Hansruedi Schär

Hansruedi Schär (born 3 August 1957) is a Swiss retired footballer who played as midfielder in the 1970s and 1980s.

Born in Olten Schär played his youth football on the local club in Oensingen. Schär joined Basel's first team for their 1977–78 season under head-coach Helmut Benthaus. After playing in one test match Schär played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game on 11 December 1977 as Basel won 5–4 against Young Boys.[1] He scored his first goal for the club on 4 March 1978 in the home game at the St. Jakob Stadium as Basel played against Sion. Schär scored the first goal of the match, Peter Ramseier added another and Roland Schönenberger scored a hat-trick as Basel won 5–0.[2]

The season 1979–80 Nationalliga A was an exciting season. After the Qualifying phase Servette, Grasshopper Club and Basel were within three points of each other. The close rivalry remained until the end of the season. In the second last game Basel were hosts to Servette, winning 1–0. In the last match of the season Basel were away against Zürich. Winning 4–2 Basel became champions and were two points ahead of both Grasshoppers and Servette who fished second and third respectively.[3]

One test match in the pre-season 1980–81 must receive a mention here. This being the final to the pre-season Philips Cup tournament that took place on 19 August 1980 in the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern. Basel played Zürich and were leading 2–1 just before half-time. Then came Hansruedi Schär's goal scoring momentum. In the 43', 46' and 58' he scored a hat-trick and Basel won 7–2. The first and only match in his career that he scored more than one goal in a game.[4]

For the greater part of the 1981–82 Nationalliga A season Schär was loaned to locals rivals Nordstern Basel, but they suffered relegation despite this reinforcement.[5] Schär stayed with Basel until into the early part of the 1982–83 Nationalliga A season.

Between the years 1977 and 1982 Schär played a total of 117 games for Basel scoring a total of 12 goals. 58 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 13 were in the Swiss Cup and Swiss League Cup, eight were in the European competitions (European Cup, UEFA Cup and Cup of the Alps) and 38 were friendly games. He scored four goals in the domestic league, the other eight were scored during the test games.[6]

During the 1982–83 season Schär moved on to Aarau, where he stayed until the end of his active playing career.