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. In 2006, Switzerland set a FIFA World Cup record by being eliminated from the competition despite not conceding a goal in any of their four matches. In addition, Switzerland set a World Cup record by failing to score a single goal in a penalty shootout. They are currently ranked 13th in the FIFA World Rankings.

World Cup record

• 1930 - Did not enter
• 1934 - Quarterfinals
• 1938 - Quarterfinals
• 1950 - Round 1
• 1954 - Quarterfinals
• 1958 - Did not qualify
• 1962 - Round 1
• 1966 - Round 1
• 1970 to 1990 - Did not qualify
• 1994 - Round 2
• 1998 - Did not qualify
• 2002 - Did not qualify
• 2006 - Round 2

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)

There were controversies surrounding the Swiss team for alleged uncalled offsides and hand fouls in each of their games.^***

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

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*Note : After Johan Vonlanthen's injury during Switzerland's WC2006 warm-up training camp, coach Jakob Kuhn has called Hakan Yakin to replace him. After being knocked out at the Round of 16, Switzerland became the only team in World Cup history to not concede a goal and get knocked out.

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 - present

Players

• Abegglen, Max

B

• Bader, René
• Ballaman, Robert
• Barnetta, Tranquillo
• Behrami, Valon
• Berner, Bruno
• Benaglio, Diego
• Bickel, Alfred
• Bickel, Thomas
• Borer, Fabrice
• Brégy, George
• Brunner, Thomas

C

• Chapuisat, Stéphane
• Cabanas, Ricardo
• Coltorti, Fabio
• Celestini, Fabio
• Cantaluppi, Mario

D

• Degen, Philipp
• Degen, David
• Djourou, Johan
• Dzemaili, Blerim

E

• Egli, Andy

F

• Frei, Alexander
• Fournier, Sebastien
• Fatton, Jacques

G

• Geiger, Alain
• Gygax, Daniel
• Grichting, Stéphane
• Grassi, Marco

H

• Haas, Bernt
• Hermann, Heinz
• Henchoz, Stéphane
• Herr, Dominique
• Hottiger, Marc
• Huggel, Benjamin
• Huegi, Sepp

I

J

• Jäggi, Willy

K

• Knup, Adrian
• Kuhn, Jakob "Kobi"
• Kielholz, Leopold

L

• Lustrinelli, Mauro
• Lehmann, Stéphane

M

• Magnin, Ludovic
• Magnin, Joël
• Müller, Patrick
• Margairaz, Xavier

N

O

• Ohrel, Christophe

P

• Pascolo, Marco

Q

• Quentin, Yvan
• Quentin, René Pierre

R

• Rey, Alexandre
• Rueda, Martin
• Rama, Milaim

S

• Senderos, Philippe
• Spycher, Christoph
• Sforza, Ciriaco
• Steffen, Willi
• Stiel, Jörg
• Studer, Jürg
• Streller, Marco
• Subiat, Nestor
• Sutter, Alain
• Sylvestre, Patrick
• Schneiter, Heinz

T

• Türkyilmaz, Kubilay

U

V

• Vonlanthen, Johan
• Vogel, Johann
• Vega, Ramon

W

• Wicky, Raphaël
• Wyss, Thomas
• Wuethrich, Rolf

X

Y

• Yakin, Hakan
• Yakin, Murat

Z

• Zuberbühler, Pascal
• Zellweger, Marc
• Zwyssig, Marco

External links

• world cup switzerland
• RSSSF archive of results 1905-
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
• RSSSF archive of coaches 1905-

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