ДЄt UEFA Euro 1996, Switzerland once again easily qualified for the tournament finals hosted in England, as they topped their qualifying group, losing just once which was a 1вЂ“2 defeat to Turkey. Switzerland failed to qualify for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, hosted in France, as they finished 4th in their qualifying group, winning three games 3вЂ“2 against Finland, 1вЂ“0 against Hungary and 5вЂ“0 against Azerbaijan, drawing one game against Hungary (1вЂ“1), and losing three games 1вЂ“0 against Azerbaijan and losing both games against Norway, losing 1вЂ“0 at home and 5вЂ“0 away. Nevertheless, Switzerland still qualified from the group, but were knocked out by Spain, losing 3вЂ“0. In the next match, they won 4вЂ“1 over Romania, and in their final game against Colombia, lost 2вЂ“0. Their opening match against the United States, on 18 June 1994, was played indoors in the Pontiac Silverdome, and the two teams drew 1вЂ“1 in the opening match of the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Against the Portuguese, Switzerland drew 1вЂ“1 at home and lost 1вЂ“0 in the away fixture in Porto, their only defeat of the qualifying campaign. The Swiss won their home tie with Italy, and in the away game, took a 2вЂ“0 lead before being pegged back to a 2вЂ“2 draw, and also took four points from Scotland, winning 3вЂ“1 at home and drawing 1вЂ“1 away. Hodgson led Switzerland to the 1994 FIFA World Cup, losing just one game during qualifying, in a group that included Italy, and much fancied Portugal, and Scotland. Under his guidance, Switzerland rose to 3rd in the FIFA World Ranking in August 1993, which still remains their highest FIFA ranking to this day. In 1992, Switzerland appointed English manager Roy Hodgson as head coach of the national team and at the time of his appointment, the Swiss had not qualified for any major tournament since 1966. A similar result occurred at the 1966 World Cup, where Switzerland again finished at the bottom of their group losing all three of their matches, 5вЂ“0 to West Germany, 2вЂ“1 to Spain and 2вЂ“0 to Argentina. At the 1962 World Cup, Switzerland finished bottom of the group, losing all three games, losing 3вЂ“1 to Chile, 2вЂ“1 to West Germany and 3вЂ“0 to Italy. They were knocked out of the tournament after losing 7вЂ“5 to Austria. At the World Cup, Switzerland finished second in their group behind England beating Italy and losing to England, but qualified for the quarter-finals after beating Italy in a group play-off. On 22 July 1946, Switzerland was awarded the right to host the 1954 FIFA World Cup unopposed, in Luxembourg City. At the 1950 World Cup, Switzerland were drawn in a group with Brazil, Yugoslavia and Mexico, where they lost 4вЂ“0 to Yugoslavia in the opening match, drew 2вЂ“2 with Brazil in their second match and beating Mexico 2вЂ“1 in their final group mach, and finished third in their group. Switzerland once again reached the quarter-finals in 1938 after beating Germany in the round of sixteen, winning 4вЂ“2 after a replay but were knocked out by Hungary, losing 2вЂ“0. The team's debut appearance at the World Cup was in 1934 where they reached the quarter-finals after beating the Netherlands 3вЂ“2 in the round of sixteen before getting knocked out by Czechoslovakia. Switzerland line-up in the Gold medal match at the 1924 Summer Olympics, held in Paris.ДЄt the 1924 Paris Olympic Games, Switzerland finished with a silver medal after losing to Uruguay in the final, losing 3вЂ“0. Overall, Switzerland's best ever result at an official football competition was the silver medal they earned in 1924, after losing to Uruguay 3вЂ“0 in the final of the 1924 Olympic Games. Switzerland and Austria were the co-hosts of UEFA Euro 2008, where the Swiss made their third appearance in the competition, but failed for a third time to progress from the group stage. They did not concede a goal until a match against Chile at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, conceding in the 75th minute, setting a World Cup finals record for consecutive minutes without conceding a goal. At the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Switzerland set a FIFA World Cup record by being eliminated from the tournament despite not conceding a single goal, being eliminated by Ukraine after penalties in the round of sixteen. They hosted the competition in 1954, where they played with Austria in the quarter-final match, losing 7вЂ“5, which today still stands as the highest scoring World Cup match ever. Switzerland's best performances at the FIFA World Cup were three quarter-final appearances, in 1934, 19. The national team is controlled by the Swiss Football Association. The Switzerland national football team ( German: Schweizer Fussballnationalmannschaft, Italian: Nazionale di calcio della Svizzera, French: Г‰quipe nationale suisse de football, Romansh: Squadra naziunala da ballape da la Svizra) represents Switzerland in international football.

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