Urs Fischer (footballer)

Urs Fischer
Personal information
Full name Urs Fischer
Date of birth (1966-02-20) 20 February 1966
Place of birth Triengen, Switzerland
Playing position Centre back
Youth career
1973–1984 FC Zürich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1987 FC Zürich 49 (1)
1987–1995 FC St. Gallen 243 (10)
1996–2003 FC Zürich 253 (4)
Total 545 (15)
National team
1989–1991 Switzerland 4 (0)
Teams managed
2003–2007 FC Zürich (youth)
2007–2008 FC Zürich (assistant)
2008–2010 FC Zürich (U21)
2010–2012 FC Zürich
2013–2015 FC Thun
2015–2017 FC Basel
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Urs Fischer (born 20 February 1966 in Triengen) is a Swiss former football player, turned manager. He last managed FC Basel.[1]

Playing career

During his playing career, Fischer only played for two clubs: FC Zürich and FC St. Gallen. He was captain of both teams and, with 545 caps, is the record player in the Swiss Super League. He started his career in the youth department of FC Zürich and played his first game as professional 7 April 1984 aged 18 in a 1:6 loss against FC Sion.[2] His only title is the win of the Swiss Cup 2000. Fischer played four national caps for Switzerland under coach Ulrich Stielike.

Coaching career

Fischer quit playing professional football in 2003. He then coached the U-14, U-16 and U-21-teams of FC Zürich. After a short spell as the assistant manager of Bernard Challandes in 2007-2008, he returned to the U-21. When Challandes was sacked, Fischer was appointed as caretaker 17 April 2010 and after three games, which he all lost, became permanent manager. He finished the 2010–11 season with FC Zürich second behind FC Basel. He was sacked by FC Zürich in 2012 following a poor league finish, his replacement Rolf Fringer would not last much longer, with a fellow coach under Fisher in Urs Meier being brought in to coach FC Zürich for the remainder of 2013.

On 18 June 2015, Basel announced that Urs Fischer had signed a three-year contract as first team manager. [3]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 2 June 2017.
Team From To Record
PWDLWin %
Zürich 19 April 2010 12 March 2012 83 38 18 27 045.8
Thun 1 January 2013 17 June 2015 112 47 28 37 042.0
Basel 1 July 2015 2 June 2017 99 65 19 15 065.7
Total 294 150 65 79 051.0

Honours

As player

FC Zürich

As manager

FC Basel

References

  1. ↑ RAPHAEL WICKY IST AB SOMMER 2017 DER NEUE TRAINER DES FCB‚ fcb.ch, 21 April 2017
  2. ↑ "07.04.1984 Sion - FCZ 6:1". FC Zurich Stats. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  3. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (2015). "Urs Fischer ist der neue Trainer des FC Basel 1893" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  4. ↑ "Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3-0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game". allaboutgeneva.com. 25 May 2017.
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