[go: nahoru, domu]
Jump to content

Switzerland national football team: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Mr Bagnall (talk | contribs)
221 edits
mNo edit summary
Line 52: Line 52:
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.
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.


In October 2009, Switzerland booked their place at the [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010 World Cup finals]] with a goalless draw against [[Israel national football team]] at St Jacob stadium in Basle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=236560&cc=5739|title=Draw seals Swiss place|date=2009-10-14|work=ESPN|accessdate=2009-10-15}}</ref>
In October 2009, Switzerland booked their place at the [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010 World Cup finals]] with a goalless draw against {{nft|Israel}} at St Jacob stadium in Basle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=236560&cc=5739|title=Draw seals Swiss place|date=2009-10-14|work=ESPN|accessdate=2009-10-15}}</ref>


==Recent history==
==Recent history==

Revision as of 13:41, 11 November 2009

Switzerland
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Schweizer Nati
AssociationSwiss Football Association
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachGermany Ottmar Hitzfeld
CaptainAlexander Frei
Most capsHeinz Hermann (117)
Top scorerAlexander Frei (40)
FIFA codeSUI
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current13
Highest3 (August 1993)
Lowest83 (December 1998)
First international
France France 1 - 0 Switzerland Switzerland
(Paris, France; 12 February, 1905)
Biggest win
Switzerland Switzerland 9 - 0 Lithuania Lithuania
(Paris, France; 25 May, 1924
Biggest defeat
Hungary Hungary 9 - 0 Switzerland Switzerland
(Budapest, Hungary; 29 October, 1911)
World Cup
Appearances8 (first in 1934)
Best resultQuarterfinals, 1934, 1938, 1954
European Championship
Appearances3 (first in 1996)
Best resultRound 1, 1996, 2004 and 2008
Olympic medal record
Men’s Football
Silver medal – second place 1924 Paris Team

The Swiss national football team (also known as the Schweizer Nati in German, La Nati in French and Squadra nazionale in Italian) 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.

In October 2009, Switzerland booked their place at the 2010 World Cup finals with a goalless draw against Israel at St Jacob stadium in Basle.[2]

Recent history

Euro 2004

Qualification: Switzerland qualified for the Euro 2004 in Portugal by finishing first in group 10 of the qualifying, ahead of Russia and Ireland.

Group stage: After a 0–0 draw against Croatia, they lost 0–3 against England and 1–3 against France, and thus ended on the last place in group B of the main tournament.

Trivia: Johann Vonlanthen became the youngest scorer ever in the Euro championships when he equalised against France, beating the record (set only four days earlier by Wayne Rooney) by three months.[3]

World Cup 2006

The Swiss line-up against China, just before 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 the 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 played in Stuttgart ended in a goalless draw. After defeating Togo 2–0 in Dortmund and South Korea also 2–0 in Hannover, they finished first in group G and qualified for the knockout stage.

Round of 16: In the second round of the tournament, they faced the Ukraine in Cologne. The game had to be decided in a penalty shootout since no goal was scored after 120 minutes. Ukraine won the shootout 3–0.

Trivia: Switzerland was the only team in tournament not to have conceded a goal during regulation time in their matches. Switzerland's top scorer at the tournament was Alexander Frei with 2 goals.

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.

Trivia: All 3 goals by Switzerland were scored by Hakan Yakin.


World Cup 2010

Qualifying Group 2

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 2

Template:2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 2

Competitive record

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 European champions in 2002, with a 4–2 win after a penalty shootout against France . Furthermore, Switzerland qualified for the semi-finals of the U-21-Euro 2002.

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

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.

