Switzerland will be dreaming of achieving their best result on the European stage when they head to the tournament. The team took part in five Euros between 1996 and 2020. The team got past the group stage on two occasions, reaching the round of 16 in 2016 and the quarter-finals in 2020, marking the first time they had progressed further.
Coach Yakin is expected to field his team in a 3-4-1-2 formation, with the experienced Sommer in goal.
Akanji, Elvedi and Rodriguez are likely to form a solid defence. In midfield, Xhaka, Freuler, Vargas and Ndoye are likely to feature.
Shaqiri, Amdouni and Okafor will probably form an inverted triangle in the final third.
Switzerland (3-4-1-2): Sommer; Akanji, Elvedi, Rodriguez; Xhaka, Freuler, Vargas, Ndoye; Shaqiri, Amdouni ,Okafor.
Check out Switzerland’s squad:
Goalkeepers: Yann Sommer (Inter Milan), Yvon Mvogo (Lorient) and Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund)
Defenders: Ricardo Rodriguez (Torino), Fabian Schar (Newcastle), Manuel Akanji (Manchester City), Nico Elvedi (Borussia Monchengladbach), Silvan Widmer (Mainz 05), Cedric Zesiger (Wolfsburg) and Leonidas Stergiou (Stuttgart).
Midfielders: Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen), Xherdan Shaqiri (Chicago Fire), Remo Freuler (Bologna), Denis Zakaria (Monaco), Michel Aebischer (Bologna), Fabian Rieder (Rennes), Ardon Jashari (Luzern) and Vincent Sierro (Toulouse).
Forwards: Breel Embolo (Monaco), Steven Zuber (AEK), Ruben Vargas (Augsburg), Renato Steffen (Lugano), Noah Okafor (Milan), Zeki Amdouni (Burnley), Dan Ndoye (Bologna) and Kwadwo Duah (Ludogorets).
Check out Austria’s squad:
Austria have announced their final squad for Euro 2024. The big absentee on the list is Real Madrid defender David Alaba, who didn’t recover in time for the European Championship. The team coached by Ralf Rangnick is once again in the final phase of the competition and will be in Group D with France, the Netherlands and Poland.
Goalkeepers: Niklas Hedl (SK Rapid), Heinz Lindner (Royale Union Saint-Gilloise), Patrick Pentz (Brondby)
Defenders: Flavius Daniliuc (RB Salzburg), Kevin Danzo (Lens), Philipp Lienhart (SC Freiburg), Phillipp Mwene (Mainz), Stefan Posch (Bologna), Leopold Querfeld (Rapid), Gernot Trauner (Feyenoord), Maximilian Wober (Borussia Monchengladbach)
Midfielders: Christoph Baumgartner (RB Leipzig), Florian Grillitsch (Hoffenheim), Marco Grull (Rapid), Florian Kainz (Cologne), Konrad Laimer (Bayern Munich), Alexander Prass (Sturm Graz), Marcel Sabitzer (Borussia Dortmund), Romano Schmidt (Werder Bremen), Matthias Seidl (SK Rapid), Nicolas Seiwald (RB Leipzig), Patrick Wimmer (Wolfsburg)
Forwards: Marko Arnautovic (Inter Milan), Maximilian Entrup (TSV Hartberg), Michael Gregoritsch (Freiburg), Andreas Weimann (West Bromwich Albion)
