Switzerland national football team

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Switzerland

Nickname(s)

Nati

Association

Swiss Football Association

Confederation

UEFA (Europe)

Head coach

Köbi Kuhn, (2001-08)

Captain

Alexander Frei

Most caps

Heinz Hermann (117)

Top scorer

Alexander Frei (35)

Home stadium

Stade de Suisse

FIFA code

SUI

FIFA ranking

Highest FIFA ranking

3 (August 1993)

Lowest FIFA ranking

83 (December 1998)

Elo ranking

Highest Elo ranking

8 (June 1924)

Lowest Elo ranking

62 (October 1979)





First kit





Second kit

First international

France 1 - 0 Switzerland

(Paris, France; 12 February 1905)

Biggest win

Switzerland 9 - 0 Lithuania

(Paris, France; 25 May 1924

Biggest defeat

Hungary 9 - 0 Switzerland

(Budapest, Hungary; 29 October 1911)

World Cup

Appearances

8 (First in 1934)

Best result

Quarterfinals, 1934, 1938, 1954

European Championship

Appearances

3 (First in 1996)

Best result

Round 1, 1996, 2004 and 2008

Men’s Football
Olympic medal record
Silver	1924 Paris	Team

The Swiss national football team also known as the Schweizer Nati is the national football team of Switzerland and is controlled by the Swiss Football Association.

Its best performances in the World Cup have been reaching the quarter-finals, in 1934, 1938 and when the country hosted the event in 1954. Switzerland also won silver at the 1924 Olympics. The 2002 U-17 European Championship was won by the Nati.

In 2006, Switzerland set a FIFA World Cup record by being eliminated from the competition despite not conceding a goal in any of their four matches. In addition, Switzerland was the only national team in Cup history to fail to score a single goal in a penalty shootout. ^[1]

Switzerland is currently co-hosting Euro 2008 making it their third appearance in the competition, they lost 2-1 against Turkey in the group stages therefore knocking them out.

1 World Cup record
2 World Cup 2006
3 European Championship record
4 Tournament Participation
5 Match Kits
6 Players
- 6.1 Recent Call Ups
7 Coaches
8 Players
9 Notes
10 External links

[edit] World Cup record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1934	Quarter-finals	7/16	2	1	0	1	5	5
1938	Quarter-finals	7/15	3	1	1	1	4	6
1950	Round 1	6/13	3	1	1	1	4	6
1954	Quarter-finals	8/16	4	2	0	4	11	11
1958	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1962	Round 1	16/16	3	0	0	3	2	8
1966	Round 1	16/16	3	0	0	3	1	9
1970	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Round 2	16/24	4	1	1	2	5	7
1998	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Round 2	10/32	4	2	2	0	4	0
Total	8/18		26	8	5	13	37	51

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

[edit] World Cup 2006

Group Stage

France 0 - 0 Switzerland, 13th June in Stuttgart (5pm BST)
Switzerland 2 - 0 Togo, 19th June in Dortmund (2pm BST)
Switzerland 2 - 0 South Korea, 23rd June in Hannover (8pm BST)

Second Round

Switzerland 0 (aet) 0 Ukraine, 26th June in Cologne (8pm BST) (Ukraine won 3-0 in penalty shootout)

Switzerland was the only team in tournament not to have conceded a goal during regulation time in their matches.

[edit] European Championship record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1960	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1968	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1980	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Round 1	3	0	1	2	1	4
2000	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Round 1	3	0	1	2	1	6
2008	Round 1
2012		-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	3/13	6	0	2	4	2	8

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

[edit] Tournament Participation

So far the Swiss have earned no major trophy. The closest they have come was the quarter finals of the World Cup on three occasions (1934,1938,1954). They gained a silver medal in the 1924 Olympic games in Paris. The U-17-squad became 2002 European champions, with a 4:2 win after a penalty shootout against France (see U-17-EM 2002). Beyond that Switzerland qualified for the semi-final of the U-21-Euro 2002 and the U-21-Euro 2004 in each case.

[edit] Match Kits

The Swiss Kit consists of two different outfits. The red shirt and white shorts are for home play, and the white shirt and red shorts are for away. The jersey is manufactured by Puma.

