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==Club career==
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Lang played nine times for Werder in the [[Bundesliga]] and once in the [[DFB Cup]]. After the loan ended, the option that he could he permanently signed was not exercised.<ref name="Blick-2020/21-Gladbach-Lang-FCB">{{cite web | first = Michael | last = Wegmann | author-link = | date = 16 March 2020| url = https://www.blick.ch/sport/fussball/international/bundesliga/fussballjahr-eine-einzige-enttaeuschung-michi-lang-bei-bremen-aussortiert-id15798427.html | title = Bundesliga: Michael Lang bei Werder Bremen aussortiert | format = | work = | trans-title = Bundesliga: Michael Lang sorted out by Werder Bremen | publisher = blick.ch | language = de-ch | access-date = 2023-11-16}}</ref><ref name="deichstube-2020-Werder aus Michael Lang">{{cite web | first = Carsten | last = Sander | author-link = | date = 15 June 2020 | url = https://www.deichstube.de/news/werder-bremen-michael-lang-vertrag-ende-aus-borussia-moenchengladbach-wechsel-transfer-zr-13630618.html | title = Werder-aus für Michael Lang: keine verlängerung nach der Leihe | format = | work = | trans-title = Werder out for Michael Lang: no extension after the loan | publisher = deichstube.de | language = de | access-date = 2023-11-16}}</ref>
===St. Gallen, Grasshopper===
Lang began his professional career at [[FC St. Gallen]] in the [[Swiss Super League]]. He played his first league match at age 16, making him one of the youngest debut players in the Swiss Football League. In the summer 2011 he signed a four-year contract with [[Grasshopper Club Zürich]], the Swiss record football champion. In the 2012–13 season he won the [[2012–13 Swiss Cup|Swiss Cup]] with the club in the final against FC Basel. The Grasshopper club played two years in a row the qualification for the Champions League. But they lost their games against Olympique Lyon (2013) and OSC Lille (2014).


===Basel (return)===
===Basel===
On 1 June 2015, Lang joined [[FC Basel|Basel]] on a free transfer.<ref>{{cite web|title=FCB verpflichtet Nationalspieler Michael Lang|url=http://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2015/06/01/FCB-verpflichtet-Nationalspieler-Michael-Lang?ext=.|publisher=FC Basel|access-date=2 June 2015}}</ref> He made his first team league debut on 19 July 2015 in the 2–0 home win against [[FC Vaduz|Vaduz]].<ref name="fcb 2015-07-19">{{cite web | first = Caspar | last = Marti | year = 2015 | url = http://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2015/07/19/FCB-FC-Vaduz | title = Auftakt geglückt – 2:0 Sieg gegen den FC Vaduz | publisher = FC Basel 1893 | access-date = 19 July 2015}}</ref> He scored his first goal for his new club just one week later on 25 July during the away game against his old club Grasshopper Club. It was the last goal of the game and Basel won 3–2.<ref name="fcb 2015-07-25">{{cite web | first = Caspar | last = Marti | year = 2015 | url = http://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2015/07/25/GC-FCB | title = Der FCB gewinnt bei GC ein unterhaltsames Spiel mit 3:2 | publisher = FC Basel 1893 | access-date = 25 July 2015}}</ref> Under trainer [[Urs Fischer (footballer)|Urs Fischer]] Lang won the [[Swiss Super League]] championship at the end of the [[2015–16 Swiss Super League|2015–16 Super League season]]<ref name="fcb 2016-04-30">{{cite web | first = Casper | last = Marti | year = 2016 | url = http://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2016/04/30/FCB-Sion | title = Es ist vollbracht ! Der FCB ist zum 19. Mal Meister | publisher = FC Basel 1893 | access-date = 30 April 2016}}</ref> and again at the end of the [[2016–17 Swiss Super League|2016–17 Super League season]]. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total.<ref name="fcb 2017-06-02">{{cite web | first = Casper | last = Marti | year = 2017 | url = https://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2017/06/02/Der-Saisonabschluss-im-Zeitraffer | title = Der Saisonabschluss im Zeitraffer | publisher = FC Basel 1893 | access-date = 2 June 2017}}</ref> They also won the [[Swiss Cup]] for the twelfth time, which meant they had won the double for the sixth time in the club's history.<ref>{{cite web|title=Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3-0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game and also scored the winning goal against Manchester united|url=https://allaboutgeneva.com/2017/05/25/swiss-football-fc-basel-wins-3-0-over-sion-in-geneva-police-extra-vigilant-after-game|publisher=allaboutgeneva.com|date=25 May 2017|access-date=25 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517125506/https://allaboutgeneva.com/2017/05/25/swiss-football-fc-basel-wins-3-0-over-sion-in-geneva-police-extra-vigilant-after-game/|archive-date=17 May 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Lang scored his first Champions League goal in the [[2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage]] home game on 27 September against [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]. It was the first goal of the game that Basel won 5–0.<ref name="fcb 2017-09-27">{{cite web | last = FC Basel 1893 | year = 2017 | url = https://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2017/09/27/FCB-Benfica | title = 5:0 – ein entfesselter FCB landet gegen Benfica einen Kantersieg | publisher = FC Basel 1893 | access-date = 27 September 2017}}</ref> Following this, on 22 November, in the home game against [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] he scored the winning goal in the 89th minute as Basel won 1–0.<ref name="fcb 2017-11-22">{{cite web | last = FC Basel 1893 | year = 2017 | url = https://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2017/11/22/FCB-ManUtd | title = Grandios! Lang schiesst den FCB in letzter Minute zum Sieg | publisher = FC Basel 1893 | access-date = 22 November 2017}}</ref> In the knockout phase, when playing [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]], Lang again scored the winning goal in the 71st minute as Basel won 2–1 and ended a 15-month unbeaten home run of their opponent.<ref name="uefa 2018-03-07">{{cite web | last = UEFA | year = 2018 | url = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2018/clubs/club=59856/index.html#/iv/match/2021694/stories/2526713 | title = City ease through but Basel loss mutes celebrations | publisher = UEFA | access-date = 10 March 2018}}</ref>

