The fans who flocked to our special event last night were treated to an action-packed programme centred on women’s football, with Liechtenstein women’s head coach Adrienne Krysl and FIFA Museum Football Expert Prisca Steinegger.

Part of Football Summer at the FIFA Museum, the activities began with a question-and-answer session moderated by Steinegger, in which the guest shared stories and details about her career as a player and manager.

Krysl won three caps for the Swiss national team and notably represented St. Gallen during her playing career in the beautiful game, as well as having lined up for the Swiss women’s beach soccer national team. Moreover, she has been coaching in women’s football for almost a decade. After seven years in charge at Winterthur, the former defender took up a dual role at the helm of Liechtenstein club Triesen and the national team in mid-2023.

“This is my first position as a professional coach and if you had told me just a couple of years ago that I would make a living as a football coach, I probably wouldn’t have believed it myself. It’s a huge privilege,” noted the 37-year-old, who also oversees development efforts as the Head of Women’s Football at the Liechtenstein Football Association.

The Q&A took place in front of the “Here to Play” pop-up exhibition exploring the history of the women’s game in Switzerland. Krysl and Steinegger made the most of this setting to go into detail about some of the objects on display. For example, they discussed the story of Madeleine Boll, the first woman in Switzerland with an official player’s licence, which quickly got revoked by the association when they realised that she was a girl.

There was a very special moment at the end of the Q&A, when Krysl asked the crowd to join her in singing “happy birthday” to her mother, who was in attendance. Emotions ran high for both, as Krysl described her mother as one of the defining influences in her life, who had supported her dream and goal of playing football from the beginning.

Last but by no means least came a live screening of Switzerland’s UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 showdown against Finland, with Krysl and Steinegger providing half-time analysis. A great time was had by all in a friendly atmosphere, with the vast majority of the crowd going home buzzing after Pia Sundhage’s side sealed their place in the quarter-finals on home soil through a dramatic 1-1 draw.