Switzerland women's national football team

Switzerland
Nickname(s) La Nati
Association Swiss Football Association
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg
Captain Caroline Abbé
FIFA ranking 19 Steady (27 March 2015)
Highest FIFA ranking 18 (September 2014)
Lowest FIFA ranking 31 (March 2007)
First colours
Second colours
First international
  Switzerland 2–2 France 
(Basel, Switzerland; 4 May 1972)
Biggest win
  Switzerland 11–0 Malta 
(Zug, Switzerland; 5 April 2014)
Biggest defeat
 Germany 11–0 Switzerland  
(Weingarten, Germany; 25 September 1994)
World Cup
Appearances 1 (First in 2015)

The Switzerland women's national football team represents Switzerland in international women's football. The team played its first match in 1972. Their most recent competition is qualification for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, and they had qualified as the best team in their group. It would be the first time that Switzerland participated in a women's World Cup, and the first time both the men's team and women's team qualified for a World Cup simultaneously.[1] Switzerland has never qualified for a European Championship or Olympic games.

Record

World Cup

World Cup Finals
Year Result GP W D L GF GA GD
China 1991Did not qualify-------
Sweden 1995Did not qualify-------
United States 1999Did not qualify-------
United States 2003Did not qualify-------
China 2007Did not qualify-------
Germany 2011Did not qualify-------
Canada 2015Qualified-------
Total1/7-------

European Championship

Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
1984Did not qualify––––––
Norway 1987Did not qualify––––––
Germany 1989Did not qualify––––––
Denmark 1991Did not qualify––––––
Italy 1993Did not qualify––––––
Germany 1995Did not qualify––––––
Norway 1997Did not qualify––––––
Germany 2001Did not qualify––––––
England 2005Did not qualify––––––
Finland 2009Did not qualify––––––
Sweden 2013Did not qualify––––––
Total0/11

Recent matches

Date Location Opponent Result Competition
April 5, 2014 Ta' Qali, Malta  Malta 11–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
April 10, 2014 Aarau, Switzerland  Denmark 1–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
May 8, 2014 Nyon, Switzerland  Iceland 3–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
June 14, 2014 Wohlen, Switzerland  Israel 9–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
June 19, 2014 Inđija, Serbia  Serbia 7–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Switzerland 10 9 1 0 53 1 +52 28 Women's World Cup
2  Iceland 10 6 1 3 29 9 +20 19
3  Denmark 10 5 3 2 25 6 +19 18
4  Israel 10 4 0 6 9 27 −18 12
5  Serbia 10 3 1 6 16 34 −18 10
6  Malta 10 0 0 10 0 55 −55 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Players

Current squad

Players called up for the 2015 Algarve Cup.

Caps and goals as of 13 March 2014.[2]

Head coach: Martina Voss-Tecklenburg

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Stenia Michel 23 October 1987 (aged 27) 6 0 Germany FF USV Jena
2 DF Nicole Remund 31 December 1989 (aged 25) 38 2 Switzerland FC Zürich Frauen
3 DF Sandra Betschart 30 March 1989 (aged 25) 63 2 Sweden Sunnanå SK
4 DF Rachel Rinast 2 June 1991 (aged 23) 0 0 Germany 1. FC Köln
5 FW Noelle Maritz 23 December 1995 (aged 19) 23 1 Germany VfL Wolfsburg
6 MF Selina Kuster 8 August 1991 (aged 23) 54 1 Switzerland FC Zürich Frauen
7 MF Martina Moser 9 April 1986 (aged 28) 99 16 Germany TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
8 MF Cinzia Zehnder 4 August 1997 (aged 17) 1 0 Switzerland FC Zürich Frauen
9 MF Lia Wälti 19 April 1993 (aged 21) 36 2 Germany 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
10 FW Ramona Bachmann 25 December 1990 (aged 24) 59 32 Sweden FC Rosengård
11 MF Lara Dickenmann 27 November 1985 (aged 29) 94 38 France Olympique Lyon
12 GK Nadine Böni 3 May 1994 (aged 20) 1 0 Switzerland FC Basel
13 FW Ana-Maria Crnogorčević 3 October 1990 (aged 24) 63 34 Germany 1. FFC Frankfurt
14 MF Rahel Kiwic 5 January 1991 (aged 24) 23 2 Germany MSV Duisburg
15 DF Caroline Abbé (c) 13 January 1988 (aged 27) 99 9 Germany Bayern Munich
16 MF Fabienne Humm 20 December 1986 (aged 28) 29 8 Switzerland FC Zürich Frauen
17 MF Lara Keller 13 April 1991 (aged 23) 37 0 Germany FF USV Jena
18 FW Vanessa Bürki 1 April 1986 (aged 28) 64 9 Germany Bayern Munich
19 FW Eseosa Aigbogun 23 May 1993 (aged 21) 14 2 Switzerland FC Basel
20 MF Florijana Ismaili 1 January 1995 (aged 20) 5 0 Switzerland BSC Young Boys
21 GK Antonia Albisser 20 February 1987 (aged 28) 1 0 Switzerland FC Luzern Frauen
22 MF Vanessa Bernauer 23 March 1988 (aged 26) 44 2 Germany VfL Wolfsburg
23 FW Barla Deplazes 14 November 1995 (aged 19) 0 0 Switzerland FC Zürich Frauen

