Swiss Football Association

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Founded	1895
FIFA affiliation	1904
UEFA affiliation	1954
President Ralph Zloczower
Coach Jakob Kuhn (2001-)

The Swiss Football Association (German: Schweizerischer Fussballverband, SFV; French: Association Suisse de Football, ASF ; Italian: Associazione Svizzera di Football, ASF; Romansh: Associaziun Svizra da Ballape) is the governing body of football in Switzerland. It organizes the football league, the Swiss Football League, and the Switzerland national football team. It is based in Bern.

It was formed in 1895 as one of the first football association which was founded outside the UK. SFV-ASF was a founder member of FIFA in 1904. FIFA is now based in Switzerland at Zürich. Also UEFA is situated at the Swiss city Nyon.

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