Nationalliga A (women's football)


The Women's Nationalliga A is the highest-level league competition for women's football clubs in Switzerland. It was established in 1970.
League winners qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League. The teams that end as number 11 and 12 relegate to the Nationalliga B.

Nationalliga A teams 2019–20

ClubLocationStadiumManager2018–19 finish
BaselStadion St. JakobSebastien Bader6th
GrasshopperZürichGC CampusWalter Grüter3rd
LuganoLuganoStadio CornaredoMassimo Migliorini2nd
LucerneStadion AllmendGlenn Meier5th
GenevaStade des Trois-ChêneEric Sévérac4th
St. GallenEspenmoosMarco Zwyssig 1st Nationalliga B, promoted
BernStadion NeufeldCharles Grütter7th
ZürichStadion HeerenschürliIvan Dal Santo1st

Format

Starting with the 2010–11 season, a play-off system was adopted. After the regular season, where the teams play each other twice, the top 8 teams play a final round which decides the champion. The two last placed teams and the winners of both Nationalliga B play each other twice. The top 2 teams of that group will stay in the Nationalliga A with the bottom 2 playing in next season's Nationalliga B. Tiebreakers in the playoffs are points and then better regular season standings.
For the 2017–18 season the league is reduced from 10 to 8 teams to increase competitiveness. The eight teams play each other four times. The leading team then is champion.

League Champions

The list of all champions:
The record for most goals in a season was set by German Inka Grings in 2012/13. She surpassed the previous record of Vanessa Bürki with 28 in 2003/04.
The latest topscorers were:
SeasonTopscorerClubGoals
1998–99 Maria MacriFCF Rapid Lugano18
1999–00 Anouk MacheretFC Bern17
2000–01 Sylvie GaillardFC Bern21
2001–02 Monica Di Fonzo
Corina Theiler		FC Sursee
FC Bern		22
2002–03 Monica Di FonzoFC Sursee25
2003–04 Vanessa BürkiFC Zuchwil28
2004–05 Isabelle MeyerSC LUwin19
2005–06 Vanessa BürkiFFC Zuchwil 0523
2006–07 Kristina ŠundovFFC Zuchwil 0518
2007–08 Veronica MagliaFFC Bern18
2008–09 Ana-Maria CrnogorčevićFC Thun24
2009–10 Caroline Abbé
Isabelle Meyer		FC Yverdon Féminin
Grasshopper Club		14
2010–11 Veronica MagliaBSC Young Boys24
2011–12 Nadja HegglinSC Kriens27
2012–13 Inka GringsFC Zürich Frauen38
2013–14 Fabienne HummFC Zürich Frauen19
2014–15 Patricia WilliFC St. Gallen Frauen17
2015–16 Fabienne HummFC Zürich Frauen18
2016–17 Valentina BergamaschiFC Neunkirch20
2017–18 Eunice Beckmann
Caroline Müller
Patricia Willi		FC Basel Frauen
Grasshopper Club Zürich
FC Zürich Frauen		25
2018–19 Irina Brütsch
Cara Curtin
Fabienne Humm
Kristina Maksuti
Maeva Sarrasin		FC Luzern Frauen
FF Lugano
FC Zürich Frauen
FF Lugano
Servette FC		17