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GROUP B
Venue: Coimbra stadium, Coimbra City
Date/time: Thurs, 17 June, 1700 BST
Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
TEAM NEWS
England have been boosted by the news that midfielder Paul Scholes is fit after shaking off an ankle injury.
And John Terry has also returned to fitness and will replace Ledley King in the centre of defence.
Switzerland midfielder Fabio Celestini looks set to take over from the suspended Johann Vogel.
Celestini impressed Swiss coach Kuhn when he came off the bench in the second half of the 0-0 draw with Croatia on Sunday.
England (from): James, G Neville, A Cole, Campbell, King, Terry, Gerrard, Lampard, Beckham, Scholes, Owen, Rooney.
Switzerland (from): Stiel, Haas, Murat Yakin, Muller, Spycher, Huggel, Celestini, Wicky, H Yakin, Frei, Chapuisat.
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MATCH STATS
Head-to-heads
England and Switzerland have met on 22 previous occasions, four of which are not recognised by the English FA. All four of those matches were won by England in convincing fashion.
From the remaining 18 matches England have won 11, drawn four and three games resulted in a Swiss victory. In those 18 matches, England have outscored Switzerland by 42-15.
Switzerland have won only once in six competitive matches between these nations. In a 30 May 1981 European Championship qualifier, the Swiss emerged victorious 2-1 in Basle courtesy of goals by Alfred Scheiwilder and Claudio Sulser.
Their first clash in a competitive match was in the 1954 World Cup group phase, from which both nations progressed only to be knocked out in the quarter-finals. England won the match 2-0.
The last encounter between these nations was a 25 March 1998 friendly which finished in a 1-1 draw. Ramon Vega put the home side ahead in the first half. Paul Merson equalised with 20 minutes remaining.
From the current squad members five Swiss players featured that day: Murat Yakin, Stéphane Henchoz, Johann Vogel, Raphaël Wicky and Stéphane Chapuisat. The only England player in the current squad from that match is Michael Owen.
England and Switzerland once met in a European Championship match. In the opener to Euro '96, the sides played out a 1-1 draw at Wembley.
Alan Shearer put England ahead in that match on 23 minutes, only to see Switzerland draw level through an 83rd minute penalty by Kubilay Türkyilmaz.
Euro 2004 squad members who played that day are England's Gary Neville and Switzerland's Stéphane Henchoz, Stéphane Chapuisat and Johann Vogel who is suspended for the forthcoming match.
England's Ian Walker, Sol Campbell and Phil Neville were also on hand that day but did not see any action. The same goes for Switzerland's Raphaël Wicky.
Player facts - England
The England line-up in the opening match against France was the youngest England eleven to take the pitch in a European Championship encounter. Their average age was 26 years and 196 days.
At 18 years, seven months and 20 days Wayne Rooney became the second youngest player ever to appear in a European Championship match. The record had been set exactly 20 years earlier by Belgium's Enzo Scifo.
No England players are suspended for this match.
Frank Lampard, Paul Scholes and David James cannot afford another caution if they want to be eligible for the last group match.
The David Beckham free kick that set up Frank Lampard's headed goal marked Beckham's fourth career assist in Eoruopean Championship matches, tying the record jointly held by Ljubinko Drulovic, Dennis Bergkamp and Luis Figo.
Beckham became the first England player to fail to convert a regulation penalty kick in a European Championship match.
Michael Owen has scored by far the most goals from the current England squad (25). David Beckham and Paul Scholes are the next best with 13 goals each.
Michael Owen needs one more goal to enter the top ten scorers list for England, equalling the total scored by Bryan Robson (26). Bobby Charlton leads the list with 49 goals.
Player facts - Switzerland
Swiss midfielder Ricardo Cabañas returns from suspension after missing the opening match.
For this game Switzerland will have to do without midfielder Johann Vogel who was red carded against Croatia.
Benjamin Huggel and Jörg Stiel cannot afford another caution if they want to be eligible for the last group match.
Switzerland's squad contains two of only four uncapped players among the 368 in Euro 2004 squads: FC St. Gallen's Tranquillo Barnetta and Servette FC's Sébastien Roth. The other uncapped players are Portuguese goalkeeper Moreira and Bulgarian forward Valeri Bojinov.
