Switzerland women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Switzerland national football team.

The Switzerland women's national football team represents Switzerland in international women's football.^[2]

Switzerland

Nickname(s)	La Nati (National team) Rossocrociati (Red Crosses)
Association	Swiss Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Inka Grings
Captain	Lia Wälti
Most caps	Ana-Maria Crnogorčević (147)
Top scorer	Ana-Maria Crnogorčević (71)
FIFA code	SUI
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	21 1 (25 August 2023)^[1]
Highest	15 (June – August 2016)
Lowest	31 (March – June 2007)
First international
Switzerland 2–2 France  (Basel, Switzerland; 4 May 1972)
Biggest win
Switzerland 15–0 Moldova  (Lausanne, Switzerland; 6 September 2022)
Biggest defeat
Germany 11–0 Switzerland  (Weingarten, Germany; 25 September 1994)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 2015)
Best result	Round of 16 (2015, 2023)
European Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 2017)
Best result	Group stage (2017, 2022)

Playing their first match in 1972, Switzerland did not enter their first major tournament until 2015, playing the World Cup, and then managed to qualify for Euro 2017, Euro 2022 and the 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

History

 

Switzerland women's national football team

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 was 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).

In the 2023 World Cup qualifiers, the Swiss team ended their campaign by winning 15–0 against Moldova, setting a new record for goals in a match for the team.^[6] Switzerland then qualifies for the 2023 World Cup, 8 years after its only participation. It again manages to pass the 1st round and even finishes first in group A, thanks to an entry victory against the Philippines, novices in the competition (2–0), then two goalless draws in turn against Norway, then New Zealand, the host country of the event, resisting the offensive tendencies of the Scandinavians and the Oceanians. In the next round, the Nati will meet Spain, 2nd in Group C, an opponent who has never made it past the round of 16 either. Switzerland are heavily beaten by La Roja (1–5) despite a fairly quick equalizer thanks to an unlikely own goal by Spanish defender Laia Codina and stops at the same stage as 8 years ago.

In 2025, Switzerland will host the UEFA Women's Euro for the very first time and have qualified automatically as host.

Switzerland has never qualified for the Olympic games.

Results and fixtures

Further information: 2023–24 in Swiss football

• The following is a list of matches in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss

2022

Switzerland   v   Wales

11 October 2023 FIFA WWC – UEFA (play-offs)	Switzerland	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Wales	Zürich, Switzerland
	Bachmann   45' Humm   120+1'	Report	Roberts   19'	Stadium: Letzigrund Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

Switzerland   v   Denmark

11 November Friendly	Switzerland	1–2	Denmark	Schaffhausen, Switzerland
	Reuteler   51'		Bruun   65', 80'	Stadium: Wefox Arena Schaffhausen Referee: Maria Marotta (Italy)

2023

Poland   v    Switzerland

17 February Friendly	Poland	0–0	Switzerland	Algeciras, Spain
15:30 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Estadio Nuevo Mirador Referee: Jason Barcelo (Gibraltar)

Switzerland   v   Poland

21 February Friendly	Switzerland	1–1	Poland	San Pedro Alcántara, Spain
16:00 UTC+1	Stierli   78'	Report	Pajor   70'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center Referee: Jason Barcelo (Gibraltar)

Switzerland   v   China

6 April Friendly	Switzerland	0–0	China	Luzern, Switzerland
--:-- UTC+2				Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 4,290 Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)

Switzerland   v   Iceland

11 April Friendly	Switzerland	1–2	Iceland	Zürich, Switzerland
	Piubel   39'		Viggósdóttir   18' Jónsdóttir   73'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 4,023 Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

Switzerland   v   Zambia

30 June Friendly	Switzerland	3–3	Zambia	Biel, Switzerland
				Stadium: Tissot Arena Attendance: 2,542 Referee: Stacey Pearson (England)

Switzerland   v   Morocco

5 July Friendly	Switzerland	0–0	Morocco	Winterthur, Switzerland
				Stadium: Schützenwiese Referee: Karoline Wacker (Germany)

Philippines   v    Switzerland

21 July FIFA WC Group	Philippines	0–2	Switzerland	Dunedin, New Zealand
		Report	Bachmann   45' Piubel   64'	Stadium: Forsyth Barr Stadium Referee: Vincentia Amedome (Togo)

Switzerland   v   Norway

25 July FIFA WC Group	Switzerland	0–0	Norway	Hamilton, New Zealand
		Report		Stadium: Waikato Stadium Attendance: 10,769 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

