Activities & Achievements
International Football Camps and Major Events
From 1987 to today
Founded in 2010 by Walter Loser, when the Swiss national soccer team came to Crans-Montana, CMFC has since come a long way. This project, born out of a shared desire to promote the region as a leading sports destination, has evolved over the years into a real hub for professional and amateur soccer.
In 2025, Walter with Crans-Montana Football Camps enjoyed a successful season in terms of sports, economics, and media coverage. For its 15th anniversary, CMFC organized 13 training camps and 4 soccer matches.
Teams welcomed and camps organized:
Team La Sonnaz Juniors A
Team La Sonnaz Juniors B
Team La Sonnaz Juniors C
Team La Sonnaz Juniors E
FC Urdorf
Juniors D
FC Sion
Servette FC
Grasshopper Club Zurich (GCZ)
FC Annecy
FC Daring Brussels
Servette FC Chênois Women’s Team
FC Olympic Troissept A
FC Olympic Troissept B
FC Sion vs. GCZ match
FC Sion vs. FC Annecy match
LS vs. Daring Brussels match
Servette FCCF vs. FC Sion Women’s Team match
More info on www.cransmontanafootballcamps.ch.
Walter enjoyed another successful season in 2024 with Crans-Montana Football Camps, welcoming 15 teams to Crans-Montana and organizing a football match.
Training camps and international match :
Team La Sonnaz Juniors A
Team La Sonnaz Juniors B
Team La Sonnaz Juniors E
Juniors D SDR Delémont
FC Sion
Servette FC
Grasshopper Club Zurich (GC)
FC Annecy
SM Caen
Servette FC féminin
FC Sochaux
FC Montagny Juniors A féminin
FC Montagny Juniors B féminin
FC Versoix
FC Champel Juniors
Match FC Annecy-SM Caen
2023 was another great season for Crans-Montana Football Camps, led by Walter. Fifteen training camps were organized, including two women’s national teams preparing for the Women’s World Cup. A match between these two teams (Haiti vs. Malta) was also organized by CMFC.
The teams present were:
Haiti Women’s National Team
Malta Women’s National Team
FC Hühnenberg Women’s Team
FC Wangen Veterans Team
FC Sion
Servette FC
FC Aarau
Grasshopper Club Zurich (GC)
FC Champel Juniors
FC Annecy
Servette FC Women
Juniors A Thy-le-Château (BEL)
Juniors B Thy-le-Château (BEL)
Juniors C Thy-le-Château (BEL)
FC Champel Juniors
More information on www.cransmontanafootballcamps.ch.
Walter was recently chosen to coordinate the bid of Switzerland on behalf of Crans-Montana (with the city of Sion) for the UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 and obtained from UEFA to be the Official base camp for UEFA Women’s Euro 2025.
Walter and his team of « Crans Montana Football Camps Association » have again experienced a great season of footbal camps in 2022 in Crans-Montana.
Walter and his team of « Crans Montana Football Camps Association » have again experienced a great season of footbal camps in 2022 in Crans-Montana.
11 camps were organized in 2022. Professional, amateur and junior teams took advantage of the fresh air of Crans-Montana to organize their camp with a rich program of activities. Five friendly games were also organized on the pitches of Crans-Montana.
FC Dynamo Kiev
Grasshopper Club
Servette FC
FC Sion
Servette FC women
Grasshopper U21
FC Champel juniors
FC La Sonnaz
FC Bütschwil
FC Montagny junior women
FC Signal-Bernex
Match Servette FC women – FC Sion women
Match Grasshopper U21 – FC Sion U21
Match Dynamo Kiev – FC Sion U21
Match FC Sion – Servette FC
Match FC Signal-Bernex – FC Fully
For more information : www.cransmontanafootballcamps.com
Walter and his team of “Crans Montana Football Camps Association” presented this year an absolute record since its founding in 2010 !
15 camps were organized in 2021, including those of 2 national teams (US National Soccer team and U21 of the Swiss team), those of 3 Super League teams (FC Basel, Servette FC and FC Sion) and those of 3 women’s teams (the European champions of Olympique Lyonnais, the Swiss champions of Servette FC qualified for the Champions League and GC Féminin). Five matches and a football tournament were also organized on the pitches of Crans-Montana.
