Switzerland national football team

National association football team
This article is about the men ‘s team. For the women ‘s team, see Switzerland women ‘s national football team
The Switzerland national football team ( german : Schweizer Fussballnationalmannschaft, italian : Nazionale di calcio della Svizzera, french : Équipe nationale suisse de football, Romansh : Squadra naziunala da ballape da la Svizra ) represents Switzerland in international football. The national team is controlled by the Swiss Football Association.

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Switzerland ‘s best performances at the FIFA World Cup were three quarter-final appearances, in 1934, 1938 and 1954. They hosted the rival in 1954, where they played with Austria in the quarter-final match, losing 7–5, which today still stands as the highest marking World Cup match always. [ 4 ] At the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Switzerland set a FIFA World Cup commemorate by being eliminated from the tournament despite not conceding a individual goal, being eliminated by Ukraine after penalties in the circle of sixteen. They did not concede a goal until a match against Chile at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, conceding in the 75th moment, setting a World Cup finals record for consecutive minutes without conceding a goal. [ 5 ] Switzerland and Austria were the co-hosts of UEFA Euro 2008, where the Swiss made their third gear appearance in the contest, but failed for a third prison term to progress from the group phase. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] overall, Switzerland ‘s best ever consequence at an official football competition was the argent decoration they earned in 1924, after losing to Uruguay 3–0 in the final of the 1924 Olympic Games. [ 8 ]

history [edit ]

1924–1966 : early years, host nation [edit ]

At the 1924 Paris Olympic Games, Switzerland finished with a silver decoration after losing to Uruguay in the final examination, losing 3–0. [ 8 ] The team ‘s debut appearance at the World Cup was in 1934 ; where they reached the quarter-finals after beating the Netherlands 3–2 in the round of sixteen before getting knocked out by Czechoslovakia. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Switzerland once again reached the quarter-finals in 1938 ; after beating Germany in the round of sixteen, winning 4–2 after a replay but were knocked out by Hungary, losing 2–0. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] At the 1950 World Cup, Switzerland were drawn in a group with Brazil, Yugoslavia and Mexico, where they lost 4–0 to Yugoslavia in the opening match, drew 2–2 with Brazil in their second match and beating Mexico 2–1 in their final group mach, and finished one-third in their group. [ 14 ] On 22 July 1946, Switzerland was awarded the right to host the 1954 FIFA World Cup unopposed, in Luxembourg City. [ 15 ] At the World Cup, Switzerland finished second in their group behind England ; beating Italy and losing to England, [ 16 ] but qualified for the quarter-finals after beating Italy in a group play-off. [ 17 ] They were knocked out of the tournament after losing 7–5 to Austria. [ 18 ] At the 1962 World Cup, Switzerland finished bottom of the group, losing all three games, losing 3–1 to Chile, 2–1 to West Germany and 3–0 to Italy. [ 19 ] A like result occurred at the 1966 World Cup, where Switzerland again finished at the bottom of their group losing all three of their matches, 5–0 to West Germany, 2–1 to Spain and 2–0 to Argentina. [ 20 ]

1992–1996 : the Roy Hodgson earned run average [edit ]

In 1992, Switzerland appointed English coach Roy Hodgson as head bus of the home team ; and at the time of his date, the Swiss had not qualified for any major tournament since 1966. [ 21 ] Under his guidance, Switzerland rose to 3rd in the FIFA World Ranking in August 1993, which still remains their highest FIFA ranking to this day. [ 22 ] Hodgson led Switzerland to the 1994 FIFA World Cup, losing good one bet on during qualifying, in a group that included Italy, and much fancy Portugal, and Scotland. [ citation needed ] The swiss won their home tie with Italy, and in the away game, took a 2–0 spark advance before being pegged back to a 2–2 draw, and besides took four points from Scotland, winning 3–1 at dwelling and drawing 1–1 aside. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] [ 25 ] Against the Portuguese, Switzerland drew 1–1 at home and lost 1–0 in the away repair in Porto, their only kill of the qualifying campaign. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] Their opening match against the United States, on 18 June 1994, was played indoors ; in the Pontiac Silverdome, and the two teams drew 1–1 in the opening match of the 1994 FIFA World Cup. [ 28 ] In the following match, they won 4–1 over Romania, and in their final game against Colombia, lost 2–0. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] Nevertheless, Switzerland distillery qualified from the group, but were knocked out by Spain, losing 3–0. [ 31 ]

