As of 2023, Switzerland have appeared at five UEFA European Championships, between 1996 and 2020 (held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic), with an upcoming sixth appearance in 2024. They have advanced past the first round twice, reaching the last 16 in 2016 and the quarter-finals in 2020 for the first time, before being eliminated by Spain on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time.

Overall record

UEFA European Championship record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960	Did not enter									Did not enter
1964	Did not qualify									2	0	1	1	2	4
1968										6	2	1	3	17	13
1972										6	4	1	1	12	5
1976										6	1	1	4	5	10
1980										8	2	0	6	7	18
1984										6	2	2	2	7	9
1988										8	1	5	2	9	9
1992										8	4	2	2	19	7
1996	Group stage	13th	3	0	1	2	1	4		8	5	2	1	15	7
2000	Did not qualify									8	4	2	2	9	5
2004	Group stage	15th	3	0	1	2	1	6		8	4	3	1	15	11
2008	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	3	3		Qualified as hosts
2012	Did not qualify									8	3	2	3	12	10
2016	Round of 16	11th	4	1	3	0	3	2		10	7	0	3	24	8
2020	Quarter-finals	7th	5	1	3	1	8	9		8	5	2	1	19	6
2024	Qualified									10	4	5	1	22	11
2028	To be determined									To be determined
2032	To be determined									To be determined
Total	Quarter-finals	6/17	18	3	8	7	16	24	110	48	29	33	194	133

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

**Red border colour indicates that the tournament was held on home soil.

Euro 1996

Main article: UEFA Euro 1996

v t e Switzerland squad – UEFA Euro 1996
1 Pascolo 2 Hottiger 3 Quentin 4 Henchoz 5 Geiger (c) 6 Wicky 7 Fournier 8 Sylvestre 9 Grassi 10 Sforza 11 Chapuisat 12 Lehmann 13 Jeanneret 14 Türkyilmaz 15 Vega 16 Koller 17 Vogel 18 Rothenbühler 19 Sesa 20 Comisetti 21 Bonvin 22 Corminbœuf Coach: Artur Jorge

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 1996 Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England (H)	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4^[a]	Advance to knockout stage
3	Scotland	3	1	1	1	1	2	−1	4^[a]
4	Switzerland	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head result (Netherlands 0–0 Scotland) and overall goal difference (−1). Overall goals for was used as the tiebreaker.

8 June 1996

15:00

England	1–1	Switzerland
Shearer 23'	Report	Türkyilmaz 83' (pen.)

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 76,567

Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

13 June 1996

19:30

Switzerland	0–2	Netherlands
	Report	Cruyff 66' Bergkamp 79'

Villa Park, Birmingham

Attendance: 36,800

Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

18 June 1996

19:30

Scotland	1–0	Switzerland
McCoist 36'	Report

Villa Park, Birmingham

Attendance: 34,926

Referee: Václav Krondl (Czech Republic)

Euro 2004

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004

v t e Switzerland squad – UEFA Euro 2004
1 Stiel (c) 2 Haas 3 Berner 4 Henchoz 5 M. Yakin 6 Vogel 7 Cabanas 8 Wicky 9 Frei 10 H. Yakin 11 Chapuisat 12 Zuberbühler 13 Zwyssig 14 Magnin 15 Gygax 16 Celestini 17 Spycher 18 Huggel 19 Barnetta 20 Müller 21 Rama 22 Vonlanthen 23 Roth Coach: Kuhn

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	England	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Croatia	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2
4	Switzerland	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

13 June 2004

17:00

Switzerland	0–0	Croatia
	Report

Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria

Attendance: 24,090

Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

17 June 2004

17:00

England	3–0	Switzerland
Rooney 23', 75' Gerrard 82'	Report

Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra

Attendance: 28,214

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

21 June 2004

19:45

Switzerland	1–3	France
Vonlanthen 26'	Report	Zidane 20' Henry 76', 84'

Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra

Attendance: 28,111

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Euro 2008

Main article: UEFA Euro 2008

v t e Switzerland squad – UEFA Euro 2008
1 Benaglio 2 Djourou 3 Magnin 4 Senderos 5 Lichtsteiner 6 Huggel 7 Cabanas 8 Inler 9 Frei (c) 10 Yakin 11 Streller 12 Derdiyok 13 Grichting 14 Gygax 15 Fernandes 16 Barnetta 17 Spycher 18 Zuberbühler 19 Behrami 20 Müller 21 Jakupović 22 Vonlanthen 23 Degen Coach: Kuhn

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2008 Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	3	2	1	5	3	+2	6^[a]	Advance to knockout phase
2	Turkey	3	2	1	5	5	0	6^[a]	Advance to knockout phase
3	Czech Republic	3	1	2	4	6	−2	3^[b]
4	Switzerland (H)	3	1	2	3	3	0	3^[b]

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head result: Portugal 2–0 Turkey.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head result: Switzerland 0–1 Czech Republic.

7 June 2008

18:00

Switzerland	0–1	Czech Republic
	Report	Svěrkoš 71'

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Attendance: 39,730^[1]

Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

11 June 2008

20:45

Switzerland	1–2	Turkey
Yakin 32'	Report	Semih 57' Turan 90+2'

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Attendance: 39,730^[2]

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

15 June 2008

20:45

Switzerland	2–0	Portugal
Yakin 71', 83' (pen.)	Report

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Attendance: 39,730^[3]

Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

Euro 2016

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016

v t e Switzerland squad – UEFA Euro 2016
1 Sommer 2 Lichtsteiner (c) 3 Moubandje 4 Elvedi 5 Von Bergen 6 Lang 7 Embolo 8 Frei 9 Seferovic 10 Xhaka 11 Behrami 12 Hitz 13 Rodriguez 14 Zakaria 15 Džemaili 16 Fernandes 17 Tarashaj 18 Mehmedi 19 Derdiyok 20 Djourou 21 Bürki 22 Schär 23 Shaqiri Coach: Petković

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France (H)	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Advance to knockout phase
2	Switzerland	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5	Advance to knockout phase
3	Albania	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3
4	Romania	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

11 June 2016

15:00

Albania	0–1	Switzerland
	Report	Schär 5'

Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens

Attendance: 33,805^[4]

Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

15 June 2016

18:00

Romania	1–1	Switzerland
Stancu 18' (pen.)	Report	Mehmedi 57'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 43,576^[5]

Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

19 June 2016

21:00

Switzerland	0–0	France
	Report

Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq

Attendance: 45,616^[6]

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Knockout phase

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 knockout phase

Round of 16

25 June 2016

15:00

Switzerland	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Poland
Shaqiri 82'	Report	Błaszczykowski 39'
Penalties
Lichtsteiner Xhaka Shaqiri Schär Rodríguez	4–5	Lewandowski Milik Glik Błaszczykowski Krychowiak

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 38,842^[7]

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Euro 2020

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020

v t e Switzerland squad – UEFA Euro 2020
1 Sommer 2 Mbabu 3 Widmer 4 Elvedi 5 Akanji 6 Zakaria 7 Embolo 8 Freuler 9 Seferovic 10 Xhaka (c) 11 Vargas 12 Mvogo 13 Rodriguez 14 Zuber 15 Sow 16 Fassnacht 17 Benito 18 Mehmedi 19 Gavranović 20 Fernandes 21 Omlin / Kobel ^a 22 Schär 23 Shaqiri 24 Omeragić 25 Cömert 26 Lotomba Coach: Petković
^a Kobel replaced Omlin after Switzerland's first match.

