The FIFA World Cup 2018 is scheduled to be held in Russia from June 14 to July 15, 2018. A total of 64 matches will be played in 12 venues located in 11 cities.
The final will be held at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
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Current World Cup squad
Roman Buerki, Gregor Kobel, Yvon Mvogo, Yann Sommer; Manuel Akanji, Johan Djourou, Nico Elvedi, Michael Lang, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Jacques-Francois Moubandje, Ricardo Rodriguez, Fabian Schaer, Silvan Widmer; Valon Behrami, Blerim Dzemaili, Edimilson Fernandes, Gelson Fernandes, Remo Freuler, Xherdan Shaqiri, Granit Xhaka, Steven Zuber, Denis Zakaria; Josip Drmic, Breel Embolo, Mario Gavranovic, Haris Seferovic
2018 FIFA World Cup
In Group E, Switzerland drew with Brazil in the first league match. In the second match they defeated Serbia. In the final league encounter against Costa Rica, the team drew the match and qualified as the second team behind Brazil.
Coach for 2018:
Vladimir Petkovic
Fixtures:
June 17: vs Brazil
June 22: vs Serbia
June 27: vs Costa Rica
Past records
No. of times team has played in WC (number): 10
No. of matches played (number): 33
No. of matches won: 9
No. of matches lost: 15
No. of times lost in finals (Number):
No. of times world cup won (number):
No. of goals scored in WC: 45
Top 3 players to watch: Valon Behrami, Xherdan Shaqiri, Haris Seferovic
Road to WC (text): Won 9 games out of 10 in first round in UEFA qualification. In the playoffs, a goal-less second leg draw against Northern Ireland secured their World Cup spot.
Player who has played most world cups (appearances): Johan Djourou, Gokhan Inler, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Diego Benaglio:11
Player who has scored most no. of goals (Player:No. of goals): Sepp Huegi:6
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