FC Zürich 1985-86 home shirt - L/S - (Schneider) #15 - 6/10 - [L]

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    Description

    This long-sleeved home shirt of FC Zürich is from the 1985-86 season, in which the team finished fourth in the Nationalliga A under Václav Ježek. On the back it carries the number 15, without a name. According to Transfermarkt data, Markus Schneider, a forward with 101 appearances, 28 goals and 3 assists for FCZ, wore this very number in the previous season - we assume he also wore it this season. The long-sleeved version from that era is considerably rarer than the short-sleeved models, making this over forty-year-old piece a distinctive collector's item. The chest features the sponsor Mediator, once a well-known Swiss brand for radios and televisions, which produced as a subsidiary of Philips in La Chaux-de-Fonds in order to get around the import duties of the time - a small piece of Swiss economic history on a football shirt.

    Original football shirt of the club FC Zürich / FCZ (nickname "Stadtclub") from the Super League.

    The product was made by adidas, is white/blue and of the type "Home" from the 1985-86 season in size L.

    The shirt has the back number #15 printed on it. It is printed with the name (Schneider).

    We rate this item as follows: Very good.

    Details / additions: The fabric overall has a slight yellowish discolouration. The sponsor print on the chest has some fine cracks at the edges and is somewhat scuffed in places. There's a small hole at the front, about 2mm below the sponsor. The number printed on the back is a bit brittle and has many fine cracks. The left sleeve is slightly scuffed in one spot.

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      Product details

      Size / Width
      L / 50 cm
      Cut
      Men
      Product type
      Shirt - Home
      Condition grade
      Very good
      Flaws
      The fabric overall has slightly yellowed. The sponsor print on the chest has some fine cracks along the edges and is somewhat worn in places. There's a small hole at the front, about 2mm below the sponsor. The number printed on the back is a bit brittle and has many fine cracks. The left sleeve is slightly frayed in one spot.
      Team
      FC Zürich
      Season
      1985-86
      Manufacturer
      adidas
      Colour
      white/blue
      SKU
      100671
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      RetroShirtsCH

      Description

      This long-sleeved home shirt of FC Zürich is from the 1985-86 season, in which the team finished fourth in the Nationalliga A under Václav Ježek. On the back it carries the number 15, without a name. According to Transfermarkt data, Markus Schneider, a forward with 101 appearances, 28 goals and 3 assists for FCZ, wore this very number in the previous season - we assume he also wore it this season. The long-sleeved version from that era is considerably rarer than the short-sleeved models, making this over forty-year-old piece a distinctive collector's item. The chest features the sponsor Mediator, once a well-known Swiss brand for radios and televisions, which produced as a subsidiary of Philips in La Chaux-de-Fonds in order to get around the import duties of the time - a small piece of Swiss economic history on a football shirt.

      Original football shirt of the club FC Zürich / FCZ (nickname "Stadtclub") from the Super League.

      The product was made by adidas, is white/blue and of the type "Home" from the 1985-86 season in size L.

      The shirt has the back number #15 printed on it. It is printed with the name (Schneider).

      We rate this item as follows: Very good.

      Details / additions: The fabric overall has a slight yellowish discolouration. The sponsor print on the chest has some fine cracks at the edges and is somewhat scuffed in places. There's a small hole at the front, about 2mm below the sponsor. The number printed on the back is a bit brittle and has many fine cracks. The left sleeve is slightly scuffed in one spot.

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      Season 1985-86

      The story behind the shirt

      This shirt is from the season in which FC Zürich finished fourth in the Nationalliga A with 39 points. Under coach Václav Ježek, the team played 36 matches with a record of 16 wins, 10 draws and 10 defeats. In the 1985-86 season, FC Zürich also took part in the Swiss Cup. In the Intertoto Cup, the club faced Sparta Praha, Lyngby BK and Lechia Gdańsk in the group stage and secured the title as Intertoto Cup winners in 1985.

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