Switzerland at the UEFA European Championship

For the women's team, see Switzerland at the UEFA Women's Championship.

As of 2024, Switzerland have appeared at six UEFA European Championships, between 1996 and 2024. They have advanced past the first round three times, reaching the last 16 in 2016 and the quarter-finals in 2020 for the first time, before being eliminated by Spain on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time. They again made it to the quarter-finals in 2024 after defeating defending champions Italy 2–0, but were once again eliminated in the quarter-finals on penalties, this time by England.

Overall record

UEFA European Championship record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960	Did not enter									Did not enter
1964	Did not qualify									2	0	1	1	2	4
1968										6	2	1	3	17	13
1972										6	4	1	1	12	5
1976										6	1	1	4	5	10
1980										8	2	0	6	7	18
1984										6	2	2	2	7	9
1988										8	1	5	2	9	9
1992										8	4	2	2	19	7
1996	Group stage	13th	3	0	1	2	1	4		8	5	2	1	15	7
2000	Did not qualify									8	4	2	2	9	5
2004	Group stage	15th	3	0	1	2	1	6		8	4	3	1	15	11
2008	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	3	3		Qualified as hosts
2012	Did not qualify									8	3	2	3	12	10
2016	Round of 16	11th	4	1	3	0	3	2		10	7	0	3	24	8
2020	Quarter-finals	7th	5	1	3	1	8	9		8	5	2	1	19	6
2024	Quarter-finals	6th	5	2	3	0	8	4		10	4	5	1	22	11
2028	To be determined									To be determined
2032
Total	Quarter-finals	6/17	23	5	11	7	24	28	110	48	29	33	194	133

*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

**Red border colour indicates that the tournament was held on home soil.

Euro 1996

Main article: UEFA Euro 1996

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 1996 Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England (H)	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4[a]
3	Scotland	3	1	1	1	1	2	−1	4[a]
4	Switzerland	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head result (Netherlands 0–0 Scotland) and overall goal difference (−1). Overall goals for was used as the tiebreaker.

8 June 1996 (1996-06-08)

15:00

England	1–1	Switzerland
Shearer 23'	Report	Türkyilmaz 83' (pen.)

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 76,567

Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

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13 June 1996 (1996-06-13)

19:30

Switzerland	0–2	Netherlands
	Report	Cruyff 66' Bergkamp 79'

Villa Park, Birmingham

Attendance: 36,800

Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

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18 June 1996 (1996-06-18)

19:30

Scotland	1–0	Switzerland
McCoist 36'	Report

Villa Park, Birmingham

Attendance: 34,926

Referee: Václav Krondl (Czech Republic)

Euro 2004

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	England	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
3	Croatia	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2
4	Switzerland	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

13 June 2004 (2004-06-13)

17:00

Switzerland	0–0	Croatia
	Report

Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria

Attendance: 24,090

Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

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17 June 2004 (2004-06-17)

17:00

England	3–0	Switzerland
Rooney 23', 75' Gerrard 82'	Report

Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra

Attendance: 28,214

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

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21 June 2004 (2004-06-21)

19:45

Switzerland	1–3	France
Vonlanthen 26'	Report	Zidane 20' Henry 76', 84'

Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra

Attendance: 28,111

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Euro 2008

Main article: UEFA Euro 2008

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2008 Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6[a]	Advance to knockout stage
2	Turkey	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6[a]
3	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3[b]
4	Switzerland (H)	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3[b]

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Head-to-head result: Portugal 2–0 Turkey.
2. Head-to-head result: Switzerland 0–1 Czech Republic.

7 June 2008 (2008-06-07)

18:00

Switzerland	0–1	Czech Republic
	Report	Svěrkoš 71'

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Attendance: 39,730^[1]

Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

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11 June 2008 (2008-06-11)

20:45

Switzerland	1–2	Turkey
Yakin 32'	Report	Şentürk 57' Turan 90+2'

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Attendance: 39,730^[2]

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

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15 June 2008 (2008-06-15)

20:45

Switzerland	2–0	Portugal
Yakin 71', 83' (pen.)	Report

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Attendance: 39,730^[3]

Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

Euro 2016

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France (H)	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Switzerland	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
3	Albania	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3
4	Romania	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

11 June 2016 (2016-06-11)

15:00

Albania	0–1	Switzerland
	Report	Schär 5'

Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens

Attendance: 33,805^[4]

Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

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15 June 2016 (2016-06-15)

18:00

Romania	1–1	Switzerland
Stancu 18' (pen.)	Report	Mehmedi 57'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 43,576^[5]

Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

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19 June 2016 (2016-06-19)

21:00

Switzerland	0–0	France
	Report

Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq

Attendance: 45,616^[6]

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Knockout stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 knockout stage

Round of 16

25 June 2016 (2016-06-25)

15:00

Switzerland	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Poland
Shaqiri 82'	Report	Błaszczykowski 39'
Penalties
Lichtsteiner Xhaka Shaqiri Schär Rodríguez	4–5	Lewandowski Milik Glik Błaszczykowski Krychowiak

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 38,842^[7]

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Euro 2020

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy (H)	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Wales	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4[a]
3	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4[a]
4	Turkey	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head result (Wales 1–1 Switzerland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

12 June 2021 (2021-06-12)

15:00 (17:00 UTC+4)

Wales	1–1	Switzerland
Moore 74'	Report	Embolo 49'

Olympic Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 8,782^[8]

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

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16 June 2021 (2021-06-16)

21:00

Italy	3–0	Switzerland
Locatelli 26', 52' Immobile 89'	Report

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 12,445^[9]

Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

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20 June 2021 (2021-06-20)

18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)

Switzerland	3–1	Turkey
Seferovic 6' Shaqiri 26', 68'	Report	Kahveci 62'

Olympic Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 17,138^[10]

Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	F	Portugal	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	D	Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
3	A	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
4	C	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
5	B	Finland	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3
6	E	Slovakia	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Wins; 5) Lower disciplinary points total; 6) European Qualifiers overall ranking.

Knockout stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 knockout stage

Round of 16

28 June 2021 (2021-06-28)

21:00 (22:00 UTC+3)

France	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Switzerland
Benzema 57', 59' Pogba 75'	Report	Seferovic 15', 81' Gavranović 90'
Penalties
Pogba Giroud Thuram Kimpembe Mbappé	4–5	Gavranović Schär Akanji Vargas Mehmedi

Arena Națională, Bucharest

Attendance: 22,642^[11]

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

Quarter-finals

2 July 2021 (2021-07-02)

18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)

Switzerland	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Spain
Shaqiri 68'	Report	Zakaria 8' (o.g.)
Penalties
Gavranović Schär Akanji Vargas	1–3	Busquets Olmo Rodri Gerard Oyarzabal

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 24,764^[12]

Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Euro 2024

Main article: UEFA Euro 2024

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2024 Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Switzerland	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
3	Hungary	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
4	Scotland	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts

15 June 2024 (2024-06-15)

15:00

Hungary	1–3	Switzerland
Varga 66'	Report	Duah 12' Aebischer 45' Embolo 90+3'

RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

Attendance: 41,676^[13]

Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

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19 June 2024 (2024-06-19)

21:00

Scotland	1–1	Switzerland
McTominay 13'	Report	Shaqiri 26'

RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

Attendance: 42,711^[14]

Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

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23 June 2024 (2024-06-23)

21:00

Switzerland	1–1	Germany
Ndoye 28'	Report	Füllkrug 90+2'

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 46,685^[15]

Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Knockout stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2024 knockout stage

Round of 16

29 June 2024 (2024-06-29)

18:00

Switzerland	2–0	Italy
Freuler 37' Vargas 46'	Report

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 68,172^[16]

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Quarter-finals

6 July 2024 (2024-07-06)

18:00

England	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Switzerland
Saka 80'	Report	Embolo 75'
Penalties
Palmer Bellingham Saka Toney Alexander-Arnold	5–3	Akanji Schär Shaqiri Amdouni

Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 46,907^[17]

Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Goalscorers

Player	Goals	1996	2004	2008	2016	2020	2024
Xherdan Shaqiri	5				1	3	1
Breel Embolo	3					1	2
Haris Seferovic	3					3
Hakan Yakin	3			3
Michel Aebischer	1						1
Kwadwo Duah	1						1
Remo Freuler	1						1
Mario Gavranović	1					1
Admir Mehmedi	1				1
Dan Ndoye	1						1
Fabian Schär	1				1
Kubilay Türkyilmaz	1	1
Ruben Vargas	1						1
Johan Vonlanthen	1		1
Total	24	1	1	3	3	8	8

See also

• Switzerland at the FIFA World Cup