Swiss Women's Football Championship 2016/17

The 2016/17 Swiss Football Championship was the 47th season in women's football. The FC Neunkirch secured his first championship in club history.

The championship is divided into a qualifying round and a final round. In the qualifying round of the National League A (NLA), the participants of the final round, in which the championship title is played, and the promotion / relegation round ( Barrage ) are determined. In the qualifying round of the National League B (NLB), further participants of the promotion / relegation round and the NLB relegation round are determined.

The 2016/17 season was a transition season, as the size of the NLA will be reduced to eight teams in the future.

Qualifying round NLA

Qualifying round NLA 2016/17
Teams	10
Games	90  (of which 90 played)
Top scorer	Valentina Bergamaschi
← Qualifying round NLA 2015/16 Qualifying round NLA 2017/18 →

In the qualifying round of the National League A , 10 teams competed, each of which played a home and an away game against each opponent. In total, each team played 18 games. As of the following season, the NLA will only consist of 8 teams. This resulted in a transition season for 2016/17 with two additional relegators. Only the best six clubs in National League A qualified for the final round, while, as an exception, four teams had to compete in the promotion / relegation round.

The defending champion was FC Zurich Women . The only climber was SC Derendingen Solothurn .

Attendees

FC Basel BSC Young Boys FC Luzern women FC Neunkirch SC Derendingen FC Staad FF Lugano Yverdon FC Féminin FC Zurich women Grasshopper Club Zurich

Venues

team	city	Canton	Stadion	Trainer	Placement season 2015/16
FC Basel	Basel	Basel city	St. Jakob sports facility	Sissy Raith	2.
SC Derendingen Solothurn	Derendingen SO	Solothurn	Heidenegg	Urs Bachmann	2nd promotion / relegation round
Grasshopper Club Zurich	Zurich	Zurich	GC-Campus Niederhasli	Evelyn Zimmermann	7th
FF Lugano	Lugano	Ticino	Cornaredo Stadium	Claudio De Marchi	6th
FC Luzern women	Lucerne	Lucerne	Allmend sports complex	Dieter Münstermann	4th
FC Neunkirch	Neunkirch	Schaffhausen	Randenblick sports facility	Hasan Dračić	2.
FC Staad	Staad SG	St. Gallen	Bützel sports field	Martin Hirt	8th.
BSC Young Boys	Bern	Bern	Neufeld Stadium	Marisa Wunderlin	5.
Yverdon FC Féminin	Yverdon-les-Bains	Vaud	Stade Municipal	Fred Mauron	1st promotion / relegation round
FC Zurich women	Zurich	Zurich	Heerenschürli sports facility	Dorjee Tsawa	1st, master

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Neunkirch	18th	14th	3	1	065: 900	+56	45
2.	FC Zurich Women (M, C)	18th	13	4th	1	072:140	+58	43
3.	FC Basel	18th	11	3	4th	044:140	+30	36
4th	FC Luzern women	18th	9	2	7th	044:280	+16	29
5.	BSC Young Boys	18th	7th	6th	5	033:290	+4	27
6th	FF Lugano	18th	7th	6th	5	031:410	−10	27
7th	Grasshopper Club Zurich	18th	5	3	10	044:540	−10	18th
8th.	FC Staad	18th	4th	3	11	021:500	−29	15th
9.	Yverdon FC Féminin	18th	2	5	11	016:640	−48	11
10.	SC Derendingen Solothurn (N)	18th	0	1	17th	011:780	−67	01
Status: Finished

Legend
	Participation in the final round
	Promotion / relegation games against the first and second in the National League B
(M)	reigning Swiss champion
(C)	Swiss Cup winner last season
(N)	Newcomers last season

List of goalscorers

If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
01.	Valentina Bergamaschi	FC Neunkirch	20th
02.	Géraldine Reuteler	FC Luzern women	18th
03.	Cara Curtin	FF Lugano	16
04th	Sanni Maija Franssi	FC Zurich women	15th
05.	Caroline Muller	Grasshopper Club Zurich	12
06th	Fabienne Humm	FC Zurich women	11
07th	Stefanie De Alem	FC Basel	10
08th.	Florijana Ismaili	BSC Young Boys	08th
	Alisha Lehmann	BSC Young Boys
	Amelia Pietrangelo	FC Neunkirch
	Claudia Stilz	FC Staad
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Qualifying round NLB

Qualifying round NLB 2016/17
Teams	10
Games	90  (of which 90 played)
Top scorer	Julia Höltschi
← Qualifying round NLB 2015/16 Qualifying round NLB 2017/18 →

FC Aarau FF Chênois FC Schlieren FC Thun Femina Kickers Worb FC St. Gallen FC Therwil FC Zurich Women U-21 FC Kloten FC Aïre-le-Lignon

Venues

Ten teams also took part in the National League B. The best two teams qualified for the promotion / relegation round. The remaining eight clubs in National League B had to compete in the relegation round.

Relegated from the NLA, FC St. Gallen joined the team. The climbers from the first division were FC Aïre-le-Lignon and FC Kloten .

The U-21s of FC Zurich Women were not eligible for promotion, which is why Femina Kickers Worb took their place in the promotion round.

