This is an overview of all official message boards of swiss football clubs. You can find out basic facts, highlights and how to join. Spoiler: it is not always easy!
BSC Young Boys: https://www.1898.ch/
What is it like?
Well… It’s different, alright. If you are a purist and a lover of the 90s style internet, you will feel right at home. If you actually want to find or read something, not so much. It’s pure chaos, plain and simple.
The forum has 4497 pages (!), the first entry is on 1st February 2008 with the claim “Der Stammtisch ist eröffnet”
Highlights?
You will enjoy browsing in the modern internet much more after this experience, that can be assured. There is an alternative forum at transfermarkt.ch which has also quite the traffic and is actually readable. Also, there is https://www.ybfans.ch/forum/, which thankfully has a clear layout and 1230 members.
How can I join?
It does not seem to be that easy. You have to do an application here, where you have to mention an existing member or state the rules of the forum. Maybe there is also a cult ritual involved, who knows?
FC Basel: https://www.fcbforum.ch
What is it like?
A classic message board in the typical Basel colors. With almost 8’400 members, over 33’000 threads and over 174’000 posts there is a lot of discussions going on about FC Basel and Swiss Football. There is also a market place where you can buy or sell stuff.
Highlights?
The record of most visitors online (879) was reached at 17th of February 2021. It was the day of the devastating 2-6 Basel loss against Winterthur in Swiss Cup. I guess a lot of fans wanted to release steam, or fans of other clubs came to watch the show out of Schadenfreude.
How can I join?
You can apply here. The admins will check the applications before they allow you to join.
FC Zürich: https://www.fczforum.ch/forum/
What is it like?
A simple message boards with almost 5’800 members, over 13’000 threads and over 800’000 (!) posts. There is a sub forum for FCZ and for football in general.
Highlights?
The record of most visitors online was broken on 15th of January 2020 at 12:30, when a whopping 5’783 users accessed the forum. I’ve no clue what happened then, maybe someone can clarify in the comments below…
How can I join?
You can register here. You have to tell the admins the founding year of FCZ, that should not be too hard. The admins will check the application before you get green lights.
FC Luzern: https://www.fclforum.lu/
What is it like?
A classic message board, with one interesting gadget: A so called “Liiribox”, where you can chat live with other users. The message board has more than 3’700 members, 5’600 threads and over 550’000 posts.
Highlights?
There is a thread how to properly take a shit in a stadium, that was pinned at the top till recently. As a club with a lot of ups and downs, the thread “Just a slip or deep rooted problem? FCL Quo vadis?” has already over 100 pages, the recent mood seems a bit less gloomy, though.
The record of most visitors online was broken on 27th of August 2010 at 5:07 pm with 635 users online. It’s a friday, so I’ve no clue what excatly happened there..
How can I join?
You can register here and will recieve a mail – that’s it!
FC St. Gallen: https://www.fcsgforum.ch/forum/
What is it like?
Of course, it is all green. Otherwise, it’s also a typical message board with more than 3’400 members, 6’352 threads and almost 650’000 posts. You can talk about FCZG, the players or football in general.
Highlights?
Most visitors were present at 25th of November 2019 10.10 am (1886 users). It was in the middle of the huge FCSG euphoria, when they won against Xamax 4-2 and were closing in to the top of the league.
How can I join?
You can register here. But behold, you have to solve a rough mathematical question and tell the admins what equals 2 + 2.
Servette FC: http://www.sfc-forums.ch/sfcforums/
What is it like?
Nice design with the distinguished Servette colors, in this forum you can chat about Servette in French and German, although of course there is much more going on in the French part. There are almost 1’300 members, over 10’000 threads and over 210’000 posts.
Highlights?
Interesingly, the record with the most visitors online is way back at January 31th 2005 with 181 users. On that day, it was announced that Christian Karambeu was leaving Servette for SC Bastia. Servette was in deep financial troubles at that time.
How can I join?
You can apply here. You’ll recieve a mail and then you are in.
Grasshopper Club: https://gczforum.ch/forum/
What is it like?
Simple design, but with the most members of all Swiss football clubs, 8’900! There are over 15’000 threads and almost 520’000 posts, so there is a lot going on. You can talk about GC or football in general.
Highlights?
Visitor record dates at 20th of January 2020 at 11.21 pm with 1680 users online at the same time. This is a monday, no clue what was happening there, there was no important match prior.
How can I join?
You can apply here. You have to know the last name of the founder of GC to be accepted, though.
FC Sion: http://www.fcsion4ever.ch/phpBB3/index.php
What is it like?
Classic message board with almost 2’200 members, over 11’000 threads and over 460’000 posts. It is obviously in French, but there is also a German alternative with way less members, though (329).
Highlights?
Funny enough, the record of the most visitors was broken very recently, with 331 users online at 1st of August 2021. Sion went down in flames against Basel 1-6 that day, so there were a lot of users who needed to release some steam (and maybe some other fans lurking to enjoy the meltdown).
How can I join?
You can apply here. An admin has to accept your application before you can post anything in the message board.
Lausanne-Sports: https://lausanne-sports.forumsactifs.com/
What is it like?
Simple design with a cool header. Unfortunately, just 830 members so far and a bit more than 75’000 messages. You can talk about Lausanne, football in general and even sell or buy stuff. It is in French, of course.
Highlights?
Record with most users online was hit at 6th of August 2021 at 2.42 pm, no clue why.
How can I join?
You can register here. It’s pretty straight-forward, you just have to leave your email and your date of birth.
FC Aarau: https://www.fcaforum.ch/
What is it like?
Some oldscool background with the FCA logo has room for improvement, but otherwise it’s fine. Over 1200 members discuss in almost 2’500 threads and with over 150’000 posts all about FC Aarau and football in general.
Highlights?
The visitor record was broken on Monday, 3rd of June 2013 at 10.39 am with 239 user. This was right after the last game against Wohlen when Aarau got promoted to Super League!
How can I join?
You can apply here. Be aware, you have to know the founding date of FC Aarau, otherwise you will get no access.
Neuchâtel Xamax: http://www.xamaxforum.ch/
What is it like?
It’s the only forum you can’t read anything unless you are a member. There are almost 3’300 members, over 2900 threads and almost 190’000 posts.
Highlights?
Visitors record got broken at 1st of January 2020, 6.43 pm with 196 users online. I really got no clue why exactly at the day after new years eve people would check out the message board…
How can I join?
You can apply here. It’s pretty simple, no tricky question to be answered, just a confirmation code.
Other interesting message boards
- Transfermarkt.ch forums: There is a forum for every Super League club here, unfortunately most of them are not very active, except the YB forum, for obvious reasons
- austriansoccerboard.ch: If you want to discuss about football in Austria, this is the way to go. All fans of the different clubs come together there. It’s too bad there is nothing like that for Swiss Football
- UEFA Europan Football Forum: If you want to talk about European football, this is the place to be, with football nerds all over the world talking about the best sport in the world.
If you know more interesting message boards, let me know below or on twitter.