Alex Mathys
Alex Mathys (* 1916) was a Swiss footballer who played from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. He played as Striker.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alex Mathys | ||
| Date of birth | 1916 | ||
| Place of birth | Switzerland | ||
| Date of death | unknown | ||
| Playing position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1938–1942 | FC Basel | 39 | (18) |
| 1941–1942 | Brühl St. Gallen | ||
| 1943–1948 | FC Basel | 0 | (0) |
| 1947–1951 | Concordia Basel | 34 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Mathys joined Basel's first team during their 1938–39 season under player-manager Fernand Jaccard. He played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game on 11 December 1938 as Basel were defeated 0–2 by La Chaux-de-Fonds.[1] He scored his first goal for his club on 30 April 1939 in the home game at the Landhof against Lausanne-Sport. It was the winning goal as Basel won 1–0.[2]
Mathys played three and a half season with the club. He started in the 1941–1942 season with Basel, but during the winterbreak he moved on to play for Brühl St. Gallen. In the 1943–1944 season he returned to Basel for another three and a half years. There is no indication why he played in only three test matches during this period, but this was probably due to the situation with World War II. In the winter break 1947–1948 Mathys left the club again and moved on to Concordia Basel who played, one tier lower, in the Nationalliga B.
Between the years 1938 to 1942 and again from 1943 to 1948 Mathys played a total of 60 games for Basel scoring a total of 26 goals. 39 of these games were in the Nationalliga and 1. Liga, eight in the Swiss Cup and 13 were friendly games.[3] Mathys scored 18 goals in the domestic league, one in the Cup and the others were scored during the test games. On 31 August 1941 in the game against SC Juventus Zürich striker Mathys scored seven goals as Basel won by 10–1.[4] There is no indication or evidence in the history books that this is not the goal scoring record for a single FCB player in a single match in the club's entire history.[5]
References
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC La Chaux-de-Fonds - FC Basel 2:0 (2:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- "FC Basel - FC Lausanne-Sport 1:0 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Alex Mathys - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - SC Juventus Zürich 10:1 (6:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- Zindel, Josef (2018), "Alex Mathys", Page 178, Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel
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)