Swiss national football team

SWITZERLAND NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM:

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. 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 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. However, the team returned to their home country to a heroes' welcome.

World Cup record:
1930 - Did not enter
1934 to 1938 - Quarterfinals
1950 - Round 1
1954 - Quarterfinals
1958 - Did not qualify
1962 to 1966 - Round 1
1970 to 1990 - Did not qualify
1994 - Round 2
1998 to 2002 - Did not qualify
2006 - Round 2
Current squad
The following players named for friendly match against Netherlands on August 22, 2007

No.
Name
Date of Birth
Apps
Goals
Club
Debute
Goalkeepers
12
Diego Benaglio
8 September 1983
4
0
CD National Madeira
2006


21
Fabio Coltorti
3 December 1980
5
0
Grasshopper-Club Zurich
2004


1
Pascal Zuberbühler
8 January 1971
47
0
Neufchatel Xamax
1994


Defense
19
Valon Behrami
19 April 1985
7
1
S.S. Lazio
2005


23
Philipp Degen
15 February 1983
23
0
Borussia Dortmund
2005


2
Johan Djourou
18 January 1987
8
0
Arsenal F.C.
2006


34
Mario Eggimann
24 January 1981
0
0
Karlsruher SC
2007


13
Stéphane Grichting
30 March 1979
11
0
AJ Auxerre
2004


29
Stephan Lichtsteiner
16 January 1984
1
0
OSC Lille
2006


3
Ludovic Magnin
20 April 1979
38
2
VfB Stuttgart
2000


20
Patrick Müller
17 December 1976
73
3
Olympique Lyon
1998


4
Philippe Senderos
14 February 1985
16
3
Arsenal F.C.
2005


32
Boris Smiljanić
28 September 1976
3
0
Grasshopper-Club Zürich
1999


17
Christoph Spycher
30 March 1978
26
0
Eintracht Frankfurt
2002


25
Stève von Bergen
10 June 1983
1
0
Hertha BSC Berlin
2006


Midfield
16
Tranquillo Barnetta
22 May 1985
20
3
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2004


7
Ricardo Cabanas
17 January 1979
45
4
1. FC Köln
2000


15
Blerim Džemaili
12 April 1986
5
0
Bolton Wanderers F.C.
2006


33
Gelson Fernandes
2 September 1986
1
0
Manchester City F.C.
2007


10
Daniel Gygax
28 August 1981
28
5
FC Metz
2004


24
Benjamin Huggel
7 July 1977
18
0
FC Basel
2003


27
Gökhan Inler
27 June 1984
3
0
Udinese Calcio
2006


5
Xavier Margairaz
7 January 1984
7
1
CA Osasuna
2005


8
Raphaël Wicky
26 April 1977
74
1
Hamburger SV
1996


22
Hakan Yakın
22 February 1977
52
14
BSC Young Boys
2000


30
Reto Ziegler
23 March 1986
1
0
U.C. Sampdoria
2007


Forward
14
David Degen
15 February 1983
4
0
Borussia Mönchengladbach
2006


9
Alexander Frei
15 July 1979
56
32
Borussia Dortmund
2001


18
Mauro Lustrinelli
26 February 1976
11
0
FC Luzern
2005


31
Blaise Nkufo
25 May 1975
7
1
FC Twente
2000


26
Alberto Regazzoni
4 May 1983
2
0
BSC Young Boys
2006


11
Marco Streller
18 June 1981
18
5
FC Basel
2003


28
Johan Vonlanthen
1 February 1986
18
5
Red Bull Salzburg
2004