Switzerland is sticking with controversial national coach Murat Yakin for the 2024 European Championship

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Disappointing qualifying results

Murat Yakin is controversial as Switzerland’s national coach. The association has now made it clear: the Basel native should lead the Swiss at the 2024 European Championships despite the recent disappointing results in qualification. “Even though we drew four times and lost once in the last qualifying games, Murat Yakin has our full trust,” said President Dominique Blanc in an association statement on Tuesday.

Ex-professional Yakin, who played abroad at VfB Stuttgart and 1. FC Kaiserslautern as well as at Fenerbahce – in Switzerland at Grasshoppers and at FC Basel – has been responsible for the Swiss selection since summer 2021. At the World Cup in Qatar last winter, the team reached the round of 16, where it ended after a 6-1 defeat against Portugal. His contract runs until next summer. Association boss Blanc emphasized: “He has our support in all areas.”

Yakin & Co.: The Swiss national coaches since 1980

Léon Walker (†) | 596 days | 16 games | 0.81 PPS

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Term of office: May 5, 1979 – December 21, 1980
No participation in European Championships or World Cups

Paul Wolfisberg (†) | 1825 days | 46 game | 1.43 PPS

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Term of office: January 1, 1981 – December 31, 1985
No participation in European Championships or World Cups

Daniel Jeandupeux | 1141 days | 28 games | 1.14 PPS

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Term of office: March 12, 1986 – April 26, 1989
No participation in European Championships or World Cups

Paul Wolfisberg (†) | 2 days | 1 game | 3.00 pps

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Term of office: June 20, 1989 – June 22, 1989

Interim coach

Uli Stielike | 913 days | 23 games | 1.65 PPS

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Term of office: July 1, 1989 – December 31, 1991
No participation in European Championships or World Cups

Roy Hodgson | 1460 days | 37 games | 1.78 PPS

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Term of office: July 1, 1992 – June 30, 1996

Participations:
European Championship: –
1994 World Cup

Artur Jorge | 97 days | 7 games | 0.71 PPS

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Term of office: March 13, 1996 – June 18, 1996

Participations:
European Championship: 1996
World Championship: –

Rolf Fringer | 425 days | 11 games | 1.18 PPS

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Term of office August 15, 1996 – October 14, 1997
No participation in European Championships or World Cups

Gilbert Gress | 563 days | 18 games | 1.33 PPS

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Term of office: March 25, 1998 – October 9, 1999
No participation in European Championships or World Cups

Hans Peter Zaugg | 67 days | 2 games | 1.50 PPS

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Term of office: February 19, 2000 – April 26, 2000
No participation in European Championships or World Cups

Interim coach

Enzo Trossero | 329 days | 9 games | 1.33 PPS

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Term of office: July 14, 2000 – June 8, 2001
No participation in European Championships or World Cups

Jakob Kuhn (†) | 2484 days | 70 games | 1.51 PPS

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Term of office September 11, 2001 – June 30, 2008

Participations:
European Championship: 2004 and 2008
World Cup: 2006

Ottmar Hitzfeld | 2191 days | 61 games | 1.77 PPS

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Term of office: July 1, 2008 – July 1, 2014

Participations:
European Championship: –
World Cup: 2010 and 2014

Vladimir Petkovic | 2552 days | 78 games | 1.79 PPS

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Term of office August 1, 2014 – July 27, 2021

Participations:
European Championship: 2016 and 2020
World Cup: 2018
Nations League Finals A

Murat Yakin | in office | 30 games | 1.60 PPS

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Term of office August 9, 2021 –
Participations:
European Championship: –
World Cup: 2022

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