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 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

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.

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
2018–2022: Mauro Lustrinelli

Players

Current squad

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	2	0	Young Boys
12	1GK	Pascal Loretz	(2003-06-01) 1 June 2003	1	0	Luzern
	1GK	Justin Hammel	(2000-12-02) 2 December 2000	3	0	Grasshopper Club Zürich

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

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

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

Recent call-ups

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

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

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

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[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.