The Switzerland national under-16 football team is the national under-16

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team of

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

and is controlled by the

Swiss Football Association The Swiss Football Association (german: Schweizerischer Fussballverband, french: Association Suisse de Football, it, Associazione Svizzera di Football/Calcio, rm, Associaziun Svizra da Ballape) is the governing body of football in Switzerlan ...

History

The team acted as the feeder team of

Switzerland national under-17 football team The Switzerland national under-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of Switzerland and is controlled by the Swiss Football Association. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-17 Championship and in the FIFA U-17 Wor ...

, thus only participate friendlies tournament. ;Relationship with U15 The team that bear U15 title only re-birthed in 2007, however the old U16 team was equivalent to the current U17, thus the old feeder U15 team was only renamed to U16 since 2001. The team born in 2007 was a new policy to commence the U16 season earlier (in second half of previous season), thus equivalent to old U14. The U15 team was active in 2007 when U17 failed to qualify to final tournament, thus U16 team ''de facto'' became U17 and new member for U16 team was selected but credited as U15. The U17 qualified from 2008 to 2010, thus U16 team was not equal to U15 team in that period, the ''de facto'' first year of commencing U15. The U17 did not qualify again in 2011. In 2011–12 season the U15 team carried the fixture paralleled to 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship elite round, again U15 commencing disregarding the commencing of U16. In 2012–13 season the U15 team had fixture in the first half of the season for the first team in 2000s, on 18 September 2012, to formalization the youth ranks compose of U15 to U21.

Swiss national teams

Switzerland national football team The Switzerland national football team (german: Schweizer Fussballnationalmannschaft, it, Nazionale di calcio della Svizzera, french: Équipe nationale suisse de football, rm, Squadra naziunala da ballape da la Svizra) represents Switzerland ...

Switzerland national under-23 football team Switzerland national under-23 football team (also known as Switzerland Olympic, Switzerland U-23) represents Switzerland in international football competitions in the Olympic Games. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23 howev ...

(also known as Swiss Olympic) *

Switzerland national under-21 football team The Switzerland national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Switzerland and is controlled by the Swiss Football Association. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two ...

Switzerland national under-20 football team The Swiss national under-20 football team is the national under-20 football team of Switzerland controlled by Swiss Football Association. Competitive record FIFA U-20 World Cup Record Swiss national teams * Switzerland national football team ...

Switzerland national under-19 football team The Swiss national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of Switzerland controlled by Swiss Football Association. Recent results Swiss national teams * Switzerland national football team * Switzerland national und ...

Switzerland national under-18 football team The Swiss national under-18 football team is the national under-18 football team of Switzerland controlled by Swiss Football Association. Recent results Swiss national teams * Switzerland national football team * Switzerland national under-23 ...

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