Ernst Schleiffer

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Ernst Schleiffer
Personal information
Full name Ernst Schleiffer
Date of birth (1957-12-05) 5 December 1957 (age 65)
Place of birth Aarberg, Switzerland
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1978–1979 Neuchâtel Xamax 7 (0)
1979–1981 FC Basel 30 (0)
1981–1983 FC Grenchen 60 (5)
1983–1985 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 50 (1)
1985–1986 FC Biel-Bienne 29 (0)
1986–1989 FC Grenchen 92 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ernst Schleiffer (born 5 December 1957) is a Swiss retired footballer who played in the late 1970s and 1980s as defender.

Schleiffer first played for Neuchâtel Xamax and he made seven appearances for them during the 1978–79 Nationalliga A season.

Schleiffer then joined FC Basel's first team for their 1979–80 season under head-coach Helmut Benthaus. After playing in seven test games Schleiffer played his debut for his new club in the first round of the Swiss League Cup on 4 August 1979 as he was substituted in for Arthur von Wartburg in the 72 minute. But he could not save the team from being defeated 0–1 and being knocked out of the tournament by the Young Boys. [1] Schleiffer played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the St. Jakob Stadium on 11 August as Basel won 2–1 against Sion. [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]

Schleiffer stayed with the club for two seasons. In these two seasons Schleiffer played a total of 70 games for Basel scoring two goals. Both of these goals were scored in the test match on 10 October 1979 as Basel beat German club SV Weil 5–0. [4] Thirty of these games were in the Nationalliga A, one in the League Cuo, five in the Swiss Cup, two in the European Cup and 32 were friendly games. [5]

After his time with Basel Schleiffer moved on to play two seasons for Grenchen in the Natinalliga B, the second tier of Swiss football. He then played two seasons for La Chaux-de-Fonds and one for Biel-Bienne before he returned to Grenchen, where he ended his active playing career in 1989.

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References

  1. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "BSC Young Boys - FC Basel 1:0 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ↑ "FC Basel - FC Sion 2:1 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. ↑ Garin, Erik. "Switzerland Final League Tables of the Nationalliga A and B 1930-2000". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. ↑ "SV Weil - FC Basel 0:5 (0:3)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  5. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Ernst Schleiffer - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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