Swiss national football team (U-17 juniors)

Switzerland
Suisse ( fr. )
Svizzera ( ital. )
Svizra ( advises. )

Association	Swiss Football Association
confederacy	UEFA
Technical sponsor	puma
Head coach	Stefan Marini
Assistant coach	Alessandro Mangiarratti
FIFA code	SUI
home Away
Balance sheet
348 games 184 wins 103 draws 174 losses
statistics
First international match France 4-0 Switzerland ( Paris , France ; April 1, 1978)
Biggest win Switzerland 10-0 San Marino ( Maladsetschna , Belarus ; September 5, 2009)
Biggest defeat Switzerland 0: 6 Cyprus ( Schwamendingen , Switzerland ; March 3, 1991)
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals	1 ( first : 2009 )
Best results	Winner (2009)
U-17 European Championship
Participation in the finals	5 ( first : 2002 )
Best results	Winner (2002)
(As of June 2018)

The Swiss U-17 national football team is the selection team of the U-17 juniors of the Swiss Football Association . Eligible to play are players who have not yet reached the age of 17 and who are Swiss citizens. In tournaments, the age of the first qualifying game is decisive. The team's current trainer is Stefan Marini.

successes

• European Champion: 2002
• World Champion: 2009

U-17 World Championships

year	round
1985	not qualified
1987	not qualified
1989	not qualified
1991	not qualified
1993	not qualified
1995	not qualified
1997	not qualified
1999	not qualified
2001	not qualified
2003	not qualified
2005	not qualified
2007	not qualified
2009	World Champion
2011	not qualified
2013	not qualified
2015	not qualified
2017	not qualified
2019	not qualified

The SFV team qualified for the U-17 World Cup for the first time in 2009 and also won this tournament when they first participated, with the Swiss winning all seven games with a total score of 18: 7. The team's coach was Dany Ryser .

In the group stage, the team defeated Mexico 2-0, Japan 4-3 and Brazil 1-0.

In the second round they met the reigning European champions Germany , who could be defeated 4-3 in extra time, in the quarter-finals they met Italy , Switzerland won 2-1. Colombia was the opponent in the semi-finals, the U-17 landed an undisputed 4-0 victory and made it into the final as a debutant, in which the hosts and defending champions Nigeria waited.

In an exciting final, Switzerland finally prevailed 1-0 and immediately became world champions when they participated for the first time. The winning goal in the final was scored by Haris Seferović , who drew level with the tournament's top scorer with his fifth goal, but was led in fourth place due to the longer playing time.

Benjamin Siegrist was named the tournament's best goalkeeper and received the golden glove . Four-time goalscorer Nassim Ben Khalifa was voted second best player of the tournament and won the silver ball .

The final match was watched by an average of 1.007 million viewers on Swiss television , making it third among the most watched sports programs in 2009.

U-17 European Championships

year	round		year	round		year	round
1982	not qualified		1999	Preliminary round		2015	not qualified
1984	not qualified		2000	not qualified		2017	not qualified
1985	not qualified		2001	Preliminary round		2018	Preliminary round
1986	not qualified		2002	European champion		2019	not qualified
1987	not qualified		2003	not qualified
1988	not qualified		2004	not qualified
1989	Preliminary round		2005	Group stage
1990	not qualified		2006	not qualified
1991	Preliminary round (host)		2007	not qualified
1992	not qualified		2008	Group stage
1993	Quarter finals		2009	Semifinals
1994	Preliminary round		2010	Group stage
1995	not qualified		2011	not qualified
1996	Preliminary round		2012	not qualified
1997	4th Place		2013	Group stage
1998	not qualified		2014	Group stage

Until 2001 there was no U-17, but a U-16 European Championship. The best result of a Swiss U-16 was 4th place in 1997.

The U-17 qualified for a European championship for the first time in 2002 and immediately became European champions for the first and so far only time. The selection won all games in their group, defeating Ukraine 3: 1, Portugal 1: 0 and France 2: 1.

Georgia was beaten 3-0 in the round of 16 , in the semifinals they prevailed against England with the same result and in the final they defeated France again, but this time only 4-2 on penalties, after 90 and 120 minutes they each had 0 : 0 confessed.

In 2005 and 2008 they qualified again for a European Championship, but failed in the group stage.

In 2009 the Swiss U-17 qualified for a European championship for the fourth time. In the group stage they played against France 1-1, Italy were defeated 3-1 and against Spain they were 0-0. In the semi-finals, the U-17 failed 2-1 to the Netherlands .

In 2010 , the team was able to qualify for the European Championship for the third time in a row. She prevailed against Germany (thanks to a 1-0 win in the direct duel), Serbia and Hungary in the elite round in her own country .

See also

• Swiss national football team
• Swiss national football team (U-20 men)
• Swiss national football team (U-21 men)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Swiss Football Association - Team. Retrieved June 11, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Golden shoe from adidas (top scorer) ( Memento from June 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Retrieved November 15, 2009)
3. ↑ Awards ( Memento from November 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (Retrieved November 15, 2009)
4. ↑ transfermarkt.ch: Great euphoria about U17 world champions . Retrieved December 10, 2009.

Web links

• Website at the SFV
• Profile on transfermarkt.ch