Urs Schönenberger

Urs " Longo " Schoenberger ( born February 21, 1959) is a former Swiss football player ( position: defense ) and current coach. The nickname " Longo " stems from its body size terms ( 1.93 m).

Short Biography

Urs Schönberger grew up in Zurich Wiedikon. He is married, has two children and lives in Arni (Canton Aargau ). He has completed an apprenticeship as a draftsman and received, 20 years old, his first professional contract with FC Zurich. Among other things, he was also at the AC Bellinzona and FC Luzern under contract before he finished his playing career at SC Kriens.

After holding several positions as a coach he reached with FC Thun 2005, the group stage of the Champions League and was until 30 October 2006 head coach of Super League club FC Aarau.

Sporting career

His greatest successes

As a player at FC Zurich 1981, he was a mere 22 -year-old Swiss champion, he could repeat in 1989 as a player at FC Luzern this success. As a coach with FC Thun, which he took over from Hanspeter Latour, he made the vice championship 2004/05. In the subsequent qualification for the Champions League FC Thun reached the group phase of the game after 3 rounds and wins against Dynamo Kiev ( Ukraine) and Malmö FF ( Sweden).

Controversial figure at FC Thun

Urs Schönberger was released despite the sporting successes with FC Thun for outsiders very surprising to the 2005/ 06 season - just his critical questions to the Association Board and its personnel decisions ( he was also " the eternal compromise " called ) made ​​it there to a controversial figure.

Activities as coach after the FC Thun

At FC Aarau

Since 1 May 2006, he coached FC Aarau in the Super League and must not be possible for the 2005/ 06 season to celebrate as the "savior " of the club, because thanks to his intervention, the descent into the Challenge League was prevented at the last minute. He had signed a contract there until the end of season 2007/ 08, this is why mainly because the stadium of FC Aarau ( Brügglifeld ) from 2008 is no longer considered fit for the Super League accepted by the Swiss Football Association SFV. Nevertheless expressed Urs Schönberger, the stated goal was also in the 2006/2007 season to keep the considered since 1981, playing in the top league in Switzerland for FC Aarau on at least from the sporting aspect ago, " Unabsteigbar ". The pressure on Schönberger was but has risen steadily ever progressed the season and the more the accumulated losses. An ultimatum was the president of FC Aarau, Christian Stebler required from two games at least 3 points ("2 points are not enough "). Since the FC Aarau but it contributed 11 defeats from the current 13 games, the home game on 4 November 2006 against FC Schaffhausen for Urs Schönberger would become a fateful encounter. The came Schönberger, however before and joined the evening of 30 October, 2006 by from his post as head coach back. Successor was by then acting as sporting director Ruedi Zahner.

In YF Juventus Zurich

As of mid-March 2007, Urs Schönberger was coach of YF Juventus Zurich and solved there exempted Raimondo Ponte from. The YF Juventus Zurich end of season 2006/ 07 rose despite all the efforts of his hand into the first league.

SC Rheindorf Altach

On 4 September 2008, he took over as coach of the Austrian Bundesliga side SC Rheindorf Altach. On January 12, 2009 Schönberger was suspended with immediate effect.

SC Kriens

In February 2012, he was committed relegation from Swiss second division club SC Kriens. On March 30, the Krienser Schoenberger gave birth because Erfolgslosigkeit, after just one month, from his duties. The club was relegated from the Challenge League at the end of the season.

On TV

Between April and May 2006 Urs Schönberger was also active for the Swiss television. For the carried out as part of a training camp and subsequent live match docu-soap " The Match", he assumed the role of assistant coach. Coach was Gilbert Gress.

At the 2006 football World Cup, the Swiss television Urs Schönberger has also frequently invited as a studio guest to judge from the perspective of the coach individual World Cup games.