===Borussia Mönchengladbach===
In June 2018, Lang joined [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]] for the 2018–19 season having agreed a four-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Basel was reported as €2.8 million.<ref>{{cite news |title="Schnäppchen" Lang unterschreibt bis 2022 in Gladbach |url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/startseite/726525/artikel_schnaeppchen-lang-unterschreibt-bis-2022-in-gladbach.html |access-date=29 June 2018 |work=kicker Online |date=29 June 2018 |language=de}}</ref>

;Werder Bremen
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On 29 August 2019, Lang joined [[SV Werder Bremen]] on a season-long loan deal for the [[2019–20 Bundesliga]] season with an option to buy included.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mobile.twitter.com/borussia_en/status/1167090654247362560|title=Twitter|website=mobile.twitter.com|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref> Lang played nine times for Werder in the [[Bundesliga]] and once in the [[DFB Cup]]. After the loan ended, the option that he could he permanently signed was not exercised.<ref name="Blick-2020/21-Gladbach-Lang-FCB">{{cite web | first = Michael | last = Wegmann | author-link = | date = 16 March 2020| url = https://www.blick.ch/sport/fussball/international/bundesliga/fussballjahr-eine-einzige-enttaeuschung-michi-lang-bei-bremen-aussortiert-id15798427.html | title = Bundesliga: Michael Lang bei Werder Bremen aussortiert | format = | work = | trans-title = Bundesliga: Michael Lang sorted out by Werder Bremen | publisher = blick.ch | language = de-ch | access-date = 2023-11-16}}</ref><ref name="deichstube-2020-Werder aus Michael Lang">{{cite web | first = Carsten | last = Sander | author-link = | date = 15 June 2020 | url = https://www.deichstube.de/news/werder-bremen-michael-lang-vertrag-ende-aus-borussia-moenchengladbach-wechsel-transfer-zr-13630618.html | title = Werder-aus für Michael Lang: keine verlängerung nach der Leihe | format = | work = | trans-title = Werder out for Michael Lang: no extension after the loan | publisher = deichstube.de | language = de | access-date = 2023-11-16}}</ref>

He went back to Gladbach for another season.

