Jörg Stohler (born 27 August 1949) is a

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former

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who played as a defender during the 1970s and 1980s. He played over 300 League Championship matches and won the

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Championship four times. He also won the

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, the

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and

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once. Stohler played ten games for the Swiss national team.

Football career

Born in

Pratteln Pratteln (Swiss German: ''Brattele'') is a municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland, located in the district of Liestal. History Pratteln is first mentioned around 1102-03 as ''Bratello''. Geography Pratteln has an area, ...

, Stohler started his football in the youth system with local club Pratteln and as of 1967 played regularly for their first team. He moved to

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in 1970. Stohler was part of the team that completed a record run of 52 home games unbeaten in the

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between June 1968 and August 1972. On 30 July 1974 he scored the first goal in the

Final, but Basel lost by 1–2 against Young Boys. He also scored a penalty in the Final of the same competition on 29 September 1981 as Basel won 5-3 on penalties after a 2-2 at full-time. In the

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in Bern on 11 June 1983 Stohler played his 300th league match. At the end of his professional career, in the summer of 1984, Stohler moved to

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and he played there for two years. Then for the season 1988/89 Stohler moved to FC Münchenstein in the 3. Liga (then the sixth tier of the Swiss Football League) and became their player-manager. This was a very successful move because at the end of the season the club was promoted to the 2. Liga. During his time at FC Basel, Stohler played ten games for the Swiss national team between 1975 and 1980.

Private life

Stohler did his apprenticeship as a construction mechanic. He worked in the local chemical industry, but since 2005 he is retired. Stohler is married and has two grown up children.

Honours

Basel *

championship winner:

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...

1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...

winner: 1975 *

winner: 1973 * Alpencupsieger: 1981 Grenchen * Promotion from the Nationalliga B to the Nationalliga A: 1985 Münchenstein * Promotion to the 2. Liga: 1989

References

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