They reached the quarter-finals in 2000 by beating England with a last-minute penalty, conceded by Phil Neville. It is their only victory in 13 European Championship matches.

Romania possess the disciplined team ethic and strong defence that was characteristic of Greece's shock Euro 2004 triumph.

Nonetheless, national coach Anghel Iordanescu is not fooled by his side's fairly lofty world ranking of 16th - or the fact they had the best defensive record in qualifying, instead bemoaning the lack of players based in Europe's top leagues.

Key player: Xherdan Shaqiri

Touch of an angel, build of an oil rig, Shaqiri made a slow start to life at Stoke City. Perhaps that was just him coming to terms with the famous otherness of the Premier League; perhaps he was taking a while to come to terms with what looked, after Bayern Munich and Internazionale, like something of a backward step. But he's started to get the hang of things now, and was revelatory in their recent deconstruction of Manchester City. At international level, he remains Switzerland's focal point, both their most creative player and most likely goalscorer.