===Return to Basel===
On 19 July 2021 [[FC Basel]] announced, that Lang had moved back to them, with immediate effect. The 30-year-old right-back signed a contract until the summer of 2023, with an option for a further year.<ref name="fcb-aktuell-2021/22-Gladbach-Lang-FCB">{{cite web | first = | last = FC Basel 1893 | author-link = | date = 19 July 2021 | url = https://www.fcb.ch/aktuell/news/1-mannschaft/2021/07/michael-lang/ | title = Michael Lang kehrt zum FCB zurück | format = | work = | publisher = FC Basel 1893 AG | language = de-ch | trans-title = Michael Lang returns to FCB | access-date = 2023-11-16}}</ref> He joined Basel's first team for their [[2021–22 FC Basel season|2021–22 season]] under head coach [[Patrick Rahmen]]. The team started well into the [[2021–22 Swiss Super League|league season]] with seven victories and five draws before their first defeat. They ended the campaign as runners-up, they had achieved 15 victories and were defeated only four times. However, they had given away too many points, because they could only achieve a draw on 17 occasions.<ref name="rsssf-Switzerland 2021/2022">{{cite web | first1 = Karel | last1 = Stokkermans | first2 = Niklaus | last2 = Rohrer | author-link = | year =2022 | url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit2022.html | title = Switzerland 2021/2022 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation | access-date = 2023-11-16}}</ref> In the [[2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League]] they won their group, but were knocked out in the round of 16 losing twice against [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]].<ref name="Uefa-UECL-2021/22-FCB-Marseille">{{cite web | first = | last = uefa.com | author-link = | date = 17 March 2022 | url = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaconferenceleague/match/2033418/ | title = FC Basel - Olympique de Marseille 1:2 (0:0) | format = | work = | publisher = uefa.com | access-date = 2023-11-16}}</ref> Lang totaled 39 appearances, 26 League, one Cup and 12 Conference League. He scored six goals in these matches.<ref name="fcb-achiv-2021/22-Michael Lang">{{cite web | first = | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | author-link = | year = 2022 | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/statistik?saison=2021/22 | title = Michael Lang - statistics 2021/22 | format = | work = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | access-date = 2023-11-16}}</ref>
On 19 July 2021 [[FC Basel]] announced, that Lang had moved back to them, with immediate effect. The 30-year-old right-back signed a contract until the summer of 2023, with an option for a further year.<ref name="fcb-aktuell-2021/22-Gladbach-Lang-FCB">{{cite web | first = | last = FC Basel 1893 | author-link = | date = 19 July 2021 | url = https://www.fcb.ch/aktuell/news/1-mannschaft/2021/07/michael-lang/ | title = Michael Lang kehrt zum FCB zurück | format = | work = | publisher = FC Basel 1893 AG | language = de-ch | trans-title = Michael Lang returns to FCB | access-date = 2023-11-16}}</ref> He joined Basel's first team for their [[2021–22 FC Basel season|2021–22 season]] under head coach [[Patrick Rahmen]]. The team started well into the [[2021–22 Swiss Super League|league season]] with seven victories and five draws before their first defeat. They ended the campaign as runners-up, they had achieved 15 victories and were defeated only four times. However, they had given away too many points, because they could only achieve a draw on 17 occasions.<ref name="rsssf-Switzerland 2021/2022">{{cite web | first1 = Karel | last1 = Stokkermans | first2 = Niklaus | last2 = Rohrer | author-link = | year =2022 | url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit2022.html | title = Switzerland 2021/2022 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation | access-date = 2023-11-16}}</ref> In the [[2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League]] they won their group, but were knocked out in the round of 16 losing twice against [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]].<ref name="Uefa-UECL-2021/22-FCB-Marseille">{{cite web | first = | last = uefa.com | author-link = | date = 17 March 2022 | url = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaconferenceleague/match/2033418/ | title = FC Basel - Olympique de Marseille 1:2 (0:0) | format = | work = | publisher = uefa.com | access-date = 2023-11-16}}</ref> Lang totaled 39 appearances, 26 League, one Cup and 12 Conference League. He scored six goals in these matches.<ref name="fcb-achiv-2021/22-Michael Lang">{{cite web | first = | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | author-link = | year = 2022 | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/statistik?saison=2021/22 | title = Michael Lang - statistics 2021/22 | format = | work = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | access-date = 2023-11-16}}</ref>


==References==
{{reflist}}

Revision as of 12:12, 31 December 2023

Club career

St. Gallen, Grasshopper

Lang began his professional career at FC St. Gallen in the Swiss Super League. He played his first league match at age 16, making him one of the youngest debut players in the Swiss Football League. In the summer 2011 he signed a four-year contract with Grasshopper Club Zürich, the Swiss record football champion. In the 2012–13 season he won the Swiss Cup with the club in the final against FC Basel. The Grasshopper club played two years in a row the qualification for the Champions League. But they lost their games against Olympique Lyon (2013) and OSC Lille (2014).

