Nickname(s) | La Nati | ||
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Association | Swiss Football Association | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Nils Nielsen | ||
Captain | Lia Wälti | ||
Most caps | Ana-Maria Crnogorčević (136) | ||
Top scorer | Ana-Maria Crnogorčević (67) | ||
FIFA code | SUI | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 21 ![]() | ||
Highest | 15 (June 2016) | ||
Lowest | 31 (March 2007) | ||
First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Basel, Switzerland; 4 May 1972) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Lausanne, Switzerland; 6 September 2022) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Weingarten, Germany; 25 September 1994) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 2 (first in 2015) | ||
Best result | Round of 16 (2015) | ||
European Championship | |||
Appearances | 2 (first in 2017) | ||
Best result | Group stage (2017, 2022) |
The Switzerland women's national football team represents Switzerland in international women's football.[2] The team played its first match in 1972.
Switzerland qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada by winning their qualifying group. It was the first time that Switzerland participated in a women's World Cup, and the first time both the men's team and women's team qualified for a World Cup simultaneously.[3][4]
At the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Switzerland was drawn into Group C with Japan, Cameroon and Ecuador. They secured a 10–1 victory over Ecuador, but lost 1–0 to Japan and 2–1 to Cameroon. Switzerland finished third in their group, but they were one of the top four third-place finishers and advanced to the knockout round. In the Round of 16, Switzerland lost 1–0 to the hosts, Team Canada and were eliminated.[5]
Switzerland qualified for the European Championship for the first time in 2017. They were placed in Group C alongside France, Austria and Iceland. They lost to Austria 1–0, but then rebounded to beat Iceland 2–1. Switzerland went into their final group match against France needing a win in order to advance to the knockout stage. Switzerland led for much of the match after Ana-Maria Crnogorčević scored in the 19th minute, but Camille Abily scored the equalizer for France in the 76th minute while the Blues were playing at a numerical disadvantage, and the match ended in a 1–1 draw, as a result Switzerland finished third in their group and did not advance.
At Euro 2022, Switzerland is again in Group C with Sweden, the Netherlands and Portugal as opponents. Switzerland left the competition in the first round, with a draw (2–2 against Portugal despite two goals scored in the first five minutes of the game) and two defeats against the favorites of the group (1–2 against Sweden and 1–4 against the Dutch title holders, having conceded the last three Dutch goals in the last 10 minutes of the game).
Switzerland has never qualified for the Olympic games.
Win Draw Loss
26 November 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFAGroup G | Italy ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Palermo |
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Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France) |
30 November 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFAGroup G | Lithuania ![]() | 0–7 | ![]() | Vilnius |
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Stadium: LFF Stadium Referee: Zoe Stavrou (Cyprus) |
20 February Friendly | Switzerland ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | Marbella, Spain |
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Stadium: Marbella Football Center |
23 February Friendly | Switzerland ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | Marbella, Spain |
18:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Marbella Football Center Attendance: 0 Referee: Zulema Gonzalez Gonzalez |
8 April 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFAGroup G | Romania ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Bucharest, Romania |
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Stadium: Stadionul Arcul de Triumf Referee: Marta Huerta De Aza (Spain) |
12 April 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFAGroup G | Switzerland ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Thun, Switzerland |
17:45 | Report |
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Stadium: Stockhorn Arena Referee: Rebecca Welch (England) |
24 June Friendly | Germany ![]() | 7–0 | ![]() | Erfurt, Germany |
17:00 | Report | Stadium: Steigerwaldstadion Referee: Kirsty Dowle (England) |
30 June Friendly | Switzerland ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() | Zürich, Switzerland |
18:00 (CEST) | Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 10,022 Referee: Ainara Andrea Acevedo Dudley (Spain) |
9 July UEFA Euro 2022 group stage | Portugal ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | Leigh, England |
Report | Stadium: Leigh Sports Village Attendance: 5,902 Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic) |
13 July UEFA Euro 2022 group stage | Sweden ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Sheffield, England |
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Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 12,914 Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain) |
17 July UEFA Euro 2022 group stage | Switzerland ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() | Sheffield, England |
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Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 22,596 Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania) |
2 September 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFAGroup G | Croatia ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Karlovac, Croatia |
Report | Stadium: Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece) |
6 September 2023 FIFA WWC – UEFA (Group G) | Switzerland ![]() | 15–0 | ![]() | Lausanne, Switzerland |
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Report | Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière Referee: Réka Molnar (Hungary) |
11 October 2023 FIFA WWC – UEFA (play-offs) | Switzerland ![]() | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() | Zürich, Switzerland |
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Stadium: Letzigrund Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden) |
11 November Friendly | Switzerland ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Schaffhausen, Switzerland |
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Stadium: Wefox Arena Schaffhausen |
21 July 2023 (2023-07-21) FIFA WC Group | Philippines ![]() | v | ![]() | Dunedin, New Zealand |
Report | Stadium: Forsyth Barr Stadium |
25 July 2023 (2023-07-25) FIFA WC Group | Switzerland ![]() | v | ![]() | Hamilton, New Zealand |
Report | Stadium: Waikato Stadium |
30 July 2023 (2023-07-30) FIFA WC Group | Switzerland ![]() | v | ![]() | Dunedin, New Zealand |
Report | Stadium: Forsyth Barr Stadium |
The following 23 players were called up to the squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2022.[6]
Caps and goals are correct as of 12 April 2022.
