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SwitzerlandCentre Midfielder

Benjamin Huggel

  • Date of birth: (49 years)
  • Place of birth: Dornach, Switzerland
  • Height: 1.90 m
  • Baconbauer number 3
All positions:Positions
  • Midfielder
  • Defensive Midfielder
Caps
41
25 starts · 16 as sub
Goals
2
0.05 per game
Assists
3
0.07 per game
Cards
5
5 yellow · 0 second yellow · 0 red
Debut
20 Aug 2003
vs France, aged 26

National Teams · Switzerland

Caps and goals per year
YearCapsStartsAs subGoalsCaps and goals per year
20105500
20097702
20087430
20074130
20062110
20054040
20049630
20033120
Total4125162

All international matches

  1. World Cup 2010 · Group H · Free State StadiumHvs.HondurasOwn contribution: Startedoff 78'Match report: Switzerland vs. Honduras 0–0Draw
  2. World Cup 2010 · Group H · Nelson Mandela Bay StadiumAvs.ChileOwn contribution: StartedMatch report: Chile vs. Switzerland 1–0Defeat
  3. World Cup 2010 · Group H · Moses Mabhida StadiumAvs.SpainOwn contribution: StartedMatch report: Spain vs. Switzerland 0–1Win
  4. Friendly · Stade de GenèveHvs.ItalyOwn contribution: StartedMatch report: Switzerland vs. Italy 1–1Draw
  5. Friendly · Stade de TourbillonHvs.Costa RicaOwn contribution: Startedoff 61'Match report: Switzerland vs. Costa Rica 0–1Defeat
  6. Friendly · Stade de GenèveHvs.NorwayMatch report: Switzerland vs. Norway 0–1Defeat
  7. World Cup 2010 · Group 2 · Stade Josy BarthelAvs.LuxembourgOwn contribution: 1 goalMatch report: Luxembourg vs. Switzerland 0–3Win
  8. World Cup 2010 · Group 2 · Skonto StadiumAvs.LatviaMatch report: Latvia vs. Switzerland 2–2Draw
  9. World Cup 2010 · Group 2 · St. Jakob ParkHvs.GreeceMatch report: Switzerland vs. Greece 2–0Win
  10. World Cup 2010 · Group 2 · Stade de GenèveHvs.MoldovaMatch report: Switzerland vs. Moldova 2–0Win
  11. World Cup 2010 · Group 2 · Stadionul ZimbruAvs.MoldovaMatch report: Moldova vs. Switzerland 0–2Win
  12. Friendly · Stade de GenèveHvs.BulgariaOwn contribution: 1 goalYellow cardMatch report: Switzerland vs. Bulgaria 1–1Draw
  13. World Cup 2010 · Group 2 · Georgios Karaiskakis StadiumAvs.GreeceMatch report: Greece vs. Switzerland 1–2Win
  14. World Cup 2010 · Group 2 · KybunparkHvs.LatviaMatch report: Switzerland vs. Latvia 2–1Win
  15. World Cup 2010 · Group 2 · Ramat Gan StadiumAvs.IsraelOwn contribution: Yellow cardMatch report: Israel vs. Switzerland 2–2Draw
  16. Friendly · Stade de GenèveHvs.CyprusMatch report: Switzerland vs. Cyprus 4–1Win
  17. Friendly · KybunparkHvs.LiechtensteinMatch report: Switzerland vs. Liechtenstein 3–0Win
  18. Friendly · St. Jakob ParkHvs.GermanyMatch report: Switzerland vs. Germany 0–4Defeat
  19. Friendly · Wembley StadiumAvs.EnglandMatch report: England vs. Switzerland 2–1Defeat
  20. Friendly · Wörthersee StadionHvs.JapanMatch report: Switzerland vs. Japan 3–4Defeat
  21. Friendly · Ernst-Happel-StadionHvs.ChileMatch report: Switzerland vs. Chile 2–1Win
  22. Friendly · Stade de GenèveHvs.NetherlandsMatch report: Switzerland vs. Netherlands 2–1Win
  23. Friendly · St. Jakob ParkHvs.ArgentinaOwn contribution: Yellow cardMatch report: Switzerland vs. Argentina 1–1Draw
  24. Friendly · Tivoli Stadion TirolAvs.AustriaMatch report: Austria vs. Switzerland 2–1Defeat
  25. Friendly · St. Jakob ParkHvs.VenezuelaMatch report: Switzerland vs. Venezuela 1–0Win
  26. World Cup 2006 · Play-off · Şükrü Saracoğlu StadiumAvs.TurkeyMatch report: Turkey vs. Switzerland 4–2Defeat
  27. World Cup 2006 · Group 4 · GSP StadiumAvs.CyprusMatch report: Cyprus vs. Switzerland 1–3Win
  28. World Cup 2006 · Group 4 · Stade de FranceAvs.FranceMatch report: France vs. Switzerland 0–0Draw
  29. Friendly · Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum StadiumAvs.United Arab EmiratesMatch report: United Arab Emirates vs. Switzerland 1–2Win
  30. World Cup 2006 · Group 4 · St. Jakob ParkHvs.Faroe IslandsMatch report: Switzerland vs. Faroe Islands 6–0Win
  31. Friendly · Hardturm StadionHvs.Northern IrelandMatch report: Switzerland vs. Northern Ireland 0–0Draw
  32. European Championship 2004 · Group 2 · Estádio Cidade de CoimbraHvs.FranceOwn contribution: Yellow cardMatch report: Switzerland vs. France 1–3Defeat
  33. European Championship 2004 · Group 2 · Estádio Cidade de CoimbraAvs.EnglandMatch report: England vs. Switzerland 3–0Defeat
  34. European Championship 2004 · Group 2 · Dr. Magalhães PessoaHvs.CroatiaOwn contribution: Yellow cardMatch report: Switzerland vs. Croatia 0–0Draw
  35. Friendly · Hardturm StadionHvs.LiechtensteinMatch report: Switzerland vs. Liechtenstein 1–0Win
  36. Friendly · St. Jakob ParkHvs.GermanyMatch report: Switzerland vs. Germany 0–2Defeat
  37. Friendly · Stade de GenèveHvs.SloveniaMatch report: Switzerland vs. Slovenia 2–1Win
  38. Friendly · Stade Prince Moulay AbdellahAvs.MoroccoMatch report: Morocco vs. Switzerland 2–1Defeat
  39. European Championship 2004 · Group 10 · St. Jakob ParkHvs.IrelandMatch report: Switzerland vs. Ireland 2–0Win
  40. European Championship 2004 · Group 10 · Lokomotiv Stadium MoskvaAvs.RussiaMatch report: Russia vs. Switzerland 4–1Defeat
  41. Friendly · Stade de GenèveHvs.FranceMatch report: Switzerland vs. France 0–2Defeat
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Results over time