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy (H)	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Advance to knockout phase
2	Wales	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4^[a]
3	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4^[a]
4	Turkey	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head result (Wales 1–1 Switzerland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

12 June 2021

15:00 (17:00 UTC+4)

Wales	1–1	Switzerland
Moore 74'	Report	Embolo 49'

Olympic Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 8,782^[8]

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

16 June 2021

21:00

Italy	3–0	Switzerland
Locatelli 26', 52' Immobile 89'	Report

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 12,445^[9]

Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

20 June 2021

18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)

Switzerland	3–1	Turkey
Seferovic 6' Shaqiri 26', 68'	Report	Kahveci 62'

Olympic Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 17,138^[10]

Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	F	Portugal	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4	Advance to knockout phase
2	D	Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
3	A	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
4	C	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
5	B	Finland	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3
6	E	Slovakia	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Wins; 5) Lower disciplinary points total; 6) European Qualifiers overall ranking.

Knockout phase

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 knockout phase

Round of 16

28 June 2021

21:00 (22:00 UTC+3)

France	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Switzerland
Benzema 57', 59' Pogba 75'	Report	Seferovic 15', 81' Gavranović 90'
Penalties
Pogba Giroud Thuram Kimpembe Mbappé	4–5	Gavranović Schär Akanji Vargas Mehmedi

Arena Națională, Bucharest

Attendance: 22,642^[11]

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

Quarter-finals

2 July 2021

18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)

Switzerland	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Spain
Shaqiri 68'	Report	Zakaria 8' (o.g.)
Penalties
Gavranović Schär Akanji Vargas	1–3	Busquets Olmo Rodri Gerard Oyarzabal

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 24,764^[12]

Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Euro 2024

Main article: UEFA Euro 2024

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2024 Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	Advance to knockout stage
2	Scotland	Advance to knockout stage
3	Hungary	Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4	Switzerland

First match(es) will be played: 14 June 2024. Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts

15 June 2024

15:00

Hungary	Match 2	Switzerland
	Report

RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

19 June 2024

21:00

Scotland	Match 13	Switzerland
	Report

RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

23 June 2024

21:00

Switzerland	Match 25	Germany
	Report

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Goalscorers

Player	Goals	1996	2004	2008	2016	2020	2024
Xherdan Shaqiri	4				1	3
Haris Seferovic	3					3
Hakan Yakin	3			3
Kubilay Türkyilmaz	1	1
Johan Vonlanthen	1		1
Admir Mehmedi	1				1
Fabian Schär	1				1
Breel Embolo	1					1
Mario Gavranović	1					1
Total	16	1	1	3	3	8	0

References

^ "Full-time report Switzerland-Czech Republic" (PDF). Union of Football European Associations. 7 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
^ "Full-time report Switzerland-Turkey" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 11 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
^ "Full-time report Switzerland-Portugal" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 15 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
^ "Full Time Summary – Albania v Switzerland" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
^ "Full Time Summary – Romania v Switzerland" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
^ "Full Time Summary – Switzerland v France" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
^ "Full Time Summary – Switzerland v Poland" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
^ "Full Time Summary – Wales v Switzerland" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 12 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
^ "Full Time Summary – Italy v Switzerland" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
^ "Full Time Summary – Switzerland v Turkey" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
^ "Full Time Summary – France v Switzerland" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
^ "Full Time Summary – Switzerland v Spain" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

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General	Swiss Football Association
Results	1905–1918 2000–19 2020–39
Players	International footballers
World Finals	Summary 1934 1938 1950 1954 1962 1966 1994 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
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Team appearances
Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic¹ Czechoslovakia Denmark England Finland France Germany¹ West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Latvia Netherlands North Macedonia Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia¹ USSR CIS Scotland Serbia¹ Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
¹ Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under another name(s).

Overall record

Euro 1996

Group stage

Euro 2004

Group stage

Euro 2008

Group stage

Euro 2016

Group stage

Knockout phase

Euro 2020

Group stage

Knockout phase

Euro 2024

Group stage

Goalscorers

See also

References