The Swiss men’s national soccer team will take on Algeria<\/a> in the round of 32 on July 2, looking to make it five straight World Cups advancing as far as the round of 16. Switzerland won Group B at this year’s tournament with a 2-1 win over Canada<\/a> in their final group stage match, marking the first time the team has won a group at the World Cup since 2006.<\/p>\n Algeria qualified for the round of 32 as one of the eight best third-place teams after a win over Jordan<\/a> and a draw with Austria<\/a>. Their performance in the group stage earned them their second knockout stage appearance ever, with 2014’s round of 16 qualification marking the farthest the Algerian men’s national team has ever progressed at a World Cup.<\/p>\n Switzerland has never made it farther than the quarterfinals in its previous 12 World Cup outings, and the last time the Swiss made it that far was on home soil in 1954.<\/p>\n Here’s how Switzerland might line up against Algeria in the round of 32 clash on July 2 in Vancouver:<\/p>\n NEWSLETTER: Sign up to get all the World Cup highlights in your inbox<\/a>Watch every World Cup game live on Fubo<\/a>Switzerland projected starting lineup vs. AlgeriaGoalkeeper:<\/p>\n Gregor Kobel<\/p>\n Defenders:<\/p>\n Silvan Widmer, Nico Elvedi, Manuel Akanji, Ricardo Rodri\u0301guez<\/p>\n Midfielders:<\/p>\n Johan Manzambi, Granit Xhaka, Remo Freuler<\/p>\n Forwards:<\/p>\n Dan Ndoye, Breel Embolo, Rube\u0301n Vargas<\/p>\n Switzerland is only guaranteed one more match as it heads to the round of 32. Here’s what to know:<\/p>\n Switzerland 2026 World Cup roster<\/p>\n Goalkeepers:\u00a0Marvin Keller (Young Boys), Gregor \u2060Kobel (Borussia Dortmund), Yvon Mvogo (Lorient)<\/p>\n Defenders:\u00a0Manuel Akanji (Inter), Aurele Amenda (Eintracht Frankfurt), Eray Comert (Valencia), Nico \u2060Elvedi (Borussia Monchengladbach), Luca Jaquez (VfB Stuttgart), Miro Muheim (Hamburg), Ricardo Rodriguez (Real Betis), Silvan Widmer (Mainz)<\/p>\n Midfielders:\u00a0Michel Aebischer (Pisa), Christian Fassnacht (Young Boys), \u200cRemo Freuler (Bologna), Ardon Jashari (AC Milan), \u200bJohan Manzambi (Freiburg), Fabian Rieder (Augsburg), Djibril Sow (Sevilla), Ruben \u200cVargas (Sevilla), Granit Xhaka (Sunderland), Denis Zakaria (Monaco)<\/p>\n Forwards:\u00a0Zeki \u200bAmdouni (Burnley), Breel Embolo (Rennes), Cedric Itten (Fortuna Dusseldorf), Dan Ndoye (Nottingham Forest), Noah Okafor (Leeds United)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 2, 2026, 2:17 p.m. ET For the fourth straight World Cup, Switzerland has advanced to the knockout…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[678,35925,24956,24957,17,37211,46769,952,37210,689,32499,4021,48107,686,23295,688,42611,681],"class_list":["post-96306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-accessmetered","tag-sourceusa-today","tag-sstssportssoccerworldcup","tag-sstsnworld-cup","tag-switzerland","tag-tagac-milan","tag-tagalgeria-mens-national-soccer-team","tag-tagcontains-commerce-or-affiliate-content","tag-tagfifa","tag-taginternational-sports-competitions","tag-tagmens-world-cup","tag-tagmodular-story","tag-tagnational-soccer-teams","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsoccer","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagswitzerland-mens-national-soccer-team","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116852687178832126","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96306","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=96306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/90777757007-gty-2284258640.jpg\")