2015–16 Grasshopper Club Zurich season

Grasshopper Club Zurich
2015–16 season
ChairmanStephan Anliker
ManagerPierluigi Tami
StadiumLetzigrund
Super League4th
Swiss CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Mu'nas Dabbur (19)
All:
Mu'nas Dabbur (22)
Average home league attendance6,461

Review and events

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Matches

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Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

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Preseason

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26 June 2015 (2015-06-26) FC Rapperswil-Jona Switzerland 2 – 0 Switzerland Grasshopper Club Zurich Rapperswil-Jona
18:00 CEST da Silva 13', 23' Report Stadium: Sportanlage Grünfeld
Attendance: 650
30 June 2015 (2015-06-30) Grasshopper Club Zurich Switzerland 1 – 1 Switzerland FC Biel-Bienne Niederhasli
14:00 CEST Dabbur 4' Report Marchesano 58' Stadium: GC/Campus
Attendance: 300
Referee: Sandro Schärer
2 July 2015 (2015-07-02) SPG Arlberg Austria 0 – 18 Switzerland Grasshopper Club Zurich St. Anton, Austria
18:00 CEST Report Kamberi 13', 18', 20', 37', 48', 54'
Bašić 14'
Roberto Alves 21', 53'
 ? 27' (o.g.)
Ben Khalifa 30', 42', 44', 50'
Tarashaj 39', 41', 49'
Gjorgjev 51'		 Stadium: Sportanlage
3 July 2015 (2015-07-03) FC Winterthur Switzerland 3 – 4 Switzerland Grasshopper Club Zurich Winterthur
15:30 CEST Bengondo 13'
Fassnacht 26'
Foschini 73'		 Report Dabbur 33', 56'
Tarashaj 38'
Kamberi 77'		 Stadium: Reitplatz
Referee: Tomasz Superczynski
11 July 2015 (2015-07-11) Grasshopper Club Zurich Switzerland 3 – 0 Austria SC Rheindorf Altach Niederhasli
15:00 CEST Tarashaj 26', 37'
Dabbur 86'		 Stadium: GC/Campus
Attendance: 700
Referee: Nicolas Jancevski

Midseason

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29 July 2015 (2015-07-29) Grasshopper Club Zurich Switzerland 5 – 0 Switzerland SC YF Juventus ZH Niederhasli
19:00 CET Kamberi 36', 75'
Sherko 57'
Gjorgjev 73'
Roberto Oliveira Alves 85'		 Stadium: GC/Campus
4 September 2015 (2015-09-04) Grasshopper Club Zurich Switzerland 1 – 2 Austria FC Admira Wacker Mödling Niederhasli
17:00 CET Ravet 9' Report 11' Spiridonović
17' Starkl		 Stadium: GC/Campus
Attendance: 500
Referee: Lionel Tschudi

Winter break

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15 January 2016 (2016-01-15) Grasshopper Club Zurich Switzerland 6 - 2 Switzerland FC Aarau Niederhasli
14:30 CET Summary Stadium: GC/Campus
22 January 2016 (2016-01-22) Grasshopper Club Zurich Switzerland 1 - 2 Germany SpVgg Greuther Fürth Marbella, Spain
16:00 CET Summary
26 January 2016 (2016-01-26) Grasshopper Club Zurich Switzerland 3 - 3 Norway Lillestrøm SK Marbella, Spain
16:00 CET Summary
30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) SC Freiburg Germany 1 - 3 Switzerland Grasshopper Club Zurich Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
14:00 CET Summary

Super League

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Main article: 2015–16 Swiss Super League

