Erni Maissen

Maissen played his youth football for local club FC Reinach, then moved on to play for the youth of FC Basel. He advanced to their first team for the 1975–76 season and signed his first professional contract under head-coach Helmut Benthaus. Maissen played his team debut for the club in the away game in the Cup of the Alps on 24 July 1976 as Basel played a 1–1 draw with Nantes Atlantique. Maissen then played one test match, in which he scored a goal, then he played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise on 21 August. He scored his first goal for his team in the same game and it was the match winner as Basel won 1–0 against Lausanne-Sport. Maissen started his career well, in the next two league games Maissen also scored in each and he also scored a goal in his first European appearance on 14 September in the 1976–77 UEFA Cup match against Glentoran In the test game against amateur club Derendingen on 6 October he netted his first hat-trick. This meant he had scored 10 goals in his first 13 appearance. Maissen spent seven years with the club and was part of the title winning sides of 1977 and 1980, before joining rivals FC Zürich in 1982. He had an unsuccessful time at Zürich, though, and returned to FC Basel a season later. Maissen scored three hat-tricks during his career, but these were during the test games. In the Swiss Cup match on 20 September 1986 against Köniz Maissen scored four goals. In the domestic league…

Basel Swiss Super League: 1976–77, 1979–80