Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Euro Cup

Euro 2004

Qualification: Switzerland qualified for the Euro 2004 in Portugal by finishing first in group 10 of the qualifying, ahead of Russia and Ireland.

Group stage After a 0–0 draw against Croatia, they lost 0–3 against England and 1–3 against France, and thus ended on the last place in group B of the main tournament.

Trivia: Johann Vonlanthen became the youngest scorer ever in the Euro championships when he equalised against France, beating the record (set only four days earlier by Wayne Rooney) by three months.

Qualification: Switzerland co-hosted the Euro 2008 together with Austria and was therefore automatically qualified.

Euro 2008

Group stage: Switzerland played all matches of group A in Basel. After losing the opening game 0–1 to the Czech Republic and the second game 1–2 against Turkey, they were already eliminated from their home tournament after only two games. Consolation came from the 2–0 victory over Portugal in the final group stage game.

Trivia: All 3 goals by Switzerland were scored by Hakan Yakin.

Switzerland has qualified again for the World Cup. The World Cup tickets of all matches are now available for sale. Football tickets of all the matches of World Cup are for sale at ticket4football.com, you can buy the Switzerland World Cup Tickets for its the upcoming matches and World Cup Football tickets of other teams on this website.

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