Switzerland national football team

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Switzerland
Nickname(s)	Schweizer Nati, La Nati, Rossocrociati
Association	Swiss Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Murat Yakın
Asst coach	Vincent Cavin
Captain	Granit Xhaka
Most caps	Heinz Hermann (118)
Top scorer	Alexander Frei (42)
FIFA code	SUI
FIFA ranking	14 1 (12 August 2021)
Highest FIFA ranking	3 (August 1993)
Lowest FIFA ranking	83 (December 1998)
Elo ranking	11 5 (10 June 2021)
Highest Elo ranking	8 (June 2018)
Lowest Elo ranking	62 (October 1979)
First international	France 1–0 Switzerland (Paris, France; 12 February 1905)
Biggest win	Switzerland 9–0 Lithuania (Paris, France; 25 May 1924)
Biggest defeat	Switzerland 0–9 England (Basel, Switzerland; 20 May 1909) Hungary 9–0 Switzerland (Budapest, Hungary; 29 October 1911)
World Cup appearances	11 (First in 1934)
Best result	Quarter-finals, 1934, 1938 and 1954
UEFA European Championship appearances	5 (First in 1996)
Best result	Quarter-finals, 2020
UEFA Nations League Finals appearances	1 (First in 2019)
Best result	Fourth place, 2019

The Switzerland national football team is the national association football team of Switzerland and is controlled by the Swiss Football Association, the governing body of football in Switzerland. The current head coach is Murat Yakın.

History

Main article: History of the Switzerland national football team

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter									Invited
1934	Quarter-finals	7th	2	1	0	1	5	5		2	0	2	0	4	4
1938		7th	3	1	1	1	5	5		1	1	0	0	2	1
1950	Group stage	6th	3	1	1	1	4	6		2	2	0	0	8	4
1954	Quarter-finals	8th	4	2	0	2	11	11		Qualified as hosts
1958	Did not qualify									4	0	1	3	6	11
1962	Group stage	16th	3	0	0	3	2	8		5	4	0	1	11	10
1966		16th	3	0	0	3	1	9		6	4	1	1	7	3
1970	Did not qualify									6	2	1	3	5	8
1974										6	2	2	2	2	4
1978										4	1	0	3	3	5
1982										8	2	3	3	9	12
1986										8	2	4	2	5	10
1990										8	2	1	5	10	14
1994	Round of 16	16th	4	1	1	2	5	7		10	6	3	1	23	6
1998	Did not qualify									8	3	1	4	11	12
2002										10	4	2	4	18	12
2006	Round of 16	10th	4	2	2	0	4	0		12	5	6	1	22	11
2010	Group stage	19th	3	1	1	1	1	1		10	6	3	1	18	8
2014	Round of 16	11th	4	2	0	2	7	7		10	7	3	0	17	6
2018		14th	4	1	2	1	5	5		12	10	1	1	24	7
2022	To be determined									2	2	0	0	4	1
2026										To be determined
Total	Quarter-finals	11/21	37	12	8	17	50	64		134	65	34	35	209	149

UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960	Did not enter									Did not enter
1964	Did not qualify									2	0	1	1	2	4
1968										6	2	1	3	17	13
1972										6	4	1	1	12	5
1976										6	1	1	4	5	10
1980										8	2	0	6	7	18
1984										6	2	2	2	7	9
1988										8	1	5	2	9	9
1992										8	4	2	2	19	7
1996	Group stage	13th	3	0	1	2	1	4		8	5	2	1	15	7
2000	Did not qualify									8	4	2	2	9	5
2004	Group stage	15th	3	0	1	2	1	6		8	4	3	1	15	11
2008	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	3	3		Qualified as hosts
2012	Did not qualify									8	3	2	3	12	10
2016	Round of 16	11th	4	1	3	0	3	2		10	7	0	3	24	8
2020	Quarter-finals	7th	5	1	3	1	8	9		8	5	2	1	19	6
2024	To be determined									To be determined
Total	Quarter-finals	5/16	18	3	8	7	16	24		100	44	24	32	172	122

UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League record
Season**	Division	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK
2018–19	A	2	6	3	1	2	15	8		4th
2020–21	A	4	6	1	3	2	9	8		11th
2022–23	A	To be determined
Total			12	4	4	4	24	16	4th

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Group stage played home and away. Flag shown represents host nation for the finals stage.

