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Switzerland


Federation founded: 1895
FIFA member since: 1904
Confederation: UEFA
Colours: Red and white
Nicknames: Schweizer Nati, La Nati
World Cups qualified for: 11 (of 21)
Best results: 6th place 1950

WORLD CUP RANKING
P 37 W 12 D 8 L 17 GF 50 GA 64 Pts 44
Switzerland is 18th on the all-time table.

WORLD CUP SUMMARY
1930 Did not enter
1934 Quarter-final 7 Squad Qualifiers
1938 Quarter-final 7 Squad Qualifiers
1950 First round 6 Squad Qualifiers
1954 Quarter-final 8 Squad Hosts
1958 Did not qualify Qualifiers
1962 First round 16 Squad Qualifiers
1966 First round 16 Squad Qualifiers
1970 Did not qualify Qualifiers
1974 Did not qualify Qualifiers
1978 Did not qualify Qualifiers
1982 Did not qualify Qualifiers
1986 Did not qualify Qualifiers
1990 Did not qualify Qualifiers
1994 Round of 16 15 Squad Qualifiers
1998 Did not qualify Qualifiers
2002 Did not qualify Qualifiers
2006 Round of 16 10 Squad Qualifiers
2010 First round 19 Squad Qualifiers
2014 Round of 16 11 Squad Qualifiers
2018 Round of 16 14 Squad Qualifiers

TEAM RECORDS
Champions -
Finalists -
Semi-finalists (or top 4) -
Quarter-finalists (or top 8) 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954
Biggest win 4-1 vs Italy 1954
4-1 vs Romania 1994
Biggest loss 0-5 vs West Germany 1966
Most wins in a row 2
Most losses in a row 7
Longest unbeaten run 5
Longest run without win 8
Longest run qualifying 4 (1934-54) & (2006- )
Longest run not qualifying 6 (1970-90)
Penalty shoot-outs 0 win, 1 loss
SWI vs Europe W7 - D3 - L12
SWI vs South America W1 - D2 - L5
SWI vs Asia W1 - D0 - L0
SWI vs Africa W1 - D0 - L0
SWI vs N/C America W2 - D3 - L0

MOST WORLD CUP APPEARANCES
Valon Behrami 10 2006-18
Stephan Lichtsteiner 10 2010-18
Xherdan Shaqiri 9 2010-18
Kiki Antenen 8 1950-62
Johan Djourou 8 2006-18
Ricardo Rodriguez 8 2014-18
Granit Xhaka 8 2014-18

MOST WORLD CUP GOALS
Sepp Hügi 6 1954
Andre Abegglen 4 1934-38
Robert Ballaman 4 1954
Xherdan Shaqiri 4 2010-18
Jackie Fatton 3 1950-54
Leopold Kielholz 3 1934


 

YEAR RD OPPONENTS RESULT 1934 1R Netherlands W 3-2 QF Czechoslovakia L 2-3 1938 1R Germany [aet] D 1-1 Germany [replay] W 4-2 QF Hungary L 0-2 1950 1R Yugoslavia L 0-3 1R Brazil D 2-2 1R Mexico W 2-1 1954 1R Italy W 2-1 1R England L 0-2 P/O Italy W 4-1 QF Austria L 5-7 1962 1R Chile L 1-3 1R West Germany L 1-2 1R Italy L 0-3 1966 1R West Germany L 0-5 1R Spain L 1-2 1R Argentina L 0-2 1994 1R United States D 1-1 1R Romania W 4-1 1R Colombia L 0-2 2R Spain L 0-3 2006 1R France D 0-0 1R Togo W 2-0 1R South Korea W 2-0 2R Ukraine [0-3 ap] D 0-0 2010 1R Spain W 1-0 1R Chile L 0-1 1R Honduras D 0-0 2014 1R Ecuador W 2-1 1R France L 2-5 1R Honduras W 3-0 2R Argentina [aet] L 0-1 2018 1R Brazil D 1-1 1R Serbia W 2-1 1R Costa Rica D 2-2 2R Sweden L 0-1



 

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