Swiss Football Association

Swiss Football Association
UEFA

Founded	1895
FIFA affiliation	1904
UEFA affiliation	1954
President	Ralph Zloczower

The Swiss Football Association is the governing body of football in Switzerland. It organizes the football league, the Swiss Football League and the Switzerland national football team. It is based in Bern.

It was formed in 1895 as one of the first football association which was founded outside the United Kingdom. SFV-ASF was a founder member of FIFA in 1904. FIFA is now based in Switzerland at Zürich. Also UEFA is based in the Swiss city of Nyon.

ASF-SFV is the abbreviation of the associations name in three of the national languages of Switzerland. ASF stands for both French (Association Suisse de Football) and Italian (Associazione Svizzera di Football), while SFV is the German (Schweizerischer Fussballverband).- Romansh - It is abbreviated as ASB (Associaziun Svizra da Ballape).

Crest

1940s–1990s
1990s
1990s–2007
2008–current

External links

Official website
Switzerland at FIFA site
Switzerland at UEFA site
Swiss Association of Football Players (Association of football players)

Sports governing bodies in Switzerland (SUI)

Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchronized Swimming Water Polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern Pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. Beach Volleyball Swimming Synchronized Swimming Weightlifting Wrestling

Winter Olympic Sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Skating Figure Speed Short Track Ice Hockey Luge Skeleton Skiing Alpine Cross Country Nordic Combined Freestyle & Jumping Snowboarding

Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Auto racing Bandy Baseball Billiard Sports Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Karate Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water Ski Wushu

Paralympics and Disabled Sports

Others Sports	Rugby Union Rugby League

Swiss Olympic Association Swiss Paralympics Committee

Football in Switzerland

Swiss Football Association

National teams

Men	National team U-23 U-21 U-20 U-19 U-18 U-17 U-16 Beach soccer Futsal

Women	National team U-20 U-17

League system

Men	Super League (play-off) Challenge League 1. Liga Promotion 1. Liga Classic 2. Liga Interregional 2. Liga 3. Liga 4. Liga 5. Liga

Women	Nationalliga A Nationalliga B

Domestic cups

Men	Swiss Cup Swiss League Cup Swiss Super Cup (defunct) Uhrencup Cup of the Alps

Women	Swiss Women's Cup

Others

Uhrencup

Futsal in Switzerland

Futsal Swiss Football Association

League competitions	Swiss Futsal Championship

National teams	Switzerland national futsal team

International association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Debuts Codes Player of the Century Women's football

National football associations of Europe (UEFA)

Current	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Defunct	East Germany Saarland Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union Yugoslavia

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