Switzerland national under-21 football team 2011

The Switzerland national under-21 football team is the national under-21

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team of

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

and is controlled by the

Swiss Football Association The Swiss Football Association (german: Schweizerischer Fussballverband, french: Association Suisse de Football, it, Associazione Svizzera di Football/Calcio, rm, Associaziun Svizra da Ballape) is the governing body of football in Switzerland ...

. The team competes in the

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, 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

:''*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.''

Coaches

* 1995–2001:

Köbi Kuhn Jakob "Köbi" Kuhn (12 October 1943 – 26 November 2019) was a Swiss football player and manager. During his playing career he played primarily for FC Zürich and won 63 caps for Switzerland, one of which was at the 1966 FIFA World Cup in Engl ...

* 2001–2007:

Bernard Challandes Bernard Challandes (born 26 July 1951) is a Swiss professional football coach and former player who last managed Kosovo. Coaching career Clubs Challandes became coach of Saint-Imier in 1978. Subsequently, he has been the coach of many other tea ...

* 2007–2009: Pierre-André Schürmann * 2009–2015:

Pierluigi Tami Pierluigi Tami (born 12 September 1961) is a Swiss football manager and a former defender. He also holds Italian citizenship. Career He was in charge of the Switzerland national under-21 football team, and also worked as an assistant to coach ...

* 2015–2018: Heinz Moser * 2018–2022: Mauro Lustrinelli

Current squad

* The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches. * Match dates: 4 and 8 June 2022 * Opposition: and * Caps and goals correct as of: 4 June 2022, after the match against * Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the senior team

Swiss national teams

Switzerland national football team The Switzerland national football team (german: Schweizer Fussballnationalmannschaft, it, Nazionale di calcio della Svizzera, french: Équipe nationale suisse de football, rm, Squadra naziunala da ballape da la Svizra) represents Switzerland ...

* Switzerland national under-23 football team (also known as Swiss Olympic) * Switzerland national under-20 football team * Switzerland national under-19 football team *

Switzerland national under-18 football team The Swiss national under-18 football team is the national under-18 football team of Switzerland controlled by Swiss Football Association. Recent results Swiss national teams * Switzerland national football team * Switzerland national under-23 ...

* Switzerland national under-17 football team *

Switzerland national under-16 football team The Switzerland national under-16 football team is the national under-16 football team of Switzerland and is controlled by the Swiss Football Association. History The team acted as the feeder team of Switzerland national under-17 football t ...

Footnotes

Sources/external links

UEFA Under-21 website
- contains full results archive

- contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships {{DEFAULTSORT:Switzerland National Under-21 Football Team European national under-21 association football teams