Switzerland national under-21 football team

Switzerland Under-21
Association	Swiss Football Association
Captain	Eray Cömert
Most caps	Alain Rochat (42)
Top scorer	Hakan 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
Appearances	3 (first in 2002)
Best result	Runners-up: 2011

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.

Switzerland national under-21 football team at the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

UEFA U-23 championship recordEdit

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 recordEdit

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	Did not qualify
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	qualified
Total	5/24	15	6	2	7	17	21	—

*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CoachesEdit

1995–2001: Köbi Kuhn
2001–2007: Bernard Challandes^[1]^[2]
2007–2009: Pierre-André Schürmann^[3]
2009–2015: Pierluigi Tami^[4]
2015–2018: Heinz Moser
2018–2022: Mauro Lustrinelli

PlayersEdit

Current squadEdit

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Spain and Israel on 24 and 28 March 2023 respectively.^[5]

Caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2023, after the match against Israel.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Marvin Keller	(2002-07-03) 3 July 2002 (age 20)	2	0	Young Boys
12	1GK	Pascal Loretz	(2003-06-01) 1 June 2003 (age 20)	1	0	Luzern
	1GK	Justin Hammel	(2000-12-02) 2 December 2000 (age 22)	3	0	Grasshopper Club Zürich

2	2DF	Lewin Blum	(2001-07-27) 27 July 2001 (age 21)	7	0	Young Boys
3	2DF	Nicolas Vouilloz	(2001-05-11) 11 May 2001 (age 22)	7	0	Servette
4	2DF	Leonidas Stergiou	(2002-03-03) 3 March 2002 (age 21)	14	1	St. Gallen
16	2DF	Serge Müller	(2000-09-18) 18 September 2000 (age 22)	5	0	Schaffhausen
17	2DF	Jan Kronig	(2000-06-24) 24 June 2000 (age 22)	12	1	Aarau
20	2DF	Bećir Omeragić	(2002-01-20) 20 January 2002 (age 21)	6	0	Zürich
22	2DF	Aurèle Amenda	(2003-07-31) 31 July 2003 (age 19)	1	0	Young Boys
	2DF	Albian Hajdari	(2003-05-18) 18 May 2003 (age 20)	3	0	Lugano

5	3MF	Ardon Jashari	(2002-07-30) 30 July 2002 (age 20)	3	0	Luzern
6	3MF	Simon Sohm	(2001-04-11) 11 April 2001 (age 22)	18	0	Parma
10	3MF	Kastriot Imeri	(2000-06-27) 27 June 2000 (age 22)	20	7	Young Boys
14	3MF	Matteo Di Giusto	(2000-08-18) 18 August 2000 (age 22)	7	0	Winterthur
15	3MF	Gabriel Barès	(2000-08-29) 29 August 2000 (age 22)	12	2	Thun
19	3MF	Darian Males	(2001-05-03) 3 May 2001 (age 22)	13	0	Basel
23	3MF	Nicky Beloko	(2000-02-16) 16 February 2000 (age 23)	2	0	Luzern
24	3MF	Alvyn Sanches	(2003-02-12) 12 February 2003 (age 20)	1	0	Lausanne-Sport

7	4FW	Dan Ndoye	(2000-10-25) 25 October 2000 (age 22)	22	8	Basel
8	4FW	Julian von Moos	(2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 (age 22)	4	1	St. Gallen
9	4FW	Filip Stojilković	(2000-01-04) 4 January 2000 (age 23)	22	2	Darmstadt 98
11	4FW	Bradley Fink	(2003-04-17) 17 April 2003 (age 20)	4	1	Basel

Recent call-upsEdit

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


MF	Alexandre Jankewitz	(2001-12-25) 25 December 2001 (age 21)	19	1	St. Gallen	v. Moldova, 8 June 2022
MF	Fabian Rieder	(2002-02-16) 16 February 2002 (age 21)	8	2	Young Boys	v. Moldova, 8 June 2022
MF	Bledian Krasniqi	(2001-06-17) 17 June 2001 (age 21)	3	0	Zürich	v. Moldova, 8 June 2022
MF	Randy Schneider	(2001-08-27) 27 August 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Aarau	v. Moldova, 8 June 2022

Swiss national teamsEdit

FootnotesEdit

^ "Bernard Challandes". UEFA. 17 March 2004.
^ "Challandes accepts Zürich challenge". UEFA. 13 June 2007.
^ "Switzerland turn to Schürmann". UEFA. 18 July 2007.
^ "Estonia celebrate Swiss success". UEFA. 12 August 2009.
^ "U-21: Drei Rückkehrer und vier Neulinge" (in German). Schweizerischer Fussballverband. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.

Sources/external linksEdit

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

[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] "U-21: Drei Rückkehrer und vier Neulinge" (in German). Schweizerischer Fussballverband. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.

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