Switzerland at the FIFA World Cup

Overview of the performance of Switzerland at the FIFA World Cup

For the women's team, see Switzerland at the FIFA Women's World Cup.

Switzerland vs Costa Rica match in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 due to World War II.

The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.

Switzerland have appeared in the finals of the World Cup on twelve occasions. They have reached the quarter-finals three times, in 1934, 1938 and 1954.

## World Cup record

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Switzerland's record at FIFA World Cups:[1]

Year  | Round  | Position  | Pld | W | D*  | L | GF | GA

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1930 | Did not enter
1934 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5
1938 | 7th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5
1950 | Group stage | 6th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6
1954 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11
1958 | Did not qualify
1962 | Group stage | 16th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8
1966 | 16th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9
1970 | Did not qualify
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994 | Round of 16 | 16th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7
1998 | Did not qualify
2002
2006 | Round of 16 | 10th | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0
2010 | Group stage | 19th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
2014 | Round of 16 | 11th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7
2018 | 14th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5
2022 | 12th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9
2026 | To be determined
2030
2034
Total | Quarter-finals | 12/25 | 41 | 14 | 8 | 19 | 55 | 73

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.
Switzerland's World Cup record

First Match  |  Switzerland 3–2 Netherlands
(27 May 1934; Milan, Italy)
Biggest Win  |   Switzerland 4–1 Italy
(23 June 1954; Basel, Switzerland)
Switzerland 4–1 Romania
(22 June 1994; Pontiac, United States)
Honduras 0–3 Switzerland
(25 June 2014; Manaus, Brazil)
Biggest Defeat  |  West Germany 5–0 Switzerland
(12 July 1966; Sheffield, England)
Portugal 6–1 Switzerland
(6 December 2022; Lusail, Qatar)
Best Result  | Quarter-finals in 1934, 1938 and 1954
Worst Result  | Group stage in 1950, 1962, 1966 and 2010

## By match

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World Cup  | Round  | Opponent  | Score  | Result  | Venue  | Switzerland scorers

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1934 | Round of 16 |  Netherlands | 3–2 | W | Milan | Kielholz (2), Abegglen
Quarter-finals |  Czechoslovakia | 2–3 | L | Turin | Kielholz, Jäggi
1938 | Round of 16 |  Germany | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | D | Paris | Abegglen
Germany (replay) | 4–2 | W | Paris | Walaschek, Bickel, Abegglen (2)
Quarter-finals |  Hungary | 0–2 | L | Lille | —
1950 | Group 1 |  Yugoslavia | 0–3 | L | Belo Horizonte | —
Brazil | 2–2 | D | São Paulo | Fatton (2)
Mexico | 2–1 | W | Porto Alegre | Bader, Antenen
1954 | Group 2 |  Italy | 2–1 | W | Lausanne | Ballaman, Hügi
England | 0–2 | L | Bern | —
Italy (play-off) | 4–1 | W | Basel | Hügi (2), Ballaman, Fatton
Quarter-final |  Austria | 5–7 | L | Lausanne | Ballaman (2), Hügi (3)
1962 | Group 2 |  Chile | 1–3 | L | Santiago | Wüthrich
West Germany | 1–2 | L | Santiago | Schneiter
Italy | 0–3 | L | Santiago | —
1966 | Group 2 |  West Germany | 0–5 | L | Sheffield | —
Spain | 1–2 | L | Sheffield | Quentin
Argentina | 0–2 | L | Sheffield | —
1994 | Group A |  United States | 1–1 | D | Pontiac | Bregy
Romania | 4–1 | W | Pontiac | Sutter, Chapuisat, Knup (2)
Colombia | 0–2 | L | Palo Alto | —
Round of 16 |  Spain | 0–3 | L | Washington | —
2006 | Group G |  France | 0–0 | D | Stuttgart | —
Togo | 2–0 | W | Dortmund | Frei, Barnetta
South Korea | 2–0 | W | Hanover | Senderos, Frei
Round of 16 |  Ukraine | 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(0–3 p) | D | Cologne | —
2010 | Group H |  Spain | 1–0 | W | Durban | Fernandes
Chile | 0–1 | L | Port Elizabeth | —
Honduras | 0–0 | D | Bloemfontein | —
2014 | Group E |  Ecuador | 2–1 | W | Brasília | Mehmedi, Seferovic
France | 2–5 | L | Salvador | Džemaili, Xhaka
Honduras | 3–0 | W | Manaus | Shaqiri (3)
Round of 16 |  Argentina | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | L | São Paulo | —
2018 | Group E |  Brazil | 1–1 | D | Rostov-on-Don | Zuber
Serbia | 2–1 | W | Kaliningrad | Xhaka, Shaqiri
Costa Rica | 2–2 | D | Nizhny Novgorod | Džemaili, Drmić
Round of 16 |  Sweden | 0–1 | L | Saint Petersburg | —
2022 | Group G |  Cameroon | 1–0 | W | Al Wakrah | Embolo
Brazil | 0–1 | L | Doha | —
Serbia | 3–2 | W | Doha | Shaqiri, Embolo, Freuler
Round of 16 |  Portugal | 1–6 | L | Lusail | Akanji

## Match records

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### 1934 FIFA World Cup

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The group stage used in the first World Cup was discarded in favour of a straight knockout tournament.

