Switzerland Squad: 2022 FIFA World Cup
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Switzerland Squad is one of the best teams in the FIFA World Cup, as they have shown a top-notch performance in FIFA World Cup 2022 qualification matches and have made their place in the qualified teams of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Currently, the Switzerland team is ranked 14 number in the FIFA ranking chart, and the performance is good in all qualification matches.
In their qualification group, they upset Italy, the defending champion of Europe, earning them a spot in the finals. Earlier this year, they also displayed their enormous potential by defeating Spain and Portugal in the UEFA Nations League.
Switzerland’s tournament didn’t get off to the best of starts, drawing and losing their first two games to Cameroon and Brazil, respectively. In the end, they defeated Serbia to advance to the knockout round after making a tremendous comeback in the last group game.
Switzerland 2022 World Cup Squad
The following players were selected by Murat Yakin for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, this is the final squad for Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022.
| Role | Players |
|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Yann Sommer, Jonas Omlin, Gregor Kobel, Philipp Köhn. |
| Defenders | Silvan Widmer, Nico Elvedi, Manuel Akanji, Ricardo Rodriguez, Eray Cömert, Fabian Schär. |
| Midfielders | Edimilson Fernandes, Denis Zakaria, Remo Freuler, Granit Xhaka, Renato Steffen, Michel Aebischer, Djibril Sow, Fabian Frei, Xherdan Shaqiri, Fabian Rieder, Ardon Jashari. |
| Forwards | Breel Embolo, Haris Seferovic, Christian Fassnacht, Ruben Vargas, Noah Okafor. |
| Captain | Granit Xhaka |
| Head Coach | Murat Yakin |
Switzerland 2022 FIFA World Cup Matches
| S.R | Team | Score | Team | Date |
| 1. | Switzerland | 1-0 | Cameroon | 24th Nov |
| 2. | Brazil | 1-0 | Switzerland | 28th Nov |
| 3. | Serbia | 2-3 | Switzerland | 2nd Dec |
| 4. | Portugal | 0-0 | Switzerland | 7th Dec |
Switzerland 2018 FIFA World Cup Squad
The following players were selected by Vladimir Petkovic for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification and the final squad.
| Role | Players |
|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Yann Sommer, |
| Defenders | Stephan Lichtsteiner, Francois Moubandje, Nico Elvedi, Manuel Akanji, Michael Lang, Ricardo Rodriguez, Johan Djourou, Fabian Schar. |
| Midfielders | Xherdan Shaqiri, Denis Zakaria, Geison Fernandes, Blerim Dzemaili, Steven Zuber, Valon Behrami, Granit Xhaka, Remo Embolo, |
| Forwards | Breel Embolo, Haris Seferovic, Mario Gavranovic, Josip Drmic, |
| Captain | Stephan Lichtsteiner |
| Head Coach | Vladimir Petkovic |
