Grasshopper Club Zürich

Grasshopper Club Zürich is a Swiss multisports club based in Zürich. It is best known for its football team. It is the most successful football club in the country. Grasshopper won the most national championship titles (27) and Swiss Cups (19).

Grasshoppers

Full name	Grasshopper Club Zürich
Nickname(s)	GC, GCZ, Grasshoppers
Founded	September 1, 1886
Ground	Letzigrund, Zürich
Capacity	25,000
Chairman	Stephan Anliker
Manager	Michael Skibbe
League	Swiss Super League
2022/2023	8th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

History

Grasshopper was founded on 1 September 1886 by Tom E. Griffith, an English student. The first Swiss championships ( "Serie A") were held in 1897–98 and were won by Grasshopper.

Current squad

As of 25 July 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK Portugal André Moreira 4 DF China Li Lei 6 MF Albania Amir Abrashi (captain) 7 MF Germany Tsiy-William Ndenge 8 MF Switzerland Giotto Morandi 9 FW Kosovo Shkelqim Demhasaj 10 MF Switzerland Petar Pusic 11 FW South Korea Jeong Sang-bin (on loan from Wolverhampton) 14 DF Portugal Tomás Ribeiro 15 DF Japan Ayumu Seko 17 MF Switzerland Dion Kacuri 22 FW Nigeria Francis Momoh 23 MF Germany Meritan Shabani 25 DF Guinea-Bissau Nadjack

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 FW Azerbaijan Renat Dadashov 28 MF Slovakia Christián Herc 31 DF Switzerland Dominik Schmid (3rd captain) 33 DF Austria Georg Margreitter (vice-captain) 40 MF Japan Hayao Kawabe (on loan from Wolverhampton) 41 DF Switzerland Noah Loosli 71 GK Switzerland Justin Hammel 73 DF Kosovo Florian Hoxha 77 DF Hungary Bendegúz Bolla (on loan from Wolverhampton) 93 GK France Lévi Ntumba 95 FW Brazil Guilherme Schettine (on loan from Braga) — FW China Jia Boyan

Honours

• Swiss Championship
  • Winners (27): 1898, 1900, 1901, 1905, 1921, 1927, 1928, 1931, 1937, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1952, 1956, 1971, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003
• Swiss Cup
  • Winners (19): 1926, 1927, 1932, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1952, 1956, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2013
• Swiss League Cup
  • Winners (2): 1973, 1975
• Swiss Super Cup
  • Winners (1): 1989