Roth was called up to replace injured goalkeeper Fabrice Borer, who suffered a broken arm in practice.
Switzerland had earlier called up youngsters Johan Vonlanthen and Tranquillo Barnetta to replace the injured Marco Streller, Léonard Thurre and Johann Lonfat who were all part of their original squad.
Vonlanthen and Barnetta are the third and sixth youngest players respectively at Euro 2004.
On 2 June 2004, Stéphane Chapuisat became only the third Swiss player to have accumulated at least 100 caps. The match against Croatia was his 102nd.
Chapuisat is accompanied at Euro 2004 by six other international centurions (Frank de Boer, Fernando Couto, Marcel Desailly, Lilian Thuram, Vitalijs Astafjevs and Luis Figo).
Chapuisat is the only player at Euro 2004 who started his career in the 1980s, making his debut on 21 June 1989 against Brazil. The veteran has announced his retirement following Euro 2004.
Swiss reserve goalkeeper Pascal Zuberbühler and Czech Republic forward Jan Koller are the supreme heavyweights at Euro 2004, weighing in at 100 kilos each.
Swiss first choice goalkeeper Jörg Stiel is the oldest player at Euro 2004. In the match against England he will be 36 years, three months and 14 days old. This ranks him the 12th oldest player in the history of the competition.
Bernt Haas is one of only three players at Euro 2004 that did not play his domestic football in the top flight in 2003/2004 , playing for English second tier club West Bromwich Albion.
Team facts - England
Only one nation came back to win the European Championship title after losing their opener. In 1988, Holland accomplished the feat.
England continued a tradition of not being able to win their European Championship opener by suffering defeat against France.
Losing the first match is not necessarily the end as both Turkey and Spain reached the next phase in 2000 after losing their opening match. However, four others (England, Czech Republic, Sweden and Denmark) went out.
However, Czech Republic (1996), Holland (1988), and Denmark (1984) are the only other teams to progress to the knockout phase after losing their first match. The Czechs reached the final and the Dutch won the tournament.
England's best result at an European Championship final round is third place in 1968 and reaching the semi-finals in 1996.
England failed to proceed from the Group phase in all the other occasions they have participated in these finals: 1980, 1988, 1992 and 2000.
England have never successfully negotiated a group phase at a European Championship outside England.
England have failed to win in seven of their last ten European Championship matches. They took the lead in five of the seven matches they failed to win.
England have squandered a 1-0 lead in a record six European Championship matches, in which they ended up with a draw at best.
England have failed to keep a clean sheet so far in 2004.
Team facts - Switzerland
The only previous appearance at a European Championship main tournament for Switzerland was at Euro '96.
Switzerland crashed out in the group phase, and are still awaiting their first European Championship match win, after one draw and two defeats.
Switzerland are one of only two European Championship participants to have never won a match. Slovenia, who are not present this time are the other side.
The only nation with more than one European Championship campaign without ever progressing beyond the group stage are Scotland. Switzerland must progress if they are not to join them.
Miscellaneous stats
Russia's Valentin Ivanov will be in charge of this match. It is the first time in the referee's career he will appear at the European Championship.
Liverpool's Jamie Carragher, Steven Gerrard, Michael Owen and Emile Heskey could be up against 2003/2004 club teammate Stéphane Henchoz.
The Estádio Municipal de Coimbra will host its first of two Euro 2004 fixtures. On 21 June, Coimbra will play host to the Switzerland vs France match.
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HEAD TO HEAD TOTALS
Games Won Drawn Lost GF GA
England 22 15 4 3 65 18
Switzerland 22 3 4 15 18 65
VENUES/CATEGORY BREAKDOWN
(as recognised by England)
Total England Switzerl'd Draws
All venues 18 11 3 4
In England 7 4 0 3
In Switzerland 11 7 3 1
Neutral 0 0 0 0
Competitive matches 6 3 1 2
European Ch'ship 1 0 0 1
VENUES/CATEGORY BREAKDOWN
(as recognised by Switzerland)
Total England Switzerl'd Draws
All venues 22 15 3 4
In England 9 6 0 3
In Switzerland 13 9 3 1
Neutral 0 0 0 0
Competitive matches 6 3 1 2
European Ch'ship 1 0 0
GROUP B
Venue: Coimbra stadium, Coimbra City
Date/time: Thurs, 17 June, 1700 BST
Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
TEAM NEWS
England have been boosted by the news that midfielder Paul Scholes is fit after shaking off an ankle injury.
