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Switzerland

Nickname(s)	A-Team Nati (National Team) Rossocrociati (Red Crosses)
Association	Swiss Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Vladimir Petković
Captain	Stephan Lichtsteiner
Most caps	Heinz Hermann (118)[1]
Top scorer	Alexander Frei (42)
FIFA code	SUI
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	8 (20 December 2018)[2]
Highest	3 (August 1993)
Lowest	83 (December 1998)
Elo ranking
Current	12 1 (28 December 2018)[3]
Highest	8 (June 2018)
Lowest	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, 1954)
European Championship
Appearances	4 (first in 1996)
Best result	Round of 16 (2016)

Olympic medal record
Olympic Games
	1924 Paris	Team

The Switzerland national football team is the national football team of Switzerland. The team is controlled by the Swiss Football Association.

Switzerland's best ever performance at the FIFA World Cup are three quarter-final appearances, in 1934, 1938 and 1954. They hosted the competition in 1954, where they played with Austria in the quarter-final match, losing 7–5, which today still stands as the highest scoring ever World Cup match.^[4] At the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Switzerland set a FIFA World Cup record by being eliminated from the tournament despite not conceding a single goal, being eliminated by Ukraine in a penalty shootout in the round of sixteen; failing to score a single penalty, thus becoming the first nation to do so.^[5] They didn't concede a goal until a match against Chile at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, conceding in the 75th minute; setting a World Cup finals record for consecutive minutes without conceding a goal.^[6]

Switzerland and Austria were the co-hosts of UEFA Euro 2008, where the Swiss made their third appearance in the competition, but didn't progress from the group stage for the third time.^[7][8]

Overall, Switzerland's best ever result at an official football competition was the silver medal they earned in 1924, after losing to Uruguay 3–0 in the final of the 1924 Olympic Games.^[9]

History

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1924–1966: Early years, host nation

At the 1924 Paris Olympic Games, Switzerland finished with a silver medal after losing to Uruguay in the final, losing 3–0.^[10] 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.^[11][12] 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.^[13][14][15] 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 third in their group.^[16] On 22 July 1946, Switzerland was awarded the right to host the 1954 FIFA World Cup unopposed, in Luxembourg City.^[17] At the World Cup, Switzerland finished second in their group behind England; beating Italy and losing to England,^[18] but qualified for the quarter-finals after beating Italy in a group play-off.^[19] They were knocked out of the tournament after losing 7–5 to Austria.^[20] 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.^[21] A similar results came at the 1966 World Cup, where Switzerland again finished bottom of the group and lost all three games, losing 5–0 to West Germany, 2–1 to Spain and 2–0 to Argentina.^[22]

1992–1996: "Roy Hodgson" era

In 1992, Switzerland appointed English manager Roy Hodgson as head coach of the national team; and at the time of his appointment, the Swiss had not qualified for any major tournament since 1966.^[23] 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.^[24] Hodgson lead Switzerland to the 1994 FIFA World Cup, losing just one game during qualifying, in a group that included Italy, and much fancied Portugal and Scotland.^[25] The Swiss won their home tie with Italy, and in the away game, took a 2–0 lead before being pegged back to a 2–2 draw, and also took four points from Scotland, winning 3–1 at home and drawing 1–1 away.^[26][27][28] Against the Portuguese, Switzerland drew 1–1 at home and lost 1–0 in the away fixture in Porto, their only defeat of the qualifying campaign.^[29][30] 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.^[31] In the next match, they won 4–1 over Romania, and in their final game against Colombia, lost 2–0.^[32][33] Nevertheless, Switzerland still qualified from the group, but were knocked out by Spain, losing 3–0.^[34]

2000–2008: "Köbi Kuhn" era

Switzerland failed to qualify for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, hosted in France, as they finished 4th in their qualifying 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.^[35]