Basel

On 1 June 2015, Lang joined Basel on a free transfer.[1] He made his first team league debut on 19 July 2015 in the 2–0 home win against Vaduz.[2] He scored his first goal for his new club just one week later on 25 July during the away game against his old club Grasshopper Club. It was the last goal of the game and Basel won 3–2.[3] Under trainer Urs Fischer Lang won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2015–16 Super League season[4] and again at the end of the 2016–17 Super League season. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total.[5] They also won the Swiss Cup for the twelfth time, which meant they had won the double for the sixth time in the club's history.[6]

Lang scored his first Champions League goal in the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage home game on 27 September against Benfica. It was the first goal of the game that Basel won 5–0.[7] Following this, on 22 November, in the home game against Manchester United he scored the winning goal in the 89th minute as Basel won 1–0.[8] In the knockout phase, when playing Manchester City, Lang again scored the winning goal in the 71st minute as Basel won 2–1 and ended a 15-month unbeaten home run of their opponent.[9]

Borussia Mönchengladbach

In June 2018, Lang joined Borussia Mönchengladbach for the 2018–19 season having agreed a four-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Basel was reported as €2.8 million.[10]

Werder Bremen

On 29 August 2019, Lang joined SV Werder Bremen on a season-long loan deal for the 2019–20 Bundesliga season with an option to buy included.[11] Lang played nine times for Werder in the Bundesliga and once in the DFB Cup. After the loan ended, the option that he could he permanently signed was not exercised.[12][13]

He went back to Gladbach for another season.

Return to Basel

On 19 July 2021 FC Basel announced, that Lang had moved back to them, with immediate effect. The 30-year-old right-back signed a contract until the summer of 2023, with an option for a further year.[14] He joined Basel's first team for their 2021–22 season under head coach Patrick Rahmen. The team started well into the league season with seven victories and five draws before their first defeat. They ended the campaign as runners-up, they had achieved 15 victories and were defeated only four times. However, they had given away too many points, because they could only achieve a draw on 17 occasions.[15] In the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League they won their group, but were knocked out in the round of 16 losing twice against Marseille.[16] Lang totaled 39 appearances, 26 League, one Cup and 12 Conference League. He scored six goals in these matches.[17]


References

  1. ^ "FCB verpflichtet Nationalspieler Michael Lang". FC Basel. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  2. ^ Marti, Caspar (2015). "Auftakt geglückt – 2:0 Sieg gegen den FC Vaduz". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  3. ^ Marti, Caspar (2015). "Der FCB gewinnt bei GC ein unterhaltsames Spiel mit 3:2". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  4. ^ Marti, Casper (2016). "Es ist vollbracht ! Der FCB ist zum 19. Mal Meister". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  5. ^ Marti, Casper (2017). "Der Saisonabschluss im Zeitraffer". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3-0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game and also scored the winning goal against Manchester united". allaboutgeneva.com. 25 May 2017. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  7. ^ FC Basel 1893 (2017). "5:0 – ein entfesselter FCB landet gegen Benfica einen Kantersieg". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 27 September 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ FC Basel 1893 (2017). "Grandios! Lang schiesst den FCB in letzter Minute zum Sieg". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 22 November 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ UEFA (2018). "City ease through but Basel loss mutes celebrations". UEFA. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  10. ^ ""Schnäppchen" Lang unterschreibt bis 2022 in Gladbach". kicker Online (in German). 29 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  11. ^ "Twitter". mobile.twitter.com. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
  12. ^ Wegmann, Michael (16 March 2020). "Bundesliga: Michael Lang bei Werder Bremen aussortiert" [Bundesliga: Michael Lang sorted out by Werder Bremen] (in Swiss High German). blick.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  13. ^ Sander, Carsten (15 June 2020). "Werder-aus für Michael Lang: keine verlängerung nach der Leihe" [Werder out for Michael Lang: no extension after the loan] (in German). deichstube.de. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  14. ^ FC Basel 1893 (19 July 2021). "Michael Lang kehrt zum FCB zurück" [Michael Lang returns to FCB] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2023-11-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Rohrer, Niklaus (2022). "Switzerland 2021/2022". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  16. ^ uefa.com (17 March 2022). "FC Basel - Olympique de Marseille 1:2 (0:0)". uefa.com. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  17. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (2022). "Michael Lang - statistics 2021/22". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
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