Switzerland   v   New Zealand

30 July FIFA WC Group	Switzerland	0–0	New Zealand	Dunedin, New Zealand
		Report		Stadium: Forsyth Barr Stadium Attendance: 25,947 Referee: Tori Penso (United States)

Switzerland   v   Spain

5 August FIFA WC R16	Switzerland	1–5	Spain	Auckland, New Zealand
	Codina   11' (o.g.)	Report	Bonmatí   5', 36' Redondo   17' Codina   45' Hermoso   70'	Stadium: Eden Park Attendance: 43,217 Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

Switzerland   v   Italy

22 September 2023–24 Nations League	Switzerland	0–1	Italy	St. Gallen
		Report	Caruso   64'	Stadium: Kybunpark Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

Spain   v    Switzerland

26 September 2023–24 Nations League	Spain	v	Switzerland	Spain
		Report

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

The senior women's management team includes:

Role	Name
Head coach	Inka Grings
Assistant coach	Selver Hodžić
Goalkeeping coach	David Gonzales

Manager history

•   Jost Leuzinger (2000–2004)^[7][8]
•   Béatrice von Siebenthal (2005–2012)^[9]
•   Martina Voss-Tecklenburg (2012–2018)^[10][11]
•   Nils Nielsen (2018–2022)^[12]
•   Inka Grings (2022–)

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League matches against Italy and Spain on 22 and 26 September 2023 respectively..^[13]

Caps and goals are correct as of 23 July 2023, after the match against Philippines  .

Head coach:   Inka Grings

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
12	1GK	Livia Peng	(2002-03-14)14 March 2002 (aged 21)	3	0	Levante
21	1GK	Seraina Friedli	(1993-03-20)20 March 1993 (aged 30)	10	0	Zürich
GK	Elvira Herzog	(2000-03-05)5 March 2000 (aged 23)	3	0	RB Leipzig	v.   Iceland, 11 April 2023
19	2DF	Eseosa Aigbogun	(1993-05-23)23 May 1993 (aged 30)	91	3	Paris FC
15	2DF	Luana Bühler	(1996-04-28)28 April 1996 (aged 27)	40	1	Tottenham Hotspur
18	2DF	Viola Calligaris	(1996-03-17)17 March 1996 (aged 27)	44	5	Levante
5	2DF	Noelle Maritz	(1995-12-23)23 December 1995 (aged 27)	104	2	Arsenal
3	2DF	Lara Marti	(1999-09-21)21 September 1999 (aged 23)	12	0	Bayer Leverkusen
8	2DF	Nadine Riesen	(2000-04-11)11 April 2000 (aged 23)	9	0	Zürich
16	3MF	Sandrine Mauron	(1996-12-19)19 December 1996 (aged 26)	33	2	Servette
17	3MF	Seraina Piubel	(2000-06-02)2 June 2000 (aged 23)	7	2	Zürich
6	3MF	Géraldine Reuteler	(1999-04-21)21 April 1999 (aged 24)	55	11	Eintracht Frankfurt
11	3MF	Coumba Sow	(1994-08-27)27 August 1994 (aged 28)	36	13	Servette
13	3MF	Lia Wälti (captain)	(1993-04-19)19 April 1993 (aged 30)	110	5	Arsenal
	3MF	Riola Xhemaili	(2003-03-05)5 March 2003 (aged 20)	22	5	SC Freiburg
10	4FW	Ramona Bachmann	(1990-12-25)25 December 1990 (aged 32)	133	57	Paris Saint-Germain
	4FW	Aurélie Csillag	(2003-01-24)24 January 2003 (aged 20)	1	0	Basel
23	4FW	Alisha Lehmann	(1999-01-21)21 January 1999 (aged 24)	42	7	Aston Villa
22	4FW	Meriame Terchoun	(1995-10-27)27 October 1995 (aged 27)	22	2	Dijon
	4FW	Smilla Vallotto	(2004-03-23)23 March 2004 (aged 19)	0	0	Stabæk Fotball
		Leela Egli
		Alayah Pilgrim
		Noemi Ivelj

Recent call-ups

• The following players have been named to a roster in the past 12 months.

