Switzerland national under-21 football team

Switzerland Under-21
Association	Swiss Football Association
Head coach	Mauro Lustrinelli
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

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

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: Play-off stage to Spain
2009–2011: Runner-up
2011–2013: Play-off stage to Germany
2013–2015: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.
2015–2017: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.
2017–2019: Did not qualify. Finished 5th of 6 in qualification group.
2019–2021: Finished 3rd of 4 in finals group.

Coaches[]

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
2018–0000: Mauro Lustrinelli

Current squad[]

The following players were called up for the Friendly.^[5]
Match dates: 30 May 2021
Opposition: Republic of Ireland
Caps and goals correct as of: 31 March 2021, after the match against Portugal.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK		(2000-12-11) 11 December 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Aarau
1GK		(2000-12-02) 2 December 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Stade Lausanne Ouchy
1GK	Amir Saipi	(2000-07-08) 8 July 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Schaffhausen

2DF	Marco Burch	(2000-10-19) 19 October 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Luzern
2DF		(2001-04-18) 18 April 2001 (age 20)	0	0	Winterthur
2DF	Albian Hajdari	(2003-05-18) 18 May 2003 (age 18)	0	0	Basel
2DF	Jan Kronig	(2000-06-24) 24 June 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Wil
2DF	Bryan Okoh	(2003-05-16) 16 May 2003 (age 18)	0	0	Liefering
2DF	Leonidas Stergiou	(2002-03-03) 3 March 2002 (age 19)	2	0	St. Gallen
2DF	Sandro Theler	(2000-12-15) 15 December 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Sion
2DF	Nicolas Vouilloz	(2001-05-11) 11 May 2001 (age 20)	0	0	Servette
2DF	Silvan Wallner	(2002-01-15) 15 January 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Zürich

3MF	Alexis Antunes	(2000-07-31) 31 July 2000 (age 21)	1	0	Servette
3MF	Gabriel Barès	(2000-08-29) 29 August 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Lausanne Sport
3MF	Kastriot Imeri	(2000-06-27) 27 June 2000 (age 21)	9	2	Servette
3MF	Alex Jankewitz	(2001-12-25) 25 December 2001 (age 20)	9	0	Young Boys
3MF	Darian Males	(2001-05-03) 3 May 2001 (age 20)	0	0	Basel
3MF	Yannick Marchand	(2000-02-09) 9 February 2000 (age 21)	1	0	Basel
3MF	Fabian Rieder	(2002-02-16) 16 February 2002 (age 19)	1	0	Young Boys
3MF	Simon Sohm	(2001-04-11) 11 April 2001 (age 20)	3	0	Parma

4FW	Zeki Amdouni	(2000-12-04) 4 December 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Stade Lausanne Ouchy
4FW	Matteo Di Giusto	(2000-08-18) 18 August 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Vaduz
4FW	Christopher Lungoyi	(2000-07-04) 4 July 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Lugano
4FW	Felix Mambimbi	(2001-01-18) 18 January 2001 (age 21)	7	0	Young Boys
4FW	Noah Okafor	(2000-05-24) 24 May 2000 (age 21)	6	2	Red Bull Salzburg
4FW	Filip Stojilković	(2000-01-04) 4 January 2000 (age 22)	7	2	Aarau

Swiss national teams[]

Footnotes[]

^ "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.
^ "Team U21" (in German). Schweizerischer Fussballverband. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

Sources/external links[]

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] "Team U21" (in German). Schweizerischer Fussballverband. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

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