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Aarau	18th	13	1	4th	052:200	+32	40
2.	FC Zurich Women U-21	18th	9	6th	3	044:290	+15	33
3.	Femina Kickers Worb	18th	10	3	5	041:350	+6	33
4th	FC Therwil	18th	9	2	7th	035:300	+5	29
5.	FC Schlieren	18th	8th	2	8th	039:370	+2	26th
6th	FC Aïre-le-Lignon (N)	18th	8th	1	9	039:410	−2	25th
7th	FC St. Gallen (A)	18th	7th	3	8th	039:420	−3	24
8th.	Women's team Thun Bernese Oberland	18th	6th	5	7th	033:420	−9	23
9.	FF Chênois	18th	5	4th	9	030:330	−3	19th
10.	FC Kloten (N)	18th	0	3	15th	014:570	−43	03
Status: Finished

Legend
	Participation in the barrage against the 7th to 10th of the National League A.
	Participation in the relegation round
(A)	Relegated last season
(N)	Newcomers last season

Final round NLA

For the first time, only six teams competed in the final round. Two teams met each other one more time, so that each team played five more games. All points earned in the qualification were taken along. The top ranked in the final round was Swiss champions at the end of the season and was eligible to participate in the 2017/18 UEFA Women's Champions League .

On the last day of the match (June 3, 2017), FC Neunkirch secured their first championship title in the club's history.

Four days after winning the championship, the double winner FC Neunkirch announced the withdrawal of its first women's team from play for financial and structural reasons. Instead of FC Neunkirch, runner-up FC Zurich Women will compete in the 2017/18 UEFA Women's Champions League .

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points	bonus	total
1.	FC Neunkirch	5	4th	1	0	014: 100	+13	13	45	58
2.	FC Zurich Women (M, C)	5	4th	1	0	018: 300	+15	13	43	56
3.	FC Basel	5	2	1	2	007: 600	+1	07th	36	43
4th	FC Luzern women	5	1	0	4th	003:120	−9	03	29	32
5.	BSC Young Boys	5	1	1	3	005:170	−12	04th	27	31
6th	FF Lugano	5	0	2	3	004:120	−8	02	27	29
Status: Finished

Legend
	Swiss champions and voluntary withdrawal from gaming
	Participation in the 2017/18 UEFA Women's Champions League
(M)	reigning Swiss champion
(C)	Swiss Cup winner last season
(N)	Newcomers last season

Promotion / Relegation Round NLA / NLB

The four worst teams in National League A competed together with the two best teams in National League B in the promotion / relegation round. No points were taken from the qualifying rounds here. Two teams met each other once. In total, each team played five more games. The two best teams qualified for the following season of the NLA, the other four for NLB. In any case, two teams should more relegate than ascend.

Of the NLA teams, the Grasshopper Club Zurich and FC Yverdon Féminin held the class, while FC Staad and SC Derendingen Solothurn had to relegate. Of the NLB teams, FC Aarau and Femina Kickers Worb missed the promotion. However, FC Aarau rose to third place at the green table, as the withdrawal of FC Neunkirch opened up another place.

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Grasshopper Club Zurich (A)	5	4th	0	1	011: 700	+4	12
2.	FC Yverdon Féminin (A)	5	3	1	1	007: 100	+6	10
3.	FC Aarau (B)	5	3	1	1	009: 600	+3	10
4th	Femina Kickers Worb (B)	5	1	2	2	007:100	−3	05
5.	FC Staad (A)	5	1	1	3	006: 900	−3	04th
6th	SC Derendingen Solothurn (A)	5	0	1	4th	003:100	−7	01
Status: Finished

Legend
	National League A
	National League B
(A)	NLA club in qualification
(B)	NLB club in qualification

Relegation round NLB

Since the NLB is temporarily increased to twelve teams at the same time as the NLA is being reduced in size to accommodate the NLA relegated teams, there should only be two relegated teams in the NLB in the transition season. As in the final round of the NLA, all previously earned points were taken away. Here, too, two teams met one more time and played seven more games.

On June 21, 2017, the people in charge of FC Staad, who had been relegated from the NLA, and FC St. Gallen announced that they would create a joint team in the NLB in order to pool their strengths for a return to promotion. The new team will compete under the name FC St. Gallen - Staad in the following season . This made another starting place available in the NLB. Together with the withdrawal of FC Neunkirch, this meant that both FC Schlieren and FC Kloten did not have to relegate.

On June 13, 2017, FF Chênois announced that it would merge with Servette FC and appear as its women's team in the future. In future, the team will go under the name Servette FC Chênois Féminin (SFCCF). The former women's section of CS Chênois had separated from the parent club since 2012 .

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points	bonus	total
1.	FC Zurich Women U-21	7th	5	1	1	025: 800	+17	16	33	49
2.	FF Chênois	7th	6th	1	0	020: 700	+13	19th	19th	38
3.	FC Therwil	7th	2	1	4th	015:160	−1	07th	29	36
4th	FC St. Gallen (A)	7th	3	1	3	013:150	−2	10	24	34
5.	FC Aïre-le-Lignon (N)	7th	3	0	4th	015:170	−2	09	25th	34
6th	Women's team Thun Bernese Oberland	7th	3	2	2	011: 800	+3	11	23	34
7th	FC Schlieren	7th	2	1	4th	014:230	−9	07th	26th	33
8th.	FC Kloten (N)	7th	0	1	6th	008:270	−19	01	3	4th
Status: Finished

Legend
	Relegation to the 1st division
(A)	Relegated last season
(N)	Newcomers last season

1st League

Climbers

• FC Walperswil (Group 1)
• FC Amriswil (Group 2)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Table NLA Quali football.ch
2. ↑ List of goalscorers NLA Quali football.ch
3. ^ Table NLB football.ch
4. ↑ fcneunkirch.ch: media release from FC Neunkirch
5. ↑ ^{a b} football.ch: FC Zurich Women confirmed as a participant in the Women's Champions League
6. ^ Table of final round football.ch
7. ↑ Table of promotion / relegation round football.ch
8. ↑ fcsgfrauen.ch: Merger of FC St. Gallen Women and FC Staad Women
9. ↑ servettefc.ch: Le Servette FC présente sa section féminine ( Memento of the original dated June 30, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ^ Table of relegation round football.ch