{"id":82125,"date":"2026-06-12T05:58:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T05:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/82125\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T05:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T05:58:18","slug":"why-yann-sommer-isnt-playing-for-switzerland-at-the-2026-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/82125\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Yann Sommer isn&#8217;t playing for Switzerland at the 2026 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Following the conclusion of Euro 2024, Yann Sommer officially announced his retirement from international soccer, which is why he is not playing for <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/switzerland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"break-word text-(--theme-primary-color) hover:text-(--theme-text-color) hover:bg-(--theme-primary-color) cursor-pointer font-bold border-b-(length:--theme-border-width) border-b-(--theme-border-color)\">Switzerland<\/a> in the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">In August 2024, Yann Sommer announced his retirement from the Switzerland national team, drawing the curtain on a magnificent 12-year career with the Nati.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Having won league titles with Bayern Munich and Inter Milan, Sommer decided to dedicate his remaining professional years entirely to his club career in Serie A.<\/p>\n<p>Who is the starting goalkeeper of Switzerland?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Following Sommer\u2019s retirement, Switzerland decided to rely on another experienced goalkeeper. Now, Gregor Kobel is the starter, giving the team a formidable and highly reliable presence under the three posts.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"break-word\">26 Namen \u2013 Ein grosses Ziel \ud83c\udfc6 Unser Kader f\u00fcr den Sommer \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded<br \/>26 noms \u2013 Un grand objectif. Notre s\u00e9lection pour l\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9.<br \/>26 nomi \u2013 Un grande obiettivo. La nostra squadra per l\u2019estate. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0TbEWMtnot\" class=\"break-word text-(--theme-primary-color) hover:text-(--theme-text-color) hover:bg-(--theme-primary-color) cursor-pointer font-bold border-b-(length:--theme-border-width) border-b-(--theme-border-color)\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/0TbEWMtnot<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded Nati (@nati_sfv_asf) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nati_sfv_asf\/status\/2057023530022080690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"break-word text-(--theme-primary-color) hover:text-(--theme-text-color) hover:bg-(--theme-primary-color) cursor-pointer font-bold border-b-(length:--theme-border-width) border-b-(--theme-border-color)\" rel=\"nofollow\">May 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">The 28-year-old keeper has enjoyed an elite career as the anchor for Borussia Dortmund. With Sommer\u2019s retirement, he took the position and has played 21 games for the Nati, keeping five clean sheets while conceding 30 goals against.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Behind Kobel are Marvin Keller (Young Boys) and Yvon Mvogo (Lorient). While they are also solid goalkeepers, Kobel is widely regarded as the undisputed starter for the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Yann Sommer is a legend for Switzerland<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Sommer will forever be remembered for his legendary penalty save against France\u2019s Kylian Mbappe during Euro 2020, which secured a historic penalty shootout victory and sent Switzerland to its first major quarterfinal since 1954.<\/p>\n<p class=\"break-word\">He ended his international career with 94 appearances, having featured in two <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/world-cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"break-word text-(--theme-primary-color) hover:text-(--theme-text-color) hover:bg-(--theme-primary-color) cursor-pointer font-bold border-b-(length:--theme-border-width) border-b-(--theme-border-color)\">World Cups<\/a> and three European Championships while racking up 35 clean sheets. Undoubtedly, he steps away as the greatest goalkeeper in Swiss soccer history.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following the conclusion of Euro 2024, Yann Sommer officially announced his retirement from international soccer, which is why&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-82125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-switzerland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116735607331482810","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}