Swiss squad for Euro 2008 opener against Czech Republic

BASEL, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Following is the squad of co-hosts Switzerland which to kick off the 2008 European Championship with a Group A match against Czech Republic here on Saturday:

Goalkeepers: 1-Diego Benaglio (VFL Wolfsburg), 18-Pascal Zuberbuehler (Neuchatel Xamax), 21-Eldin Jakupovic (Grasshoppers Zurich)

Defenders: 2-Johannes Djourou (Arsenal), 3-Ludovic Magnin (VFB Stuttgart), 4-Philippe Senderos (Arsenal), 5-Stephan Lichtsteiner (Lille), 13-Stephane Grichting (Aj Auxerre), 17-Christoph Spycher (Eintracht Frankfurt), 20-Patrick Mueller (Olympique Lyon), 23-Philipp Degen (Borussia Dortmund)

Midfielders: 6-Benjamin Huggel (Basel), 7-Ricardo Cabanas (Grasshoppers Zurich), 8-Gokhan Inler (Udinese), 10-Hakan Yakin (Young Boys), 14-Daniel Gygax (Metz), 15-Gelson Fernandes (Manchester City), 16-Tranquillo Barnetta (Bayer Leverkusen), 19-Valon Behrami (Lazio), 22-Johan Vonlanthen (Salzburg)

Forwards: 9-Alexander Frei (Borussia Dortmund), 11-Marco Streller (Basel), 12-Eren Derdiyok (Basel)

Coach: Jakob Kuhn (Switzerland)