Michel Amacker

Michel Amacker (born 29 September 1956) is a Swiss retired footballer who played in the 1970s as midfielder.

Michel Amacker
Personal information
Date of birth (1956-09-29)29 September 1956
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
until 1973 FC Raron
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1975 FC Raron 25 (4)
1975–1976 FC Basel 2 (0)
1976–1977 FC Raron 24 (6)
1977–1979 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 27 (5)
1979–1980 FC Raron 22 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Amacker played his youth football with FC Raron and advanced to their first team during their 1973–74 season as they were promoted from the 1st League to the Nationalliga B, the second tier of Swiss football.[1] He played with them the next season as first choice mid-fielder in 25 of their 26 league matches, scoring four goals, as they eventually prevented relegation in a play-off match against Mendrisiostar.

Amacker joined FC Basel's first team for their 1975–76 season under head-coach Helmut Benthaus. After one test match and one match in the Cup of the Alps, Amacker played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game on 23 August 1975 as Basel won 3–2 against Winterthur.[2]

Amacker stayed with the club one season, in which he played a total of six games for Basel without scoring a goal. Two of these games were in the Nationalliga A, one in the Cup of the Alps and three were friendly games.[3]

Following this season with Basel, Amacker returned to Raron for the 1976–77 season. But the team suffered relegation and he moved on to play for La Chaux-de-Fonds, who also played in the second tier of Swiss football. In his second season with LCdF, Amacker and the club were Nationalliga B champions and won promotion.[4]

After these two seasons Amacker returned once more to his club of origin.

References
  1. Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1973/74". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Winterthur - FC Basel 2:3 (1:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Michel Amacker - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1978/79". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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