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Switzerland
- Spain 0-1 Switzerland
Wednesday, 16 June Match report - Chile 1-0 Switzerland
Monday, 21 June Match report - Switzerland 0-0 Honduras
Friday, 25 June Match report
Latest stories
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Tuesday's World Cup round-up -
Hitzfeld slams Behrami red card - Del Bosque 'will stay Spain boss'
- Thursday's World Cup round-up
- Wednesday's World Cup round-up
- Del Bosque defends Spain tactics
- Iniesta ready for Spain's opener
- Sunday's World Cup 2010 round-up
- Swiss rocked by Streller injury
- Spycher quits Switzerland set-up
Latest audio and video
Highlights - Switzerland 0-0 Honduras 
Extended highlights - Chile 1-0 Switzerland 
Behrami sees red for Switzerland 
Stubborn Swiss look for more scalps 
World Cup in 60 seconds - Day Six 
Extended highlights - Spain 0-1 Switzerland Blogs
Photo galleries
Tournament totals
| Games played | Shots on target | off target |
|---|---|
| 3 Total Switzerland | 10|15 Total Switzerland |
| Goals | Assists |
|---|---|
| 1 Total Switzerland | 0 Total Switzerland |
| Fouls by | on | Cards yellow | red |
|---|---|
| 52|38 Total Switzerland | 8|1 Total Switzerland |
Team profile
The Swiss are famed for precision but even they cannot get the national team to run like clockwork. Despite having fellow countryman Sepp Blatter in charge of Fifa, Switzerland are unable to plan a World Cup to suit their timings. Switzerland's problem is not that they are bad, but rather that their form has remained static since bowing out of Euro 2008 at the group stage on home soil. True, the Swiss qualified for the World Cup as group winners but they had been given a kind draw and had to recover from an embarrassing opening home loss to a Luxembourg side which included only two professional players.
Furthermore, several of Switzerland's best players have endured injuries and a lack of playing time with their clubs. First-choice forward Marco Streller has been ruled out of the World Cup with a thigh problem, and record scorer Alexander Frei and defenders Johan Djourou and Christoph Spycher have all only recently returned from long-term injuries.
Squad List
| NO | POS | PLAYER | CLUB | AGE | CAPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Diego Benaglio | Wolfsburg | 26 | 30 |
| 2 | DF | Stephan Lichtsteiner | Lazio | 26 | 31 |
| 3 | DF | Ludovic Magnin | FC Zurich | 31 | 62 |
| 4 | DF | Philippe Senderos | Everton | 25 | 41 |
| 5 | DF | Steve Von Bergen | Hertha Berlin | 27 | 14 |
| 6 | MF | Benjamin Huggel | Basle | 33 | 41 |
| 7 | MF | Tranquillo Barnetta | Bayer Leverkusen | 25 | 55 |
| 8 | MF | Gokhan Inler | Udinese | 26 | 39 |
| 9 | FW | Alexander Frei | Basle | 31 | 77 |
| 10 | FW | Blaise Nkufo | Seattle Sounders FC | 35 | 34 |
| 11 | MF | Valon Behrami | West Ham | 25 | 28 |
| 12 | GK | Marco Woelfli | Young Boys | 27 | 5 |
| 13 | DF | Stephane Grichting | Auxerre | 31 | 38 |
| 14 | MF | Marco Padalino | Sampdoria | 26 | 8 |
| 15 | MF | Hakan Yakin | Lucerne | 33 | 83 |
| 16 | MF | Gelson Fernandes | St Etienne | 23 | 27 |
| 17 | DF | Reto Ziegler | Sampdoria | 24 | 15 |
| 18 | FW | Albert Bunjaku | Nuremberg | 26 | 4 |
| 19 | FW | Eren Derdiyok | Bayer Leverkusen | 22 | 24 |
| 20 | MF | Pirmin Schwegler | Eintracht Frankfurt | 23 | 4 |
| 21 | GK | Johnny Leoni | FC Zurich | 26 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Mario Eggimann | Hannover 96 | 29 | 9 |
| 23 | MF | Xherdan Shaqiri | Basle | 18 | 4 |
Previous Switzerland stories
Related Switzerland stories
| Group A Teams | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uruguay | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| France | 0 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| Group B Teams | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| Greece | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| Group C Teams | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| England | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Algeria | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| Group D Teams | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Australia | 1 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 4 |
| Serbia | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Group E Teams | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| Japan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Denmark | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Group F Teams | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paraguay | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| New Zealand | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Italy | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| Group G Teams | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Portugal | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| North Korea | 0 | 0 | 3 | -11 | 0 |
| Group H Teams | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Chile | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Honduras | 0 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
Features
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Roy Hodgson Q&A
Fulham manager and BBC pundit Roy Hodgson on Messi, the Jabulani ball and why some teams are underperforming - World Cup winners and losers
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- Switzerland performance analysis
- World Cup venues
- Guide to the teams at South Africa 2010
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