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Switzerland national football team |
| Nickname(s) | Schweizer Nati | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Association | Swiss Football Association | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Ottmar Hitzfeld, (2008-) |
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| Captain | Alexander Frei | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Heinz Hermann (117) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Alexander Frei (36) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | SUI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 3 (August 1993) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 83 (December 1998) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest Elo ranking | 8 (June 1924) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest Elo ranking | 62 (October 1979) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 France 1 - 0 Switzerland  (Paris, France; 12 February 1905) |
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| Biggest win | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Switzerland 9 - 0 Lithuania  (Paris, France; 25 May 1924 |
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| Biggest defeat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Hungary 9 - 0 Switzerland (Budapest, Hungary; 29 October 1911) |
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| World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 8 (First in 1934) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Quarterfinals, 1934, 1938, 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 3 (First in 1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Round 1, 1996, 2004 and 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic medal record | |||
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| Silver | 1924 Paris | Team | |
The Swiss national football team (also known as the Schweizer Nati in German, La Nati in French) 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.
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
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 1930 |
Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
.svg){kind=small} 1934 |
Quarter-finals | 7/16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 1938 |
Quarter-finals | 7/15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
 1950 |
Round 1 | 6/13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 1954 |
Quarter-finals | 8/16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 |
 1958 |
Did not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 1962 |
Round 1 | 16/16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
 1966 |
Round 1 | 16/16 | 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 2 | 16/24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 1998 |
Did not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  2002 |
Did not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2006 |
Round 2 | 10/32 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 8/18 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 37 | 51 |
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Group Stage
Second Round
Switzerland was the only team in tournament not to have conceded a goal during regulation time in their matches.
| Year | Round | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
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| 1960 |
Did not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 1964 |
Did not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1968 |
Did not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
.svg){kind=small} 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 |
Round 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
 2000 |
Did not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 2004 |
Round 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
 2008 |
Round 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
  2012 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 3/13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
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 2002 European champions, with a 4:2 win after a penalty shootout against France (see U-17-EM 2002). Beyond that Switzerland qualified for the semi-final of the U-21-Euro 2002 and the U-21-Euro 2004 in each case.
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.
| Squad selected for the qualifier against Greece on 14 October 2008. | ||
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| Date announced | 12 October 2008 | |
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The following players have been called up for the team in 2008.
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