Peter Ramseier (29 November 1944 – 10 October 2018) was a Swiss international football player who played as a defender during the 1960s and 1970s.
Born in Bern, Ramseier played his youth football with FC Zähringia (now named Breitenrain).
Cantonal played in the Nationalliga B, the second tier of Swiss football, and Ramseier immediately became regular player for them.
[1] In July 1966, Ramseier joined FC Basel's first team for their 1966–67 season under head coach Helmut Benthaus.
[2] He played his domestic league debut for the team just four days later, on 12 March in the home game in the St. Jakob Stadium as Basel won 1–0 against La Chaux-de-Fonds.
After 88 minutes of play, with the score at 1–1, referee Karl Göppel awarded Basel a controversial penalty.
Subsequently, after the 2–1 lead for Basel the Lausanne players refused to resume the game and they sat down demonstratively on the pitch.
[5] Ramseier scored his first goal for the team in the Swiss Cup in the home game on 15 December 1968 as Basel won 3–1 against Luzern.
Basel won 13 of the 26 games, drawing ten, losing three times, they scored 48 goals conceding 28.
He scored two goals on 13 September 1969 in the Cup match as Basel won 10–0 against amateur club FC Minerva Bern.
In the second leg played in the St. Jakob Stadium Basel won 2–1, the goals being scored by Urs Siegenthaler und Walter Balmer.
This was won by Basel who defeated FC Winterthur 4–1 in the final which took place on 11 November 1972 at the Letzigrund in Zürich.
[16] With his parents and two brothers Ramseier grew up in close proximity to the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern.
Before and after the games, when thousands of spectators made a pilgrimage past their apartment to the Wankdorf, the three brothers placed a pillow on the window sill and watched the lively goings-on from above.
As human resources manager, he played a key role in creating a pleasant working atmosphere.
During the course of the day he complained of feeling unwell and this led to his suden death shortly afterwards, without any other previous symptoms.