Switzerland's all-time FIFA World Cup statistics

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In this continuously-updated article, we take a look at Switzerland's all-time FIFA World Cup statistics.

All-time record across 13 FIFA World Cup appearances (1934–2026)

Confederation	UEFA
Best FIFA World Cup achievement	Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954)
FIFA World Cup appearances (inc 2026)	13 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1994, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026)
First FIFA World Cup	1934 (quarter-finals)
Most recent FIFA World Cup	2022 (round of 16)
Current sequence of successive qualifications (inc 2026)	6 (since 2006)
FIFA World Cup hosts	1954 (quarter-finals)

Record by tournament

Year - Host	Result	Head coach	Top scorer	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD
1930 - URU	Did not participate
1934 - ITA	Quarter-finals	Heini Mueller, SUI	Leopold Kielholz (3)	2	1	0	1	5	5	0
1938 - FRA	Quarter-finals	Karl Rappan, AUT	Andre Abegglen (3)	3	1	1	1	5	5	0
1950 - BRA	Group stage	Franco Andreoli, SUI	Jackie Fatton (2)	3	1	1	1	4	6	-2
1954 - SUI	Quarter-finals	Karl Rappan, AUT	Sepp Huegi (6)	4	2	0	2	11	11	0
1958 - SWE	Did not qualify
1962 - CHI	Group stage	Karl Rappan, AUT	Heinz Schneiter, Rolf Wuethrich (1)	3	0	0	3	2	8	-6
1966 - ENG	Group stage	Alfredo Foni, ITA	Rene-Pierre Quentin (1)	3	0	0	3	1	9	-8
1970 - MEX	Did not qualify
1974 - FRG	Did not qualify
1978 - ARG	Did not qualify
1982 - ESP	Did not qualify
1986 - MEX	Did not qualify
1990 - ITA	Did not qualify
1994 - USA	Round of 16	Roy Hodgson, ENG	Adrian Knup (2)	4	1	1	2	5	7	-2
1998 - FRA	Did not qualify
2002 - JPN/KOR	Did not qualify
2006 - GER	Round of 16	Koebi Kuhn, SUI	Alexander Frei (2)	4	2	2	0	4	0	4
2010 - RSA	Group stage	Ottmar Hitzfeld, GER	Gelson Fernandes (1)	3	1	1	1	1	1	0
2014 - BRA	Round of 16	Ottmar Hitzfeld, GER	Xherdan Shaqiri (3)	4	2	0	2	7	7	0
2018 - RUS	Round of 16	Vladimir Petkovic, SUI	Five players (1)	4	1	2	1	5	5	0
2022 - QAT	Round of 16	Murat Yakin, SUI	Breel Embolo (2)	4	2	0	2	5	9	-4
OVERALL RECORD				41	14	8	19	55	73	-18

P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · F = Goals for · A = Goals against · GD = Goal difference

All-time World Cup record

Phase	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Overall	41	14	8	19	55	73	-18
Group stage	30	12	6	12	39	45	-6
Knockout phase	11	2	2	7	16	28	-12

GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference

General team records

Biggest win	4-1: vs Italy (group stage play-off, 23/06/1954) 4-1: vs Romania (group stage, 22/06/1994) 3-0: vs Honduras (group stage, 25/06/2014)
Biggest defeat	1-6: vs Portugal (round of 16, 06/12/2022) 0-5: vs Germany FR (group stage, 12/07/1966)
Highest scoring draw	2-2: twice, most recently vs Costa Rica (group stage, 27/06/2018)
Highest scoring match	12 goals: Austria 7-5 Switzerland (quarter-finals, 26/06/1954)
Most goals scored in a match	5 goals: 5-7 vs Austria (quarter-finals, 26/06/1954)
Most goals conceded in a match	7 goals: 5-7 vs Austria (quarter-finals, 26/06/1954)
Most goals scored at a FIFA World Cup	11: 1954 (4 matches)
Fewest goals scored at a FIFA World Cup	1: twice, most recently, 2010 (3 matches)
Most goals conceded at a FIFA World Cup	11: 1954 (4 matches)
Fewest goals conceded at a FIFA World Cup	0: 2006 (4 matches)

