Granit Xhaka - Century of International Appearances


The outstanding Swiss player, who obtained 130 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Caps    Date 	Venue	 	Opponent       Score 	Competition

  1    4- 6-11	London  	England 	2-2	European Ch. Qual.
  2    6- 9-11	Basel   	Bulgaria	3-1	European Ch. Qual.
  3    7-10-11	Swansea 	Wales   	0-2	European Ch. Qual.
  4   11-10-11	Basel   	Montenegro	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
  5   11-11-11	Amsterdam	Netherlands	0-0	
  6   15-11-11	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	1-0	
  7   29- 2-12	Bern    	Argentina	1-3	
  8   26- 5-12	Basel   	Germany 	5-3	
  9   30- 5-12	Luzern  	Romania 	0-1	
 10   15- 8-12	Split   	Croatia 	4-2	
 11   30- 9-12	Ljubljana	Slovenia	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 12   11- 9-12	Luzern  	Albania 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 13   12-10-12	Bern    	Norway  	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 14   16-10-12	Reykjavík	Iceland 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 15   14-11-12	Sousse  	Tunisia 	2-1	
 16    6- 2-13	Piraeus 	Greece  	0-0	
 17   23- 3-13	Lefkosia	Cyprus  	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 18   14- 8-13	Basel   	Brazil  	1-0	
 19    6- 9-13	Bern    	Iceland 	4-4	World Cup Qualifier
 20   10- 9-13	Oslo    	Norway  	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 21   11-10-13	Tiranë  	Albania 	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 22   15-10-13	Bern    	Slovenia	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 23   15-11-13	Seoul   	South Korea	1-2	
 24    5- 3-14	Sankt Gallen	Croatia 	2-2	
 25   30- 5-14	Luzern  	Jamaica 	1-0	
 26    3- 6-14	Luzern  	Peru    	2-0	
 27   15- 6-14	Brasília	Ecuador 	2-1	World Cup
 28   20- 6-14	Salvador	France  	2-5	World Cup
 29   25- 6-14	Manaus  	Honduras	3-0	World Cup
 30    1- 7-14	São Paulo	Argentina	0-1	World Cup
 31    8- 9-14	Basel   	England 	0-2	European Ch. Qual.
 32    9-10-14	Maribor 	Slovenia	0-1	European Ch. Qual.
 33   14-10-14	Serravalle	San Marino	4-0	European Ch. Qual.
 34   27- 3-15	Luzern  	Estonia 	3-0	European Ch. Qual.
 35   31- 3-15	Zürich  	United States	1-1	
 36   14- 6-15	Vilnius 	Lithuania	2-1	European Ch. Qual.
 37    5- 9-15	Basel   	Slovenia	3-2	European Ch. Qual.
 38    8- 9-15	London  	England 	0-2	European Ch. Qual.
 39   12-10-15	Tallinn 	Estonia 	1-0	European Ch. Qual.
 40   25- 3-16	Dublin  	Ireland 	0-1	
 41   29- 3-16	Zürich  	Bosnia-Herzeg.	0-2	
 42   28- 5-16	Genève  	Belgium 	1-2	
 43    3- 6-16	Lugano  	Moldova 	2-1	
 44   11- 6-16	Lens    	Albania 	1-0	European Champ.
 45   15- 6-16	Paris   	Romania 	1-1	European Champ.
 46   19- 6-16	Lille   	France  	0-0	European Champ.
 47   25- 6-16	Saint-Etienne	Poland   	1-1 [1]	European Champ.
 48    6- 9-16	Basel   	Portugal	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 49   10-10-16	Andorra La V.	Andorra 	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 50   13-11-16	Luzern  	Faroe Islands	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 51   25- 3-17	Lancy   	Latvia  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 52    1- 6-17	Neuchâtel	Belarus 	1-0	
 53    9- 6-17	Tórshavn	Faroe Islands	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 54   31- 8-17	Sankt Gallen	Andorra 	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 55    3- 9-17	Riga    	Latvia  	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 56    7-10-17	Basel   	Hungary 	5-2	World Cup Qualifier
 57   10-10-17	Lisboa  	Portugal	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
 58    9-11-17	Belfast 	N. Ireland	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 59   12-11-17	Basel   	N. Ireland	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 60   23- 3-18	Athinai 	Greece  	1-0	
 61   27- 3-18	Luzern  	Panama  	6-0	
 62    8- 6-18	Lugano  	Japan   	2-0	
 63   17- 6-18	Rostov-na-Donu	Brazil  	1-1	World Cup
 64   22- 6-18	Kaliningrad	Serbia  	2-1	World Cup
 65   27- 6-18	Nizhny Novgorod	Costa Rica	2-2	World Cup
 66    3- 7-18	Sankt Peterburg	Sweden  	0-1	World Cup
 67    8- 9-18	Sankt Gallen	Iceland 	6-0	Nations League
