In the spherical of 16, they defeated World Cup champions France on penalties, after finishing a 3-3 draw and overcoming from a 1-3 second half deficit, to have their first knockout section win in a serious tournament for the reason that 1938 FIFA World Cup. The following match was a 1-1 draw with Romania, with Switzerland initially conceding from a penalty but equalizing within the second half following a objective from Admir Mehmedi. In the knockout match in opposition to Argentina, they misplaced 1-0, conceding to Ángel Di María in the 118th minute. They were drawn to play Sweden within the spherical of sixteen; a fixture they lost 1-0, getting knocked out of the tournament. At the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, Switzerland have been drawn to play France, Honduras and Ecuador in the group stage. Switzerland didn’t advance additional than the group after a 0-0 draw with Honduras in the third and last group match. At Euro 2020, Switzerland completed third in Group A which had Italy, Wales and Turkey; however, they managed to qualify to the next round as probably the greatest third-positioned groups. In the subsequent quarter-ultimate game in opposition to Spain, they once again took the sport to penalties, after trailing 1-0. Nevertheless, after changing only one of their 4 penalties, they exited the tournament at this stage.

Their solely purpose of the complete tournament was scored by Johan Vonlanthen, who grew to become the youngest ever goalscorer on the Euros when he scored the equalizing objective towards France; surpassing the earlier file set only four days earlier by Wayne Rooney by three months. Switzerland’s high goalscorer through the qualifying interval was Xherdan Shaqiri, with 4 goals. Koumba Larroque certified for the games by advantage of top 5 outcomes via the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. Their third match was against Portugal, with Switzerland winning 2-zero to make sure that Portugal would top their group with a defeat. The tournament is a Shaughnessy playoff: the workforce that completed first after the league stage plays the team that completed fourth, whereas the team that completed second plays the group that finished third in the Semi-Finals, with the higher-ranked staff having residence advantage. The Swiss youth teams have been extra profitable; because the U-17 squad received the 2002 UEFA U-17 Euro and the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup, whereas the U-21 squad certified for the semi-finals of the 2002 UEFA U-21 Euro, and have been finalists of the 2011 UEFA U-21 Euro.

The Swiss started their qualifying group with a shock 2-0 win over European champions Portugal, who had received the tournament less than two months previous to enjoying with them on 6 September. Revealed on three March 2011 at Wembley Stadium, the Adidas Finale London features the “Starball” design synonymous with the UEFA Champions League. Nevertheless, UEFA ultimately confirmed the initial schedule the following day, with no adjustments made. However, group winners couldn’t face teams from a better league. Extra weighting was given for teams that performed only eight matches. Single yellow playing cards and suspensions for yellow card accumulations do not carry over to the 2014 FIFA World Cup tournament matches. Nonetheless, following a 2-zero loss to Wales (by which Reto Ziegler earned a pink card) and Montenegro’s shocking last-minute equalizer against England in a 2-2 draw, Switzerland’s hopes of qualifying were mathematically made impossible. Nevertheless, the ball flew straight into Seaman’s arms. The ultimate group recreation was in opposition to France, drawing 0-0. However, the sport unfold notoriety for a number of Swiss gamers’ jerseys being ripped throughout challenges with the French players, and also for the ball bursting during a challenge between Antoine Griezmann and Valon Behrami once they both converged on the ball, with the sport also attracting attention for its poor floor, which was criticized by each coaches and gamers of the two groups; after the sport, Switzerland’s package producer had blamed “defective materials” for the incidents regarding the jerseys being ripped.

On 23 January 2018, Switzerland have been selected to play within the inaugural edition of the UEFA Nations League; a tournament contested by all UEFA member’s nationwide groups, being drawn to play in League A, in Group 2, towards Belgium and Iceland. On 7 September 2023, Hungary beat Serbia 2-1 in the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match on the Stadion Rajko Mitic in Belgrade, Serbia. The qualification course of started on 4 September 2016, nearly two months after UEFA Euro 2016, and ended on 14 November 2017. Belgium, England, France, Germany, Iceland (for the first time), Poland, Portugal, Serbia, and Spain certified in the first spherical by profitable their groups. Of their first match on the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the group defeated eventual champions Spain 1-0 with a purpose by Gelson Fernandes, but they have been nonetheless eliminated in the group stage. Gamers in bold are nonetheless lively with Switzerland. The next gamers have additionally been referred to as up for the group within the last twelve months and are nonetheless available for a name up. Switzerland, because of the draw, finished second in the group to set up a tie towards Poland in the round of sixteen; initially the Swiss conceded but managed to discover a late equalizer from Xherdan Shaqiri, who scored a bicycle-kick to send the sport into additional-time, but the Swiss had been knocked out as Granit Xhaka had missed the second penalty during the penalty shootout, as all different players managed to convert their penalties, with Poland winning 5-4 on penalties to go through and knock out the Swiss.