Swiss national football team / Olympic Games

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The Swiss national football team first took part in the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris and won the silver medal there. This is the greatest success for Swiss football to date. Four years later in Amsterdam , however, the team was eliminated in the preliminary round. After that, the senior national team no longer took part and the amateur team never qualified.

For the first time, a Swiss team took part in the 2012 Games in London , qualifying by finishing second at the 2011 U-21 European Football Championship .

Results at Olympic Games

1924

1928

1936

  • Not participated.

1948

  • Not participated.

1952

  • Not participated.

1956

  • Not participated.

1960

  • Olympic qualification :
    • November 22, 1959 Switzerland 1-2 France (in Lucerne )
    • March 27, 1960: Luxembourg 0-0 Switzerland (in Luxembourg (city) )
    • April 13, 1960 Switzerland 2-2 Luxembourg (in Basel )
    • May 1, 1960 France - Switzerland 1-0 in ( Chambéry ) (Switzerland retired as second in the group)

1964

  • Olympic qualification:
  • 1 round:
    • Switzerland - Spain 1-0
    • Spain 6-0 Switzerland

1968

  • Olympic qualification:
    • 2nd round:
      • Austria - Switzerland 4: 1
      • Switzerland - Austria 1-0

1972

  • Olympic qualification:
    • 1 round:

1976

  • Not participated

1980

  • Not participated

1984

  • Not participated

1988

  • Olympic qualification:
    • Preliminary round:
      • September 10, 1986 Liechtenstein - Switzerland 0:10 (in Triesen )
      • September 23, 1986 Switzerland - Liechtenstein 9: 0 (in St. Gallen )
    • Final round:
      • November 8, 1986 Switzerland 1-0 Norway (in Lucerne )
      • December 3, 1986 Turkey 3-2 Switzerland (in Bursa )
      • April 16, 1987 Switzerland 1-1 Bulgaria (in Langenthal )
      • August 26, 1987 Norway 0-0 Switzerland (in Tromsø )
      • October 7, 1987 Switzerland - Turkey 2-0 (in Zurich )
      • October 28, 1987 Switzerland 2-4 USSR (in Lausanne )
      • April 6, 1988 Bulgaria 2-0 Switzerland (in Sofia )
      • May 10, 1988 USSR - Switzerland 0-0 (in Moscow ) (Switzerland retired as third party)

1992

  • Olympic qualification:
    • 1 round:
      • Switzerland - Bulgaria 0-2
      • Scotland - Switzerland 4-2
      • Switzerland 0-2 Romania
      • Bulgaria - Switzerland 1-0
      • Switzerland 0-3 Scotland
      • Romania - Switzerland 1: 3 (Switzerland were eliminated last in the group)

1996

2000

2004

2008

2012

Squad for 2012

A U-23 team, in which up to three older players may participate, is entitled to start. This were Diego Benaglio , Timm Klose and Xavier Hochstrasser of Pierluigi Tami nominated. Benaglio was the only member of the squad to take part in the 2010 World Cup . Michel Morganella was excluded from the Swiss delegation after the game against South Korea because he had insulted players from South Korea via Twitter .

No. player Date of birth society A country
games		 A country
goals		 World Cup games OS games
goal
1 Diego Benaglio (C)Captain of the crew 09/08/1983 GermanyGermany VfL Wolfsburg 43 0 3 (2010) 3 (2012)
18th Benjamin Siegrist 01/31/1992 EnglandEngland Aston Villa 7 (U-17 2009)
Defense
5 François Affolter 03/13/1991 GermanyGermany Werder Bremen 05 0 1 (2012)
3 Fabio Daprelà 02/19/1991 ItalyItaly Brescia Calcio 1 (2012)
15th Timm Klose 05/09/1988 GermanyGermany 1. FC Nuremberg 03 0 3 (2012)
17th Michel Morganella 05/17/1989 ItalyItaly US Palermo 2 (2012)
13 Ricardo Rodriguez 08/25/1992 GermanyGermany VfL Wolfsburg 05 0 6 (U-17 2009) 3 (2012)
16 Fabian Schär 12/20/1991 FC Basel 2 (2012)
midfield
8th Amir Abrashi March 27, 1990 Grasshopper Club Zurich 3 (2012)
4th Oliver Buff 08/03/1992 FC Zurich 6 (U-17 2009) 1 (2012)
9 Fabian Frei 01/08/1989 FC Basel 04th 0 3 (2012)
2 Xavier Hochstrasser 07/01/1988 FC Luzern 2 (2012)
10 Pajtim Kasami 06/02/1992 EnglandEngland Fulham FC 6 (U-17 2009) 3 (2012)
6th Alain Wiss 08/21/1990 FC Luzern 02 0 2 (2012)
attack
12 Josip Drmić 08/08/1992 FC Zurich 2 (2012)
7th Innocent Emeghara 05/29/1989 FranceFrance FC Lorient 07th 0 3 (2012)
11 Admir Mehmedi March 16, 1991 UkraineUkraine Dynamo Kiev 10 1 3 (2012)
14th Steven Zuber 08/17/1991 Grasshopper Club Zurich 3 (2012)
Substitute player
No. player Date of birth society A country
games		 A country
goals		 World Cup games
goal
22nd Roman Bürki 11/14/1990 Grasshopper Club Zurich
Defense
21st Silvan Widmer 03/05/1993 FC Aarau
midfield
20th Vullnet Basha 07/11/1990 FC Sion
attack
19th Haris Seferović 02/22/1992 ItalyItaly AC Florence 6 (U-17 2009)

Best goal scorers

1. Max Abegglen 6 goals (1924)
2. Paul Sturzenegger 5 goals (1924)

Trainer

player

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FIFA.com: Olympic Football Tournaments London 2012 Squad Switzerland
  2. ↑ FIFA.com: Swiss exclude footballers
  3. ↑ Abegglen is not mentioned in the overall statistics of FIFA , but in the match reports