At UEFA Euro 1996, Switzerland once again easily qualified for the tournament finals hosted in England, as they topped their qualifying group, losing just once; which was a 1–2 defeat to Turkey.^[36][37] They were drawn in Group A, but their tournament was disappointing overall; as they finished bottom of the group.^[38] Their opening match was against hosts England, and the two sides drew 1–1.^[39] In their second match, they lost 2–0 to the Netherlands, and in their final group game, lost 1–0 to Scotland.^[40][41] In qualifying for UEFA Euro 2004, Switzerland finished top of a group that featured Russia, the Republic of Ireland, Albania and Georgia.^[42] 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 defeat to England in the next match.^[43][44] They lost their final match against France; losing 3–1 and finishing bottom of the group.^[45][46] Their only goal of the entire tournament was scored by Johan Vonlanthen, who became the youngest ever goalscorer at the Euros when he scored the equalizing goal against France; surpassing the previous record set only four days earlier by Wayne Rooney by three months.^[47]

Switzerland, along with Austria, were chosen as co-hosts of UEFA Euro 2008.^[48] Switzerland were drawn in Group A with Portugal, Turkey and the Czech Republic.^[49] Their opening match was a 1–0 loss to the Czech Republic, followed by a 1–2 defeat to Turkey.^[50][51] Their third match was against Portugal, with Switzerland winning 2–0 to ensure that Portugal would top their group with a defeat.^[52]

2008–2014: "Hitzfeld" era

In their first 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 match, 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 and final group match.^[57]

Switzerland did not qualify for UEFA Euro 2012; missing out on the tournament for the first time in a decade, as they finished third in the qualifying group, a group featuring England, Montenegro, Wales and Bulgaria.^[59] Switzerland's initial start in qualifying was overall poor; losing 1–3 to England in the first game 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 consecutive draws against Bulgaria (0–0) and England (2–2).^[62][63][64] Switzerland's hopes of qualifying were restored with a 3–1 win over Bulgaria, with a hat-trick from Xherdan Shaqiri.^[65] However, following a 2–0 loss to Wales (in which Reto Ziegler earned a red card) and Montenegro's surprising 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 win.^[68] Switzerland's top goalscorer during the qualifying 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 stage.^[70] They advanced to the round of sixteen with a 3–0 win over Honduras, with a hat-trick from Xherdan Shaqiri. In the knockout match against Argentina, they lost 1–0, conceding to Ángel Di María in the 118th minute.^[71][72]

2016–present: Recent history

At Euro 2016, Switzerland were selected to play in Group A of the tournament; alongside hosts France, Albania and Romania.^[73] In the first game, Switzerland won 1–0 over Albania, with the only goal being scored by Fabian Schär in the 5th minute of the game.^[74] The next match was a 1–1 draw with Romania, with Switzerland initially conceding from a penalty but equalizing in the second half following a goal from Admir Mehmedi.^[75] The final group game was against France, drawing 0–0. However, the game spread notoriety for several Swiss players' jerseys being ripped during challenges with the French players, and also for the ball bursting during a challenge between Antoine Griezmann and Valon Behrami when they both converged on the ball, with the game also attracting attention for its poor surface, which was criticized by both coaches and players of the two teams; after the game, Switzerland's kit manufacturer had blamed "faulty material" for the incidents regarding the jerseys being ripped.^{[76][77][78][79]} Switzerland, due to the draw, finished second in the group to set up a tie against Poland in the round of sixteen; initially the Swiss conceded but managed to find a late equalizer 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 shootout, as all other players managed to convert their penalties, with Poland winning 5–4 on penalties to go through and knock out the Swiss.^[80][81][82]

In qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Switzerland were drawn with Portugal, Hungary, Faroe Islands, Latvia and Andorra.^[83] The Swiss began their qualifying group with a shock 2–0 win over European champions Portugal, who had won the tournament less than two months prior to playing with them on 6 September.^[84] 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.^{[85][86][87][88]} In the reverse fixtures, they beat Faroe Islands 2–0, Andorra 3–0, Latvia 3–0 and Hungary 5–2,^{[89][90][91][92]} before facing Portugal in the final group game, where they lost 2–0,^[93] meaning they would have to play in the play-offs; where they were ranked as the best second-placed team,^[94][95] 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 later played in the second leg, drawing 0–0 and advancing to the World Cup finals in Russia with a 1–0 aggregate win.^[96][97][98] Before the World Cup, Switzerland were ranked 6th in the world ranking, even ranking higher than eventual World Cup winners France.^[99]

