SimonSawSunlight
Simon Fabel
No, the Swiss (presumably influenced by the many British tourists they had back then) were the first on the Continent to take up the then new British sport, before German words for its terms had been invented. At that time it was "association football", "soccer" is way too colloquial by 19th century standards to have been adapted by the Swiss.
Sevo
I never said the swiss said soccer, I've lived in Switzerland 😉