Switzerland national football team

Switzerland

Nickname(s)	A-Team Nati (National Team) Rossocrociati (Red Crosses)
Association	Swiss Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Murat Yakin
Captain	Granit Xhaka
Most caps	Granit Xhaka (123)
Top scorer	Alexander Frei (42)
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	SUI
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FIFA ranking
Current	19 (4 April 2024)[1]
Highest	3 (August 1993)
Lowest	83 (December 1998)
First international
France 1–0 Switzerland  (Paris, France; 12 February 1905)
Biggest win
Switzerland 9–0 Lithuania  (Paris, France; 25 May 1924)
Biggest defeat
Switzerland 0–9 England  (Basel, Switzerland; 20 May 1909)  Hungary 9–0 Switzerland  (Budapest, Hungary; 29 October 1911)
World Cup
Appearances	12 (first in 1934)
Best result	Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954)
European Championship
Appearances	6 (first in 1996)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2020)
Nations League Finals
Appearances	1 (first in 2019)
Best result	Fourth place (2019)
Medal record Olympic Games 1924 Paris Team

The Switzerland national football team (German: Schweizer Fussballnationalmannschaft, Italian: Nazionale di calcio della Svizzera, French: Équipe nationale suisse de football, Romansh: Squadra naziunala da ballape da la Svizra) represents Switzerland in men's international football. The national team is controlled by the Swiss Football Association.

Switzerland's best performances at the FIFA World Cup have been three quarter-finals appearances, in 1934, 1938 and 1954. They hosted the competitions in 1954, where they played against Austria in the quarter-finals match, losing 7–5, which still stands as the highest scoring World Cup match ever.^[3] At the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Switzerland set a FIFA World Cup record by being eliminated from the tournament despite not conceding a single goal, being eliminated by Ukraine after penalties in the round of sixteen. They did not concede a goal until a match against Chile at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, conceding in the 75th minute, setting a World Cup tournament record for consecutive minutes without conceding a goal.^[4]

Switzerland and Austria were the co-hosts of UEFA Euro 2008, where the Swiss made their third appearance in the competitions, but failed for a third time to progress from the group stage.^[5][6] However, since then, the Swiss made it to the round of 16 during Euro 2016, and achieved a record-best quarter-finals showing at Euro 2020 after eliminating world champions France.^[7][8]

Overall, Switzerland's best ever result at an official football competitions was the silver medal they earned in 1924, after losing to Uruguay 3–0 in the finals of the 1924 Olympic Games.^[9]