Switzerland

Switzerland will be the underdogs in Group B at the European Championship, starting on June 12, where they face France, England and Croatia.

Swiss coach Koebi Kuhn was hit with a double problem when in-form target man Marco Streller broke his leg and fellow striker Leonard Thurre suffered a calf muscle injury.

Kuhn's final squad must be named immediately after the Germany friendly before a final friendly against Liechtenstein on June 6.

Ludovic Magnin is vying with Basel's experienced centre-back Marco Zwissig and young Auxerre defender Stephane Grichting for two places on the flight to Portugal.

One of four midfielders -- Ricardo Cabanas, Benjamin Huggel, Johann Lonfat and Daniel Gygax -- will miss out as will either Leonard Thurre or Milaim Rama among the forwards.

Reuters

Best performance: Round one in 1996

Recent performances:
1980 Did not qualify
1984 Did not qualify
1988 Did not qualify
1992 Did not qualify
1996 Round one
2000 Did not qualify

SQUAD:

Goalkeepers: 23-Fabrice Borer (Grasshoppers), 12-Pascal Zuberbuehler (Basel), 1-Joerg Stiel (Borussia Moenchengladbach)

Defenders: 3-Bruno Berner (Freiburg), 2-Bernt Haas (West Bromwich Albion), 4-Stephane Henchoz (Liverpool), 20-Patrick Mueller (Olympique Lyon), 5-Murat Yakin (Basel), 13-Marco Zwyssig (Basel), 17-Christoph Spycher (Grasshoppers), 14-Ludovic Magnin (Werder Bremen)

Midfielders: 7-Ricardo Cabanas (Grasshoppers), 16-Fabio Celestini (Olympique Marseille), 8-Raphael Wicky (Hamburg SV), 18-Benjamin Huggel (Basel), 10-Hakan Yakin (VfB Stuttgart), 19-Johann Lonfat (Sochaux), 6-Johann Vogel (PSV Eindhoven).