Roy Hodgson is an English football manager. He is currently the head coach of the Finnish national team. Hodgson is probably best known for guiding the Swiss national team to the 1994 World Cup and Euro 1996; before that Switzerland had not qualified for a major tournament since the 1960s. He has also coached many notable club sides, including Malmö FF, Internazionale, Blackburn Rovers, Grasshoppers, F.C. Copenhagen and Udinese.

Ludovic Magnin (born 20 April 1979 in Sion) is a Swiss football defender who currently, as of May 2007, plays for VfB Stuttgart. He has got 27 caps and 2 goals for the Swiss national team since his debut in 2000. He has been called up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and also participated at the 2004 European Football Championship.

Marco Streller (born 18 June 1981 in Basel) is a Swiss football striker. He currently has 18 caps for the Swiss national team, and has been called up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He was in the squad for the 2004 European Football Championship, but pulled out due to injury. He is considered partly responsible for Switzerland's defeat at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, having opted to go first on penalties against the Ukraine and missing his shot.

Gökhan İnler is a Swiss football midfielder of Turkish origin who currently plays as midfielder for FC Zurich in the Swiss Super League. He was part of the 2005-06 and 2006-07 Swiss Championship winning team. He is a member of the Swiss national team. At the end of the 2006/07 season, Gökhan agreed to a transfer to Serie A side Udinese<sup&gt;1</sup>;, despite newly instated Hertha Berlin coach Lucien Favre's interest in the player.

Daniel Gygax is a Swiss football midfielder who currently, as of February 2007, plays for FC Metz on loan from Lille OSC. He currently has 20 caps for the Swiss national team, and has been called up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He also participated at the 2004 European Football Championship.

Alain Sutter was one of the most successful Swiss football players during the 1990s. Sutter began his career in 1985 with Grasshoppers Zurich, one of Switzerland's most storied clubs. After spending the 1987-1988 season on loan to Young Boys Bern, he was ready to take his place in the Grasshoppers first team, where he remained until the 1993-1994 season, when he decided to move to Germany to play with Nürnberg.

Fabio Coltorti is a Swiss football goalkeeper who currently, as of May 2006, plays for Grasshopper-Club Zürich. He played in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, despite having only 1 cap for the Swiss national team. He is the number 2 goalie behind Pascal Zuberbühler. He also appeared twice for the U-21 team.

Stéphane Grichting is a Swiss football defender who currently, as of May 2006, plays for AJ Auxerre. He currently has 3 caps for the Swiss national team, and has been called up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He was in the squad for the 2004 European Football Championship, but pulled out due to injury.

Enzo Héctor Trossero, nicknamed "El Vikingo" (the viking), is an Argentine footballer and coach. He was born in Santa Fe, May 23, 1953. He began his playing career at Argentine minnows Belgrano de San Francisco but he soon moved on to Colón de Santa Fe, and in 1975 he arrived at Independiente. In this team he had two phases: from 1975 to 1979, when he was transferred to FC Nantes Atlantique of France, and from 1981 to 1985.

Xavier Margairaz is a Swiss football midfielder. He was part of the 2005-06 and 2006-07 Swiss Championship winning team with FC Zürich. In May 2007 he signed a 3-year contract with Spanish outfit CA Osasuna. He is a member of the Swiss national team and has been called up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Mauro "Lustri" Lustrinelli (born 26 February 1976) is a professional Swiss footballer who is currently playing for Swiss club FC Luzern as well as the Swiss national team. He started his professional career at the club AC Bellinzona in 1994 and played for them until 2001. Then he transferred to FC Wil and played there in the next three seasons before transferring to FC Thun in 2004.

Karl Rappan (September 26, 1905 - January 2, 1996) was an Austrian footballer and coach. He played and managed mostly in Switzerland, where he won multiple titles. He had four tenures as coach of the Swiss national team, which he managed in three World Cups, and is the all-time leader in matches won as coach of the Swiss team. He introduced a major football strategy known as the "bolt", which gave origin to the "catenaccio" system.