Kickoff times are in CET

League results and fixtures

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First half of season

19 July 2015 Round 1 Thun 3 – 5 Grasshopper Club Stockhorn Arena, Thun
13:45 Buess 15'
Frontino Yellow card 39'
Bürki Yellow card 41'
Munsy 76'
Barthe 87' (o.g.)		 Report 2' Caio
8' Ravet
30' Marko Bašić
40' Dabbur
45' Tarashaj		 Attendance: 6'011
Referee: Switzerland Sascha Amhof
25 July 2015 Round 2 Grasshopper Club 2 – 3 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00 Dabbur 30'
Caio 32'
Yellow card 91'		 Report Yellow card 17' Kuzmanović
21' Gashi
38' Yellow card 80'Janko
68' Lang
Yellow card 84' Xhaka
Yellow card 88' Elneny		 Attendance: 9'600
Referee: Switzerland Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
2 August 2015 Round 3 FC Zürich 2 – 3 Grasshopper Club Letzigrund, Zürich
16:00 Simonyan 34'
Koch Yellow card 53'
Buff 60'
Djimsiti Yellow card 65'		 Report 8', 42' Tarashaj
Yellow card 67' Gülen
93' Kamberi		 Attendance: 11'153
Referee: Switzerland Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)
8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) Round 4 Grasshopper Club 6 – 1 FC Lugano Letzigrund, Zürich
17:45 Ravet 1'
Caio 41'
Tarashaj 45', 67' Yellow card 77'
Dabbur 48'
Marko Bašić 90'		 Report Yellow card 48' Russo
59' Bottani
Yellow card 54' Sabbatini		 Attendance: 5'100
Referee: Switzerland Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
13 August 2015 (2015-08-13) Round 5 FC Vaduz Liechtenstein 3 – 3 Grasshopper Club Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
19:45 Costanzo 24'
Messaoud 79'
Burgmeier 82'
Ciccone Yellow card 83'		 Summary Dabbur 22'
Ravet 37'
Nikola Gjorgjev 79'		 Attendance: 4,123
Referee: Switzerland Urs Schnyder
23 August 2015 (2015-08-23) Round 6 FC St. Gallen 0 - 2 Grasshopper Club AFG Arena, St. Gallen
13:45 Everton Luiz Yellow card 32' Summary Caio Alves 4'
Gülen Yellow card 34'
Dabbur 49'
Harun Alpsoy Yellow card 81'		 Attendance: 13,700
Referee: Switzerland Pascal Erlachner
30 August 2015 (2015-08-30) Round 7 Grasshopper Club 3 - 2 BSC Young Boys Letzigrund, Zürich
16:00 Ravet 15'
Tarashaj 40'
Caio Alves 59'
Källström Yellow card 86'
Kamberi Yellow card 90+1'		 Summary Bertone Yellow card 21'
Lecjaks Yellow card 38'
Vilotić 68'
Kubo 80'		 Attendance: 7,300
Referee: Switzerland Sascha Amhof
13 September 2015 (2015-09-13) Round 8 FC Luzern 3 - 3 Grasshopper Club Swissporarena, Lucerne
13:45 Lezcano 11' 77' (pen.) Yellow card 89' Yellow-red card
Schneuwly 16'
Schachten Yellow card 43'
Lustenberger Yellow card 60'		 Summary Barthe Yellow card 2'
Ravet 23'
Pnishi 26'
Dabbur Yellow card 43' 87'
Bauer Yellow card 64'
Bašić Yellow card 69'
Vasic Yellow card 77'		 Attendance: 13,403
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
23 September 2015 (2015-09-23) Round 9 Grasshopper Club 2 - 0 FC Sion Letzigrund, Zürich
19:45 Caio Alves 34'
Källström Yellow card 69'
