List of football clubs in Switzerland


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 2016–17 season. A total of 78 clubs compete in the top four tiers of the Swiss football pyramid, divided as follows:
The Swiss football league system also includes clubs based in Liechtenstein. As of 2016, Liechtenstein has only seven clubs and no domestic league, though a domestic cup is organised annually. All clubs based in Liechtenstein therefore play in the Swiss league pyramid. Of those, only FC Vaduz competes in the fully professional levels of the Swiss league system, presently at the top level.

Super League

ClubCity / town
FC BaselBasel
Grasshopper Club ZürichZürich
FC Lausanne-SportLausanne
FC LuganoLugano
FC LuzernLucerne
FC SionSion
FC St. GallenSt. Gallen
FC ThunThun
FC Vaduz Vaduz
BSC Young BoysBern
FC ZürichZürich

Challenge League

ClubCity / town
FC AarauAarau
FC ChiassoChiasso
FC Le MontLe Mont-sur-Lausanne
Neuchâtel XamaxNeuchâtel
Servette FCGeneva
FC SchaffhausenSchaffhausen
FC WilWil
FC WinterthurWinterthur
FC WohlenWohlen

Promotion League

ClubCity / town
SC ChamCham
SC KriensKriens
FC Basel IIBasel
BSC Old BoysBasel
FC Rapperswil-JonaRapperswil
FC Stade NyonnaisNyon
FC BreitenrainBern
SC BrühlSt. Gallen
SC Young Fellows JuventusZürich
FC Zürich IIZürich
FC TuggenTuggen
FC KönizKöniz
FC Sion IISion
FC La Chaux-de-FondsLa Chaux-de-Fonds
FC BavoisBavois
FC United ZürichZürich

1. Liga

Fourth level, called 1. Liga, consists of three regional groups with 14 clubs each. Group 1 contains teams from western Switzerland, the area called Romandy, which is generally French-speaking. Group 2 contains teams from central Switzerland, which is mostly German-speaking. Group 3 contains teams from eastern Switzerland and Liechtenstein which contains German- and Italian-speaking regions.

Group 1

FC Thalwil Zurich

Alphabetical list

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