Here is the full list of teams and matches that took place in Crans-Montana / Switzerland in 2021:
US National Soccer Team
FC Wil
FC Sion
FC Bollingen
Servette FC
FC Bâle
FC Sochaux
Servette FC women
OL women
GC women
FC Sion juniors
FC Versoix
Swiss national team U21
FC Bâle juniors
Tournament Juniors of Belgium and Switzerland
Match FC Bramois – Servette FC
Match Servette FC – Xamax
Match FC Sion – FC Sochaux
Match FC Bâle – FC Thoune
Match OL women – FC Sion boys
The 2021 season was a record year for Crans-Montana Football Camps Association! The turnover was doubled compared to the previous year with an economic contribution of CHF 1.5 million Swiss francs for the region of Crans-Montana, whose reputation for football camps is confirmed even more!
For more information : www.cransmontanafootballcamps.com
Walter and his team of “Crans-Montana Footballcamps Association” managed to bring the following Professional and Amateur-teams to Crans-Montana/Switzerland:
Servette FC (Switzerland)
Lausanne Sports (Switzerland)
FC Sion (Switzerland)
FC Basel (Switzerland), short stay
FC Versoix (Switzerland)
FC St.Paul, Geneva (Switzerland), Juniors
FC Montagny-Ladies (Switzerland)
FC Basel (Switzerland), Juniors
NVS Team Novartis-Ladies (Switzerland)
The 2020 season was very special as of Covid-19, as no foreign team was able to come for training. However, we also organised 3 friendly matches Servette FC vs. Evian (France), Servette FC vs. Neuchâtel Xamax, and FC Sion vs. Lausanne-Sports.
For more information : www.cransmontanafootballcamps.com
Walter Loser and his team managed to bring the following International and National Top Footballteams for the summer season 2018 to Crans-Montana/Switzerland:
- Valencia C.F. (Spain)
- FC Sion (Switzerland), for 3 camps
- FC Basel (Switzerland)
- FC Landeron, Juniors (Switzerland)
- FC Liestal (Switzerland)
- Coerver camp, Juniors FC Sion (Switzerland)
- FC Basel, Juniors U10,U11, U12 (Switzerland)
As chief of Press of the “Festival des Alpes 2019”, Walter organised a top friendly game in Lens/Crans-Montana: Valencia C.F. vs. AS Monaco (televised).
He also cooperated to the following top matches, FC Sion vs. Olympique Lyonnais, PSV Eindhoven vs. Neuchâtel Xamax, Galatasaray SK vs. PSV Eindhoven, Valencia C.F. vs. Galatasaray.
Walter Loser and his team managed to bring the following International and National Top Foalter Loser and his team managed to bring the following International and National Top Footballteams for the summer season 2018 to Crans-Montana/Switzerland:
- National Football team of Marocco (Marocco)
- Valencia C.F. (Spain)
- FC Sion (Switzerland), for 3 camps
- FC Landeron, Juniors (Switzerland)
- FC Estavayer-le-Gibloux (Switzerland)
- FC Liestal (Switzerland)
- FC Basel, Juniors U10,U11, U12 (Switzerland)
As chief of Press of the “Festival des Alpes 2018”, Walter organised 2 top friendly games in Lens/Crans-Montana: Valencia C.F. vs. Lausanne-Sports (televised), and FC Sion vs. FC Chiasso.
He also cooperated to the following top matches, FC Sion vs. PSV Eindhoven, FC Lausanne Sport vs. Servette FC , PSV Eindhoven vs. OGC Nice, FC Sion vs. Grenoble Foot, FC Lausanne Sport vs. AS Monaco, FC Sion vs. Everton FC, Everton FC vs. AS Monaco, FC Sion vs. Valencia CF.
For more information, please check the website of the Crans-Montana Footballcamps Association, which is the company of Walter Loser: www.cransmontanafootballcamps.com
Walter Loser and his team managed to bring the following International Top-Teams for the summer season 2017 to Crans-Montana/Switzerland:
- FC Athletic Bilbao (Spain)
- FC Basel (Switzerland)
- FC Sion (Switzerland), for 3 camps
- FC Liestal (Switzerland)
- FC Champel (Switzerland)
- FC Basel, Juniors U10,U11, U12 (Switzerland)
As chief of presse of the new “Festival de football des Alpes” (former Valais-Cup), Walter and his team organised 2 top friendly games (televised!) in Lens/Crans-Montana: Athletic Bilbao vs. FC Basel, and Athletic Bilbao vs. FC Sion. And cooperated at the top other matches, f.ex. AS Monaco- Stoke City, Olympique de Marseille – FC Sion, Sporting Lisbonne-Valence etc.