Results and fixtures

2020

2020–21 UNL A 3 September 2020 (2020-09-03)	Ukraine	2–1	Switzerland	Lviv
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Yarmolenko  14' Zinchenko  68'	Report	Seferović  41'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 0 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

2020–21 UNL A 6 September 2020 (2020-09-06)	Switzerland	1–1	Germany	Basel
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Widmer  58'	Report	Gündoğan  14'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Friendly 7 October 2020 (2020-10-07)	Switzerland	1–2	Croatia	St. Gallen
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Gavranović  31'	Report	Brekalo  42' Pašalić  67'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

2020–21 UNL A 10 October 2020 (2020-10-10)	Switzerland	1–0	Spain	Madrid
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Oyarzabal  14'	Report		Stadium: Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

2020–21 UNL A 6 September 2020 (2020-09-06)	Germany	3–3	Switzerland	Cologne
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Werner  28' Havertz  55' Gnabry  60'	Report	Gavranović  5', 57' Freuler  26'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Friendly 12 November 2020 (2020-11-12)	Belgium	2–1	Switzerland	Leuven
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Batshuayi  49', 70'	Report	Mehmedi  12'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)

2020–21 UNL A 14 November 2020 (2020-11-14)	Switzerland	1–1	Spain	Basel
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Freuler  26'	Report	Gerard  89'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

2020–21 UNL A 17 November 2020 (2020-11-17)	Switzerland	3–0 (awd.)	Ukraine	Lucerne
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Swissporarena Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

2021

2022 World Cup Q 25 March 2021 (2021-03-25)	Bulgaria	1–3	Switzerland	Sofia
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Despodov  46'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Embolo  7' Seferović  10' Zuber  13'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

2022 World Cup Q 28 March 2021 (2021-03-28)	Switzerland	1–0	Lithuania	St. Gallen
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Shaqiri  2'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0 Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

Friendly 31 March 2021 (2021-03-31)	Switzerland	3–2	Finland	St. Gallen
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Gavranović  21' Vargas  57' Seferović  86'	Report	Pohjanpalo  30', 40' (pen.)	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Schuettengruber (Austria)

Friendly 31 May 2021 (2021-05-31)	Switzerland	2–1	United States	St. Gallen
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Rodríguez  10' Zuber  63'	Report	Lletget  5'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0 Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Friendly 3 June 2021 (2021-06-03)	Switzerland	7–0	Liechtenstein	St. Gallen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gavranović  19', 75', 79' Fassnacht  46', 70' N. Frick  57' (o.g.) Fernandes  85'	Report		Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović (Slovenia)

Euro 2020 Gs 12 June 2021 (2021-06-12)	Wales	1–1	Switzerland	Baku
17:00 AZT (UTC+04:00)	Moore  74'	Report	Embolo  49'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 8,782

Euro 2020 GS 16 June 2021 (2021-06-16)	Italy	3–0	Switzerland	Rome
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Locatelli  26', 52' Immobile  89'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 12,445

Euro 2020 GS 20 June 2021 (2021-06-20)	Switzerland	3–1	Turkey	Baku
20:00 AZT (UTC+04:00)	Seferović  6' Shaqiri  26', 68'	Report	Kahveci  62'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 17,138

Euro 2020 R16 28 June 2021 (2021-06-28)	France	3–3 (4–5 pen)	Switzerland	Bucharest
22:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Benzema  57', 59' Pogba  75'	Report	Seferović  15', 81' Gavranović  90'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 22,642 Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)
	Penalties
	Pogba Giroud Thuram Kimpembe Mbappé		Gavranović Schär Akanji Vargas Mehmedi

Euro 2020 QF 2 July 2021 (2021-07-02)	Switzerland	1–1 (1–3 pen)	Spain	Saint-Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Shaqiri  68'	Report	Zakaria  8' (o.g.)	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 24,764 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
	Penalties
	Gavranović Schär Akanji Vargas		Busquets Olmo Rodri Gerard Oyarzabal

Friendly 1 September 2021 (2021-09-01)	Switzerland	2–1	Greece	Basel
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Zuber  7' Vargas  51'	Report	Pavlidis  34'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland)

2022 World Cup Q 5 September 2021 (2021-09-05)	Switzerland	v	Italy	Basel
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

2022 World Cup Q 8 September 2021 (2021-09-08)	Northern Ireland	v	Switzerland	Belfast
19:45 BST (UTC+1)		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Windsor Park

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly against Greece and the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Italy and Northern Ireland respectively on 1, 5 and 8 September 2021.
Caps and goals updated as of 1 September 2021, after the match against Greece.