Streaks

Successive wins	2: twice, most recently, 19/06/2006 - 23/06/2006
Successive defeats	7: 26/06/1954 - 19/07/1966
Successive draws	1: eight times, most recently, 27/06/2018
Successive matches without a defeat	5: 13/06/2006 - 16/06/2010
Successive matches without a win	8: 26/06/1954 - 18/06/1994
Successive matches with a goal scored	4: twice, most recently, 23/06/1954 - 03/06/1962
Successive matches without scoring	3: 26/06/1994 - 13/06/2006
Successive clean sheets	5: 13/06/2006 - 16/06/2010

Knockout records

Round by round WL record *ties won or lost

Round of 16 - W2 L5	*includes first round in 1934 & 1938
Quarter-finals - W0 L3

Extra time

Switzerland vs Germany	1-1 AET (1-1, 1-1)	1938, first round
Switzerland vs Ukraine	0-0 AET 0-3 PSO	2006, round of 16
Argentina vs Switzerland	1-0 AET	2014, round of 16

Penalty shoot-outs

W0 L1

L 0-3 vs Ukraine (2006, round of 16)

Player records

Most FIFA World Cup participations

4 - Valon Behrami (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018)

4 - Xherdan Shaqiri (2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)

3 - 13 players

Most FIFA World Cup matches played

12 - Xherdan Shaqiri (1-2010; 4-2014; 4-2018; 3-2022)

12 - Ricardo Rodriguez (4-2014; 4-2018; 4-2022)

12 - Granit Xhaka (4-2014; 4-2018; 4-2022)

10 - Valon Behrami (1-2006; 1-2010; 4-2014; 4-2018)

10 - Stephan Lichtsteiner (3-2010; 4-2014; 3-2018)

10 - Haris Seferovic (4-2014; 3-2018; 3-2022)

8 - Kiki Antenen (2-1950; 3-1954; 3-1962)

8 - Johan Djourou (3-2006; 4-2014; 1-2018)

8 - Manuel Akanji (4-2018; 4-2022)

8 - Breel Embolo (4-2018; 4-2022)

Most FIFA World Cup goals scored

6 - Sepp Huegi (6-1954)

5 - Xherdan Shaqiri (3-2014; 1-2018; 1-2022)

4 - Andre Abegglen (1-1934; 3-1938)

4 - Robert Ballaman (4-1954)

3 - Jackie Fatton (2-1950; 1-1954)

3 - Leopold Kielholz (3-1954)

2 - Blerim Dzemaili (1-2014; 1-2018)

2 - Alexander Frei (2-2006)

2 - Adrian Knup (2-1994)

2 - Granit Xhaka (1-2014; 1-2018)

2 - Breel Embolo (2-2022)

Most FIFA World Cup tournaments with a goal

3 - Xherdan Shaqiri (2014, 2018, 2022)

2 - Andre Abegglen (1934, 1938)

2 - Blerim Dzemaili (2014, 2018)

2 - Jackie Fatton (1950, 1954)

2 - Granit Xhaka (2014, 2018)

Youngest player to make an appearance at a FIFA World Cup

18y 258d - Xherdan Shaqiri vs Honduras (25/06/2010)

19y 146d - Johan Djourou vs France (13/06/2006)

19y 198d - Albert Guinchard vs Netherlands (27/05/1934)

20y 23d - Fredy Bickel vs Germany (04/06/1938)

20y 129d - Ardon Jashari vs Portugal (06/12/2022)

Youngest goalscorer at a FIFA World Cup

20y 28d - Fredy Bickel vs Germany (09/06/1938)

20y 241d - Kiki Antenen vs Mexico (02/07/1950)

21y 28d - Tranquillo Barnetta vs Togo (19/06/2006)

21y 129d - Philippe Senderos vs Korea Republic (23/06/2006)

21y 266d - Granit Xhaka vs France (20/06/2014)

Oldest player to make an appearance at a FIFA World Cup

36y 166d - Georges Bregy vs Spain (02/07/1994)

