page_title: Switzerland at the FIFA World Cup
section_title: 2006 FIFA World Cup
hierarchical_section_title: Switzerland at the FIFA World Cup / Match records / 2006 FIFA World Cup
caption_attribution_description: The Swiss national football team before a Testspiel (friendly match) against China. (4:1, Hardturm, Zürich) Team (source [1]): 19 Behrami, Valon 1 Zuberbühler, Pascal 13 Grichting, Stéphane 9 Frei, Alexander 11 Streller, Marco 3 Magnin, Ludovic 7 Cabanas, Ricardo 8 Wicky, Raphael 20 Müller, Patrick 6 Vogel, Johann 14 Degen, David
context_page_description: The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association, the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 due to World War II.
  The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase. The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.
  Switzerland have appeared in the finals of the World Cup on eleven occasions, the first being at the second finals in 1934 where they finished in seventh position.
context_section_description: The World Cup 2006 in Germany was the first World Cup for Switzerland since their participation at the World Cup 1994. After finishing second behind France in qualifying group 4, they defeated Turkey in the play-off round 2–0 and 4–2 to qualify for the main tournament.
  In the group stage, they played again against France. The game played in Stuttgart ended in a goalless draw. After defeating Togo 2–0 in Dortmund and South Korea also 2–0 in Hannover, they finished first in group G and qualified for the knockout stage. In the second round of the tournament, they faced Ukraine in Cologne. The game had to be decided in a penalty shootout since no goal was scored after 120 minutes. Ukraine won the shootout 3–0. Switzerland was the only team in tournament not to have conceded a goal during regulation time in their matches. Switzerland's top scorer at the tournament was Alexander Frei with two goals. When Switzerland lost 3–0 on penalties, that was the first time that a team lost on penalties without scoring a single goal in the penalties.
  Source: FIFA
  Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
  All times local (CEST/UTC+2)
  13 June 2006 (First Round)
  18:00
  Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
  Attendance: 52,000
  Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
  19 June 2006 (First Round)
  15:00
  FIFA WM Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund
  Attendance: 65,000
  Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
  23 June 2006 (First Round)
  21:00
  FIFA WM Stadion Hannover, Hanover
  Attendance: 43,000
  Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
  26 June 2006 (Round of 16)
  21:00
  FIFA WM-Stadion Köln, Cologne
  Attendance: 45,000
  Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
caption: The Swiss line-up against China, just before World Cup 2006
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