Peter Ramseier

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Peter Ramseier (born November 29, 1944 ; † October 10, 2018 ) was a Swiss football player who won the Swiss championship six times with FC Basel in 1967, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973 and 1977 .

career

Association until 1978

Defender Peter “Rämsi” Ramseier, who came to FC Basel from Cantonal in 1966 - Toni Schnyder and Peter Wenger were other newcomers - immediately celebrated winning the title in 1966/67 with one point ahead of FC Zurich in his first season in the team of player-coach Helmut Benthaus and with a 2-1 win against Lausanne also the cup triumph . Benthaus himself attributes this success "primarily to the physical superiority over the competition". "Strength, endurance and toughness - these were the decisive components of our mix of success," he continues in his 2001 review.

Ramseier belonged to the circle of players at FC Basel, who remained unbeaten at the "Joggeli" between June 1968 and August 1972 - a series of 52 games without a home defeat. It became a symbol of Benthaus football, which was new at the time and which, in addition to technical equipment, also required athletic skills. In the second championship success in 1968/69 - with one point ahead of Lausanne-Sports - the midfield was dominated by Jürgen Sundermann , Karl Odermatt and Benthaus and in defense, “Rämsi” Ramseier began to establish his fame as Odermatt's most important helper.

The permanent success of FC Basel continued until the round of 1972/73. Three more title wins were added and in 1971 only a 3: 4 defeat after extra time in the playoff against Grasshopper Club Zurich prevented five championship wins in a row. The permanent rivals from Zurich, GC and FC, prevented total success in this era. FC Zurich prevailed against Ramseier and colleagues in the three finals of the cup competition in 1970, 1972 and 1973. But in 1975 the defensive player and his teammates Marcel Kunz , Karl Odermatt, Rene Hasler , Otto Demarmels , Walter Balmer and Ottmar Hitzfeld also achieved another success in the Cup . On May 31, 1975 the final was won against FC Winterthur with 3-1 goals .

For “Rämsi” Ramseier, the big time with FC Basel ended with the sixth title win in 1976/77, when the Benthaus-Elf won the deciding game on June 28 with 2-1 goals against Servette Geneva . The defense around Walter Mundschin and Peter Ramseier played a decisive role in this success .

From 1968/69 to 1977/78 the constant defensive size had played 17 games for Basel in the various European Cup competitions and won the Alpine Cup against Bologna and Florence in 1969 and 1970 . After the 1977/78 season, the defensive player ended his playing career after twelve years of activity for Basel. As a functionary, he was senior chairman at the Rotblauen for more than 20 years.

National team, 1968 to 1973

The defender of FC Basel had his first appearance in the national team under coach Erwin Ballabio on April 17, 1968 in the home St. Jakobstadion in Basel in the friendly game against Germany. In defense, he acted alongside Bruno Michaud and Ely Tacchella and in conjunction with midfield strategists Jakob Kuhn and Karl Odermatt, the national team of national coach Helmut Schön defied a goalless 0-0. Not allowing the DFB attack with Horst Köppel , Uwe Seeler , Johannes Löhr and Georg Volkert to score, spoke for the defensive performance of the hosts. Ramseier played in the qualifying games for the 1970 World Cup against Greece, Romania and Portugal, in the qualifying games for the 1972 European Football Championship against Greece, Malta and England, and in the 1974 World Cup qualification in Germany in the games against Italy, Luxembourg and the Turkey. Ramseier could not qualify with the "Nati" for any of these tournaments.

However, individual games still stood out. On April 16, 1969, he defended with Mario Prosperi , Bruno Michaud, Ely Tacchella and Pirmin Stierli at the Estadio Jose Alvalade in Lisbon so consistently that Portugal lost their home game in the World Cup qualifying with two goals from Georges Vuilleumier with 0-2 goals. The 1-1 draw on November 10, 1971 in the European Championship qualifying in front of 90,423 spectators at London's Wembley Stadium against England with their masters Shilton, Moore, Summerbee, Ball, Hurst and Lee was a high point in Ramseier's career. The 0-0 draw on October 21, 1972 in front of 58,000 spectators in Wankdorf in Bern in the World Cup qualification against the "Squadra Azzurra" with Zoff, Rosato, Burgnich, Mazzola, Capello, Chinaglia, Rivera and Riva was for Ramseier and Colleagues - Mario Prosperi, Walter Mundschin, Angelo Boffi , Rene Hasler, Karl Odermatt, Jakob Kuhn, Pierre-Albert Chapuisat , Walter Balmer, Kurt Müller and Daniel Jeandupeux - more than just a respectable success.

After his 28th international match on June 22, 1973 in Bern against Scotland, Ramseier ended his "Nati" career with a 1-0 win under the coach René Hüssy .

He died in October 2018 at the age of 73.

literature

  • Beat Jung (Hrsg.): The Nati: The history of the Swiss national football team. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2006, ISBN 978-3-89533-532-7 .
  • Swiss Football League (Ed.): 75 years of the Swiss Football League - National League SFV 2009. Swiss Football League, Muri, 2009, ISBN 978-3-9523556-0-2 .
  • Josef Zindel: FC Basel: emotions in red-blue. Opinio Verlag, Basel, 2001, ISBN 978-3-03999-002-3 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FCB legend Peter Ramseier died at the age of 74. In: OnlineReports . October 11, 2018, accessed October 12, 2018 .
  2. ^ Josef Zindel: FC Basel . P. 98.
personal data
SURNAME Ramseier, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1944
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 2018