National League (ice hockey)

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The National League (NL) is a professional ice hockey league in Switzerland. Before the 2007-08 season, it was known as the Nationalliga A. It was known as National League A until 2017.

Current teams

Team	Location		Arena	Capacity	Founded	Joined league
Team	City	Canton	Arena	Capacity	Founded	Joined league
HC Ajoie	Porrentruy	20px Template:Canton	Raiffeisen Arena	5,178	1973	2021
HC Ambrì-Piotta	Ambrì	20px Template:Canton	Gottardo Arena	6,775	1937	1985
SC Bern	Bern	20px Template:Canton	PostFinance Arena	17,031	1931	1986
EHC Biel	Biel/Bienne	20px Template:Canton	Tissot Arena	6,562	1939	2008
HC Davos	Davos	20px Template:Canton	zondacrypto Arena	6,547	1921	1993
Fribourg-Gottéron	Fribourg	20px Template:Canton	BCF Arena	9,262	1938	1980
Genève-Servette HC	Geneva	20px Template:Canton	Patinoire des Vernets	7,135	1905	2001
EHC Kloten	Kloten	20px Template:Canton	SWISS Arena	7,600	1934	2022
Lausanne HC	Lausanne	File:Wappen Waadt matt.svg Template:Canton	Vaudoise Aréna	9,600	1922	2013
HC Lugano	Lugano	20px Template:Canton	Cornèr Arena	7,800	1941	1981
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	Rapperswil-Jona	20px Template:Canton	St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena	6,100	1945	2018
SCL Tigers	Langnau im Emmental	20px Template:Canton	Emmental Versicherung Arena	6,000	1946	2015
ZSC Lions	Zürich	20px Template:Canton	Swiss Life Arena	12,000	1930	1989
EV Zug	Zug	20px Template:Canton	Bossard Arena	7,800	1967	1987

Past champions

Main page: List of Swiss ice hockey champions

1938 – HC Davos
1939 – HC Davos
1940 – no winner
1941 – HC Davos
1942 – HC Davos
1943 – HC Davos
1944 – HC Davos
1945 – HC Davos
1946 – HC Davos
1947 – HC Davos
1948 – HC Davos
1949 – Zürcher SC
1950 – HC Davos
1951 – EHC Arosa
1952 – EHC Arosa
1953 – EHC Arosa
1954 – EHC Arosa
1955 – EHC Arosa
1956 – EHC Arosa
1957 – EHC Arosa
1958 – HC Davos
1959 – SC Bern
1960 – HC Davos
1961 – Zürcher SC
1962 – EHC Visp
1963 – HC Villars
1964 – HC Villars
1965 – SC Bern
1966 – Grasshopper-Club Zürich
1967 – EHC Kloten
1968 – HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
1969 – HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
1970 – HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
1971 – HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
1972 – HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
1973 – HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
1974 – SC Bern
1975 – SC Bern
1976 – SC Langnau
1977 – SC Bern
1978 – EHC Biel
1979 – SC Bern
1980 – EHC Arosa
1981 – EHC Biel
1982 – EHC Arosa
1983 – EHC Biel
1984 – HC Davos
1985 – HC Davos
1986 – HC Lugano
1987 – HC Lugano
1988 – HC Lugano
1989 – SC Bern
1990 – HC Lugano
1991 – SC Bern
1992 – SC Bern
1993 – EHC Kloten
1994 – EHC Kloten
1995 – EHC Kloten
1996 – EHC Kloten
1997 – SC Bern
1998 – EV Zug
1999 – HC Lugano
2000 – ZSC Lions
2001 – ZSC Lions
2002 – HC Davos
2003 – HC Lugano
2004 – SC Bern
2005 – HC Davos
2006 – HC Lugano
2007 – HC Davos
2008 – ZSC Lions
2009 – HC Davos
2010 – SC Bern
2011 – HC Davos
2012 – ZSC Lions
2013 – SC Bern
2014 – ZSC Lions
2015 – HC Davos
2016 – SC Bern
2017 – SC Bern
2018 – ZSC Lions
2019 – SC Bern
2020 – no winner
2021 – EV Zug
2022 – EV Zug
2023 – Genève-Servette HC
2024 – ZSC Lions
2025 – ZSC Lions

Swiss National Championship Serie A (1909–1937)

1909: HC Bellerive Vevey
1910: HC La Villa Lausanne
1911: Club des patineurs de Lausanne
1912: HC Les Avants
1913: HC Les Avants
1914: not played
1915: not played
1916: HC Bern
1917: HC Bern
1918: HC Bern
1919: HC Bellerive Vevey
1920: HC Bellerive Vevey
1921: HC Rosey-Gstaad
1922: EHC St. Moritz
1923: EHC St. Moritz
1924: HC Château-d'Œx
1925: HC Rosey-Gstaad
1926: HC Davos
1927: HC Davos
1928: EHC St. Moritz
1929: HC Davos
1930: HC Davos
1931: HC Davos
1932: HC Davos
1933: HC Davos
1934: HC Davos
1935: HC Davos
1936: Zürcher SC
1937: HC Davos

Titles by club

Club	Winners	Winning years
HC Davos	31	1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1958, 1960, 1984, 1985, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015
SC Bern	16	1959, 1965, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1997, 2004, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019
ZSC	11	1936, 1949, 1961, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2024, 2025
EHC Arosa	9	1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1980, 1982
HC Lugano	7	1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1999, 2003, 2006
HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	6	1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973
EHC Kloten	5	1967, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
HC Bellerive Vevey	3	1909, 1919, 1920
HC Bern	3	1916, 1917, 1918
EHC St. Moritz	3	1922, 1923, 1928
EHC Biel	3	1978, 1981, 1983
EV Zug	3	1998, 2021, 2022
HC Les Avants	2	1912, 1913
HC Rosey-Gstaad	2	1921, 1925
HC Villars	2	1963, 1964
HC La Villa Lausanne	1	1910
Club des patineurs de Lausanne	1	1911
HC Château-d’Œx	1	1924
EHC Visp	1	1962
Grasshopper-Club Zürich	1	1966
SC Langnau	1	1976
Genève-Servette HC	1	2023

Other websites

NLA official website Archived 2013-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
Puck.ch Archived 2012-12-16 at Archive.today