In our analysis, we evaluate all the Swiss Players who played in the Top 7 European League in the 2023/24 Season (until 2024-05-08). In other words, we evaluate and filter the best performers in all the competitions. Assessing all the positions, coupled with the evaluation of a lot of factors and indicators in their games, we can generate the ratings for the players performances in the specific positions. As a matter of fact, the type of formation played doesnt influence or limit the ratings system.
| National Teams | Games Played | Wins | Draws | Loses | Goals Scored | Goals Conceded | Goal Difference | Points |
| Romania | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 22 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 17 |
| Israel | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 15 |
| Belarus | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 12 |
| Kosovo | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| Andorra | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 20 | -17 | 2 |
Switzerland qualified for the Euro 2024 in second place in its Qualifying Group. Despite being the favourites to win this group, Romania were excellent. As can be seen in the table above, Switzerland finished the Euro 2024 Qualification with only a defeat.
For Switzerland, the Euro 2024 will be the fourth European Competition in a row. In terms of the group drawn, Switzerland will play the Home National Team – Germany, Scotland and Hungary. When assessing the National Teams in Switzerland’s group, we can say that the matches will be competitive.
GOALKEEPERS (GKs):
- Yann Sommer (Inter – Serie A)
- Francesco Ruberto (Vizela – Primeira Liga)
- Gregor Kobel (Dortmund – Bundesliga)
- Philipp Kohn (Monaco – Ligue 1)
- Yvon Mvogo (Lorient – Ligue 1)
As shown above, and with incredible performances, Yann Sommer is the Best Performing Swiss Goalkeeper. While playing for Inter, Yann Sommer is having a really good season helping is team in the Serie A win & the Champions League run.
CENTRE-BACKS (CBs):
- Manuel Akanji (Manchester City – Premier League)
- Denis Zakaria (Monaco – Ligue 1)
- Fabian Schär (Newcastle – Premier League)
- Ricardo Rodríguez (Torino – Serie A)
- Nico Elvedi (Borussia Mönchengladbach – Bundesliga)
In terms of the Centre-Backs, the top part is stacked with quality players: as a matter of fact, Manuel Akanji leads the average rating of Swiss Centre-Backs. Equally, we can see that he is being followed by Newcastle’s Fabian Schär & surprisingly Monaco’s Denis Zakaria.
FULL-BACKS (FBs) and WING-BACKS (WBs):
- Manuel Akanji (Manchester City – Premier League)
- Kevin Mbabu (Augsburg – Bundesliga)
- Silvan Hefti (Montpellier – Ligue 1)
- Jordan Lotomba (Nice – Ligue 1)
- Ulisses Garcia (Marseille – Ligue 1)
As shown above, we can see that Manchester City’s Manuel Akanji archived the highest average ratings among Swiss Full-Backs and Wing-Backs but with limited minutes. Being, without doubt, quality Swiss players, Kevin Mbabu & Jordan Lotomba are two of the best performing players in this positions.
MIDFIELDERS (Ms) and WINGERS (Ws):
- Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen – Bundesliga)
- Denis Zakaria (Monaco – Ligue 1)
- Remo Freuler (Bologna – Serie A)
- Maxime Dominguez (Gil Vicente – Primeira Liga)
- Becir Omeragic (Montpellier – Ligue 1)
As a result of his great impact in Bayer Leverkusen’s style of play, Granit Xhaka has the highest average rating among all Swiss Midfielders and Wingers. Another case of great impact is Denis Zakaria: while playing for Monaco, Zakaria is having incredible performances in Ligue 1.
CENTRE-FOWARDS (CFs):
- Ruben Vargas (Augsburg – Bundesliga)
- Breel Embolo (Monaco – Ligue 1)
- Maxime Dominguez (Gil Vicente – Primeira Liga)
- Zeki Amdouni (Burnley – Premier League)
- Noah Okafor (AC Milan – Serie A)
As can be seen in the graph above, Ruben Vargas has the highest average rating among all Swiss Centre-Fowards. As a result of his performances, we only should consider Zeki Amdouni since he has a lot more minutes than his competition.
THE TOP 26 SQUAD – TOP PERFORMING PLAYERS:
- Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen – Bundesliga)
- Manuel Akanji (Manchester City – Premier League)
- Yann Sommer (Inter – Serie A)
- Denis Zakaria (Monaco – Ligue 1)
- Remo Freuler (Bologna – Serie A) & Fabian Schär (Newcastle – Premier League)
All things considered, we have a few players competing in the Top 7 European Leagues. Therefore, we can say that the Top 3 of this list features some incredible players: Granit Xhaka from Bayer Leverkusen, Manuel Akanji from Manchester City & Yann Sommer from Inter.
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PLAYERS REVIEW: HUNGARY – EURO 2024
Data from FBref.