Swiss national football team / Olympic Games
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
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Olympic Games in Paris :
- May 25, 1924: Preliminary round: Switzerland - Lithuania 9-0 ( Stade Pershing )
- May 29, 1924: Round of 16: Switzerland 1-1 Czechoslovakia aet ( Stade Bergeyre )
- 30 May 1924: Round of 16 / replay: Switzerland 1-0 Czechoslovakia (Stade Bergeyre)
- June 2, 1924: quarter-finals: Switzerland 2-1 Italy (Stade Bergeyre)
- June 6, 1924: Semi-finals: Switzerland 2-1 Sweden ( Stade de Colombes )
- June 9, 1924: Final: Uruguay 3-0 Switzerland (Stade de Colombes)
1928
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Olympic Games in Amsterdam :
- May 28, 1928: Round of 16: German Reich 4-0 Switzerland ( Olympiastadion )
1936
- Not participated.
1948
- Not participated.
1952
- Not participated.
1956
- Not participated.
1960
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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
- 2nd round:
1972
- Olympic qualification:
- 1 round:
- April 21, 1971: Switzerland 2-1 Denmark (in Vevey )
- May 5, 1971: Denmark 4-0 Switzerland (in Copenhagen )
- 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)
- Preliminary round:
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)
- 1 round:
1996
- Olympic qualification:
- 1st round of qualification for the U-21 European Championship :
- April 25, 1995 Switzerland 0-2 Turkey (in Neuchâtel )
- August 15, 1995 Iceland 2-4 Switzerland (in Hafnarfjörður )
- September 5, 1995 Sweden 1-0 Switzerland (in Halmstad )
- October 10, 1995 Switzerland 2-3 Hungary (in Wettingen ) (Switzerland eliminated fourth in the group)
2000
- Olympic qualification:
- 1st round of qualification for the U-21 European Championship :
- October 9, 1998 Italy 1-0 Switzerland (in Cremona )
- October 13, 1998 Switzerland - Denmark 2-0 (in Solothurn )
- March 30, 1999 Switzerland 1-0 Wales (in Winterthur )
- June 10, 1999 Switzerland 0-0 Italy (in Geneva )
- August 18, 1999 Belarus 1-0 Switzerland (in Minsk )
- September 3, 1999 Denmark 1-3 Switzerland (in Odense )
- 7 September 1999 Switzerland 2-1 Belarus (in Nyon )
- 8 October 1999 Wales 0-0 Switzerland (in Newtown ) (Switzerland was eliminated as the second-worst group runner-up)
- 1st round of qualification for the U-21 European Championship :
2004
- Olympic qualification:
- 1st round of qualification for the U-21 European Championship :
- September 7, 2002 Switzerland 2-0 Georgia (in Grenchen )
- October 11, 2002 Albania 0-0 Switzerland (in Tirana )
- October 15, 2002 Ireland 2-3 Switzerland (in Kilkenny )
- April 2, 2003 Georgia 0-2 Switzerland (in Tbilisi )
- June 6, 2003 Switzerland 1-0 Russia (in Freiburg im Üechtland )
- June 10, 2003 Switzerland 2-1 Albania (in La Chaux-de-Fonds )
- September 9, 2003 Russia 1-2 Switzerland (in Moscow )
- October 10, 2003 Switzerland 0-2 Ireland (in Neuchâtel )
- Playoffs:
- November 15, 2003 Switzerland 1-2 Czech Republic (in Basel )
- November 19, 2003 Czech Republic - Switzerland 1: 2 nV 2: 4 i. E. (in Ostrava )
- U-21 European Football Championship 2004 in Germany :
- 1st round of qualification for the U-21 European Championship :
2008
- Olympic qualification:
- 1st round of qualification for the U-21 European Championship :
- September 1, 2006 Moldova - Switzerland 1: 3
- September 6, 2006 Switzerland 2-3 England (Switzerland retired as second in the group)
- 1st round of qualification for the U-21 European Championship :
2012
- Olympic qualification
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Qualification for the U-21 European Championship :
- June 5, 2009 Switzerland - Armenia 2: 1 (in Wil (SG) )
- August 12, 2009 Switzerland 0-1 Estonia (in Schaffhausen )
- September 4, 2009 Armenia 1: 3 Switzerland (in Yerevan )
- October 9, 2009 Estonia 1-4 Switzerland (in Rakvere )
- 13 October 2009 Ireland 1-1 Switzerland (in Waterford )
- November 14, 2009 Turkey 1-3 Switzerland (in Trabzon )
- November 18, 2009 Switzerland 1-0 Georgia (in Lugano )
- May 26, 2010 Switzerland - Turkey 0-2
- May 30, 2010 Georgia 0-0 Switzerland
- September 3, 2010 Switzerland - Ireland 1-0
- Playoffs:
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U-21 European Football Championship 2011 in Denmark :
- Preliminary round:
- Knockout round:
- June 22, 2011, semi-finals Switzerland - Czech Republic 1: 0 a.s. (in Herning ) - Switzerland is qualified for the Olympic football tournament by reaching the final.
