Switzerland Under-21

Association	Swiss Football Association
Head coach	Pierre-André Schürmann
Home colours Away colours
First international
U23: ? U21: ?
Biggest win
?
Biggest defeat
? Records for competitive matches only.
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	2 (First in 2002)
Best result	Losing semi-finalists: 2002

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.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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: ongoing

[edit] Coaches

• 199?-2001: Köbi Kuhn
• 2001-2007: Bernard Challandes ^[1][2]
• 2007-present: Pierre-André Schürmann ^[3]

This section requires expansion.

[edit] Eligible players

Players born in 1986 or later are eligible for the 2007-09 UEFA European U-21 Championship. The Under-19 team will be the most obvious source for the next crop of Under-21s.

Players in italics have caps for the senior team.

[edit] Current squad

Name	Date of Birth	Apps	Goals	Club	Debut
Goalkeepers
Dragan Đukić	15 July 1987	2	0	Kriens	2006
David González	9 November 1986	8	0	Servette	2006
Manuel Huber	17 October 1987	0	0	Grasshopper Zürich	N/A
Yann Sommer	17 December 1988	4	0	Grasshopper Zürich	2007
Defense
Heinz Barmettler	21 July 1987	9	0	Zürich	2006
Johan Djourou	18 January 1987	2	0	Arsenal	2006
Jonas Elmer	28 February 1988	6	0	Aarau	2007
Beg Ferati	10 November 1986	12	1	Basel	2006
Stefan Glarner	21 November 1987	2	0	Thun	2007
Sebastian Kollar	23 February 1987	8	0	Wil	2006
Christophe Lambert	23 February 1987	6	0	Luzern	2007
Aron Liechti	15 February 1986	1	0	Young Boys	2008
Claudio Lustenberger	6 January 1987	3	0	Luzern	2007
Michel Morganella	17 May 1989	0	0	Palermo	2007
Kay Voser	4 January 1987	3	0	Grasshopper Zürich	2007
Mihael Kovačević	6 March 1988	0	0	Dundee United	N/A
Midfield
Patrik Baumann	29 July 1986	2	0	Basel	2007
Cabral	22 October 1988	3	0	Sevilla	2007
Almen Abdi	21 October 1986	10	0	Zürich	2006
Stephan Andrist	12 December 1987	1	0	Thun	2007
Blerim Džemaili	12 April 1986	12	4	Torino	2004
Charles André Doudin	12 September 1986	1	0	La Chaux-de-Fonds	2007
Gelson Fernandes	2 September 1986	8	0	Manchester City	2006
Peter Läng	16 April 1986	1	0	Schaffhausen	2007
Fabian Lustenberger	2 May 1988	5	1	Hertha Berlin	2007
Reto Ziegler	23 March 1986	25	2	Sampdoria	2004
Danijel Miličević	5 January 1986	2	0	Eupen	2006
Bruno Mota	24 January 1987	2	0	Sampdoria	2007
Philipp Muntwiler	25 February 1987	1	0	St. Gallen	2007
Daniel Pavlović	22 April 1988	1	0	Schaffhausen	2007
Pirmin Schwegler	9 March 1987	15	1	Bayer Leverkusen	2005
Jérôme Thiesson	6 August 1987	0	0	Wil	2007
Fabrizio Zambrella	1 March 1986	23	5	Brescia	2004
Forward
Eren Derdiyok	12 June 1988	5	7	Bayer Leverkusen	2007
David Blumer	28 February 1986	5	0	Thun	2006
Julián Estéban	16 September 1986	10	5	Rennes	2006
Fabian Frei	8 January 1989	0	0	Basel	2007
Frank Feltscher	17 May 1988	4	1	Lecce	2007
Goran Karanovic	13 October 1987	2	0	Luzern	2007
Marco Schönbächler	11 January 1990	1	0	Zürich	2007
Murat Ural	5 July 1987	3	1	St. Gallen	2007

[edit] See also

• Switzerland national football team
• UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] 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.

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