Switzerland national under-21 football team

Switzerland Under-21
Association	Swiss Football Association
Head coach	Sascha Stauch
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	5 (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 Championship, which is 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

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	Quarter-finals	4	1	0	3	6	10	Squad
2025	Did not qualify
Total	5/24	19	7	2	10	23	31	—

*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

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
2022–2023: Patrick Rahmen
2023–0000: Sascha Stauch^[5]

Players

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship on 15 June 2023.

Caps and goals correct as of 1 July 2023, after the match against Spain.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Amir Saipi	(2000-07-08)8 July 2000 (aged 22)	14	0	Lugano
12	1GK	Nicholas Ammeter	(2000-12-11)11 December 2000 (aged 22)	0	0	Wil
21	1GK	Marvin Keller	(2002-07-03)3 July 2002 (aged 20)	2	0	Young Boys

2	2DF	Lewin Blum	(2001-07-27)27 July 2001 (aged 21)	11	0	Young Boys
3	2DF	Nicolas Vouilloz	(2001-05-11)11 May 2001 (aged 22)	10	0	Servette
4	2DF	Leonidas Stergiou (captain)	(2002-03-03)3 March 2002 (aged 21)	18	1	VfB Stuttgart
5	2DF	Marco Burch	(2000-10-19)19 October 2000 (aged 22)	13	1	Luzern
13	2DF	Aurèle Amenda	(2003-07-31)31 July 2003 (aged 19)	3	0	Young Boys
16	2DF	Serge Müller	(2000-09-18)18 September 2000 (aged 22)	6	0	Schaffhausen
17	2DF	Jan Kronig	(2000-06-24)24 June 2000 (aged 22)	13	1	Aarau
20	2DF	Bećir Omeragić	(2002-01-20)20 January 2002 (aged 21)	6	0	Zürich

6	3MF	Simon Sohm	(2001-04-11)11 April 2001 (aged 22)	22	0	Parma
8	3MF	Ardon Jashari	(2002-07-30)30 July 2002 (aged 20)	7	0	Luzern
10	3MF	Kastriot Imeri	(2000-06-27)27 June 2000 (aged 22)	24	9	Young Boys
14	3MF	Matteo Di Giusto	(2000-08-18)18 August 2000 (aged 22)	10	0	Winterthur
15	3MF	Gabriel Barès	(2000-08-29)29 August 2000 (aged 22)	13	2	Thun
18	3MF	Bledian Krasniqi	(2001-06-17)17 June 2001 (aged 22)	7	0	Zürich
19	3MF	Darian Males	(2001-05-03)3 May 2001 (aged 22)	17	0	Basel

7	4FW	Dan Ndoye	(2000-10-25)25 October 2000 (aged 22)	26	10	Basel
9	4FW	Filip Stojilković	(2000-01-04)4 January 2000 (aged 23)	25	2	Darmstadt 98
11	4FW	Julian von Moos	(2001-04-11)11 April 2001 (aged 22)	8	1	St. Gallen
22	4FW	Fabian Rieder	(2002-02-16)16 February 2002 (aged 21)	15	2	Young Boys
23	4FW	Zeki Amdouni	(2000-12-04)4 December 2000 (aged 22)	15	9	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
GK	Pascal Loretz	(2003-06-01) 1 June 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Luzern

DF	Albian Hajdari	(2003-05-18) 18 May 2003 (age 21)	3	0	Lugano

MF	Alvyn Sanches	(2003-02-12) 12 February 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Lausanne-Sport

FW	Bradley Fink	(2003-04-17) 17 April 2003 (age 21)	4	1	Basel

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.
^ "Sascha Stauch wird neuer U-21-Nationaltrainer". SFV. 11 July 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

[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] "Sascha Stauch wird neuer U-21-Nationaltrainer". SFV. 11 July 2023.

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