[edit] Players

EURO 2008 squad
Date announced	28 May 2008

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Diego Benaglio	September 8, 1983 (1983-09-08) (age 24)	14	0	VfL Wolfsburg
18	GK	Pascal Zuberbühler	January 8, 1971 (1971-01-08) (age 37)	50	0	Neuchâtel Xamax
21	GK	Eldin Jakupović	October 2, 1984 (1984-10-02) (age 23)	0	0	Grasshopper-Club Zürich
Defense
2	DF	Johan Djourou	January 18, 1987 (1987-01-18) (age 21)	17	1	Arsenal
3	DF	Ludovic Magnin	April 20, 1979 (1979-04-20) (age 29)	52	3	VfB Stuttgart
4	DF	Philippe Senderos	February 14, 1985 (1985-02-14) (age 23)	30	3	Arsenal
5	DF	Stephan Lichtsteiner	January 16, 1984 (1984-01-16) (age 24)	14	0	OSC Lille
13	DF	Stéphane Grichting	May 30, 1979 (1979-05-30) (age 29)	18	0	AJ Auxerre
17	DF	Christoph Spycher	March 30, 1978 (1978-03-30) (age 30)	39	0	Eintracht Frankfurt
19	DF	Valon Behrami	April 19, 1985 (1985-04-19) (age 23)	18	2	S.S. Lazio
20	DF	Patrick Müller	December 17, 1976 (1976-12-17) (age 31)	80	3	Olympique Lyonnais
23	DF	Philipp Degen	February 15, 1983 (1983-02-15) (age 25)	30	0	Liverpool F.C.
Midfield
6	MF	Benjamin Huggel	July 7, 1977 (1977-07-07) (age 30)	25	0	FC Basel
7	MF	Ricardo Cabanas	January 17, 1979 (1979-01-17) (age 29)	50	4	Grasshopper-Club Zürich
8	MF	Gökhan Inler	June 27, 1984 (1984-06-27) (age 23)	19	1	Udinese
10	MF	Hakan Yakın	February 22, 1977 (1977-02-22) (age 31)	68	16	BSC Young Boys
14	MF	Daniel Gygax	August 28, 1981 (1981-08-28) (age 26)	35	5	FC Metz
15	MF	Gelson Fernandes	September 2, 1986 (1986-09-02) (age 21)	10	0	Manchester City
16	MF	Tranquillo Barnetta	May 22, 1985 (1985-05-22) (age 23)	34	6	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
22	MF	Johan Vonlanthen	February 1, 1986 (1986-02-01) (age 22)	32	6	Red Bull Salzburg
Forward
9	FW	Alexander Frei (c)	July 15, 1979 (1979-07-15) (age 28)	60	35	Borussia Dortmund
11	FW	Marco Streller	June 18, 1981 (1981-06-18) (age 26)	29	11	FC Basel
12	FW	Eren Derdiyok	June 12, 1988 (1988-06-12) (age 20)	5	1	FC Basel

[edit] Recent Call Ups

Goalkeepers

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Germano Vailati	August 30, 1980	FC Sion	0 (0)	v. USA, 17 October 2007
Johnny Leoni	June 30, 1984	FC Zürich	0 (0)	v. USA, 17 October 2007

Defenders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Boris Smiljanić	September 28, 1976	Grasshopper-Club Zürich	3 (0)	v. Japan, 11 September 2007

Midfielders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Sabit Morina	October 31, 1975	Getafe CF	35 (2)	v. England, 6 February 2008
David Degen	February 15, 1983	FC Basel	9 (0)	v. England, 6 February 2008
Xavier Margairaz	January 7, 1984	CA Osasuna	15 (1)	v. England, 6 February 2008
Raphaël Wicky	April 26, 1977	CD Chivas USA	75 (1)	v. Kazakhstan, 2 June 2007
Blerim Džemaili	April 12, 1986	Bolton Wanderers	7 (0)	v. Colombia, 25 March 2007
Alberto Regazzoni	May 4, 1983	BSC Young Boys	3 (0)	v. Germany, 7 February 2007

[edit] Coaches

Karl Rappan 1960 to November 11, 1963
Alfredo Foni - July 1, 1964 to 3 May 1967
Erwin Ballabio - May 24, 1967 to November 2, 1969
Louis Maurer - October 17, 1970 to October 10, 1971
René Hussy - June 22, 1973 to September 8, 1976
Roger Vonlanthen - March 30, 1977 to March 28, 1979
Leo Walker - May 5, 1979 to December 21, 1980
Paul Wolfisberg - March 24, 1981 to November 10, 1985
Daniel Jeandupeux - March 12, 1986 to 26 April 1989
Uli Stielike - June 21, 1989 to November 13, 1991
Roy Hodgson - January 26, 1992 to November 15, 1995
Artur Jorge - March 13, 1996 to June 18, 1996
Rolf Fringer - August 1, 1996 to October 11, 1997
Gilbert Gress - March 25, 1998 to October 9, 1999
Enzo Trossero - August 16, 2000 to June 6, 2001
Jakob "Köbi" Kuhn - August 15, 2001 - June 30, 2008
Ottmar Hitzfeld - July 1, 2008 -

[edit] Players

Egli, Andy

Jäggi, Willy

Ohrel, Christophe

Pascolo, Marco

Türkyilmaz, Kubilay

[edit] Notes

^ Switzerland 0-0 Ukraine (aet). BBC Sport (26). Retrieved on 2008-06-13.

[edit] External links

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