Philipp Baumberger (born 6 December 1967) is a
Swiss
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former
footballer
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who played in the late 1980s as
defender.
Baumberger played his youth football with
FC Basel
Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel, FCB, or just Basel, is a Swiss football club based in Basel, in the Canton of Basel-Stadt. Formed in 1893, the club has been Swiss national champions 20 times, Swiss Cup winners 13 times, and ...
and joined the first team in their
1987–88 season under head-coach
Urs Siegenthaler
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Playing career
Born in Basel, Siegenthaler started his football with local te ...
. After playing in three test games, Baumberger played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the
St. Jakob Stadium
The St. Jakob Stadium was a football stadium in Basel, Switzerland and the former home of Swiss club FC Basel. It was built in view of the 1954 FIFA World Cup, and as well as serving as a club stadium, it hosted several important matches, inc ...
,
Basel
, french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese
, neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...
on 12 August 1987 as Basel were defeated 1–2 by
Lausanne-Sport.
His contract ran for one year and at the end of the
1987–88 Nationalliga A
Statistics of Swiss National League A in the 1987–88 football season.
Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and Neuchâtel Xamax won the championship.
First stage Table
Results
Second stage
Championship group Table
Results
Promo ...
season, Baumberger and the team suffered relegation. During this time Baumberger played a total of eight games for Basel without scoring a goal. Four of these games were in the
Nationalliga A, one in the
Swiss Cup
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and three were friendly games.
References
Sources
* Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage
FC Basel players
Swiss men's footballers
Association football defenders
Swiss Super League players
1967 births
Living people
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