Michael Lang

FC Basel

Born on : February 08, 1991 (33 years) at Egnach -TG-

Nationality : Switzerland

Height : 1m85

Weight : 79 kg

Best foot : Right foot

Number of international caps : 31 (3 goals)

First cap : vs Brazil 14/08/2013

First international goal : vs Albania 11/10/2013

2022-2023
2021-2022
2020-2021
2019-2020
2018-2019
2017-2018
2016-2017
2013-2014
2010-2011
2009-2010

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Current season statistics (2023/2024)

2 clean sheets 16 Goals conceded

0 Goals 0 Assists

12 Played matches 533 Minutes played

0 Yellow cards 0 Red cards

RCD

Main position
Right central defender	12%
Right full-back	77%

Lang's career statisticsLast updated on 21/04/2024 at 09:38

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Results

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Club

League

Continent

Nat. cups

International

Total

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2023/2024

FC Basel

Club	Competition									V	D	L
FC Basel	Credit Suisse Super League	9	12	1	343	5	33%	19	28%	33%	22%	44%
FC Basel	Europa Conference League	2	4		166	5	100%		100%	50%	0%	50%
FC Basel	Schweizer Cup	1		1	24	5	0%	1	25%	100%	0%	0%

2022/2023

Club	Competition														V	D	L
FC Basel	Credit Suisse Super League	27	1	5	1949	33	3	1949	5	81%	11	75%	4	1	30%	37%	33%
FC Basel	Europa Conference League	15	1	4	1309	20	2	1309	5	100%	4	75%	2		40%	33%	27%
FC Basel	Schweizer Cup	4	1		383	9		383	5	75%	1	80%			75%	0%	25%
Switzerland	Euro Qualifying								7		2	0%

2021/2022

Club	Competition													V	D	L
FC Basel	Europa Conference League	12	2		414	10	4	828	5	83%	3	86%	1	67%	17%	17%
FC Basel	Credit Suisse Super League	26	4	2	271	21	7	1085	5	46%	19	72%	4	46%	42%	12%
FC Basel	Schweizer Cup	1					1	90	5	100%	2	33%	1	100%	0%	0%

2020/2021

M'gladbach

Club	Competition									V	D	L
Switzerland	Nations League A				6		2	0%
M'gladbach	DFB-Pokal	2	2	90	3	0%	2	50%		100%	0%	0%
M'gladbach	Bundesliga				3		19	0%
M'gladbach	Champions League	1	1	9	3	0%	8	13%	1	100%	0%	0%

2019/2020

Werder Bremen

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Werder	Bundesliga	9		18	1	543	4	67%	15	28%	44%	22%	33%
Werder	DFB-Pokal	1		1		90	4	100%		33%	100%	0%	0%
Switzerland	Euro Qualifying	1	1	1		90	6	100%	3	17%	100%	0%	0%

2018/2019

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Switzerland	World Cup	1			1		90	6	100%		100%	1	0%	0%	100%
Switzerland	Nations League A	2	1	180	3		180	6	100%	3	33%		50%	0%	50%
Switzerland	Friendlies	1					61	6	100%		50%		0%	0%	100%
Switzerland	Euro Qualifying							6		2	0%
M'gladbach	Bundesliga	17	1	1253	14	10	1253	3	88%	11	50%		65%	12%	24%
M'gladbach	DFB-Pokal	1			5		90	3	100%		50%		0%	0%	100%

2017/2018

Club	Competition													V	D	L
FC Basel	Raiffeisen Super League	34	5	6	610	31	12	3050	5	100%	1	94%	4	56%	26%	18%
FC Basel	Champions League	8	3	1	240	10	4	720	5	100%		100%	1	63%	0%	38%
FC Basel	Schweizer Cup	2	2		90	3		180	5	100%		40%	1	50%	0%	50%
Switzerland	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	1					1	11	6	0%	6	17%		100%	0%	0%
Switzerland	Friendlies	3					2	126	6	33%	3	75%		67%	33%	0%
Switzerland	World Cup	2				1		14	6	0%	3	67%		0%	100%	0%

2016/2017

Club	Competition													V	D	L
FC Basel	Raiffeisen Super League	31	6	4	460	28	12	2760	5	100%	4	86%	1	74%	23%	3%
FC Basel	Schweizer Cup	5	3		150	3	2	450	5	100%		83%	1	100%	0%	0%
FC Basel	Champions League	5				10	1	450	5	100%		83%	1	0%	40%	60%
Switzerland	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	1				1		90	6	100%	3	17%	1	100%	0%	0%

