Swiss national football team for women / European championships
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| European Championship record scorer: | Ramona Bachmann , Ana Maria Crnogorčević and Lara Dickenmann (1 each) |
| European Championship record player: | 9 players (3 each) |
| Rank: | not yet placed |
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| 3 European Championship games 1 win 1 draw 1 loss 3: 3 goals |
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First European Championship game Austria - Switzerland 1-0 ( Deventer , NLD ); 18th July 2017  |
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Highest European Championship victory Iceland - Switzerland 1: 2 ( Doetinchem , NLD ); July 22, 2017 |
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Biggest European Championship defeat Austria - Switzerland 1-0 ( Deventer , NLD ); 18th July 2017 |
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| European Championship | |
| Participation in the finals | 1 ( first : 2017 ) |
| Best results | Qualification 2017 |
| (As of July 26, 2017) | |
The article contains a detailed description of the Swiss national football team for women at European championships and the qualifications for them. Switzerland took part in all qualifications, but played at times in the B category, so there was no direct opportunity to qualify. The Swiss women failed five times in qualifying against the later European champions. They were then able to qualify for the final round that took place in 2017 for the first time in September 2016.
Overview
| year | Host country | Participation until ... | opponent | Result | Trainer | Comments and special features |
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| 1984 | no finals | not qualified | In the qualification of Italy failed. | |||
| 1987 | Norway | not qualified | In the qualification again failed to Italy. | |||
| 1989 | Germany | not qualified | In qualifying at the eventual winners Germany failed. | |||
| 1991 | Denmark | not qualified | In qualifying later in the host Denmark failed. | |||
| 1993 | Italy | not qualified | In qualifying at eventual champions Norway failed. | |||
| 1995 | no finals | not qualified | Failed in qualifying at later European champions Germany . | |||
| 1997 | Norway / Sweden | not qualified | As a participant in the B category no opportunity to qualify, but made it to the A category for the World Cup qualification. | |||
| 2001 | Germany | not qualified | Failed to qualify as bottom of the group to Norway. | |||
| 2005 | England | not qualified | In the qualification as the group penultimate to Sweden failed. | |||
| 2009 | Finland | not qualified | In qualifying as third in the group, defending champions Germany and the Netherlands failed. | |||
| 2013 | Sweden | not qualified | Defending champions Germany and Spain failed in qualifying as fourth in the group . | |||
| 2017 | Netherlands | Preliminary round | Austria , Iceland , France |
 Martina Voss-Tecklenburg
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Opponents in the qualification were Italy , the Czech Republic , Northern Ireland and Georgia . |
The tournaments
EM 1984
Only 16 teams had registered for the first European Championship and the qualification groups were divided according to geographic criteria. The Swiss team, which has been coached by Bruno Streit since 1979 , therefore faced neighbors Italy and France in qualifying and only had to travel a little further to Portugal . The Swiss won in their first competitive game 2-0 against Portugal. In the remaining five games it was only enough to draw three. The games against group winners Italy were both lost 2-0. As a third party in the group, they were not qualified for the quarter-finals.
EM 1987
In qualifying for the second European Championship finals, the Swiss met Italy, Spain and Hungary for the first time . The Swiss started with a 2-0 win in Spain, but were only able to win one point in Hungary and lost the remaining four games. In the end they were bottom of the group and Bruno Streit's tenure as national coach ended with the last game. Gerry Schmidlir took over the post .
EM 1989
This time the Swiss met Germany and again Italy and Hungary. The Swiss could only win against Hungary and achieve a goalless draw in Germany, but lost the remaining games significantly, so that they conceded the most goals from all participants and were again bottom of the group and with the last game, Gerry Schmidlir's tenure as national coach ended. Group winners Germany were later allowed to host the finals and won the title for the first time.
EM 1991
In the qualification, the Swiss met Italy for the fourth time and again against Spain and Denmark for the first time . The Swiss went into the qualification under the new national coach Hansruedi Wagner . After three defeats and a goalless draw in Spain, the home game against Spain was won, but this was followed by a 4-0 draw in Denmark. After all, this time they were third in the group. Group winners Denmark were later allowed to host the finals, but could not use the home advantage.
EM 1993 in Italy
23 teams have already participated in qualifying for the fifth European Championship, including Switzerland again. To qualify for the quarter-finals, Switzerland had to play against Norway and Belgium in the group stage . Switzerland started with a 0-10 home defeat against Norway and a goalless draw in Belgium, but then lost the home game against the Belgians 0-1. Then Alex Gebhart took over the post of national coach, but lost 6-0 in Norway in his first game. This made Switzerland last in the group without a goal of its own and with the most goals conceded by all participants. Group winners Norway then won the title at the finals in Italy.
EM 1995
As early as 1993, 29 teams began qualifying for the next European Championship, which was held again and for the last time without a final round. Switzerland met Germany again and, for the first time, Croatia and Wales , against whom the only victories come. There was also a 1: 1 in Croatia. The other games were lost, including a 0:11 against Germany, the highest defeat in Swiss international history. After all, this time there were three teams that conceded even more goals. Group winners Germany then became European champions again.
