Urs Meier (footballer)


Urs Meier is a Swiss football manager. He is the previous manager of FC Zürich in the Swiss Super League.

Coaching career

After working with the youth teams at both Bellinzona and Grasshoppers, Meier worked as a playing assistant manager for Grasshoppers. He then moved to FC Altstetten in 1995 as a playing manager. He decided to retire in 1997 but continued as the manager for the club until 1998. He then moved to FC Thun and worked with the youth sector until 1999. In the 1999/00 season, he was the manager of FC Baden, from 2000 to 2003 for FC Solothurn and from 2003 to 2004 at FC Baden again.
He previously coached FC Baden, FC Solothurn and the Liechtenstein national football team.
Since the 2017/18 season he has been the head coach of FC Rapperswil-Jona in the Challenge League.