Ravet 74'		 Summary Zverotić Yellow card 12'
Lacroix Yellow card 81'
Kouassi Yellow card 85'		 Attendance: 3,900
Referee: Switzerland Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) Round 10 Grasshopper Club 1 - 1 St. Gallen Letzigrund, Zürich
17:45 Tarashaj 53'
Sherko Karim Yellow card 77'		 Summary Everton Luiz Yellow card 31'
Lang Yellow card 67'
Mutsch 73'		 Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Switzerland Sascha Amhof
4 October 2015 (2015-10-04) Round 11 Young Boys 3 - 1 Grasshopper Club Stade de Suisse, Bern
13:45 Denis Zakaria Yellow card 12'
Bertone 21'
Sulejmani 37'
Steffen Yellow card 45+3' 90+5'
Hadergjonaj Yellow card 74'		 Summary Gülen Yellow card 2'
Dabbur Yellow card 34' 50'
Lüthi Yellow card 74'
Pnishi Yellow card 79'
Gjorgjev Yellow card 90+2'		 Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Switzerland Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)
17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) Round 12 Grasshopper Club 1 - 0 Luzern Letzigrund, Zürich
17:45 Dabbur 5'
Bauer Yellow card 11'
Pnishi Yellow card 53'
Brahimi Yellow card 90+5'		 Summary Kryeziu Yellow card 14'
Schneuwly Yellow card 53'
Lustenberger Yellow card 90+5'		 Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Austria Robert Schörgenhofer
25 October 2015 (2015-10-25) Round 13 Sion 3-2 Grasshopper Club Stade Tourbillon, Sion
13:45
31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) Round 14 Grasshopper Club 1-2 Thun Letzigrund, Zürich
17:45 Källström Yellow card 34'
Brahimi 64'
Pnishi Yellow card 90+1'		 Summary Munsy 66'
Schirinzi Yellow card 72' 79'
Faivre Yellow card 88'		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Switzerland Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)
8 November 2015 Round 15 Basel 2 – 3 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Boëtius Yellow card 27'
Callà 62'
Embolo 74'		 [ (Report)] Yellow card 15' Bauer
19' Yellow card 8' Källström
25' (o.g.) Suchý
Yellow card 52' Pnishi
Yellow card 65' Barthe
80' Yellow card 90' Dabbur		 Attendance: 31,669
Referee: Sascha Amhof
21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) Round 16 Grasshopper Club 2-0 Liechtenstein Vaduz Letzigrund, Zürich
17:45 Bašić Yellow card 67'
Loosli Yellow card 71'
Caio Alves 86' Yellow card 86'
Kamberi 90+2'		 Summary Bühler Yellow card 58'
Costanzo Yellow card 65'
Jehle Yellow card 83'		 Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Switzerland Sébastien Pache
29 November 2015 Round 17 Grasshopper Club 5-0 Zürich Letzigrund, Zürich
16:00 Dabbur 15'
Gülen Yellow card 21'
Ravet 58'
Tarashaj 64'
Caio Alves 71'
Källström 90+1'		 Summary Grgic Yellow card 51'
Vinícius Freitas Yellow card 66'
Buff Yellow card 90'
Sadiku Yellow card 90+3'		 Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Switzerland Sandro Schärer
6 December 2015 Round 18 Lugano v Grasshopper Club Cornaredo, Lugano

