The Women'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).
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.
History
The founder and first president was Ursula Moser. 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 2024–25
ClubLocationStadiumManager2023–24 finishFC Aarau FrauenAarauSportanlage SchachenCharles GrütterPlayoffs: Quarter-FinalFC Basel FrauenBaselLA-Stadion St.JakobKatja GreulichPlayoffs: SemifinalGrasshopper Club ZürichNiederhasli GC/Campus Anne PochertPlayoffs: SemifinalFC Luzern FrauenLucerneStadion AllmendUrs BachmannPlayoffs: Quarter-FinalFC Rapperswil-JonaJonaGrünfeld Platz 2Leandro Simonelli2nd Nationalliga B (promoted)Servette FC Chênois FémininGenevaStade des Trois-ChêneJosé BarcalaPlayoffs: ChampionsFC St.Gallen FrauenSt. GallenEspenmoosMarisa WunderlinPlayoffs: Quarter-FinalFC ThunThunStadion Lachen - Platz 2Roland GetzmannBSC YB FrauenBernKunstrasenfeld WylerImke WübbenhorstPlayoffs: Semi-FinalsFC Zürich FrauenZürichStadion Heerenschürli Jacqueline DünkerPlayoffs: Runner-Up
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. Tiebreakers in the playoffs are points and then better regular season standings.
From the 2017–18 season the league was reduced from 10 to 8 teams to increase competitiveness. The eight teams play each other four times. The leading team then is champion.
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.
League Champions The list of all champions:
1971: DFC Aarau 1972: DFC Aarau 1973: DFC Aarau 1974: DFC Aarau 1975: DFC Alpnach 1976: DFC Sion 1977: DFC Sion 1978: DFC Bern 1979: DFC Bern 1980: SV Seebach Zürich 1981: SV Seebach Zürich 1982: SV Seebach Zürich 1983: SV Seebach Zürich 1984: DFC Bern 1985: SV Seebach Zürich 1986: DFC Bern 1987: SV Seebach Zürich 1988: SV Seebach Zürich 1989: FC Rapid Lugano 1990: SV Seebach Zürich 1991: SV Seebach Zürich 1992: DFC Bern 1993: SV Seebach Zürich 1994: SV Seebach Zürich 1995. FFC Bern 1996: FFC Bern 1997: FFC Bern 1998: SV Seebach Zürich 1999: FC Schwerzenbach 2000: FFC Bern 2001: FFC Bern 2002: FC Sursee 2003: FC Sursee 2004: FC Sursee 2005: SC LUwin.ch Luzern 2006: SC LUwin.ch Luzern 2007: FFC Zuchwil 05 2008: FFC Zürich Seebach 2009: FC Zürich Frauen 2010: FC Zürich Frauen 2011: BSC YB Frauen 2012: FC Zürich Frauen 2013: FC Zürich Frauen 2014: FC Zürich Frauen 2015: FC Zürich Frauen 2016: FC Zürich Frauen 2017: FC Neunkirch 2018: FC Zürich Frauen 2019: FC Zürich Frauen 2020: abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland 2021: Servette 2022: FC Zürich Frauen 2023: FC Zürich Frauen 2024: Servette 2025: BSC YB Frauen
Performance by club 24 Titles: FC Zürich Frauen (incl. FFC Zürich Seebach and SV Seebach Zürich) 12 Titles: YB Frauen (incl. FFC Bern and DFC Bern) 5 Titles: SC LUwin.ch Luzern (incl. FC Sursee) 4 Titles: DFC Aarau 2 Titles: DFC Sion, Servette 1 Title: DFC Alpnach, FC Rapid Lugano, FC Schwerzenbach, FFC Zuchwil 05, FC Neunkirch
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.
The latest topscorers were: Season Topscorer Club Goals1998–99 Maria Macri FCF Rapid Lugano 181999–00 Anouk Macheret FC Bern 172000–01 Sylvie Gaillard FC Bern 212001–02 Monica Di Fonzo Corina Theiler FC SurseeFC Bern 222002–03 Monica Di Fonzo FC Sursee 252003–04 Vanessa Bürki FC Zuchwil 282004–05 Isabelle Meyer SC LUwin 192005–06 Vanessa Bürki FFC Zuchwil 05 232006–07 Kristina Šundov FFC Zuchwil 05 182007–08 Veronica Maglia FFC Bern 182008–09 Ana-Maria Crnogorčević FC Thun 242009–10 Caroline Abbé Isabelle Meyer FC Yverdon Féminin Grasshopper Club 142010–11 Veronica Maglia BSC Young Boys 242011–12 Nadja Hegglin SC Kriens 272012–13 Inka Grings FC Zürich Frauen 382013–14 Fabienne Humm FC Zürich Frauen 192014–15 Patricia Willi FC St. Gallen Frauen 172015–16 Fabienne Humm FC Zürich Frauen 182016–17 Valentina Bergamaschi FC Neunkirch 202017–18 Eunice Beckmann Caroline Müller Patricia Willi FC Basel FrauenGrasshopper Club ZürichFC Zürich Frauen 252018–19 Irina Pando Cara Curtin Fabienne Humm Kristina Maksuti Maeva Sarrasin FC Luzern FrauenFF LuganoFC Zürich FrauenFF LuganoServette FC 172019–20 abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland2020–21 Stefanie de Além da Eira BSC Young Boys 232021–22 Sina Cavelti FC Luzern 172022–23 Fabienne Humm Natalia Padilla-Bidas FC Zürich Frauen Servette FC 212023–24 Courtney Strode BSC Young Boys 142024–25 Courtney Strode Stephanie Waeber BSC Young Boys (2) 10
References
External links Official Site