Lia Wälti
Lia Joëlle Wälti (; born 19 April 1993) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Arsenal and captains the Switzerland national team. Before signing for Arsenal in July 2018, she played for Nationalliga A club YB Frauen from 2009 until 2013 and for Bundesliga club Turbine Potsdam from 2013 until 2018. She has been a member of the Switzerland national team since August 2011. As an Under-19 international she played the 2009 U-19 European Championship and the 2010 U-20 World Cup. Club career Early career In her childhood, Wälti played ice hockey as well as football. In 2002, at the age of 8, she started playing for FC Langnau, a boys football team coached by her father. In 2007 she was admitted to the Huttwill Training Centre and, half a year later, she joined Team Bern West. In 2009 she moved to BSC Young Boys, where she played for a year in the U16 boys' team. FC Köniz (2008–2009) At the same time she played for Team Be ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Switzerland Women's National Football Team
The Switzerland women's national football team represents Switzerland in international Women's association football, women's football. Playing their first match in 1972, Switzerland did not enter their first major tournament until 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2015, playing the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, World Cup, and then managed to qualify for UEFA Women's Euro 2017, Euro 2017, UEFA Women's Euro 2022, Euro 2022 and the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. History Switzerland qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada by winning their 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, qualifying group. It was the first time that Switzerland participated in a women's World Cup, and the first time both the Switzerland national football team, men's team and women's team qualified for a World Cup simultaneously. At the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Switzerland was drawn into Group C with Japan women's national football team, Japan, Came ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nationalliga A (women's Football)
The Women's Super League is the highest-level league competition for women's football clubs in Switzerland. It was established in 1970 (formerly named Nationalliga A). League winners qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League. The team that end as number 10 relegate to the Nationalliga B. The Super League replaced the Nationalliga A as the highest level of women's football in Switzerland from 2020–21 onwards. History The founder and first president was Ursula Moser. On 24 April 1970, the Schweizerische Damenfussball-Liga (SDFL), today's Nationalliga A, was founded. A year earlier, the clubs of Yverdon, Serrières, Sainte-Croix, Boudry, La-Chaux-de-Fonds and Sion had merged to form the Association Romande de Football Féminin (ARFF). The first unofficial championship in French-speaking Switzerland in 1969/70 was won by DFC Sion. The Swiss Women's Football League initially consisted of 18 clubs divided into three regions. The first official champion was DFC Aarau. In 1975, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2017–18 Frauen-Bundesliga
The 2017–18 season of the Frauen-Bundesliga was the 28th season of Germany's premier women's football league. It ran from 2 September 2017 to 3 June 2018. The fixtures were published on 10 July 2017. VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg (), is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of Wolfsburg. I ... won their second straight and fourth overall title. Teams Team changes Stadiums League table Results Topscorers References External linksWeltfussball.de DFB.de {{DEFAULTSORT:2017-18 Frauen-Bundesliga Frauen-Bundesliga seasons [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2016–17 Frauen-Bundesliga
The 2016–17 season of the Frauen-Bundesliga was the 27th season of Germany's premier women's football league. Bayern Munich were the defending champions. VfL Wolfsburg secured their third title. Teams MSV Duisburg was promoted from the 2015–16 2. Bundesliga north and Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach, better known as Borussia Mönchengladbach () and colloquially known as just Gladbach, is a professional Association football, football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-W ... from the south. League table Results Topscorers Hat-tricks References External linksWeltfussball.de DFB.de {{DEFAULTSORT:2016-17 Frauen-Bundesliga Frauen-Bundesliga seasons [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2015–16 Frauen-Bundesliga
The 2015–16 season of the Frauen-Bundesliga was the 26th season of Germany's premier women's Association football, football league. FC Bayern Munich (women), FC Bayern Munich successfully defended the title. This season started on 29 August 2015. Teams 1. FC Köln (women), 1. FC Köln was promoted from the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga (women), 2014–15 Women's 2. Bundesliga south and SV Werder Bremen (women), Werder Bremen from the north group. League table Results Top scorers Hat-tricks References External linksWeltfussball.de DFB.de {{DEFAULTSORT:2015-16 Frauen-Bundesliga Frauen-Bundesliga seasons 2015–16 in German women's football leagues, 1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2014–15 Frauen-Bundesliga
The 2014–15 season of the Frauen-Bundesliga was the 25th season of Germany's premier women's football league. The season began on 30 August 2014 and ended on 10 May 2015. VfL Wolfsburg were the defending champions. This season was the first to be sponsored by a company. Allianz bought the rights and the league is known as the Allianz-Frauen Bundesliga. As a direct result, each team got €100,000 per season. Bayern Munich won the Bundesliga title for the first time, and their second German championship overall. Teams The teams promoted from the previous 2. Bundesliga season were SC Sand as winners of the Southern division and Herforder SV as winners of the Northern division. BV Cloppenburg and VfL Sindelfingen were relegated. League table Frankfurt also qualified for the Champions League as title holders. , note_FRA= FFC Frankfurt qualified for the Champions League as title holders. Results Scorers Top scorers Célia Šašić Célia Šašić (; ; born 27 June 19 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2013–14 Frauen-Bundesliga
