Switzerland women's national football team

The Switzerland women's national football team represents Switzerland in international women's football.[2] The team played its first match in 1972.

Switzerland

Nickname(s)	La Nati
Association	Swiss Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Nils Nielsen
Captain	Lia Wälti
Most caps	Martina Moser (129)
Top scorer	Ana-Maria Crnogorčević (60)
FIFA code	SUI
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	19 1 (18 December 2020)[1]
Highest	15 (June 2016)
Lowest	31 (March 2007)
First international
Switzerland 2–2 France  (Basel, Switzerland; 4 May 1972)
Biggest win
Switzerland 11–0 Malta  (Zug, Switzerland; 5 April 2014)
Biggest defeat
Germany 11–0 Switzerland   (Weingarten, Germany; 25 September 1994)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2015)
Best result	Round of 16 (2015)
European Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2017)
Best result	Group stage (2017)

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, and the match ended in a 1–1 draw, as a result Switzerland finished third in their group and did not advance.

Switzerland has never qualified for the Olympic games.

Record

World Cup

World Cup Finals
Year	Result	Pos.	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991 to 2011	Did not qualify
2015	Round of 16	15	4	1	0	3	11	5
2019	Did not qualify
2023	To be determined
Total	1/9	–	4	1	0	3	11	5

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

European Championship

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1984 to 2013	Did not qualify
2017	Group Stage	3	1	1	1	3	3
Total	1/12	3	1	1	1	3	3

Recent schedule and results

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

2020

27 October 2020 Euro 2022 qualifying	Romania	0–2	Switzerland	Mogoşoaia
16:30 (17:30 EET)		Report	Sow  29' Crnogorčević  79'	Stadium: Football Centre FRF Referee: Melis Özçiğdem (Turkey)

1 December 2020 Euro 2022 qualifying	Belgium	4–0	Switzerland	Leuven
20:00	De Caigny  31', 45+7' Wullaert  73' Cayman  85'	Report		Stadium: Den Dreef Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)

Players

Current squad

The following 21 players were called up for the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifier against Belgium on 1 December 2020.[6][7]

Caps and goals are correct as of 1 September 2020.

Head coach: Nils Nielsen

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Livia Peng	14 March 2002			Unknown
12	GK	Elvira Herzog	5 March 2000	2	0	SC Freiburg
21	GK	Seraina Friedli	20 March 1993	5	0	Florentia
2	DF	Lorena Baumann	11 February 1997	1	0	Zürich
4	DF	Rachel Rinast	2 June 1991	34	2	Köln
9	DF	Ana-Maria Crnogorčević	3 October 1990	119	59	Barcelona
15	DF	Luana Bühler	28 April 1996	14	0	Hoffenheim
17	DF	Svenja Fölmli	19 August 2002	2	1	Luzern
18	DF	Viola Calligaris	17 March 1996	20	3	Levante
19	DF	Eseosa Aigbogun	23 May 1993	64	3	Paris FC
3	MF	Kattalin Stahl	10 May 2001			Unknown
5	MF	Cinzia Zehnder	4 August 1997	29	0	Bayern Munich II
6	MF	Géraldine Reuteler	21 April 1999	33	7	Eintracht Frankfurt
10	MF	Ramona Bachmann	25 December 1990	107	49	Paris Saint-Germain
11	MF	Coumba Sow	27 August 1994	8	1	Paris FC
13	MF	Lia Wälti (captain)	19 April 1993	84	5	Arsenal
14	MF	Riola Xhemaili	5 March 2003	1	0	Basel
16	MF	Malin Gut	1 August 2000	8	0	Arsenal
22	MF	Vanessa Bernauer	23 March 1988	87	7	Roma
7	FW	Kim Dubs	22 September 1998			Unknown
8	FW	Irina Pando	24 July 1995	3	2	Luzern
20	FW	Fabienne Humm	20 December 1986	63	23	Zürich
23	FW	Alisha Lehmann	21 January 1999	21	3	West Ham United

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	Gaëlle Thalmann	18 January 1986	84	0	Servette Chênois	v.  Romania, 27 October 2020
GK	Fabienne Oertle	6 December 1998	0	0	FC St. Gallen-Staad	v.  Romania, 27 October 2020
DF	Melanie Huber	6 July 1993	0	0	Basel	v.  Romania, 27 October 2020
DF	Noelle Maritz	23 December 1995	80	1	Arsenal	v.  Romania, 27 October 2020 ^PRE
DF	Naomi Mégroz	8 June 1998	13	1	Freiburg	v.  Belgium, 22 September 2020
DF	Julia Stierli	3 April 1997	11	0	Zürich	v.  Austria, 10 March 2020
DF	Marilena Widmer	7 August 1997	14	1	BSC Young Boys	v.  Austria, 10 March 2020
MF	Sandy Maendly	4 April 1988	73	12	Servette Chênois	v.  Romania, 27 October 2020
MF	Francesca Calò	25 May 1995	7	0	Köln	v.  Romania, 27 October 2020
MF	Viola Calligaris	17 March 1996	26	3	Levante	v.  Belgium, 22 September 2020
MF	Lara Marti	21 September 1999	1	0	Bayer Leverkusen	v.  Austria, 10 March 2020
MF	Sandrine Mauron	19 December 1996	12	2	Eintracht Frankfurt	v.  Austria, 10 March 2020
FW	Melanie Müller	31 May 1996	10	1	Luzern	v.  Austria, 10 March 2020

Qualifying history

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

References

1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
2. FIFA.com (1 January 1900). "Fast-improving Switzerland aim for fresh highs". Retrieved 13 July 2017.
3. Reuters (21 June 2015). "Canada edge past Switzerland into last eight of Women's World Cup". Retrieved 13 July 2017 – via The Guardian.
4. "An obituary for Switzerland". Retrieved 13 July 2017.
5. "Standings". UEFA. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
6. https://www.football.ch/sfv/nationalteams/a-team-frauen/news/nils-nielsen-setzt-gegen-rumaenien-auf-kontinuitaet.aspx
7. https://www.football.ch/sfv/nationalteams/a-team-frauen/news/verletzungspause-fuer-luana-buehler.aspx

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile