Switzerland national under-21 football team
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Switzerland Under-21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Association | Swiss Football Association | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach | Pierre-André Schürmann | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First International U23: ? U21: ? |
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Biggest win ? |
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Biggest defeat ? matches only. |
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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.
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[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 |
1987-born |
1988-born |
Players in italics have caps for the senior team.
[edit] Current squad
Name | Date of Birth | Apps | Goals | Club | Debut | |||
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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.