The 2013–14 season of the Frauen-Bundesliga was the 24th season of Germany's premier women's football league. The season began on 7 September 2013 and concluded on 8 June 2014. VfL Wolfsburg defended their title. On the last matchday 12,464 spectators watched the title-deciding match of Wolfsburg against Frankfurt, setting a new Bundesliga record. Frankfurt, undefeated this season so far, only needed a draw to capture the title. They lost 1–2 and thus Wolfsburg won the championship, while Wolfsburg never was top off the table before the last matchday. Teams The teams promoted from the previous 2. Bundesliga season were TSG Hoffenheim as winners of the Southern division and BV Cloppenburg as winners of the Northern division. VfL Sindelfingen held their place in the league following the bankruptcy of SC 07 Bad Neuenahr, who were instead relegated last season. On 1 January 2014, FCR 2001 Duisburg became the women's section of MSV Duisburg and play under that name. Broadcast ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lara Dickenmann
Lara Joy Dickenmann (born 27 November 1985) is a Swiss former association football, footballer who played as a midfielder or Defender (association football)#Full-back, full-back. She played for German club VfL Wolfsburg (women), VfL Wolfsburg and with French club Olympique Lyonnais Féminin, Olympique Lyonnais. She is a versatile footballer who can play as a midfielder or a Defender (association football)#Full-back, full-back on either side of the field. She formerly played College soccer in the United States, on the college level at the Ohio State University breaking many records and earning several player honors. In 2008, Dickenmann departed the university and joined D1 Féminine club Lyon. Dickenmann is also a member of the Switzerland women's national football team. She starred for the national team at youth level and made her senior debut in August 2002 at the age of 16 against France women's national football team, France, scoring in a 2–1 defeat. Career Youth career Dic ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup was the seventh FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international soccer championship contested by the women's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Canada for the first time and by a North American country for the third time. Matches were played in six cities across Canada in five time zones. The tournament began on 6 June 2015, and finished with the final on 5 July 2015 with a United States victory over Japan. The 2015 tournament saw the World Cup expanded to 24 teams from 16 in 2011. Canada's team received direct entry as host and a qualification tournament of 134 teams was held for the remaining 23 places. With the expanded tournament, eight teams made their Women's World Cup debut. All previous Women's World Cup finalists qualified for the tournament, with defending champions Japan and returning champions Germany (2003, 2007) and the United States (1991, 1999) among the seeded teams. The 2 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Scotland Women's National Football Team
The Scotland women's national football team represents Scotland in international women's football competitions. Since 1998, the team has been governed by the Scottish Football Association (SFA). Scotland qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time in 2019, and for their first UEFA Women's Championship in 2017. As of June 2023, the team was placed 23rd in the FIFA Women's World Rankings. Although most national football teams represent a sovereign state, as a member of the United Kingdom's Home Nations, Scotland is permitted by FIFA statutes to maintain its own national side that competes in all major tournaments, with the exception of the Women's Olympic Football Tournament. History Church documents recorded women playing football in Carstairs, Lanarkshire, in 1628. Scotland first played a women's international match in May 1881. Women's football struggled for recognition during this early period and was banned by the football authorities in 1921. Club sides who ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2008 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
The 2008 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the first edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. Germany won the trophy for the first time ever. Qualification There were two qualifying rounds, and four teams qualified for the final round, played in Switzerland. First qualifying round There were ten groups of four teams each. The ten group winners and best six runners-up advanced to the second qualifying round. Teams in ''italics'' hosted the mini-tournament. Group 1 ---- ---- Group 2 ---- ---- Group 3 ---- ---- Group 4 ---- ---- Group 5 ---- ---- Group 6 ---- ---- Group 7 ---- ---- Group 8 ---- ---- Group 9 ---- ---- Group 10 ---- ---- Ranking of group runners-up Only matches against 1st and 3rd placed teams were used in the ranking. Second qualifying round The sixteen qualified teams from the first qualifying round were allocated in four groups of four teams each. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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PFA Team Of The Year (2010s)
The Professional Footballers' Association Team of the Year (often called the PFA Team of the Year, or simply the Team of the Year) is an annual award given to a set of 55 footballers across the top four tiers of men's English football; the Premier League, the Championship, League One and League Two, as well as the women's FA WSL, who are seen to be deserving of being named in a "Team of the Year". Peter Shilton currently holds the most appearances in the PFA Team of the Year in the top division with 10 appearances. Steven Gerrard currently holds the most appearances in the PFA Team of the Year in the Premier League era with eight appearances. The award has been presented since the 1973–74 season and the shortlist is compiled by the members of the players' trade union, the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA), in January of every year, with the winners then being voted for by the other players in their respective divisions. The award is regarded by players in the Fo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |