Switzerland national football team - Definition and Overview

Switzerland

Switzerland_FA.gif Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname	-
Association	Swiss Football Association
Coach	Jakob Kuhn, 2001-
Most caps	Heinz Hermann (117)
Top scorer	Max Abegglen, Kubilay Türkyilmaz (34)
Home colours 　 Away colours
First International France 1 - 0 Switzerland (Paris, France; 12 February, 1905)
Largest win Switzerland 7 - 0 San Marino (St. Gallen, Switzerland; 5 June, 1991)
Worst defeat Switzerland 0 - 9 England (Basel, Switzerland; 20 May, 1909) Hungary 9 - 0 Switzerland (Budapest, Hungary; 29 October, 1911)
World Cup
Appearances	8 (First in 1934)
Best result	Quarterfinals, 1934, 1938, 1954
European Championship
Appearances	2 (First in 1996)
Best result	Round 1, 1996 and 2004

The Switzerland national football team is the national team of Switzerland and is controlled by the Swiss Football Association. Its best performances in the World Cup have been reaching the quarterfinals, in 1934, 1938 and 1954 (when they hosted the tournament).

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

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

Famous players

• Max Abegglen
• Stéphane Chapuisat
• Alain Geiger
• Heinz Hermann
• Stéphane Henchoz
• Kubilay Türkyilmaz
• Hakan Yakin
• Murat Yakin

External links

• RSSSF archive of results 1905- (http://www.rsssf.com/tablesz/zwit-intres.html)
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers (http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/zwit-recintlp.html)
• RSSSF archive of coaches 1905- (http://www.rsssf.com/tablesz/zwit-intres.html#coach)