Swiss national football team (U-21 men)
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Swiss Football Association |
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confederacy | UEFA | ||
Technical sponsor | puma | ||
Head coach | Mauro Lustrinelli | ||
Assistant coach | Sascha Stauch | ||
FIFA code | SUI | ||
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Balance sheet | |||
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225 games 95 wins 50 draws 80 losses |
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statistics | |||
First international match Greece 2-1 Switzerland ( Rhodes , Greece ; March 18, 1990)
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Biggest win Switzerland 7-1 Latvia ( Lugano , Switzerland; September 8, 2014)
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Biggest defeat Switzerland 0-5 Sweden ( Solothurn , Switzerland; October 11, 1994)
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Successes in tournaments | |||
European Championship | |||
Participation in the finals | 3 ( first : 2002 ) | ||
Best results | 2011 (final) | ||
(As of June 7, 2018) |
The Swiss U-21 national football team is a selection of Swiss football players . It is subordinate to the Swiss Football Association and represents it at the U-21 level in friendly matches against the national teams of other national associations, but also at the European Championship of the continental association UEFA . Eligible to play are players who have not yet reached the age of 21 and who are Swiss citizens . In tournaments, the age at the first qualifying game or on January 1st of the year specified in the tournament rules is decisive. For example , only players born on or after January 1, 1996 may be used for the 2019 U-21 European Championship , the qualification of which began in 2017.
history
In 2002, Switzerland's U-21s qualified for the 2002 U-21 European Football Championship . In the subsequent application process, you then received the rights to host. As one of eight nations ( squad 2002 ) they met in Group A on the teams of Italy , Portugal and England . As outsiders, the Swiss lost 2-1 to England in their first game. Alexander Frei made the first European Championship goal in the history of the Swiss U-21s . In the second group game, the first win against Portugal (2-0) followed and with a 0-0 win against defending champions Italy, the Swiss secured second place in their group and thus advanced to the semi-finals. There the team met their neighbor France . Stephan Keller received the yellow-red card in the 41st minute , so that the team had to play outnumbered for one half. With goals from Steed Malbranque and Olivier Sorlin, the French won 2-0.
For the European Championship 2004 in Germany , the team qualified for the second time in a row and in general through the qualifying round for the final tournament ( Kader 2004 ). The defending champion Czech Republic was eliminated in the decisive qualifying round in the penalty shootout. In addition to Sweden and hosts Germany , there was a reunion with Portugal in the group stage. With only one point from three games and a goal difference of 4: 7, the team was eliminated after the preliminary round.
In qualifying for the EM 2006 , the Swiss failed in the play-off games against Portugal. After the team in Group 4 secured 2nd place behind France with a 1-0 win against Ireland on the last day of the game and was thus eligible for the relegation round, after a 1-1 in the first leg, the second leg was 1: 2 lost.
The 2006 European Championship was followed by the next European Championship in 2007 , so that the qualification for this tournament was played out in a "rapid process" (preliminary round, short group phase with three teams and play-off games). Switzerland, which only had to enter in the group stage, met Moldova and England here, with only one game against each team. Since England drew 2-2 in their first game against Moldova and the Swiss won 3-1 in Moldova, a draw in the decisive game would have been enough for the Swiss to qualify for the play-off games. However, the Confederates lost 3-2 to the English in front of their home crowd.
For the next European Championship 2009 qualification , Switzerland was drawn with “solvable” opponents with Estonia , Macedonia and Norway . The most stubborn competitor should be the defending champion from the Netherlands . The Swiss started badly with a 1-1 draw against Macedonia and a 1-2 loss against Norway. After two clear victories with 4: 0 and 5: 0 against Estonia, the revenge against Macedonia should follow. But again the Southeast Europeans got the upper hand and won the comparison with 2: 1. But since the Netherlands also stumbled, the next three games should point the way. With a three-point lead over Switzerland, the second leg between the Netherlands and the Confederations came on the last matchday. The Swiss team won and overtook the two-time European champions due to the better goal difference. In the play-off games, the team faced Spain . The first leg was won 2-1; however, the second leg was lost 3-1 in extra time, which meant the elimination.
