Football history in Bern
Football is part of everyday life in the city of Bern. The city is well positioned nationally and internationally thanks to the traditional club BSC Young Boys. Bern currently has a total of 21 football clubs with 6,443 licensed players.
Milestones in the history of BSC YB Frauen
BSC YB Frauen leads the Swiss women's football all-time rankings with:
15
15 cup victories (22 cup final appearances in total)
10
Swiss championship titles
7
double wins
1
European Cup appearance
But the city of Bern has not only shown its best footballing side at club level, but also at the World and European Championships. In 1954, the Miracle of Bern occurred when the absolute outsiders Germany defeated the favorites Hungary 3:2 in the final and became world champions. Not quite as far back lies the Orange Miracle of Bern, when the final round of the 2008 European Championship was hosted by Bern. The Dutch team conquered the city and transformed it into an orange sea of people.
In 2025, the next football festival is just around the corner in Bern with the UEFA Women's EURO, and the project team is looking forward to magical moments on and off the pitch. On the occasion of these Women's European Football Championships, the top women's nations will be guests in Bern and in another seven host cities for the first time! For the city of Bern, this means top-level football magic.
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History of the Bern Women's Soccer Club
The beginning of a revolution
Official start of women's football in Switzerland. The SFV allows women's teams to join a men's club. FC Bern offers its hand and accepts the women football enthusiasts into its club. The Damen Fussballclub Bern (DFC Bern) provides its own women's board from the outset and regulates its financial existence independently.
The step towards independence
The Swiss Football Association (SFV) allows women's departments to apply for independence (independent association). The FC Bern Women's Football Club becomes the Women's Football Club Bern (FFC Bern).
Collaboration with YB
On January 1, 2009, BSC YB and FFC Bern decide to work together to professionalize and exploit synergies in top-level women's football in the Bern region. What initially started as a name change ended on July 1, 2009, with the club's full integration into BSC Young Boys. From then on, the Bernese team will play in yellow and black and under the name BSC YB Frauen.