Swiss football mourns one of its coaches. At the head of the Swiss team during Euro 1996, Artur Jorge died at the age of 78. His family specified that Artur Jorge died “following a long illness, peacefully, surrounded by his loved ones.”
European champion with FC Porto in 1987 thanks to Rabah Madjer’s brilliant backheel during the Vienna final against Bayern Munich, the Portuguese took over as head of the national team from Roy Hodgson, who left for Inter Milan, in December 1995. His experience was not really successful. Switzerland did not make it past the first round in a group which brought together England (1-1), the Netherlands (0-2) and Scotland (0-1).
The non-selection of Alain Sutter and Adrian Knup for Euro 1996 unleashed the wrath of the press against Artur Jorge. His successor Rolf Fringer had also gone through very difficult times before the Swiss team found the light again in 2002 under the orders of Köbi Kuhn.
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Published Thursday at 12:54 Modified Thursday at 3:50 p.m.
Former coach of Porto and PSG
Before joining the Swiss team, he had two notable experiences in Paris, with Matra Racing and PSG. Conquering the Champion Clubs’ Cup with Porto gave him a very great aura. Between the end of the eighties and the beginning of the nineties, this perfect polyglot who had trained in Leipzig in the former GDR was indeed one of the most fashionable coaches of the moment. He also managed the Portuguese team between 1989 and 1991.