The Swizz - close rivals in recent years

For the third UEFA Nations League match in a row, Switzerland will be Spain's opponents as they continue their defence of the coveted continental title in Geneva on Sunday.

The Swiss have faced Spain a total of 25 times in history and with their impending clash will move up to sixth place in terms of the country to play Spain the most times, behind only Portugal, Italy, France, England and Germany.

Murat Yakin has been Switzerland's coach since 2021 and in that time he has faced Spain in the two major continental competitions and always faced off with parity in the duels.

Perhaps the most memorable was the quarter-final of Euro 2020 (held in 2021 because of the pandemic), which ended in a penalty shoot-out victory for the Spanish national team.

The UEFA Nations League is the other main competition in which the Swiss and Iberians have played, having met in the same group for the last three editions, always with draws or narrow victories for both national teams.

A friendly match played almost 100 years ago, on 1 June 1925 in the city of Bern, kicked off the historical series of matches between Switzerland and Spain, with 17 wins to Spain, six draws and two Swiss victories to date:

HISTORY OF MATCHES BETWEEN SWITZERLAND AND SPAIN