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World Football Cup 2006

Index

Background/History

Fifa

How Teams Qualify

The Trophy

Player Awards

 Previous & Future World Cups

Venues & Matches

The National Teams

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Final Results World Cup 2006 

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Switzerland national football team

Nickname -
Association Swiss Football Association
Coach Jakob Kuhn, 2001-
Most caps Heinz Hermann (117)
Top scorer Max Abegglen,
Kubilay Türkyilmaz (34)
First international
France 1 - 0 Switzerland
(Paris, France; 12 February 1905)
Largest win
Switzerland 7 - 0 San Marino
(St. Gallen, Switzerland; 5 June 1991)
Worst defeat
Switzerland 0 - 9 England
(Basel, Switzerland; 20 May 1909)
Hungary 9 - 0 Switzerland
(Budapest, Hungary; 29 October 1911)
World Cup
Appearances 8 (First in 1934)
Best result Quarterfinals, 1934, 1938, 1954
European Championship
Appearances 2 (First in 1996)
Best result Round 1, 1996 and 2004

 

The Suisse national football team is the national football team of Switzerland and is controlled by the Swiss Football Association. Its best performances in the World Cup have been reaching the quarter-finals, in 1934, 1938 and when the country hosted the event in 1954. Switzerland also won silver at the 1924 Olympics.

World Cup record

  • 1930 - Did not enter
  • 1934 - Quarterfinals
  • 1938 - Quarterfinals
  • 1950 - Round 1
  • 1954 - Quarterfinals
  • 1958 - Did not qualify
  • 1962 - Round 1
  • 1966 - Round 1
  • 1970 to 1990 - Did not qualify
  • 1994 - Round 2
  • 1998 - Did not qualify
  • 2002 - Did not qualify
  • 2006 - Qualified

World Cup 2006 group matches

  • France v Switzerland, 13th June in Stuttgart (5pm BST)
  • Switzerland v Togo, 19th June in Dortmund (2pm BST)
  • Switzerland v South Korea, 23rd June in Hannover (8pm BST)

European Championship record

  • 1960 to 1992 - Did not qualify
  • 1996 - Round 1
  • 2000 - Did not qualify
  • 2004 - Round 1
  • 2008 - Qualified automatically as co-host

     

Famous players

  • Max Abegglen
  • Stéphane Chapuisat
  • Alexander Frei
  • Alain Geiger
  • Heinz Hermann
  • Stéphane Henchoz
  • Philippe Senderos
  • Alain Sutter
  • Kubilay Türkyilmaz
  • Johann Vogel
  • Johan Vonlanthen
  • Hakan Yakin
  • Murat Yakin
  • Ciriaco Sforza

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