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{{short description|Swiss football manager (born 1961)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Martin Andermatt
| image = Andermatthäberli, Andermatt (cropped).jpg
| caption = Martin Andermatt managing [[BSC Young Boys|Young Boys]] in 2008
| fullname = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1961|11|21}}
| birth_place = [[Baar, Switzerland]]
| height = 1.79 m
| currentclub = [[FC Basel|Basel]] (assistant coach)
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| years1 = 1977–1979
| clubs1 = [[FC Zug]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1979–1983
| clubs2 = [[FC Wettingen]]
| caps2 = 
| goals2 = 
| years3 = 1983–1985
| clubs3 = [[FC Basel]]
| caps3 = 57
| goals3 = 11
| years4 = 1985–1990
| clubs4 = [[Grasshopper Club Zürich|Grasshoppers]]
| caps4 = 125
| goals4 = 19
| years5 = 1990–1992
| clubs5 = [[FC Wettingen]]
| caps5 = 
| goals5 = 
| years6 = 1992–1997
| clubs6 = FC Emmenbrücke
| caps6 = 
| goals6 = 
| nationalyears1 = 1983–1989
| nationalteam1 = [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]]
| nationalcaps1 = 11
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1995–1997
| managerclubs1 = FC Emmenbrücke (Player-manager)
| manageryears2 = 1997–1998
| managerclubs2 = [[FC Winterthur]]
| manageryears3 = 1998–1999
| managerclubs3 = [[FC Baden]]
| manageryears4 = 1999–2000
| managerclubs4 = [[SSV Ulm 1846|SSV Ulm]]
| manageryears5 = 2001–2002
| managerclubs5 = [[Eintracht Frankfurt]]
| manageryears6 = 2002–2003
| managerclubs6 = [[FC Wil]]
| manageryears7 = 2003–2005
| managerclubs7 = [[FC Vaduz]]
| manageryears8 = 2003–2006
| managerclubs8 = [[Liechtenstein national football team|Liechtenstein]]
| manageryears9 = 2006–2008
| managerclubs9 = [[BSC Young Boys|Young Boys]]
| manageryears10 = 2009–2010
| managerclubs10 = [[FC Aarau]]
| manageryears11 = 2011–2012
| managerclubs11 = [[AC Bellinzona|Bellinzona]]
| manageryears12 = 2013
| managerclubs12 = [[AC Bellinzona|Bellinzona]]
| manageryears13 = 2014–2015
| managerclubs13 = [[Zug 94]]
| manageryears14 = 2016–2018
| managerclubs14 = [[Hannover 96]] (advisor)
| manageryears15 = 2021–2022
| managerclubs15 = [[FC Schaffhausen|Schaffhausen]]
| manageryears16 = 2022–
| managerclubs16 = [[FC Basel|Basel]] (assistant)
}}

'''Martin Andermatt''' (born 21 November 1961) is a Swiss [[Association football|football]] manager and a former player who is an assistant coach with [[FC Basel|Basel]].

==Club career==
The trained teacher began his career as player with SC Zug, FC Baar, FC Emmenbrücke, and [[FC Wettingen|Wettingen]]. After this followed assignments as professional with [[FC Basel]] and later [[Grasshopper Club Zürich]].

Andermatt joined [[FC Basel|Basel]]'s first team for their [[1983–84 FC Basel season|1983–84 season]] under head coach [[Ernst-August Künnecke]]. After playing in nine test games Andermatt played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game in the [[Stadio Comunale Bellinzona|Stadio Comunale]] on 10 August 1983 as Basel were defeated 2–4 by [[AC Bellinzona|Bellinzona]].<ref name="fcb-achiv-1983/84-Bellinzona-FCB">{{cite web | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | authorlink = | date = 10 August 1983 | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=20578 | title = AC Bellinzona - FC Basel 4:2 (3:0) | format = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | accessdate = 2020-11-16}}</ref> He scored his first goal for the club just three days later, on 13 August in the home game in the [[St. Jakob Stadium]]. It was the fourth goal of the game as Basel won 5–2 against [[FC Luzern|Luzern]].<ref name="fcb-achiv-1983/84-FCB-FCL">{{cite web | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | authorlink = | date = 13 August 1983 | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=20579 | title = FC Basel - FC Luzern 5:2 (2:0) | format = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | accessdate = 2020-11-16}}</ref>

He played for the club for two years. Between the years 1983 and 1985 Andermatt played a total of 101 games for Basel scoring a total of 21 goals. 57 of these games were in the [[Swiss Super League|Nationalliga A]], 5 in the [[Swiss Cup]] and 39 were friendly games. He scored 11 goals in the domestic league, 1 in the cup and the other 9 were scored during the test games.<ref name="fcb-achiv-Martin Andermatt">{{cite web | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | authorlink = | year = 2016 | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/spieler?command=detail&id=760 | title = Martin Andermatt - FCB statistic | format = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | accessdate = 2020-11-16}}</ref>

Andermatt then moved to [[Grasshopper Club Zürich]]. In his time with the Grasshoppers he won the [[Swiss Football League|Swiss Championship]] and [[Swiss Cup|Cup]]. He then moved to back to [[FC Wettingen]], where he stayed for two seasons and then to [[FC Emmenbrücke]] where he also stayed for two seasons before retiring from active football

==International career==
He made regular appearances in the [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland national team]] between 1983 and 1989.

==Coaching career==
His managerial career began with FC Emmenbrücke where he was player manager from 1995 to 1997. After this he spent a season with each, [[FC Winterthur]] and [[FC Baden]].

