Switzerland have reached the World Cup quarter finals 3 times. In 2006 they were eliminated from the competition despite not conceding a single goal. They lost in a penalty shootout to Ukraine without scoring a single penalty, the first team in Cup History to do this. After this they did not concede a goal until the 2010 World Cup, another record for the team, the most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal. Some notable players include, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Hakan Yakin and Gökhan Inler.