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While winter sports are enjoyed throughout the country, football and ice hockey remain the most popular sports. [3] Major sporting events in Switzerland include the Olympic Games, which were held two times in St. Moritz in Winter 1928 and Winter 1948, and, the 1954 FIFA World Cup, the UEFA Euro 2008 in Switzerland and Austria.
The Swiss Football Association (ASF-SFV) is the highest body of professional football in Switzerland and was founded in 1895, although it joined the FIFA in 1904 and UEFA in 1954. The ASF-SFV organizes the Swiss Super League-the first and maximum league competition in the country- and the Swiss Cup, and manages the national men's and women's ...
The Super League (known as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsorship reasons) is a Swiss professional league in the top tier of the Swiss football league system and has been played in its current format since the 2003–04 season. [3][4] As of March 2024, the Swiss Super League is ranked 12th in Europe according to UEFA 's ranking of ...
This is a list of association football clubs based in Switzerland, sorted by league and division within the Swiss football league system, as of the 2024–25 season. A total of 152 clubs compete in the top five tiers of the Swiss football pyramid, divided as follows: Super League (top level with 12 clubs, fully professional)
This category has the following 27 subcategories, out of 27 total. Sport in Switzerland by canton (7 C) Swiss people in sports (4 C) Sport in Switzerland by populated place (15 C) Sport in Switzerland by sport (46 C, 1 P)
Within a decade, the Swiss Ice Hockey Association expanded to 23 distinguished clubs. In 1922, the Ice Hockey European Championships was hosted in St. Moritz and, two years later, Davos held the first Spengler Cup. In 1924, the Switzerland men's national ice hockey team participated in the first ice hockey tournament at the 1924 Winter Olympics ...
Yet, Switzerland was the only team to be eliminated without conceding a single goal. Switzerland, along with Austria, were chosen as co-hosts of UEFA Euro 2008. [52] The Swiss were drawn in Group A with Portugal, Turkey and the Czech Republic. [5] Their opening match was a 1–0 loss to the Czech Republic, followed by a 1–2 defeat to Turkey.
The following list of Swiss football champions lists all past winners of the top-tier football competitions for clubs in Switzerland. It includes all winners of the present-day Swiss Super League as well as the predecessor leagues played in the country.