Swiss Football Association
UEFA | |
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Founded | 7 April 1895 |
FIFA affiliation | 1904 |
UEFA affiliation | 1954 |
President | Dominique Blanc |
Website | http://www.football.ch |
The Swiss Football Association (German: Schweizerischer Fussballverband, French: Association Suisse de Football, Italian: Associazione Svizzera di Football/Calcio, Romansh: Associaziun Svizra da Ballape) 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, was a founder member of FIFA in 1904 and joined UEFA during its foundation year, 1954.[1] 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
Presidents[]
- (2001–2009)[2]
- Peter Gilliéron (2009–2019)[3]
- Dominique Blanc (2019–present)[4]
References[]
- ^ "Switzerland". UEFA. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ^ "Schweizerischer Fussballverband - 2005-2010". org.football.ch. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ "Peter Gilliéron an der Verbandsspitze angelangt". bz - Zeitung für die Region Basel (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ "Dominique Blanc ist der neue SFV-Präsident" (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2020.
External links[]
- Official website
- Switzerland at FIFA site
- Switzerland at UEFA site
- Swiss Association of Football Players (Association of football players)
- 1895 establishments in Switzerland
- UEFA member associations
- Football in Switzerland
- Futsal in Switzerland
- Sports governing bodies in Switzerland
- Organisations based in Bern
- Sports organizations established in 1895
- Sport in Bern
- Swiss sport stubs