Adrian Knup (born 2 July 1968 in Liestal) is a retired Swiss football striker. He was capped 49 times and scored 26 goals for the Swiss national team between 1989 and 1996, including three games at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Alain Geiger (born 5 November 1960 in Uvrier) is a retired Swiss football defender and current coach. He was capped 112 times and scored 5 goals for the Swiss national team between 1980 and 1996. He played four games at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, and was in the Euro 1996 squad. His son, Bastien is also a professional football player.

Ciriaco Sforza (born March 2, 1970) is a Swiss former professional football player and current coach of FC Luzern. He most notably played for 1.FC Kaiserslautern and FC Bayern Munich in Germany. Ciriaco Sforza represented the Swiss national team 79 times, and represented his country at the international 1994 World Cup and Euro 96 tournaments. He is engaged to be married and has two children.

Bernt Haas (born April 8, 1978 in Vienna) is a football (soccer) defender who plays for the Swiss club FC St. Gallen. Haas began his career at Grasshoppers Zurich, where he played for several seasons before moving to England to join Sunderland. Despite making 27 appearances for the club in 2001-02, he did not play for Sunderland during the following season and was loaned out to FC Basel.

André "Andy" Egli is a retired Swiss football defender and current coach. He was capped 77 times and scored 8 goals for the Swiss national team between 1979 and 1994. He was an unused substitute at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Georges Bregy (born 17 January 1958 in Raron) is a retired Swiss football midfielder. He was capped 54 times and scored 12 goals for the Swiss national team between 1984 and 1994. He played four games at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, and scored a free kick goal against the United States. Bregy won the top goalscorer title in Switzerland in 1984, having scored 21 goals during the season.

Alain Rochat is a Swiss footballer. He plays in defence for FC Zürich. He was part of the 2006-07 Swiss Championship winning team. Before he played for BSC Young Boys, Yverdon Sport FC and Stade Rennais FC. He signed a new four years contract with club. On 4 June, 2005 he made his only appearance so far for the Swiss national team, against Faroe Islands at 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Ivan Rakitić is a young Swiss-born Croatian footballer who plays for FC Schalke 04. He plays as a midfielder. Although he has previously competed with the Swiss under-17 and under-19 national team, he decided to take up the call by Slaven Bilić and play for Croatian national team. Rakitić was part of Basel's 2006 UEFA Cup run to the competition's quarter-finals. In 2007 he was proclaimed the 'best young player' of the 2006/2007 Swiss Super League.

Max "Xam" Abegglen (April 11, 1902 - August 25, 1970) was a Swiss football player. He played for the Swiss national team and is the joint leading goalscorer for the team with 34 goals scored in 68 international appearances, along with Kubilay Turkyilmaz who scored also 34 goals in 62 matches for Switzerland.

Marcel Koller is a former Swiss football (soccer) player, a midfielder, and is currently the coach of VfL Bochum. He played all 24 years of his career at Swiss club Grasshoppers. For the Swiss national team he got 56 international caps, scored 3 goals and participated at Euro 1996.

Christophe Ohrel (born 7 April 1968 in Strasbourg, France) is a retired Swiss football defender. He was capped 56 times and scored 6 goals for the Swiss national team. He was in the Swiss squad at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, playing all four games.

Thomas Vrabec (born October 22, 1966) is a retired Swiss professional ice hockey centre of Czech ancestry. In 1996 he had to abandon his career due to thrombosis. He was team captain of the SC Bern and the Swiss national team.

Kubilay Türkyılmaz is a former Turkish-Swiss footballer, born to Turkish parents. He is best-known as the joint all-time leading goal scorer for the Swiss national team, with 34 goals in 62 appearances between 1988 and 2001. He appeared at Euro 96, scoring Switzerland's equalizer against England in the opening match of the tournament, a 1-1 draw at Wembley.

