Switzerland national football team

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Switzerland

Nickname

Nati

Association

Swiss Football Association

Head coach

Jakob Kuhn, (2001-)

Captain

Johann Vogel

Most caps

Heinz Hermann (117)

Top scorer

Kubilay Türkyilmaz, Max Abegglen (34)

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)





Home kit





Away kit

First international

France 1 - 0 Switzerland

(Paris, France; 12 February 1905)

Largest win

Switzerland 9 - 0 Lithuania

(Paris, France; 25 May 1924)

Switzerland 7 - 0 San Marino

(St. Gallen, Switzerland; 5 June 1991)

Worst defeat

Switzerland 0 - 9 England

(Basel, Switzerland; 20 May 1909)

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

2 (First in 1996)

Best result

Round 1, 1996 and 2004

Olympic medal record
Men’s Football
Silver	1924 Paris	Team

The Swiss national football team also known as the Schweizer Natzi 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. 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 set a World Cup record by failing to score a single goal in a penalty shootout.[1]

1 World Cup record
2 World Cup 2006
3 European Championship record
4 2006 World Cup squad
5 Coaches
6 Recent
7 Players
8 External links

[edit] World Cup record

1930 - Did not enter
1934 - Quarterfinals
1938 - Quarterfinals
1950 - Round 1
1954 - Quarterfinals
1958 - Did not qualify
1962 - Round 1
1966 - Round 1
1970 to 1990 - Did not qualify
1994 - Round 2
1998 - Did not qualify
2002 - Did not qualify
2006 - Round 2

[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)

There were controversies surrounding the Swiss team for alleged uncalled offsides and numerous hand fouls in each and every one of their games.[2][3][4]

[edit] European Championship record

1960 to 1992 - Did not qualify
1996 - Round 1
2000 - Did not qualify
2004 - Round 1
2008 - Qualified automatically as co-host

[edit] 2006 World Cup squad

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Caps	Club
1	GK	Pascal Zuberbühler	8 January 1971	41	West Bromwich Albion
2	DF	Johan Djourou	18 January 1987	3	Arsenal
3	DF	Ludovic Magnin	20 April 1979	31	VfB Stuttgart
4	DF	Philippe Senderos	14 February 1985	13	Arsenal
5	MF	Xavier Margairaz	17 January 1984	4	FC Zürich
6	MF	Johann Vogel (Captain)	8 March 1977	86	Real Betis
7	MF	Ricardo Cabanas	17 January 1979	38	1. FC Köln
8	MF	Raphaël Wicky	26 April 1977	68	Hamburg
9	FW	Alexander Frei	15 July 1979	46	Borussia Dortmund
10	MF	Daniel Gygax	28 August 1981	23	Lille
11	FW	Marco Streller	18 June 1981	11	VfB Stuttgart
12	GK	Diego Benaglio	8 July 1983	1	Nacional Madeira
13	DF	Stéphane Grichting	30 March 1979	6	Auxerre
14	MF	David Degen	15 February 1983	3	Borussia Mönchengladbach
15	MF	Blerim Džemaili	12 April 1986	3	FC Zürich
16	MF	Tranquillo Barnetta	22 May 1985	14	Bayer Leverkusen
17	DF	Christoph Spycher	30 March 1978	21	Eintracht Frankfurt
18	FW	Mauro Lustrinelli	26 February 1976	5	Sparta Prague
19	MF	Valon Behrami	19 April 1985	6	Lazio
20	DF	Patrick Müller	17 December 1976	65	Lyon
21	GK	Fabio Coltorti	3 December 1980	2	Grasshoppers
22	FW	Hakan Yakin	22 February 1977	46	Young Boys
23	DF	Philipp Degen	15 February 1983	16	Borussia Dortmund

*Note : After Johan Vonlanthen's injury during Switzerland's WC2006 warm-up training camp, coach Jakob Kuhn has called Hakan Yakin to replace him. After being knocked out at the Round of 16, Switzerland became the only team in World Cup history to not concede a goal and get knocked out.