27 May 1934 (first round)

16:30 (CEST)

Switzerland | 3–2|  Netherlands

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Kielholz 7', 43'[2]
Abegglen 69' | Report | Smit 19'
Vente 84'

Stadio San Siro, Milan

Attendance: ~40,000

Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)

* * *

31 May 1934 (Quarter-Finals)

16:30 (CEST)

Czechoslovakia | 3–2|   Switzerland

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Svoboda 24'
Sobotka 49'
Nejedlý 82' | Report | Kielholz 18'
Jäggi 78'

Stadio Benito Mussolini, Turin

Attendance: ~12,000

Referee: Alois Beranek (Austria)

### 1938 FIFA World Cup

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4 June 1938 (first round)

17:00 (WEST)

Switzerland | 1–1 (a.e.t.)|  Germany

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Abegglen 43' | Report | Gauchel 29'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 27,162

Referee: John Langenus (Belgium)

* * *

9 June 1938 (first round Replay)

18:00 (WEST)

Germany | 2–4|   Switzerland

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Hahnemann 8'
Lörtscher 22' (o.g.) | Report | Walaschek 42'
Bickel 64'
Abegglen 75', 78'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 20,265

Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)

* * *

12 June 1938 (Quarter-Finals)

17:00 (WEST)

Switzerland | 0–2|  Hungary

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| Report | Sárosi 40'
Zsengellér 89'[3]

Stade Victor Boucquey, Lille

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (Italy)

### 1950 FIFA World Cup

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts

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Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5
Yugoslavia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4
Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3
Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0

25 June 1950 (first round)

18:00 BRT (UTC-03)

Yugoslavia | 3 – 0|   Switzerland

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Mitić 59'
Tomašević 70'
Ognjanov 75' | Report |

Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Giovanni Galeati (Italy)

* * *

28 June 1950 (first round)

15:00 BRT (UTC-03)

Brazil | 2 – 2|   Switzerland

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Alfredo 3'
Baltazar 32' | Report | Fatton 17', 88'

Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Ramón Azon Roma (Spain)

* * *

2 July 1950 (first round)

15:40 BRT (UTC-03)

Switzerland | 2 – 1|  Mexico

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Bader 10'
Antenen 44' | Report | Casarín 89'

Estádio dos Eucaliptos, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)

### 1954 FIFA World Cup

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Switzerland hosted the tournament in 1954 and reached the quarter-final for a third time, where the team was beaten 7–5 by neighbouring Austria.

Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts

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England | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3
Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2
Italy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2
Belgium | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1

* Switzerland finished ahead of Italy by winning a play-off

17 June 1954 (first round)

17:50 (CET)

Switzerland | 2–1|  Italy

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Ballaman 18'
Hügi 78' | Report | Boniperti 44'

Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne

Attendance: 43,000

Referee: Mario Vianna (Brazil)

* * *

20 June 1954 (first round)

17:10 (CET)

England | 2–0|   Switzerland

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Mullen 43'
Wilshaw 69' | Report |

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Istvan Zsolt (Hungary)

* * *

23 June 1954
(first round Play-off)

18:00 (CET)

Switzerland | 4–1|  Italy

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Hügi 14', 85'
Ballaman 48'
Fatton 90' | Report | Nesti 67'

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Benjamin Griffiths (Wales)

* * *

Main article: Austria v Switzerland (1954 FIFA World Cup)

26 June 1954 (Quarter-Finals)

17:00 (CET)

Austria | 7–5|   Switzerland

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Wagner 25', 27', 53'
R. Körner 26', 34'
Ocwirk 32'
Probst 76' | Report | Ballaman 16', 39'
Hügi 17', 19', 58'

Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Charlie Faultless (Scotland)

### 1962 FIFA World Cup

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After missing out on the previous tournament, Switzerland qualified for the 1962 edition, held in Chile. Unfortunately, they finished at the bottom of Group 2 without a single point, having lost all their matches.

Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts

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West Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4.00 | 5
Chile | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1.67 | 4
Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1.50 | 3
Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0.25 | 0

30 May 1962 (first round)

15:00 CLT (UTC-04)

Chile | 3–1|   Switzerland

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L. Sánchez 44', 55'
Ramírez 51' | Report | Wüthrich 6'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Kenneth Aston (England)

* * *

3 June 1962 (first round)

15:00 CLT (UTC-04)

West Germany | 2–1|   Switzerland

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Brülls 45'
Seeler 59' | Report | Schneiter 73'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 64,922

Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

* * *

7 June 1962 (first round)

15:00 CLT (UTC-04)

Italy | 3–0|   Switzerland

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Mora 1'
Bulgarelli 65', 67' | Report |

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 59,828

Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)

### 1966 FIFA World Cup

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Despite securing back-to-back qualification for the FIFA World Cups, Switzerland's performance in the 1966 edition was far more abysmal. They lost all of their matches once more, including a 5-0 walloping by eventual runners-up West Germany in their opening game. To date, this remains as Switzerland's worst performance.

This was also Switzerland's last FIFA World Cup campaign in 28 years, as their next appearance at the tournament would come in the 1994 edition.

Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts

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West Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7.00 | 5
Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4.00 | 5
Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0.80 | 2
Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0.11 | 0

* West Germany was placed first due to superior goal average.

12 July 1966 (first round)

19:30 BST

West Germany | 5–0|   Switzerland

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Held 16'
Haller 21', 77' (pen.)
Beckenbauer 40', 52' | Report |

Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Hugh Phillips (Scotland)

* * *

15 July 1966 (first round)

19:30 BST

Spain | 2–1|   Switzerland

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Sanchís 57'
Amancio 75' | Report | Quentin 31'

Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Tofik Bakhramov (Soviet Union)

* * *

19 July 1966 (first round)

19:30 BST

Argentina | 2–0|   Switzerland

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Artime 52'
Onega 79' | Report |

Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Joaquim Campos (Portugal)

### 1994 FIFA World Cup

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Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Romania | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 5  | 5  | 0  | 6  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |   Switzerland | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 5  | 4  | +1  | 4
3  |  United States (H) | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 4
4  |  Colombia | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 4  | 5  | −1  | 3  |

Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts

18 June 1994 (first round)

11:30 EDT

United States | 1–1|   Switzerland

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Wynalda 45' | Report | Bregy 39'

Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac

Attendance: 73,425

Referee: Francisco Oscar Lamolina (Argentina)