2015/2016

Club	Competition													V	D	L
FC Basel	Raiffeisen Super League	22	5	3	390	20	10	1948	5	100%	1	61%	2	77%	9%	14%
FC Basel	Champions League	4	1		360	4	1	360	5	100%		100%	1	50%	50%	0%
FC Basel	(C3) Europa League	10	1		810	12	4	810	5	100%		100%	1	50%	20%	30%
FC Basel	Schweizer Cup	1				2		120	0	100%		25%	1	0%	100%	0%
Switzerland	Euro Qualifying	2	1		180		2	180	2	100%		50%		100%	0%	0%
Switzerland	Friendlies	2		1				106	25	0%	2	100%		50%	0%	50%
Switzerland	Friendlies	4				3		196	6	50%	2	100%		25%	0%	75%
Switzerland	Euro	2					1	14	6	0%	4	50%		0%	100%	0%

2014/2015

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Grasshops	Raiffeisen Super League	35	5	2	621	56	8	3107	5	100%		97%	4	29%	29%	43%
Grasshops	Champions League	2				3		180	5	100%		100%	1	0%	50%	50%
Grasshops	(C3) Europa League	2	1		180	3		180	5	100%		100%		0%	0%	100%
Grasshops	Schweizer Cup	3				4	1	330	0	100%		75%	2	67%	0%	33%
Switzerland	Friendlies	1				2		90	6	100%		100%		0%	100%	0%
Switzerland	Friendlies	1					1	17	7	0%	1	50%		100%	0%	0%

2013/2014

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Grasshops	Super League	34	3	5	981	36	10	2944	5	97%	1	94%	3	53%	24%	24%
Grasshops	Champions League	2				2		180	5	100%		100%		0%	0%	100%
Grasshops	Schweizer Cup	4	1		231	1	2	231	5	75%	1	100%		75%	25%	0%
Grasshops	(C3) Europa League	2		1		2	1	180	5	100%		100%		50%	0%	50%
Switzerland	Friendlies	2				1	1	93	0	50%	1	100%		50%	0%	50%
Switzerland	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	2	1		180	1	1	180	0	100%		50%		100%	0%	0%
Switzerland	Friendlies	2					1	29	0	0%	2	67%		50%	50%	0%
Switzerland	World Cup	1					1	14	6	0%	2	33%		100%	0%	0%

2012/2013

Grasshops

984

1146

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Grasshops	Super League	33	3	1	984		31	15	2951	5	100%		92%	3		55%	24%	21%
Grasshops	Schweizer Cup	5					3	2	487	5	100%		83%			80%	20%	0%

2011/2012

Grasshops

2135

2508

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Grasshops	Super League	26	1		2135		43	6	2135	5	92%	2	76%	6	1	19%	15%	65%
Grasshops	Schweizer Cup	4					4	2	373	5	100%		100%	1		50%	25%	25%

2010/2011

St. Gallen

1280

1379

Club	Competition															V	D	L
St. Gallen	Super League	31	2	1	1280		51	5	2560	0	90%	3	86%	8		23%	19%	58%
St. Gallen	Schweizer Cup	3					2		197	0	67%	1	100%			67%	0%	33%

2009/2010

Club	Competition															V	D	L
St. Gallen	Schweizer Cup	4	1		420		4		420	0	100%		80%	2		100%	0%	0%
St. Gallen	Super League	22	1		1755		35	6	1755	0	91%	2	61%	5		36%	14%	50%

2008/2009

St. Gallen

Club	Competition															V	D	L
St. Gallen	Schweizer Cup	1					1		37	0	0%	1	25%	1		0%	0%	100%

2007/2008

St. Gallen

Club	Competition															V	D	L
St. Gallen	Super League	3					1	1	26	0	0%	3	8%			67%	0%	33%

2006/2007

St. Gallen

Club	Competition															V	D	L
St. Gallen	Super League	1							22	0	0%	1	6%			0%	100%	0%

Total

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Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

/20

Mental

/20

Technical

/20

Offense

/20

Defense

/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Player's titles

Victories

Super League	2	20162017
Schweizer Cup	2	20132017

Runner-ups

Super League

Rewards

Victories

Super League Player of the Year

2017

Transfers

19/07/21 >	FC Basel
29/08/19 > 07/07/20	Werder Bremen	Loan
29/06/18 > 19/07/21	M'gladbach	2.8 M€
01/07/15 > 29/06/18	FC Basel	Free
01/07/11 > 01/07/15	Grasshops
01/01/07 > 01/07/11	St. Gallen

