New boys enter Swiss fray

Johan Djourou and Blerim Dzemaili are included in Switzerland coach Jakob 'Köbi' Kuhn's squad for the first time, for the friendly against Scotland on 1 March.

New faces
Arsenal FC defender Djorou and FC Zürich midfielder Dzemaili, both 19, represented their country at the FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands last summer. However, the FIFA World Cup qualifiers must do without injured trio Alexander Frei, Johann Lonfat and Christoph Spycher, while Benjamin Huggel serves a six-match suspension.

Switzerland squad
Goalkeepers: Fabio Coltorti (Grasshopper-Club), Pascal Zuberbühler (FC Basel 1893).

Defenders: Valon Behrami (S.S. Lazio), Philipp Degen (BV Borussia Dortmund), Johan Djourou (Arsenal FC), Stéphane Grichting (AJ Auxerre), Ludovic Magnin (VfB Stuttgart), Patrick Müller (Olympique Lyonnais), Philippe Senderos (Arsenal FC), Boris Smiljanic (FC Basel 1893).

Midfielders: Tranquillo Barnetta (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Ricardo Cabanas (1. FC Köln), Blerim Dzemaili (FC Zürich), Daniel Gygax (LOSC Lille Métropole), Johann Vogel (AC Milan), Raphael Wicky (Hamburger SV).

Forwards: Mauro Lustrinelli (AC Sparta Praha), Marco Streller (1. FC Köln), Johan Vonlanthen (NAC Breda).