Highest Finish:
Quarter-finalist (1934, 1938, 1954)
Star Players:Steve von Bergen, Gökhan Inler, Valon Behrami, Xherdan Shaqiri
Titles:None
FIFA Ranking Position:6
Coach:Ottmar Hitzfeld (Ger/since 01/07/2008)
Population: 8.1 million
Area: 41,285 sq km
Capital: Berne
Currency: Swiss Franc
Federation: Association Suisse de Football (ASF) founded in 1895, affiliated to FIFA in 1904
Registered players: 232,700
Kit colours: Red shirts with white trim, white shorts, red socks
Team nickname: The Schweizer Nati (The Swiss National Team)
World Cup record: quarter-finalist (1934, 1938, 1954), second round (1994, 2006), first round (1950, 1962, 1966, 2010)
European Championship appearances: 3 (1996, 2004, 2008)
European Championship record: first round (1996, 2004, 2008)
How they qualified for FIFA World Cup 2014: Won Europe zone group E with 24pts ahead of Iceland (17), Slovenia (15), Norway (12), Albania (11) Cyprus (5), 7 wins, 3 draws, 0 defeats, 17 goals for and 6 against.
Top clubs: FC Basel, Grasshoppers Zurich, Servette Geneva, FC Zurich
Population: 8.1 million
Area: 41,285 sq km
Capital: Berne
Currency: Swiss Franc
Federation: Association Suisse de Football (ASF) founded in 1895, affiliated to FIFA in 1904
Registered players: 232,700
Kit colours: Red shirts with white trim, white shorts, red socks
Team nickname: The Schweizer Nati (The Swiss National Team)
World Cup record: quarter-finalist (1934, 1938, 1954), second round (1994, 2006), first round (1950, 1962, 1966, 2010)
European Championship appearances: 3 (1996, 2004, 2008)
European Championship record: first round (1996, 2004, 2008)
How they qualified for FIFA World Cup 2014: Won Europe zone group E with 24pts ahead of Iceland (17), Slovenia (15), Norway (12), Albania (11) Cyprus (5), 7 wins, 3 draws, 0 defeats, 17 goals for and 6 against.
Top clubs: FC Basel, Grasshoppers Zurich, Servette Geneva, FC Zurich