2015–16 Grasshopper Club Zürich season

Grasshopper Club Zürich
	2015–16 season
Chairman	Stephan Anliker
Manager	Pierluigi Tami
Stadium	Letzigrund,; Zürich, Switzerland
Swiss Cup	Eliminated in 2nd round
← 2014–15	2016–17 →

Review and events

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Matches

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendly matches

Preseason

26 June 2015 (2015-06-26)	FC Rapperswil-Jona	2 – 0	Grasshopper Club Zürich	Rapperswil-Jona
18:00 CEST	da Silva 13', 23'	Report		Stadium: Sportanlage Grünfeld Attendance: 650

30 June 2015 (2015-06-30)	Grasshopper Club Zürich	1 – 1	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	0 – 18	Grasshopper Club Zürich	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	3 – 4	Grasshopper Club Zürich	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 Zürich	3 – 0	SC Rheindorf Altach	Niederhasli
15:00 CEST	Tarashaj 26', 37' Dabbur 86'			Stadium: GC/Campus Attendance: 700 Referee: Nicolas Jancevski

Midseason

29 July 2015 (2015-07-29)	Grasshopper Club Zürich	5 – 0	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 Zürich	1 – 2	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

15 January 2016 (2016-01-15)	Grasshopper Club Zürich	6 - 2	FC Aarau	Niederhasli
14:30 CET		Summary		Stadium: GC/Campus

22 January 2016 (2016-01-22)	Grasshopper Club Zürich	1 - 2	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Marbella, Spain
16:00 CET		Summary

26 January 2016 (2016-01-26)	Grasshopper Club Zürich	3 - 3	Lillestrøm SK	Marbella, Spain
16:00 CET		Summary

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30)	SC Freiburg	1 - 3	Grasshopper Club Zürich	Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
14:00 CET		Summary

Super League

Kickoff times are in CET

League results and fixtures

First half of season

19 July 2015 Round 1	Thun	3 – 5	Grasshopper Club	Stockhorn Arena, Thun
13:45	Buess 15' Frontino 39' Bürki 41' Munsy 76' Barthe 87' (o.g.)	Report	2' Caio 8' Ravet 30' Marko Bašić 40' Dabbur 45' Tarashaj	Attendance: 6'011 Referee: Sascha Amhof

25 July 2015 Round 2	Grasshopper Club	2 – 3	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00	Dabour 30' Caio 32' 91'	Report	17' Kuzmanović 21' Gashi 38' 80'Janko 68' Lang 84' Xhaka 88' Elneny	Attendance: 9'600 Referee: Alain Bieri

2 August 2015 Round 3	FC Zürich	2 – 3	Grasshopper Club	Letzigrund, Zürich
16:00	Simonyan 34' Koch 53' Buff 60' Djimsiti 65'	Report	8', 42' Tarashaj 67' Gülen 93' Kamberi	Attendance: 11'153 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

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' 77' Dabbur 48' Marko Bašić 90'	Report	48' Russo 59' Bottani 54' Sabbatini	Attendance: 5'100 Referee: Alain Bieri

13 August 2015 (2015-08-13) Round 5	FC Vaduz	3 – 3	Grasshopper Club	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
19:45	Costanzo 24' Messaoud 79' Burgmeier 82' Ciccone 83'	Summary	Dabour 22' Ravet 37' Nikola Gjorgjev 79'	Attendance: 4,123 Referee: 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 32'	Summary	Caio Alves 4' Gülen 34' Dabour 49' Harun Alpsoy 81'	Attendance: 13,700 Referee: 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 86' Kamberi 90+1'	Summary	Bertone 21' Lecjaks 38' Vilotić 68' Kubo 80'	Attendance: 7,300 Referee: Sascha Amhof

13 September 2015 (2015-09-13) Round 8	FC Luzern	3 - 3	Grasshopper Club	Swissporarena, Lucerne
13:45	Lezcano 11' 77' (pen.) 89' Schneuwly 16' Schachten 43' Lustenberger 60'	Summary	Barthe 2' Ravet 23' Pnishi 26' Dabour 43' 87' Bauer 64' Bašić 69' Vasic 77'	Attendance: 13,403 Referee: Fedayi San

23 September 2015 (2015-09-23) Round 9	Grasshopper Club	2 - 0	FC Sion	Letzigrund, Zürich
19:45	Caio Alves 34' Källström 69' Ravet 74'	Summary	Zverotić 12' Lacroix 81' Kouassi 85'	Attendance: 3,900 Referee: Alain Bieri

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) Round 10	Grasshopper Club	1 - 1	St. Gallen	Letzigrund, Zürich
17:45	Tarashaj 53' Sherko Karim 77'	Summary	Everton Luiz 31' Lang 67' Mutsch 73'	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Sascha Amhof

