- Alexander Frei
Alexander Frei (born July 15, 1979 in Basel) is a Swiss footballer. He signed a 4-year contract with Borussia Dortmund on June, 29th. Dortmund paid a transfer fee of approximately 5 million euros for him. He played for Switzerland at Euro 2004 and at the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany. Until now he has been capped 54 times for his country (as of September 2006). Frei is only 3 goals short from being Switzerland's all time top scorer.
- Tranquillo Barnetta
Tranquillo Barnetta (born 22 May 1985 in St. Gallen) is a Swiss football player who currently plays as a midfielder for Bayer Leverkusen. His father and mother are Italian but he grew up near by St. Gallen, Switzerland and has played since 21 for the Swiss national team. Barnetta started his career with FC St. Gallen in Switzerland, but he was soon snapped up by the German side Leverkusen. He has also enjoyed a loan spell at Hannover 96.
- Philippe Senderos
Philippe Sylvain Senderos (born February 14, 1985 in Geneva) is a Swiss football player of Serbian and Spanish descent who currently plays for Arsenal of the English Premier League as a defender.
- Johann Vogel
Johann Vogel is a Swiss footballer. He currently plays for Real Betis. Until 8th of March 2007 he was captain of the Switzerland national football team. Vogel joined Swiss amateur club FC Meyrin in his youth but made the cut into professional football by joining Grasshopper. He was handed his debut for Switzerland on 8 March 1995 in a 1-1 draw against Greece. In his time at Grasshoppers, he usually played central defence or rightback although on occasion, …
- Johan Vonlanthen
Johan Vonlanthen (born 1 February 1986 in Santa Marta, Colombia) is a Swiss international footballer. Vonlanthen is a striker for Red Bull Salzburg at club level. Internationally, he plays the same position for Switzerland. His stepfather is a Swiss national, giving him the right to play for that country.
- Hakan Yakın
Hakan Yakın is a Swiss-Turkish football player. Hakan plays in the Swiss Super League with Young Boys. His career has been overshadowed by some trouble regarding his club transfers, as his engagements outside Switzerland (Paris St. Germain, Galatasaray and VfB Stuttgart) were not accompanied by luck. Nonetheless he has been one of the best and most important Swiss football players for almost 10 years.
- Ricardo Cabanas
Ricardo Cabanas is a Spanish-Swiss football (soccer) player who currently plays as a midfielder for FC Köln in Germany. Cabanas started his career with his Grasshoppers Zürich and played there for several seasons before moving to Cologne. During this period, he also enjoyed a loan spell at Guingamp. He is a member of the Switzerland national team and was recently called up to the squad to participate in the 2006 World Cup.
- Marco Streller
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.
- Valon Behrami
Valon Behrami (born 19 April 1985 in Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Swiss midfielder currently playing professional football for S.S. Lazio of Italian Serie A. Born in Kosovo to Albanian parents, Behrami moved to Stabio, a village in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, due to war when he was only a child, and he then obtained the Swiss nationality. Behrami started playing football in Swiss sides FC Stabio, FC Chiasso and FC Lugano.
- Ramon Vega
Ramon Vega is a former Swiss footballer. Vega was one of five children to be born in Switzerland, with his siblings born in his parents' native Madrid. He captained Switzerland at international level and played for Grasshoppers of Zurich, Cagliari in Serie A, Tottenham Hotspur in the Premiership, Celtic in the SPL and ended his career with Watford in the Nationwide league.
- Reto Ziegler
Reto Ziegler (born January 16 1986 in Geneva) is a Swiss footballer who plays for Sampdoria.
- Xavier Margairaz
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.
- Daniel Gygax
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.
- Bernt Haas
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.
- Alain Rochat
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.
- Ludovic Magnin
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.
- Fabio Celestini
Fabio Celestini (born October 31, 1975) is a Swiss football player (defensive midfielder). He played for several clubs, including Lausanne Sports, Troyes AC (France) and Olympique Marseille (France). He now plays for Getafe CF in Spain. He plays for Switzerland national football team and was a participant at the 2004 UEFA European Championship.
- Heinz Hermann
Heinz Hermann is a former Swiss international footballer. On July 1, 1977 Heinz Hermann changed from FC Seefeld Zürich to Grasshopper-Club Zürich, where he became Swiss league champion four times and cup champion once. At the end of the season 1984/1985 he changed to Neuchâtel Xamax, and he later played for Servette FC and FC Aarau. Between 1984 and 1988 he was awarded Player of the year five years in a row.
