Jürg Wenger (footballer)

Jürg Wenger (born 25 December) is a Swiss former footballer who played two seasons for FC Basel as goalkeeper.

Jürg Wenger
Personal information
Full name Jürg Wenger
Date of birth (1950-12-25) 25 December 1950
Place of birth Switzerland
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1977 FC Basel 17 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Wenger joined Basel's first team for their 1975–76 season under team manager Helmut Benthaus. After playing between the posts in ten test games and one Cup of the Alps match, Wenger played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game at the St. Jakob Stadium on 10 April as Basel played a goalless draw with Xamax.[1]

Wenger was part of the championship winning team in the 1976–77 Nationalliga A season. At the end of the championship phase Servette FC Genève and Basel were level on 29 points. They therefore had to play a play-off for champions. This play-off was held at the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern in front of 50,000 supporters. Basel won the match 2–1, their goals being scored by Walter Mundschin and Arthur von Wartburg.[2]

In his two seasons by the club, Wenger played a total of 40 games for Basel. 17 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, two in the Swiss League Cup, one in the UEFA Cup against Glentoran,[3] three in the Cup of the Alps and 17 were friendly games.[4]

Honours

References
  1. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - Neuchâtel Xamax 0:0 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - Servette FC 2:1 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. "Glentoran 3-2 Basel – Overview". uefa.com. 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Jürg Wenger - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

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