Ottmar Hitzfeld, the coach of Switzerland, gave the names of 23 players who will make up the team with which he will travel to Brazil for the World Cup.

No surprise. Johan Djourou, the Swiss of Ivorian origin, has his place in the defense. Ditto for Shaqiri of Bayern Munich. Josip Drmic is also present as well as Tranquillo Barnetta.

Goalkeepers: Diego Benaglio (Wolfsburg), Roman Bürki (Grasshopper), Yann Sommer (Basel).

Defenders: Johan Djourou ( Hamburg ), Michael Lang ( Grasshopper ) , Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus ), Ricardo Rodriguez (Wolfsburg ) , Fabian Schär (Basel ), Philippe Senderos ( Valencia ), Steve von Bergen (Young Boys) , Reto Ziegler ( Sassuolo ) .

Midfielders: Tranquillo Barnette (Frankfurt) , Valon Behrami (Naples) , Blerim Dzemaili (Naples) , Gelson Fernandes ( Fribourg) , Gökhan Inler ( Napoli ) , Admir Mehmedi (Fribourg) , Xherdan Shaqiri (Bayern Munich ) ) , Valentin Stocker ( Basel ) , Granit Xhaka ( Mönchengladbach ).
Forwards: Josip Drmic (Nuremberg), Mario Gavranovic (Zurich), Haris Seferovic (Real Sociedad).

Subs: Eren Derdiyo (Leverkusen), Fabian Frei (Basel), Marvin Hitz (Augsburg), Pajtim Kasami (Fulham)), Timm Klose (Wolfsburg), Pirmin Schwegler (Frankfurt), Silvan Widmer (Udinese).