20 Aug 2003 · Defeat10 Sept 2003 · Defeat11 Oct 2003 · Win18 Feb 2004 · Defeat28 Apr 2004 · Win2 Jun 2004 · Defeat6 Jun 2004 · Win13 Jun 2004 · Draw17 Jun 2004 · Defeat21 Jun 2004 · Defeat18 Aug 2004 · Draw4 Sept 2004 · Win9 Feb 2005 · Win26 Mar 2005 · Draw7 Sept 2005 · Win16 Nov 2005 · Defeat2 Sept 2006 · Win11 Oct 2006 · Defeat2 Jun 2007 · Draw22 Aug 2007 · Win7 Sept 2007 · Win11 Sept 2007 · Defeat6 Feb 2008 · Defeat26 Mar 2008 · Defeat30 May 2008 · Win20 Aug 2008 · Win6 Sept 2008 · Draw11 Oct 2008 · Win15 Oct 2008 · Win11 Feb 2009 · Draw28 Mar 2009 · Win1 Apr 2009 · Win5 Sept 2009 · Win9 Sept 2009 · Draw10 Oct 2009 · Win14 Nov 2009 · Defeat1 Jun 2010 · Defeat5 Jun 2010 · Draw16 Jun 2010 · Win21 Jun 2010 · Defeat25 Jun 2010 · Draw

One mark per match with a known result, oldest on the left.

Most frequent teammates

#PlayerYearsTogetherBoth started
1Hakan Yakın2003–20103210
2Alex Frei2003–20103019
3Christoph Spycher2003–20092910
4Tranquillo Barnetta2005–20102413
5Gökhan İnler2006–20102215
6Diego Benaglio2006–20102115
7Ludovic Magnin2004–2010219
8Blaise Nkufo2007–20102016
9Stéphane Grichting2004–20102015
10Patrick Müller2003–2008198
11Johan Vonlanthen2004–2009193
12Stephan Lichtsteiner2007–20101813
13Philippe Senderos2005–2010189
14Raphaël Wicky2003–2007178
15Gelson Fernandes2007–2010167
16Eren Derdiyok2008–2010163
17Daniel Gygax2004–2008161
18Johann Vogel2003–2006156
19Ricardo Cabanas2003–2007151
20Valon Behrami2005–2010137

Counted from the line-ups and substitutions of his 41 FIFA matches. Players with an unknown position in the line-up count as starters.

Most frequent opponents

#OpponentYearsMatchesWDLGoals
1France2003–200530120
2Chile2007–201021010
3Greece2008–200922000
4Latvia2008–200921100
5Moldova200922000
6Cyprus2005–200822000
7England2004–200820020
8Germany2004–200820020
9Liechtenstein2004–200822000
10Bulgaria200910101
11Luxembourg200911001
12Costa Rica201010010
13Honduras201010100
14Italy201010100
15Spain201011000

FIFA matches against the team. Won / drawn / lost only where the result is known; a penalty shoot-out decides.