J. Schneider

J. Schneider

Personal information
Full name	J. Schneider
Date of birth	unknown
Place of birth	Switzerland
Position(s)	Midfielder, Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1895–1896	FC Basel
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

J. Schneider (date of birth unknown) was a Swiss footballer who played for FC Basel as forward or midfielder during the 1890s.

Football career

FC Basel was founded on 15 November 1893 and Schneider joined the club about two years later, during their 1895–96 season. Schneider played his first game for the club in the home game on 23 November 1895 as Basel played their first ever game against Anglo-American Club Zürich.

Schneider stayed with the club for just this one season and during this time he played five games for Basel without scoring a goal.

Notes

Sources

• Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2189-1
• Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
• Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage

(NB: Despite all efforts, the editors of these books and the authors in "Basler Fussballarchiv" have failed to be able to identify all the players, their date and place of birth or date and place of death, who played in the games during the early years of FC Basel)