#	Pos	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Yann Sommer	17 December 1988 (1988-12-17)	66	0	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	1GK	Yvon Mvogo	6 June 1994 (1994-06-06)	4	0	PSV
	1GK	Gregor Kobel	6 December 1997 (1997-12-06)	1	0	Borussia Dortmund
	2DF	Ricardo Rodriguez	25 August 1992 (1992-08-25)	87	9	Torino
	2DF	Fabian Schär	20 December 1991 (1991-12-20)	65	8	Newcastle United
	2DF	Manuel Akanji	19 July 1995 (1995-07-19)	34	0	Borussia Dortmund
	2DF	Nico Elvedi	30 September 1996 (1996-09-30)	31	1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	2DF	Silvan Widmer	5 March 1993 (1993-03-05)	21	1	Mainz 05
	2DF	Jordan Lotomba	29 September 1998 (1998-09-29)	3	0	Nice
	2DF	Ulisses Garcia	11 January 1996 (1996-01-11)	1	0	Young Boys
	2DF	Cédric Zesiger	24 June 1998 (1998-06-24)	1	0	Young Boys
	3MF	Granit Xhaka (captain)	27 September 1992 (1992-09-27)	98	12	Arsenal
	3MF	Steven Zuber	17 August 1991 (1991-08-17)	42	9	AEK Athens
	3MF	Remo Freuler	15 April 1992 (1992-04-15)	35	3	Atalanta
	3MF	Denis Zakaria	20 November 1996 (1996-11-20)	35	3	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	3MF	Djibril Sow	6 February 1997 (1997-02-06)	19	0	Eintracht Frankfurt
	3MF	Fabian Frei	8 January 1989 (1989-01-08)	14	3	Basel
	3MF	Renato Steffen	3 November 1991 (1991-11-03)	14	0	VfL Wolfsburg
	3MF	Michel Aebischer	6 January 1997 (1997-01-06)	4	0	Young Boys
	4FW	Haris Seferović	22 February 1992 (1992-02-22)	80	24	Benfica
	4FW	Ruben Vargas	5 August 1998 (1998-08-05)	17	3	FC Augsburg
	4FW	Christian Fassnacht	11 November 1993 (1993-11-11)	11	3	Young Boys
	4FW	Andi Zeqiri	22 June 1999 (1999-06-22)	1	0	FC Augsburg
	4FW	Dan Ndoye	25 October 2000 (2000-10-25)	0	0	Basel

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last twelve months and are still available for a call up.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Jonas Omlin 10 January 1994 (1994-01-10) 2 0 Montpellier UEFA Euro 2020 INJ GK David von Ballmoos 30 December 1994 (1994-12-30) 0 0 Young Boys v. Spain, 14 November 2020 DF Eray Cömert 4 February 1998 (1998-02-04) 7 0 Basel v. Italy, 5 September 2021 INJ DF Kevin Mbabu 19 April 1995 (1995-04-19) 17 0 VfL Wolfsburg v. Greece, 1 September 2021 INJ DF Loris Benito 7 January 1992 (1992-01-07) 13 1 Free Agent v. Greece, 1 September 2021 INJ DF Bećir Omeragić 20 January 2002 (2002-01-20) 4 0 Zürich UEFA Euro 2020 DF Michael Lang 8 February 1991 (1991-02-08) 31 3 Basel v. Spain, 14 November 2020 MF Xherdan Shaqiri 10 October 1991 (1991-10-10) 96 26 Lyon v. Greece, 1 September 2021 INJ MF Edimilson Fernandes 15 April 1996 (1996-04-15) 22 2 Arminia Bielefeld UEFA Euro 2020 MF Pajtim Kasami 2 June 1992 (1992-06-02) 12 2 Basel v. Spain, 14 November 2020 MF Simon Sohm 11 April 2001 (2001-04-11) 1 0 Parma v. Germany, 13 October 2020 FW Breel Embolo 14 February 1997 (1997-02-14) 48 6 Borussia Mönchengladbach v. Greece, 1 September 2021 INJ FW Mario Gavranović 24 November 1989 (1989-11-24) 35 15 Kayserispor v. Greece, 1 September 2021 INJ FW Cedric Itten 27 December 1996 (1996-12-27) 4 3 Greuther Fürth v. Germany, 13 October 2020 FW Albian Ajeti 26 February 1997 (1997-02-26) 11 1 Celtic v. Germany, 6 September 2020 INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury or illness. RET Retired from international football. PRE Preliminary squad. 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