At the World Cup, Switzerland were drawn to play Brazil, Serbia and Costa Rica in Group E.^[101] They began their campaign with a 1–1 draw with Brazil,^[102] before beating Serbia 2–1 through a late winning goal from Xherdan Shaqiri.^[103] 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.^{[104][105][106][107]} Their final group game was with Costa Rica; which they drew 2–2, with Blerim Džemaili and Josip Drmić scoring; thus finishing second in the group.^[108] They were drawn to play Sweden in the round of sixteen; a fixture they lost 1–0, getting knocked out of the tournament.^[109]

On 23 January 2018, Switzerland were selected to play in the inaugural 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.^[110][111]

Competitive record

Switzerland is yet to win a major international trophy, and the best result they have achieved thus far is the quarter-finals of the World Cup on three separate occasions, in 1934, 1938 and 1954, and they earned a silver medal at the 1924 Olympic Games, held in Paris, where they lost 3–0 to Uruguay in the final.^[112] 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 squad qualified for the semi-finals of the 2002 UEFA U-21 Euro, and were finalists of the 2011 UEFA U-21 Euro.^{[113][114][115][116]}

World Cup record

Switzerland's record at FIFA World Cups.^[117]

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									To be determined
2026
Total	Quarter-finals	11/21	37	12	8	17	50	64		132	63	34	35	205	148

European Championship record

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	To be determined									To be determined
2024
Total	Round of 16	4/15	13	2	5	6	8	15	92	39	22	31	153	116

UEFA Nations League record

UEFA Championship record
Year**	Division	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2018–19	A	Semifinals	Top 4	4	3	0	1	14	5
Total		—	1/1	4	3	0	1	14	5

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

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

FIFA Confederations Cup record

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1992	Did not enter
1995	Did not qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2009
2013
2017
2021	To be determined
Total		0/10

Previous squads

Team image

Kit

The Switzerland national team's traditional home kit is red shirts, white shorts and red socks, with the away kit being reverse with white shirts, red shorts and white socks, although the colours of the shorts and socks are interchangeable if there is a minor clash. Switzerland, ever since being established in 1895, have always had the same colour code, as tradition and homage to the national colours which are derived from the Swiss flag. The current kit manufacturer is Nike.

Kit sponsorship

Kit supplier	Duration
Adidas	1976–1989
Blacky	1990–1992
Lotto	1992–1998
Puma	1998–2019
Nike	2019–

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Vladimir Petković
Assistant Coach	Antonio Manicone
Goalkeeping Coach	Patrick Foletti
Goalkeeping Coach	Swen König
Fitness Coach	Oliver Riedwyl

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the Switzerland squad for the fixtures against Qatar and Belgium on 14 and 18 November 2018.

Caps and goals updated on 18 November 2018 after the match against Belgium.