Head coach: Nils Nielsen
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | 1GK | Gaëlle Thalmann | (1986-01-18)18 January 1986 (aged 36) | 96 | 0 | ![]() |
2 | 2DF | Julia Stierli | (1997-04-03)3 April 1997 (aged 25) | 21 | 0 | ![]() |
3 | 2DF | Lara Marti | (1999-09-21)21 September 1999 (aged 22) | 10 | 0 | ![]() |
4 | 2DF | Rachel Rinast | (1991-06-02)2 June 1991 (aged 31) | 44 | 3 | ![]() |
5 | 2DF | Noelle Maritz | (1995-12-23)23 December 1995 (aged 26) | 93 | 2 | ![]() |
6 | 2DF | Géraldine Reuteler | (1999-04-21)21 April 1999 (aged 23) | 43 | 7 | ![]() |
7 | 3MF | Riola Xhemaili | (2003-03-05)5 March 2003 (aged 19) | 15 | 2 | ![]() |
8 | 3MF | Sandy Maendly | (1988-04-04)4 April 1988 (aged 34) | 86 | 12 | ![]() |
9 | 4FW | Ana-Maria Crnogorčević | (1990-10-03)3 October 1990 (aged 31) | 135 | 67 | ![]() |
10 | 4FW | Ramona Bachmann | (1990-12-25)25 December 1990 (aged 31) | 123 | 53 | ![]() |
11 | 3MF | Coumba Sow | (1994-08-27)27 August 1994 (aged 27) | 25 | 8 | ![]() |
12 | 1GK | Livia Peng | (2002-03-14)14 March 2002 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
13 | 3MF | Lia Wälti (captain) | (1993-04-19)19 April 1993 (aged 29) | 99 | 5 | ![]() |
14 | 2DF | Rahel Kiwic | (1991-01-05)5 January 1991 (aged 31) | 81 | 13 | ![]() |
15 | 2DF | Luana Bühler | (1996-04-28)28 April 1996 (aged 26) | 29 | 0 | ![]() |
16 | 3MF | Sandrine Mauron | (1996-12-19)19 December 1996 (aged 25) | 23 | 2 | ![]() |
17 | 4FW | Svenja Fölmli | (2002-08-19)19 August 2002 (aged 19) | 17 | 4 | ![]() |
18 | 2DF | Viola Calligaris | (1996-03-17)17 March 1996 (aged 26) | 33 | 3 | ![]() |
19 | 4FW | Eseosa Aigbogun | (1993-05-23)23 May 1993 (aged 29) | 81 | 3 | ![]() |
20 | 4FW | Fabienne Humm | (1986-12-20)20 December 1986 (aged 35) | 72 | 24 | ![]() |
21 | 1GK | Seraina Friedli | (1993-03-20)20 March 1993 (aged 29) | 10 | 0 | ![]() |
22 | 2DF | Nadine Riesen | (2000-04-11)11 April 2000 (aged 22) | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
23 | 4FW | Meriame Terchoun | (1995-10-27)27 October 1995 (aged 26) | 15 | 2 | ![]() |
This list may be incomplete.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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MF | Stefanie da Eira | (1992-09-25) 25 September 1992 (age 30) | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
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FIFA Women's World Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | Pos. | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
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8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 12 | −5 | ||||||||||
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6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 18 | −16 | ||||||||||
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8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 18 | −15 | ||||||||||