Qualifying history

Competition Stage Result Opponent Position / Notes
1984 EC QS GS: Gr.3 2–0 1–1 Portugal Portugal
1–1 0–0 France France
0–2 0–2 Italy Italy 3 / 4
Norway 1987 EC QS GS: Gr.4 2–0 0–3 Spain Spain
0–3 1–2 Italy Hungary
0–2 0–2 Italy Italy 4 / 4
Germany 1989 EC QS GS: Gr.3 1–7 3–0 Hungary Hungary
0–0 0–10 Germany Germany
0–5 0–6 Italy Italy 4 / 4
Denmark 1991 EC QS GS: Gr.5 0–4 0–4 Denmark Denmark
0–0 2–1 Spain Spain
1–4 0–4 Italy Italy 3 / 4
Italy 1993 EC QS GS: Gr.1 0–10 0–6 Norway Norway
0–0 0–1 Belgium Belgium 3 / 3
Germany 1995 EC QS GS: Gr.5 3–2 4–2 Wales Wales
0–5 0–11 Germany Germany
1–2 1–1 Croatia Croatia 3 / 4
Norway 1997 EC QS GS: Class B, Gr.3 5–0 1–1 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
Sweden 3–0 3–4 Austria Austria
0–2 3–1 Greece Greece 1 / 4
Promotion play-off 3–2 3–0 Croatia Croatia Promoted to Class A
United States 1999 WC QS GS: Class A, Gr.2 0–1 0–1 Finland Finland
1–2 0–3 France France
1–3 0–2 Italy Greece 4 / 4
Relegation play-off 1–0 4–0 Poland Poland
Germany 2001 EC QS GS: Class A, Gr.2 0–4 0–1 Norway Norway
0–3 0–1 England England
1–0 0–2 Portugal Portugal 4 / 4
Relegation play-off 1–1 0–0 Belgium Belgium
United States 2003 WC QS GS: Class A, Gr.2 1–0 0–1 Finland Finland
0–4 1–4 Denmark Denmark
0–5 0–4 Sweden Sweden 3 / 4
England 2005 EC QS GS: Class A, Gr.1 0–6 0–2 Sweden Sweden
1–0 0–1 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbia
1–1 0–2 Finland Finland
0–1 0–0 Italy Italy 4 / 5
China 2007 WC QS GS: Class A, Gr.4 0–2 0–2 Russia Russia
0–4 0–6 Germany Germany
2–0 0–2 Republic of Ireland Ireland
0–1 1–1 Scotland Scotland 5 / 5
Finland 2009 EC QS GS: Gr.4 1–0 1–3 Belgium Belgium
2–2 1–1 Netherlands Netherlands
0–7 0–3 Germany Germany
2–0 2–0 Wales Wales 3 / 5
Germany 2011 WC QS GS: Gr.6 2–0 2–1 Republic of Ireland Ireland
1–2 3–0 Russia Russia
2–1 6–0 Israel Israel
4–2 8–0 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 1 / 5
Play-offs 0–2 2–3 England England
Repechage: SF 3–1 0–0 Denmark Denmark
Repechage: F 0–1 2–4 Italy Italy
Sweden 2013 EC QS GS: Gr.2 1–4 0–6 Germany Germany
4–1 2–4 Romania Romania
2–3 4–3 Spain Spain
8–1 0–1 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
5–0 3–1 Turkey Turkey 3 / 6

References

  1. ↑ "Standings". UEFA. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
  2. ↑ "statistics and results". football.ch/de. Retrieved 14 March 2014.

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