1860 Lausanne Football and Cricket Club [dissolved; other sources: 1880; it is not
known when the club started to play "soccer"]
1879 FC St. Gallen
1886 Grasshopper-Club Zürich
1889 FC Carouge [founded as FC Victoria Carouge; merged 1922 with Etoile Sportive du Léman
to Etoile Carouge FC]
1890 Servette FC Genève [founded as FC de la Servette Genève]
Footballclub Gymnasia St. Gallen [dissolved]
1893 Anglo-American Club (Zürich) [dissolved]
Excelsior Zürich [merged 1898 with FC Zürich]
FC Neuchâtel [founded as Neuchâtel-Rovers; merged 1906 with FC Vignoble to
FC Cantonal Neuchâtel]
FC Basel
1894 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds [founded as Union Chrétienne des Jeunes gens de La Chaux-de-Fonds]
FC Bern
BSC Old Boys Basel [founded as FC Old Boys Basel]
1895 FC Liestal
FC Stäfa
1896 FC Zürich [founded as Spiel und Sport Zürich]
FC Lausanne-Sport [founded as Lausanne-Sports FC]
FC Winterthur [founded as Excelsior FC Winterthur]
FC Biel [founded as FC de Bienne]
FC Schaffhausen [founded as FC Viktoria Schaffhausen]
FC Urania Genève Sports [founded as FC Urania Genève]
1897 FC Yverdon [merged 1948 with FC Concordia Yverdon and White Star Yverdon to
Yverdon-Sport FC]
FC Baden
1898 FC Blue Star Zürich [founded as Mars Zürich]
BSC Young Boys Bern [founded as FC Young Boys Bern]
FC Floria Biel [merged 1907 with FC de Bienne to Vereinigter FC Biel (later FC Biel)]
Fortuna Zürich [merged 1912 with FC Blue Star Zürich]
FC Etoile Sporting La Chaux-de-Fonds
SC Burgdorf [founded as FC Burgdorf]
FC Thun
1899 FC Forward Morges
SC Zofingen [founded as FC Old Boys Zofingen]
1900 FC Fribourg [founded as FC Technicum Fribourg]
FC Wil [founded as FC Stella Wil]
FC Oerlikon [merged 2003 with FC Polizei Zürich to FC Oerlikon/Polizei]
FC Vignoble [merged 1906 with FC Neuchâtel to FC Cantonal Neuchâtel]
1901 FC Signal Lausanne [merged 1926 with Cercle des Sports Lausanne to FC Stade Lausanne]
FC Luzern
SC Brühl St. Gallen [founded as FC Brühl St. Gallen]
FC Nordstern Basel
FC Solothurn
FC Avenir de Bienne [dissolved]
1902 FC Aarau
FC Langenthal
FC Horgen
FC Bex
1902 ? Club Athlétique de Genève [dissolved]
1903 FC Montreux-Sports [founded as FC Narcisse-Montreux]
SC Young Fellows Zürich
FC Wädenswil
1904 AC Bellinzona [founded as FC Bellinzona]
AC Lugano [founded as FC Lugano]
FC Wohlen
FC Porrentruy
1905 FC Chiasso
FC Red Star Zürich
FC Kreuzlingen
FC Stade Nyonnais
FC Arbon
FC Delémont [merged 1909 with US Delémont-Gare to SR Delémont]
FC Vevey Sports 05 [founded as FC Vevey-Sports]
1906 FC Grenchen
FC Gossau
FC Cantonal Neuchâtel [merger of FC Vignoble and FC Neuchâtel; merged 1970 with Xamax-Sports to
Neuchâtel Xamax FC]
FC Locarno [founded as FC Unitas Locarno]
FC Herisau
FC Frauenfeld [founded as FC Kurzdorf]
Helvetia Bern [merged with ?]
1907 FC Concordia Basel
FC Black Stars Basel
FC Breite Basel
FC Kickers Luzern [founded as FC Helvetia Luzern]
FC Rorschach
FC Küsnacht
CS Chenois [founded as FC Thônex]
FC Gränichen
Cercle des Sports Lausanne [founded as Association du Stade Lausanne; merged 1926 with FC Signal
Lausanne to FC Stade Lausanne]
FC Meisterschwanden
US Delémont-Gare [merged 1909 with FC Delémont to SR Delémont]
SC Derendingen [founded as FC Derendingen]
FC Chur [merged 1997 with FC Neustadt and SC Grischuna to Chur 97]
1908 FC Dietikon
FC Laufen
FC Sierre
FC Dottikon
FC Sarmenstorf
1909 SR Delémont [merger of FC Delémont and US Delémont-Gare]
FC Sion
FC Olten
1910 SC Cham [founded as FC Cham]
FC Bulle
FC Monthey
1911 SC Schöftland
SV Muttenz
1912 FC Glarus [founded as FC Linth-Glarus]
FC Renens
FC Xamax Neuchâtel [merged 1970 with FC Cantonal Neuchâtel to Neuchâtel Xamax]
1914 FC Visp
Meyrin FC
FC Brugg
FC Buchs (Aargau)
1915 FC Gerlafingen
SC Zug [founded as FC Excelsior Zug; merged 1994 with FC Zug to Zug 94]
FC Herzogenbuchsee
1916 FC Richen Basel
FC Lenzburg
1917 FC Martigny-Sports [founded as FC Martigny]
FC Bülach
1918 FC Red Star Zürich
SC Dornach [founded as FC Dornach]
1919 FC Turgi
FC Saint-Imier
FC Altstetten Zürich
1920 FC Sursee
FC Lachen
SC Binningen
FC Birsfelden
SV Lyss
FC Bremgarten
FC Gland [founded as Etoile Sportive FC Gland]
1947 FCF Rapid Lugano [founded as AS Armonia Femminile; merged 1983 with FC Rapid Lugano]
1963 FC Goitchel Murgenthal
1968 Feb 21 DFC Zürich
FC Blue Stars Zürich
FC Aarau Frauen [founded as DFC Aarau]
1970 Jun 12 FFC Seebach Zürich
1970 FFC Zuchwil 05 [founded as DFC Solothurn; disbanded 2011]
FC Rapperswil-Jona [founded as DFC Rapperswil]
FC St. Gallen Frauen
Young Fellows Zürich [founded as DFC Sparta Zürich]
FC Sion
1970(?) Phönix Winterthur
FC Spreitenbach
SC Veltheim
1974 Grasshopper Club Zürich Frauen [founded as SC Schwerzenbach]
1978 FC Rot-Schwarz Thun
1979 FC Schlieren
1985 Jan 1 FC Yverdon Féminin
1991 Femina Kickers Worb [founded as SC Worb Frauen]
1992 FC Staad Damen
1996 FC Zollikofen Damen
2004 FC Luzern Frauen [founded as SC LUwin.ch Sursee]
2005 BSC Young Boys [founded as FFC Bern]
2009 FC Basel Frauen
2011 FC Baden Frauen
2012 CS Chênois Féminin
2017 FC St. Gallen-Staad [merger of FC St. Gallen Frauen and FC Staad Frauen]
Sources: [Kum 15], http://www.weltfussballarchiv.com, http://sports123.com/teams/foo-swi.html, [Grü 00]
Thanks to Erik Garin for additions and corrections
Prepared and maintained by Hans Schöggl for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Hans Schöggl
Last updated: 25 May 2022
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