Second half of season

7 February 2016 Round 19 Young Boys v Grasshopper Club Stade de Suisse, Bern
[ Summary]
14 February 2016 Round 20 Grasshopper Club 0 – 4 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
16:00 Bašić Yellow card 25'
Lüthi Yellow card 34'		 [ (Report)] 12', 54' Lang
20' Suchý
Red card 31' Janko
Yellow card 70' Delgado
90+3' Zuffi		 Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Switzerland Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
2015 Round 21 Grasshopper Club v Sion Letzigrund, Zürich
[ Report]
27 February 2015 Round 22 Vaduz Liechtenstein v Grasshopper Club Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
[ Report]
7 March 2015 Round 23 St. Gallen v Grasshopper Club AFG Arena, St. Gallen
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13 March 2015 Round 24 Grasshopper Club v Zürich Letzigrund, Zürich
[ Report]
20 March 2015 Round 25 Grasshopper Club v Lugano Letzigrund, Zürich
[ Report]
3 April 2015 Round 26 Thun v Grasshopper Club Stockhorn Arena, Thun
[ Report]
2015 Round 27 Grasshopper Club v Luzern Letzigrund, Zürich
[ Report]
16 April 2015 Round 28 Sion v Grasshopper Club Stade Tourbillon, Sion
[ Report]
2015 Round 29 Zürich v Grasshopper Club Letzigrund, Zürich
[ Report]
2015 Round 30 Grasshopper Club v St. Gallen Letzigrund, Zürich
[ Report]
30 April 2015 Round 31 Grasshopper Club 1 – 2 Young Boys Letzigrund, Zürich
17:45 Dabbur 54' [ Report] 42' Ravet
44' Bertone		 Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Switzerland Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)
8 May 2015 Round 32 Lugano v Grasshopper Club Cornaredo, Lugano
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11 May 2015 Round 33 Luzern v Grasshopper Club Swissporarena, Luzern
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16 May 2015 Round 34 Grasshopper Club v Liechtenstein Vaduz Letzigrund, Zürich
[ Report]
22 May 2015 Round 35 Grasshopper Club v Thun Letzigrund, Zürich
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25 May 2016 Round 36 Basel 0 – 1 Grasshopper Club St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Boëtius Yellow card 77' (Summary) 41' (o.g.) Traoré
Yellow card 51' Bašić
Yellow card 52' Dabbur
Yellow card 52' Källström
Yellow card 80' Kamberi		 Attendance: 30,682
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Klossner

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Young Boys 36 20 9 7 78 47 +31 69 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Luzern 36 15 9 12 59 50 +9 54 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Grasshopper 36 15 8 13 65 56 +9 53 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5 Sion 36 14 8 14 52 49 +3 50
6 Thun 36 10 11 15 45 54 −9 41
Source: Swiss Super League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points 5) Draw.[1]

Swiss Cup

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Main article: 2015–16 Swiss Cup

Kickoff times are in CET

16 August 2015 (2015-08-16) 1st Round SC Cham Canton of Zug 1 - 4 Canton of Zurich Grasshopper Club Zurich Cham
14:00 Summary Stadium: Eizmoos
18 September 2015 (2015-09-18) 2nd Round FC Köniz Canton of Bern 3 - 1 Canton of Zurich Grasshopper Club Zurich Köniz
19:00 Altin Osmani 5' 87'
Ermin Gigic 26'		 6' Dabbur Stadium: Hessgut-Liebefeld
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

Squad

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Squad, matches played and goals scored

