Switzerland national under-21 football team

Switzerland Under-21
Association	Swiss Football Association
Head coach	Mauro Lustrinelli
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

Switzerland national under-21 football team at the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football 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 Football Championship, 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

1976–1978: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 3 in qualification group.
1978–1980: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.
1980–1982: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group.
1982–1984: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group.
1984–1986: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group.
1986–1988: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 4 in qualification group.
1988–1990: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.
1990–1992: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group.
1992–1994: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.
1994–1996: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 5 in qualification group.
1996–1998: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 5 in qualification group.
1998–2000: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group.
2000–2002: Losing semi-finalists
2002–2004: Finished 4th of 4 in finals group.
2004–2006: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group.
2006–2007: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.
2007–2009: Play-off stage to Spain
2009–2011: Runner-up
2011–2013: Play-off stage to Germany

Coaches

199?–2001: Köbi Kuhn
2001–2007: Bernard Challandes^[1]^[2]
2007–2009: Pierre-André Schürmann^[3]
2009–2015: Pierluigi Tami^[4]
2015–2018: Heinz Moser
2018–0000: Mauro Lustrinelli

Current squad

Switzerland squad for the UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualifiers against Slovakia U21. Players eligible must be born after 1 January 1996.^[5]

Caps, goals and numbers correct as of 4th and 8th of September 2020 UEFA European Under-21 Matches.
Statistics include official FIFA-recognized matches only.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
21	GK	Philipp Köhn	2 April 1998	1	0	Wil
12	GK	Loïc Jacot	7 October 1999	0	0	Chiasso
1	GK	Anthony Racioppi	31 December 1999	2	0	Lyon

4	DF	Yannick Marchand	9 February 2000	0	0	Basel
2	DF	Leonidas Stergiou	3 March 2002	0	0	St Gallen
15	DF	Jasper van der Werff	12 September 1998	1	0	Basel
5	DF	Cédric Zesiger	24 June 1998	6	0	Young Boys
3	DF	Silvan Sidler	7 July 1998	4	0	Luzern
17	DF	Miro Muheim	23 March 1998	0	0	St Gallen
13	DF	Jordan Lotomba	29 September 1998	2	0	Nice
14	DF	Kevin Rüegg	5 August 1998	7	0	Hellas Verona

7	MF	Bastien Toma	24 June 1999	4	1	Sion
6	MF	Stefano Guidotti	16 June 1999	0	0	FC Lugano
29	MF	Dan Ndoye	25 October 2000	0	0	Nice
8	MF	Toni Domgjoni	4 September 1998	0	0	Zürich
32	MF	Kastriot Imeri	27 June 2000	0	0	Servette
10	MF	Nedim Bajrami	28 February 1999	7	0	Empoli
16	MF	Petar Pusic	25 January 1999	4	1	Grasshopper
19	MF	Noah Okafor	24 May 2000	0	0	RB Salzburg
36	MF	Alexandre Jankewitz	25 December 2001	0	0	Southampton U23

18	FW	Andi Zeqiri	22 June 1999	0	0	Lausanne
9	FW	Jérémy Guillemenot	6 January 1998	5	1	St. Gallen
20	FW	Filip Stojilković	4 January 2000	0	0	FC Sion