Basel
2006 Switzerland FC Zürich/FC BaselSwitzerland BSC Young BoysGermany Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Germany 1. FC Köln (both third)
2007 Switzerland BSC Young BoysSwitzerland FC BaselAustria FC Red Bull SalzburgScotland Celtic F.C.
2008 Switzerland FC BaselGermany Borussia DortmundSwitzerland FC LuzernPoland Legia Warsaw
2009 Ukraine FC Shakhtar DonetskSwitzerland BSC Young BoysSwitzerland FC BaselGreece Panathinaikos F.C.
2010 Germany VfB StuttgartSwitzerland BSC Young BoysNetherlands FC TwenteSpain Deportivo de La Coruña
2011 Switzerland FC BaselSwitzerland BSC Young BoysEngland West Ham UnitedGermany Hertha BSC
2012 Not held
2013 Switzerland FC BaselSerbia Red Star BelgradeGermany Fortuna DüsseldorfSwitzerland Grasshopper Club Zürich
2014 Not held
2015 Switzerland FC Biel-BienneGermany B. MönchengladbachSwitzerland FC SionAustria A. Salzburg
2016 Turkey GalatasaraySwitzerland FC ZurichSwitzerland BSC Young BoysGermany B. Mönchengladbach
2017 England Stoke CitySwitzerland BSC Young BoysPortugal S.L. BenficaSwitzerlandNeuchâtel Xamax
2018 England Wolverhampton WanderersNetherlands FeyenoordSwitzerland BSC Young BoysSwitzerland FC Basel
2019 Switzerland BSC Young BoysGermany Eintracht FrankfurtEngland Crystal PalaceSwitzerland FC Luzern

Titles by team

Team Years won Titles
Switzerland FC Basel 1969, 1970, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013 13
Switzerland BSC Young Boys 1964, 1973, 1975, 1987, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2019 8
Switzerland FC Grenchen 1962, 1971, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1996, 1999 7
Switzerland FC Zurich 1976, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2006 5
Switzerland FC Biel-Bienne 1968, 2015 2
Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax 1972, 1977 2
Switzerland Servette FC 1984, 2002 2
Germany 1. FC Köln 1991 1
Switzerland FC Aarau 1995 1
Ukraine FC Shakhtar Donetsk 2009 1
France FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 1966 1
Switzerland FC Solothurn 1998 1
Switzerland FC Subingen 1997 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FK Partizan 1989 1
Turkey Galatasaray 2016 1
Switzerland Grasshopper Club Zürich 2001 1
Poland Górnik Zabrze 1990 1
England Ipswich Town 1963 1
Italy Lanerossi Vicenza 1965 1
England Stoke City 2017 1
Turkey Trabzonspor 2005 1
Germany VfB Stuttgart 2010 1
England Wolverhampton Wanderers 2018 1

Participation by club

Team Participant
Switzerland FC Grenchen39
Switzerland FC Basel30
Switzerland BSC Young Boys24
Switzerland FC Biel-Bienne23
Switzerland FC Zurich10
Switzerland FC Solothurn6
Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax6
Switzerland FC Luzern5
Switzerland FC Aarau4
Switzerland Grasshopper Club Zürich4
Switzerland SR Delémont4
Switzerland Servette FC3
Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern2
Germany 1. FC Köln2
Germany Borussia Dortmund2
Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach2
Switzerland FC La Chaux-de-Fonds2
Switzerland FC Lausanne-Sport2
Switzerland FC Sion2
France FC Sochaux-Montbéliard2
Switzerland FC Subingen2
Netherlands FC Twente2
Poland Górnik Zabrze2
Italy Lanerossi Vicenza2
Switzerland SV Lyss2
Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen1
Italy Calcio Como1
Scotland Celtic F.C.1
Belgium Cercle Brugge K.S.V.1
England Crystal Palace1
Spain Deportivo de La Coruña1
Germany Eintracht Frankfurt1
Switzerland FC Langenthal1
Switzerland FC Lugano1
Czechoslovakia FC Nitra1
Austria FC Red Bull Salzburg1
Switzerland FC Schaffhausen1
Germany FC Schalke 041
Ukraine FC Shakhtar Donetsk1
Switzerland FC Thun1
Netherlands Feyenoord1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FK Partizan1
Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf1
Turkey Galatasaray1
Germany Hertha BSC1
England Ipswich Town1
Germany Karlsruher SC1
Poland Legia Warsaw1
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.1
France Nîmes Olympique1
Poland Olimpia Poznań1
Greece Panathinaikos F.C.1
Serbia Red Star Belgrade1
Austria SC Bregenz1
Portugal S.L. Benfica1
Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam1
England Stoke City1
Austria SV Austria Salzburg1
Turkey Trabzonspor1
Germany VfB Stuttgart1
England West Ham United1
England Wolverhampton Wanderers1

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Media Release". Uhrencup (in German). 14 April 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Uhrencup 2016". Uhrencup. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Modus". Uhrencup. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Auftaktsieg beim Uhrencup". Borussia Mönchengladbach (in German). 13 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  6. 1 2 "1:2-Niederlage gegen Zürich beim Uhrencup". Borussia Mönchengladbach (in German). 15 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Uhrencup - Galatasaray: 3-0 FC Zürich". Galatasaray S.K. (in Turkish). 17 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Uhrencup'ta Şampiyon Galatasaray!". Galatasaray S.K. (in Turkish). 19 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
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