Michael Syfrig

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Michael Syfrig
Personal information
Full name Michael Syfrig
Date of birth (1965-08-05) 5 August 1965 (age 59)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1987–1988 FC Glarus
1988–1989 FC Basel 31 (3)
1989–1991 FC Aarau 18 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael Syfrig (born 4 August 1965) is a Swiss former footballer who played in the late 1980s and early 1990s as defender.

Syfrig first played for FC Glarus in the 1st League, the third highest tier of Swiss football. At the end of the 1987–88 season Glarus were group 4 winners and advanced to the promotion play-offs. With two victories in the first round over FC Châtel-St-Denis, they advanced to the semi-finals. Here they were defeated by Urania Genève Sport but with two victories over FC Rorschach in the play-offs for third position they achieved promotion. [1]

Syfrig then joined FC Basel's first team for their 1988–89 season under head coach Urs Siegenthaler. After playing in six test games Syfrig played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game on 23 July 1988 as Basel played a 1–1 draw against Zürich. [2] Basel and Glarus had been drawn into the same group. Although he missed the first game, played in Basel and won by his former team, he played in the return, away game which was won by his new team.

Syfrig scored his first goal for his club on 17 September in the home game in the St. Jakob Stadium as Basel won 3–1 against Emmenbrücke. It was a very important goal, because the home team were a goal down as of the 23rd minute. The guests had received two red cards, but were still leading as Syfrig equalised in the 88 minute. Two more goals from Beat Aebi (90) and Mario Moscatelli (90+6) then decided the match for Basel. [3]

Basel won the division in the first qualifying phase. But in the promotion/relegation phase they lost too many points against Lausanne-Sport and St. Gallen, both of whom could then avoid relegation. Syfrig's contract with Basel was only for one year and he left the club after this one season. During this time Syfrig played a total of 47 games for Basel scoring a total of four goals. 31 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, five in the Swiss Cup and 11 were friendly games. He scored three goals in the domestic league and the other one was scored during the test games. [4]

Following his time with Basel, Syfrig signed for two years with FC Aarau, one league higher, but he never became a regular player.

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References

  1. ↑ Erik Garin. "Switzerland 1987/88". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  2. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Zürich - FC Basel 1:1 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "FC Basel - FC Emmenbrücke 3:1 (0:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  4. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Michael Syfrig - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2019.

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