Nationalliga A (women's football)

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Nationalliga A
Country   Switzerland
Confederation UEFA
Founded 1970
Number of teams 10
Level on pyramid 1
Relegation to Nationalliga B
Domestic cup(s) Swiss Women's Cup
International cup(s) UEFA Champions League
Current champions FC Zürich Frauen (19th title)
(2014–15)
Most championships FC Zürich Frauen (19 titles)
2015–16

The Women's Nationalliga A is the highest-level league competition for women's football clubs in Switzerland. It was established in 1970.

League winners qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League. The teams that end as number 11 and 12 relegate to the Nationalliga B.

Nationalliga A teams 2015–16

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.[1]

Tiebreakers in the playoffs are:

  1. superior number of points
  2. better regular season standings,[2] determined by order of[3]
    1. superior number of points
    2. superior goal difference
    3. larger number of goals
    4. superior goal difference in matches between tied teams
    5. larger number of away goals

League Champions

The list of all champions:[4][5]

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Performance by club

  • 19 Titles: FC Zürich Frauen (incl. FFC Zürich Seebach and SV Seebach Zürich)
  • 11 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
  • 1 Title: DFC Alpnach, FC Rapid Lugano, FC Schwerzenbach, FFC Zuchwil 05

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.[6]

The latest topscorers were:[7]

Season Topscorer Club Goals
1998–99 Italy Maria Macri FCF Rapid Lugano 18
1999–00 Switzerland Anouk Macheret FC Bern 17
2000–01 Switzerland Sylvie Gaillard FC Bern 21
2001–02 Switzerland Monica Di Fonzo
Switzerland Corina Theiler		 FC Sursee
FC Bern		 22
2002–03 Switzerland Monica Di Fonzo FC Sursee 25
2003–04 Switzerland Vanessa Bürki FC Zuchwil 28
2004–05 Switzerland Isabelle Meyer SC LUwin 19
2005–06 Switzerland Vanessa Bürki FFC Zuchwil 05 23
2006–07 Croatia Kristina Šundov FFC Zuchwil 05 18
2007–08 Switzerland Veronica Maglia FFC Bern 18
2008–09 Switzerland Ana-Maria Crnogorčević FC Thun 24
2009–10 Switzerland Caroline Abbé
Switzerland Isabelle Meyer		 FC Yverdon Féminin
Grasshopper Club		 14
2010–11 Switzerland Veronica Maglia BSC Young Boys 24
2011–12 Switzerland Nadja Hegglin SC Kriens 27
2012–13 Germany Inka Grings FC Zürich Frauen 38
2013–14 Switzerland Fabienne Humm FC Zürich Frauen 19
2014–15 Switzerland Patricia Willi FC St. Gallen Frauen 17

References

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  4. ↑ http://www.football.ch/sfv/frauen/de/Statistiken_FFB.aspx
  5. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesz/zwit-womchamp.html
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External links

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