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England Squad

Switzerland Squad
Team Records
   
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The Schweizer Nati Squad for the matches against England and Kosovo  March 2022
←Last Swiss Squad that faced England (995) Next Swiss Squad to face England (1060)
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G
Aebischer, Michel 6 January 1997 25 M FC Bologna 1909, Italy, on loan from Berner SC Young Boys 7 0
Akanji, Manuel Obafemi 19 July 1995 26 D Bsv Borussia 09 Dortmund, Germany 38 0
Cömert, Eray Ervin 4 February 1998 24 D Valencia CF, Spain 7 0
Elvedi, Nico 30 September 1996 25 CD/RB Borussia VfL 1900 Mönchengladbach, Germany 35 1
Embolo, Breel Donald 14 February 1997
in Yaoundé, Cameroon
25 F Borussia VfL 1900 Mönchengladbach, Germany 50 8
Frei, Fabian 8 January 1989 33 DM FC Basel 18 3
Freuler, Remo Marco 15 April 1992 29 M Atalanta BC, Italy 40 4
Gavranović, Mario 24 November 1989 32 F Kayseri SK, Turkey 37 16
Kobel, Gregor 6 December 1997 24 G Bsv Borussia 09 Dortmund, Germany 1 1ᵍᵃ
Köhn, Philipp 2 April 1998
in Dinslaken, Germany
23 G FC Wii 1900, on loan from FC Red Bull Salzburg, Austria 0 0ᵍᵃ
also has 11 Germany youth appearances
Köhn withdrew from the squad on 21 March because of a knee injury
Lotomba, Mvula Jordan 29 September 1998 23 RB OGC Nice Côte d'Azur, France 4 0
Mbabu, Melingo Kevin 19 April 1995 26 D VfL Wolfsburg, Germany 19 0
Okafor, Noah Arinzechukwu 24 May 2000 21 M FC Red Bull Salzburg, Austria 3 1
Omlin, Jonas 19 January 1994 28 G Montpellier Hérault SC, France 2 0
Rodríguez Araya, Ricardo Iván 25 August 1992 29 LB Torino FC, Italy 92 9
Schär, Fabian Lukas 20 December 1991 30 CB Newcastle United FC, England 69 8
Schär withdrew from the squad on 24 March because of an abductor injury
Shaqiri, Xherdan 10 October 1991
in Gjilan, Yugoslavia
30 M Chicago Fire FC, United States 100 26
Sommer, Yann 17 December 1988 33 G Borussia VfL 1900 Mönchengladbach, Germany 72 0
Sommer tested positive for CoVid on 22 March and withdrew from the squad.
Sow, Mohameth Djibril Ibrahima 6 February 1997 27 M Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany 24 0
Steffen, Renato 3 November 1991 30 LM VfL Wolsfburg, Germany 20 1
Vargas Martinez, Ruben Estephan 5 August 1998 23 F FC Augsburg 1907, Germany 22 4
von Ballmoos, David 30 December 1994 27 G Berner SC Young Boys 0 0
von Ballmoos was drafted into the squad as a replacement for Sommer
Widmer, Silvan Dominic 5 March 1993 29 RB 1.FSv Mainz 05, Germany 27 2
Xhaka, Granit 27 September 1992 26 M Arsenal FC, England 98 12
Zeqiri, Andi 22 June 1999 22 CF FC Augsburg 1907, Germany, on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion FC, Engand 5 0
Zuber, Steven 17 August 1991 27 RM Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupóleos, Greece, on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany 46 10

Squad details correct up to and including Switzerland's match against Bulgaria on 15 November 2021.
Tallies taken from
FSGC

Diary

Friday, 18 March 2022 - Head Coach Murat Yakin has named a 25 man squad for the upcoming friendly matches against England and Kosovo next week. There are no new call-ups and Granit Xhaka returns as captain. Gregor Kobel, Jordan Lotomba and Breel Embolo all return to the squad as well, but Christian Fassnacht, Bryan Okoh, Haris Seferovoc and Denis Zakaria all miss out because of injury.

Monday, 21 March 2022 - Granit Xhaka will not arrive for the training camp in arbella until tomorrow, because of illness. However, Goalkeeper Philipp Köhn will remain in Salzburg because of a knee injury. He will not be replaced.


Tuesday, 22 March 2022 - The Swiss national side will have to do without Yann Sommer for next weeks friendly matches. The regular goalkeeper tested positive for the coronavirus this afternoon. He is in isolation in a Marbella hotel room with mild symptoms.

Thursday, 24 March 2022 - Fabian Schär has left the training camp and returned to his club because of an abductor problem.

Switzerland Form: last six games
D D W W D W  f 11:a 1   success: 75%
825 5 September 2021 - Switzerland 0 Italy 0 [0-0]
Sankt-Jakob Park, Basel
  WCP HD
826 8 September 2021 -
Northern Ireland Switzerland 0
[0-0]
Windsor Park, Belfast
  AD
827 9 October 2021 -
Switzerland 2 Northern Ireland 0
[1-0]
Stade de Genève, Genève
Zuber, Fassnacht HW
828 12 October 2021 - Lithuania 0 Switzerland 4 [0-3]
LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Embolo (2), Steffan, Gavronović AW
829 12 November 2021 - Italy 1 Switzerland 1 [1-1]
Stadio Olimpico, Roma
Di Lorenzo
Widmer
AD
830 15 November 2021 -
Switzerland 4 Bulgaria 0
[0-0]
Swissporarena, Lucerne
Okafor, Vargas, Itten, Freuler HW

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