United States

Switzerland

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GK | 1 | Tony Meola (c)
SW | 17 | Marcelo Balboa
RB | 4 | Cle Kooiman
CB | 22 | Alexi Lalas
LB | 20 | Paul Caligiuri
RM | 9 | Tab Ramos
CM | 16 | Mike Sorber
CM | 5 | Thomas Dooley
LM | 6 | John Harkes |  89'
CF | 8 | Earnie Stewart |  |  81'
CF | 11 | Eric Wynalda |  |  58'
Substitutions:
FW | 10 | Roy Wegerle |  |  58'
FW | 13 | Cobi Jones |  |  81'
Manager:
Bora Milutinović
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GK | 1 | Marco Pascolo
SW | 5 | Alain Geiger (c)
RB | 2 | Marc Hottiger
CB | 4 | Dominique Herr |  26'
LB | 3 | Yvan Quentin
CM | 6 | Georges Bregy
CM | 10 | Ciriaco Sforza |  |  77'
RW | 8 | Christophe Ohrel
AM | 16 | Thomas Bickel |  |  72'
LW | 7 | Alain Sutter
CF | 11 | Stéphane Chapuisat
Substitutions:
FW | 14 | Nestor Subiat |  82' |  72'
MF | 21 | Thomas Wyss |  |  77'
Manager:
Roy Hodgson

Assistant referees:
Ernesto Taibi (Argentina)
Venancio Zarate (Paraguay)
Fourth official:
Ernesto Filippi (Uruguay)

* * *

22 June 1994 (first round)

16:00 EDT

Romania | 1–4|   Switzerland

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Hagi 35' | Report | Sutter 16'
Chapuisat 52'
Knup 65', 72'

Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac

Attendance: 61,428

Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)

Romania

Switzerland

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GK | 12 | Bogdan Stelea
DF | 2 | Dan Petrescu
DF | 3 | Daniel Prodan
DF | 4 | Miodrag Belodedici |  47'
MF | 5 | Ioan Lupescu |  40' |  85'
MF | 6 | Gheorghe Popescu
MF | 7 | Dorinel Munteanu
FW | 9 | Florin Răducioiu
MF | 10 | Gheorghe Hagi (c)
MF | 11 | Ilie Dumitrescu |  |  70'
DF | 14 | Gheorghe Mihali |  32'
Substitutions:
MF | 15 | Basarab Panduru |  |  85'
FW | 16 | Ion Vlădoiu |  73' |  70'
Manager:
Anghel Iordănescu
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GK | 1 | Marco Pascolo
DF | 2 | Marc Hottiger
DF | 3 | Yvan Quentin
DF | 4 | Dominique Herr
DF | 5 | Alain Geiger (c)
MF | 6 | Georges Bregy
MF | 7 | Alain Sutter |  |  71'
DF | 8 | Christophe Ohrel |  |  83'
FW | 9 | Adrian Knup
MF | 10 | Ciriaco Sforza
FW | 11 | Stéphane Chapuisat
Substitutions:
MF | 16 | Thomas Bickel |  |  71'
MF | 20 | Patrick Sylvestre |  |  83'
Manager:
Roy Hodgson

Assistant referees:
Abdel-Magid Hassan (Egypt)
Davoud Fanaei (Iran)
Fourth official:
Joël Quiniou (France)

Note: Switzerland's fourth goal is also credited to Georges Bregy.

* * *

26 June 1994 (first round)

13:00 PDT

Switzerland | 0–2|  Colombia

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| Report | Gaviria 44'
Lozano 90'

Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto

Attendance: 83,401

Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

Switzerland

Colombia

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GK | 1 | Marco Pascolo
DF | 2 | Marc Hottiger
DF | 3 | Yvan Quentin
DF | 4 | Dominique Herr
DF | 5 | Alain Geiger (c)
MF | 6 | Georges Bregy |  85'
MF | 7 | Alain Sutter |  |  82'
DF | 8 | Christophe Ohrel
FW | 9 | Adrian Knup |  39' |  82'
MF | 10 | Ciriaco Sforza
FW | 11 | Stéphane Chapuisat
Substitutions:
FW | 14 | Nestor Subiat |  |  82'
FW | 15 | Marco Grassi |  |  82'
Manager:
Roy Hodgson
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GK | 1 | Óscar Córdoba
DF | 2 | Andrés Escobar
DF | 3 | Alexis Mendoza
DF | 4 | Luis Fernando Herrera
MF | 5 | Hernán Gaviria |  58' |  79'
MF | 10 | Carlos Valderrama (c) |  62'
FW | 11 | Adolfo Valencia |  |  64'
MF | 14 | Leonel Álvarez |  80'
MF | 19 | Freddy Rincón
DF | 20 | Wilson Pérez
FW | 21 | Faustino Asprilla
Substitutions:
FW | 7 | Antony de Ávila |  |  64'
MF | 8 | John Harold Lozano |  |  79'
Manager:
Francisco Maturana

Assistant referees:
Carl-Johan Meyer Christensen (Denmark)
Douglas Micael James (Trinidad and Tobago)
Fourth official:
Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

* * *

2 July 1994 (round of 16)

16:35

Spain | 3–0|   Switzerland

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Hierro 15'
Luis Enrique 74'
Begiristain 86' (pen.) | Report |

RFK Stadium, Washington

Attendance: 53,121

Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

Spain

Switzerland

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GK | 1 | Andoni Zubizarreta (c)
DF | 2 | Albert Ferrer |  19'
DF | 4 | Paco Camarasa |  22'
DF | 5 | Abelardo
DF | 6 | Fernando Hierro |  |  76'
MF | 7 | Andoni Goikoetxea |  18' |  61'
MF | 10 | José Mari Bakero
DF | 12 | Sergi
DF | 18 | Rafael Alkorta
MF | 20 | Miguel Ángel Nadal
MF | 21 | Luis Enrique
Substitutions:
MF | 11 | Txiki Begiristain |  |  61'
DF | 3 | Jorge Otero |  87' |  76'
Manager:
Javier Clemente
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GK | 1 | Marco Pascolo |  85'
DF | 2 | Marc Hottiger |  23'
DF | 3 | Yvan Quentin |  |  58'
DF | 4 | Dominique Herr
DF | 5 | Alain Geiger (c)
MF | 6 | Georges Bregy
DF | 8 | Christophe Ohrel |  |  73'
FW | 9 | Adrian Knup
MF | 10 | Ciriaco Sforza
FW | 11 | Stéphane Chapuisat
MF | 16 | Thomas Bickel
Substitutions:
DF | 19 | Jürg Studer |  69' |  58'
FW | 14 | Nestor Subiat |  77' |  73'
Manager:
Roy Hodgson

### 2006 FIFA World Cup

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The Swiss line-up against China, just before World Cup 2006

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.