Suggest a transfer for this player

Player career by clubLast updated on 15/04/2024 at 17:52

Club	Played matches	Goals	Assists	Efficiency	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Red cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
M'gladbach	21	1		1442	1442	1		76%16	67%14	24%5
FC Basel	219	35	25	486	17025	26	1	87%190	55%120	20%44
Grasshops	152	14	9	948	13278	20	1	97%148	41%63	36%55
St. Gallen	65	4	1	1254	5017	16		83%54	35%23	49%32
Switzerland	31	3	2	527	1581	1	1	48%15	52%16	26%8
Werder	10				633			70%7	50%5	30%3

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
FC Sion	41	19	3	2
FC Thun	31	13	3	4
FC Lucerne	38	19	11	1
Young Boys	37	13	2	5
St. Gallen	30	18	1	3
Grasshops	24	14	4	2
Lausanne	22	12	4	2
FC Zürich	35	12	4	4
Lugano	15	8	2	2
Servette	15	5	1	1
Bellinzone	6	5	0	0
Lech Poznan	4	4	1	0
FC Basel	22	1	2	0
Aarau	13	8	1	1
Vaduz	10	5	2	1
Xamax	9	4	2	0
Kriens	3	2	0	0
Mainz	3	2	0	0
Partizani	2	2	0	0
Benfica	2	2	1	1

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
Young Boys	37	16	62
FC Zürich	35	14	54
FC Basel	22	13	52
FC Sion	41	11	50
FC Lucerne	38	10	44
FC Thun	31	9	35
Grasshops	24	8	29
St. Gallen	30	7	36
Servette	15	5	26
Xamax	9	5	15
Lausanne	22	4	21
Aarau	13	3	18
Lyon	2	2	2
Fiorentina	6	2	9
Club Brugge	2	2	3
Belgium	2	2	4
Arsenal	2	2	6
Lugano	15	2	12
Bayern	3	2	11
RB Leipzig	2	2	5

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
2023/2024	FC Basel	42%	42%	12	38%	42%	26	Very slightly positive
2022/2023	FC Basel	37%	30%	46	47%	20%	15	Slightly negative
2021/2022	FC Basel	54%	13%	39	36%	21%	14	Positive
2020/2021	M'gladbach	100%	0%	3	35%	37%	43	-
2019/2020	Werder	50%	30%	10	19%	56%	27	Extremely positive
2018/2019	M'gladbach	61%	28%	18	33%	39%	18	Very positive
2017/2018	FC Basel	57%	23%	44	80%	20%	5	-
2016/2017	FC Basel	68%	10%	41	57%	29%	7	Slightly positive
2015/2016	FC Basel	65%	16%	37	71%	12%	17	Very slightly negative
2014/2015	Grasshops	29%	45%	42	100%	0%	2	-
2013/2014	Grasshops	52%	26%	42	50%	50%	2	-
2012/2013	Grasshops	58%	18%	38	50%	0%	4	-
2011/2012	Grasshops	21%	62%	29	25%	63%	8	Slightly negative
2010/2011	St. Gallen	26%	56%	34	20%	60%	5	-
2009/2010	St. Gallen	46%	42%	26	33%	40%	15	Slightly positive
2008/2009	St. Gallen	0%	100%	1	85%	6%	33	-
2007/2008	St. Gallen	67%	33%	3	23%	59%	39	-
2006/2007	St. Gallen	0%	0%	1	24%	18%	17	-

Key figures

He has won in non-league and non-national team competition the last 4 away from home matches

Michael Lang hasn't lost in non-league and non-national team competition any of the last 6 away from home matches

Lang has played in the first 11 in non-league and non-national team competition in each of the last 14 at home matches

Lang hasn't won in non-league and non-national team competition any of the last 5 at home matches

