2022 World Cup: Switzerland's Squad and Team Profile

SWITZERLAND

• Best World Cup performance: Quarter-finals in 1934, 1938 and 1954
• Other notable performances: Euro 2020 quarter-finalists
• FIFA ranking: 15
• Main clubs: FC Basel, Young Boys, FC Zurich, Grasshopper, Servette
• How they qualified: Winners of European qualifying Group C
• Coach: Murat Yakin, 48, was appointed in August last year to succeed Vladimir Petkovic, who had taken the team to the quarter-finals of Euro 2020 with a penalty shoot-out win over France along the way. Yakin, who has Turkish roots, was a defender who won 49 caps for Switzerland and notably played for Grasshopper and Basel. His brother Hakan also played for the 'Nati'. Yakin has coached several Swiss clubs, winning two league titles with Basel. He also had a spell at Spartak Moscow in 2014/15. His Swiss side topped their qualifying group ahead of Italy.
• Key player: Forward Breel Embolo, 25, has pace and power in abundance and is hoping to take his early-season form with him to Qatar after leaving Borussia Moenchengladbach for Monaco in the summer. Born in Cameroon, he will get the chance to face the country of his birth in Switzerland's opening group game. Embolo moved to Europe with his mother as a boy and went on to start his footballing career at Basel, where he was given his debut by Yakin. A big-money move to Schalke in 2016 was marred by injuries but as long as he stays fit he could have a key role to play in Qatar.

Group Fixtures & Matches

1. November 24: Switzerland v Cameroon
2. November 28: Brazil v Switzerland
3. December 2: Serbia v Switzerland

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Switzerland's World Cup 2022 squad

Goalkeepers: Yann Sommer (Borussia Moenchengladbach/GER), Jonas Omlin (Montpellier/FRA), Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund/GER), Philipp Koehn (FC Red Bull Salzburg/AUS)

Defenders: Manuel Akanji (Manchester City/ENG), Nico Elvedi (Borussia Moenchengladbach/GER), Fabian Schaer (Newcastle United/ENG), Eray Comert (Valencia/ESP), Silvan Widmer (Mainz/GER), Ricardo Rodriguez (Torino/ITA), Jordan Lotomba (Nice/FRA), Renato Steffen (Lugano)

Midfielders: Remo Freuler (Nottingham Forest/ENG), Granit Xhaka (Arsenal/ENG), Djibril Sow (Eintracht Frankfurt/GER), Michel Aebischer (Bologna/ITA), Fabian Frei (Basel/SUI), Denis Zakaria (Chelsea/ENG), Christian Fassnacht (Swiss Super League club Young Boys), Xherdan Shaqiri (Chicago Fire/USA), Fabian Rieder (Young Boys), Ardon Jashari (Luzern)

Forwards: Breel Embolo (Monaco/FRA), Haris Seferovic (Galatasaray/TUR), Noah Okafor (Salzburg/AUT), Ruben Vargas (Augsburg/GER)