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The Swiss national football team also known as the Schweizer Nati is the national football team of Switzerland and is controlled by the Swiss Football Association. Its best performances in the World Cup have been reaching the quarter-finals, in 1934, 1938 and when the country hosted the event in 1954. Switzerland also won silver at the 1924 Olympics. In 2006, Switzerland set a FIFA World Cup record by being eliminated from the competition despite not conceding a goal in any of their four matches.[[Citing sources citation needed]] In addition, Switzerland set a World Cup record by failing to score a single goal in a penalty shootout. They are currently ranked 13th in the FIFA World Rankings.

World Cup record

Group Stage

  • France 0 - 0 Switzerland, 13th June in Stuttgart (5pm BST)
  • Switzerland 2 - 0 Togo, 19th June in Dortmund (2pm BST)
  • Switzerland 2 - 0 South Korea, 23rd June in Hannover (8pm BST)
Second Round
  • Switzerland 0 (aet) 0 Ukraine, 26th June in Cologne (8pm BST) (Ukraine won 3-0 in penalty shootout)
There were controversies surrounding the Swiss team for alleged uncalled offsides and hand fouls in each of their games.[link][link][link]

European Championship record

2006 World Cup squad

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*Note : After Johan Vonlanthen's injury during Switzerland's WC2006 warm-up training camp, coach Jakob Kuhn has called Hakan Yakin to replace him. After being knocked out at the Round of 16, Switzerland became the only team in World Cup history to not concede a goal and get knocked out.

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|- style="text-align:center;" | Champions: Italy 

Runners-up: France 

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Eliminated in knockout stage: Argentina | Australia | Brazil | Ecuador | England | Ghana | Mexico | Netherlands | Portugal | Spain | Sweden | Switzerland | Ukraine 

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