2000–2008 : the Köbi Kuhn earned run average [edit ]

Switzerland failed to qualify for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, hosted in France, as they finished 4th in their modification group, winning three games ; 3–2 against Finland, 1–0 against Hungary and 5–0 against Azerbaijan, drawing one game against Hungary ( 1–1 ), and losing three games ; 1–0 against Azerbaijan and losing both games against Norway, losing 1–0 at home and 5–0 away. [ 32 ] At UEFA Euro 1996, Switzerland once again well qualified for the tournament finals hosted in England, as they topped their qualify group, losing just once ; which was a 1–2 kill to Turkey. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] They were drawn in Group A, but their tournament was disappointing overall ; as they finished bottom of the group. [ 35 ] Their opening couple was against hosts England, and the two sides drew 1–1. [ 36 ] In their second peer, they lost 2–0 to the Netherlands, and in their final group game, lost 1–0 to Scotland. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] In qualifying for UEFA Euro 2004, Switzerland finished top of a group that featured Russia, the Republic of Ireland, Albania and Georgia. [ 39 ] The swiss finished with 21 points and qualified for the finals in Portugal ; where they were drawn in Group B with defending champions France, England and Croatia. They began the tournament with 0–0 draw with Croatia before succumbing to a 3–0 kill to England in the following match. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] They lost their final peer against France ; losing 3–1 and finishing bottom of the group. [ 42 ] [ 43 ] Their only goal of the integral tournament was scored by Johan Vonlanthen, who became the youngest always goalscorer at the Euros when he scored the equalizing goal against France ; surpassing the former phonograph record set entirely four days sooner by Wayne Rooney by three months. [ 44 ] The Swiss managed to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, overcoming Turkey by aside goal govern in Istanbul, the area ‘s first World Cup since 1994. [ 45 ] In the tournament, Switzerland was drawn in Group G with early earth champions France, 2002 World Cup ‘s fourth-place closer South Korea and debutant Togo. In the first meeting against France, Switzerland bravely held the mighty France of Zinedine Zidane 0–0, [ 46 ] before overcoming the togolese 2–0 in the second equal, tied with the South Koreans four points, however the Swiss were inferior to the Koreans by number of goal scored, meaning that the last game a must-win. [ 47 ] The swiss then managed to beat South Korea 2–0 in the final match, occupying the first gear place in their group and besides knocking the Asians out of the tournament. [ 48 ] In the turn of sixteen, Switzerland faced Ukraine, but lost on penalty gunfight in a match that has been criticized as the “ bad game ” in World Cup history. [ 49 ] even, Switzerland was the lone team to be eliminated without conceding a individual goal. Switzerland, along with Austria, were chosen as co-hosts of UEFA Euro 2008. [ 50 ] Switzerland were drawn in Group A with Portugal, Turkey and the Czech Republic. [ 6 ] Their hatchway equal was a 1–0 personnel casualty to the Czech Republic, followed by a 1–2 frustration to Turkey. [ 51 ] [ 7 ] Their one-third equal was against Portugal, with Switzerland winning 2–0 to ensure that Portugal would top their group with a get the better of. [ 52 ]

2008–2014 : the Ottmar Hitzfeld era [edit ]

