Swiss Women's Super League

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Swiss Women's Super League
Founded24 April 1970 [1] (as Nationalliga A)
2020 (as Super League)
CountryFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Confederation UEFA
Number of teams10
Level on pyramid1
Relegation to Nationalliga B
Domestic cup(s) Swiss Cup
International cup(s) UEFA Champions League
Current champions Servette FC Chênois Féminin
(2023–24)
Most championships FC Zürich Frauen (24 titles)
Website Official website
Current: 2024–25 Super League

The SwissWomen's Super League is the highest-level league competition for women's football clubs in Switzerland. It was established in 1970 (formerly named Nationalliga A). [2]

Contents

League winners qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League. The team that end as number 10 relegate to the Nationalliga B.

The Super League replaced the Nationalliga A as the highest level of women's football in Switzerland from 2020–21 onwards. [3]

History


The founder and first president was Ursula Moser. [4] [5] [6] On 24 April 1970, the Schweizerische Damenfussball-Liga (SDFL), today's Nationalliga A, was founded. A year earlier, the clubs of Yverdon, Serrières, Sainte-Croix, Boudry, La-Chaux-de-Fonds and Sion had merged to form the Association Romande de Football Féminin (ARFF). The first unofficial championship in French-speaking Switzerland in 1969/70 was won by DFC Sion. The Swiss Women's Football League initially consisted of 18 clubs divided into three regions. The first official champion was DFC Aarau. In 1975, the Swiss Cup was launched. The first cup winner was DFC Sion. On 15 May 1993, the decision was made to integrate the clubs into the Swiss Football Association.

Women's Super League teams 2023–24

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Location of the 2022–23 Women's Super League teams
ClubLocationStadiumManager2022–23 finish
FC Aarau Frauen Aarau Sportanlage Schachen Charles GrütterPlayoffs:

Quarter-Final

FC Basel Frauen Basel LA-Stadion St.JakobKatja Greulich [7] Playoffs: Semifinal
Grasshopper Club Zürich Niederhasli GC/Campus Anne PochertPlayoffs: Semifinal
FC Luzern Frauen Lucerne Stadion Allmend Urs BachmannPlayoffs:

Quarter-Final

FC Rapperswil-Jona Jona Grünfeld Platz 2 Leandro Simonelli2nd Nationalliga B (promoted)
Servette FC Chênois Féminin Geneva Stade des Trois-Chêne José Barcala Playoffs:

Runner-Up

FC St.Gallen Frauen St. Gallen Espenmoos Marisa Wunderlin [8] Playoffs:

Quarter-Final

BSC YB Frauen Bern Kunstrasenfeld Wyler Imke Wübbenhorst [9] Playoffs:

Quarter-Final

Yverdon Yverdon-les-Bains Stade Municipal Micael Dias9th
FC Zürich Frauen Zürich Stadion Heerenschürli Jacqueline DünkerPlayoffs:

Champions

Format

Starting with the 2010–11 season, a play-off system was adopted. After the regular season, where the teams play each other twice, the top 8 teams play a final round which decides the champion. The two last placed teams and the winners of both Nationalliga B play each other twice. The top 2 teams of that group will stay in the Nationalliga A with the bottom 2 playing in next season's Nationalliga B. [10] Tiebreakers in the playoffs are points and then better regular season standings. [11]

From the 2017–18 season the league was reduced from 10 to 8 teams to increase competitiveness. [12] The eight teams play each other four times. The leading team then is champion. [13]

Even if there were plenty of formats through the years, 2021-22 was the first season in Swiss football history that was decided by playoffs. The completely new format was introduced mainly due to promotional reasons. The number of teams was increased to 10 again. They all face each other twice in a home and an away game. The table after these 22 games is the base for the playoff-quarterfinals where the 1st ranked team plays the 8th, the 2nd against the 7th, the 3rd against 6th and the 4th against the 5th. The 9th and 10th ranked play a relegation league against the two best teams from Nationalliga B. The better two qualify for next season's Super League, the other two will play in the second division.

All duels of the playoff, relegation, and classification matches are played with one first and one second leg game at each team's home ground. Only the playoff-final is a one-off game that takes place on a neutral ground. [14]

League Champions

The list of all champions: [15]

Performance by club

Top scorers

The record for most goals in a season was set by German Inka Grings in 2012/13. She surpassed the previous record of Vanessa Bürki with 28 in 2003/04. [16]

The latest topscorers were: [17]

SeasonTopscorerClubGoals
1998–99 Flag of Italy.svg Maria Macri FCF Rapid Lugano18
1999–00 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Anouk Macheret FC Bern17
2000–01 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sylvie Gaillard FC Bern21
2001–02 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Monica Di Fonzo
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Corina Theiler 		FC Sursee
FC Bern		22
2002–03 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Monica Di Fonzo FC Sursee25
2003–04 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Vanessa Bürki FC Zuchwil28
2004–05 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Isabelle Meyer SC LUwin19
2005–06 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Vanessa Bürki FFC Zuchwil 0523
2006–07 Flag of Croatia.svg Kristina Šundov FFC Zuchwil 0518
2007–08 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Veronica Maglia FFC Bern18
2008–09 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Ana-Maria Crnogorčević FC Thun24
2009–10 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Caroline Abbé
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Isabelle Meyer 		FC Yverdon Féminin
Grasshopper Club		14
2010–11 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Veronica Maglia BSC Young Boys24
2011–12 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Nadja Hegglin SC Kriens27
2012–13 Flag of Germany.svg Inka Grings FC Zürich Frauen38
2013–14 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fabienne Humm FC Zürich Frauen19
2014–15 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Patricia Willi FC St. Gallen Frauen17
2015–16 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fabienne Humm FC Zürich Frauen18
2016–17 Flag of Italy.svg Valentina Bergamaschi FC Neunkirch20
2017–18 Flag of Germany.svg Eunice Beckmann
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Caroline Müller
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Patricia Willi 		FC Basel Frauen
Grasshopper Club Zürich
FC Zürich Frauen		25
2018–19 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Irina Pando
Flag of the United States.svg Cara Curtin
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fabienne Humm
Flag of Albania.svg Kristina Maksuti
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Maeva Sarrasin 		FC Luzern Frauen
FF Lugano
FC Zürich Frauen
FF Lugano
Servette FC		17
2019–20abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland
2020–21 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stefanie de Além da Eira BSC Young Boys23
2021-22 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sina Cavelti FC Luzern17
2022-23 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fabienne Humm

Flag of Poland.svg Natalia Padilla-Bidas

FC Zürich Frauen

Servette FC

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