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14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 17 | +18 | ||||||||||
![]() | Round of 16 | 15th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 1 | +52 | |
![]() | Did not qualify | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | +13 | |||||||||
![]() ![]() | Qualified | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
Total | 2/9 | 15th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 58 | 27 | 7 | 24 | 125 | 78 | +47 |
FIFA Women's World Cup history | |||||
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Year | Round | Date | Opponent | Result | Stadium |
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Group stage | 8 June | ![]() | L 0–1 | BC Place, Vancouver |
12 June | ![]() | W 10–1 | |||
16 June | ![]() | L 1–2 | Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton | ||
Round of 16 | 21 June | ![]() | L 0–1 | BC Place, Vancouver |
Competition | Stage | Result | Opponent | Position / Notes |
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00001984 EC QS | GS: Gr.3 | 2–0 1–1 | ![]() | |
1–1 0–0 | ![]() | |||
0–2 0–2 | ![]() | 3 / 4 | ||
![]() | GS: Gr.4 | 2–0 0–3 | ![]() | |
0–3 1–2 | ![]() | |||
1–2 1–1 | ![]() | 4 / 4 | ||
![]() | GS: Gr.3 | 1–7 3–0 | ![]() | |
0–0 0–10 | ![]() | |||
0–5 0–6 | ![]() | 4 / 4 | ||
![]() | GS: Gr.5 | 0–4 0–4 | ![]() | |
0–0 2–1 | ![]() | |||
1–4 0–4 | ![]() | 3 / 4 | ||
![]() | GS: Gr.1 | 0–10 0–6 | ![]() | |
0–0 0–1 | ![]() | 3 / 3 | ||
![]() | GS: Gr.5 | 3–2 4–2 | ![]() | |
0–5 0–11 | ![]() | |||
1–2 1–1 | ![]() | 3 / 4 | ||
![]() | GS: Class B, Gr.3 | 5–0 1–1 | ![]() | |
![]() | 3–0 3–4 | ![]() | ||
0–2 3–1 | ![]() | 1 / 4 | ||
Promotion play-off | 3–2 3–0 | ![]() | Promoted to Class A | |
![]() | GS: Class A, Gr.2 | 0–1 0–1 | ![]() | |
1–2 0–3 | ![]() | |||
1–3 0–2 | ![]() | 4 / 4 | ||
Relegation play-off | 1–0 4–0 | ![]() | ||
![]() | GS: Class A, Gr.2 | 0–4 0–1 | ![]() | |
0–3 0–1 | ![]() | |||
1–0 0–2 | ![]() | 4 / 4 | ||
Relegation play-off | 1–1 0–0 | ![]() | ||
![]() | GS: Class A, Gr.2 | 1–0 0–1 | ![]() | |
0–4 1–4 | ![]() | |||
0–5 0–4 | ![]() | 3 / 4 | ||
![]() | GS: Class A, Gr.1 | 0–6 0–2 | ![]() | |
1–0 0–1 | ![]() | |||
1–1 0–2 | ![]() | |||
0–1 0–0 | ![]() | 4 / 5 | ||
![]() | GS: Class A, Gr.4 | 0–2 0–2 | ![]() | |
0–4 0–6 | ![]() | |||
2–0 0–2 | ![]() | |||
0–1 1–1 | ![]() | 5 / 5 | ||
![]() | GS: Gr.4 | 1–0 1–3 | ![]() | |
2–2 1–1 | ![]() | |||
0–7 0–3 | ![]() | |||
2–0 2–0 | ![]() | 3 / 5 | ||
![]() | GS: Gr.6 | 2–0 2–1 | ![]() | |
1–2 3–0 | ![]() | |||
2–1 6–0 | ![]() | |||
4–2 8–0 | ![]() | 1 / 5 | ||
Play-offs | 0–2 2–3 | ![]() | ||
Repechage: SF | 3–1 0–0 | ![]() | ||
Repechage: F | 0–1 2–4 | ![]() | ||
![]() | GS: Gr.2 | 1–4 0–6 | ![]() | |
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2–3 4–3 | ![]() | |||
8–1 0–1 | ![]() | |||
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