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. In the second round of the tournament, they faced 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. 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 two goals. When Switzerland lost 3–0 on penalties, that was the first time that a team lost on penalties without scoring a single goal in the penalties.

Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |   Switzerland | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 4  | 0  | +4  | 7  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  France | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 3  | 1  | +2  | 5
3  |  South Korea | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 4  | −1  | 4  |
4  |  Togo | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 6  | −5  | 0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

All times local (CEST/UTC+2)

13 June 2006 (first round)

18:00

France | 0–0|   Switzerland

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Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 52,000

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

France

Switzerland

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GK | 16 | Fabien Barthez
RB | 19 | Willy Sagnol |  90+3'
CB | 15 | Lilian Thuram
CB | 5 | William Gallas
LB | 3 | Eric Abidal |  64'
CM | 4 | Patrick Vieira
CM | 6 | Claude Makélélé
RW | 22 | Franck Ribéry |  |  70'
AM | 10 | Zinedine Zidane (c) |  72'
LW | 11 | Sylvain Wiltord |  |  84'
CF | 12 | Thierry Henry
Substitutions:
FW | 14 | Louis Saha |  |  70'
MF | 8 | Vikash Dhorasoo |  |  84'
Manager:
Raymond Domenech
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GK | 1 | Pascal Zuberbühler
RB | 23 | Philipp Degen |  56'
CB | 20 | Patrick Müller |  |  75'
CB | 4 | Philippe Senderos
LB | 3 | Ludovic Magnin |  42'
DM | 6 | Johann Vogel (c)
RM | 16 | Tranquillo Barnetta
LM | 8 | Raphaël Wicky |  |  82'
AM | 7 | Ricardo Cabanas |  72'
CF | 9 | Alexander Frei |  90+3'
CF | 11 | Marco Streller |  45' |  57'
Substitutions:
FW | 10 | Daniel Gygax |  |  57'
DF | 2 | Johan Djourou |  |  75'
MF | 5 | Xavier Margairaz |  |  82'
Manager:
Köbi Kuhn

Wikinews has related news:

* France draw with Switzerland in Group G

Man of the Match:
Claude Makélélé (France)

Assistant referees:
Nikolay Golubev (Russia)
Evgueni Volnin (Russia)
Fourth official:
Kevin Stott (United States)
Fifth official:
Gregory Barkey (United States)

* * *

19 June 2006 (first round)

15:00

Togo | 0–2|   Switzerland

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| Report | Frei 16'
Barnetta 88'

FIFA WM Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

Togo

Switzerland

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GK | 16 | Kossi Agassa
RB | 5 | Massamasso Tchangai (c)
CB | 2 | Daré Nibombé
CB | 13 | Richmond Forson
LB | 23 | Assimiou Touré
DM | 15 | Alaixys Romao |  53'
RM | 9 | Thomas Dossevi |  |  69'
CM | 10 | Mamam Cherif Touré |  |  87'
LM | 8 | Kuami Agboh |  |  25'
SS | 4 | Emmanuel Adebayor |  47'
CF | 17 | Mohamed Kader
Substitutions:
FW | 7 | Moustapha Salifou |  45' |  25'
FW | 18 | Yao Junior Senaya |  |  69'
FW | 11 | Robert Malm |  |  87'
Manager:
Otto Pfister
|  |  |

|

GK | 1 | Pascal Zuberbühler
RB | 23 | Philipp Degen
CB | 20 | Patrick Müller
CB | 4 | Philippe Senderos
LB | 3 | Ludovic Magnin
DM | 6 | Johann Vogel (c) |  90+2'
RM | 16 | Tranquillo Barnetta
LM | 8 | Raphaël Wicky
AM | 7 | Ricardo Cabanas |  |  77'
CF | 9 | Alexander Frei |  |  87'
CF | 10 | Daniel Gygax |  |  46'
Substitutions:
MF | 22 | Hakan Yakin |  |  46'
FW | 11 | Marco Streller |  |  77'
FW | 18 | Mauro Lustrinelli |  |  87'
Manager:
Köbi Kuhn

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Man of the Match:
Alexander Frei (Switzerland)

Assistant referees:
Amelio Andino (Paraguay)
Manuel Bernal (Paraguay)
Fourth official:
Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)
Fifth official:
Brahim Djezzar (Algeria)

* * *

23 June 2006 (first round)

21:00

Switzerland | 2–0|  South Korea

|
|

Senderos 23'
Frei 77' | Report |

FIFA WM Stadion Hannover, Hanover

Attendance: 43,000

Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)

Switzerland

Korea Republic

|

|  |

|

GK | 1 | Pascal Zuberbühler
RB | 23 | Philipp Degen
CB | 20 | Patrick Müller
CB | 4 | Philippe Senderos |  43' |  53'
LB | 17 | Christoph Spycher |  82'
DM | 6 | Johann Vogel (c)
RM | 16 | Tranquillo Barnetta
LM | 8 | Raphaël Wicky |  69' |  88'
AM | 7 | Ricardo Cabanas
SS | 22 | Hakan Yakin |  55' |  71'
CF | 9 | Alexander Frei
Substitutions:
DF | 2 | Johan Djourou |  90' |  53'
MF | 5 | Xavier Margairaz |  |  71'
MF | 19 | Valon Behrami |  |  88'
Manager:
Köbi Kuhn
|  |  |

|

GK | 1 | Lee Woon-jae (c)
RB | 12 | Lee Young-pyo |  |  63'
CB | 4 | Choi Jin-cheul |  78'
CB | 6 | Kim Jin-kyu |  37'
LB | 3 | Kim Dong-jin
RM | 17 | Lee Ho
CM | 5 | Kim Nam-il
LM | 10 | Park Chu-young |  23' |  66'
AM | 14 | Lee Chun-soo |  80'
AM | 7 | Park Ji-sung
CF | 19 | Cho Jae-jin
Substitutions:
FW | 9 | Ahn Jung-hwan |  78' |  63'
FW | 11 | Seol Ki-hyeon |  |  66'
Manager:
Dick Advocaat

