Switzerland

Nickname(s)	Schweizer Nati
Association	Swiss Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Ottmar Hitzfeld, (2008-)
Captain	Alexander Frei
Most caps	Heinz Hermann (117)
Top scorer	Alexander Frei (35)
FIFA code	SUI
FIFA ranking	44
Highest FIFA ranking	3 (August 1993)
Lowest FIFA ranking	83 (December 1998)
Elo ranking	24
Highest Elo ranking	8 (June 1924)
Lowest Elo ranking	62 (October 1979)
Home colours Away colours
First international
France 1 - 0 Switzerland (Paris, France; 12 February 1905)
Biggest win
Switzerland 9 - 0 Lithuania (Paris, France; 25 May 1924
Biggest defeat
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	3 (First in 1996)
Best result	Round 1, 1996, 2004 and 2008

Olympic medal record
Men’s Football
Silver	1924 Paris	Team

The Swiss national football team (also known as the Schweizer Nati in German, La Nati in French) 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 three times, 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, losing to Ukraine in a penalty shootout in the last 16, by failing to score a single penalty - becoming the first national team in Cup history to do this. ^[1]

Switzerland co-hosted Euro 2008 with Austria, making their third appearance in the competition. As with the two previous appearances, they did not clear the group stages.

World Cup record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1934	Quarter-finals	7/16	2	1	0	1	5	5
1938	Quarter-finals	7/15	3	1	1	1	4	6
1950	Round 1	6/13	3	1	1	1	4	6
1954	Quarter-finals	8/16	4	2	0	4	11	11
1958	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1962	Round 1	16/16	3	0	0	3	2	8
1966	Round 1	16/16	3	0	0	3	1	9
1970	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Round 2	16/24	4	1	1	2	5	7
1998	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Round 2	10/32	4	2	2	0	4	0
Total	8/18		26	8	5	13	37	51

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

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)

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

European Championship record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1960	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1968	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1980	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Round 1	3	0	1	2	1	4
2000	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Round 1	3	0	1	2	1	6
2008	Round 1	3	1	0	2	3	3
2012		-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	3/13	9	1	2	6	5	13

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Tournament Participation

So far the Swiss have earned no major trophy. The closest they have come was the quarter finals of the World Cup on three occasions (1934,1938,1954). They gained a silver medal in the 1924 Olympic games in Paris. The U-17-squad became 2002 European champions, with a 4:2 win after a penalty shootout against France (see U-17-EM 2002). Beyond that Switzerland qualified for the semi-final of the U-21-Euro 2002 and the U-21-Euro 2004 in each case.

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.

Players

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club Goalkeepers 1 GK Diego Benaglio September 8, 1983 (1983-09-08) (age 24) 14 0 VfL Wolfsburg 21 GK Eldin Jakupović October 2, 1984 (1984-10-02) (age 23) 0 0 Grasshopper-Club Zürich Defense 3 DF Ludovic Magnin April 20, 1979 (1979-04-20) (age 29) 53 3 VfB Stuttgart 4 DF Philippe Senderos February 14, 1985 (1985-02-14) (age 23) 31 3 Arsenal 5 DF Stephan Lichtsteiner January 16, 1984 (1984-01-16) (age 24) 15 0 Lazio 13 DF Stéphane Grichting May 30, 1979 (1979-05-30) (age 29) 19 0 AJ Auxerre 17 DF Christoph Spycher March 30, 1978 (1978-03-30) (age 30) 39 0 Eintracht Frankfurt 25 DF Steve von Bergen June 10, 1983 (1983-06-10) (age 25) 5 0 Hertha BSC Berlin 26 DF Alain Nef February 6, 1982 (1982-02-06) (age 26) 0 0 Udinese Midfield 6 MF Benjamin Huggel July 7, 1977 (1977-07-07) (age 31) 25 0 FC Basel 8 MF Gökhan Inler June 27, 1984 (1984-06-27) (age 24) 20 1 Udinese 10 MF Hakan Yakın February 22, 1977 (1977-02-22) (age 31) 69 18 Al-Gharafa 15 MF Gelson Fernandes September 2, 1986 (1986-09-02) (age 21) 11 0 Manchester City 16 MF Tranquillo Barnetta May 22, 1985 (1985-05-22) (age 23) 35 6 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 19 MF Valon Behrami April 19, 1985 (1985-04-19) (age 23) 19 2 West Ham United 22 MF Johan Vonlanthen February 1, 1986 (1986-02-01) (age 22) 33 6 Red Bull Salzburg 27 MF Sandro Burki September 16, 1985 (1985-09-16) (age 22) 0 0 FC Aarau 28 MF Valentin Stocker April 12, 1989 (1989-04-12) (age 19) 0 0 FC Basel 29 MF Almen Abdi October 21, 1986 (1986-10-21) (age 21) 0 0 FC Zurich Forward 9 FW Alexander Frei July 15, 1979 (1979-07-15) (age 29) 60 35 Borussia Dortmund 12 FW Eren Derdiyok June 12, 1988 (1988-06-12) (age 20) 6 1 FC Basel 30 FW Blaise Kufo May 25, 1975 (1975-05-25) (age 33) 15 2 FC Twente

Coaches

• Karl Rappan 1960 to November 11, 1963
• Alfredo Foni - July 1, 1964 to 3 May 1967
• Erwin Ballabio - May 24, 1967 to November 2, 1969
• Louis Maurer - October 17, 1970 to October 10, 1971
• René Hussy - June 22, 1973 to September 8, 1976
• Roger Vonlanthen - March 30, 1977 to March 28, 1979
• Leo Walker - May 5, 1979 to December 21, 1980
• Paul Wolfisberg - March 24, 1981 to November 10, 1985
• Daniel Jeandupeux - March 12, 1986 to 26 April 1989
• Uli Stielike - June 21, 1989 to November 13, 1991
• Roy Hodgson - January 26, 1992 to November 15, 1995
• Artur Jorge - March 13, 1996 to June 18, 1996
• Rolf Fringer - August 1, 1996 to October 11, 1997
• Gilbert Gress - March 25, 1998 to October 9, 1999
• Enzo Trossero - August 16, 2000 to June 6, 2001
• Jakob "Köbi" Kuhn - August 15, 2001 - June 30, 2008
• Ottmar Hitzfeld - July 1, 2008 -

Players

Notes

External links

• Official website
• Switzerland 2008/2009 Football Kits
• www.Hattrick.ch
• RSSSF archive of results 1905-
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
• RSSSF archive of coaches 1905-

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