2004 European Football Championship - Switzerland

On May 24, 2004, Switzerland coach Jakob "Köbi" Kuhn named a provisional squad of 26 players for the EURO 2004 championships which took place in Portugal from June 12 to July 4.

Defenders Rémo Meyer and Stéphane Grichting along with strikers Léonard Thurre and Marco Streller, pulled out of the squad due to injuries. Forward Johann Vonlanthen completed the 23-man squad.

Squad

#

Name

Club in 2004

Date of Birth

Age

Pld

Goals

Y

Y/R

R

Goalkeepers

23

Sébastien Roth

Servette

01.04.1978

26

0

0

0

0

0

1

Jörg Stiel

Borussia M'gladbach

03.03.1968

36

3

0

1

0

0

12

Pascal Zuberbühler

Basel

08.01.1971

33

0

0

0

0

0

Defenders

3

Bruno Berner

Freiburg

21.11.1977

26

0

0

0

0

0

2

Bernt Haas

West Bromwich Albion

08.04.1978

26

2

0

2

1

0

4

Stéphane Henchoz

Liverpool

07.03.1974

30

2

0

0

0

0

14

Ludovic Magnin

Werder Bremen

20.04.1979

25

0

0

0

0

0

20

Patrick Müller

Lyon

17.12.1976

27

3

0

0

0

0

17

Christoph Spycher

Grasshopper Zürich

30.03.1978

26

3

0

0

0

0

5

Murat Yakin

Basel

15.09.1974

29

3

0

0

0

0

13

Marco Zwyssig

Basel

24.10.1971

32

0

0

0

0

0

Midfielders

15

Daniel Gygax

FC Zürich

28.08.1981

22

3

0

0

0

0

18

Benjamin Huggel

Basel

07.07.1977

26

3

0

2

0

0

6

Johann Vogel

PSV Eindhoven

08.03.1977

27

2

0

2

1

0

8

Raphael Wicky

Hamburg

26.04.1977

27

3

0

1

0

0

10

Hakan Yakın

VfB Stuttgart

22.02.1977

27

3

0

1

0

0

7

Ricardo Cabanas

Grasshopper Zürich

17.01.1979

25

2

0

0

0

0

16

Fabio Celestini

Marseille

31.10.1975

28

2

0

1

0

0

19

Johann Lonfat

Sochaux

11.09.1973

30

0

0

0

0

0

Forwards

11

Stéphane Chapuisat

Young Boys Bern

28.06.1969

34

2

0

0

0

0

9

Alexander Frei

Rennes

15.07.1979

24

2

0

0

0

0

21

Milaim Rama

FC Thun

29.02.1976

28

0

0

0

0

0

22

Johann Vonlanthen

PSV Eindhoven

01.02.1986

18

2

1

0

0

0

Coach

Jakob Kuhn

12.10.1943

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  • Key: Pld - Games played; Y - Yellow cards; Y/R - Yellow/Red cards; R - Red cards
  • Date format: dd.mm.yyyy

Qualifying

Group 10

Team

Pts

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

1. Switzerland

15

8

4

3

1

15

11

+4

2. Russia

14

8

4

2

2

19

12

+7

3. Republic of Ireland

11

8

3

2

3

10

11

-1

4. Albania

8

8

2

2

4

11

15

-4

5. Georgia

7

8

2

1

5

8

14

-6

September 8, 2002

Switzerland

4 – 1

Georgia

October 12, 2002

Albania

1 – 1

Switzerland

October 16, 2002

Republic of Ireland

1 – 2

Switzerland

April 2, 2003

Georgia

0 – 0

Switzerland

June 7, 2003

Switzerland

2 – 2

Russia

June 11, 2003

Switzerland

3 – 2

Albania

September 10, 2003

Russia

4 – 1

Switzerland

October 11, 2003

Switzerland

2 – 0

Republic of Ireland

Final tournament

Group B

Team

Pts

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

1. France

7

3

2

1

0

7

4

+3

2. England

6

3

2

0

1

8

4

+4

3. Croatia

2

3

0

2

1

4

6

-2

4. Switzerland

1

3

0

1

2

1

6

-5

June 13, 2004

Switzerland

0 – 0 (0-0)

Croatia

17:00

Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa

June 17, 2004

England

3 – 0 (1-0)

Switzerland

17:00

Estádio Cidade de Coimbra

June 21, 2004

Switzerland

1 – 3 (1-1)

France

19:45

Estádio Cidade de Coimbra