Switzerland national football team

The Switzerland national football team is the team that represents the country of Switzerland in international competition and is controlled by the Swiss Football Association. Switzerland has qualified for seven FIFA World Cups with the best result being fourth in the 1922 and 1930 World Cup.

Early history
In 1905, Switzerland played their first international match against with the national team winning by a single goal. Only one year later, they would compete in the 1906 FIFA World Cup where would they come last in the group which featured (who competed in the Swiss Tri Tournament and  as they would lose both matches. The following tournament in 1910 was slightly better as they took their first win in a World Cup against  before losing to the eventual champions in  3-0.

After making all the way to the semi-finals of the 1912 Summer Olympics before losing to the, Switzerland would compete in the 1914 FIFA World Cup in England. But not before competing in the final Swiss Tri Tournament where they would lose out to. At the tournament, they were drawn in Group A with England, and. After dispatching both Sweden and Chile with no trouble, they kept England scoreless until the 75th minute when scored the match winner. This meant that they would take on in the quarter-finals where after getting the early lead from, two goals in the second half from Italy, saw the Swiss crashing out of the tournament.

Between the wars
After the war, Switzerland skipped the 1920 Summer Olympics to compete at the 1922 FIFA World Cup which was held in the Netherlands. After not needing to play in the opening round, the Swiss made to the semi-finals for the first time from the own goal of. Though the Swiss would lose in the semi-finals to the before losing to Italy in the third place playoff. They would lose to the Italians two years at the 1924 Summer Olympics with scoring two goals against them to eliminate the Swiss in the second round.

In early 1925, Switzerland would come last in their qualifying group for the 1926 FIFA World Cup which featured, and. The only point being a 1-1 draw to the Germans at Germany. At the following international tournament held in the Netherlands, a late goal from booked the Swiss a spot into the quarter-finals where they lose to Uruguay 3-1 in the match.

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