For more information please check our new website of the Crans-Montana Footballcamps Association: www.cransmontanafootballcamps.com
During the summer-season 2016, we managed with our company “CMFC” (www.cransmontanafootballcamps.com) to bring more teams to Crans-Montana/Switzerland for their International Training-camps, and most all teams participated also at friendly games.
The following teams came to our top organised training-camps:
- FC Zenit St.Petersburg (Russia)
- National Football Team of Qatar, U19 (Qatar)
- FC Basel (Switzerland)
- FC Sion (Switzerland)
- FC Versoix (Switzerland)
- FC Basel, Juniors U09, U10, U11 (Switzerland)
The summer-season 2015, we organised again with our company”CMFC” (www.cransmontanafootballcamps.com), together with our Partner-agency “Matchworld” International Football-training-camps with important teams, as well as the 3rd Edition of the Valais Summer Cups, in Switzerland.
In summer 2015, the following men’s-teams participated at our training-camps/ and at the tournaments:
- Olympique Lyonnais (France)
- FC Shakthar-Donetsk (Ukraine)
- PSV Eindhoven (Holland)
- FC Basel (Switzerland)
- FC Sion (Switzerland)
The Valais Women’s Cup took also again place in summer 2015 with the following women’s teams: Olympique Lyonnais (France) Paris-Saint Germain (France), FC Bayern Munich (Germany), and FC Zurich (Switzerland).
At the VS Youth Cup participated the stars of tomorrow (men’s teams Under 19 years old), the following teams: AS Monaco (France), Athletico Madrid (Spain), FC Porto (Portugal), FC Sion (Switzerland).
Again in 2014, I organised with our new structure “CMFC” (www.cransmontanafootballcamps.com) International Football Camps with important teams, and we participated again at the 2nd edition of the ValaisCup.
This summer we got the teams of SL Benfica (Portugal), Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine), as well as FC Sion (Switzerland) for training to CransMontana, and to participate at the 2nd ValaisCup. We organized also the 2nd edition of the Valais Women’s Cup, with the best europeanteams of Olympique Lyonnais, Paris Saint Germain, FC Barcelone, and RSC Anderlecht. All our events were a great succes, and we brought a great economic and Media added value to the Valais and CransMontana, and positioned Switzerland again as a footballdestination in the summer.
In summer 2015, the following men’s-teams participated at our training-camps/ and at the tournaments:
- Olympique Lyonnais (France)
- FC Shakthar-Donetsk (Ukraine)
- PSV Eindhoven (Holland)
- FC Basel (Switzerland)
- FC Sion (Switzerland)
The Valais Women’s Cup took also again place in summer 2015 with the following women’s teams: Olympique Lyonnais (France) Paris-Saint Germain (France), FC Bayern Munich (Germany), and FC Zurich (Switzerland).
At the VS Youth Cup participated the stars of tomorrow (men’s teams Under 19 years old), the following teams: AS Monaco (France), Athletico Madrid (Spain), FC Porto (Portugal), FC Sion (Switzerland).
In 2013, my Company that organised International Footballcamps, did a really good job in organizing over 7 training-camps with International Football-teams for all over the world, and they all participated at our new created ‘Valais Football Summercups’ (organised in partnership with Matchworld Football SA).
International teams, like Porto (Portugal), Wolfsburg (Germany), Olympique Marseille (France), St. Etienne (France), Sion (Switzerland), as well as the National Teams Men U21 from Brazil, Egypte, Kosovo etc. and also the Women’s national teams of Brazil, China, New Zealand and Mexico..participated at our tournaments and at the training-camps in Crans-Montana in the Swiss Alps.
Walter is also in charge of all Media-relations during these camps and tournaments, and acts as a press-officer for the International tournaments, where all games are televised in the different countries where the teams are from.
For more information please check the websites : “CMFC” (www.cransmontanafootballcamps.com)
Walter Loser, who created in 2011 together with Mélanie Rey, the professonal structure ‘MSM-Football Crans-Montana’ was able to bring the following International Football teams to Crans-Montana, Switzerland for a training camp and also for matches.
