Ernst Amstein

Ernst Amstein (born 22 July 1889) was a Swiss footballer who played for FC Basel in the early 1900s as defender.

Football career Amstein joined Basel's first team for their 1908–09 season from their reserve team. After playing in three test games, Amstein played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game on 2 May 1909 as Basel won 5–2 against Aarau. According to the existing documents, Amstein played one domestic league game in this season.

Amstein stayed with the first team for another season. In their 1909–10 season, Amstein is documented in five domestic league matches.

Between the years 1908 and 1910 Amstein played at least 21 games for Basel without scoring a goal. At least six of these games were in the Nationalliga A, one in the Anglo Cup and 14 were friendly games.