35y 169d - Pascal Zuberbuehler vs Ukraine (26/06/2006)

35y 149d - Oliver Eggimann vs Austria (26/06/1954)

35y 31d - Blaise Nkufo vs Honduras (25/06/2010)

34y 162d - Stephan Lichtsteiner vs Costa Rica (27/06/2018)

Oldest goalscorer at a FIFA World Cup

36y 152d - Georges Bregy vs USA (18/06/1994)

32y 76d - Blerim Dzemaili vs Costa Rica (27/06/2018)

31y 53d - Xherdan Shaqiri vs Serbia (02/12/2022)

30y 231d - Remo Freuler vs Serbia (02/12/2022)

29y 94d - Andre Abegglen vs Germany (09/06/1938)

Most consecutive appearances with a goal

3 - Sepp Huegi (17/06/1954 - 26/06/1954)

Most goals in a match

3 - Sepp Huegi vs Austria (1954, quarter-finals)

3 - Xherdan Shaqiri vs Honduras (2014, group stage)

Hat-tricks

3 goals - Sepp Huegi vs Austria (1954, quarter-finals)

3 goals - Xherdan Shaqiri vs Honduras (2014, group stage)

Fastest goal scored

5' 30'' - Xherdan Shaqiri vs Honduras (2014, group stage)

6' - Rolf Wuethrich vs Chile (1962, group stage)

7' - Leopold Kielholz vs Netherlands (1934, first round)

Most clean sheets (GK)

4 - Pascal Zuberbuehler (4-2006)

3 - Diego Benaglio (2-2010; 1-2014)

1 - Yann Sommer (1-2022)

Red cards

Valon Behrami vs Chile (2010, group stage)

Michael Lang vs Sweden (2018, round of 16)

Coaches

Most final tournaments

3 - Karl Rappan, AUT (1938, 1954, 1962)

2 - Ottmar Hitzfeld, GER (2010, 2014)

Most matches

10 - Karl Rappan, AUT (3-1938, 4-1954, 3-1962)

7 - Ottmar Hitzfeld, GER (3-2010, 4-2014)

4 - Roy Hodgson, ENG (4-1994)

4 - Koebi Kuhn, SUI (4-2006)

4 - Vladimir Petkovic, SUI (4-2018)

4 - Murat Yakin, SUI (4-2022)

Most matches won

3 - Karl Rappan, AUT (1-1938, 2-1954)

3 - Ottmar Hitzfeld, GER (1-2010, 2-2014)

Youngest coach

32y 251d - Karl Rappan vs Germany (04/06/1938)

34y 205d - Franco Andreoli vs Yugoslavia (25/06/1950)

46y 313d - Roy Hodgson vs USA (18/06/1994)

Oldest coach

65y 170d - Ottmar Hitzfeld vs Argentina (01/07/2014)

62y 257d - Koebi Kuhn vs Ukraine (26/06/2006)

56y 254d - Karl Rappan vs Italy (07/06/1962)

Penalties taken

No FIFA World Cup penalties recorded.

Penalties faced

Min.	Span	Goalkeeper	Opposition player	Team	Date	Match	Execution
77'	2H	Charly Elsener	Helmut Haller	Germany FR	12/07/1966	FRG vs SUI	Conceded
86'	2H	Marco Pascolo	Txiki Beguiristain	Spain	02/07/1994	ESP vs SUI	Conceded
32'	1H	Diego Benaglio	Karim Benzema	France	20/06/2014	SUI vs FRA	Saved
90+3'	O2H	Yann Sommer	Bryan Ruiz	Costa Rica	27/06/2018	SUI vs CRC	Crossbar

