Hansruedi Schär (born 3 August 1957) is a

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retired

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who played as

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in the 1970s and 1980s. Born in

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Schär played his youth football on the local club in

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. Schär joined Basel's first team for their 1977–78 season under head-coach

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. After playing in one test match Schär played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game on 11 December 1977 as Basel won 5–4 against Young Boys. He scored his first goal for the club on 4 March 1978 in the home game at the

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as Basel played against Sion. Schär scored the first goal of the match,

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added another and Roland Schönenberger scored a hat-trick as Basel won 5–0. The season

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was an exciting season. After the Qualifying phase

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, Grasshopper Club and Basel were within three points of each other. The close rivalry remained until the end of the season. In the second last game Basel were hosts to Servette, winning 1–0. In the last match of the season Basel were away against

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. Winning 4–2 Basel became champions and were two points ahead of both Grasshoppers and Servette who fished second and third respectively. One test match in the pre-season 1980–81 must receive a mention here. This being the final to the pre-season Philips Cup tournament that took place on 19 August 1980 in the

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. Basel played

and were leading 2–1 just before half-time. Then came Hansruedi Schär's goal scoring momentum. In the 43', 46' and 58' he scored a hat-trick and Basel won 7–2. The first and only match in his career that he scored more than one goal in a game. For the greater part of the

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season Schär was loaned to locals rivals

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, but they suffered relegation despite this reinforcement. Schär stayed with Basel until into the early part of the

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season. Between the years 1977 and 1982 Schär played a total of 117 games for Basel scoring a total of 12 goals. 58 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 13 were in the

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and

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, eight were in the European competitions (

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and Cup of the Alps) and 38 were friendly games. He scored four goals in the domestic league, the other eight were scored during the test games. During the 1982–83 season Schär moved on to

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, where he stayed until the end of his active playing career.

References

Sources

* Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. * Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
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