Switzerland announced their provisional squad for the UEFA EURO 2008 with two players, Patrick Muller and Philipp Degen both given the chance to improve on their fitness after being injured. Muller who plays for Olympique Lyonnais tore his cruciate ligaments 5 months ago and has been at the brink of recovery. He played his first game for the reserves recently while Degen, the right back who playes for Borussia Dortmund suffered a torn muscle. Should he fail to recover on time for the finals, he will be replaced with either one of the three players on standby which includes Blerim Dzemaili from Bolton Wanderers and Reto Ziegler who plays for Sampdoria.

Dzemaili has yet to play in the first team for his club team Bolton Wanderers since his move from FC Zurich since recovering from a cruciate ligament injury. He is now on the standby list since he is still yet to be match fit.

Goalkeepers: Diego Benaglio (VfL Wolfsburg), Pascal Zuberbühler (Neuchâtel Xamax FC), Fabio Coltorti (Real Racing Club Santander).

Defenders: Philipp Degen (BV Borussia Dortmund), Johan Djourou (Arsenal FC), Mario Eggimann (Karlsruher SC), Stéphane Grichting (AJ Auxerre), Stephan Lichtsteiner (LOSC Lille Métropole), Ludovic Magnin (VfB Stuttgart), Patrick Müller (Olympique Lyonnais), Philippe Senderos (Arsenal FC), Christoph Spycher (Eintracht Frankfurt), Steve von Bergen (Hertha BSC Berlin).

Midfielders: Tranquillo Barnetta (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Valon Behrami (S.S. Lazio), Ricardo Cabanas (Grasshopper-Club), Gelson Fernandes (Manchester City FC), Daniel Gygax (FC Metz), Benjamin Huggel (FC Basel 1893), Gökhan Inler (Udinese Calcio), Johan Vonlanthen (FC Salzburg), Hakan Yakin (BSC Young Boys).