- Patrick Müller
Patrick Müller is a Swiss professional footballer who currently plays as a defender for Olympique Lyonnais. Müller began his career at FC Meyrin before moving onto Servette. He also played in Switzerland for Grasshoppers in Zürich. His talent was noted by the French club Olympique Lyonnais, who signed him. He has also played for Real Mallorca and FC Basel.
- Alain Sutter
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.
- Mauro Lustrinelli
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.
- Christoph Spycher
Christoph Spycher is a Swiss football national player. Since 2005, his club is Eintracht Frankfurt in the German Bundesliga. He plays as a full-back. In the 2007-08 season he is vice captain at Eintracht.
- Diego Benaglio
Diego Benaglio is a Swiss Italian football (soccer) player who currently plays as a goalkeeper for CD Nacional Madeira in the Portuguese Liga. He has dual citizenship. Benaglio started his career with his Grasshoppers Zürich and played there for several seasons before moving to Germany to join VfB Stuttgart. After a brief period there, he joined CD Nacional.
- David Degen
David Degen is a Swiss footballer currently playing for Borussia Mönchengladbach. He was selected for the Swiss 2006 World Cup squad. However, he only played in the warmup games Degen recently finished a trial with SPL champions Celtic FC and has expressed a desire to sign for the club. His twin brother Philipp Degenis married and currently plays for Borussia Dortmund. Degen was invited to Bolton Wanderers' pre-season training camp in Austria, …
- Marcel Koller
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.
- Stéphane Chapuisat
Stéphane Chapuisat was a football forward, arguably his country's best player of the 1990s. Chapuisat scored 21 goals in 103 caps for Switzerland and played in the 1994 World Cup, Euro 1996 and Euro 2004.. He finished his career in early 2006 after playing for Lausanne Sports in the Challenge League. Chapuisat started his major professional career in the Bundesliga in 1991 playing for Borussia Dortmund.
- Blerim Džemaili
Blerim Džemaili (Albanian: Blerim Xhemajli; born 12 April 1986 in Tetovo, Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Swiss football midfielder of Albanian origin who started his career at Swiss side FC Zürich. There he was part of the 2005-06 and 2006-2007 Swiss Championship winning team.
- Johan Djourou
Johan Djourou is a Swiss international football player who currently plays for Arsenal. He is a central defender.
- Fabio Coltorti
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.
- Marco Grassi
Marco Grassi (born in Chiasso, August 8, 1968) is a former football (soccer) player in striker role, currently chief manager of FC Chiasso. In career he played also in France. For Switzerland national football team he got 31 international caps, scored 3 goals and participated at 1994 FIFA World Cup and Euro 1996.
- Nestor Subiat
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 Bickel
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.
- Pascal Zuberbühler
Pascal Zuberbühler is a Swiss football goalkeeper who currently plays for Neuchâtel Xamax in the Challenge League.
- Stéphane Grichting
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.
- Köbi Kuhn
Jakob "Köbi" Kuhn is a Swiss football manager and former player. During his playing career he got 63 caps for Switzerland and played primarily for FC Zürich. He also played one match for the Swiss national team in the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England. Appointed manager for the Swiss U-21 team some time after retiring, he was promoted to coach the senior national team in June 2001, replacing the Argentine Enzo Trossero.
- Philipp Degen
Philipp Degen (born 15 February 1983) is a Swiss national currently playing football for the German Borussia Dortmund team.
- Stephan Lehmann
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.
- Stephan Lichtsteiner
Stephan Lichtsteiner (born January 16, 1984) is a Swiss footballer. Having represented Switzerland at every junior level, Lichtsteiner has played in the 1999 European Under-16 Football Championship and the 2004 Under-21 Championship. Born in Adligenswil, Lichtsteiner began his career at Grasshopper Zurich in 2001/02, and come the next year he became a first-team member, helping the Swiss team gain the league title.
- Milaim Rama
Milaim Rama (born 29 February, 1976 in Zhiti) is a Kosovar-Swiss football player. He played mostly for FC Thun and had a short stint with FC Augsburg in Germany. He currently plays for FC Schaffhausen. He plays for the Switzerland national football team and was a participant at the 2004 UEFA European Championship. In total he have 7 caps for Swiss.
- Willi Steffen
Willi Steffen was a Swiss international footballer who played as a left-back. Steffen started out as an amateur with Cantonal Neuchâtel and later became the first Swiss footballer to play in England when he signed for Chelsea. He had only journeyed to England to learn the language, having been sent by his parents in preparation for him joining the family's fruit and vegetable business, but his teacher turned out to be the wife of then-Chelsea manager, Billy Birrell.