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Man of the Match:
Alexander Frei (Switzerland)

Assistant referees:
Darío García (Argentina)
Rodolfo Otero (Argentina)
Fourth official:
Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)
Fifth official:
Dramane Danté (Mali)

* * *

26 June 2006 (round of 16)

21:00

Switzerland | 0–0 (a.e.t.)|  Ukraine

|
|

| Report |
Penalties
Streller
Barnetta
Cabanas | 0–3 |  Shevchenko
Milevskyi
Rebrov
Husyev

FIFA WM-Stadion Köln, Cologne

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Switzerland

Ukraine

|

|  |

|

GK | 1 | Pascal Zuberbühler
RB | 23 | Philipp Degen
CB | 20 | Patrick Müller
CB | 2 | Johan Djourou |  |  34'
LB | 3 | Ludovic Magnin
DM | 6 | Johann Vogel (c)
RM | 16 | Tranquillo Barnetta |  59'
LM | 8 | Raphaël Wicky
AM | 7 | Ricardo Cabanas
SS | 22 | Hakan Yakin |  |  64'
CF | 9 | Alexander Frei |  |  117'
Substitutions:
DF | 13 | Stéphane Grichting |  |  34'
FW | 11 | Marco Streller |  |  64'
FW | 18 | Mauro Lustrinelli |  |  117'
Manager:
Köbi Kuhn
|  |  |

|

GK | 1 | Oleksandr Shovkovskyi
CB | 9 | Oleh Husyev
CB | 17 | Vladislav Vashchuk
CB | 2 | Andriy Nesmachniy
RM | 8 | Oleh Shelayev
CM | 14 | Andriy Husin
LM | 4 | Anatoliy Tymoschuk
AM | 16 | Andriy Vorobei |  |  94'
AM | 19 | Maksym Kalynychenko |  |  75'
SS | 10 | Andriy Voronin |  |  111'
CF | 7 | Andriy Shevchenko (c)
Substitutions:
MF | 21 | Ruslan Rotan |  |  75'
FW | 11 | Serhii Rebrov |  |  94'
FW | 15 | Artem Milevskyi |  |  111'
Manager:
Oleg Blokhin

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Man of the Match:
Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (Ukraine)

Assistant referees:
José Ramírez (Mexico)
Héctor Vergara (Canada)
Fourth official:
Jerome Damon (South Africa)
Fifth official:
Justice Yeboah (Ghana)

### 2010 FIFA World Cup

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Switzerland were the only team to beat eventual world champion Spain, by a 0–1 victory in the group stage. In spite of this, they did not survive the first round.

Pos | Team

* v
* t
* e

| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

1  |  Spain | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 4  | 2  | +2  | 6  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  Chile | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 3  | 2  | +1  | 6
3  |   Switzerland | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 4  |
4  |  Honduras | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 3  | −3  | 1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

16 June 2010 (first round)

16:00

Spain | 0–1|   Switzerland

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|

| Report | Fernandes 52'

Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban

Attendance: 62,453

Referee: Howard Webb (England)[4]

Spain[5]

Switzerland[5]

|

|  |

|

GK | 1 | Iker Casillas (c)
RB | 15 | Sergio Ramos
CB | 5 | Carles Puyol
CB | 3 | Gerard Piqué
LB | 11 | Joan Capdevila
DM | 16 | Sergio Busquets |  |  61'
CM | 14 | Xabi Alonso
CM | 8 | Xavi
RW | 21 | David Silva |  |  62'
LW | 6 | Andrés Iniesta |  |  77'
CF | 7 | David Villa
Substitutions:
FW | 9 | Fernando Torres |  |  61'
MF | 22 | Jesús Navas |  |  62'
FW | 18 | Pedro |  |  77'
Manager:
Vicente del Bosque
|  |  |

|

GK | 1 | Diego Benaglio |  90+1'
RB | 2 | Stephan Lichtsteiner
CB | 4 | Philippe Senderos |  |  36'
CB | 13 | Stéphane Grichting |  30'
LB | 17 | Reto Ziegler |  73'
RM | 7 | Tranquillo Barnetta |  |  90+2'
CM | 8 | Gökhan Inler (c)
CM | 6 | Benjamin Huggel
LM | 16 | Gélson Fernandes
SS | 19 | Eren Derdiyok |  |  79'
CF | 10 | Blaise Nkufo
Substitutions:
DF | 5 | Steve von Bergen |  |  36'
MF | 15 | Hakan Yakin |  90+4' |  79'
DF | 22 | Mario Eggimann |  |  90+2'
Manager:
Ottmar Hitzfeld

Man of the Match:
Gélson Fernandes (Switzerland)

Assistant referees:
Darren Cann (England)[4]
Mike Mullarkey (England)[4]
Fourth official:
Martin Hansson (Sweden)[4]
Fifth official:
Stefan Wittberg (Sweden)[4]

* * *

21 June 2010 (first round)

16:00

Chile | 1–0|   Switzerland

|
|

González 75' | Report |

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Attendance: 34,872

Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

Chile[6]

