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Marco Schällibaum (born 6 April 1962) is a Swiss football manager.
Career
Marco Schällibaum is a former Swiss football player and current football coach. He played for Grasshopper Club Zurich, FC Basel, Servette Geneva and FC Luzern.
Playing career
As a player Schällibaum played 15 years in the Swiss first division from 1980 to 1995, playing in over 450 games for various top Swiss clubs and won three league titles. He also appeared in 50 Swiss Cup games, winning the Cup in 1983 with Grasshopper. He also played for the Swiss national football team from 1983 to 1988, making 31 appearances.
Managerial career
Early career
After his career, he worked as an assistant coach at FC Basel. In 1999, he became head coach of BSC Young Boys, with whom he led the 2001 resurgence in the National League A and 2002 in the UEFA Cup. For the 2003/04 season he was coach at Servette Geneva. Later he was the coach at Concordia Basel. In November 2006, he coached FC Sion, but was released in the same month. On 2 April 2007, he signed a contract with the then relegation-threatened FC Schaffhausen. He could not prevent the descent, he remained coach at FC Schaffhausen in the Challenge League. On 28 April 2008 it was announced that he would leave at the end of Schaffhausen 2008/09 season. On 6 June 2008, however, it was announced that he would immediately leave FC Schaffhausen and join AC Bellinzona. On 1 November 2009 he was terminated by Bellinzona FC after a 0–5 home defeat against FC St. Gallen. On 17 May 2010 Marco Schällibaum took over as interim coach at FC Lugano for the Axpo Super League season 2009/10. Following the season Lugano extended his contract for the 2010/11 season.After leaving FC Lugan he was hired as a FIFA coaching instructor in Qatar, Mongolia and South Korea.
Montreal Impact
On 7 January 2013 Schällibaum was named as head coach of Major League Soccer club Montreal Impact, helping the team make the MLS playoffs in only its second season in the league. A late season collapse that saw the team limp into the post season after challenging for the Supporter's Shield (the best record in the league ) at some points during the season saw Schallibaum sacked on 18 December 2013. Schällibaum was suspended four times during the season.
| Suspensions during the 2013 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension no. | No. of matches | Opponent(s) | Ref. |
| 1 | 1 | Columbus Crew | |
| 2 | 1 | Columbus Crew | |
| 3 | 1 | Toronto FC | |
| 4 | 2 | Houston Dynamo | |
| Philadelphia Union | |||
Coaching record
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Ref. | |||
| Basel | 15 May 1999 | 30 June 1999 | 7000400000000000000♠4 | 5000000000000000000♠0 | 7000300000000000000♠3 | 7000100000000000000♠1 | 7000300000000000000♠3 | 7000400000000000000♠4 | −1 | 05000000000000000000♠0.00 | |
| Young Boys | 1 July 1999 | 30 June 2003 | 7002156000000000000♠156 | 7001650000000000000♠65 | 7001400000000000000♠40 | 7001510000000000000♠51 | 7002257000000000000♠257 | 7002229000000000000♠229 | +28 | 7001416700000000000♠41.67 | |
| Servette | 1 July 2003 | 16 August 2004 | 7001450000000000000♠45 | 7001160000000000000♠16 | 7000800000000000000♠8 | 7001210000000000000♠21 | 7001710000000000000♠71 | 7001840000000000000♠84 | −13 | 7001355600000000000♠35.56 | |
| Sion | 1 November 2006 | 20 November 2006 | 7000300000000000000♠3 | 7000100000000000000♠1 | 5000000000000000000♠0 | 7000200000000000000♠2 | 7000200000000000000♠2 | 7000600000000000000♠6 | −4 | 7001333300000000000♠33.33 | |
| Schaffhausen | 3 April 2007 | 30 June 2008 | 7001480000000000000♠48 | 7001160000000000000♠16 | 7001150000000000000♠15 | 7001170000000000000♠17 | 7001680000000000000♠68 | 7001610000000000000♠61 | +7 | 7001333300000000000♠33.33 | |
| Bellinzona | 1 July 2008 | 1 November 2009 | 7001620000000000000♠62 | 7001200000000000000♠20 | 7001130000000000000♠13 | 7001290000000000000♠29 | 7001930000000000000♠93 | 7002113000000000000♠113 | −20 | 7001322590000000000♠32.26 | |
| Lugano | 1 July 2010 | 30 June 2011 | 7001330000000000000♠33 | 7001220000000000000♠22 | 7000200000000000000♠2 | 7000900000000000000♠9 | 7001640000000000000♠64 | 7001380000000000000♠38 | +26 | 7001666700000000000♠66.67 | |
| Montreal Impact | 7 January 2013 | 18 December 2013 | 7001390000000000000♠39 | 7001150000000000000♠15 | 7000900000000000000♠9 | 7001150000000000000♠15 | 7001580000000000000♠58 | 7001560000000000000♠56 | +2 | 7001384600000000000♠38.46 | |
| Total | 7002390000000000000♠390 | 7002155000000000000♠155 | 7001900000000000000♠90 | 7002145000000000000♠145 | 7002616000000000000♠616 | 7002591000000000000♠591 | +25 | 7001397400000000000♠39.74 | — | ||
Honors
Manager
- Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic (1): 2013
- Canadian Championship (1): 2013