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Eugen Meier scored his first international goal in his debut match on 25 May 1953

Football player Eugen Meier

Eugen Meier

Geni Meier

Born on 30 April 1930, Bäretswil
Died on 26 March 2002, Bern (aged 71)

National team appearances of Eugen Meier

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Switzerland	1953 - 1962	42	6		2	3		0.071
Total:		42	6		2	3		0.071

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
BSC Young Boys, Bern	25 May 1953 - 07 Jun 1962	42	6		2	3		0.071

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Capt.

Sub. off

Goals

Goals/ Caps

Central European International Cup (IC)

0.100

World Cup qualifiers (QW)

World Cup final tournament (WC)

Friendly matches and other tournaments

0.095

Total:

0.071

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
25 May 1953	Turkey	debut; first goal	23 years 25 days
19 Jun 1955	Spain	first cap as captain	25 years 1 month 20 days
7 Jun 1962	Italy	last appearance	32 years 1 month 8 days

Record of Eugen Meier's goals by opponent team

Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	Matches by goals in a match				Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	1	2	3	>3	Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Turkey	1		1	1				1.000	1	1.000
Czechoslovakia	1		1	1				1.000	3	0.333
Belgium	1		1	1				1.000	5	0.200
(+) other teams									33
Total:	3		3	3	0	0	0	1.000	42	0.071

Record of national team matches played by Eugen Meier

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Switzerland national football team	42	9	7	26	57	111	29.8

Eugen Meier's international caps

as player of BSC Young Boys, Bern:

debut age, age when scoring first goal - 23 years 25 days

25 May 1953 15:00 (+1:00)

Bern, Wankdorfstadion

1-2

Switzerland vs Turkey

Friendly International

1х

20 Sep 1953 16:00 (+1:00)

Prague, Stadion Československé Armády, Strahov

5-0

Czechoslovakia vs Switzerland

Central European International Cup 1948-1953

11 Nov 1953 14:30 (+1:00)

Colombes, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir

2-4

France vs Switzerland

Friendly International

22 Nov 1953 14:30 (+1:00)

Zurich, Hardturm

2-2

Switzerland vs Belgium

Friendly International

25 Apr 1954 15:00 (+1:00)

Basel, St. Jakob Stadion

3-5

Switzerland vs West Germany

Friendly International

17 Jun 1954 18:00 (+1:00)

Lausanne, Stade Olympique de La Pontaise

2-1

Switzerland vs Italy

1954 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament, Group 4

20 Jun 1954 17:00 (+1:00)

Bern, Wankdorfstadion

0-2

Switzerland vs England

1954 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament, Group 4

19 Sep 1954 13:30 (+1:00)

Copenhagen, Københavns Idrætspark

1-1

Denmark vs Switzerland

Friendly International

10 Oct 1954 15:00 (+1:00)

Budapest, Népstadion

3-0

Hungary vs Switzerland

Friendly International

19 May 1955 14:30 (+1:00)

Rotterdam, Stadion de Kuip (Feijenoord)

