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Switzerland
Swiss Confederation
Latest Switzerland 2–1 Canada · Group B
Title probability
0.3%
as of 2026-06-25
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
8,800,000
Confederation
UEFA
FIFA code
SUI
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
- 194caps
Yann Sommer
Inter Milan · Veteran shot-stopping leader
- 1212caps
Gregor Kobel
Borussia Dortmund · Heir to the No.1 shirt
- 214caps
Philipp Köhn
AS Monaco · Modern ball-playing keeper
- 242caps
Silvan Widmer
FC Basel · Energetic attacking full-back
- 38caps
Cédric Zesiger
VfL Wolfsburg · Tall emerging centre-back
- 454caps
Nico Elvedi
Borussia Mönchengladbach · Reliable right-sided centre-back
- 562caps
Manuel Akanji
Manchester City · Composed defensive anchor
- 13120caps
Ricardo Rodriguez
Real Betis · Experienced overlapping left-back
- 153caps
Aurèle Amenda
Eintracht Frankfurt · Promising young defender
- 1820caps
Dan Ndoye
Bologna · Versatile wide threat
- 2278caps
Fabian Schär
Newcastle United · Ball-playing defensive rock
- 652caps
Denis Zakaria
AS Monaco · Powerful driving midfielder
- 868caps
Remo Freuler
Bologna · Tireless box-to-box engine
- 10135caps
Granit Xhaka
Bayer Leverkusen · Captain and midfield metronome
- 1418caps
Ardon Jashari
AC Milan · Rising deep-lying playmaker
- 1615caps
Fabian Rieder
Stade Rennais · Creative left-footed talent
- 1712caps
Vincent Sierro
Al-Sadd · Composed central distributor
- 2035caps
Michel Aebischer
Pisa · Tidy two-way operator
- 772caps
Breel Embolo
Stade Rennais · Physical focal-point striker
- 918caps
Zeki Amdouni
Benfica · Clinical mobile finisher
- 1148caps
Ruben Vargas
Sevilla · Direct dribbling winger
- 1928caps
Noah Okafor
Napoli · Pacey vertical threat
- 23130caps
Xherdan Shaqiri
FC Basel · Set-piece and big-game maestro
Model
as of 2026-06-25Exp. points
7.00
Proj. finish
15.9
Seed Elo
1790
Title-probability trajectory
Champion chance across the last 14 snapshots
Matches
History
2022
Did not qualify / Group stage
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.