Werner Schley

Club career

Schley played his youth football with Nordstern Basel and advanced to their first team in 1951. At that time they played in the Nationalliga B, the second tier of Swiss football. In that season Schley played between the posts in 16 of the 26 games, but could not save the team from suffering relegation. Schley then joined FC Basel for their 1952–53 season with club legend René Bader as player-manager. After playing in five test matches, Schley played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game on 31 August 1952 as Basel drew 2–2 with Young Boys. At the end of the season Schley had played in 19 of the league games and the team won their very first league title in 1953. In 1953 Schley then signed for Grasshopper Club Zürich, but returned to FC Basel after just one season. Between the years 1952 to 1953 and again from 1954 to 1957 Schley played a total of 129 games for Basel. 86 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, ten in the Swiss Cup and 33 were friendly games. In the summer of 1958 Schley then signed for FC Zürich and he remained with them for seven years. He advanced to become team captain in 1960 and held this position until his retirement. At the end of the season 1962–63 Zürich won the championship.

International experience

Schley earned three caps for the Swiss national team, making his international debut in a 1–5 defeat against Yugoslavia on 25 April 1959 in Basel. His last appearance was in a 3–1 win over the…

Basel

Swiss League Champion: 1952–53 Zürich

Swiss League Champion: 1962–63