The Schweizer Nati Squad for the matches against Iceland and England  September 2018
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Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G
Akanji, Manuel Obafemi	19 July 1995	23	D	Bsv Borussia 09 Dortmund, Germany	12	0
Ajeti, Albian Afrim	26 February 1997	21	F	FC Basel 1893	1	1
Bürki, Roman	14 November 1990	27	G	Bsv Borussia 09 Dortmund, Germany	9	8ᵍᵃ
	Bürki withdrew from the squad on 3 September because of a thigh injury.
Djourou Gbadjere, Danon Issouf Johannes	18 January 1987 in Abidjan, Côte D'Ivoire	31	DM	Societá Polisportiva Ars et Labor	75	2
Embolo, Breel Donald	14 February 1997 in Yaoundé, Cameroon	21	M/F	Fc Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, Germany	30	3
Fernandes Ribeiro, Edimilson	15 April 1996	22	AM	ACF Fiorentina, Italy, on loan from West Ham United FC, England	3	0
Freuler, Remo Marco	15 April 1992	26	M	Atalanta BC, Italy	10	0
Gavranović, Mario	24 November 1989	28	F	Gnk Dinamo Zagreb, Croatia	16	5
Klose, Timm	9 May 1988 in Frankfurt, Germany	30	CD	Norwich City FC, England	16	0
Kobel, Gregor	6 December 1997	20	GK	TSg 1899 Hoffenheim, Germany	0	0
	Kobel was drafted into the squad on 3 September as a replacement for Bürki
Lichtsteiner, Stephan	16 January 1984	34	RB	Arsenal FC, England	103	8
Mbabu, Melingo Kevin	19 April 1995	23	D	Berner SC Young Boys	1	0
Mehmedi, Admir	16 March 1991 in Gostivar, Yugoslavia	27	F	VfL Wolfsburg, Germany	59	8
Moubandje, Jacques François	21 June 1990 in Douala, Cameroon	28	LB	Toulouse FC, France	18	0
Mvogo Nganoma, Yvon Landry	6 June 1994 in Yaoundé, Cameroon	24	G	RB Leipzig, Germany	0	0
Rodríguez Araya, Ricardo Iván	25 August 1992	26	LB	AC Milan, Italy	58	5
Schär, Fabian Lukas	20 December 1991	26	CB	Newcastle United FC, England	43	7
Seferović, Haris	22 February 1992	26	F	Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Portugal	55	13
Shaqiri, Xherdan	10 October 1991 in Gjilan, Yugoslavia	26	M	Liverpool FC, England	75	22
Sommer, Yann	17 December 1988	29	G	Borussia VfL 1900 Mönchengladbach, Germany	40	29ᵍᵃ
Sow, Mohameth Djibril Ibrahima	6 February 1997	21	M	Berner SC Young Boys	1	0
Widmer, Silvan Dominic	5 March 1993	25	RB	FC Basel 1893	9	0
Xhaka, Granit	27 September 1992	25	M	Arsenal FC, England	67	10
Zakaria Lako Lado, Denis Lemi	20 November 1996	21	DM	Borussia VfL 1900 Mönchengladbach, Germany	13	1
Zuber, Steven	17 August 1991	27	RM	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, Germany	16	5

Squad details correct up to and including Switzerland's match against Iceland on 8 September 2018.
Tallies from ASF/SFV
notes: The ASF/SFV states that Schär plays for RC Deportivo La Coruña, he was transferred to Newcastle United FC on 26 July 2018.

Diary

Friday, 31 August 2018 - Young Boys players Djibril Sow and Kevin Mbabu have been named in Switzerland's squad to play Iceland and England ahead of their Champions League debuts. Sow, a 21-year-old midfielder, and Mbabu, a 23-year-old defender, are also preparing to play Juventus and Manchester United after helping Young Boys win a first Swiss title for 32 years. Switzerland coach Vladimir Petković also called up uncapped Basel forward Albian Ajeti, who has ethnic Albanian family ties like Xherdan Shaqiri and Granit Xhaka. They made headlines at the World Cup for pro-Kosovo goal celebrations against Serbia. Petković also recalled Edimilson Fernandes, Timm Klose and Silvan Widmer who missed World Cup selection.

Monday, 3 September 2018 - Goalkeeper Roman Bürki has withdrawn from the squad because of a muscle problem with his right thigh. Petković has called up a replacement, Hoffenheim's Gregor Kobel.

Saturday, 8 September 2018 - Switzerland overwhelm Iceland in their first UEFA Nations League match. First half goals from Steven Zuber and Denis Zakaria, was followed in the second half with goals from Xherdan Shaqiri, Haris Seferović, Albian Ajeti and Admir Mehmedi, as they ran out 6-0 winners.

Switzerland Form: last six games
W D W D L W f 13:a 5  success: 67%
	8 June 2018 - Switzerland 2 Japan 0 [1-0] Stadio di Cornaredo, Lugano	Rodríguez, Seferović	Fr	HW
	17 June 2018 - Brazil 1 Switzerland 1 [1-0] Rostov Arena, Rostov-On-Don	Coutinho Zuber	WCF	ND
	22 June 2018 - Serbia 1 Switzerland 2 [1-0] Stadion Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad	Mitrović Xhaka, Shaqiri		NW
	27 June 2018 - Switzerland 2 Costa Rica 2 [1-0] Stadion Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod	Džemaili, Drmić Waston, Somer OG		ND
	3 July 2018 - Sweden 1 Switzerland 0 [1-0] Krestovsky Stadium, St. Petersburg	Forsberg		NL
		Michael Lang
	8 September 2018 - Switzerland 6 Iceland 0 [2-0] kybunpark, St. Gallen	Zuber, Zakaria, Shakiri, Seferović, Ajeti, Mehmedi	NLP	HW

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