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
St. Gallen
24/05/2007	SL	Aarau - St. Gallen	1 - 1	First match with the club
16/02/2008	SL	FC Sion - St. Gallen	1 - 2	First victory
16/04/2008	SL	St. Gallen - FC Basel	1 - 4	First loss
20/09/2009	SC	Giubiasco - St. Gallen	1 - 3	First start
10/12/2009	SC	FC Lucerne - St. Gallen	1 - 4	First goal
Grasshopper Zürich
27/08/2011	SL	Grasshops - FC Lucerne	0 - 1	First match with the club, first loss
11/09/2011	SL	Xamax - Grasshops	2 - 0	First start
17/09/2011	SC	Töss - Grasshops	0 - 10	First victory
26/10/2011	SL	Grasshops - Servette	1 - 4	First goal
25/03/2012	SL	FC Lucerne - Grasshops	1 - 0	First red card
FC Basel
19/07/2015		FC Basel - Vaduz	2 - 0	First match with the club, first start, first victory
25/07/2015		Grasshops - FC Basel	2 - 3	First goal
23/09/2015		BSC Young Boys - FC Basel	4 - 3	First loss
14/02/2016		Grasshops - FC Basel	0 - 4	First time scoring 2 goals
30/10/2022	CSSL	BSC Young Boys - FC Basel	3 - 1	First red card
Borussia M'gladbach
29/09/2018		Wolfsburg - M'gladbach	2 - 2	First match with the club, first start
06/10/2018		Bayern Munich - M'gladbach	0 - 3	First victory
26/10/2018		Freiburg - M'gladbach	3 - 1	First loss
25/11/2018		M'gladbach - Hannover 96	4 - 1	First goal
Werder Bremen
01/09/2019		Werder Bremen - Augsburg	3 - 2	First match with the club, first start, first victory
21/09/2019		Werder Bremen - RB Leipzig	0 - 3	First loss

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 15/04/2024 at 17:52

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Own goals	Match starts	Yellow cards	V Victories	D Draws	L Losses
Super League	Super League	334	36	740	29	26635	89%297	2	45%150	24%81	31%103
Schweizer Cup	Schweizer Cup	38	8	415		3322	87%33		74%28	11%4	16%6
Bundesliga	Bundesliga	26	1	1796		1796	81%21		58%15	15%4	27%7
DFB-Pokal	DFB-Pokal	4				270	50%2		75%3		25%1
Friendlies	Friendlies	16			1	718	38%6		44%7	19%3	38%6
World Cup	World Cup	4				118	25%1	1	25%1	50%2	25%1
Euro	Euro	2				14				100%2
WCQEZ	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	4	1	281		281	75%3		100%4
Euro Qualifying	Euro Qualifying	3	1	270	1	270	100%3		100%3
Nations League A	Nations League A	2	1	180		180	100%2		50%1		50%1
Champions League	Champions League	22	4	475	1	1899	95%21		36%8	23%5	41%9
Europa League	Europa League	14	2	585	1	1170	100%14		43%6	14%2	43%6
ECL	Europa Conference League	29	3	768	4	2303	93%27		52%15	24%7	24%7

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
2022/2023	FC Basel	1	5	43	34	10	13	11	45	46
2021/2022	FC Basel	1	2	62	36	15	17	4	70	41
2020/2021	M'gladbach	1	8	49	34	13	10	11	64	56
2019/2020	Werder	1	16	31	34	8	7	19	42	69
2018/2019	M'gladbach	1	5	55	34	16	7	11	55	42
2017/2018	FC Basel	1	2	69	36	20	9	7	72	36
2016/2017	FC Basel	1	1	86	36	26	8	2	92	35
2015/2016	FC Basel	1	1	83	36	26	5	5	88	38
2014/2015	Grasshops	1	8	43	36	11	10	15	50	56
2013/2014	Grasshops	1	2	65	36	19	8	9	67	43
2012/2013	Grasshops	1	2	69	36	20	9	7	48	32
2011/2012	Grasshops	1	8	26	34	7	5	22	32	66
2010/2011	St. Gallen	1	10	31	36	8	7	21	34	67
2009/2010	St. Gallen	1	6	46	36	13	7	16	53	56
2008/2009	St. Gallen	2	1	78	30	25	3	2	78	22
2007/2008	St. Gallen	1	9	34	36	9	7	20	39	69
2006/2007	St. Gallen	1	5	55	36	14	13	9	47	44

