Anton Schnyder

Anton Schnyder (born 22 October 1936) is a retired Swiss international footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played as midfielder.

Anton Schnyder
Personal information
Full name Anton Schnyder
Date of birth (1936-10-22) 22 October 1936
Place of birth Solothurn, Switzerland
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1957 FC Grenchen 49 (0)
1957–1964 BSC Young Boys 128 (3)
1964–1966 Servette FC 42 (6)
1966–1969 FC Basel 34 (1)
1969–1970 FC Concordia Basel
National team
1959–1966 Switzerland 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Schnyder first played for Grenchen during the 1955–56 Nationalliga A season, but the club suffered relegation. After the following season Schnyder and his club managed promotion back to the highest flight of Swiss football.[1] Schnyder the moved on to play for Young Boys. He played for them for six seasons and Schnyder won the Swiss Championship three times. Schnyder moved on in the summer of 1964 to play for Servette for two seasons.

Schnyder joined FC Basel's first team for their 1966–67 season under player-manager Helmut Benthaus. After playing in three test games, Schnyder played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game at the Landhof on 21 August 1966 as Basel won 1–0 against Lugano.[2] He scored his first goal for his club on 21 May 1967 in the home game as Basel won 4–1 against Biel-Bienne.[3] Schnyder won the Swiss championship title for the fourth time in his personal career at the end of this season. Basel finished the championship one point clear of FC Zürich who finished in second position. Basel won 16 of the 26 games, drawing eight, losing twice, and they scored 60 goals conceding just 20.[4]

In the Swiss Cup final, in the former Wankdorf Stadium on 15 May 1967, Basel's opponents were Lausanne-Sports. Helmut Hauser scored the decisive goal via penalty. The game went down in football history due to the sit-down strike that followed this goal. After 88 minutes of play, with the score at 1–1, referee Karl Göppel awarded Basel a controversial penalty. André Grobéty had pushed Hauser gently in the back and he let himself drop theatrically. Subsequent to the 2–1 for Basel the Lausanne players refused to resume the game and they sat down demonstratively on the pitch. The referee had to abandon the match. Basel were awarded the cup with a 3–0 forfait.[5][6]

The following season Schnyder was injured during a test games during the pre-season. Although he recovered within two months and played in two Swiss Cup matches, he did not make it to a league match until March the following year. He played in just eight league matches that season. During his third season with Basel, although he played in the Cup of the Alps and various test matches, he played only one game in the domestic league. Between the years 1966 and 1969 Schnyder played a total of 71 games for Basel scoring a total of four goals. 34 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, nine in the Swiss Cup, eight in the European competitions (European Cup, Cup of the Alps and Inter-Cities Fairs Cup) and 20 were friendly games. He scored one goal in the domestic league, the other three were scored during the test games.[7]

Following his time with Basel, Schnyder moved on to lower tier, local club Concordia Basel and ended his active professional football career.

International career

Schnyder was first called up for the Swiss national team during the spring of 1959. He played for the team in the friendly match on 26 April 1959 as the team lost a friendly match against Yugoslavia. He played two other matches for the country on 26 May 1965 against Germany and on 22 October 1966 against Belgium.

Honours and Titles

Young Boys

Basel

References
  1. Erik Garin, Luc Nackaerts. "Nationalliga A/B 1956/57". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC Lugano 1:0 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. "FC Basel - FC Biel-Bienne 4:1 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. rsssf (1967). "Switzerland 1966/67". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  5. Schmid, Andreas W. (2010). ""Ein klarer Penalty!" "Nein, eine klare Schwalbe!"" (in German). Basler Zeitung. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  6. dsc (2010). "Der legendäre Sitzstreik im Final 1967" (in German). sport.sf.tv. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  7. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Anton Schnyder". 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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