And John Terry has also returned to fitness and will replace Ledley King in the centre of defence.
Switzerland midfielder Fabio Celestini looks set to take over from the suspended Johann Vogel.
Celestini impressed Swiss coach Kuhn when he came off the bench in the second half of the 0-0 draw with Croatia on Sunday.
England (from): James, G Neville, A Cole, Campbell, King, Terry, Gerrard, Lampard, Beckham, Scholes, Owen, Rooney.
Switzerland (from): Stiel, Haas, Murat Yakin, Muller, Spycher, Huggel, Celestini, Wicky, H Yakin, Frei, Chapuisat.
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MATCH STATS
Head-to-heads
England and Switzerland have met on 22 previous occasions, four of which are not recognised by the English FA. All four of those matches were won by England in convincing fashion.
From the remaining 18 matches England have won 11, drawn four and three games resulted in a Swiss victory. In those 18 matches, England have outscored Switzerland by 42-15.
Switzerland have won only once in six competitive matches between these nations. In a 30 May 1981 European Championship qualifier, the Swiss emerged victorious 2-1 in Basle courtesy of goals by Alfred Scheiwilder and Claudio Sulser.
Their first clash in a competitive match was in the 1954 World Cup group phase, from which both nations progressed only to be knocked out in the quarter-finals. England won the match 2-0.
The last encounter between these nations was a 25 March 1998 friendly which finished in a 1-1 draw. Ramon Vega put the home side ahead in the first half. Paul Merson equalised with 20 minutes remaining.
From the current squad members five Swiss players featured that day: Murat Yakin, Stéphane Henchoz, Johann Vogel, Raphaël Wicky and Stéphane Chapuisat. The only England player in the current squad from that match is Michael Owen.
England and Switzerland once met in a European Championship match. In the opener to Euro '96, the sides played out a 1-1 draw at Wembley.
Alan Shearer put England ahead in that match on 23 minutes, only to see Switzerland draw level through an 83rd minute penalty by Kubilay Türkyilmaz.
Euro 2004 squad members who played that day are England's Gary Neville and Switzerland's Stéphane Henchoz, Stéphane Chapuisat and Johann Vogel who is suspended for the forthcoming match.
England's Ian Walker, Sol Campbell and Phil Neville were also on hand that day but did not see any action. The same goes for Switzerland's Raphaël Wicky.
Player facts - England
The England line-up in the opening match against France was the youngest England eleven to take the pitch in a European Championship encounter. Their average age was 26 years and 196 days.
At 18 years, seven months and 20 days Wayne Rooney became the second youngest player ever to appear in a European Championship match. The record had been set exactly 20 years earlier by Belgium's Enzo Scifo.
No England players are suspended for this match.
Frank Lampard, Paul Scholes and David James cannot afford another caution if they want to be eligible for the last group match.
The David Beckham free kick that set up Frank Lampard's headed goal marked Beckham's fourth career assist in Eoruopean Championship matches, tying the record jointly held by Ljubinko Drulovic, Dennis Bergkamp and Luis Figo.
Beckham became the first England player to fail to convert a regulation penalty kick in a European Championship match.
Michael Owen has scored by far the most goals from the current England squad (25). David Beckham and Paul Scholes are the next best with 13 goals each.
Michael Owen needs one more goal to enter the top ten scorers list for England, equalling the total scored by Bryan Robson (26). Bobby Charlton leads the list with 49 goals.
Player facts - Switzerland
Swiss midfielder Ricardo Cabañas returns from suspension after missing the opening match.
For this game Switzerland will have to do without midfielder Johann Vogel who was red carded against Croatia.
Benjamin Huggel and Jörg Stiel cannot afford another caution if they want to be eligible for the last group match.
Switzerland's squad contains two of only four uncapped players among the 368 in Euro 2004 squads: FC St. Gallen's Tranquillo Barnetta and Servette FC's Sébastien Roth. The other uncapped players are Portuguese goalkeeper Moreira and Bulgarian forward Valeri Bojinov.
Roth was called up to replace injured goalkeeper Fabrice Borer, who suffered a broken arm in practice.
Switzerland had earlier called up youngsters Johan Vonlanthen and Tranquillo Barnetta to replace the injured Marco Streller, Léonard Thurre and Johann Lonfat who were all part of their original squad.
Vonlanthen and Barnetta are the third and sixth youngest players respectively at Euro 2004.
On 2 June 2004, Stéphane Chapuisat became only the third Swiss player to have accumulated at least 100 caps. The match against Croatia was his 102nd.
Chapuisat is accompanied at Euro 2004 by six other international centurions (Frank de Boer, Fernando Couto, Marcel Desailly, Lilian Thuram, Vitalijs Astafjevs and Luis Figo).
Chapuisat is the only player at Euro 2004 who started his career in the 1980s, making his debut on 21 June 1989 against Brazil. The veteran has announced his retirement following Euro 2004.
Swiss reserve goalkeeper Pascal Zuberbühler and Czech Republic forward Jan Koller are the supreme heavyweights at Euro 2004, weighing in at 100 kilos each.
Swiss first choice goalkeeper Jörg Stiel is the oldest player at Euro 2004. In the match against England he will be 36 years, three months and 14 days old. This ranks him the 12th oldest player in the history of the competition.
Bernt Haas is one of only three players at Euro 2004 that did not play his domestic football in the top flight in 2003/2004 , playing for English second tier club West Bromwich Albion.
Team facts - England
Only one nation came back to win the European Championship title after losing their opener. In 1988, Holland accomplished the feat.
England continued a tradition of not being able to win their European Championship opener by suffering defeat against France.
Losing the first match is not necessarily the end as both Turkey and Spain reached the next phase in 2000 after losing their opening match. However, four others (England, Czech Republic, Sweden and Denmark) went out.
However, Czech Republic (1996), Holland (1988), and Denmark (1984) are the only other teams to progress to the knockout phase after losing their first match. The Czechs reached the final and the Dutch won the tournament.
England's best result at an European Championship final round is third place in 1968 and reaching the semi-finals in 1996.
England failed to proceed from the Group phase in all the other occasions they have participated in these finals: 1980, 1988, 1992 and 2000.
England have never successfully negotiated a group phase at a European Championship outside England.
England have failed to win in seven of their last ten European Championship matches. They took the lead in five of the seven matches they failed to win.
England have squandered a 1-0 lead in a record six European Championship matches, in which they ended up with a draw at best.
England have failed to keep a clean sheet so far in 2004.
Team facts - Switzerland
The only previous appearance at a European Championship main tournament for Switzerland was at Euro '96.
Switzerland crashed out in the group phase, and are still awaiting their first European Championship match win, after one draw and two defeats.
Switzerland are one of only two European Championship participants to have never won a match. Slovenia, who are not present this time are the other side.
The only nation with more than one European Championship campaign without ever progressing beyond the group stage are Scotland. Switzerland must progress if they are not to join them.
Miscellaneous stats
Russia's Valentin Ivanov will be in charge of this match. It is the first time in the referee's career he will appear at the European Championship.
Liverpool's Jamie Carragher, Steven Gerrard, Michael Owen and Emile Heskey could be up against 2003/2004 club teammate Stéphane Henchoz.
The Estádio Municipal de Coimbra will host its first of two Euro 2004 fixtures. On 21 June, Coimbra will play host to the Switzerland vs France match.
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HEAD TO HEAD TOTALS
Games Won Drawn Lost GF GA
England 22 15 4 3 65 18
Switzerland 22 3 4 15 18 65
VENUES/CATEGORY BREAKDOWN
(as recognised by England)
Total England Switzerl'd Draws
All venues 18 11 3 4
In England 7 4 0 3
In Switzerland 11 7 3 1
Neutral 0 0 0 0
Competitive matches 6 3 1 2
European Ch'ship 1 0 0 1
VENUES/CATEGORY BREAKDOWN
(as recognised by Switzerland)
Total England Switzerl'd Draws
All venues 22 15 3 4
In England 9 6 0 3
In Switzerland 13 9 3 1
Neutral 0 0 0 0
Competitive matches 6 3 1 2
European Ch'ship 1 0 0