Switzerland national under-21 football team

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Switzerland Under-21

Association

Head coach





First kit





Second kit

First International
U23: ?
U21: ?

Biggest win
?

Biggest defeat
?
Records for competitive
matches only.

UEFA U-21 Championship

Appearances

2 (First in 2002)

Best result

Losing semi-finalists: 2002

The Switzerland national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Switzerland and is controlled by the Swiss Football Association. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years.

1 UEFA U-23 Championship Record
2 UEFA U-21 Championship Record
3 Coaches
4 Eligible players
5 Current squad
6 See also
7 Footnotes
8 Sources/External links

[edit] UEFA U-23 Championship Record

Since the under-21 competition rules insist that players must be 21 or under at the start of a two year competition, technically it is an U-23 competition. For this reason, Switzerland's record in the preceding U-23 competitions is also shown.

1972: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 2 in qualification group
1974: Did not enter
1976: Did not enter

[edit] UEFA U-21 Championship Record

1976-1978: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 3 in qualification group.
1978-1980: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.
1980-1982: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group.
1982-1984: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group.
1984-1986: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group.
1986-1988: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 4 in qualification group.
1988-1990: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.
1990-1992: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group.
1992-1994: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.
1994-1996: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 5 in qualification group.
1996-1998: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 5 in qualification group.
1998-2000: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group.
2000-2002: Losing semi-finalists
2002-2004: Finished 4th of 4 in finals group.
2004-2006: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group.
2006-2007: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.
2007-2009: ongoing

[edit] Coaches

199?-2001: Köbi Kuhn
2001-2007: Bernard Challandes ^[1]^[2]
2007-present: Pierre-André Schürmann ^[3]

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[edit] Eligible players

Players born in 1986 or later are eligible for the 2007-09 UEFA European U-21 Championship. The Under-19 team will be the most obvious source for the next crop of Under-21s.

1986-born
(eligible to 2009 UEFA U21 Champ)

1987-born
(eligible to 2009 UEFA U21 Champ)

Dragan Đukić ( Grasshopper)
Johan Djourou ( Arsenal)
Pirmin Schwegler ( Bayer 04 Leverkusen)
~~Zdravko Kuzmanović~~ ( Fiorentina) ^[4]

1988-born
(eligible to 2011 UEFA U21 Champ)

Players in italics have caps for the senior team.

[edit] Current squad

Name	Date of Birth	Apps	Goals	Club	Debut
Goalkeepers
Dragan Đukić	15 July 1987	2	0	Grasshopper-Club Zürich	2006
David González	9 November 1986	8	0	FC Sion	2006
Manuel Huber	17 October 1987	0	0	Grasshopper-Club Zürich	N/A
Yann Sommer	17 December 1988	4	0	FC Vaduz	2007
Defense
Heinz Barmettler	21 July 1987	9	0	FC Zürich	2006
Johan Djourou	18 January 1987	2	0	Arsenal FC	2006
Jonas Elmer	28 February 1988	6	0	FC Aarau	2007
Beg Ferati	10 November 1986	12	1	FC Basel	2006
Stefan Glarner	21 November 1987	2	0	FC Thun	2007
Sebastian Kollar	23 February 1987	8	0	FC Zürich	2006
Christophe Lambert	23 February 1987	6	0	FC Luzern	2007
Aron Liechti	15 February 1986	1	0	BSC Young Boys	2008
Claudio Lustenberger	6 January 1987	3	0	FC Luzern	2007
Michel Morganella	17 May 1989	0	0	FC Basel	2007
Kay Voser	4 January 1987	3	0	Grasshopper-Club Zürich	2007
Midfield
Patrik Baumann	29 July 1986	2	0	FC Concordia Basel	2007
Cabral	22 October 1988	3	0	FC Basel	2007
Almen Abdi	21 October 1986	10	0	FC Zürich	2006
Stephan Andrist	12 December 1987	1	0	FC Thun	2007
Blerim Džemaili	12 April 1986	12	4	Bolton Wanderers F.C.	2004
Charles André Doudin	12 September 1986	1	0	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	2007
Gelson Fernandes	2 September 1986	8	0	Manchester City FC	2006
Peter Läng	16 April 1986	1	0	FC Schaffhausen	2007
Fabian Lustenberger	2 May 1988	5	1	Hertha BSC Berlin	2007
Reto Ziegler	23 March 1986	25	2	U.C. Sampdoria	2004
Danijel Milicevic	5 January 1986	2	0	Yverdon-Sport FC	2006
Bruno Mota	24 January 1987	2	0	U.C. Sampdoria	2007
Philipp Muntwiler	25 February 1987	1	0	FC St. Gallen	2007
Daniel Pavlovic	22 April 1988	1	0	FC Schaffhausen	2007
Pirmin Schwegler	9 March 1987	15	1	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	2005
Jérôme Thiesson	6 August 1987	0	0	FC Wil 1900	2007
Fabrizio Zambrella	1 March 1986	23	5	Brescia Calcio	2004
Forward
Eren Derdiyok	12 June 1988	5	7	FC Basel	2007
David Blumer	28 February 1986	5	0	Grasshopper-Club Zürich	2006
Julián Estéban	16 September 1986	10	5	Stade Rennais FC	2006
Fabian Frei	8 January 1989	0	0	FC Basel	2007
Johan Vonlanthen	1 February 1986	21	8	Red Bull Salzburg	2002
Frank Feltscher	17 May 1988	4	1	Grasshopper-Club Zürich	2007
Goran Karanovic	13 October 1987	2	0	FC Wohlen	2007
Marco Schönbächler	11 January 1990	1	0	FC Zürich	2007
Murat Ural	5 July 1987	3	1	FC St. Gallen	2007

[edit] See also

[edit] Footnotes

^ Bernard Challandes. UEFA.com (2004-03-17).
^ Challandes accepts Zürich challenge. UEFA.com.
^ Switzerland turn to Schürmann. UEFA.com (2007-07-18).
^ Zdravko Kuzmanović choose to represent Serbia and accepted by FIFA.
^ Ivan Rakitić choose to represent Croatia and accepted by FIFA.

[edit] Sources/External links

UEFA Under-21 website Contains full results archive
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships.

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