Switzerland national under-21 football team

Switzerland Under-21

Association	Swiss Football Association
Head coach	Pierluigi Tami
First colours Second colours
First international
U23: ? U21: ?
Biggest win
?
Biggest defeat
? Records for competitive matches only.
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 2002)
Best result	Runner-up: 2011

Switzerland national under-21 football team at the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

The Switzerland national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Switzerland and is controlled by the Swiss Football Association. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years.

UEFA U-23 Championship Record

Since the under-21 competition rules insist that players must be 21 or under at the start of a two-year competition, technically it is an U-23 competition. For this reason, Switzerland's record in the preceding U-23 competitions is also shown.

• 1972: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 2 in qualification group
• 1974: Did not enter
• 1976: Did not enter

UEFA U-21 Championship Record

• 1976–1978: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 3 in qualification group.
• 1978–1980: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.
• 1980–1982: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group.
• 1982–1984: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group.
• 1984–1986: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group.
• 1986–1988: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 4 in qualification group.
• 1988–1990: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.
• 1990–1992: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group.
• 1992–1994: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.
• 1994–1996: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 5 in qualification group.
• 1996–1998: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 5 in qualification group.
• 1998–2000: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group.
• 2000–2002: Losing semi-finalists
• 2002–2004: Finished 4th of 4 in finals group.
• 2004–2006: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group.
• 2006–2007: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.
• 2007–2009: Play-off stage to  Spain
• 2009–2011: Runner-up

Coaches

• 199?–2001: Köbi Kuhn
• 2001–2007: Bernard Challandes ^[1][2]
• 2007–2009: Pierre-André Schürmann ^[3]
• 2009–2015: Pierluigi Tami ^[4]
• 2009–0000: Heinz Moser

Current squad

Switzerland squad for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Kazakhstan on 2 September 2016 & Bosnia & Herzegovina on 6 September 2016. Players eligible must be born after 1 January 1994.^[5]

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Yvon Mvogo (captain)	6 June 1994	11	0	Young Boys
12	GK	Mirko Salvi	14 February 1994	1	0	Lugano
	GK	David von Ballmoos	30 December 1994	0	0	Winterthur
2	DF	Florent Hadergjonaj	31 July 1994	7	0	Ingolstadt
3	DF	Ulisses Garcia	11 January 1996	5	0	Werder Bremen
4	DF	Martin Angha	22 January 1994	10	0	St. Gallen
5	DF	Levent Gülen	16 March 1994	7	0	Kayserispor
13	DF	Roy Gelmi	1 March 1995	1	0	St. Gallen
	DF	Saidy Janko	22 October 1995	4	0	Barnsley
	DF	Linus Obexer	5 June 1997	0	0	Young Boys
6	MF	Musa Araz	17 January 1994	5	1	Lausanne-Sport
7	MF	Salim Khelifi	26 January 1994	8	0	Braunschweig
8	MF	Denis Zakaria	20 November 1996	7	0	Young Boys
10	MF	Leonardo Bertone	14 March 1994	11	1	Young Boys
11	MF	Francisco Rodríguez	14 September 1995	6	1	Luzern
14	MF	Edimilson Fernandes	15 April 1996	3	1	West Ham
15	MF	Olivier Custodio	10 February 1995	1	0	Lausanne-Sport
	MF	Cedric Itten	27 December 1996	1	0	Luzern
	MF	Vincent Sierro	8 October 1995	0	0	Sion
9	FW	Haris Tabakovic	20 June 1994	11	6	Grasshopper
16	FW	Michael Frey	19 July 1994	11	3	Young Boys
17	FW	Florian Kamberi	8 March 1995	3	1	Karlsruher
18	FW	Dimitri Oberlin	27 September 1997	1	0	SCR Altach

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up during the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification phase and remain eligible for selection.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Ulisse Pelloni	7 February 1994	0	0	Aarau
DF	Nico Elvedi	30 September 1996	1	0	Mönchengladbach
DF	Joel Untersee	11 February 1994	2	0	Brescia
DF	Gregory Wüthrich	19 July 1995	3	0	Young Boys
DF	Manuel Akanji	19 July 1995	6	0	Basel
MF	Anto Grgić	28 November 1996	0	0	VfB Stuttgart
MF	Nicola Sutter	8 May 1995	2	0	Winterthur
MF	Basil Stillhart	24 March 1994	2	0	Wil
FW	Shani Tarashaj	7 February 1995	6	5	Eintracht Frankfurt
FW	Albian Ajeti	26 February 1997	3	0	St. Gallen
FW	Daniel Follonier	18 January 1994	0	0	Sion
FW	João Oliveira	6 January 1996	0	0	Luzern

Recent results

Germany  v   Switzerland

14 November 2014 Friendly	Germany	1 – 1	Switzerland	Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion, Potsdam
18:00	Gerhardt  5'	[ Report]	17' Frey	Attendance: 2616 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

Switzerland   v  Scotland

18 November 2014 Friendly	Switzerland	1 – 1	Scotland	Stockhorn Arena, Thun
18:30	Musa Araz  44'	Report	90+3' King	Attendance: 837 Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)

Swiss national teams

• Switzerland national football team
• Switzerland national under-23 football team (also known as Swiss Olympic)
• Switzerland national under-20 football team
• Switzerland national under-19 football team
• Switzerland national under-18 football team
• Switzerland national under-17 football team
• Switzerland national under-16 football team

See also

• UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

Footnotes

1. "Bernard Challandes". UEFA.com. 2004-03-17.
2. "Challandes accepts Zürich challenge". UEFA.com. 2007-06-13.
3. "Switzerland turn to Schürmann". UEFA.com. 2007-07-18.
4. "Estonia celebrate Swiss success". UEFA.com. 2009-08-12.
5. "Switzerland squad". Swiss FA. Retrieved 2013-10-05.

Sources/External links

• UEFA Under-21 website Contains full results archive
• The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships.