Switzerland national under-21 football team

Summary

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 Championship, which is held every two years.

Switzerland Under-21
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationSwiss Football Association
Head coachSascha Stauch
Most capsAlain Rochat (42)
Top scorerHakan Yakin (12)
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Greece 2–1 Switzerland 
Rhodos, Greece; 28 March 1990
Biggest win
  Switzerland 6–0 Luxembourg 
Muri, Switzerland; 27 March 2001
  Switzerland 7–1 Latvia 
Lugano, Switzerland; 8 September 2014
Biggest defeat
  Switzerland 3–7 Norway 
Biel, Switzerland; 9 November 1996
Records for competitive
matches only.
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances5 (first in 2002)
Best resultRunners-up (2011)
Switzerland national under-21 football team at the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

UEFA U-23 championship record edit

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 edit

Year Round Pld W D* L GF GA Squad
1978 Did not qualify
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
  1994
  1996
  1998
  2000
  2002 Semi-finals 4 1 1 2 3 4 Squad
  2004 Group stage 3 0 1 2 4 7 Squad
  2006 Did not qualify
  2007
  2009 Lost in qualifying play-off to   Spain
  2011 Runners-up 5 4 0 1 7 2 Squad
  2013 Lost in qualifying play-off to   Germany
  2015 Did not qualify
  2017
  2019
   2021 Group stage 3 1 0 2 3 6 Squad
   2023 Quarter-finals 4 1 0 3 6 10 Squad
  2025 TBD
Total 5/24 19 7 2 10 23 31
*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Coaches edit

Players edit

Current squad edit

The following players were selected for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship on 15 June 2023.

Caps and goals correct as of 1 July 2023, after the match against Spain.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Amir Saipi (2000-07-08)8 July 2000 (aged 22) 14 0   Lugano
12 1GK Nicholas Ammeter (2000-12-11)11 December 2000 (aged 22) 0 0   Wil
21 1GK Marvin Keller (2002-07-03)3 July 2002 (aged 20) 2 0   Young Boys

2 2DF Lewin Blum (2001-07-27)27 July 2001 (aged 21) 11 0   Young Boys
3 2DF Nicolas Vouilloz (2001-05-11)11 May 2001 (aged 22) 10 0   Servette
4 2DF Leonidas Stergiou (captain) (2002-03-03)3 March 2002 (aged 21) 18 1   St. Gallen
5 2DF Marco Burch (2000-10-19)19 October 2000 (aged 22) 13 1   Luzern
13 2DF Aurèle Amenda (2003-07-31)31 July 2003 (aged 19) 3 0   Young Boys
16 2DF Serge Müller (2000-09-18)18 September 2000 (aged 22) 6 0   Schaffhausen
17 2DF Jan Kronig (2000-06-24)24 June 2000 (aged 22) 13 1   Aarau
20 2DF Bećir Omeragić (2002-01-20)20 January 2002 (aged 21) 6 0   Zürich

6 3MF Simon Sohm (2001-04-11)11 April 2001 (aged 22) 22 0   Parma
8 3MF Ardon Jashari (2002-07-30)30 July 2002 (aged 20) 7 0   Luzern
10 3MF Kastriot Imeri (2000-06-27)27 June 2000 (aged 22) 24 9   Young Boys
14 3MF Matteo Di Giusto (2000-08-18)18 August 2000 (aged 22) 10 0   Winterthur
15 3MF Gabriel Barès (2000-08-29)29 August 2000 (aged 22) 13 2   Thun
18 3MF Bledian Krasniqi (2001-06-17)17 June 2001 (aged 22) 7 0   Zürich
19 3MF Darian Males (2001-05-03)3 May 2001 (aged 22) 17 0   Basel

7 4FW Dan Ndoye (2000-10-25)25 October 2000 (aged 22) 26 10   Basel
9 4FW Filip Stojilković (2000-01-04)4 January 2000 (aged 23) 25 2   Darmstadt 98
11 4FW Julian von Moos (2001-04-11)11 April 2001 (aged 22) 8 1   St. Gallen
22 4FW Fabian Rieder (2002-02-16)16 February 2002 (aged 21) 15 2   Young Boys
23 4FW Zeki Amdouni (2000-12-04)4 December 2000 (aged 22) 15 9   Basel


Recent call-ups edit

The following players have also been called up to the Switzerland under-17 squad within the last twelve months and remain eligible for selection.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Pascal Loretz (2003-06-01) 1 June 2003 (age 20) 1 0   Luzern

DF Albian Hajdari (2003-05-18) 18 May 2003 (age 20) 3 0   Lugano

MF Alvyn Sanches (2003-02-12) 12 February 2003 (age 21) 1 0   Lausanne-Sport

FW Bradley Fink (2003-04-17) 17 April 2003 (age 20) 4 1   Basel

Swiss national teams edit

See also edit

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ "Bernard Challandes". UEFA. 17 March 2004.
  2. ^ "Challandes accepts Zürich challenge". UEFA. 13 June 2007.
  3. ^ "Switzerland turn to Schürmann". UEFA. 18 July 2007.
  4. ^ "Estonia celebrate Swiss success". UEFA. 12 August 2009.
  5. ^ "Sascha Stauch wird neuer U-21-Nationaltrainer". SFV. 11 July 2023.

Sources/external links edit

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