The final match of Euro 2016, Switzerland were chosen to be within the group A, together with host France, Albania and Romania. In the opening game, Switzerland won 1-0 over Albania and Albania, with the sole goal coming from Fabian Schar in the 5th minute of the match. The next game was one-sided draw with Romania in which Switzerland beginning to concede the penalty spot, but then regaining it in the second period after a goal by Admir Mehmedi. The final game in the group was played against France with a draw of 0-0. The game did however gain notoriety due to several Swiss player's jerseys getting damaged during contests with French players, as well as due to the ball breaking in a fight with Antoine Griezmann Valon Behrami as they were able to meet on the ball. The game also drawing attention because of the surface's poor condition and was condemned by both the coaches and players of both teams. After the match, Switzerland's kit manufacturer blamed "faulty materials" for the incident involving the jerseys breaking. Switzerland because of the draw, came in third in group, which draw a 2-2 draw with Poland at the end of the 16; The Swiss conceded, but were able to score an late equalizer by Shaqiri's Xherdan, who scored a bicycle-kick that sent the game into overtime however, the Swiss were eliminated as Granit Xhaka had missed the second penalty in the penalty shootout. the other players were able to convert their penalties to win. Poland winning 5-4 in penalties to take out the Swiss. For the qualifying phase for 2018's FIFA World Cup, Switzerland were drawn alongside Portugal, Hungary, Faroe Islands, Latvia and Andorra. The Swiss qualified group began with a shocking 2-0 victory against European champions Portugal who had been crowned champions less than two months before playing against them on the 6th of September. Then, they defeated Hungary 2-3, Andorra 2-1, Faroe Islands 2-0, Latvia 1-0 in the initial five games, and were leading the group by a maximum score. In the other matches they defeated Faroe Islands 2-0, Andorra 3-0, Latvia 3-0 and Hungary 5-5, before playing Portugal in their final game of the group, in which they were defeated 2-0. they'd have to participate in the play-offs, where they were named the top second-placed team and chosen to face Northern Ireland. In the first game that was played on November 9 they took a 1-0 win thanks to the controversial penalty of Ricardo Rodriguez, and three days later, they played the second game, drawing 1-1 and progressing towards their place in the World Cup finals in Russia by winning 1-0 on aggregate. Prior to starting the World Cup, Switzerland were placed sixth in the world rankings and were even above the eventual World Cup winners France.
In the World Cup, Switzerland were chosen for a match against Brazil, Serbia and Costa Rica in Group E. They started their campaign by drawing 1-1 against Brazil and then beat Serbia with a 2-1 scoring goal by Xherdan Shaqiri. The match against Serbia caused controversy due to the celebrations by goal scorer Shaqiri along with Granit Shaqiri and Xhaka (both from Albania) together with Stephan Lichtsteiner as the trio celebrated a moment of joy when they held hands in a gesture that resembled an eagle with two heads, the national emblem of Albania which is regarded by some to be an Albanian national symbol. However they were not banned by FIFA for doing this. The final game of the group was played against Costa Rica; which they played 2-2, which included Blerim Dzemaili as well as Josip Drmic scoring, thus placing them second in the group. They were then drawn to face Sweden at the end of the 16, which they lost by 1-0 and were knocked out of the tournament.
On the 23rd of January, the 23rd of January, Switzerland was selected by FIFA to participate in the inaugural edition of the UEFA Nations League; a tournament that was played by all UEFA member's national teams. being selected to take part within League A, in Group 2. They will play with Belgium as well as Iceland.
In Euro 2020, Switzerland finished third in Group A that comprised of Italy, Wales and Turkey However, they were able to advance for the next round in the top three teams. top third-placed teams. They won the 16th round. beat World Cup champions France on penalties after in a 3-3 draw. They also fought back from a 1-3 deficit to secure their first knockout stage victory in an important tournament since 1938's FIFA World Cup. In their subsequent quarter-final game against Spain They once more played the game on penalties, having trailed by 1-0. After converting just the fourth penalty they had to leave the tournament in this point.