Emil Müller (footballer)

Emil Müller (born 14 July 1933) was a Swiss footballer and later football manager. He played in the late 1950s and 1960s as forward. He was youth trainer for various clubs, interims coach for FC Basel and FC Münchenstein.

Emil Müller
Personal information
Full name Emil Müller
Date of birth (1933-07-14)14 July 1933
Place of birth Switzerland
Date of death 2001
Place of death Basel, Switzerland
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
until 1957 FC Black Stars Basel
1957–1958 FC Basel 3 (1)
1958– FC Black Stars Basel
Teams managed
1984–1985 FC Basel
1989–1992 FC Münchenstein
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Müller first played for FC Black Stars Basel, who at that time were playing in the fourth tier of Swiss football. He joined FC Basel's first team for their 1957–58 season under manager Rudi Strittich. After playing in four test games, in which he scored four goals, Müller played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game on 8 September 1957 as Basel were defeated 0–2 by Lugano.[1] Müller scored his first domestic league goal for his club on 6 October in the home game at the Landhof against Grenchen, but this goal could not save the team from a 3–4 defeat.[2]

In his one season with the club, Müller played a total of 11 games for Basel scoring a total of 6 goals. Three of these games were in the Nationalliga A, two in the Swiss Cup and six were friendly games. He scored that one goal in the domestic league, one in the cup and the other four were scored during the test games. After his season with Basel Müller returned to his club of origin Black Stars Basel.[3]

In later years Müller became trainer and football manager. In 1983 Ernst August Künnecke was hired as team coach for FC Basel and Emil Müller was appointed as his assistant. Then during the 1984–85 season, Basel's club chairman Urs Gribi fired Künnecke following a league run of four defeats and six draws with only one win. Gribi installed Müller as head coach up until the end of the season and he was able to lead the team away from the relegation zone.[4]

In 1989 Müller was appointed as manager for local club FC Münchenstein and remained here for three seasons.[5] During the following years Müller was trainer of other local clubs. He died after an illness in February 2001.

References
  1. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Lugano - FC Basel 2:0 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. "FC Basel - FC Grenchen 3:4 (2:4)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Emil Müller - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. Zindel, Josef (2018), "1985, Signalle aus Stuttgart", Page 84, Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel
  5. Fehr, Kurt (1995). 75 Joor FC Münchenstein 1920 -1995. FC Münchenstein.

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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