Switzerland[6]

|

|  |

|

GK | 1 | Claudio Bravo (c)
RB | 4 | Mauricio Isla
CB | 17 | Gary Medel |  61'
CB | 3 | Waldo Ponce |  25'
LB | 18 | Gonzalo Jara
RM | 8 | Arturo Vidal |  |  46'
CM | 6 | Carlos Carmona |  22'
LM | 14 | Matías Fernández |  60' |  65'
RW | 7 | Alexis Sánchez
CF | 9 | Humberto Suazo |  2' |  46'
LW | 15 | Jean Beausejour
Substitutions:
FW | 10 | Jorge Valdivia |  90+2' |  46'
MF | 11 | Mark González |  |  46'
FW | 22 | Esteban Paredes |  |  65'
Manager:
Marcelo Bielsa
|  |  |

|

GK | 1 | Diego Benaglio
RB | 2 | Stephan Lichtsteiner
CB | 5 | Steve von Bergen
CB | 13 | Stéphane Grichting
LB | 17 | Reto Ziegler
RM | 11 | Valon Behrami |  31'
CM | 8 | Gökhan Inler |  60'
CM | 6 | Benjamin Huggel
LM | 16 | Gélson Fernandes |  |  77'
SS | 9 | Alexander Frei (c) |  |  42'
CF | 10 | Blaise Nkufo |  18' |  68'
Substitutions:
MF | 7 | Tranquillo Barnetta |  48' |  42'
FW | 19 | Eren Derdiyok |  |  68'
FW | 18 | Albert Bunjaku |  |  77'
Manager:
Ottmar Hitzfeld

Man of the Match:
Mark González (Chile)

Assistant referees:
Hassan Kamranifar (Iran)
Saleh Al Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates)
Fourth official:
Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)
Fifth official:
Miguel Nievas (Uruguay)

* * *

25 June 2010 (first round)

20:30

Switzerland | 0–0|  Honduras

|
|

| Report |

Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

Attendance: 28,042

Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

Switzerland[7]

Honduras[7]

|

|  |

|

GK | 1 | Diego Benaglio
RB | 2 | Stephan Lichtsteiner
CB | 5 | Steve von Bergen
CB | 13 | Stéphane Grichting
LB | 17 | Reto Ziegler
RM | 7 | Tranquillo Barnetta
CM | 6 | Benjamin Huggel |  |  78'
CM | 8 | Gökhan Inler (c)
LM | 16 | Gélson Fernandes |  34' |  46'
CF | 19 | Eren Derdiyok
CF | 10 | Blaise Nkufo |  |  69'
Substitutions:
MF | 15 | Hakan Yakin |  |  46'
FW | 9 | Alexander Frei |  |  69'
MF | 23 | Xherdan Shaqiri |  |  78'
Manager:
Ottmar Hitzfeld
|  |  |

|

GK | 18 | Noel Valladares (c)
RB | 16 | Mauricio Sabillón
CB | 2 | Osman Chávez |  64'
CB | 5 | Víctor Bernárdez
LB | 3 | Maynor Figueroa
CM | 8 | Wilson Palacios |  89'
CM | 6 | Hendry Thomas |  4'
RW | 17 | Edgar Álvarez
LW | 7 | Ramón Núñez |  |  67'
CF | 10 | Jerry Palacios |  |  78'
CF | 11 | David Suazo |  58' |  87'
Substitutions:
FW | 15 | Walter Martínez |  |  67'
FW | 12 | Georgie Welcome |  |  78'
MF | 19 | Danilo Turcios |  |  87'
Manager:
Reinaldo Rueda

Man of the Match:
Noel Valladares (Honduras)

Assistant referees:
Ricardo Casas (Argentina)
Hernan Maidana (Argentina)
Fourth official:
Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
Fifth official:
Jose Manuel Silva Cardinal (Portugal)

### 2014 FIFA World Cup

[edit]

At the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Switzerland were drawn in Group E along with Ecuador, France, and Honduras. They opened their campaign with a 2–1 victory over Ecuador in Brasília. However, in their next match, they suffered a 5–2 defeat to France. Despite the initial setback, a 3–0 victory in their final game against Honduras, courtesy of a hat-trick by Xherdan Shaqiri sent them into the round of 16, where they faced the two-time world champions and eventual runners-up Argentina.

The game was goalless and nearly heading to penalties when Ángel Di María scored a 118th-minute extra time goal to send Argentina into the quarter-finals. Despite being eliminated in the round of 16, it was Switzerland's best performance in eight years.

Legend

Group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16

Pos | Team

* v
* t
* e

| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

1  |  France | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 8  | 2  | +6  | 7  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |   Switzerland | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 7  | 6  | +1  | 6
3  |  Ecuador | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 4  |
4  |  Honduras | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 8  | −7  | 0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

All times local: five matches are in Brasília official time (UTC−3), while Honduras v Switzerland, played in Manaus, is in the Amazon time zone (UTC−4).

* * *

15 June 2014

13:00

Switzerland | 2–1|  Ecuador

|
|

Mehmedi 48'
Seferovic 90+3' | Report | E. Valencia 22'

Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília

Attendance: 68,351

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

* * *

20 June 2014

16:00

Switzerland | 2–5|  France

|
|

Džemaili 81'
Xhaka 87' | Report | Giroud 17'
Matuidi 18'
Valbuena 40'
Benzema 67'
Sissoko 73'

Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Attendance: 51,003

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

* * *

25 June 2014

16:00 UTC−4

Honduras | 0–3|   Switzerland

|
|

| Report | Shaqiri 6', 31', 71'