In their beginning match at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the team defeated eventual champions Spain 1–0 with a goal by Gelson Fernandes, but they were still eliminated in the group stage. [ 53 ] In the second catch, a goal scored by Mark González in the 75th minute of the game against Chile ended a 559-minute streak without conceding a goal in World Cup matches, beating the record previously held by Italy by nine minutes. [ 54 ] [ 55 ] [ 56 ] Switzerland did not advance further than the group after a 0–0 draw with Honduras in the third base and final examination group equal. [ 57 ]
Switzerland did not qualify for UEFA Euro 2012 ; missing out on the tournament for the first time in a ten, as they finished third in the qualify group, a group featuring England, Montenegro, Wales and Bulgaria. [ 59 ] Switzerland ‘s initial beginning in qualify was overall poor ; losing 1–3 to England in the foremost plot played, in which Xherdan Shaqiri scored his first goal for the national team, followed by a 1–0 defeat to Montenegro. [ 60 ] [ 61 ] Switzerland then recorded a 4–1 win over Wales before back-to-back draw against Bulgaria ( 0–0 ) and England ( 2–2 ). [ 62 ] [ 63 ] [ 64 ] Switzerland ‘s hopes of qualifying were restored with a 3–1 winnings over Bulgaria, with a hat-trick from Xherdan Shaqiri. [ 65 ] however, following a 2–0 loss to Wales ( in which Reto Ziegler earned a loss batting order ) and Montenegro ‘s surprise last-minute equalizer against England in a 2–2 draw, Switzerland ‘s hopes of qualifying were mathematically made impossible. [ 66 ] [ 67 ] In the final game, Switzerland earned redemption against Montenegro as they came out with a 2–0 gain. [ 68 ] Switzerland ‘s top goalscorer during the passing time period was Xherdan Shaqiri, with 4 goals. [ 69 ] At the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, Switzerland were drawn to play France, Honduras and Ecuador in the group degree. [ 70 ] They advanced to the round of sixteen with a 3–0 win over Honduras, with a hat-trick from Xherdan Shaqiri. In the hard match against Argentina, they lost 1–0, conceding to Ángel Di María in the 118th minute. [ 71 ] [ 72 ]

2016–2021 : the Vladimir Petković era [edit ]

At Euro 2016, Switzerland were selected to play in Group A of the tournament ; aboard hosts France, Albania and Romania. [ citation needed ] In the first game, Switzerland won 1–0 over Albania, with the only goal being scored by fabian Schär in the fifth hour of the bet on. [ 73 ] The next equal was a 1–1 describe with Romania, with Switzerland initially conceding from a penalty but equalizing in the second half following a goal from Admir Mehmedi. [ 74 ] The final group game was against France, drawing 0–0. however, the game diffuse notoriety for respective swiss players ‘ jerseys being ripped during challenges with the french players, and besides for the ball break during a challenge between Antoine Griezmann and Valon Behrami when they both converged on the ball, with the game besides attracting attention for its poor surface, which was criticized by both coaches and players of the two teams ; after the game, Switzerland ‘s kit out manufacturer had blamed “ defective material ” for the incidents regarding the new jersey being ripped. [ 75 ] [ 76 ] [ 77 ] Switzerland, due to the draw, finished irregular in the group to set up a tie against Poland in the polish of sixteen ; initially the swiss conceded but managed to find a belated counterweight from Xherdan Shaqiri, who scored a bicycle-kick to send the game into extra-time, but the Swiss were knocked out as Granit Xhaka had missed the second penalty during the penalty gunfight, as all other players managed to convert their penalties, with Poland winning 5–4 on penalties to go through and knock out the swiss. [ 78 ] [ 79 ] [ 80 ] In qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Switzerland were drawn with Portugal, Hungary, Faroe Islands, Latvia and Andorra. [ 81 ] The Swiss began their passing group with a traumatize 2–0 succeed over european champions Portugal, who had won the tournament less than two months prior to playing with them on 6 September. [ 82 ] Afterwards, they beat hungary 2–3, Andorra 2–1, Faroe Islands 2–0, Latvia 1–0 in the first five games, leading the group on maximum points. [ 83 ] [ 84 ] [ 85 ] [ 86 ] In the change by reversal fixtures, they beat Faroe Islands 2–0, Andorra 3–0, Latvia 3–0 and Hungary 5–2, [ 87 ] [ 88 ] [ 89 ] [ 90 ] before facing Portugal in the final examination group game, where they lost 2–0, [ 91 ] meaning they would have to play in the play-offs ; where they were ranked as the best second-placed team, [ 81 ] [ 92 ] and were drawn to play Northern Ireland. In the first leg, played on 9 November, they won 1–0 through a controversial penalty scored by Ricardo Rodríguez, and three days late played in the second leg, drawing 0–0 and advancing to the World Cup finals in Russia with a 1–0 aggregate succeed. [ 93 ] [ 94 ] [ 95 ] Before the World Cup, Switzerland were ranked 6th in the universe rank, even ranking higher than eventual World Cup winners France. [ 96 ]
[97] The Switzerland national team line-up before the game against Sweden, on 3 July 2018, in Saint Petersburg At the World Cup, Switzerland were drawn to play Brazil, Serbia and Costa Rica in Group E. [ 98 ] They began their campaign with a 1–1 draw with Brazil, [ 99 ] before beating Serbia 2–1 through a former victorious goal from Xherdan Shaqiri. [ 100 ] The game with Serbia sparked controversy for the celebrations performed by goalscorers Xherdan Shaqiri and Granit Xhaka ( both ethnic Albanians ), along with Stephan Lichtsteiner as the trio performed a celebration where they crossed their hands to depict a double-headed eagle, the official emblem of Albania, considered by many as an albanian nationalist symbol, however, they were not banned by FIFA for this. [ 101 ] [ 102 ] [ 103 ] [ 104 ] Their concluding group bet on was with Costa Rica ; which they drew 2–2, with Blerim Džemaili and Josip Drmić score ; thus finishing moment in the group. [ 105 ] They were drawn to play Sweden in the round of sixteen ; a regular they lost 1–0, getting knocked out of the tournament. [ 106 ] On 23 January 2018, Switzerland were selected to play in the inauguration edition of the UEFA Nations League ; a tournament contested by all UEFA member ‘s national teams, being drawn to play in League A, in Group 2, against Belgium and Iceland. [ 107 ] [ 108 ] At Euro 2020, Switzerland finished third in Group A which had Italy, Wales and Turkey ; however, they managed to qualify to the future rung as one of the best third-placed teams. In the round off of 16, they defeated World Cup champions France on penalties, after finishing a 3–3 draw and overcoming from a 1–3 irregular half deficit, to have their first gear knockout phase win in a major tournament since the 1938 FIFA World Cup. [ 109 ] [ 110 ] In the subsequent quarter-final game against Spain, they once again took the game to penalties, after trailing 1–0. however, after converting entirely one of their four penalties, they exited the tournament at this stage. [ 111 ]

