Werner Meier (footballer)

Werner Meier (born 15 April 1937) is a Swiss former footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s as Striker.

Werner Meier
Personal information
Full name Werner Meier
Date of birth (1937-04-15) 15 April 1937
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1957 FC Nordstern Basel 42 (17)
1957–1958 Urania Genève Sport 0 (0)
1960–1962 FC Nordstern Basel
1962–1963 FC Basel 5 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Meier first played for Nordstern Basel in the Nationalliga B, the second tier of Swiss football, for at least three years, scoring 17 goals in 42 league matches. He transferred to Urania Genève Sport in 1957. In the 1960–61 season he again played for Nordstern but the team were relegated to the third tier. He played for them another year before moving on.

Meier joined FC Basel's first team for their 1962–63 season under manager Jiří Sobotka. In his first game for his new club in the 1962–63 Intertoto Cup, Meier scored his first two goals for the club, but this could not help the team from being defeated 3–4 by PSV Eindhoven.[1] After one more match in the Intertoto Cup and one test match Meier played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game at the Landhof on 28 August 1962 as Basel played against Lugano and won 3–0.[2] He scored his first league goal for his club on 14 September in the away game against Grenchen, but Basel were defeated 2–3.[3]

In his one season with the club, Meier played a total of ten games for Basel scoring a total of three goals. Five of these games were in the Nationalliga A, one in the Swiss Cup, two in the InterToto Cup and two were friendly games. He scored one goal in the domestic league and the afore mentioned two in the Intertoto Cup.[4] Werner Meier

References
  1. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "PSV Eindhoven - FC Basel 4:3 (2:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. "FC Basel - FC Lugano 3:0 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. "FC Grenchen - FC Basel 3:2 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Werner Meier -". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

Sources
  • Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2189-1
  • Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
  • Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage
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