UEFA

Switzerland

Swiss Football AssociationFIFA ranking #19

Group Fixtures

Full Group B

Thu, Jun 11

4:00 PM ET

🇨🇭vs🇨🇦Canada

Gillette Stadium · Boston

Tue, Jun 16

1:00 PM ET

🇨🇭vs🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina

NRG Stadium · Houston

Sun, Jun 21

7:00 PM ET

🇨🇭vs🇶🇦Qatar

BC Place · Vancouver

Squad

World Cup Squad

EXPECTED · OFFICIAL TBC

👔

Murat Yakin

Swiss · Since 2021

Disciplined knockout manager

Key Players

MID#10

Granit Xhaka

Bayer Leverkusen · 33y

Captain and deep midfield controller

Goalkeepers (3)

GK#21

M. Keller

BSC Young Boys

Goalkeeper · 23y

GK#1

G. Kobel

Borussia Dortmund

Goalkeeper · 28y

GK#12

Y. Mvogo

Lorient

Goalkeeper · 31y

Defenders (8)

DEF#5

M. Akanji

Inter

Defender · 30y

DEF#18

A. Amenda

Eintracht Frankfurt

Defender · 22y

DEF#18

E. Cömert

Valencia

Defender · 27y

DEF#4

N. Elvedi

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Defender · 29y

DEF#20

L. Jaquez

VfB Stuttgart

Defender · 22y

DEF#2

M. Muheim

Hamburger SV

Defender · 27y

DEF#13

R. Rodríguez

Real Betis

Defender · 33y

DEF#3

S. Widmer

FSV Mainz 05

Defender · 32y

Midfielders (12)

MID#10

Granit Xhaka

Bayer Leverkusen

Midfielder · 33y

MID#20

M. Aebischer

Pisa

Midfielder · 28y

MID#8

R. Freuler

Bologna

Midfielder · 33y

MID#20

A. Jashari

AC Milan

Midfielder · 23y

MID#9

J. Manzambi

SC Freiburg

Midfielder · 20y

MID#14

Joël Monteiro

BSC Young Boys

Midfielder · 26y

MID#10

A. Sanches

BSC Young Boys

Midfielder · 22y

MID#16

V. Sierro

Al Shabab

Midfielder · 30y

MID#15

D. Sow

Sevilla

Midfielder · 28y

MID#17

R. Vargas

Sevilla

Midfielder · 27y

MID#10

G. Xhaka

Sunderland

Midfielder · 33y

MID#6

D. Zakaria

Monaco

Midfielder · 29y

Forwards (4)

FWD#7

B. Embolo

Rennes

Forward · 28y

FWD#11

D. Ndoye

Nottingham Forest

Forward · 25y

FWD#9

N. Okafor

Leeds

Forward · 25y

FWD#22

F. Rieder

FC Augsburg

Forward · 23y

From The Journal

2026-05-22

The Glass Ceiling

Switzerland name their 26 for 2026. Four of the last five World Cups have ended in the round of 16. This squad, captained by Xhaka from Sunderland, wants to break the pattern.