team picture [edit ]

Kit [edit ]

The Switzerland national team ‘s traditional home kit is red shirts, white shorts and crimson socks, with the away kit being reversion with white shirts, red shorts and white socks, although the colours of the shorts and socks are exchangeable if there is a minor clash. Switzerland, ever since being established in 1895, have constantly had the same color code, as tradition and court to the national color which are derived from the swiss flag. The current kit manufacturer is Puma, who have made their kits since 1998 .

Results and fixtures [edit ]

recent results and future matches. [ 112 ] Blue background color indicates competitive matches .

Coaching staff [edit ]

Coaching history [edit ]

Players [edit ]

current police squad [edit ]

The watch players were called up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Italy and Bulgaria on 12 and 15 November 2021, respectively.
Caps and goals updated as of 15 November 2021, after the match against Bulgaria.

late call-ups [edit ]

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

musician records [edit ]

As of 15 November 2021[113]

Players in bold are still active with Switzerland.

competitive record [edit ]

Switzerland has even to win a major international trophy, and the best resultant role they have achieved therefore army for the liberation of rwanda is the quarter-finals of the World Cup on three occasions, in 1934, 1938 and 1954, and they besides reached the quarterfinals of UEFA Euro 2020. They besides earned a silver decoration at the 1924 Olympic Games, held in Paris, where they lost 3–0 to Uruguay in the final examination. [ 114 ] The swiss youth teams have been more successful ; as the U-17 squad won the 2002 UEFA U-17 Euro and the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup, while the U-21 police squad qualified for the semi-finals of the 2002 UEFA U-21 Euro, and were finalists of the 2011 UEFA U-21 Euro. [ 115 ] [ 116 ] [ 117 ] [ 118 ]