Swiss Football Association

Swiss Football Association
Founded	1895
Fifa affiliation	1904
Region	UEFA
Region affiliation	1954
President	Peter Gilliéron
Coach	Jakob Kuhn (2001–)

The Swiss Football Association is the governing body of football in Switzerland. It organizes the football league, the Swiss Football League and the Switzerland national football team. It is based in Bern.

It was formed in 1895 as one of the first football association which was founded outside the United Kingdom. SFV-ASF was a founder member of FIFA in 1904. FIFA is now based in Switzerland at Zürich. Also UEFA is based in the Swiss city of Nyon.

ASF-SFV is the abbreviation of the associations name in three of the national languages of Switzerland. ASF stands for both French (Association Suisse de Football) and Italian (Associazione Svizzera di Football), while SFV is the German (Schweizerischer Fussballverband).- Romansh - It is abbreviated as ASB (Associaziun Svizra da Ballape).

Crest

1940s–1990s

1990s

1990s–2006

2006–current

External links

• Switzerland at FIFA site
• Switzerland at UEFA site
• Swiss Association of Football Players (Association of football players)

Football in Switzerland

League competitions SFA Cup competitions Super League (play-off) Switzerland Swiss Cup Challenge League (U-23 · U-21 · U-20) Swiss League Cup Swiss Promotion League (U-19 · U-18) Swiss Super Cup (defunct) Swiss 1. Liga (U-17 · U-16) Uhrencup 2. Liga Interregional Stadiums Cup of the Alps 2. Liga Leagues Uhrencup 3. Liga Players 4. Liga 5. Liga