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No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Yann Sommer	(1988-12-17) 17 December 1988 (age 30)	43	0	Borussia Mönchengladbach
12	1GK	Yvon Mvogo	(1994-06-06) 6 June 1994 (age 24)	2	0	RB Leipzig
21	1GK	Jonas Omlin	(1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 (age 24)	0	0	Basel
	2DF	Stephan Lichtsteiner	(1984-01-16) 16 January 1984 (age 34)	104	8	Arsenal
13	2DF	Ricardo Rodríguez	(1992-08-25) 25 August 1992 (age 26)	61	6	Milan
	2DF	Fabian Schär	(1991-12-20) 20 December 1991 (age 27)	47	7	Newcastle United
6	2DF	Michael Lang	(1991-02-08) 8 February 1991 (age 27)	30	3	Borussia Mönchengladbach
3	2DF	François Moubandje	(1990-06-21) 21 June 1990 (age 28)	21	0	Toulouse
20	2DF	Timm Klose	(1988-05-09) 9 May 1988 (age 30)	17	0	Norwich City
4	2DF	Nico Elvedi	(1996-09-30) 30 September 1996 (age 22)	9	1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
2	2DF	Kevin Mbabu	(1995-04-19) 19 April 1995 (age 23)	3	0	Young Boys
22	2DF	Loris Benito	(1992-01-07) 7 January 1992 (age 26)	2	0	Young Boys
5	2DF	Léo Lacroix	(1992-02-27) 27 February 1992 (age 26)	1	0	Hamburg
23	3MF	Xherdan Shaqiri	(1991-10-10) 10 October 1991 (age 27)	80	22	Liverpool
10	3MF	Granit Xhaka	(1992-09-27) 27 September 1992 (age 26)	72	10	Arsenal
14	3MF	Steven Zuber	(1991-08-17) 17 August 1991 (age 27)	21	5	1899 Hoffenheim
17	3MF	Denis Zakaria	(1996-11-20) 20 November 1996 (age 22)	18	1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
8	3MF	Remo Freuler	(1992-04-15) 15 April 1992 (age 26)	14	0	Atalanta
11	3MF	Edimilson Fernandes	(1996-04-15) 15 April 1996 (age 22)	8	0	Fiorentina
15	3MF	Christian Fassnacht	(1993-11-11) 11 November 1993 (age 25)	3	0	Young Boys
18	3MF	Djibril Sow	(1997-02-06) 6 February 1997 (age 21)	2	0	Young Boys
9	4FW	Haris Seferović	(1992-02-22) 22 February 1992 (age 26)	59	17	Benfica
19	4FW	Mario Gavranović	(1989-11-24) 24 November 1989 (age 29)	20	6	Dinamo Zagreb
16	4FW	Albian Ajeti	(1997-02-26) 26 February 1997 (age 21)	5	1	Basel
7	4FW	Dimitri Oberlin	(1997-09-27) 27 September 1997 (age 21)	1	0	Basel

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months and are still available for a call up.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Roman Bürki	(1990-11-14) 14 November 1990 (age 28)	9	0	Borussia Dortmund	v.  Qatar, 14 November 2018INJ
GK	David von Ballmoos	(1994-12-30) 30 December 1994 (age 24)	0	0	Young Boys	v.  Iceland, 15 October 2018
GK	Gregor Kobel	(1997-12-06) 6 December 1997 (age 21)	0	0	1899 Hoffenheim	v.  England, 11 September 2018
GK	Marwin Hitz	(1987-09-18) 18 September 1987 (age 31)	2	0	Borussia Dortmund	v.  Panama, 27 March 2018
DF	Manuel Akanji	(1995-07-19) 19 July 1995 (age 23)	13	0	Borussia Dortmund	v.  Qatar, 14 November 2018INJ
DF	Florent Hadergjonaj	(1994-07-31) 31 July 1994 (age 24)	1	0	Huddersfield Town	v.  Iceland, 15 October 2018
DF	Johan Djourou	(1987-01-18) 18 January 1987 (age 31)	76	2	SPAL	v.  England, 11 September 2018INJ
DF	Silvan Widmer	(1993-03-05) 5 March 1993 (age 25)	9	0	Basel	v.  England, 11 September 2018
MF	Renato Steffen	(1991-11-03) 3 November 1991 (age 27)	5	0	Wolfsburg	v.  Iceland, 15 October 2018
MF	Blerim Džemaili	(1986-04-12) 12 April 1986 (age 32)	69	10	Bologna	v.  Sweden, 3 July 2018
MF	Fabian Frei	(1989-01-08) 8 January 1989 (age 29)	14	3	Basel	2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
MF	Luca Zuffi	(1990-03-27) 27 March 1990 (age 28)	4	0	Basel	2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
FW	Breel Embolo	(1997-02-14) 14 February 1997 (age 21)	30	3	Schalke 04	v.  Qatar, 14 November 2018INJ
FW	Admir Mehmedi	(1991-03-16) 16 March 1991 (age 27)	60	8	VfL Wolfsburg	v.  England, 11 September 2018INJ
FW	Josip Drmić	(1992-08-08) 8 August 1992 (age 26)	32	10	Borussia Mönchengladbach	v.  Sweden, 3 July 2018
FW	Eren Derdiyok	(1988-06-12) 12 June 1988 (age 30)	60	11	Galatasaray	2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. RET Retired from international football. PRE Preliminary squad.

