Here we take a look at Switzerland's World Cup squad and the other things it will be handy to know about the Group E challengers.
Switzerland's World Cup squad - 23-man squad
23-man final squad
Goalkeepers: Roman Buerki (Borussia Dortmund), Yvon Mvogo (Leipzig), Yann Sommer (Borussia Moenchengladbach)
Defenders: Manuel Akanji (Borussia Dortmund), Johan Djourou (Antalyaspor), Nico Elvedi (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Michael Lang (Basel), Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus), Jacques-Francois Moubandje (Toulouse), Ricardo Rodriguez (AC Milan), Fabian Schaer (Deportivo La Coruna)
Midfielders: Valon Behrami (Udinese), Blerim Dzemaili (Bologna), Gelson Fernandes (Eintracht Frankfurt), Remo Freuler (Atalanta), Xherdan Shaqiri (Stoke), Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), Denis Zakaria (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Steven Zuber (Hoffenheim)
Forwards: Josip Drmic (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Breel Embolo (Schalke), Mario Gavranovic (Dinamo Zagreb), Haris Seferovic (Benfica)
Switzerland's World Cup 2018 fixtures
- Brazil: Sunday, June 17 at 7pm
- Serbia: Friday, June 22 at 7pm
- Costa Rica: Wednesday, June 27 at 7pm
What odds are Switzerland to win the World Cup?
100/1
The kits
See where Switzerland's shirts ends up in our ranking of all 64 World Cup shirts below:
Who's the coach?
Vladimir Petković, the Bosnian-Herzegovinian, has coached six Swiss domestic clubs. 27/30 points in qualifying but still needed a play-off, which they won with an iffy penalty over Northern Ireland.
Who's the star?
Xherdan Shaqiri. Has been called the Alpine Messi (not sure if he can ski) but certainly has the skills to slalom past opponents.
Best thing about them
Have a good blend of youth and experience, have Granit Xhaka (who is a better player than his sometimes irritating work for Arsenal suggests) to distribute, only let in seven goals in qualifying.
Worst thing about them
Toothless. Likely starting forward Haris Seferovic has just 11 international goals and hasn’t scored for Benfica since October: that's 15 goals for club and country without a goal.
You may recognise…
A familiar sense of ennui while watching: the Swiss have rarely dazzled at tournaments but, ranked sixth by Fifa, are clearly worthy of respect.
Cameramen will be picking out…
Ripped shirts? In Euro 2016, no fewer than three Swiss players needed to change their jersey vs France. Shaqiri joked: “I hope Puma don't produce condoms.”
Fans' favourite chant
“Schweizer Nati ole, ole.”
(Translation: “we have many respected financial institutions and very clean air”)
On-field prediction
Eminently doable second place behind Brazil would probably see them face (lose to) Germany in last-16.
Off-field prediction
Orderly.