Following is the Switzerland squad announced by coach Koebi Kuhn on Monday for World Cup qualifiers against France on October 8 and the Republic of Ireland on October 12:

Goalkeepers: Pascal Zuberbler (FC Basel), Fabio Coltorti (Grasshoppers Zurich)

Defenders: Philipp Degen (Borussia Dortmund), Ludovic Magnin (Stuttgart), Patrick Mueller (FC Basel), Philippe Senderos (Arsenal), Boris Smiljanic (FC Basel), Christoph Spycher (Eintracht Frankfurt), Stephane Grichting (Auxerre), Valon Behrami (Lazio)

Midfielders: Tranquillo Barnetta (Bayer Leverkusen), Ricardo Cabanas (Grasshoppers Zurich), Daniel Gygax (Lille), Benjamin Huggel (Eintracht Frankfurt), Johann Vogel (AC Milan), Raphael Wicky (Hamburg)

Forwards: Alex Frei (Rennes), Mauro Lustrinelli (FC Thun), Johan Vonlanthen (Breda), Marco Streller (Stuttgart)

Source: Xinhua