Switzerland World Cup Roster

The following is the preliminary roster for the Switzerland's 2010 World Cup soccer team that will take the pitch in South Africa. Countries can currently have up to 30 players on the roster, but will have to submit their final 23-player rosters to FIFA by June 4. (The World Cup starts on June 11.)

Scroll to the bottom of the page to access the rosters for all 32 teams. And be sure to stay with FanHouse for complete coverage from South Africa, as columnist Kevin Blackistone and soccer editor Brian Straus will be on location in Africa for the duration of the tournament.

Switzerland World Cup Roster

Player	Date of Birth	Club
Diego Benaglio (GK)	08.09.1983	Wolfsburg (GER)
Fabio Coltorti (GK)	03.12.1980	Racing Santander (ESP)
Johnny Leoni (GK)	30.06.1984	FC Zurich (SUI)
Marco Woelfli (GK)	22.08.1982	Young Boys (SUI)
Francois Affolter	13.03.1991	Young Boys (SUI)
Tranquillo Barnetta	22.05.1985	Bayer Leverkusen (GER)
Valon Behrami	19.04.1985	West Ham (ENG)
Nassim Ben Khalifa	13.01.1992	Grasshopper (SUI)
Albert Bunjaku	29.11.1983	Nuremberg (GER)
Eren Derdiyok	12.06.1988	Bayer Leverkusen (GER)
Mario Eggimann	24.01.1981	Hannover 96 (GER)
Gelson Fernandes	02.09.1986	Saint-Etienne (FRA)
Alexander Frei	15.07.1979	Basel (SUI)
Stephane Grichting	30.03.1979	Auxerre (FRA)
Benjamin Huggel	07.07.1977	Basel (SUI)
Gokhan Inler	27.06.1984	Udinese (ITA)
Stephan Lichtsteiner	16.01.1984	Lazio (ITA)
Fabian Lustenberger	02.05.1988	Hertha Berlin (GER)
Ludovic Magnin	20.04.1979	FC Zurich (SUI)
Blaise Nkufo	25.05.1975	Twente (NED)
Marco Padalino	08.12.1983	Sampdoria (ITA)
Pirmin Schwegler	09.03.1987	Eintracht Frankfurt (GER)
Philippe Senderos	14.02.1985	Everton (ENG)
Xherdan Shaqiri	10.10.1991	Basel (SUI)
Christoph Spycher	30.03.1978	Eintracht Frankfurt (GER)
Valentin Stocker	12.04.1989	Basel (SUI)
Marco Streller	18.06.1981	Basel (SUI)
Steve Von Bergen	10.06.1983	Hertha Berlin (GER)
Hakan Yakin	22.02.1977	Lucerne (SUI)
Reto Ziegler	16.01.1986	Sampdoria (ITA)