Swiss Football Association

The Swiss Football Association (SFV ) (French Association Suisse de Football (ASF ), Italian Associazione Svizzera di Football ( ASF), Romansh Associaziun svizra because ballape (ASB )) is the umbrella organization of the Swiss football clubs. It was founded in 1895. The SFV is one of the most important sports organizations in the country and is one of 1,500 clubs, 11,200 teams and 280,000 active players. Seat of the Association is the home of Swiss football in Muri bei Bern. Central president since 13 June 2009, the former General Secretary Peter Gilliéron, his predecessor Mathier and Ralph Zlotchov are honorary president.

The SFV is divided into 13 regional associations.

• 3.1 All men's leagues at a glance 3.1.1 Swiss Football League
• 3.1.2 1st League
• 3.1.3 Amateur League
• 3.1.4 Regional Leagues

History

1860 was founded by English students of Lausanne Football and Cricket Club. It would be regarded by the first club in continental Europe. Around 1869, the Club La Châtelaine Genève and Le Château de Lancy are documented. The oldest existing club, FC St. Gallen was built in 1879. Was succeeded by Grasshopper Club Zurich in 1886.

The SFV itself was founded in 1895, whose founding members were Lausanne Football and Cricket Club, FC La Villa Ouchy, FC Neuchâtel Rovers FC Yverdon, FC Excelsior Zurich, FC St. Gallen, Grasshopper Club Zurich, FC Basel, Anglo- American Club Zurich, FC Châtelaine Genève and Lausanne Villa Longchamp.

The SFV was one of the seven regional associations, which the world football body FIFA called in 1904 to life.

The teams

The men's national team

The national team of SFV denied on February 12, 1905 against France their first official international match and was defeated 0:1. The first big success of the national team was the entry into the final of the Olympic tournament in Paris in 1924, where they lost 0-3 to Uruguay. Another milestone was the quarter-finals at the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland. The last World Cup participations of Switzerland in 1962, 1966, 1994, 2006 and 2010. 1994 and 2006 they each reached the knockout stages.

At the European Championships, the team was represented three times: 1996, 2004 and 2008 as host of the 2008 European Championships she was qualified directly with Austria and retired as in the previous participations directly from in first round..

Since 1 July 2008, Ottmar Hitzfeld, the coach of the Swiss national team, after predecessor Jakob Kuhn has retired after seven successful years in retirement.

Participation in World Championships

• 02 World Cup in Italy in 1934 ( Quarter-finals )
• 03 World Cup in France in 1938 ( Quarter-finals )
• 04 World Cup in Brazil in 1950 ( Preliminary )
• 05 1954 World Cup in Switzerland ( Quarterfinals )
• 07 World Cup in Chile in 1962 ( Preliminary )
• 08 World Cup in England in 1966 ( Preliminary )
• 15 1994 World Cup in the United States ( second round )
• 18 World Cup 2006 in Germany ( second round )
• 19 World Cup 2010 in South Africa ( first round )

Participation in European Championships

The women's team

The women's national team played their first official international match against France in 1972 in Basel. So far, they could still qualify for any World Cup or European Championship.

Junior national

2009 succeeded the U-17 Junior National Team as the first Swiss team to win a world title. In the final on 15 November hosts and defending champions Nigeria was defeated 1-0. As early as 2002 made ​​a U- 17 team to the European title for attention.

In the step of the U-21 men's semi-finals at the 2002 European Championships at home was the best result.

At the European Championship 2011 in Denmark, the U-21 team in the finals succeeded. In this game, the Swiss documents 2-0, were Vice - European Champion and qualified thus for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

The Leagues

The top division in the National League is the Axpo Super League, fighting in the ten teams for the title.

All men's leagues at a glance

Swiss Football League

For several years, the Swiss Football Association will use this name for the marketing of their professional league operation.

• Super League: 10 teams fighting for the championship and to the European Cup places. The last- placed team rises directly from the Challenge League. The Barrage, in the second to last team fought out the playoffs against second- placed teams from the Challenge League is 2012/13 not played since the season.
• Challenge League: Since the 2009/10 season, the Challenge League took 16 teams, however, was the 2012/13 season reduced to 10 teams. The concept of the league intends that a few top teams fighting for spots in the Super League, while the others are dedicated to the training of young athletes. At the end of the 2011/12 season five teams were relegated to the new first league promotion.

1st League

Amateur league

• 2 League interregional (usually referred to as inter 2nd league): play ( athletic ) very good regional amateur teams from different regions in that league. The game is played in 6 groups of 14 teams.

Regional leagues

• The second league is the highest league which will be played by the regional associations. In the largest associations exist two groups.
• 3 League: In the second-highest per Association Regional there a different number of groups.
• 4 League: The second lowest league.
• The 5th League is the lowest division in the whole of Switzerland.

Tabular overview

Version: 2012/13:

All women's leagues at a glance

• National League A: The highest division of women's football in Switzerland. 8 teams fighting for the championship and to the European Cup places. The last- placed team rises directly in the National League B from
• National League B: The second- highest division of women's football in Switzerland. 12 teams fighting for promotion to the National League A. The three last-place teams with direct access into the first league from.
• U -18: The League for the next generation of the National League A teams

Structure

The SFV is divided into 13 regional associations. The teams play in the Principality of Liechtenstein eastern Swiss Football Association. The only German club in the Swiss Football League, FC Biisingen, playing in the Football Association Region Zurich.

• Football Association Region Zurich
• Federazione Ticinese di Calcio
• Fribourgeoise de Football Association
• Canto de Football Association Genevoise
• Neuchâteloise de Football Association
• Association Valaisanne de Football
• Association Vaudoise de Football

UEFA five year ranking

Position in the UEFA five year ranking (in brackets the previous year placement). The abbreviation CL and EL countries behind the coefficients indicate the number of representatives in the 2014/15 season of the Champions League and the Europa League.

As of the end of the European campaign of 2012/13