Most appearances and goals

Most number of appearances and goals for the Swiss national team. Players in bold are still playing for the national team. Last updated after the match against Iceland, 15 October 2018.^[118]

Managers

Nat	Name	Record
		Period	G	W	D	L	%
	Vladimir Petković	01.08.2014 – present	7001420000000000000♠42	7001260000000000000♠26	7000700000000000000♠7	7000900000000000000♠9	07001619000000000000♠61.90
	Ottmar Hitzfeld	01.07.2008 – 01.07.2014	7001610000000000000♠61	7001300000000000000♠30	7001180000000000000♠18	7001130000000000000♠13	07001491800000000000♠49.18
	Jakob "Köbi" Kuhn	11.09.2001 – 30.06.2008	7001700000000000000♠70	7001300000000000000♠30	7001160000000000000♠16	7001240000000000000♠24	07001428600000000000♠42.86
	Enzo Trossero	14.07.2000 – 08.06.2001	7000800000000000000♠8	7000300000000000000♠3	7000300000000000000♠3	7000200000000000000♠2	07001375000000000000♠37.50
	Hans-Peter Zaugg	19.02.2000 – 26.04.2000	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	!—
	Gilbert Gress	01.07.1998 – 31.12.1999	7001120000000000000♠12	7000400000000000000♠4	7000300000000000000♠3	7000500000000000000♠5	07001333300000000000♠33.33
	Rolf Fringer	15.08.1996 – 14.10.1997	7000900000000000000♠9	7000300000000000000♠3	7000100000000000000♠1	7000500000000000000♠5	07001333300000000000♠33.33
	Artur Jorge	13.03.1996 – 18.06.1996	7000400000000000000♠4	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000300000000000000♠3	005000000000000000000♠0.00
	Roy Hodgson	01.07.1992 – 30.06.1996	7001220000000000000♠22	7000900000000000000♠9	7000500000000000000♠5	7000800000000000000♠8	07001409109999999999♠40.91
	Uli Stielike	01.07.1989 – 31.12.1991	7001170000000000000♠17	7000700000000000000♠7	7000400000000000000♠4	7000600000000000000♠6	07001411800000000000♠41.18
	Daniel Jeandupeux	12.03.1986 – 26.04.1989	7001210000000000000♠21	7000500000000000000♠5	7000800000000000000♠8	7000800000000000000♠8	07001238100000000000♠23.81
	Paul Wolfisberg	01.01.1981 – 31.12.1985 20.06.1989 – 22.06.1989	7001330000000000000♠33	7001110000000000000♠11	7001120000000000000♠12	7001100000000000000♠10	07001333300000000000♠33.33
	Leo Walker	05.05.1979 – 21.12.1980	7001120000000000000♠12	7000300000000000000♠3	5000000000000000000♠0	7000900000000000000♠9	07001250000000000000♠25.00
	Roger Vonlanthen	28.02.1977 – 28.03.1979	7000900000000000000♠9	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000800000000000000♠8	07001111100000000000♠11.11
	Miroslav Blažević	22.09.1976 – 09.10.1976	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000200000000000000♠2	005000000000000000000♠0.00
	Bruno Michaud	26.04.1972 – 09.05.1973	7000300000000000000♠3	5000000000000000000♠0	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	005000000000000000000♠0.00
	Louis Maurer	01.07.1970 – 30.06.1972	7000800000000000000♠8	7000400000000000000♠4	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	07001500000000000000♠50.00
	René Hüssy	22.04.1970 – 03.05.1970 22.06.1973 – 08.09.1976	7001250000000000000♠25	7000400000000000000♠4	7000300000000000000♠3	7001180000000000000♠18	07001160000000000000♠16.00
	Erwin Ballabio	14.02.1968 – 03.11.1969	7000400000000000000♠4	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	07001500000000000000♠50.00
	Alfredo Foni	01.07.1964 – 05.01.1967 01.10.1967 – 23.12.1967	7001150000000000000♠15	7000400000000000000♠4	7000200000000000000♠2	7000900000000000000♠9	07001266700000000000♠26.67
	Jiri Sobotka	15.04.1964 – 10.05.1964	7000300000000000000♠3	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000200000000000000♠2	07001333300000000000♠33.33
	Willibald Hahn	20.09.1958 – 25.10.1959	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000200000000000000♠2	005000000000000000000♠0.00
	Jacques Spagnoli	01.05.1955 – 26.05.1958	7000800000000000000♠8	7000100000000000000♠1	7000200000000000000♠2	7000500000000000000♠5	07001125000000000000♠12.50
	Hans Rüegsegger	19.09.1954 – 10.10.1954	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	005000000000000000000♠0.00
	Franco Andreoli	19.03.1950 – 22.11.1950	7000600000000000000♠6	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	07001333300000000000♠33.33
	Karl Rappan	19.09.1937 – 12.06.1938 01.02.1942 – 02.10.1949 01.07.1953 – 30.06.1954 27.03.1960 – 11.11.1963	7001360000000000000♠36	7001100000000000000♠10	7000500000000000000♠5	7001210000000000000♠21	07001277800000000000♠27.78
	Schweizer Auswahlkomitee	14.12.1924 – 25.03.1934 14.10.1934 – 17.05.1937 18.09.1938 – 01.01.1941 15.10.1950 – 20.09.1952	7001450000000000000♠45	7000900000000000000♠9	7000800000000000000♠8	7001280000000000000♠28	07001200000000000000♠20.00
	Jimmy Hogan	1924 – 1924	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	07001500000000000000♠50.00
	Francois Dégerine	1905 – 1910	7000300000000000000♠3	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000200000000000000♠2	07001333300000000000♠33.33