In March 2009 the new qualification rounds for the EM 2011 began . Pierre-André Schürmann , who had coached the youth team since 2007, was replaced by Pierluigi Tami after he accepted an offer from Neuchâtel Xamax . This leads his protégés against the junior teams from Turkey , Estonia, Georgia , Armenia and Ireland. Already on the second day of the match there was a surprising defeat against the Estonians, as well as a draw three game days later against the Irish who had not yet won. In further comparisons, however, the Confederates prevailed and took the lead in Group 2 early on. In the play-offs, Switzerland prevailed against Sweden (4: 1, 1: 1).
At the U-21 European Championships in Denmark, Switzerland made it to the semi-finals after winning three wins against Denmark , Iceland and Belarus in the group stage , where they won the Czech Republic with 1: 0 after extra time. In the final, however, she lost 2-0 to Spain .
Participation in U-21 European championships
1978 | not qualified |
1980 | not qualified |
1982 | not qualified |
1984 | not qualified |
1986 | not qualified |
1988 | not qualified |
1990 | not qualified |
1992 | not qualified |
1994 in France | not qualified |
1996 in Spain | not qualified |
1998 in Romania | not qualified |
2000 in Slovakia | not qualified |
2002 in Switzerland | Semi-final |
2004 in Germany | Preliminary round |
2006 in Portugal | not qualified |
2007 in the Netherlands | not qualified |
2009 in Sweden | not qualified |
2011 in Denmark | Final |
2013 in Israel | not qualified |
2015 in the Czech Republic | not qualified |
2017 in Poland | not qualified |
2019 in Italy / San Marino | not qualified |
Note : Between 1978 and 1992, the final round of a U-21 European Championship was not played in one country, but instead was played back and forth in the respective participating nations.
Current squad
Players marked with "*" have so far been in the squad for the 2019 European Championship qualifiers and in the friendly against France on May 25, 2018.
Surname | Date of birth | Games | Gates | society |
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goalkeeper | ||||
Noam Baumann * | April 10, 1996 | 1 | 0 | FC Lugano (loan) |
Simon Enzler * | October 16, 1997 | 0 | 0 | SC Kriens (loan) |
Gregor Kobel * | December 6, 1997 | 8th | 0 | VfB Stuttgart |
Dario Marzino | September 19, 1996 | 0 | 0 | BSC Young Boys |
Mateo Matic * | January 7, 1996 | 1 | 0 | Grasshopper Club Zurich |
Defense | ||||
Remo Arnold * | January 17, 1997 | 1 | 0 | FC Winterthur (loan) |
Jan Bamert * | March 9, 1998 | 3 | 0 | FC Sion |
Eray Cömert * | February 4, 1998 | 1 | 1 | FC Basel |
Ulisses Garcia * | January 11, 1996 | 14th | 1 | BSC Young Boys |
Silvan Hefti * | October 25, 1997 | 7th | 0 | FC St. Gallen |
Mirlind Kryeziu | January 26, 1997 | 0 | 0 | FC Zurich |
Noah Loosli * | January 23, 1997 | 1 | 0 | FC Lausanne Sports |
Linus Obexer | June 5, 1997 | 0 | 0 | FC Aarau (loan) |
Jean-Pierre Rhyner * | March 16, 1996 | 5 | 0 | Grasshopper Club Zurich |
Tobias Schättin | June 5, 1997 | 1 | 0 | FC Zurich (loan) |
Nicolas Stettler * | April 28, 1996 | 6th | 0 | FC Zurich U-21 |
Jasper van der Werff * | December 9, 1998 | 1 | 0 | FC Red Bull Salzburg |
Nils von Niederhäuser | January 10, 1996 | 0 | 0 | FC Vaduz |
Cédric Zesiger * | June 24, 1998 | 3 | 0 | Grasshopper Club Zurich |
midfield | ||||