4-1

Netherlands vs Switzerland

Friendly International

19 Jun 1955 17:00 (+1:00)

Geneva, Stade des Charmilles

0-3

Switzerland vs Spain

Friendly International

26 Jun 1955 17:30 (+1:00)

Belgrade, Stadion Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija

0-0

Yugoslavia vs Switzerland

Central European International Cup 1955-1957

17 Sep 1955 17:00 (+1:00)

Lausanne, Stade Olympique de La Pontaise

4-5

Switzerland vs Hungary

Central European International Cup 1955-1957

09 Oct 1955 15:00 (+1:00)

Basel, St. Jakob Stadion

1-2

Switzerland vs France

Friendly International

11 Mar 1956 15:00 (+1:00)

Brussels, Stade du Heysel

1-3

Belgium vs Switzerland

Friendly International

1х

11 Apr 1956 20:15 (+1:00)

Zurich, Hardturm

1-1

Switzerland vs Brazil

Friendly International

10 May 1956 15:00 (+1:00)

Geneva, Stade des Charmilles

1-6

Switzerland vs Czechoslovakia

Central European International Cup 1955-1957

15 Sep 1956 16:30 (+1:00)

Lausanne, Stade Olympique de La Pontaise

2-3

Switzerland vs Netherlands

Friendly International

11 Nov 1956 15:00 (+1:00)

Bern, Wankdorfstadion

1-1

Switzerland vs Italy

Central European International Cup 1955-1957

21 Nov 1956 14:00 (+1:00)

Frankfurt am Main, Waldstadion

1-3

West Germany vs Switzerland

Friendly International

10 Mar 1957 16:30 (+1:00)

Madrid, Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

2-2

Spain vs Switzerland

1958 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 9

14 Apr 1957 15:30 (+1:00)

Vienna, Praterstadion (Wiener Stadion)

4-0

Austria vs Switzerland

Central European International Cup 1955-1957

19 May 1957 15:00 (+1:00)

Basel, St. Jakob Stadion

1-2

Switzerland vs Scotland

1958 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 9

06 Nov 1957 14:30

Glasgow, Hampden Park

3-2

Scotland vs Switzerland

1958 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 9

24 Nov 1957 14:30 (+1:00)

Lausanne, Stade Olympique de La Pontaise

1-4

Switzerland vs Spain

1958 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 9

16 Apr 1958 20:30 (+1:00)

Paris, Parc des Princes

0-0

France vs Switzerland

Friendly International

07 May 1958 18:15 (+1:00)

Hälsingborg, Olympia Stadion

3-2

Sweden vs Switzerland

Friendly International

26 May 1958 16:00 (+1:00)

Zurich, Hardturm

0-2

Switzerland vs Belgium

Friendly International

20 Sep 1958 16:00 (+1:00)

Bratislava, Tehelné pole

2-1

Czechoslovakia vs Switzerland

Central European International Cup 1955-1957

1х

02 Nov 1958 15:00 (+1:00)

Rotterdam, Stadion de Kuip (Feijenoord)

2-0

Netherlands vs Switzerland

Friendly International

26 Apr 1959 15:00 (+1:00)

Basel, St. Jakob Stadion

1-5

Switzerland vs Yugoslavia

Central European International Cup 1955-1957

04 Oct 1959 15:00 (+1:00)

Bern, Wankdorfstadion

0-4

Switzerland vs West Germany

Friendly International

25 Oct 1959 14:00 (+1:00)

Budapest, Népstadion

8-0

Hungary vs Switzerland

Central European International Cup 1955-1957

06 Jan 1960 14:30 (+1:00)

Naples, Stadio San Paolo

3-0

Italy vs Switzerland

Central European International Cup 1955-1957

27 Mar 1960 15:00 (+1:00)

Brussels, Stade du Heysel

3-1

Belgium vs Switzerland

Friendly International

18 May 1960 20:15 (+1:00)

Zurich, Letzigrund

3-1

Switzerland vs Netherlands

Friendly International

12 Oct 1960 20:00 (+1:00)

Basel, St. Jakob Stadion

6-2

Switzerland vs France

Friendly International

20 May 1961 15:45 (+1:00)

Lausanne, Stade Olympique de La Pontaise

2-1

Switzerland vs Belgium

1962 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 1

28 May 1961 13:00 (+1:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

4-0

Sweden vs Switzerland

1962 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 1

29 Oct 1961 15:00 (+1:00)

Bern, Wankdorfstadion

3-2

Switzerland vs Sweden

1962 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 1

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Eugen Meier's most often teammates

Robert Ballaman (1953 - 1961) - 28 games
Charles Antenen (1953 - 1962) - 26 games
Willy Kernen (1953 - 1960) - 25 games
André Grobéty (1957 - 1962) - 19 games
Heinz Schneiter (1957 - 1962) - 18 games
Seppe Hügi (1953 - 1961) - 18 games

Switzerland players born on 12 December

Beat Sutter (1962) - 61 caps, 13 goals
Sébastien Jeanneret (1973) - 18 caps