All-time head-to-head record

As of 18 November 2018

  Positive Record
  Neutral Record
  Negative Record

Opponents	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Albania	7	6	1	0	12	4	+4
Algeria	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
Andorra	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
Argentina	7	0	2	5	3	15	-12
Australia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Austria	42	12	5	25	60	105	-45
Azerbaijan	2	1	0	1	5	1	+4
Belarus	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4
Belgium	29	9	6	14	44	55	-11
Bolivia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2
Brazil	9	2	4	3	9	11	-2
Bulgaria	10	4	4	2	15	12	+3
Canada	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2
Chile	2	1	0	1	7	7	0
China PR	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
Colombia	4	1	1	2	6	9	-3
Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1
Croatia	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2
Cyprus	8	5	2	1	16	5	+11
Czech Republic[a]	31	8	6	17	42	64	-22
Denmark	10	2	5	3	11	13	-2
East Germany	5	0	1	4	3	13	-10
Ecuador	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Egypt	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
England	29	3	5	21	22	80	-58
Estonia	4	4	0	0	14	0	+14
Faroe Islands	6	6	0	0	19	2	+17
Finland	5	3	0	2	7	5	+2
France	38	12	10	16	60	67	-7
Georgia	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3
Germany[b]	51	9	6	36	65	138	-73
Greece	14	8	4	2	18	11	+7
Honduras	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3
Hungary	46	11	5	30	66	131	-65
Iceland	8	7	1	0	21	6	+15
Israel	7	2	4	1	9	7	+2
Italy	58	8	22	28	67	107	-40
Ivory Coast	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1
Jamaica	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Japan	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1
Kenya	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Latvia	5	4	1	0	9	3	+6
Liechtenstein	8	8	0	0	21	1	+20
Lithuania	3	3	0	0	15	1	+14
Luxembourg	12	10	1	1	30	9	+21
Malta	7	5	2	0	17	3	+14
Mexico	5	3	1	1	10	7	+3
Moldova	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5
Montenegro	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1
Morocco	2	0	0	2	1	3	-2
Netherlands	33	15	3	15	61	68	-7
Nigeria	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1
Northern Ireland	6	2	2	2	3	3	0
Norway	19	6	5	8	20	26	-6
Oman	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4
Panama	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6
Peru	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Poland	11	1	6	4	12	21	-9
Portugal	22	10	5	7	32	27	+5
Qatar	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1
Republic of Ireland[c]	16	5	3	8	10	18	-8
Romania	13	4	4	5	20	16	+4
Russia[d]	12	0	4	8	11	29	-18
Saar	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
San Marino	4	4	0	0	22	0	+22
Scotland	16	5	3	8	24	26	-2
Serbia[e]	14	3	5	6	18	30	-12
Slovakia	3	1	0	2	4	4	0
Slovenia	9	6	1	2	17	8	-9
South Korea	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
Spain	20	1	4	15	17	46	-29
Sweden	29	11	7	11	42	47	-5
Togo	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Tunisia	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2
Turkey	15	4	3	8	20	21	-1
Ukraine	2	0	2	0	2	2	0
United Arab Emirates	4	3	0	1	5	2	+3
United States	8	3	4	1	9	6	+3
Uruguay	4	0	1	3	4	13	-9
Venezuela	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Wales	7	5	0	2	16	6	+10
Zimbabwe	1	0	0	1	2	3	-1
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0