Complete World Cup match results

Tournament	Date	Match
1934	27/05/1934	Switzerland 3-2 Netherlands, First round (Milan-ITA)
1934	31/05/1934	Czechoslovakia 3-2 Switzerland, Quarter-finals (Turin-ITA)
1938	04/06/1938	Switzerland 1-1 Germany, First round (Paris-FRA) aet
1938	09/06/1938	Switzerland 4-2 Germany, First round (replay) (Paris-FRA)
1938	12/06/1938	Hungary 2-0 Switzerland, Quarter-finals (Lille-FRA)
1950	25/06/1950	Yugoslavia 3-0 Switzerland, Group stage (Belo Horizonte-BRA)
1950	28/06/1950	Brazil 2-2 Switzerland, Group stage (Sao Paulo-BRA)
1950	02/07/1950	Switzerland 2-1 Mexico, Group stage (Porto Alegre-BRA)
1954	17/06/1954	Switzerland 2-1 Italy, Group stage (Lausanne-SUI)
1954	20/06/1954	England 2-0 Switzerland, Group stage (Berne-SUI)
1954	23/06/1954	Switzerland 4-1 Italy, Group stage (play-off) (Basel-SUI)
1954	26/06/1954	Austria 7-5 Switzerland, Quarter-finals (Lausanne-SUI)
1962	30/05/1962	Chile 3-1 Switzerland, Group stage (Santiago de Chile-CHI)
1962	03/06/1962	Germany FR 2-1 Switzerland, Group stage (Santiago de Chile-CHI)
1962	07/06/1962	Italy 3-0 Switzerland, Group stage (Santiago de Chile-CHI)
1966	12/07/1966	Germany FR 5-0 Switzerland, Group stage (Sheffield-ENG)
1966	15/07/1966	Spain 2-1 Switzerland, Group stage (Sheffield-ENG)
1966	19/07/1966	Argentina 2-0 Switzerland, Group stage (Sheffield-ENG)
1994	18/06/1994	USA 1-1 Switzerland, Group stage (Detroit-USA)
1994	22/06/1994	Romania 1-4 Switzerland, Group stage (Detroit-USA)
1994	26/06/1994	Switzerland 0-2 Colombia, Group stage (San Francisco-USA)
1994	02/07/1994	Spain 3-0 Switzerland, Round of 16 (Washington DC-USA)
2006	13/06/2006	France 0-0 Switzerland, Group stage (Stuttgart-GER)
2006	19/06/2006	Togo 0-2 Switzerland, Group stage (Dortmund-GER)
2006	23/06/2006	Switzerland 2-0 Korea Republic, Group stage (Hanover-GER)
2006	26/06/2006	Switzerland 0-0 Ukraine, Round of 16 (Cologne-GER) aet (0-3 PSO)
2010	16/06/2010	Spain 0-1 Switzerland, Group stage (Durban-RSA)
2010	21/06/2010	Chile 1-0 Switzerland, Group stage (Port Elizabeth-RSA)
2010	25/06/2010	Switzerland 0-0 Honduras, Group stage (Mangaung/Bloemfontein-RSA)
2014	15/06/2014	Switzerland 2-1 Ecuador, Group stage (Brasilia-BRA)
2014	20/06/2014	Switzerland 2-5 France, Group stage (Salvador-BRA)
2014	25/06/2014	Honduras 0-3 Switzerland, Group stage (Manaus-BRA)
2014	01/07/2014	Argentina 1-0 Switzerland, Round of 16 (Sao Paulo-BRA) aet
2018	17/06/2018	Brazil 1-1 Switzerland, Group stage (Rostov-on-Don-RUS)
2018	22/06/2018	Serbia 1-2 Switzerland, Group stage (Kaliningrad-RUS)
2018	27/06/2018	Switzerland 2-2 Costa Rica, Group stage (Nizhny Novgorod-RUS)
2018	03/07/2018	Sweden 1-0 Switzerland, Round of 16 (St. Petersburg-RUS)
2022	24/11/2022	Switzerland 1-0 Cameroon, Group stage (Al Wakrah-QAT)
2022	28/11/2022	Brazil 1-0 Switzerland, Group stage (Doha (Ad-Dawhah)-QAT)
2022	02/12/2022	Serbia 2-3 Switzerland, Group stage (Doha (Ad-Dawhah)-QAT)
2022	06/12/2022	Portugal 6-1 Switzerland, Round of 16 (Al Dayyan-QAT)