On Friday, Murat Yakin announced the group of players with whom he will play matches against Israel, Kosovo and Romania in the framework of the Euro 2024 preliminary tournament.

Murat Yakin, Swiss coachPhoto: Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP / Profimedia

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We are talking about five new players compared to the team used by the Swiss coach in October of this year.

The likes of Nico Elvedi (Borussia Monchengladbach), Noah Okafor (Milan) and Ruben Vargas (FC Augsburg) returned to the first team, all of them injured.

Switzerland will have a busy schedule: on November 15, they will play Israel (the match is considered an away match, it will be held in Hungary’s Felchut), Kosovo in Basel (November 18) and Romania at the National Arena (November 21).

“We want to get to EURO 2024 and we know that we can finish first in the group on our own. Each player and the entire staff must work at the maximum level. I am firmly convinced that everything will work out for us”, – Murat Yakin.

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Lot of Switzerland

Goalkeepers / Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund), Yvon Mvogo (Loryan), Jan Sommer (Inter);

protection / Manuel Akanji (Manchester City), Loris Benito (Young Boys Bern), Eray Komert (FC Nantes), Nico Elvedi (Borussia Monchengladbach), Edimilson Fernandez (Mainz), Ulysses Garcia (Young Boys Bern), Ricardo Rodriguez (Torino), Fabian Schaer (Newcastle United), Cedric Zeziger (Wolfsburg);

midfielders / Michel Ebischer (Bologna), Remo Froyler (Bologna), Xherdan Shaqiri (Chicago Fire), Renato Steffen (Lugano), Filip Ugrinich (Young Boys Bern), Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen), Denis Zakaria (Monaco);

Strikers / Zeki Amduni (Burnley), Dan Ndoye (Bologna), Noah Okafor (Milan), Ruben Vargas (Augsburg), Andi Zekiri (Genk).

EURO 2024 preliminary matches, group I standings

1. Romania (goal difference 13-4) 16 points/ 8 matches

2. Switzerland (20-8) 15 / 7 matches

3. Israel (7-7) 11 / 6 matches

4. Kosovo (8-8) 7 / 7 matches

5. Belarus (7-14) 6 / 8 matches

6. Andorra (3-17) 2 / 8 matches.

* The top two teams will advance to the final tournament next summer (June 14-July 14), which will be hosted by Germany.

*In case of a tie, the tiebreaker is determined by the results of direct matches.

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Romania in the preliminary tournament of EURO 2024, which broadcasts every match of the tricolor

*All previous matches of Romania will be published in LiveBlog on HotNews.ro.

25 March 2023: Andorra – Romania 0-2

March 28, 2023: Romania – Belarus 2-1

June 6, 2023: Kosovo – Romania 0-0

June 19, 2023: Switzerland – Romania 2-2

September 9, 2023: Romania – Israel 1-1

September 12, 2023: Romania – Kosovo 2:0

October 12, 2023: Belarus – Romania 0-0

October 15, 2023 – 21:45 Romania – Andorra 4-0

November 18, 2023 – 21:45 Israel – Romania / Prima TV

November 21, 2023 – 21:45 Romania – Switzerland / Antenna 1.