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Switzerland (SUI)

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Founded	1895
Affiliated	1904
WC participations	7 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1994)
WC honours	Quarter-final (1934, 1938, 1954)
Continental Titles	None
Facts Switzerland have qualified for seven FIFA World Cup™ finals. In their début appearance in 1934, they lost a close quarter-final 3-2 to Czechoslovakia. Four years later, the Swiss booked their place in the quarter-final by defeating Germany 4-2. The eventual runners-up Hungary ended the Swiss run at the quarter-final stage. At Brazil '50 the Swiss team went out in the first round, but in the 1954 World Cup they played their way into the quarter-finals as the tournament hosts. But after leading 3-0, they allowed Austria to fight back to claim a 7-5 victory and semi-final spot. In 1962 and 1966 Switzerland failed to progress beyond the first round, and in 1994 they headed home after a 3-0 loss to Spain in the second round.

Players:

1 ZUBERBUEHLER Pascal (GK)
2 DJOUROU Johan
3 MAGNIN Ludovic
4 SENDEROS Philippe
5 MARGAIRAZ Xavier
6 VOGEL Johann
7 CABANAS Ricardo
8 WICKY Raphael
9 FREI Alexander
10 GYGAX Daniel
11 STRELLER Marco
12 BENAGLIO Diego (GK)
13 GRICHTING Stephane
14 DEGEN David
15 DZEMAILI Blerim
16 BARNETTA Tranquillo
17 SPYCHER Christoph
18 LUSTRINELLI Mauro
19 BEHRAMI Valon
20 MUELLER Patrick
21 COLTORTI Fabio (GK)
22 VONLANTHEN Johan
23 DEGEN Philipp

Coach: Jakob ‘Kobi’ Kuhn Nationality : Swiss
Date of Birth : 12 October 1943

General Information

FIFA Trigramme: SUI C
ountry: Switzerland
Country (official name): Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft [Allemand) / Confederation Suisse (Français) / Confederazione Svizzera (Italien) Continent: Europe
Capital: Bern
Major cities: Zürich, Basel, Geneva, Lausanne, Winterthur, Lucerne, Sankt Gallen, Biel, Thun, Neuchâtel
Currency: Swiss franc
Official languages: German, French, Italian, Romansch
Motto: One for all and all for one.

Population (in millions): 7.32
GDP per inhabitant (in US dollars): 31,700
Density (inhabitants per km2): 177.25
Average age (in years): 40.2
Life expectancy at birth (in years): 79.99

Internet code: .ch
Number of internet users: 3.85 million (2002)



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