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Attendance: 40,322

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

* * *

1 July 2014

13:00 UTC−3

Argentina | 1–0 (a.e.t.)|   Switzerland

|
|

Di María 118' | Report |

Arena Corinthians, São Paulo

Attendance: 63,255

Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

## Record players

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Xherdan Shaqiri became Switzerland's record World Cup player in 2022. Rank  | Player  | Matches  | World Cups

|
|
|

1 | Xherdan Shaqiri | 14 | 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022
2  | Ricardo Rodríguez | 12 | 2014, 2018 and 2022
Granit Xhaka | 12 | 2014, 2018 and 2022
4  | Stephan Lichtsteiner | 10 | 2010, 2014 and 2018
Valon Behrami | 10 | 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018
Haris Seferovic | 10 | 2014, 2018 and 2022
7  | Kiki Antenen | 8 | 1950, 1954 and 1962
Johan Djourou | 8 | 2006, 2014 and 2018
Manuel Akanji | 8 | 2018 and 2022
Breel Embolo | 8 | 2018 and 2022
11  | Roger Bocquet | 7 | 1950 and 1954
Jacky Fatton | 7 | 1950 and 1954
André Neury | 7 | 1950 and 1954
Tranquillo Barnetta | 7 | 2006 and 2010
Diego Benaglio | 7 | 2010 and 2014
Gökhan Inler | 7 | 2010 and 2014
Josip Drmić | 7 | 2014 and 2018
Blerim Džemaili | 7 | 2014 and 2018
Yann Sommer | 7 | 2018 and 2022

## Top goalscorers

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With six goals at Switzerland's home tournament in 1954, Josef Hügi won the shared Silver Boot \- the only individual FIFA World Cup award ever received by a Swiss player.

Rank  | Player  | Goals  | World Cups

|
|
|

1 | Josef Hügi | 6 | 1954
2 | Xherdan Shaqiri | 5 | 2014 (3), 2018 and 2022
3  | André Abegglen | 4 | 1934 (1) and 1938 (3)
Robert Ballaman | 4 | 1954
5  | Leopold Kielholz | 3 | 1934
Jacques Fatton | 3 | 1950 (2) and 1954 (1)
7  | Adrian Knup | 2 | 1994
Alexander Frei | 2 | 2006
Granit Xhaka | 2 | 2014 and 2018
Blerim Džemaili | 2 | 2014 and 2018
Breel Embolo | 2 | 2022

## Squads

[edit]

Switzerland squads at FIFA World Cup finals

* v
* t
* e

Switzerland squad – 1934 FIFA World Cup

* FW Abegglen
* GK Bizzozero
* FW Bossi
* FW Büche
* FW Bühler
* MF Frick
* DF Gobet
* MF Guinchard
* FW Hochsträsser
* GK Huber
* MF Hufschmid
* MF Jaccard
* FW Jäck
* FW Jäggi
* FW Kielholz
* MF Loichot
* DF Minelli
* DF Ortelli
* FW Passello
* GK Séchehaye
* FW von Känel
* DF M. Weiler
* DF W. Weiler
* Coach: Müller

* v
* t
* e

Switzerland squad – 1938 FIFA World Cup

* FW Abegglen
* FW G. Aeby
* FW P. Aeby
* FW Amadò
* GK Ballabio
* FW Bickel
* GK Bizzozero
* FW Frigerio
* FW Grassi
* MF Guinchard
* GK Huber
* FW Kielholz
* DF Lehmann
* MF Lörtscher
* DF Minelli
* MF Rauch
* FW Rupf
* MF Springer
* DF Stelzer
* MF Vernati
* FW Wagner
* FW Walaschek
* Coach: Rappan

* v
* t
* e

Switzerland squad – 1950 FIFA World Cup

* GK Corrodi
* GK Hug
* GK Stuber
* DF Bocquet
* DF Gyger
* DF Kernen
* DF Lusenti
* DF Neury
* DF Rey
* DF Soldini
* DF Steffen
* MF Eggimann
* MF Quinche
* FW Antenen
* FW Bader
* FW Beerli
* FW Bickel
* FW Fatton
* FW Friedländer
* FW Schneiter
* FW Siegenthaler
* FW Tamini
* Coach: Andreoli

* v
* t
* e

Switzerland squad – 1954 FIFA World Cup

* 1 Eich
* 2 Parlier
* 3 Stuber
* 4 Bocquet (c)
* 5 Flückiger
* 6 Mathis
* 7 Neury
* 8 Bigler
* 9 Casali
* 10 Eggimann
* 11 Eschmann
* 12 Fesselet
* 13 Frosio
* 14 Kernen
* 15 Antenen
* 16 Ballaman
* 17 Fatton
* 18 Hügi
* 19 Mauron
* 20 Meier
* 21 Riva
* 22 Vonlanthen
* Coach: Rappan

* v
* t
* e

Switzerland squad – 1962 FIFA World Cup

* 1 Elsener
* 2 Permunian
* 3 Stettler
* 4 Kernen
* 5 Morf
* 6 Rösch
* 7 Schneiter
* 8 Tacchella
* 9 Grobéty
* 10 Kehl
* 11 Meier
* 12 M. Vonlanthen
* 13 Weber
* 14 Allemann
* 15 Antenen (c)
* 16 Dürr
* 17 Eschmann
* 18 Pottier
* 19 Rey
* 20 R. Vonlanthen
* 21 Wüthrich
* 22 Frigerio
* Coach: Rappan

* v
* t
* e

Switzerland squad – 1966 FIFA World Cup

* 1 Elsener
* 2 Allemann
* 3 Armbruster
* 4 Bäni
* 5 Brodmann (c)
* 6 Dürr
* 7 Führer
* 8 Gottardi
* 9 Grobéty
* 10 Hosp
* 11 Kuhn
* 12 Eichmann
* 13 Künzli
* 14 Leimgruber
* 15 Odermatt
* 16 Quentin
* 17 Schindelholz
* 18 Schneiter
* 19 Stierli
* 20 Tacchella
* 21 Vuilleumier
* 22 Prosperi
* Coach: Foni

* v
* t
* e

Switzerland squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup

* 1 Pascolo
* 2 Hottiger
* 3 Quentin
* 4 Herr
* 5 Geiger (c)
* 6 Bregy
* 7 Sutter
* 8 Ohrel
* 9 Knup
* 10 Sforza
* 11 Chapuisat
* 12 Lehmann
* 13 Egli
* 14 Subiat
* 15 Grassi
* 16 Bickel
* 17 Fournier
* 18 Rueda
* 19 Studer
* 20 Sylvestre
* 21 Wyss
* 22 Brunner
* Coach: Hodgson