Last games

Date	Competition	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
April 14, 2024	14/04	CSSL	Round 32	FC Basel	2 - 1	Servette	On the bench
April 06, 2024	06/04	CSSL	Round 31	St.Lausanne	0 - 2	FC Basel	0 minute
April 02, 2024	02/04	CSSL	Round 30	Lugano	2 - 0	FC Basel	Absent
March 30, 2024	30/03	CSSL	Round 29	FC Basel	2 - 2	FC Zürich	Absent
March 26, 2024	26/03		Europe	Ireland	0 - 1	Switzerland	Absent
March 23, 2024	23/03		Europe	Denmark	0 - 0	Switzerland	Absent
March 16, 2024	16/03	CSSL	Round 28	FC Basel	1 - 1	Winterthur	On the bench
March 10, 2024	10/03	CSSL	Round 27	BSC Young Boys	5 - 1	FC Basel	On the bench
March 02, 2024	02/03	CSSL	Round 26	FC Basel	1 - 2	Lausanne-Sport	Absent
February 28, 2024	28/02	SC	Quarter-finals	FC Basel	2 - 23-4 s.o	Lugano	Absent
February 24, 2024	24/02	CSSL	Round 25	Yverdon	0 - 2	FC Basel	Absent
February 17, 2024	17/02	CSSL	Round 24	Grasshops	2 - 1	FC Basel	Absent
February 11, 2024	11/02	CSSL	Round 23	FC Basel	1 - 0	St. Gallen	Absent
February 03, 2024	03/02	CSSL	Round 22	FC Basel	0 - 1	Lugano	Absent
January 30, 2024	30/01	CSSL	Round 21	Winterthur	1 - 3	FC Basel	On the bench
January 27, 2024	27/01	CSSL	Round 20	FC Basel	1 - 0	BSC Young Boys	On the bench
January 21, 2024	21/01	CSSL	Round 19	FC Zürich	0 - 0	FC Basel	On the bench
December 17, 2023	17/12	CSSL	Round 18	FC Lucerne	0 - 1	FC Basel	Absent
December 09, 2023	09/12	CSSL	Round 17	FC Basel	0 - 1	Grasshops	On the bench
December 06, 2023	06/12	CSSL	Round 5	Lugano	1 - 3	FC Basel	On the bench
December 02, 2023	02/12	CSSL	Round 16	St.Lausanne	1 - 1	FC Basel	On the bench
November 26, 2023	26/11	CSSL	Round 15	FC Basel	2 - 0	St. Gallen	On the bench
November 21, 2023	21/11		Round 10	Romania	1 - 0	Switzerland	Absent
November 18, 2023	18/11		Round 9	Switzerland	1 - 1	Kosovo	Absent
November 15, 2023	15/11		Round 7	Israel	1 - 1	Switzerland	Absent
November 12, 2023	12/11	CSSL	Round 14	Servette	4 - 1	FC Basel	15 Minutes
November 05, 2023	05/11	CSSL	Round 13	FC Basel	2 - 1	Yverdon	35 Minutes
November 01, 2023	01/11	SC	Round of 16	Kriens	0 - 1	FC Basel	24 Minutes
October 29, 2023	29/10	CSSL	Round 12	Lausanne-Sport	3 - 0	FC Basel	On the bench
October 21, 2023	21/10	CSSL	Round 11	FC Basel	0 - 1	Servette	Absent
October 15, 2023	15/10		Round 8	Switzerland	3 - 3	Belarus	Absent
October 08, 2023	08/10	CSSL	Round 10	BSC Young Boys	3 - 0	FC Basel	On the bench
October 01, 2023	01/10	CSSL	Round 9	FC Basel	0 - 3	St.Lausanne	On the bench
September 28, 2023	28/09	CSSL	Round 8	FC Basel	1 - 1	FC Lucerne	11 Minutes
September 24, 2023	24/09	CSSL	Round 7	Yverdon	3 - 2	FC Basel	Absent
September 16, 2023	16/09	SC	2nd round	FC Bosporus	0 - 8	FC Basel	Absent
September 12, 2023	12/09		Round 6	Switzerland	3 - 0	Andorra	Absent
September 09, 2023	09/09		Round 5	Kosovo	2 - 2	Switzerland	Absent
September 03, 2023	03/09	CSSL	Round 6	FC Basel	2 - 2	FC Zürich	11 Minutes
August 20, 2023	20/08	SC	First round	Saint-Blaise	1 - 8	FC Basel	Absent
August 13, 2023	13/08	CSSL	Round 4	FC Basel	1 - 2	Lausanne-Sport	90 Minutes
August 06, 2023	06/08	CSSL	Round 3	Grasshops	3 - 1	FC Basel	55 Minutes
August 03, 2023	03/08		Qualifying 2nd Round	Tobol Kustanay	1 - 2	FC Basel	90 Minutes
July 30, 2023	30/07	CSSL	Round 2	FC Basel	5 - 2	Winterthur	81 Minutes
July 27, 2023	27/07		Qualifying 2nd Round	FC Basel	1 - 3	Tobol Kustanay	76 Minutes
July 22, 2023	22/07	CSSL	Round 1	St. Gallen	2 - 1	FC Basel	45 Minutes

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