Switzerland have qualified for 8 FIFA World Cup finals. In their debut appearance in 1934 they lost a close quarter-final 3-2 to Czechoslovakia. 4 years later, the team reached the quarter-final by defeating Germany by 4-2.
At 1950 FIFA World Cup Brazil, the Swiss team went out in the first round, but in the 1954 World Cup they played their way into the quarter-finals as the tournament hosts. After leading 3-0, they allowed Austria to fight back to claim a 7-5 victory and semi-final spot.
In 1962 world cup and 1966 world cup Switzerland failed to progress beyond the first round. In 1994 they headed home after a 3-0 loss to Spain in the second round. In FIFA World Cup 2006 they will be playing in Group H along with Spain, Honduras and Chile
List of Switzerland Team Players Participating In FIFA World Cup 2010
Diego BENAGLIO
Johnny LEONI
Marco WOELFLI
Francois AFFOLTER
Tranquillo BARNETTA
Valon BEHRAMI
Nassim BEN KHALIFA
Albert BUNJAKU
Eren DERDIYOK
Mario EGGIMANN
Gelson FERNANDES
Alexander FREI
Stephane GRICHTING
Benjamin HUGGEL
Gokhan INLER
Stephan LICHTSTEINER
Fabian LUSTENBERGER
Ludovic MAGNIN
Alain NEF
Blaise NKUFO
Marco PADALINO
Pirmin SCHWEGLER
Philippe SENDEROS
Xherdan SHAQIRI
Christoph SPYCHER
Valentin STOCKER
Marco STRELLER
Steve VON BERGEN
Hakan YAKIN
Reto ZIEGLER
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