* v
* t
* e

Switzerland squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup

* 1 Zuberbühler
* 2 Djourou
* 3 Magnin
* 4 Senderos
* 5 Margairaz
* 6 Vogel (c)
* 7 Cabanas
* 8 Wicky
* 9 Frei
* 10 Gygax
* 11 Streller
* 12 Benaglio
* 13 Grichting
* 14 D. Degen
* 15 Džemaili
* 16 Barnetta
* 17 Spycher
* 18 Lustrinelli
* 19 Behrami
* 20 Müller
* 21 Coltorti
* 22 Yakin
* 23 P. Degen
* Coach: Kuhn

* v
* t
* e

Switzerland squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup

* 1 Benaglio
* 2 Lichtsteiner
* 3 Magnin
* 4 Senderos
* 5 Von Bergen
* 6 Huggel
* 7 Barnetta
* 8 Inler
* 9 Frei (c)
* 10 Nkufo
* 11 Behrami
* 12 Wölfli
* 13 Grichting
* 14 Padalino
* 15 Yakin
* 16 Fernandes
* 17 Ziegler
* 18 Bunjaku
* 19 Derdiyok
* 20 Schwegler
* 21 Leoni
* 22 Eggimann
* 23 Shaqiri
* Coach: Hitzfeld

* v
* t
* e

Switzerland squad – 2014 FIFA World Cup

* 1 Benaglio
* 2 Lichtsteiner
* 3 Ziegler
* 4 Senderos
* 5 Von Bergen
* 6 Lang
* 7 Barnetta
* 8 Inler (c)
* 9 Seferovic
* 10 Xhaka
* 11 Behrami
* 12 Sommer
* 13 Rodriguez
* 14 Stocker
* 15 Džemaili
* 16 Fernandes
* 17 Gavranović
* 18 Mehmedi
* 19 Drmić
* 20 Djourou
* 21 Bürki
* 22 Schär
* 23 Shaqiri
* Coach: Hitzfeld

* v
* t
* e

Switzerland squad – 2018 FIFA World Cup

* 1 Sommer
* 2 Lichtsteiner (c)
* 3 Moubandje
* 4 Elvedi
* 5 Akanji
* 6 Lang
* 7 Embolo
* 8 Freuler
* 9 Seferovic
* 10 Xhaka
* 11 Behrami
* 12 Mvogo
* 13 Rodriguez
* 14 Zuber
* 15 Džemaili
* 16 Fernandes
* 17 Zakaria
* 18 Gavranović
* 19 Drmić
* 20 Djourou
* 21 Bürki
* 22 Schär
* 23 Shaqiri
* Coach: Petković

* v
* t
* e

Switzerland squad – 2022 FIFA World Cup

* 1 Sommer
* 2 Fernandes
* 3 Widmer
* 4 Elvedi
* 5 Akanji
* 6 Zakaria
* 7 Embolo
* 8 Freuler
* 9 Seferovic
* 10 Xhaka (c)
* 11 Steffen
* 12 Omlin
* 13 Rodriguez
* 14 Aebischer
* 15 Sow
* 16 Fassnacht
* 17 Vargas
* 18 Cömert
* 19 Okafor
* 20 Frei
* 21 Kobel
* 22 Schär
* 23 Shaqiri
* 24 Köhn
* 25 Rieder
* 26 Jashari
* Coach: Yakin

## See also

[edit]

* Switzerland at the UEFA European Championship

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "FIFA World Cup - Statistics for Switzerland". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on June 14, 2009.
2. ^ RSSSF credits this goal as occurring in the 29th minute.
3. ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 90th minute.
4. ^ a b c d e "Referee designations for matches 1-16" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
5. ^ a b "Tactical Line-up – Group H – Spain-Switzerland" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 16 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
6. ^ a b "Tactical Line-up – Group H – Chile-Switzerland" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 21 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
7. ^ a b "Tactical Line-up – Group H – Switzerland-Honduras" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 25 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2010.

## External links

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* Switzerland at FIFA
* World Cup Finals Statistics

* v
* t
* e

Switzerland national football team

General|

* Swiss Football Association

Results|

* 1905–1918
* 1920–1939
* 1940–1959
* 1960–1979
* 1980–1999
* 2000–2019
* 2020–present

Players|

* International footballers

World Finals|

* Summary
* 1934
* 1938
* 1950
* 1954
* 1962
* 1966
* 1994
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022

European Finals|

* Summary
* 1996
* 2004
* 2008
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Matches|

* Austria 7–5 Switzerland (1954)

Swiss national teams|

* Men
* B
* Under 23s
* Under 21s
* Under 20s
* Under 19s
* Under 18s
* Under 17s
* Under 16s
* Futsal
* Beach
* Women
* Under 19s
* Under 17s
* Beach

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Countries at the FIFA World Cup

* Team appearances
* All-time table

AFC|

* Australia1
* China
* Indonesia2
* Iran
* Iraq
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kuwait
* North Korea
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* South Korea
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan

CAF|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Cameroon
* DR Congo2
* Egypt
* Ghana
* Ivory Coast
* Morocco
* Nigeria
* Senegal
* South Africa
* Togo
* Tunisia

CONCACAF|

* Canada
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* El Salvador
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Panama
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States

CONMEBOL|

* Argentina
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Chile
* Colombia
* Ecuador
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Uruguay

OFC|

* New Zealand

UEFA|

* Austria
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Czech Republic2
* Denmark
* East Germany3
* England
* France
* Germany2
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Israel1
* Italy
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland
* Romania
* Russia2
* Scotland
* Serbia2
* Slovakia2
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* Wales

1 Have been member of multiple confederations. 2 Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under another name(s). 3 Team and national federation no longer exist.
*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[D]: Drawn
*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[Pts]: Points
*[GAv]: Goal average
*[Pos]: Position
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*[GD]: Goal difference