Switzerland national football team

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Switzerland

Nickname

Nati

Association

Swiss Football Association

Confederation

UEFA (Europe)

Head coach

Jakob Kuhn, (2001-)

Captain

Alexander Frei

Most caps

Heinz Hermann (117)

Top scorer

Kubilay Türkyilmaz, Max Abegglen (34)

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)

Switzerland 7 - 0 San Marino

(St. Gallen, Switzerland; 5 June 1991)

Biggest 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

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 set a World Cup record by failing to score a single goal in a penalty shootout.[1] However, the team returned to their home country to a heroes welcome.

1 World Cup record
2 World Cup 2006
3 European Championship record
4 Tournament Participation
5 Match Kits
6 Current squad
7 Coaches
8 Recent
9 Players
10 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]

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

[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] Tournament Participation

So far the Swiss have earned no major trophy. The closest they have came was the quarter finals(1934,1938,1954). They gained a silver medal in the 1924 Olympic games in Paris.. The U-17-squad became 2002 European champions, by a 4:2 win after a enalty shootout against France (see U-17-EM 2002). Beyond that Swiss qualified for the semi-final on the U-21-Euro 2002 and on 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] Current squad

In 2006 there were 29 players. Every player has played at least once. Eight new players started this year.

Name	Date of Birth	Apps	Goals	Club	Debute
Goals
Diego Benaglio	8 September 1983	4	0	CD Nacional Madeira	2006
Fabio Coltorti	3 December 1980	5	0	Grasshopper-Club Zürich	2004
Pascal Zuberbühler	8 January 1971	47	0	Neuchâtel Xamax	1994
Defense
Valon Behrami	19 April 1985	7	1	S.S. Lazio	2005
Philipp Degen	15 February 1983	23	0	Borussia Dortmund	2005
Johan Djourou	18 January 1987	8	0	FC Arsenal	2006
Stéphane Grichting	30 March 1979	11	0	AJ Auxerre	2004
Stephan Lichtsteiner	16 January 1984	1	0	OSC Lille	2006
Ludovic Magnin	20 April 1979	38	2	VfB Stuttgart	2000
Patrick Müller	17 December 1976	73	3	Olympique Lyon	1998
Philippe Senderos	14 February 1985	16	3	FC Arsenal	2005
Christoph Spycher	30 March 1978	26	0	Eintracht Frankfurt	2002
Stève von Bergen	10 June 1983	1	0	FC Zürich	2006
Midfield
Tranquillo Barnetta	22 May 1985	20	3	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	2004
Ricardo Cabanas	17 January 1979	45	4	1. FC Köln	2000
Blerim Džemaili	12 April 1986	5	0	FC Zürich	2006
Daniel Gygax	28 August 1981	28	5	OSC Lille	2004
Benjamin Huggel	7 July 1977	18	0	Eintracht Frankfurt	2003
Gökhan Inler	27 June 1984	3	0	FC Zürich	2006
Xavier Margairaz	7 January 1984	7	1	FC Zürich	2005
Raphaël Wicky	26 April 1977	74	1	Hamburger SV	1996
Hakan Yakın	22 February 1977	52	14	BSC Young Boys	2000
Forward
David Degen	15 February 1983	4	0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2006
Alexander Frei	15 July 1979	53	31	Borussia Dortmund	2001
Mauro Lustrinelli	26 February 1976	11	0	FC Luzern	2005
Alberto Regazzoni	4 May 1983	2	0	FC Sion	2006
Marco Streller	18 June 1981	18	5	VfB Stuttgart	2003
Johan Vonlanthen	1 February 1986	18	5	Red Bull Salzburg	2004