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 industry on the cultural lives of the areas residents. 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).
Uhrencup winners by year [ ]
Year
Placements
Winner
2nd Place
3rd Place
4th place
1962
FC Grenchen
Cercle Brugge K.S.V.
Calcio Como
FC Biel-Bienne
1963
Ipswich Town
FC Grenchen
FC Biel-Bienne
Sparta Rotterdam
1964
BSC Young Boys
Karlsruher SC
Nîmes Olympique
FC Grenchen
1965
Lanerossi Vicenza
FC Grenchen
BSC Young Boys
Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.
1966
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
FC Grenchen
Lanerossi Vicenza
FC Biel-Bienne
1967
Not held
1968
FC Biel-Bienne
BSC Young Boys
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
FC Grenchen
1969
FC Basel
FC Biel-Bienne
FC Grenchen
FC Lausanne-Sport
1970
FC Basel
BSC Young Boys
FC Biel-Bienne
FC Grenchen
1971
FC Grenchen
FC Basel
FC Lausanne-Sport
FC Biel-Bienne
1972
Neuchâtel Xamax
FC Biel-Bienne
FC Grenchen
FC Basel
1973
BSC Young Boys
FC Biel-Bienne
Neuchâtel Xamax
FC Grenchen
1974
Not held
1975
BSC Young Boys
FC Grenchen
FC Biel-Bienne
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
1976
FC Zurich
BSC Young Boys
FC Grenchen
FC Biel-Bienne
1977
Neuchâtel Xamax
FC Basel
FC Biel-Bienne
FC Grenchen
1978
FC Basel
Neuchâtel Xamax
FC Grenchen
FC Biel-Bienne
1979
FC Basel
FC Grenchen
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
FC Luzern
1980
FC Basel
FC Grenchen
FC Biel-Bienne
FC Luzern
1981
FC Grenchen
FC Basel
FC Luzern
FC Biel-Bienne
1982
FC Grenchen
FC Basel
FC Aarau
FC Biel-Bienne
1983
FC Basel
FC Zurich
FC Grenchen
FC Biel-Bienne
1984
Servette FC
FC Basel
FC Biel-Bienne
FC Grenchen
1985
FC Grenchen
FC Basel
FC Biel-Bienne
Servette FC
1986
FC Basel
Grasshopper Club Zürich
FC Grenchen
FC Biel-Bienne
1987
BSC Young Boys
FC Grenchen
Górnik Zabrze
FC Basel
1988
FC Basel
FC Grenchen
FC Nitra
FC Twente
1989
FK Partizan
FC Grenchen
FC Basel
FC Zurich
1990 0 0
Górnik Zabrze
FC Basel
FC Lugano
FC Aarau
Eliminated (with the other two) as the last of group 1: FC Grenchen
Eliminated as severed bottom of Group 2: FC Zurich
1991
1. FC Köln
FC Sion
Olimpia Poznań
FC Grenchen
1992
FC Zurich
SR Delémont
FC Basel
FC Grenchen
1993
FC Zurich
FC Basel
FC Grenchen
SR Delémont
1994
FC Zurich
SR Delémont
FC Grenchen
FC Schaffhausen
1995
FC Aarau
FC Solothurn
BSC Young Boys
FC Grenchen
1996
FC Grenchen
FC Solothurn
SV Lyss
FC Biel-Bienne
1997
FC Subingen
FC Biel-Bienne
FC Grenchen
SV Lyss
1998
FC Solothurn
SR Delémont
FC Subingen
FC Grenchen
1999
FC Grenchen
FC Solothurn
FC Langenthal
FC Thun
2000
BSC Young Boys
Neuchâtel Xamax
FC Solothurn
FC Grenchen
2001
Grasshopper Club Zürich
BSC Young Boys
FC Solothurn
FC Grenchen
2002
Servette FC
BSC Young Boys
FC Aarau
FC Grenchen
2003
FC Basel
BSC Young Boys
Grasshopper Club Zürich
SC Bregenz
2004
BSC Young Boys
1. FC Kaiserslautern
FC Basel
FC Schalke 04
2005
Trabzonspor
1. FC Kaiserslautern
BSC Young Boys
FC Basel
2006
FC Zürich /FC Basel
BSC Young Boys
Bayer 04 Leverkusen , 1. FC Köln (both third)
2007
BSC Young Boys
FC Basel
FC Red Bull Salzburg
Celtic F.C.
2008
FC Basel
Borussia Dortmund
FC Luzern
Legia Warsaw
2009
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
BSC Young Boys
FC Basel
Panathinaikos F.C.
2010
VfB Stuttgart
BSC Young Boys
FC Twente
Deportivo de La Coruña
2011
FC Basel
BSC Young Boys
West Ham United
Hertha BSC
2012
Not held
2013
FC Basel
Red Star Belgrade
Fortuna Düsseldorf
Grasshopper Club Zürich
2014
Not held
2015
FC Biel-Bienne
B. Mönchengladbach
FC Sion
A. Salzburg
2016
Galatasaray
FC Zurich
BSC Young Boys
B. Mönchengladbach
2017
Stoke City
BSC Young Boys
S.L. Benfica
Neuchâtel Xamax
2018
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Feyenoord
BSC Young Boys
FC Basel
2019
BSC Young Boys
Eintracht Frankfurt
Crystal Palace
FC Luzern
Titles by team [ ]
Team
Years won
Titles
FC Basel
1969, 1970, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013
13
BSC Young Boys
1964, 1973, 1975, 1987, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2019
8
FC Grenchen
1962, 1971, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1996, 1999
7
FC Zurich
1976, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2006
5
FC Biel-Bienne
1968, 2015
2
Neuchâtel Xamax
1972, 1977
2
Servette FC
1984, 2002
2
1. FC Köln
1991
1
FC Aarau
1995
1
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
2009
1
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
1966
1
FC Solothurn
1998
1
FC Subingen
1997
1
FK Partizan
1989
1
Galatasaray
2016
1
Grasshopper Club Zürich
2001
1
Górnik Zabrze
1990
1
Ipswich Town
1963
1
Lanerossi Vicenza
1965
1
Stoke City
2017
1
Trabzonspor
2005
1
VfB Stuttgart
2010
1
Wolverhampton Wanderers
2018
1
Participation by club [ ]
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