International matches were organized as follows: UAE-Team vs. FC Sion, Olympique Marseille vs. FC Sion and a International Women’s tournament before the London Olympics.
Fulham-Football Club, from July 30 to August 4
United Arab Emirates Olympic Team, from June 17 to July 2
Olympique Marseille, from July 4 to July 14
Brasil National Women’s team, from July 7 to July 18
Canada National Women’s team, from July 5 to July 11
Walter Loser has created a new structure together with Melanie Rey – MSM Football Crans-Montana – in order to professionally organise training camps for international football teams in Crans-Montana. MSM football capitalises on the success of the last world’s cup training camp of the Swiss national football team in June 2010. Crans-Montana has already organised camps for well-known teams like Everton, AC Monaco, Paris Saint-Germain, national teams of United Arab Emirates (UAE), Algeria or Costa Rica.
Website -“CMFC” (www.cransmontanafootballcamps.com)
Walter Loser co-operated with the organisers from France at Cristal Festival, which is the biggest festival for medias in Europe, with over 1’000 participants. The 10th edition of this festival took place from December 15th to 19th, 2010 in Crans-Montana, Switzerland.
Walter Loser is a coordinator of the Swiss Football Association. He organised the training camp of the Swiss National Soccer Team, that was hold in Crans-Montana (Switzerland) from May 25 to June 4, 2010. After that training- camp, the Swiss National Soccer Team participated at the FIFA Soccer World Cup in South Africa.
Walter is still in permanent contact with with the team-leaders and players of the Swiss National Football team, and sees them very often during their games and training camps.
Collaboration at the Omega European Masters golf event in Crans-Montana, Switzerland during many years, and still presence every year at this prestigious golf tournament.
Walter Loser was project Manager for Lausanne Tourism. He organised hospitality services for ‘Lausanne, the Olympic Capital and Lake Geneva Region, at the Swissôtel in Beijing for the duration of the summer games 2008.
In this hospitality in Beijing, a exposition was organised in cooperation with the Olympic Museum of Lausanne.
The brigade of the Lausanne Palace-Hotel (Switzerland) was in charged of the Swiss restaurant.
Overall, 1500 guests from all over the world were taken care of during the games.
The guests that attended this event were, during the 1st week:
the ‘Olympic Familiy’ (IOC, International Sports Federations, National Olympic Committees etc.), during the 2nd week: the representatives of tourism and during the 3rd week: Companies from China, invited by the ‘Economic-Promotion of the Canton of Vaud and Geneva.
Walter Loser was part of the bid committees of Sion-Valais, Switzerland, for the 2002 or 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Switzerland. He has very good connections with the International Olympic Commitee IOC, as their headquater is in Lausanne, Switzerland.
At the 1987 Ski World Alpine Championships, and during servera years before and after these championships, Walter was Head of Medias during these events, and official speaker at all races. In 2027 Crans-Montana will be again the site of The Alpine Ski World Championships.
Walter Loser was Director of tourism of one of the biggest Winter- and Summerresorts in the world, Crans-Montana, Switzerland.
He was in charge of the Marketing the resort, as well as Communiction, events and coordination of all the infrastructure as well as coordination of all partners (Hotels, Agencies, Cable-car company, shop-owners, restaurants etc.) of this big Ski- and Golf-resort with a total capacity of approx. 40’000 guest in High-season.
Major Career Highlights
UEFA Women’s Euro 2025
Walter was chosen to coordinate the bid of Switzerland on behalf of Crans-Montana (with the city of Sion) for the UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 and obtained from UEFA to be the Official base camp for UEFA Women’s Euro 2025.
Swiss National Football Team 2010
Coordinator for Swiss Football Association – organized training camp before FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
Olympic Summer Games Beijing 2008
Project Manager for Lausanne Tourism – organized hospitality for 1,500 guests including Olympic Family.
Winter Olympics Candidature
Part of bid committees for 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics. Excellent IOC connections.
World Ski Championships and World Cup Races in Crans-Montana 1987
At the 1987 Ski World Alpine Championships, and during servera years before and after these championships, Walter was Head of Medias during these events, and official speaker at all races.
Director of Tourism Crans-Montana (1987-2006)
18 years managing one of the world’s biggest winter and summer resorts. Resort capacity: 40,000 guests in high season.
Omega European Masters Golf
Long-term collaboration at prestigious golf tournament with continued annual presence.