Switzerland qualified for the 2006 World Cup Finals
on November 16th, 2005.
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World Cup Appearances:
Germany 2006 is Switzerland's 8th appearance at the World Cup Finals.
Switzerland's Best World Cup Performance
Quarter-finals (Italy 1934, France 1938 and Switzerland 1954).
Switzerland, co-hosts with Austria for Euro 2008, celebrated something
of a World Cup coup at home.
Brazil (Weggis), Germany
(Geneva), Holland (Lausanne), Poland
(Bad Ragaz), Ukraine (Abtwil), Iran
(Spiez) and Tunisia (Chaumont) all set up training pre-World Cup
camps in Switzerland.
Italy, Spain, Croatia and Côte d'Ivoire will also
be flying in for friendly matches, while the Swiss players will be doing their own
pre-World Cup Finals training in Freienbach, SZ
(from 23rd May to 7th June).
Switzerland Team Hotel
Kurhotel
Furstenhof:
Kurfürstenstrasse 36, Bad Bertrich.
The Häcker family's hotel lies in a nice part of the Mossel region, just 30km from Hahn
Airport. The decision for Switzerland to stay here was probably helped by the Mayor of Bad
Bertrich; who as a former President of Schalke 04 personally knew Swiss
trainer, Kübi Kuhn.
Switzerland will train at the newly built U�bachtal-Stadion.
Bad Bertrich:
Bad Bertrich has been graced through the ages by a wealth of patrons, supporters and
sponsors such as the prince of the spa regions, Clemens Wenzeslaus of Trier, whose
splendid, princely palace and picturesque spa gardens dating from the 18th century still
today make up the heart of the health resort.
Switzerland Friendly
Matches
Beat Scotland (3:1), Wednesday 1st March. (Glasgow)
Drew with Côte d'Ivoire (1:1), Saturday
27th May. (Basle)
Drew with Italy (1:1), Wednesday 31st May.
(Geneva)
Beat China (4:1), Saturday 3rd June. (Hardturm, Zurich)
Group G
France vs Switzerland
in Stuttgart:
It might have been another hot day in Stuttgart but we've seen it all before with these
two teams; another tight match ending in a draw.
Togo vs Switzerland in Dortmund:
Switzerland left it late to get the second goal, against Togo, but as long as they don't
lose to South Korea, it's enough to get them into the Second Round.
Switzerland vs South
Korea in Hannover:
Switzerland coasted past South Korea to finish top of the group.
Knockout Stage
Second Round
Switzerland vs Ukraine in Köln:
A hopeless presentation of World Cup football with no ambition to win, from either side.
No quality, no flair, no imagination; Switzerland just too neutral. About as exciting as
watching milk turn to cheese.
Nati
Goalkeepers:
1 Pascal Zuberbuehler (FC Basle)
12 Diego Benaglio (CD Nacional, Portugal)
21 Fabio Coltorti (Grasshoppers Zurich)
Defenders:
2 Johan Djourou (Arsenal, England)
3 Ludovic Magnin (VfB Stuttgart, Germany)
4 Philippe Senderos (Arsenal, England)
13 Stephane Grichting (Auxerre, France)
17 Christoph Spycher (Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany)
19 Valon Behrami (Lazio, Italy)
20 Patrick M�ller (Olympique Lyon, France)
23 Philipp Degen (Borussia Dortmund, Germany)
Midfielders:
5 Xavier Margairaz (FC Zurich)
6 Johann Vogel (AC Milan, Italy)
7 Ricardo Cabanas (Cologne, Germany)
8 Raphael Wicky (Hamburg SV, Germany)
10 Daniel Gygax (Lille, France)
14 David Degen (FC Basle)
15 Blerim Dzemaili (FC Zurich)
16 Tranquillo Barnetta (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany)
22 Hakan Yakin (Young Boys)
Forwards:
9 Alex Frei (Rennes, France)
11 Marco Streller (FC Köln, Germany)
18 Mauro Lustrinelli (Sparta Prague, Czech Republic)
Trainer:
K�bi Kuhn.
Players to watch:
9 Alex Frei (Rennes, France)
18 Mauro Lustrinelli (Sparta Prague, Czech Republic)
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