Marco Pascolo (born 9 May 1966 in Sion) is a retired Swiss football goalkeeper. He was capped 55 times for the Swiss national team between 1992 and 2001. He was in the Swiss squad at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, playing all four games, and also at Euro 1996.

Marco Zwyssig (born 24 October 1971) is a retired Swiss football defender. He got 20 caps and 1 goal for the Swiss national team, and was an unused substitute at the 2004 European Football Championship.

Stephan Lehmann (born 15 August 1963 in Schaffhausen) is a retired Swiss football goalkeeper. He was capped 18 times for the Swiss national team between 1989 and 1997. He was an unused substitute at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, and was in the Euro 1996 squad.

Thomas Bickel (born 6 October 1963 in Aarberg) is a retired Swiss football midfielder. He was capped 51 times and scored 5 goals for the Swiss national team between 1984 and 1995, including three games at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Marc Hottiger (born 7 November 1967 in Lausanne) is a retired Swiss football defender. He was capped 63 times and scored 5 goals for the Swiss national team between 1989 and 1996. He was in the Swiss squad at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, playing all four games, as well as the 1996 UEFA European Championship.

Nestor Subiat (born 23 April 1966) is a retired Swiss-Argentine football striker. He was capped 13 times and scored 6 goals for the Swiss national team. He participated at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, coming on as a substitute in three games.

Thomas Wyss (born August 29 1966) is a retired Swiss football midfielder. He earned 11 caps for the Swiss national team and was in the Swiss squad at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Paolo Gerolamo Della Bella (born September 12, 1977, Lugano, Switzerland) is a Swiss ice hockey goaltender. He played for the Swiss national team in four European and Junior Championships (1994-1997) and was elected the team's best player in 1994 and 1995. He has also played around 100 national team exhibition games for Switzerland (junior and senior team). He graduated from the University of Ottawa in 2001 with a bachelor's degree in business administration.

André "Trello" Abegglen was a Swiss football forward. He played for Grasshopper-Club Zürich, the French club FC Sochaux-Montbéliard and the Swiss national team, for whom he appeared in two World Cups. In France, with Sochaux, he was the league champion in 1935 and 1938, and was the top goalscorer of the 1935 tournament, with 30 goals in 28 appearances. Abbeglen played in the 1934 FIFA World Cup, scoring one goal, and in the 1938 FIFA World Cup, …

Martin Brunner (born 23 April 1963) is a retired Swiss football goalkeeper, who was capped 36 times for the Swiss national team. He was an unused substitute at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Yvan Quentin (born 2 May 1970 in Collombey-Muraz) is a retired Swiss football defender. He was capped 41 times for the Swiss national team between 1992 and 2002. He played four games at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, and was in the Euro 1996 squad.

Dominique Herr (born 25 October 1965 in Basel) is a retired Swiss football defender. He was capped 52 times and scored 4 goals for the Swiss national team between 1989 and 1995, including four games at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Eduardo Ribeiro dos Santos is Swiss footballer who currently plays as striker for En Avant Guingamp in the French Ligue 2. Born in Brazil, Eduardo accepted Swiss citizenship in September 2006 after living in Switzerland for six years, enabling him to play on the Swiss national team. Eduardo scored his first goal for Guingamp, a penalty against Strasbourg. He gained many admirers due to his versatile play exhibited with Grasshoppers playing opposite Richard Nuñez.

Patrick Sylvestre (born 1 September 1968) is a retired Swiss football midfielder. He made his debut for the Swiss national team in 1989 against Spain, and was capped 11 times. He was in the Swiss squad at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, but only played 7 minutes during the game against Romania. This was his last international match. He was also in the roster for Euro 1996, but never played a game.

Jürg Studer is a retired Swiss football defender. He earned 6 caps for the Swiss national team and was in the Swiss squad at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.