2010 FIFA World Cup - Switzerland
2010 FIFA World Cup - Switzerland National Team
2010 FIFA World Cup Switzerland National Team:
Goalkeepers:
1 Diego BENAGLIO, 12 Marco WOELFLI and
21 Johnny LEONI
Defenders:
2 Stephan LICHTSTEINER, 3 Ludovic MAGNIN, 4 Philippe SENDEROS, 5 Steve VON BERGEN,
13 Stephane GRICHTING, 17 Reto ZIEGLER and 22 Mario EGGIMANN
Midfielders:
6 Benjamin HUGGEL, 7 Tranquillo BARNETTA, 8 Gokhan INLER, 11 Valon BEHRAMI,
14 Marco PADALINO, 15 Hakan YAKIN, 16 Gelson FERNANDES, 20 Pirmin SCHWEGLER and 23 Xherdan SHAQIRI
Forwards:
9 Alexander FREI, 10 Blaise NKUFO, 18 Albert BUNJAKU and 19 Eren DERDIYOK
Coach:
Ottmar HITZFELD
Top Players Alexandre Frei (SUI), Blaise Nkufo (SUI) and Tranquillo Bernetta (SUI).
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The star players
Alexander Frei is the undisputed chief on and off the field of play. The Basel striker, who is his country's
all-time record goalscorer, was Hitzfeld's natural choice as national team captain. He finished the qualifying
campaign on five goals.
That total was equalled by Blaise N'Kufo of Twente Enschede. The striker, who was born in Kinshasa (DR Congo),
was first called up by the Swiss in 2000 and has struck up a productive attacking partnership with Frei.
The coach
Ottmar Hitzfeld is one of Europe's most highly regarded and most successful senior coaches. He is one of only
two men to guide two different clubs to UEFA Champions League glory (Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich).
He became Switzerland head coach on 1 July 2008, and after a bumpy settling-in period, led his team to a direct
qualifying berth for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The former Germany amateur international, who appeared at the
1972 Olympic Games, is no stranger to Switzerland after spending spells with Basel (1971-75), Lugano (1978-80)
and Lucerne (1980-83) in his playing days.
Previous FIFA World Cups
In South Africa, Switzerland will be appearing at the FIFA World Cup for the ninth time.
The Swiss reached the quarter-finals in 1934, 1938 and 1954. They were knocked out in the Round of 16 at the
2006 finals in Germany.
Records
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Switzerland - 2010 FIFA World Cup
2010 - Switzerland
The outsiders Eliminated in the last 16 at Germany 2006, the Helvetians had to work hard on
their way to South Africa, topping Greece by one point in a taxing group. German tactician Ottmar Hitzfeld
has restored the faith of the Swiss support following the team’s disappointing display on home soil at UEFA
EURO 2008. With a posse of exciting youngsters set to burst on to the scene, this could be Switzerland’s time.