Bruno Gabrieli

Bruno Gabrieli (born 26 April 1939) is a Swiss former footballer who played in the late 1950s and 1960s. He played mainly as Striker, but also as midfielder.

Bruno Gabrieli
Personal information
Full name Bruno Gabrieli
Date of birth (1939-04-26) 26 April 1939
Place of birth Binningen, Switzerland
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1962 Grasshopper Club Zürich 60 (15)
1963–1964 Nordstern Basel
1964–1966 FC Basel 28 (1)
1966–1968 Grasshopper Club Zürich 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Gabrieli played first for Grasshopper Club in the top tier of Swiss football. In 1963 he moved to live in Basel and then played for Nordstern two tiers lower.

Gabrieli joined FC Basel's first team at the end of their 1963–64 season under manager Jiří Sobotka. In this first season with the club, Gabrieli played in only three games in the Cup of the Alps during June 1964. In their 1964–65 season, after three test games, Gabrieli played his domestic league debut for his new club in the first league game of the season on 23 August as Basel lost 2–3 against Biel-Bienne.[1] He scored his first goal for the club in the Swiss Cup on 1 November in the home game at the Landhof as Basel won 3–1 against FC Bern to advance to the next round.[2] Gabrieli scored his first league goal for the club on 21 November 1965 in the home game as Basel won 5–1 against Young Fellows Zürich.[3]

One note must be made to a friendly match played in March 1965. The popular Basel captain of that time Hans Weber, played his very last game on 26 December 1964 in the quarter-finals of the Swiss Cup against Grasshoppers Zürich because just seven weeks later he died of cancer. The friendly match on 31 March, in which Basel played against the Swiss national team, was staged as Hans Weber memorial.[4] Gabrieli scored the last game of the match as Basel won 3–0.[5]

Between the years 1964 and 1966 Gabrieli played a total of 53 games for Basel scoring a total of seven goals. 28 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, seven in the Swiss Cup, three in the Cup of the Alps, five in the 1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and ten were friendly games. He scored one goal in the domestic league, one in the Swiss Cup and the other five were scored during the test games.[6]

Following his time in Basel Gabrieli returned to his former club Grasshopper Club and ended his playing career here.

References
  1. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Biel-Bienne - FC Basel 3:2 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. "FC Basel - FC Bern 3:1 (2:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. "FC Basel - FC Young Fellows Zürich 5:1 (3:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. Zindel, Josef (2018), "Die ersten 125 Jahre", Weber, Hans - Page 209, Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel
  5. "FC Basel - Schweiz 3:0 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  6. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Bruno Gabrieli - FCB-Statistik". 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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