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Switzerland
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Nati
AssociationSwiss Football Association
Head coachJakob Kuhn, 2001-
Most capsHeinz Hermann (117)
Top scorerMax Abegglen,
Kubilay Türkyilmaz (34)
First colours
Second colours
First international
France France 1 - 0 Switzerland Switzerland
(Paris, France; 12 February, 1905)
Biggest win
Switzerland Switzerland 7 - 0 San Marino San Marino
(St. Gallen, Switzerland; 5 June, 1991)
Biggest defeat
Switzerland Switzerland 0 - 9 England England
(Basel, Switzerland; 20 May, 1909)
Hungary Hungary 9 - 0 Switzerland Switzerland
(Budapest, Hungary; 29 October, 1911)
World Cup
Appearances8 (first in 1934)
Best resultQuarterfinals, 1934, 1938, 1954
European Championship
Appearances2 (first in 1996)
Best resultRound 1, 1996 and 2004
Olympic medal record
Men’s Football
Silver medal – second place 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.


World Cup record

World Cup 2006 group matches

  • 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)

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

2006 World Cup squad

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Pascal Zuberbühler 8 January 1971 41 Switzerland FC Basel
2 2DF Johan Djourou 18 January 1987 3 England Arsenal
3 2DF Ludovic Magnin 20 April 1979 31 Germany VfB Stuttgart
4 2DF Philippe Senderos 14 February 1985 13 England Arsenal
5 3MF Xavier Margairaz 17 January 1984 4 Switzerland FC Zürich
6 3MF Johann Vogel (Captain) 8 March 1977 86 Italy A.C. Milan
7 3MF Ricardo Cabanas 17 January 1979 38 Germany 1. FC Köln
8 3MF Raphaël Wicky 26 April 1977 68 Germany Hamburg
9 4FW Alexander Frei 15 July 1979 46 France Rennes
10 3MF Daniel Gygax 28 August 1981 23 France Lille
11 4FW Marco Streller 18 June 1981 11 Germany VfB Stuttgart
12 1GK Diego Benaglio 8 July 1983 1 Portugal Nacional
13 2DF Stéphane Grichting 30 March 1979 6 France Auxerre
14 3MF David Degen 15 February 1983 3 Switzerland FC Basel
15 3MF Blerim Dzemaili 12 April 1986 3 Switzerland FC Zürich
16 3MF Tranquillo Barnetta 22 May 1985 14 Germany Bayer Leverkusen
17 2DF Christoph Spycher 30 March 1978 21 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
18 4FW Mauro Lustrinelli 26 February 1976 5 Czech Republic Sparta Prague
19 3MF Valon Behrami 19 April 1985 6 Italy Lazio
20 2DF Patrick Müller 17 December 1976 65 Switzerland FC Basel
21 1GK Fabio Coltorti 3 December 1980 2 Switzerland Grasshoppers
22 4FW Hakan Yakin 22 February 1977 46 Switzerland Young Boys
23 2DF Philipp Degen 15 February 1983 16 Germany Borussia Dortmund

*Note : After Johan Vonlanthen's injury during Switzerland's WC2006 warm-up training camp, coach Jakob Kuhn has called Hakan Yakin to replace him.

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