Switzerland National Football Team Profile

Profile of the Switzerland national football team, history, top score, most caps / appearances. SFV-ASF Schweizerischer Fussballverband/Association Suisse de Football is the Swiss football association was founded on 1895 and represents governing body for football in Swiss in a international competition and is controlled by SFV-ASF. Became a member of UEFA Affiliation in 1954 and FIFA Affiliation in 1904.

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. 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.

Schweizerischer Fussballverband/Association Suisse de Football
Nation: Switzerland	Founded: 1895
UEFA Affiliation: 1954	FIFA Affiliation: 1904
Web: http://www.football.ch	Phone: +41 31 950 8111

In youth football, too, great strides have been taken. After seeing representative sides qualify for numerous final tournaments at various age groups, the SFV-ASF could finally celebrate a victory proper in 2002. Switzerland caused a sensation by winning that summer's UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Denmark. They threatened to repeat the feat by getting to the semi-finals of the same competition in May 2009, an achievement that earned the country's ticket to the FIFA U-17 World Cup later in the year. There, in Nigeria, Switzerland defeated Brazil in their concluding group game, then Germany, Italy, Colombia and Nigeria to become world champions. Such positive results, which must also include the U21 squad's run to the UEFA European Championship semi-finals in 2002 on home soil, betray a great commitment to youth development.

World Cup 2006.

Qualification:

The World Cup 2006 in Germany was the first World Cup for Switzerland since their participation at the World Cup 1994. After finishing second behind France in qualifying group 4, they defeated Turkey in the play-off round 2–0 and 4–2 to qualify for the main tournament.

Group Stage:

In the group stage, they played again against France, The game ended in a goalless draw. After defeating Togo 2–0 and South Korea also 2–0. They finished first in group G and qualified for the knockout stage. In the second round of the tournament, they faced Ukraine. The game had to be decided in a penalty shootout since no goal was scored after 120 minutes. Ukraine won the shootout 3–0.

Euro 2008.

Qualification:

Switzerland co-hosted the Euro 2008 together with Austria and was therefore automatically qualified.

Group Stage:

Switzerland played all matches of group A in Basel. After losing the opening game 0–1 to the Czech Republic and the second game 1–2 against Turkey, they were already eliminated from their home tournament after only two games. Consolation came from the 2–0 victory over Portugal in the final group stage game. All 3 goals by Switzerland were scored by Hakan Yakin.

World Cup 2010

Qualification:

Switzerland played in group 2 of the UEFA qualifying for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Despite an embarrassing home loss against Luxembourg(1-2), they finished first in their group, ahead of Greece, Latvia and Israel.

Group Stage:

In their first game in group H, a 1–0 win against Spain. Switzerland then lost their second game to Chile and thus needed a win by two goals in the last match against Honduras to advance to the next round.

Euro 2012

Qualification:

Switzerland ended the qualification in group G on third place, behind England and Montenegro. Switzerland is not qualified for a major international tournament.

Group Stage:

Did not Qualify

National Flag Of Switzerland

• Data :

Nickname: Schweizer Nati
Association: SFV-ASF
Home Stadium:-
Address: Worbstrasse 48 Postfach 3000 BERN 15
Fax: +41 31 950 8181
Email: sfv.asf@football.ch
FIFA Code: SUI

• Honours

-UEFA European Under-17 Championship
1. Chamnpions (1) 2002

-Olympic Tournament
1. 2nd Place [silver] (1) 1924

• UEFA European Championship Record

Switzerland EURO Participations
Host	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	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	1	4
	2000	did not qualify
	2004	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	1	6
	2008	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	3	3
	2012	did not qualify
Total	=	3/14	9	1	2	6	5	13
	2016	next

• FIFA World Cup Record

Switzerland FIFA World Cup Participations
Host	Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
	1930	did not enter
	1934	Quarter-Finals	2	1	0	1	5	5
	1938	Quarter-Finals	3	1	1	1	5	5
	1942	cancelled due to world war II
	1946	cancelled due to world war II
	1950	1st Round	3	1	1	1	4	6
	1954	Quarter-Finals	4	2	0	2	11	11
	1958	did not qualify
	1962	1st Round	3	0	0	3	2	8
	1966	1st Round	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 of 16	4	1	1	2	5	7
	1998	did not qualify
	2002	did not qualify
	2006	Round of 16	4	2	2	0	4	0
	2010	1st Round	3	1	1	1	1	1
Total	=	9/19	29	9	6	14	38	52
	2014	next

• Top Scores

Top Scorers of The SwitzerlandTeam
Players	Goals	Caps	Periods
Alexander Frei	42	84	2001-2011
Kubilay Turkyilmaz	34	62	1988-2001
Max Abegglen	34	68	1922-1937
Andre Abegglen	29	52	1927-1943
Jacques Fatton	29	53	1946-1955
Adrian Knup	26	49	1989-1996
Josef Hugi	23	34	1951-1961
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• Most Appearances

Most Caps of The Switzerland Team
Players	Caps	Periods
Heinz Hermann	117	1978-1991
Alain Geiger	112	1980-1996
Stephane Chapuisat	103	1989-2004
Johann Vogel	94	1995-2007
Hakan Yakin	87	2000-2011
Alexander Frei	84	2001-2011
Patrick Muller	81	1998-2008

Switzerland National Football Team Profile.