Nationalliga A (American football)

Nationalliga A

Current season, competition or edition: 2024 SAFV NLA
Sport	American football
No. of teams	8
Country	Switzerland
Most recent champion(s)	Calanda Broncos (2024)
Most titles	Calanda Broncos (13)
Official website	https://www.safv.ch

The Nationalliga A is the highest league level of American football in Switzerland and was formed in 1982. The first Swiss Bowl championship was played in 1986. Below the Nationalliga A sits the Nationalliga B, also made up of six teams. The champion of the B division has the opportunity to earn promotion to the top division through a relegation/promotion match. There is also a National League C. ^[1]

The league season runs from late March to the end of June, followed by the play-offs and the Swiss Bowl which is held in July. The winners of the Swiss Bowl qualifies for the European Football League.

2025 teams

• Calanda Broncos
• Zurich Renegades
• Thun Tigers
• Winterthur Warriors
• Bern Grizzlies
• Geneva Seahawks
• Basel Gladiators
• St. Gallen Bears

Recent seasons

Recent club by club final placings in the league: ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Club	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	21	22
Bern Grizzlies	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	3	2	3	2	1
Calanda Broncos	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2
Basel Gladiators	5		2	3	3	2	1	2	3	2	5	4	5	3
Thun Tigers														4
Geneva Seahawks		5								5	3	2	3	5
Winterthur Warriors	4	3	6		5	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	6
Zurich Renegades	1	2	5	5	2	5	4	5	6				6	7
Luzern Lions								6			6	6
Lausanne LUCAF Owls							6		5	6
Bienna Jets					6	6
Hohenems Blue Devils			3	2
Basel Meanmachine				6

Champions

Runners up

Notable: players and coaches

• Kevin Burke (quarterback)

• Chris Markey

• Dave Ritchie (Canadian football)

• Todd Hendricks

• Sasha Glavic

• Randy Hippeard

• Bill Ramseyer

• Adam Rita

• Tony Simmons (gridiron football)

• Larry Legault

• Hugh Mendez

• Evan Harrington

• J.C. Williams

• DJ Wolfe

• Tissi Robinson

• Rex Stapleton

• Nick Gotovac

• Clark Evans

References

1. American football news and tables from Switzerland (in German) www.football-aktuell.de, accessed: 18 December 2013
2. Nationalliga A 2008 www.football-aktuell.de, accessed: 17 December 2013
3. Nationalliga A 2009 www.football-aktuell.de, accessed: 17 December 2013
4. Nationalliga A 2010 www.football-aktuell.de, accessed: 17 December 2013
5. Nationalliga A 2011 www.football-aktuell.de, accessed: 17 December 2013
6. Nationalliga A 2012 www.football-aktuell.de, accessed: 17 December 2013
7. Nationalliga A 2013 www.football-aktuell.de, accessed: 17 December 2013

External links

• (in German) Official Swissbowl website
• (in German) Swiss American Football Association website
• (in German) Football History Historic American football tables from Germany and Europe