Haris Seferovic in the Swiss national team with seven rookies

Striker Haris Seferovic, on loan from Benfica to Galatasaray, is one of 26 players chosen by Swiss football coach Murat Yakin for the 2022 World Cup, the Swiss federation announced on Wednesday.

On the list, which replicates the 19 players who played last year at Euro 2020, the coach has 22 who play abroad and four in the Swiss championship, namely Fabian Frei, Ardan Jashari, Fabian Rieder and Christian Fassnacht.

Of these, newcomers are Fabian Frei, Ardan Yashari and Fabian Rieder, as well as Michel Ebischer, Philippe Cohn, Noa Okafor and Renato Steffen.

Striker Xherdan Shaqiri, 31, is one of the names representing experience with the Swiss national team. American striker “Chicago Fire” can catch up with Valon Behrami in the number of exits in the finals of major tournaments – six.

Shaqiri, who has 108 caps, is gearing up for his sixth tournament after attending the 2010, 2014 and 2018 World Cups and the 2016 and 2020 European Championships played in 2021 due to the covid-19 pandemic .

In Qatar, Switzerland will take part in the 12th World Cup, a competition in which its best performance is the participation in the quarter-finals in the editions of 1934, 1938 and 1954, and in the last in Russia (2018). , losing in the eighth final to Sweden (1-0).

Switzerland is in Group G of the 2022 World Cup, the finals of which will be held from November 20 to December 18, making their debut against Cameroon on November 24, then against Brazil (28) and Serbia (December 2).

List of 26 called:

– Goalkeepers: Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund, Ale), Philippe Cohn (Salzburg, Austria), Jonas Omlin (Montpellier, France) and Jann Sommer (Borussia Mönchengladbach, Ale).

– Defenders: Manuel Akanji (Borussia Dortmund, El), Eray Komert (Valencia, Spain), Biko Elvedi (Borussia Mönchengladbach, El), Ricardo Rodriguez (Torino, Italy), Fabian Shar (Newcastle United) “, England) and Sylvan Widmer (“Mainz”, Spain). ale)

– Midfielders: Michel Ebischer (Bologna, Italy), Edimilson Fernandes (Mainz, El), Fabian Frei (Basel), Remo Freuler (Atalanta, Italy), Ardan Yashari (Lucerne), Fabian Rieder (Young Boys), Djibril Sow (Eintracht Frankfurt). ) Frankfurt, Ale), Ruben Vargas (Augsburg, Ale), Granit Xhaka (Arsenal, Ing) and Denis Zakaria (Chelsea, Ing).

Forwards: Bril Embolo (Borussia Mönchengladbach, Ale), Christian Fassnacht (Young Boys), Noah Okafor (Salzburg, Austria), Harris Seferovic (Galatasaray, Turkey), Xherdan Shaqiri (Chicago Fire) , USA) and Renato Steffen (Wolfsburg, Ale). ).