Karl Odermatt

Karl Odermatt
Personal information
Full name	Karl Odermatt
Date of birth	(1942-12-17) 17 December 1942
Place of birth	Lucerne, Switzerland
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder
Youth career
1954–1962	FC Concordia Basel
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1962	FC Concordia Basel	72	(20)
1962–1975	FC Basel	312	(80)
1975–1980	BSC Young Boys	24	(8)
Total		408	(108)
National team
1965–1973	Switzerland	50	(10)
Teams managed
1992	FC Basel
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Karl Odermatt (born 17 December 1942 in Lucerne) is a Swiss former footballer who played for FC Basel and BSC Young Boys throughout the 1960s and 1970s. He played as a midfielder or striker and is generally regarded as one of the best players ever to have worn the FC Basel shirt. He played through, what is now thought to be, Basel's golden years under trainer and manager Helmut Benthaus with team-mates such as Paul Fischli, René Hasler and Ottmar Hitzfeld.

Career

As a small child “Karli” Odermatt grew up in Lucerne and later his family moved to Basel. A coach from the FC Concordia Basel youth system discovered him on a school football field, invited him to a club training and just a few days later he started playing in their youth team. Later he played in their first team in the 1. Liga.

“Karli” Odermatt signed for FC Basel in 1962 and in his debut, in September, against FC Lugano he scored two goals. In his first professional season, under manager Jiří Sobotka the mainly amtature team lifted the Swiss Cup, winning the final 2:0 against the favorites Grasshopper Club Zürich. Two more cup wins were to follow during Odermatts time at the St. Jakob Stadium. During the summer of 1965 Helmut Benthaus was signed as player-manager and Odermatt won his first league-winners medal in 1967. Four more league titles followed, in the years 1969, 1970, 1972 and 1973.

In 1975 he transferred to BSC Young Boys and helped them win the Swiss Cup 1977 before he retired.

Odermatt was also a Swiss internationalist, and earned 50 caps in his ten-year international career. He played mainly in centre midfield alongside Köbi Kuhn, and played in all three games at the 1966 World Cup. He scored his first of ten international goals against England at Wembley Stadium on November 10, 1971.^[1]

Personal Information

During 1992 he was appointed as caretaker manager of Basel for a short time, together with Bruno Rahmen, after Ernst August Künnecke was sacked and before Friedel Rausch took over.

His biography «Karli none Gool!» was published in 2002.^[2]

Odermatt has two daughters (Jacqueline and Patricia) from his first marriage and two sons (Andreas and Daniel) from his second wife.

Honours

Club

Basel

Swiss League: 1966-67, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1971-72 1972-73
Swiss Cup: 1962-63, 1966–67, 1974–75
Swiss League Cup: 1973

Young Boys

Swiss Cup: 1976-77

Individual

Swiss Footballer of the Year: 1973

References

↑ Switzerland - Record International Players "Switzerland - Record International Players" Check |url= value (help). rsssf. 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
↑ Haller, Susanne; Matti, René (2002). ""Karli, none Gool!" Die Basler Fussball-Legende Karl Odermatt" (in German). christoph-merian-verlag. Retrieved 2010-11-16.

Swiss Footballer of the Year

Previous winners	1972–73: Karl Odermatt 1973–74: verilmedi 1974–75: Umberto Barberis 1975–76: Köbi Kuhn 1976–77: Hansjörg Pfister 1977–78: Rudolf Elsener 1978–79: Umberto Barberis 1979–80: Umberto Barberis 1980–81: Heinz Lüdi 1981–82: Claudio Sulser 1982–83: Lucien Favre 1983–84: Heinz Hermann 1984–85: Heinz Hermann / Rolf Osterwalder 1985–86: Heinz Hermann 1986–87: Heinz Hermann 1987–88: Heinz Hermann 1988–89: Peter Nadig 1989–90: André Egli 1990–91: Adrian Knup 1991–92: Jean-Paul Brigger 1992–93: Ciriaco Sforza 1993–94: Thomas Bickel 1994–95: Nestor Subiat 1995–96: Kubilay Türkyilmaz 1996–97: Kubilay Türkyilmaz 1997–98: Kubilay Türkyilmaz

Foreigner of the Year	1974–75: Ilija Katić 1975–76: Ilija Katić 1976–77: Eigil Nielsen 1977–78: Martin Chivers 1978–79: Jurica Jerković 1979–80: Piet Hamberg 1980–81: Robert Kok 1981–82: Jurica Jerković 1982–83: Jurica Jerković 1983–84: Raúl Nogués 1984–85: Charly Herberth 1985–86: Lars Lunde 1986–87: Robert Prytz 1987–88: John Eriksen 1988–89: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 1989–90: Iván Zamorano 1990–91: Edwin Gorter 1991–92: Igor Dobrovolski 1992–93: Sonny Anderson 1993–94: Élber 1994–95: Petar Aleksandrov 1995–96: Viorel Moldovan 1996–97: Viorel Moldovan 1997–98: Shabani Nonda

Switzerland squad – 1966 FIFA World Cup

1 Elsener 2 Allemann 3 Armbruster 4 Bäni 5 Brodmann (c) 6 Dürr 7 Führer 8 Gottardi 9 Grobéty 10 Hosp 11 Kuhn 12 Eichmann 13 Künzli 14 Leimgruber 15 Odermatt 16 Quentin 17 Schindelholz 18 Schneiter 19 Stierli 20 Tacchella 21 Vuilleumier 22 Prosperi Coach: Foni

FC Basel – managers

Humphreys (1913–14)
Breunig (1922–23)
Kertész (1928–30)
Putzendopler (1930–31)
Haftel (1931–32)
Kurz (1932–33)
Haist (1933–34)
Kohn (1934)
Riemke (1934–35)
Körner (1935–37)
Jaccard (1937–39)
Dietrich (1939)
Galler (1939–40)
Rupf (1940–43)
Wolf (1943–46)
Barras (1946)
Schall (1946–47)
Hufschmid (1947–52)
Bader (1952–55)
Dürr (1955)
Sárosi (1955–1957)
Strittich (1957–1958)
Bader (1958–59)
Vincze (1959–61)
Sobotka (1961–65)
Benthaus (1965–82)
Ohlhauser (1982–83)
Künnecke (1983–84)
Müller (1984–85)
Benthaus (1985–87)
Siegenthaler (1987–90)
Künnecke (1990–92)
Odermatt (1992)
Rahmen (1992)
Rausch (1992–93)
Andrey (1993–95)
Šváb (1995)
Engel (1995–97)
Hermann (1997)
Andracchio (1997)
Berger (1997)
Andracchio (1997)
Mathez (1997–99)
Schällibaum (1999)
Gross (1999–2009)
Fink (2009–11)
Vogel (2011–12)
Yakin (2012–14)
Sousa (2014–15)
Fischer (2015–)

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