4 October 2015 (2015-10-04) Round 11	Young Boys	3 - 1	Grasshopper Club	Stade de Suisse, Bern
13:45	Denis Zakaria 12' Bertone 21' Sulejmani 37' Steffen 45+3' 90+5' Hadergjonaj 74'	Summary	Gülen 2' Dabour 34' 50' Lüthi 74' Pnishi 79' Gjorgjev 90+2'	Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) Round 12	Grasshopper Club	1 - 0	Luzern	Letzigrund, Zürich
17:45	Dabour 5' Bauer 11' Pnishi 53' Brahimi 90+5'	Summary	Kryeziu 14' Schneuwly 53' Lustenberger 90+5'	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer

25 October 2015 (2015-10-25) Round 13	Sion	v	Grasshopper Club	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
13:45

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) Round 14	Grasshopper Club	v	Thun	Letzigrund, Zürich
17:45

8 November 2015 Round 15	Basel	2 – 3	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Boëtius 27' Callà 62' Embolo 74'	[ (Report)]	15' Bauer 19' 8' Källström 25' (o.g.) Suchý 52' Pnishi 65' Barthe 80' 90' Dabour	Attendance: 31,669 Referee: Sascha Amhof

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) Round 16	Grasshopper Club	v	Vaduz	Letzigrund, Zürich
17:45

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 25' Lüthi 34'	[ (Report)]	12', 54' Lang 20' Suchý 31' Janko 70' Delgado 90+3' Zuffi	Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)

2015 Round 21	Grasshopper Club	v	Sion	Letzigrund, Zürich
		[ Report]

27 February 2015 Round 22	Vaduz	v	Grasshopper Club	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
		[ Report]

7 March 2015 Round 23	St. Gallen	v	Grasshopper Club	AFG Arena, St. Gallen
		[ Report]

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	Dabour 54'	[ Report]	42' Ravet 44' Bertone	Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)

8 May 2015 Round 32	Lugano	v	Grasshopper Club	Cornaredo, Lugano
		[ Report]

11 May 2015 Round 33	Luzern	v	Grasshopper Club	Swissporarena, Luzern
		[ Report]

16 May 2015 Round 34	Grasshopper Club	v	Vaduz	Letzigrund, Zürich
		[ Report]

22 May 2015 Round 35	Grasshopper Club	v	Thun	Letzigrund, Zürich
		[ Report]

25 May 2016 Round 36	Basel	0 – 1	Grasshopper Club	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30	Boëtius 77'	(Summary)	41' (o.g.) Traoré 51' Bašić 52' Dabour 52' Källström 80' Kamberi	Attendance: 30,682 Referee: Stephan Klossner

League table

Current league table

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Swiss Cup

Kickoff times are in CET

16 August 2015 (2015-08-16) 1st Round	SC Cham	1 - 4	Grasshopper Club Zürich	Cham
14:00		Summary		Stadium: Eizmoos

18 September 2015 (2015-09-18) 2nd Round	FC Köniz	3 - 1	Grasshopper Club Zürich	Köniz
19:00	Altin Osmani 5' 87' Ermin Gigic 26'		6' Dabour	Stadium: Hessgut-Liebefeld Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

Squad

Squad, matches played and goals scored

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

Last updated: 2 August 2015

Note: Numbers in parenthesis denotes substitution appearances.

Players in italic left the club during the season

Transfers

Summer Transfers in
Name	Nationality	Position	Type	Moving from
Kim Källström		MF	Transfer	Spartak Moscow
Marko Bašić		MF	Transfer	Lugano
Alban Pnishi		CB	Transfer	Wohlen
Nemanja Antonov		CB	Transfer	OFK Beograd
Alexandre Barthe		CB	Transfer	Ludogorets Razgrad
Manuel Kubli		MF	loan return	Rapperswil-Jona
Joël Mall		GK	Transfer	Aarau

Summer Transfers out
Name	Nationality	Position	Type	Moving to
Michael Lang		CB	Transfer	Basel
Anatole Ngamukol		MF	Transfer	unknown
Michael Dingsdag		CB	Transfer	Breda
Sanel Jahić		CB	Transfer	unknown
Krisztián Vadócz		MF	Transfer	unknown
Matteo Fedele		MF	loan return	Sion
Amir Abrashi		MF	Transfer	Freiburg
Alexander Merkel		MF	loan return	Udinese
Gregory Wüthrich		CB	loan return	Young Boys
Gianluca Hossmann		CB	Transfer	unknown
Ulisses Garcia		CB	Transfer	Werder Bremen
Daniel Pavlović		CB	Transfer	Frosinone
Nassim Ben Khalifa		ST	Transfer	Eskişehirspor
Daniel Davari		GK	Transfer	Arminia Bielefeld
Stéphane Grichting		CB	retired