Urs Fischer (footballer)

Urs Fischer (born 20 February 1966) is a Swiss former football player and current manager of 1. FC Union Berlin.[1]

Urs Fischer
Personal information
Date of birth (1966-02-20) 20 February 1966
Place of birth Triengen, Switzerland
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 1. FC Union Berlin (manager)
Youth career
1973–1984 Zürich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1987 Zürich 49 (1)
1987–1995 St. Gallen 243 (10)
1996–2003 Zürich 253 (4)
Total 545 (15)
National team
1989–1991 Switzerland 4 (0)
Teams managed
2010–2012 Zürich
2013–2015 Thun
2015–2017 Basel
2018– 1. FC Union Berlin
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 two-year contract as first team manager.[3] On 10 April 2017, the newly established FC Basel management announced that they would not extend the contract with him as head coach.[4]

Fischer was announced as new 1. FC Union Berlin head coach on 1 June 2018, signing a two-year contract with the club.[5]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 30 January 2021[6]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Zürich 19 April 2010 12 March 2012 83 38 19 26 146 108 +38 045.78
Thun 1 January 2013 17 June 2015 112 46 30 36 158 137 +21 041.07
Basel 18 June 2015 2 June 2017 102 68 20 14 234 105 +129 066.67
1. FC Union Berlin 1 June 2018 Present 96 38 30 28 151 127 +24 039.58
Total 393 190 99 104 689 477 +212 048.35

Honours

As player

Zürich

As manager

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 18 June 2015.
  4. FC Basel 1893 (2017). "Der FCB geht mit einem neuen Trainer in die Saison 17/18" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  5. "Union Berlin appoint Urs Fischer as head coach". www.fc-union-berlin.de. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  6. "Urs Fischer career sheet". footballdatabase. footballdatabase. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  7. "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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