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Switzerland

Swiss Confederation

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Title probability

0.0%

as of 2026-07-20

Overview

Switzerland arrive at 2026 as the model of European consistency, a team that reached the Euro 2024 quarter-finals and pushed eventual finalists to the brink before falling on penalties. The painful failure to reach Qatar 2022 stung a proud federation, and there is a clear hunger to remind the world that the Nati belong on the biggest stage.

Managed with pragmatic discipline, this is a side built on a spine of Premier League, Serie A and Bundesliga regulars. The transition from the golden generation of Sommer and Shaqiri toward fresh blood like Jashari and Amdouni is well underway, giving the squad a healthy balance of grizzled experience and ambition.

Capital

Bern

Population

8,900,000

Confederation

UEFA

FIFA code

SUI

World

Region

From Wikipedia

Swiss Confederation fields one of the 48 national teams contesting the 2026 FIFA World Cup across the United States, Mexico and Canada.

Source: Wikipedia →

Squad

Goalkeepers3

1
Gregor Kobel
Borussia Dortmund · First-choice goalkeeper
21caps
12
Yvon Mvogo
FC Lorient
13caps
21
Marvin Keller
BSC Young Boys
1caps

Defenders8

2
Miro Muheim
Hamburger SV
10caps
3
Silvan Widmer
Mainz 05 · Energetic attacking full-back
60caps
4
Nico Elvedi
Borussia Mönchengladbach · Reliable right-sided centre-back
67caps
5
Manuel Akanji
Inter Milan · Defensive leader
81caps
13
Ricardo Rodriguez
Real Betis · Veteran full-back, most-capped defender
138caps
18
Eray Cömert
Valencia
22caps
24
Aurele Amenda
Eintracht Frankfurt · Promising young defender
7caps
25
Luca Jaquez
VfB Stuttgart
3caps

Midfielders10

6
Denis Zakaria
AS Monaco · Powerful driving midfielder
65caps
8
Remo Freuler
Bologna · Tireless box-to-box engine
88caps
9
Johan Manzambi
SC Freiburg · Emerging young talent
12caps
10
Granit Xhaka
Sunderland · Captain, most-capped player
146caps
14
Ardon Jasari
AC Milan · Young midfielder
8caps
15
Djibril Sow
Sevilla
52caps
16
Christian Fassnacht
BSC Young Boys
23caps
17
Ruben Vargas
Sevilla · Direct dribbling winger
61caps
20
Michel Aebischer
Pisa · Tidy two-way operator
40caps
22
Fabian Rieder
FC Augsburg · Creative left-footed talent
28caps

Forwards5

7
Breel Embolo
Stade Rennais · Leading striker
86caps
11
Dan Ndoye
Nottingham Forest · Versatile wide threat
31caps
19
Noah Okafor
Leeds United · Pacey vertical threat
25caps
23
Zeki Amdouni
Burnley · Clinical mobile finisher
29caps
26
Cédric Itten
Fortuna Düsseldorf
15caps

Model

as of 2026-07-20

Champion0.0%

Reach final0.0%

Semi-final0.0%

Quarter-final100.0%

Round of 16100.0%

Advance from group100.0%

Exp. points

7.00

Proj. finish

6.5

Seed Elo

1790

Title-probability trajectory

Champion chance across the last 14 snapshots

Matches

Results

Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City

BC Place, Vancouver

BC Place, Vancouver

BC Place, Vancouver

SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles

Levi's Stadium, San Francisco Bay Area

History

1934
Quarter-finals
1938
Quarter-finals
1954
Quarter-finals
1994
Round of 16
2006
Round of 16
2014
Round of 16
2018
Round of 16
2022
Round of 16

Culture

Football culture

Football is the nation's most popular sport, though it coexists with a deep love of skiing and ice hockey. The Super League is modest but produces and exports talent prolifically, while supporters cherish the team's resilient, identity-rich character.

Did you know

Switzerland has four official languages: German, French, Italian and Romansh.
The Swiss FA is among the world's oldest, founded in 1895.
The 1954 World Cup it hosted remains the highest-scoring edition ever.
FIFA and UEFA both have headquarters on Swiss soil.
Many stars, including Xhaka and Shaqiri, share Kosovan-Albanian roots.