Women's football in Switzerland

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The women's football in Switzerland began in the early 1970s with the founding of the National League A (women's football) in 1970 and the Switzerland women's national football team in 1972. 2017 took her first time at a European part. In June 2014 she qualified for the first time for the World Cup , which was held in Canada in 2015.

history

The history of women's football in Switzerland can be divided into three phases: beginnings, institutionalization and nationwide coordination.

Beginnings (1920s to 1970)

The first mention of female football activity in Switzerland dates back to 1923. The newspaper Le Sport Suisse reported on the organizational union of football-enthusiastic women in Geneva under the name Les Sportive on the initiative of Florida Pianzola. Thereafter there was no reporting at all about football activities by women in Switzerland until the 1960s. This is possibly due to the global economic crisis, the chaos of war and the bans on women's football in England (1921–1971) and Germany (1955–1970).

A new movement began in the 1960s with the popular grumpy tournaments . In 1965 Monika and Silvia Stahel founded FC Goitschel in Murgenthal. They wrote to the SFV with the request to be able to play official games. The SFV responded with a refusal, but gave the women who are enthusiastic about football the opportunity to become referees: “Finalement, nous avons trouvé un chemin pour thunder satisfaction à ces jeunes filles intéressées à la cause du football en leur donnant la possibilité de devenir femme- arbitre. " The association officials hoped that the low number of game leaders would increase. This step was of great importance for the development of women's football, as it enabled women to enter the world of institutionalized football.

Madeleine Boll caused a stir in 1965 . She was the first licensed female soccer player in Switzerland. The SFV had mistakenly issued her an official player pass. She first took part in FC Sion's junior training and then applied for a passport. With the pass, she was able to take part in the prelude to FC Sion's first European Cup match against Galatasaray Istanbul . The girl's presence attracted journalists from all over the world, the passport was canceled. Thanks to the media presence, Madeleine Boll was able to take part in the then very good Italian championship a little later, playing first with Gomma-Gomma, then with Ambrosiana from 1970 to 1974. Their popularity sparked a boom in women's football in Switzerland.

Institutionalization (1970 to 1993)

On February 21, 1968, the first women's football club was founded in Zurich, the Zurich women's football club ( DFC Zurich ). Founder and first president was Ursula Moser. On April 24, 1970, the Swiss women's football league (SDFL) today was in the restaurant community center in Bern launched National League A . A year earlier, the clubs 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 western Switzerland in 1969/70 was won by DFC Sion . The Swiss Women's Football League initially consisted of 18 clubs, which were divided into three regions. The first official champion was the DFC Aarau . In 1975 the Swiss Cup was launched. The first cup winner was the DFC Sion. The most successful clubs in the 1980s were DFC Bern and SV Seebach Zürich , which is why there is talk of Bern and Zurich dominating women's football in the 1980s.

Coordination throughout Switzerland (since 1993)

On May 15, 1993, it was decided to integrate into the Swiss Football Association in the Bürgerhaus restaurant in Bern. A new phase of the upswing began. The number of players and clubs increased rapidly, the quality of the organization and the games increased. As a contribution to the promotion of young talent, the Swiss Cup for women juniors was introduced in the same year.

In 1994, the FC Wettswil-Bonstetten caused a sensation by abolishing its women's department because it was being used "to act out abnormal predispositions" - at a time when almost 4,000 girls and women were already playing football.

Development of the number of female players

The first national competition, the National League A, started in 1970 with 18 teams and 270 players. There are now over 17,000 licensed players (as of 2006). This makes women's football one of the most popular women's sports in Switzerland.

Competitions

Top football

  • National League A : The top division in women's football in Switzerland. 8 teams compete for the championship title and for participation in the UEFA Women's Champions League . The last placed team is relegated.
  • National League B : The second highest division in women's football in Switzerland. 10 teams for promotion (one team) and league maintenance. The last two teams in the relegation round are relegated directly to the first division.
  • U-18 : The division for the youngsters of the National League A teams.

Amateur league

  • 1st league : 2 groups of 12 teams. The group winners are promoted to National League B.

Regional leagues

  • 2nd league : groups of 12 teams. The highest league played by the regional associations .
  • 3rd league : groups of 10 teams.
  • 4th division : lowest division. Different group sizes.

Swiss Cup

At Swiss Footiecup , who has been held since 1975, the teams of the National League A participate to the 3rd league.

Well-known clubs

Well-known players

National team

The Swiss national women's football team, founded in 1972, took part in a European championship for the first time in 2017 and was eliminated in the preliminary round. In June 2014 she qualified for the first time for the 2015 World Cup, where she was eliminated in the round of 16 against hosts Canada.

See also

literature

  • Marianne Meier: «Tender feet on the hard leather ...». Women's football in Switzerland 1970–1999. Studies on Contemporary History, Volume 5, ed. by Urs Altermatt; Huber, Frauenfeld / Stuttgart / Vienna 2004 ISBN 3-7193-1362-X

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gabriele Sobiech: Do women play another game? Springer 2012 p. 33 ISBN 9783531191331 ( limited preview )