Switzerland Under-21
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationSwiss Football Association
Head coachSascha Stauch
Most capsAlain Rochat (42)
Top scorerHakan 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
Appearances5 (first in 2002)
Best resultRunners-up (2011)
Switzerland national under-21 football team at the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 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 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.

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
France 1994
Spain 1996
Romania 1998
Slovakia 2000
Switzerland 2002 Semi-finals 4 1 1 2 3 4 Squad
Germany 2004 Group stage 3 0 1 2 4 7 Squad
Portugal 2006 Did not qualify
Netherlands 2007
Sweden 2009 Lost in qualifying play-off to  Spain
Denmark 2011 Runners-up 5 4 0 1 7 2 Squad
Israel 2013 Lost in qualifying play-off to  Germany
Czech Republic 2015 Did not qualify
Poland 2017
Italy 2019
HungarySlovenia 2021 Group stage 3 1 0 2 3 6 Squad
RomaniaGeorgia (country) 2023 Quarter-finals 4 1 0 3 6 10 Squad
Slovakia 2025 TBD
Total 5/24 19 7 2 10 23 31 —
*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Coaches

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 Switzerland Lugano
12 1GK Nicholas Ammeter (2000-12-11)11 December 2000 (aged 22) 0 0 Switzerland Wil
21 1GK Marvin Keller (2002-07-03)3 July 2002 (aged 20) 2 0 Switzerland Young Boys
2 2DF Lewin Blum (2001-07-27)27 July 2001 (aged 21) 11 0 Switzerland Young Boys
3 2DF Nicolas Vouilloz (2001-05-11)11 May 2001 (aged 22) 10 0 Switzerland Servette
4 2DF Leonidas Stergiou (captain) (2002-03-03)3 March 2002 (aged 21) 18 1 Switzerland St. Gallen
5 2DF Marco Burch (2000-10-19)19 October 2000 (aged 22) 13 1 Switzerland Luzern
13 2DF Aurèle Amenda (2003-07-31)31 July 2003 (aged 19) 3 0 Switzerland Young Boys
16 2DF Serge Müller (2000-09-18)18 September 2000 (aged 22) 6 0 Switzerland Schaffhausen
17 2DF Jan Kronig (2000-06-24)24 June 2000 (aged 22) 13 1 Switzerland Aarau
20 2DF Bećir Omeragić (2002-01-20)20 January 2002 (aged 21) 6 0 Switzerland Zürich
6 3MF Simon Sohm (2001-04-11)11 April 2001 (aged 22) 22 0 Italy Parma
8 3MF Ardon Jashari (2002-07-30)30 July 2002 (aged 20) 7 0 Switzerland Luzern
10 3MF Kastriot Imeri (2000-06-27)27 June 2000 (aged 22) 24 9 Switzerland Young Boys
14 3MF Matteo Di Giusto (2000-08-18)18 August 2000 (aged 22) 10 0 Switzerland Winterthur
15 3MF Gabriel Barès (2000-08-29)29 August 2000 (aged 22) 13 2 Switzerland Thun
18 3MF Bledian Krasniqi (2001-06-17)17 June 2001 (aged 22) 7 0 Switzerland Zürich
19 3MF Darian Males (2001-05-03)3 May 2001 (aged 22) 17 0 Switzerland Basel
7 4FW Dan Ndoye (2000-10-25)25 October 2000 (aged 22) 26 10 Switzerland Basel
9 4FW Filip Stojilković (2000-01-04)4 January 2000 (aged 23) 25 2 Germany Darmstadt 98
11 4FW Julian von Moos (2001-04-11)11 April 2001 (aged 22) 8 1 Switzerland St. Gallen
22 4FW Fabian Rieder (2002-02-16)16 February 2002 (aged 21) 15 2 Switzerland Young Boys
23 4FW Zeki Amdouni (2000-12-04)4 December 2000 (aged 22) 15 9 Switzerland 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
GK Pascal Loretz (2003-06-01) 1 June 2003 (age 20) 1 0 Switzerland Luzern
DF Albian Hajdari (2003-05-18) 18 May 2003 (age 20) 3 0 Switzerland Lugano
MF Alvyn Sanches (2003-02-12) 12 February 2003 (age 21) 1 0 Switzerland Lausanne-Sport
FW Bradley Fink (2003-04-17) 17 April 2003 (age 20) 4 1 Switzerland Basel

Swiss national teams

See also

Footnotes

  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.

Sources/external links

Football in Switzerland
National under-21 men's football teams of Europe (UEFA)
National sports teams of Switzerland
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