National team results

Recent results and future matches.^[119] Blue background colour indicates competitive matches.

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Swiss scorers (International goal)	Ref
9 November 2017	WC2018-Q	Northern Ireland	Windsor Park, Belfast	1–0	Rodríguez (3rd)
12 November 2017	WC2018-Q	Northern Ireland	St. Jakob-Park, Basel	0–0
23 March 2018	Friendly	Greece	Olympic Stadium, Athens	1–0	Džemaili (8th)
27 March 2018	Friendly	Panama	Swissporarena, Lucerne	6–0	Džemaili (9th), Xhaka (9th), Embolo (3rd), Zuber (3rd), Gavranović (5th), Frei (3rd)
3 June 2018	Friendly	Spain	Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal	1–1	Rodríguez (4th)
8 June 2018	Friendly	Japan	Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano	2–0	Rodríguez (5th), Seferović (12th)
17 June 2018	WC2018	Brazil	Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don	1–1	Zuber (4th)
22 June 2018	WC2018	Serbia	Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad	2–1	Xhaka (10th), Shaqiri (21st)
27 June 2018	WC2018	Costa Rica	Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod	2–2	Džemaili (10th), Drmić (10th)
3 July 2018	WC2018	Sweden	Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg	0–1
8 September 2018	NL2018–19	Iceland	Kybunpark, St. Gallen	6–0	Zuber (5th), Zakaria (1st), Shaqiri (22nd), Seferović (13th), Ajeti (1st), Mehmedi (8th)
11 September 2018	Friendly	England	King Power Stadium, Leicester	0–1
12 October 2018	NL2018–19	Belgium	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels	1–2	Gavranović (6th)
15 October 2018	NL2018–19	Iceland	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík	2–1	Seferović (14th), Lang (3rd)
14 November 2018	Friendly	Qatar	Stadio Cornaredo, Lugano	0–1
18 November 2018	NL2018–19	Belgium	Swissporarena, Lucerne	5–2	Rodríguez (6th), Seferović (15th), Seferović (16th), Seferović (17th), Elvedi (1st)
5 June 2019	2019 UEFA Nations League SF	Portugal	Estádio do Dragão, Porto
9 June 2019	2019 UEFA Nations League 3rd/F	England or  Netherlands	Estádio do Dragão, Porto or Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães

Swiss youth teams

• 
  Switzerland national under-23 football team (aka Swiss Olympic team)


• Switzerland national under-21 football team


• Switzerland national under-20 football team


• Switzerland national under-19 football team


• Switzerland national under-18 football team


• Switzerland national under-17 football team


• Switzerland national under-16 football team

See also

• List of Switzerland international footballers

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Switzerland national football team.

• Official website


• FIFA profile


• RSSSF archive of results 1905–


• RSSSF archive of coaches 1905–