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
| Order | Date | Home Team | Away Team | Result | Competition | City |
| 1 | 1 June 1925 | Switzerland | SPAIN | 0-3 | Friendly | Bern |
| 2 | 17 April 1927 | SPAIN | Switzerland | 1-0 | Friendly | Santander |
| 3 | 3 May 1936 | Switzerland | SPAIN | 0-2 | Friendly | Bern |
| 4 | 28 December 1941 | SPAIN | Switzerland | 3-2 | Friendly | Valencia |
| 5 | 20 June 1948 | Switzerland | SPAIN | 3-3 | Friendly | Zurich |
| 6 | 18 February 1951 | SPAIN | Switzerland | 6-3 | Friendly | Madrid |
| 7 | 19 June 1955 | Switzerland | SPAIN | 0-3 | Friendly | Geneva |
| 8 | 10 March 1957 | SPAIN | Switzerland | 2-2 | Qualifying World Cup 1958 | Madrid |
| 9 | 24 November 1957 | Switzerland | SPAIN | 1-4 | Qualifying World Cup 1958 | Lausanne |
| 10 | 15 July 1966 | SPAIN | Switzerland | 2-1 | World Cup 1966 | Sheffield |
| 11 | 26 March 1969 | SPAIN | Switzerland | 1-0 | Friendly | Valencia |
| 12 | 22 April 1970 | Switzerland | SPAIN | 0-1 | Friendly | Lausanne |
| 13 | 21 September 1977 | Switzerland | SPAIN | 1-2 | Friendly | Bern |
| 14 | 28 April 1982 | SPAIN | Switzerland | 2-0 | Friendly | Valencia |
| 15 | 26 May 1984 | Switzerland | SPAIN | 0-4 | Friendly | Geneva |
| 16 | 5 June 1988 | Switzerland | SPAIN | 1-1 | Friendly | Basil |
| 17 | 13 December 1989 | SPAIN | Switzerland | 2-1 | Friendly | Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
| 18 | 2 July 1994 | SPAIN | Switzerland | 3-0 | World Cup 1994 | Washington |
| 19 | 16 June 2010 | SPAIN | Switzerland | 0-1 | World Cup 2010 | Durban |
| 20 | 3 June 2018 | SPAIN | Switzerland | 1-1 | Friendly | Villarreal |
| 21 | 2 July 2021 | Switzerland | SPAIN | 1-1 (1-3 pp) | Eurocopa 2020 | St Petersburg |
| 22 | 10 October 2020 | SPAIN | Switzerland | 1-0 | UEFA Nations League | Madrid |
| 23 | 14 November 2020 | Switzerland | SPAIN | 1-1 | UEFA Nations League | Basil |
| 24 | 9 June 2022 | Switzerland | SPAIN | 0-1 | UEFA Nations League | Geneva |
| 25 | 24 September 2022 | SPAIN | Switzerland | 1-2 | UEFA Nations League | Zaragoza |