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No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) at GCZ since Signed from SL matches SL goals Cup matches Cup goals
Goalkeepers
1 Vaso Vasic Switzerland Serbia GK (1990-04-26) 26 April 1990 (age 34) 2014 Schaffhausen 0 0 0 0
18 Joël Mall Switzerland GK (1991-04-05) 5 April 1991 (age 33) 06/2015 Aarau 0 0 0 0
33 Timothy Dieng Senegal Switzerland GK (1994-11-23) 23 November 1994 (age 29) 2013 Grenchen 0 0 0 0
Defenders
3 Nemanja Antonov Serbia CB (1995-05-06) 6 May 1995 (age 29) 07/2015 OFK Beograd 0 0 0 0
5 Alexandre Barthe FranceBulgaria CB (1986-03-05) 5 March 1986 (age 38) 06/2015 Ludogorets Razgrad 0 0 0 0
6 Alban Pnishi KosovoSwitzerland CB (1990-10-20) 20 October 1990 (age 33) 06/2015 Wohlen 0 0 0 0
22 Benjamin Lüthi Switzerland CB (1988-11-30) 30 November 1988 (age 35) 01/2015 unattached 0 0 0 0
23 Jean-Pierre Rhyner SwitzerlandPeru CB (1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 (age 28) 07/2015 own youth 0 0 0 0
29 Levent Gülen Switzerland Turkey CB (1994-02-24) 24 February 1994 (age 30) 2014 Kayserispor 0 0 0 0
34 Moritz Bauer Switzerland CB (1992-02-25) 25 February 1992 (age 32) 2010 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
4 Kim Källström Sweden MF (1982-08-24) 24 August 1982 (age 42) 06/2015 FC Spartak Moscow 0 0 0 0
7 Jordan Brown Germany Jamaica MF (1991-11-12) 12 November 1991 (age 32) 01/2015 Wil 0 0 0 0
8 Marko Bašić Croatia MF (1988-05-25) 25 May 1988 (age 36) 07/2015 FC Lugano 0 0 0 0
16 Manuel Kubli Switzerland MF (1995-04-09) 9 April 1995 (age 29) 07/2015 FC Rapperswil-Jona 0 0 0 0
31 Harun Alpsoy SwitzerlandTurkey MF (1997-03-03) 3 March 1997 (age 27) 07/2015 own youth 0 0 0 0
35 Nikola Gjorgjev SwitzerlandNorth Macedonia MF (1997-08-22) 22 August 1997 (age 27) 02/2015 own youth 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 Mu'nas Dabbur Israel ST (1992-05-14) 14 May 1992 (age 32) 2014 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0 0 0 0
14 Yoric Ravet France ST (1989-09-12) 12 September 1989 (age 35) 2014 Lausanne 0 0 0 0
21 Caio Brazil ST (1986-05-29) 29 May 1986 (age 38) 2013 Atlético Goianiense 0 0 0 0
25 Sherko Karim Iraq ST (1996-05-25) 25 May 1996 (age 28) 03/2015 Al Shorta 0 0 0 0
26 Florian Kamberi Switzerland ST (1995-03-08) 8 March 1995 (age 29) 07/2015 own youth 0 0 0 0
30 Shani Tarashaj SwitzerlandAlbania ST (1995-02-07) 7 February 1995 (age 29) 2013 own youth 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 2 August 2015

Note: Numbers in parentheses denote substitution appearances.

Players in italic left the club during the season

Transfers

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Summer Transfers in
Name Nationality Position Type Moving from
Kim Källström Sweden MF Transfer Russia Spartak Moscow
Marko Bašić Croatia MF Transfer Switzerland Lugano
Alban Pnishi KosovoSwitzerland CB Transfer Switzerland Wohlen
Nemanja Antonov Serbia CB Transfer Serbia OFK Beograd
Alexandre Barthe FranceBulgaria CB Transfer Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad
Manuel Kubli Switzerland MF loan return Switzerland Rapperswil-Jona
Joël Mall Switzerland GK Transfer Switzerland Aarau
Summer Transfers out
Name Nationality Position Type Moving to
Michael Lang Switzerland CB Transfer Switzerland Basel
Anatole Ngamukol Equatorial GuineaFrance MF Transfer unknown
Michael Dingsdag Netherlands CB Transfer Netherlands Breda
Sanel Jahić Bosnia and Herzegovina France CB Transfer unknown
Krisztián Vadócz Hungary MF Transfer unknown
Matteo Fedele Switzerland MF loan return Switzerland Sion
Amir Abrashi Albania Switzerland MF Transfer Germany Freiburg
Alexander Merkel KazakhstanGermany MF loan return Italy Udinese
Gregory Wüthrich Switzerland CB loan return Switzerland Young Boys
Gianluca Hossmann Switzerland CB Transfer unknown
Ulisses Garcia Switzerland Portugal CB Transfer Germany Werder Bremen
Daniel Pavlović Switzerland Croatia CB Transfer Italy Frosinone
Nassim Ben Khalifa Switzerland Tunisia ST Transfer Turkey Eskişehirspor
Daniel Davari Iran Germany GK Transfer Germany Arminia Bielefeld
Stéphane Grichting Switzerland CB retired

Coaching staff

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Position Staff
Manager Switzerland Pierluigi Tami
Assistant coach Romania Zoltan Kadar
Fitness coach France Nicolas Dyon
Goalkeeper coach Switzerland Christoph Born

Last updated: 1 June 2015
Source: GCZ Official Site

Sources

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  1. ^ "Super League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
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