Five Serie A players, including Juventus’ Stephan Lichtsteiner and Milan’s Ricardo Rodriguez, are included in Switzerland’s World Cup squad.
Coach Vladimir Petkovic this afternoon submitted his final 23-man contingent to travel to the tournament in Russia.
Old Lady defender Lichtsteiner will captain the team, who have been drawn to face Brazil, Costa Rica and Serbia in Group E.
Lichtsteiner and Rodriguez are joined in the squad by Udinese’s Valon Behrami, Blerim Dzemaili of Bologna and Atalanta midfielder Remo Freuler.
Five Serie A players, including Juventus’ Stephan Lichtsteiner and Milan’s Ricardo Rodriguez, are included in Switzerland’s World Cup squad.
Coach Vladimir Petkovic this afternoon submitted his final 23-man contingent to travel to the tournament in Russia.
Old Lady defender Lichtsteiner will captain the team, who have been drawn to face Brazil, Costa Rica and Serbia in Group E.
Lichtsteiner and Rodriguez are joined in the squad by Udinese’s Valon Behrami, Blerim Dzemaili of Bologna and Atalanta midfielder Remo Freuler.
There is no place, however, for Behrami’s Bianconeri teammate Silvan Widmer.
Switzerland squad for World Cup 2018
Roman Burki (Borussia Dortmund), Yvon Mvogo (RB Leipzig), Yann Sommer (Borussia Monchengladbach); Maunel Akanji (Borussia Dortmund), Johan Djourou (Antalyaspor), Nico Elvedi (Borussia Monchengladbach), Michael Lang (Basel), Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus), Francois Moubandje (Toulouse), Ricardo Rodriguez (AC Milan), Fabian Schar (Deportivo La Coruna); Valon Behrami (Udinese), Josip Drmic (Borussia Monchengladbach), Blerim Dzemaili (Bologna), Breel Embolo (Schalke), Gelson Fernandes (Eintracht Frankfurt), Remo Freuler (Atalanta), Mario Gavranovic (Dinamo Zagreb), Haris Seferovic (Benfica), Xherdan Shaqiri (Stoke City), Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), Denis Zakaria (Borussia Monchengladbach), Steven Zuber (Hoffenheim).