Silvan Schwager

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Silvan Schwager
Personal information
Full name Silvan Schwager
Date of birth 1946
Place of birth Switzerland
Position(s) Defender, Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1965–1966 FC Basel 7 (0)
1966–1968 FC St. Gallen 32 (0)
1968–1970 FC Thun 28 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Silvan Schwager (born 1946) is a Swiss former footballer who played in the 1960s. He played as midfielder but also as defender.

Schwager joined FC Basel's first team for their 1965–66 season under player-manager Helmut Benthaus. After playing in one test game against local club Concordia Basel, Schwager played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game on 26 September 1965 as Basel lost 0–1 against Sion. [1]

Schwager played this one season for Basel and a total of 15 games without scoring a goal. Seven of these games were in the Nationalliga A, two in the european competitions (Cup of the Alps and Inter-Cities Fairs Cup) and six were friendly games. [2]

He then moved on and played two seasons for FC St. Gallen and at least another two seasons for FC Thun

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References

  1. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Sion - FC Basel 1:0 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Silvan Schwager - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

Sources

(NB: Despite all efforts, the editors of these books and the authors in "Basler Fussballarchiv" have failed to be able to identify all the players, their date and place of birth or date and place of death, who played in the games during the early years of FC Basel)


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