 68   11- 9-18	Leicester	England 	0-1		
 69   12-10-18	Brussel 	Belgium 	1-2	Nations League
 70   15-10-18	Reykjavík	Iceland 	2-1	Nations League
 71   14-11-18	Lugano  	Qatar   	0-1		
 72   18-11-18	Luzern  	Belgium 	5-2	Nations League
 73   23- 3-19	Tbilisi 	Georgia 	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 74   26- 3-19	Basel   	Denmark 	3-3	European Ch. Qual.
 75    5- 6-19	Oporto  	Portugal	1-3	Nations League
 76    9- 6-19	Guimarães	England  	0-0 [2]	Nations League
 77    5- 9-19	Dublin  	Ireland 	1-1	European Ch.Qual.
 78    8- 9-19	Sion    	Gibraltar	4-0	European Ch.Qual.
 79   12-10-19	København	Denmark 	0-1	European Ch.Qual.
 80   15-10-19	Genève  	Ireland 	2-0	European Ch.Qual.
 81   15-11-19	Sankt Gallen	Georgia 	1-0	European Ch.Qual.
 82   18-11-19	Gibraltar	Gibraltar	6-1	European Ch.Qual.
 83    3- 9-20	Lviv    	Ukraine 	1-2	Nations League
 84    6- 9-20	Basel   	Germany 	1-1	Nations League
 85    7-10-20	Sankt Gallen	Croatia 	1-2	
 86   10-10-20	Madrid  	Spain   	0-1	Nations League
 87   13-10-20	Köln    	Germany 	3-3	Nations League
 88   11-11-20	Leuven  	Belgium 	1-2	
 89   14-11-20	Basel   	Spain   	1-1	Nations League
 90   25- 3-21	Sofia   	Bulgaria	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
 91   28- 3-21	Sankt Gallen	Lithuania	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 92   31- 3-21	Sankt Gallen	Finland 	3-2	
 93   30- 5-21	Sankt Gallen	United States	2-1	
 94    3- 6-21	Sankt Gallen	Liechtenstein	7-0	
 95   12- 6-21	Baku    	Wales   	1-1	European Champ.
 96   16- 6-21	Roma    	Italy   	0-3	European Champ.
 97   20- 6-21	Baku    	Turkey  	3-1	European Champ.
 98   28- 6-21	Bucuresti	France   	3-3 [3]	European Champ.
 99   26- 3-22	London  	England 	1-2
100   29- 3-22	Zürich  	Kosovo  	1-1
101    2- 6-22	Praha   	Czech Republic	1-2	Nations League
102    5- 6-22	Lisboa  	Portugal	0-4	Nations League
103    9- 6-22	Genève  	Spain   	0-1	Nations League
104   12- 6-22	Genève  	Portugal	1-0	Nations League
105   24- 9-22	Zaragoza	Spain   	2-1	Nations League
106   27- 9-22	Sankt Gallen	Czech Republic	2-1	Nations League
107   17-11-22	Abu Dhabi	Ghana   	0-2
108   24-11-22	Al-Wakrah	Cameroon	1-0	World Cup
109   28-11-22	Doha    	Brazil   	0-1	World Cup
110    2-12-22	Doha    	Serbia  	3-2	World Cup
111    6-12-22	Doha     	Portugal	1-6	World Cup
112   25- 3-23	Novi Sad	Belarus  	5-0	European Ch. Qual.
113   28- 3-23	Genève  	Israel  	3-0	European Ch. Qual.
114   16- 6-23	Andorra La V.	Andorra 	2-1	European Ch. Qual.
115   19- 6-23	Luzern  	Romania 	2-2	European Ch. Qual.
116    9- 9-23	Prishtinë	Kosovo  	2-2	European Ch. Qual.
117   12- 9-23	Sion    	Andorra 	3-0	European Ch. Qual.
118   15-10-23	Sankt Gallen	Belarus 	3-3	European Ch. Qual.
119   15-11-23	Felcsút  	Israel  	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
120   18-11-23	Basel   	Kosovo  	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
121   21-11-23	Bucuresti	Romania 	0-1	European Ch. Qual.
122   23- 3-24	København	Denmark 	0-0
123   26- 3-24	Dublin  	Ireland 	1-0
124    4- 6-24	Luzern  	Estonia 	4-0	
125    8- 6-24	Sankt Gallen	Austria 	1-1	
126   15- 6-24	Köln    	Hungary 	3-1	European Champ.
127   19- 6-24	Köln    	Scotland	1-1	European Champ.
128   23- 6-24	Frankfurt	Germany 	1-1	European Champ.
129   29- 6-24	Berlin   	Italy   	2-0	European Champ.
130    6- 7-24	Düsseldorf	England 	1-1 [4]	European Champ.

[1] Switzerland lost 4-5 on penalty kicks.
[2] Switzerland lost 5-6 on penalty kicks.
[3] Switzerland won 5-4 on penalty kicks.
[4] Switzerland lost 3-5 on penalty kicks.


Total Record

Matches  Won  Draw  Lost For Against  Points  Percentage
 130      65   33    32  220- 138      163      62.69

Types of Matches:
Friendlies		36
European Ch. Qualifier	30
World Cup Qualifier	22
Nations League		17
European Championship	13
World Cup		12

Total 		       130

Goals:
Cap   6	1 goal
Cap  10	1 goal
Cap  11	1 goal
Cap  22	1 goal
Cap  28	1 goal
Cap  34	1 goal
Cap  53	1 goal
Cap  56	1 goal
Cap  61	1 goal
Cap  64	1 goal
Cap  74	1 goal
Cap  82	1 goal
Cap 112	1 goal
Cap 117	1 goal

Total  14 goals


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Last updated: 25 Aug 2024

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