Current Squad

The following players have been selected for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Luxembourg and Israel on the 10 and 14 of October 2009, respectively.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Diego Benaglio (1983-09-08) September 8, 1983 (age 40) 23 0 Germany Wolfsburg
2 2DF Stephan Lichtsteiner (1984-01-16) January 16, 1984 (age 40) 22 0 Italy Lazio
3 2DF Reto Ziegler (1986-01-16) January 16, 1986 (age 38) 7 1 Italy Sampdoria
4 2DF Philippe Senderos (1985-02-14) February 14, 1985 (age 39) 35 3 England Arsenal
5 2DF Steve von Bergen (1983-06-10) June 10, 1983 (age 41) 7 0 Germany Hertha BSC
6 3MF Benjamin Huggel (1977-07-07) July 7, 1977 (age 47) 34 1 Switzerland Basel
7 3MF Tranquillo Barnetta (1985-05-22) May 22, 1985 (age 39) 46 6 Germany Bayer Leverkusen
8 3MF Gökhan Inler (1984-06-27) June 27, 1984 (age 40) 30 1 Italy Udinese
9 4FW Alexander Frei (1979-07-15) July 15, 1979 (age 45) 70 40 Switzerland Basel
10 4FW Blaise Nkufo (1975-05-25) May 25, 1975 (age 49) 27 7 Netherlands Twente
11 3MF Johan Vonlanthen (1986-02-01) February 1, 1986 (age 38) 39 7 Switzerland Zürich
12 1GK Marco Wölfli (1982-08-22) August 22, 1982 (age 42) 2 0 Switzerland Young Boys
13 2DF Heinz Barmettler (1987-07-21) July 21, 1987 (age 37) 0 0 Switzerland Zürich
14 3MF Marco Padalino (1983-12-08) December 8, 1983 (age 40) 6 1 Italy Sampdoria
15 3MF Hakan Yakin (1977-02-22) February 22, 1977 (age 47) 79 20 Switzerland Luzern
16 3MF Gelson Fernandes (1986-09-02) September 2, 1986 (age 38) 20 1 France Saint-Étienne
17 2DF Christoph Spycher (1978-03-30) March 30, 1978 (age 46) 44 0 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
18 4FW Eren Derdiyok (1988-06-12) June 12, 1988 (age 36) 15 2 Germany Bayer Leverkusen
— 1GK Johnny Leoni (1984-06-30) June 30, 1984 (age 40) 0 0 Switzerland Zürich
— 2DF Stéphane Grichting (1979-03-30) March 30, 1979 (age 45) 31 1 France Auxerre
— 3MF Pirmin Schwegler (1987-03-09) March 9, 1987 (age 37) 1 0 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
— 4FW Marco Streller (1981-06-18) June 18, 1981 (age 43) 30 11 Switzerland Basel

Recent call ups

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
— 1GK Eldin Jakupović (1984-10-02) October 2, 1984 (age 39) 1 0 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
— 2DF Patrick Müller (1976-12-17) December 17, 1976 (age 47) 81 3 France Monaco
— 2DF Johan Djourou (1987-01-18) January 18, 1987 (age 37) 24 1 England Arsenal
— 2DF Mario Eggimann (1981-01-24) January 24, 1981 (age 43) 8 0 Germany Hannover 96
— 2DF Ludovic Magnin (1979-04-20) April 20, 1979 (age 45) 61 3 Germany Stuttgart
— 2DF Alain Nef (1982-02-06) February 6, 1982 (age 42) 3 1 Italy Triestina
— 3MF Valon Behrami (1985-04-19) April 19, 1985 (age 39) 24 2 England West Ham United
— 3MF Blerim Džemaili (1986-04-12) April 12, 1986 (age 38) 10 0 Italy Parma
— 3MF Almen Abdi (1986-10-21) October 21, 1986 (age 37) 6 0 Switzerland Zürich
— 3MF Valentin Stocker (1989-04-12) April 12, 1989 (age 35) 3 1 Switzerland Basel
— 3MF Alberto Regazzoni (1983-04-05) April 5, 1983 (age 41) 3 0 Switzerland Young Boys

Coaches

Notes

  1. ^ "Switzerland 0-0 Ukraine (aet)". BBC Sport. 26 June 2006. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
  2. ^ "Draw seals Swiss place". ESPN. 2009-10-14. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
  3. ^ Euro 2008 team preview No1: Switzerland | Football | guardian.co.uk


Template:Fb start

Template:Fb end

Template:Link FA

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Switzerland_national_football_team&oldid=325241257"