The Swiss Football Association (, , , ) is the governing body of football in Switzerland. Based in Bern, it organises the Swiss Football League and the Switzerland national football team.

It was formed in 1895, was a founder member of FIFA in 1904 and joined UEFA during its foundation year, 1954. FIFA is based in Zurich. Also UEFA is based in the Swiss city of Nyon.

ASF-SFV is the abbreviation of the associations name in three of the national languages of Switzerland. ASF stands for both French (Association Suisse de Football) and Italian (Associazione Svizzera di Football), while SFV is the German (Schweizerischer Fussballverband).- Romansh - It is abbreviated as ASB (Associaziun Svizra da Ballape).

Origins

Switzerland was the first country in Continental Europe to adhere to football, which was introduced in the 1860s by Anglo-Saxon students and teachers from Swiss private schools in the French-speaking part of the country around Lausanne and Geneva, forming teams that initially played a mixture of rugby and football. There is documentation from Geneva that football was played at the Château de Lancy and La Châtelaine institutes in the 1860s. Another club founded by English students was the Lausanne Football and Cricket Club, which was established in 1860, thus being the first football club in Continental Europe, being only three years younger than Sheffield; however, it is likely that Lausanne initially played cricket and only began to practice football in the 1870s.

  • Peter Gilliéron (2009–2019)
  • Dominique Blanc (2019–2025)

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  • Peter Knäbel (2025–present)

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References

  • Switzerland at FIFA site (archived 18 June 2007)
  • Swiss Association of Football Players (Association of football players)