This list may be incomplete.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Noemi Benz	(2004-01-31)31 January 2004 (aged 19)	0	0	Zürich	v.   Poland, 21 February 2023
GK	Gaëlle Thalmann	(1986-01-18)18 January 1986 (aged 37)	105	0	Real Betis	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
DF	Rachel Rinast	(1991-06-02)2 June 1991 (aged 32)	48	3	Grasshoppers Zürich	v.   Poland, 21 February 2023
DF	Naomi Mégroz	(1998-08-06)6 August 1998 (aged 24)	14	1	Zürich	v.   Iceland, 11 April 2023
DF	Ella Touon	(2003-08-07)7 August 2003 (aged 19)	1	0	SKN St. Pölten	v.   Iceland, 11 April 2023
DF	Kattalin Stahl	(2001-05-10)10 May 2001 (aged 22)	0	0	Servette	v.   Iceland, 11 April 2023
DF	Julia Stierli	(1997-04-03)3 April 1997 (aged 26)	29	1	Zürich	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
DF	Laura Felber	(2001-08-17)17 August 2001 (aged 21)	1	0	Servette	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
DF	Marion Rey	(1999-03-01)1 March 1999 (aged 24)	5	0	Zürich	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
MF	Alena Bienz	(2003-03-05)5 March 2003 (aged 20)	0	0	1. FC Köln	v.   Poland, 21 February 2023
MF	Sally Julini	(2003-01-01)1 January 2003 (aged 20)	4	0	Olympique Lyon	v.   Poland, 17 February 2023
MF	Amira Arfaoui	(1999-08-08)8 August 1999 (aged 23)	1	0	Bayer Leverkusen	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
FW	Svenja Fölmli	(2002-08-19)19 August 2002 (aged 20)	21	4	SC Freiburg	v.   Wales, 11 October 2022 ^INJ
FW	Iman Beney	(2006-07-23)23 July 2006 (aged 17)	1	0	BSC YB Frauen	v.   Zambia,30 June 2023 ^INJ
FW	Ana Maria Crnogorčević	(1990-10-03)3 October 1990 (aged 32)	147	71	Barcelona	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
FW	Fabienne Humm	(1986-12-20)20 December 1986 (aged 36)	79	25	Zürich	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
Notes ^INJ = Player withdrew from the squad due to injury. ^POS = Match was postponed. ^PRE = Preliminary squad. ^RET = Retired from the national team. ^WD = Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: Switzerland at the FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Result	Pos.	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	did not qualify										UEFA Euro 1991
1995											UEFA Euro 1995
1999											8	2	0	6	7	12	−5
2003											6	1	0	5	2	18	−16
2007											8	1	1	6	3	18	−15
2011											14	8	1	5	35	17	+18
2015	Round of 16	15th	4	1	0	3	11	5	+6		10	9	1	0	53	1	+52
2019	did not qualify										12	6	4	2	25	12	+13
2023	Round of 16	14th	4	1	2	1	3	5	-2		11	9	1	1	46	5	+41
2027	to be determined										to be determined
Total	2/9	15th	8	2	2	4	14	10	+4		69	36	8	25	171	83	+88

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Match History

FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
2015	Group stage	8 June	Japan	L 0–1	BC Place, Vancouver
		12 June	Ecuador	W 10–1
		16 June	Cameroon	L 1–2	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
	Round of 16	21 June	Canada	L 0–1	BC Place, Vancouver
/  2023	Group stage	21 July	Philippines	W 2–0	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
		25 July	Norway	D 0–0	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
		30 July	New Zealand	D 0–0	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
	Round of 16	5 August	Spain	L 1–5	Eden Park, Auckland

UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Championship record									Qualifying record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA		GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1984	did not qualify								6	1	3	2	4	6
1987									6	1	1	4	5	11
1989									6	1	1	4	4	28
1991									6	1	1	4	3	17
1993									4	0	1	3	0	17
1995									6	2	1	3	9	23
1997									8	5	1	2	21	10
2001									8	1	2	5	2	12
2005									8	1	2	5	2	13
2009									8	3	2	3	9	16
2013									10	5	0	5	29	24
2017	Group Stage	3	1	1	1	3	3		8	8	0	0	34	3
2022		3	0	1	2	4	8		10	6	3	1	22	8
2025	Qualified								Qualified as hosts
Total	3/13	6	1	2	3	7	11		94	35	18	41	144	188

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

World Cup / Euro Qualifying match history

Competition	Stage	Result	Opponent	Position / Notes
00001984 EC QS	GS: Gr.3	2–0, 1–1	Portugal	3 / 4
		1–1, 0–0	France
		0–2, 0–2	Italy
1987 EC QS	GS: Gr.4	2–0, 0–3	Spain	4 / 4
		0–3, 1–2	Italy
		1–2, 1–1	Hungary
1989 EC QS	GS: Gr.3	1–7, 3–0	Hungary	4 / 4
		0–0, 0–10	West Germany
		0–5, 0–6	Italy
1991 EC QS	GS: Gr.5	0–4, 0–4	Denmark	3 / 4
		0–0, 2–1	Spain
		1–4, 0–4	Italy
1993 EC QS	GS: Gr.1	0–10, 0–6	Norway	3 / 3
		0–0, 0–1	Belgium
1995 EC QS	GS: Gr.5	3–2, 4–2	Wales	3 / 4
		0–5, 0–11	Germany
		1–2, 1–1	Croatia
/  1997 EC QS	GS: Class B, Gr.3	5–0, 1–1	FR Yugoslavia	1 / 4
		3–0, 3–4	Austria
		0–2, 3–1	Greece
	Promotion play-off	3–2 3–0	Croatia	Promoted to Class A
1999 WC QS	GS: Class A, Gr.2	0–1 0–1	Finland	4 / 4
		1–2, 0–3	France
		1–3, 0–2	Italy
	Relegation play-off	1–0, 4–0	Poland	Remain in Class A
2001 EC QS	GS: Class A, Gr.2	0–4 0–1	Norway	4 / 4
		0–3, 0–1	England
		1–0, 0–2	Portugal
	Relegation play-off	1–1, 0–0	Belgium	Remain in Class A
2003 WC QS	GS: Class A, Gr.2	1–0 0–1	Finland	3 / 4
		0–4, 1–4	Denmark
		0–5, 0–4	Sweden
2005 EC QS	GS: Class A, Gr.1	0–6, 0–2	Sweden	4 / 5
		1–0, 0–1	Serbia and Montenegro
		1–1, 0–2	Finland
		0–1, 0–0	Italy
2007 WC QS	GS: Class A, Gr.4	0–2, 0–2	Russia	5 / 5
		0–4, 0–6	Germany
		2–0, 0–2	Republic of Ireland
		0–1, 1–1	Scotland
2009 EC QS	GS: Gr.4	1–0, 1–3	Belgium	3 / 5
		2–2, 1–1	Netherlands
		0–7, 0–3	Germany
		2–0, 2–0	Wales
2011 WC QS	GS: Gr.6	2–0, 2–1	Republic of Ireland	1 / 5
		1–2, 3–0	Russia
		2–1, 6–0	Israel
		4–2, 8–0	Kazakhstan
	Play-offs	0–2, 2–3	England
	Repechage: SF	3–1, 0–0	Denmark
	Repechage: F	0–1, 2–4	Italy
2013 EC QS	GS: Gr.2	1–4, 0–6	Germany	3 / 6
		4–1, 2–4	Romania
		2–3, 4–3	Spain
		8–1, 0–1	Kazakhstan
		5–0, 3–1	Turkey

See also

•  Switzerland portal
•  Sports portal
•  Games portal
•  Association football portal
•  Women's association football portal

• Sport in Switzerland
  • Football in Switzerland
    • Women's football in Switzerland
• Switzerland women's national under-17 football team
• Switzerland women's national beach soccer team

References

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3. "Canada edge past Switzerland into last eight of Women's World Cup". The Guardian. Reuters. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
4. "An obituary for Switzerland". 21 June 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
5. "Standings". UEFA. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
6. "Schweiz gewinnt mit 15:0 – und muss doch in die WM-Playoffs". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (in German). 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022..
7. "Behind the scenes at a UEFA Champions League" (PDF). UEFA. 19 January 2005. Changes are afoot at the helm of the women's national and Under-19 teams, following the retirement of Jost Leuzinger, former Swiss championship player and current Technical Director of the Regional Football Association of Eastern Switzerland, who has spent four-and-a-half years as coach of the senior women's national side.
8. "Info Magazin Ostschweizer Fussballverband" [Info magazine of the Eastern Swiss Football Association] (PDF) (in German). Eastern Swiss Football Association. 29 May 2014. Jost Leuzinger, von 2000 bis 2004 selber Nationaltrainer der Frauen... [Jost Leuzinger, who was the women's national coach from 2000 to 2004...]
9. "Von Siebenthal steps down as Switzerland coach". UEFA. 22 December 2011.
10. . W Soccer News. 29 January 2012. Archived from the original on 13 June 2015.
11. "Germany name Martina Voss-Tecklenburg as women's coach". Deutsche Welle. 26 April 2018.
12. "Nils Nielsen named as next Head Coach of the Switzerland WNT". Medium. 19 September 2018.
13. Squad for Nations league

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