Switzerland coach Ottmar Hitzfeld has announced his 23-man squad for the 2010 World Cup. The experienced coach didn't name any big surprises in his confirmed squad for this summer's tournament.
Star players Reto Ziegler, Tranquillo Barnetta and Gokhan Inler have all made the squad, while experienced attacker Alexander Frei has recovered in time from injury to make it to South Africa too.
Fabio Coltorti (Racing Santander), Francois Affolter (Young Boys), Fabian Lustenberger (Hertha Berlin), Albert Bunjaku (Nuernberg), Nassim Ben Khalifa (Grasshoppers) and Valentin Stocker (Basel) all had to settle for a spot on the stand-by list.
The Schweizer Nati lock horns with Spain, Chile and Honduras in the group phase of the tournament. Switzerland start the tournament with a match against Spain on June 16.
Goalkeepers: Diego Benaglio (Wolfsburg), Marco Wolfli (Young Boys), Johnny Leoni (Zurich)
Defenders: Stephan Lichtsteiner (Lazio), Philippe Senderos (Everton), Stephane Grichting (Auxerre), Steve von Bergen (Hertha Berlin), Mario Eggimann (Hannover 96), Reto Ziegler (Sampdoria), Christoph Spycher (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Midfielders: Valon Behrami (West Ham), Gokhan Inler (Udinese), Benjamin Huggel (Basel), Pirmin Schwegler (Eintracht Frankfurt), Gelson Fernandes (Saint-Etienne), Tranquillo Barnetta (Bayer Leverkusen), Xherdan Shaqiri (Basel), Marco Padalino (Sampdoria)
Forwards: Alexander Frei (Basel), Blaise Nkufo (Twente), Eren Derdiyok (Bayer Leverkusen), Marco Streller (Basel), Hakan Yakin (Luzern)
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