- June 25, 2011, final Switzerland 0-2 Spain (in Aarhus )
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Qualification for the U-21 European Championship :
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Olympic Games in London :
- July 26, 2012: Gabon 1-1 Switzerland (in Newcastle , St. James' Park )
- July 29, 2012: South Korea - Switzerland 2-1 (in Coventry , City of Coventry Stadium )
- August 1, 2012: Mexico 1-0 Switzerland (in Cardiff , Millennium Stadium )
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 | |||||
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goal | ||||||||||||
1 | Diego Benaglio | 09/08/1983 | VfL Wolfsburg | 43 | 0 | 3 (2010) | 3 (2012) | |||||
18th | Benjamin Siegrist | 01/31/1992 | Aston Villa | 7 (U-17 2009) | ||||||||
Defense | ||||||||||||
5 | François Affolter | 03/13/1991 | Werder Bremen | 5 | 0 | 1 (2012) | ||||||
3 | Fabio Daprelà | 02/19/1991 | Brescia Calcio | 1 (2012) | ||||||||
15th | Timm Klose | 05/09/1988 | 1. FC Nuremberg | 3 | 0 | 3 (2012) | ||||||
17th | Michel Morganella | 05/17/1989 | US Palermo | 2 (2012) | ||||||||
13 | Ricardo Rodriguez | 08/25/1992 | VfL Wolfsburg | 5 | 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 | 4th | 0 | 3 (2012) | ||||||
2 | Xavier Hochstrasser | 07/01/1988 | FC Luzern | 2 (2012) | ||||||||
10 | Pajtim Kasami | 06/02/1992 | Fulham FC | 6 (U-17 2009) | 3 (2012) | |||||||
6th | Alain Wiss | 08/21/1990 | FC Luzern | 2 | 0 | 2 (2012) | ||||||
attack | ||||||||||||
12 | Josip Drmić | 08/08/1992 | FC Zurich | 2 (2012) | ||||||||
7th | Innocent Emeghara | 05/29/1989 | FC Lorient | 7th | 0 | 3 (2012) | ||||||
11 | Admir Mehmedi | March 16, 1991 | 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 | ||||||
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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 | AC Florence | 6 (U-17 2009) |
Best goal scorers
- 1. Max Abegglen 6 goals (1924)
- 2. Paul Sturzenegger 5 goals (1924)
Trainer
- 1924, 1928: Teddy Duckworth ( England )
- 2000: Jakob Kuhn (qualification), national coach from 2001 to 2008
- 2004: Bernard Challandes (qualification)
- 2008: Pierre-André Schürmann (qualification)
- 2012: Pierluigi Tami
player
- Max Abegglen (1924, 1928)
- Rudolf Ramseyer (1924, 1928)
- Kubilay Türkyılmaz (Qualified 1988)
- Hakan Yakin (Qualified 2000)
- Diego Benaglio (Qualified 2004)
- Mario Eggimann (qualification 2004)
- Daniel Gygax (Qualified 2004)
- Philippe Senderos (Qualified 2004)
- Marco Streller (Qualified 2004)
- Eren Derdiyok (Qualifying 2012)
Web links
- Football Tournament of the Olympic Games - Overview
- FIFA.com: Olympic Football Tournaments London 2012 Profile Switzerland
Individual evidence
- ↑ FIFA.com: Olympic Football Tournaments London 2012 Squad Switzerland
- ↑ FIFA.com: Swiss exclude footballers
- ↑ Abegglen is not mentioned in the overall statistics of FIFA , but in the match reports