“100 percent Made in Switzerland”: Winti is the national team of the Super League

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Actually, the first thought wasn’t wrong! When you look at FC Winterthur’s starting line-up, you will notice: all eleven players are Swiss!

No wonder, some say, it is a Swiss Super League match after all. Others think: football in particular is a textbook example of globalization!

A quick investigation confirms: no other team in the Super League has started a match this season with a starting line-up “100 percent Made in Switzerland” – but Winterthur two weeks ago in Lucerne for the sixth time.

Winti represents the Super League national team!

Only three Winti professionals without Swiss passports

Is it all coincidence or intentional? When asked by Winti sports director Oliver Kaiser: “I wasn’t aware of it, but it has its logic. We attach great importance to team spirit and the rapid integration of new recruits. If you speak the language, know the culture and the competition, it will be easier for you.”

According to Kaiser, however, there is no barrier for foreigners to come to the Schützenwiese: “For example, we brought our left back Souleymane Diaby directly from Ivory Coast. A transfer from abroad is always a risk, because you cannot estimate exactly how the player will cope in this country, both sportingly and personally. As a club with small financial resources, we must carefully consider every expense. We simply cannot afford top foreign players.”

FC Winterthur’s contingent list includes some dual citizens such as striker Aldin Turkes (Switzerland/Bosnia) or Nishan Burkart (Switzerland/England), but only three professionals without a Swiss passport: the aforementioned Diaby, substitute Markus Kuster (Austria) and winger Samir Ramizi (Serbia).

The club with the second fewest foreigners is FC Luzern, all the others have a double-digit number of players under contract without a Swiss passport. The most are Yverdon, Servette, St. Gallen and Stade Lausanne-Ouchy with 17 each.

ÖSIS rewards the efforts of the local population

This is also reflected in the league-wide betting ratio between Swiss and Legionnaires: more than half of the bets are filled by players from abroad.

Is this because local work is not rewarded in this country? Such as in Austria, for example. The following applies: Anyone who regularly fills at least 12 of the 18 places on the competition form with Austrians will receive a contribution from the “Austrian pot”. Definitely worth it for smaller clubs: the total amount paid out last season was more than six million francs.

The age of the football players used does not matter. And that is the difference with the Swiss “Young Talent Trophy”: at the end of the season, the Swiss Football League gives money for every Swiss player of U21 age. Anyone who thinks that the Winterthur team will achieve a big victory at the end of the season is wrong. Only two of the Swiss players used by coach Patrick Frame are U21 age. The clear leader is FC Luzern (9) for – surprisingly – the ranking (6).

Source : Blick