In March 1999 he took on German second division side [[SSV Ulm 1846]], then on 5th place and in the course of the season's last 11 matchdays led them to the third place, and thus the first ever promotion to the [[Bundesliga]]. After 24 matches there the club was closer to an [[UEFA Cup]] rank then to the relegation zone, but a crisis thereafter saw the SSV 1846 passed down again after just a single season. After bad results at the beginning of the new year in the second division Andermatt was let go already in September. This maneuver did not help the club at all and by the end of that season Ulm had gone all the way to the third division.

From June 2001 until his premature exit in March 2002 he was hired by German side [[Eintracht Frankfurt]] which was just relegated to the second division in the hope that he might lead the team to an immediate return to the Bundesliga. After the fulfillment of this aspiration became more and more unrealistic he was replaced halfway through the second half of the season.

After this he returned to Switzerland and took over the reins at first division side [[FC Wil]] where he was fired in 2003 after the brief and turbulent take-over by former [[Ballon d'Or|European Footballer of the Year]] winner [[Igor Belanov]].

[[Image:Haupttribüne mit Gebirge.JPG|thumb|left|200px|The [[Rheinpark Stadion]] in [[Vaduz]], Liechtenstein (capacity of 6&nbsp;127)]]
From 2003 to 2005 he coached [[FC Vaduz]] in [[Liechtenstein]] and alongside this the [[Liechtenstein national football team|national side]] of the principality, where he could achieve some surprising results when drawing. 2-2 against Portugal, the losing finalists of the  [[Euro 2004]]. Before this result, Liechtenstein had lost all of its previous 20 World Cup qualifiers. The team also caused a shock in the return match at the end of the group phase when Benjamin Fischer scored and Liechtenstein led at half time before eventually losing 2-1. Liechtenstein under andermatt also won 4-0 at [[Luxembourg]]. On the other hand, Liechtenstein are the only country ever to lose to [[San Marino national football team|San Marino]] with a 0-1 loss in a friendly match on 28 April 2004.

The club side led in the  [[Swiss Challenge League|Swiss second division]] for a long stretch of the 2004/05  season. At the end of the season FC Vaduz had a minor crisis which saw the slipping and Andermatt was fired four rounds before the end of the season. Vaduz missed out on promotion in the play-off matches versus [[Neuchâtel Xamax]].

Andermatt however retained his position with the national team until October 2006 when he took the manager job with [[BSC Young Boys]] in [[Bern]]. There he finished his first season 4th.

On 17 September 2021, he was hired by [[FC Schaffhausen|Schaffhausen]] in the [[Swiss Challenge League]]. The club hired [[Artim Šakiri]] as a new manager just two weeks prior, but Šakiri was not able to obtain a work permit quickly, and the club hired Andermatt instead.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[FC Schaffhausen|Schaffhausen]]|url=https://www.fcschaffhausen.ch/news/detail/2021-09-17-193000-martin-andermatt-neuer-fcs-trainer|title=MARTIN ANDERMATT NEUER FCS-TRAINER|date=17 September 2021|accessdate=22 October 2021|language=de|archive-date=22 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022150944/https://www.fcschaffhausen.ch/news/detail/2021-09-17-193000-martin-andermatt-neuer-fcs-trainer|url-status=dead}}</ref> Despite leading Schaffhausen to a second-place finish in the [[2021-22 Swiss Challenge League]] (sadly, missing out on promotion in the promotion playoff), his contract was not renewed for the following season.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.fcschaffhausen.ch/2022/06/04/der-fc-schaffhausen-geht-mit-hakan-yakin-als-cheftrainer-in-die-saison-2022-23/ |title=Der FC Schaffhausen geht mit Hakan Yakin als Cheftrainer in die Saison 2022/23|website=arminia.de |publisher=FC Schaffhausen |language=de |date=4 June 2022 |access-date=4 June 2022}}</ref>

On 10 June 2022, Andermatt was hired as an assistant coach by [[FC Basel|Basel]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=FC Basel|url=https://www.fcb.ch/aktuell/news/1-mannschaft/neuer-fcb-trainerstaff/|title=DER NEUE FCB-TRAINERSTAFF IST KOMPLETT|date=10 June 2022|accessdate=15 June 2022|language=de}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Andermatt's son, [[Nicolas Andermatt|Nicolas]], is also a professional footballer.<ref>{{cite news |last=Plettenberg |first=Florian |url=https://www.bild.de/regional/muenchen/1860-muenchen/andermatt-mein-ziel-ist-die-zweite-liga-54116510.bild.html |title=Mein Ziel ist die 2. Liga! |trans-title=My goal is the second league! |website=[[Bild]] |date=7 December 2017 |access-date=3 August 2019 |language=German |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803061929/https://www.bild.de/regional/muenchen/1860-muenchen/andermatt-mein-ziel-ist-die-zweite-liga-54116510.bild.html |archive-date=3 August 2019}}</ref>

==Honours==
===Player===
'''Grasshoppers'''
* [[Swiss Super League|Swiss Championship]]: [[1989–90 Nationalliga A|1989–90]]
* [[Swiss Cup]]: 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90
* [[Swiss Super Cup]]: 1989<ref>{{cite news 
|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwitsupcuphist.html
|title=Switzerland Super Cup Finals
|website=[[RSSSF]]
|access-date=22 February 2022}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.eintracht-archiv.de/andermatt.html Martin Andermatt at eintracht-archiv.de] {{in lang|de}}

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