Michel Aebischer * | January 6, 1997 | 3 | 0 | BSC Young Boys |
Nedim Bajrami * | February 28, 1999 | 1 | 0 | Grasshopper Club Zurich |
Arxhend Cani | 2nd August 1997 | 2 | 1 | FC Basel U-21 (loan) |
Maxim Dominguez | February 1, 1996 | 0 | 0 | FC Lausanne Sports |
Edimilson Fernandes * | April 15, 1996 | 6th | 2 | West Ham United |
Anto Grgić * | November 28, 1996 | 7th | 0 | FC Sion (loan) |
Nicolas Haas * | January 23, 1996 | 7th | 1 | Atalanta Bergamo |
Vasilije Janjičić | November 2, 1998 | 0 | 0 | Hamburger SV |
Stefan Knežević * | October 30, 1996 | 2 | 0 | FC Luzern |
Dereck Kutesa | December 6, 1997 | 0 | 0 | FC St. Gallen |
Sandro Lauper * | October 25, 1996 | 7th | 0 | BSC Young Boys |
Jordan Lotomba * | September 29, 1998 | 5 | 0 | BSC Young Boys |
Nikola Milosavljevic * | April 24, 1996 | 1 | 0 | FC Winterthur (loan) |
Charles pimple | May 15, 1997 | 0 | 0 | Grasshopper Club Zurich |
Petar Pušić * | January 25, 1999 | 1 | 0 | Grasshopper Club Zurich |
Fabian Rohner * | August 17, 1998 | 1 | 0 | FC Zurich |
Kevin Rüegg * | August 5, 1998 | 5 | 0 | FC Zurich |
Dominik Schmid * | March 10, 1998 | 3 | 0 | FC Lausanne-Sport (loan) |
Djibril Sow * | February 6, 1997 | 6th | 1 | BSC Young Boys |
Bastien Toma * | June 24, 1999 | 1 | 0 | FC Sion |
Ruben Vargas | August 5, 1998 | 0 | 0 | FC Luzern |
Storm | ||||
João Oliveira * | January 6, 1996 | 9 | 0 | FC Lausanne Sports |
Albian Ajeti * | February 26, 1997 | 8th | 0 | FC Basel |
Shkelqim Demhasaj * | April 19, 1996 | 2 | 0 | FC Luzern |
Nicolas Hunziker * | February 23, 1996 | 5 | 2 | FC Thun |
Cedric Itten * | December 27, 1996 | 5 | 0 | FC St. Gallen |
Neftali Manzambi | April 23, 1997 | 0 | 0 | Sporting Gijón (Loan) |
Dimitri Oberlin * | September 27, 1997 | 9 | 5 | FC Basel |
Marvin Spielmann * | February 23, 1996 | 9 | 2 | FC Thun |
Andi Zeqiri * | June 22, 1999 | 2 | 0 | FC Lausanne-Sport (loan) |
As of May 25, 2018 |
Trainer
(incomplete)
- 1998-2001: Köbi Kuhn
- 2001-2007: Bernard Challandes
- 2007–2009: Pierre-André Schürmann
- 2009-2015: Pierluigi Tami
- 2015–2018: Heinz Moser
- 2018– Mauro Lustrinelli :
Former and well-known players
(Selection)
- Ricardo Cabanas (former player at Grasshopper Club Zurich )
- Eren Derdiyok (later player with Galatasaray Istanbul )
- Johan Djourou (later player at Hamburger SV )
- Alexander Frei (former player at FC Basel and Borussia Dortmund )
- Daniel Gygax (former player at FC Zurich )
- Zdravko Kuzmanović (later Serbian national player and player at FC Basel )
- Fabian Lustenberger (later captain at Hertha BSC )
- Ludovic Magnin (former player at FC Zurich )
- Ivan Rakitić (later Croatian national player and FC Barcelona player )
- Pirmin Schwegler (later player at Hannover 96 )
- Xherdan Shaqiri (later Liverpool FC player )
- Johan Vonlanthen (later player at PSV Eindhoven )
- Granit Xhaka (later player at Arsenal London )
- Reto Ziegler (later player at FC Sion )
See also
- Swiss national football team
- Swiss national football team (U-17 juniors)
- Swiss national football team (U-20 men)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Regulations of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2017-19. In: uefa.com. UEFA , accessed June 8, 2018 .
- ↑ Switzerland loses the U21 European Championship final against Spain. Aargauer Zeitung , June 25, 2011, accessed on June 8, 2018 .