Switzerland national under-21 football team

European national under-21 football team
Name = Switzerland Under-21
Badge = Switzerland FA.gif
Nickname =
Association = Swiss Football Association
Coach = Pierre-André Schürmann
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First game = "U23": ?
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"Records for competitive
matches only."

UEFAu21Champ apps = 2
UEFAu21Champ first = 2002
UEFAu21Champ best = Losing semi-finalists: 2002

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.

UEFA U-23 Championship Record

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 Record

* 1976-1978: "Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 3 in qualification group."
* 1978-1980: "Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group."
* 1980-1982: "Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group."
* 1982-1984: "Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group."
* 1984-1986: "Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group."
* 1986-1988: "Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 4 in qualification group."
* 1988-1990: "Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group."
* 1990-1992: "Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group."
* 1992-1994: "Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group."
* 1994-1996: "Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 5 in qualification group."
* 1996-1998: "Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 5 in qualification group."
* 1998-2000: "Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group."
* 2000-2002: Losing semi-finalists
* 2002-2004: Finished 4th of 4 in finals group.
* 2004-2006: "Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group."
* 2006-2007: "Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group."
* 2007-2009: "ongoing"

Coaches

*199?-2001:flagicon|Switzerland Köbi Kuhn
*2001-2007: flagicon|Switzerland Bernard Challandes [cite web|date=2004-03-17|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under21/news/kind=32/newsid=175345.html|title=Bernard Challandes|work=UEFA.com] [cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=550481.html|title=Challandes accepts Zürich challenge|2007-06-13|work=UEFA.com]
*2007-present: flagicon|SwitzerlandPierre-André Schürmann [cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under21/news/kind=1/newsid=562150.html|title=Switzerland turn to Schürmann|date=2007-07-18|work=UEFA.com]

Eligible players

Players born in 1986 or later are eligible for the 2007-09 UEFA European U-21 Championship. The Under-19 team will be the most obvious source for the next crop of Under-21s.

Players in "italics" have caps for the senior team.

Current squad

See also

* Switzerland national football team
* UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

Footnotes

Sources/External links

* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/Under21 UEFA Under-21 website] Contains full results archive
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/europe-u21.html The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation] Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships.