Werner Schley

Werner Schley
Werner Schley in 1963
Personal information
Full name Werner Schley
Date of birth (1935-01-25)25 January 1935
Place of birth Basel, Switzerland
Date of death 30 May 2007(2007-05-30) (aged 72)
Place of death Mallorca, Spain
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
until 1951 FC Nordstern Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1952 FC Nordstern Basel 16 (0)
1952–1953 FC Basel 19 (0)
1953–1954 Grasshopper Club Zürich 22 (0)
1954–1957 FC Basel 67 (0)
1958–1965 FC Zürich 145 (0)
International career
1959–1960 Switzerland 3 (0)
Managerial career
1966–1967 Grasshopper Club
1969–1970 Grasshopper Club
1970 FC Luzern
1976 FC Winterthur
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Werner Schley (born 25 January 1935 – 30 May 2007) was a Swiss footballer who played as a goalkeeper during the 1950s and 1960s. Schley was born in Basel and he died whilst he was in Mallorca, Spain.[1]

Football career

Club career

Schley played his youth football with Nordstern Basel and advanced to their first team in 1951. At that time they played in the Nationalliga B, the second tier of Swiss football. In that season Schley played between the posts in 16 of the 26 games, but could not save the team from suffering relegation.[2]

Schley then joined FC Basel for their 1952–53 season with club legend René Bader as player-manager. After playing in five test matches, Schley played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game on 31 August 1952 as Basel drew 2–2 with Young Boys.[3] At the end of the season Schley had played in 19 of the league games and the team won their very first league title in 1953.[4]

In 1953 Schley then signed for Grasshopper Club Zürich, but returned to FC Basel after just one season. Between the years 1952 to 1953 and again from 1954 to 1957 Schley played a total of 129 games for Basel. 86 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, ten in the Swiss Cup and 33 were friendly games.[5]

In the summer of 1958 Schley then signed for FC Zürich and he remained with them for seven years. He advanced to become team captain in 1960 and held this position until his retirement.[6] At the end of the season 1962–63 Zürich won the championship.[7]

International experience

Schley earned three caps for the Swiss national team, making his international debut in a 1–5 defeat against Yugoslavia on 25 April 1959 in Basel. His last appearance was in a 3–1 win over the Netherlands in Zürich on 18 May 1960.

Coaching career

After his active football career, Schley coached Grasshopper during the 1966–67 Nationalliga A season together with Werner Brunner. Although they were replaced by Skiba the following season, both were reactivated for the 1969–70 Nationalliga A season. Schley later coached FC Luzern and FC Winterthur.[8]

Titles and honours

Basel

Zürich

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (5 June 2007). "Nachruf Werner Schley" [Obituary Werner Schley] (in German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  2. ^ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1951/52". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  3. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "BSC Young Boys - FC Basel 2:2 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  4. ^ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1952/53". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  5. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Werner Schley - Werner Schley". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  6. ^ mro (5 June 2007). "Ex-FCZ-Goalie Schley gestorben" [Ex-FCZ goalie Schley has died] (in German). Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  7. ^ Garin, Erik. "Switzerland 1962/63". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Switzerland - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs".

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