Switzerland has been one of the most consistent teams in recent World Cup tournaments. Under manager Murat Yakin, the team has developed an impressive structure based on a deep, high-quality squad. The aim is clear: to comfortably progress from the group stage and go far in the knockout rounds.

Manager Murat Yakin has named three goalkeepers for the national team: Gregor Kobel, Yvon Mvogo and Marvin Keller. Switzerland is one of Europe’s most consistent tournament teams and has always progressed beyond the group stage at the last four World Cups. Kobel, Mvogo and Keller represent three generations – from the 23-year-old rising star to the experienced Bundesliga first-choice keeper.

Kobel, 28 years old and born in Zurich, has been Borussia Dortmund’s first-choice goalkeeper since 2021 and has established himself as one of the league’s most consistent goalkeepers, having made 199 Bundesliga appearances. His career path took him from the youth ranks of Grasshopper Club Zurich to TSG Hoffenheim, where, following a loan spell at VfB Stuttgart, he moved to Dortmund in 2021 for €15 million. In the 2025/26 season, he made 34 Bundesliga appearances, saved 92 shots and led BVB back into the Champions League. His father, Peter Kobel, was an ice hockey player – goalkeeping runs in the family.

On the international stage, Kobel has been Yakin’s clear number one for several years. He was part of the squad at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, when Switzerland were knocked out by Portugal in the round of 16, and guided the Nati through the entire qualifying campaign. With his proactive build-up play, explosive reflexes and a calmness that rubs off on the entire defence, he is one of the most underrated keepers in the entire tournament.

Mvogo, aged 31, was born in Yaoundé, Cameroon, and grew up in Switzerland – he built the entire foundation of his career at Young Boys, where he progressed through the ranks from the U15s to 154 top-flight appearances. After five years at RB Leipzig, where he barely featured behind Peter Gulacsi, he spent two years on loan at PSV Eindhoven in the Eredivisie – in the 2020/21 season, he made 33 league appearances there. He has been at Lorient since 2022, with whom he was relegated to Ligue 2 in 2024/25 but then returned immediately. This season, he has made 29 Ligue 1 appearances.

With 12 international caps since 2018, he has enough experience at international level to fill the backup role and brings Champions League and Europa League experience to the table. Mvogo is Yakin’s reliable second-choice keeper – no surprise, but a deliberate choice.

Keller, 23 years old and born in London – his father bought him a pair of goalkeeper gloves as a joke when he was a child, and it turned into a career – is the only goalkeeper in the squad who still plays for a Swiss club. After twelve years at the Grasshoppers Academy and two spells at FC Wil, he moved to Young Boys in 2023, where he has established himself as the first-choice keeper this season: 37 Super League appearances, plus Europa League matches against opponents such as VfB Stuttgart and Olympique Lyon. He is the only Swiss player in the squad from the domestic league – an exception that Yakin deliberately accepted because Keller possesses the quality to justify it.

For Keller, the World Cup is the next logical step in a development that is not yet complete – he is likely to experience the big stage for the first time as third-choice goalkeeper.