European Championship 1997 in Norway
In autumn 1995 the qualification for the next European Championship finals began for which 34 teams had already registered and which was held for the first time with eight teams. Due to the different strengths of the teams entered, the qualification was divided into two categories. The 16 strongest teams, to which Switzerland did not belong, played for the direct qualification, the 18 weaker teams for the possibility to play in the next qualification in the higher category. Switzerland met the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , which was played for the last time, Austria and for the first time Greece . In the end, Switzerland, Yugoslavia and Austria had each won three games, played once and lost twice, which meant they were tied. However, since the Swiss women had the better goal difference, they were qualified for relegation for promotion to the A category. Here they prevailed 3: 2 and 2: 0 against Croatia. This allowed them to play in the A category in qualifying for the 1999 World Cup . There they finished last under the new national coach Simon Steiner in the group stage, but then secured their place in the A category with two victories in the relegation games against Poland .
EM 2001 in Germany
In qualifying for the EM 2001, the Swiss played in category A and thus had the chance to qualify for the finals again. But they could not prevail against Norway, England and Portugal and were the only team with only one goal in the group bottom. So they had to play in the relegation games to stay in the A category for qualifying for the 2003 Women's World Cup . Here they met Belgium. Shortly before the relegation games, Jost Leuzinger took over the post of national coach. After a 1-1 away game and a 0-0 home game, they secured their place in the A category due to the away goals rule .
EM 2005 in England
For the EM 2005 the host was determined in advance for the first time and England was awarded the contract for the event. Switzerland had secured its place in the A category in qualifying for the 2003 World Cup and began qualifying under Jost Leuzinger . She now had to play in one of four groups of five against Sweden , again Italy, Finland and Serbia and Montenegro, against whom the only victory was 1-0. Another point was won at 1: 1 in Finland and with a 0: 0 also the first point win in a qualifying game against Italy. Then Béatrice von Siebenthal took over the post of national coach. No more goals could be scored, but the Swiss women were able to leave the players from Serbia and Montenegro behind.
EM 2009 in Finland
The EM 2009 took place in Finland . For the first time, twelve teams took part in the tournament. The qualification mode has also been changed. Only the 20 weakest national teams contested the first qualifying round. Switzerland only had to intervene in the second qualifying round and met defending champions and world champions Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Wales in a group of five . Switzerland could only win the games against Wales and the home game against Belgium and ended up third, but had only one point less than the second-placed Dutch women who qualified for the finals for the first time via the playoffs. The way to the playoffs was lost by a 1-1 draw in the Netherlands in the penultimate game. Although they could have made it with a win against Germany in the last game, the German team kept their clean sheets and won this game too.
EM 2013 in Sweden
The EM 2013 took place for the second time in Sweden . Again the qualification was started by the weaker teams, but this time only by the eight weakest teams. Switzerland did not have to intervene again until the second round and was again drawn into the group with Germany. Other opponents were Spain, Romania , Kazakhstan and Turkey . The Swiss started under Béatrice von Siebenthal with a 1: 4 away defeat against the defending champions, then won 4: 1 against Romania, lost 3: 2 against Spain and were followed by an 8: 1 against Kazakhstan. Then the former German national player Martina Voss-Tecklenburg took over the post of national coach. In the remaining games there were three wins and three defeats, but the 6-0 home game against Germany saw more spectators than at any home game before. With five wins and five defeats, Switzerland finished fourth.
EM 2017 in the Netherlands
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The 2017 European Championship took place in the Netherlands and for the first time with 16 teams. For the qualification, Switzerland was drawn into the group with Italy for the sixth time. Other opponents were Northern Ireland , the Czech Republic and, for the first time, Georgia . After the Swiss women had qualified for the 2015 World Cup and thus for the first time for a major tournament and even reached the round of 16 there, they now also wanted to reach the European Championship finals. They started with a 3-0 win in Italy, which was the first time they were able to win a competitive game against their southern neighbor. After victories against the other three group opponents, they also won the second leg against Italy and did not lose any more points after that. As early as June 4th, Switzerland, as at least one of the best runners-up in the group, was certain to take part in the finals for the first time, and on June 7th, 2016, they won the group before the last two games. With eight wins, the Swiss did not lose points for the first time in a qualification, were group winners for the first time and scored the third-most goals together with Iceland. The best Swiss goalscorer in qualifying was Ana Maria Crnogorčević with seven goals, and Fabienne Humm contributed six goals .
For the drawing of the final groups on November 8, 2016, the Swiss women were assigned to Pot 2 and group C with France was drawn. Other opponents were Iceland and Austria, which also took part for the first time. In the first game the favorite Swiss lost against Austria and had to do without Rachel Kiwic due to a red card in the next game against Iceland. Here they fell behind again, but were able to turn the game around and celebrate their first European Championship final victory 2-1. To move into the knockout round, they had to win the last group game against France. They also took the lead in the 19th minute through Ana Maria Crnogorčević after a free kick. Since the free kick was the result of an emergency brake, whereupon a French woman received the red card, they were able to play 80 minutes in excess, but not use them for further goals. In the 76th minute they even had to accept the equalization and thus the elimination. After the final round, Martina Moser and Caroline Abbé , the two players with the most international matches for Switzerland, as well as Vanessa Bürki and Stenia Michel resigned.
Finals games
Venues |
| No. | date | Result | opponent | venue | occasion | comment |
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| 1 | 07/18/2017 | 0: 1 |
Austria
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Deventer ( NLD ) | Group game | |
| 2 | 07/22/2017 | 2: 1 |
Iceland
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Doetinchem ( NLD ) | Group game | |
| 3 | 07/26/2017 | 1: 1 |
 France
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Breda ( NLD ) | Group game |