The Women's Nationalliga A is the highest-level league competition for women's football clubs in Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

. 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 2010–11

Ordered by 2009–10 results

• FC Zürich Frauen
  FC Zürich Frauen
  FC Zürich Frauen is a women's football Club from Zürich, Switzerland. Its first team plays since the founding of the Swiss national league in 1970 in the first division. The team won 15 national championships and won the Cup 8 times.- History :...
  
  
• Grasshopper Club Zürich
• YB Frauen
  BSC Young Boys
  Berner Sport Club Young Boys 1898 is a Swiss sporting club based in the capital city of Bern. The name is often abbreviated to YB . Abroad, YB is often referred to as Young Boys Bern. The club's colors are yellow and black....
  
  
• FC Yverdon Féminin
  FC Yverdon Féminin
  FC Yverdon Féminin is a Swiss women's football team from the town of Yverdon-les-Bains. The team plays in Switzerland's highest league, the Nationalliga A since 2006–07. It was founded in 1986 as the women's section of Yverdon-Sport FC...
  
  
• SC Kriens
  SC Kriens
  SC Kriens is a football club based in Kriens, Switzerland. It was founded in 1944. They play at the Kleinfeld Stadium. Their local rival is FC Lucerne-Current squad:-Famous players:...
  
  
• FC Thun
  FC Thun
  FC Thun 1898 is a Swiss football team from the Bernese Oberland town of Thun. The club currently plays in the Swiss Super League after being promoted in the 2009/10 season. The club plays at the Arena Thun which accommodates a total of 10,300 supporters, both seated and standing...
  
  
• FC Staad
• FFC Zuchwil 05
  FFC Zuchwil 05
  FFC Zuchwil 05 is a women's football club from Zuchwil, Switzerland. The club was founded in 1970 as DFC Solothurn, in 1990 DFC Zuchwil established and today's FFC Zuchwil 05 was founded on 13 March 2005, after the Swiss Football Association allowed pure women's football clubs to be founded in...
  
  
• FC Basel
  FC Basel
  Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel is a Swiss football club based in Basel. They are one of the most successful clubs in Swiss football, having won the Swiss Super League 14 times, the third most for any Swiss club. They were most successful in the late 1960s and 1970s, winning the...
  
  
• FC St. Gallen
  FC St. Gallen
  Football Club St. Gallen 1879 is a Swiss football club based in St. Gallen. The club is currently playing in the 2011/12 Swiss Challenge League.-Brief history:...
  
  (promoted form Nationalliga B)

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 a 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.

Tiebreakers in the playoffs are:

1. superior number of points
2. better regular season standings, determined by order of
   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

Performance by club

• 15 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

External links

• Official Site
• Swiss League at women.soccerway.com