AFL Switzerland

AFL Europe – Full Member (since 2018)

About

AFL Switzerland was established in 2019 and completed its inaugural season.

Our history started earlier, AFL in Switzerland began in Lugano around 2009. A men’s team played in the AFL Italia League in 2010. From this team developed a Swiss national team, who competed in the 2010 Euro Cup, and the Lugano men’s team competed in the Italian league. A women’s team competed in the 2011 Euro Cup in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Due to a lack of funding, the teams did not return to either competition.

In 2016, a group of amateurs began holding Australian rules football training sessions in Winterthur, Switzerland. This continued through 2017, culminating in the sending of a team to the 2017 Euro Cup in Bordeaux.

In February 2017, the Winterthur Lions AFC was officially founded. Two new clubs, the Basel Dragons AFC and the Geneva Jets, were founded in October 2018. Zurich Giants joined the league for the 2020 season.