2024–25 Grasshopper Club Zürich season

The 2024–25 Grasshopper Club Zürich season is the club's fourth season back in the Swiss Super League, after winning promotion in 2021 and avoiding relegation by winning last season's relegation play-off. The season will start on 20 July 2024.[1] Grasshoppers will also participate in the Swiss Cup.

Grasshopper Club Zürich
2024–25 season
ChairmanStacy Johns
ManagerMarco Schällibaum
StadiumLetzigrund,
Zürich, Switzerland
Swiss Super LeagueTBD
Swiss CupTBD
All statistics correct as of 31 May 2024.

Squad

Players
As of 28 June 2024[2]
No. Name Nationality Pos Date of birth (age) at GCZ since Apps Goals Former club
Goalkeepers
23 Nicolas Glaus GK (2002-05-10) 10 May 2002 06/2023 0 0 Stuttgart II
29 Manuel Kuttin GK (1993-12-17) 17 December 1993 06/2023 3 0 free agent
50 Laurent Seji GK (2004-06-22) 22 June 2004 06/2024 0 0 own youth
71 Justin Hammel GK (2000-12-02) 2 December 2000 06/2022 50 0 Lausanne-Ouchy
Defenders
2 Dirk Abels RB (1997-06-13) 13 June 1997 07/2023 28 0 Sparta Rotterdam
3 Saulo Decarli CB (1992-02-04) 4 February 1992 06/2024 0 0 Eintracht Braunschweig
4 Kristers Tobers CB (2000-12-13) 13 December 2000 07/2023 32 0 Lechia Gdańsk
5 Joshua Laws CB (1998-02-26) 26 February 1998 08/2023 23 0 Wellington Phoenix
12 Maksim Paskotši CB (2003-01-19) 19 January 2003 09/2023 29 0 Tottenham Hotspur
14 Théo Ndicka LB (2000-04-20) 20 April 2000 08/2023 30 1 Oostende
15 Ayumu Seko CB (2000-06-07) 7 June 2000 01/2022 86 3 Cerezo Osaka
24 Michael Kempter LB (1995-01-12) 12 January 1995 06/2023 6 0 St. Gallen
52 Samuel Marques CB (2005-02-04) 4 February 2005 04/2024 0 0 own youth
57 Elvir Zukaj CB (2002-07-07) 7 July 2002 07/2023 3 0 own youth
73 Florian Hoxha LB (2001-02-22) 22 February 2001 07/2021 29 1 own youth
Midfielders
6 Amir Abrashi CM (1990-03-27) 27 March 1990 06/2021 239 11 Basel
7 Tsiy-William Ndenge DM (1997-06-13) 13 June 1997 07/2022 62 12 Luzern
8 Giotto Morandi PM (1999-03-04) 4 March 1999 06/2019 128 19 own youth
11 Pascal Schürpf AM (1989-07-15) 15 July 1989 06/2023 29 5 Luzern
50 Simone Stroscio DM (2003-08-20) 20 August 2003 10/2021 3 0 own youth
53 Tim Meyer CM (2004-07-08) 8 July 2004 07/2023 21 0 own youth
55 Damian Nigg RW (2005-04-12) 12 April 2005 07/2023 4 0 own youth
77 Filipe de Carvalho LW (2003-12-01) 1 December 2003 01/2022 58 4 own youth
Forwards
21 Awer Mabil LW (1995-09-15) 15 September 1995 08/2023 22 4 Cádiz
27 Asumah Abubakar CF (1997-05-10) 10 May 1997 01/2024 18 2 Luzern
99 Dorian Babunski ST (1996-08-29) 29 August 1996 08/2023 31 4 Debrecen
– Nikolas Muci ST (2003-02-08) 8 February 2003 07/2024 0 0 Lugano

Players in italic left the club during the season.

Players out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
27 FW  AZE Renat Dadashov (at Hatayspor until 30 June 2024)

Coaching staff
As of 19 June 2024[3]
Position Name Since
Head coach Marco Schällibaum04/2024[4]
Assistant coach Giuseppe Morello06/2024[5]
Assistant coach Aurelién Mioch06/2023
Athletic coach Jörg Mikoleit06/2024[5]
Goalie Coach Jörg Stiel06/2021[6]
Video analyst Rain Nappir04/2021

Transfers

Test Matches
Competition First match Last match Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Pre-season 29 June 2024 13 July 2023 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 000.00
Total 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 000.00

Last updated: 29 June 2024
Source: Testspiele

Pre-season

The preparation plan for the upcoming season was announced on 4 June 2024.[11] Pre-season preparation begins on 18 June 2024. A training camp will be held in Crans-Montana, Valais, starting on 1 July and will end with a test game against freshly promoted FC Sion on 5 July 2024. FC Schaffhausen will be hosted for a test match on 29 June 2024 before the training camp. Finally, Grasshoppers will also travel to Vorarlberg for a test match against SC Rheindorf Altach on 13 July 2024. On 20 June 2024, an additional test match against Austria Lustenau was announced, to be held on the GC/Campus on 10 July 2024.[12]

29 June 2024 (2024-06-29) Pre-season Grasshopper Club Zürich 1–1 FC Schaffhausen Niederhasli, Switzerland
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Kamberi 50'
 Report
  • 11' De Donno
 Stadium: GC/Campus
5 July 2024 (2024-07-05) Pre-season FC Sion v Grasshopper Club Zürich Port-Valais, Switzerland
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Complexe Sportif du Bout du lac
10 July 2024 (2024-07-10) Pre-season Grasshopper Club Zürich v Austria Lustenau Niederhasli, Switzerland
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: GC/Campus
13 July 2024 (2024-07-13) Pre-season SC Rheindorf Altach v Grasshopper Club Zürich Altach, Austria
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: CASHPOINT Arena

References
  1. "Die SFL gibt den Datenplan für die Saison 2024/25 bekannt" (in German). Swiss Football League. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  2. "Kader" [Squad]. gcz.ch (in German). Grasshopper Fussball AG. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  3. Zürich, Grasshopper Club. "Squad – Grasshopper Club Zürich". www.gcz.ch. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  4. "Marco Schällibaum appointed new Head Coach at GC Zurich". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  5. "START OF TRAINING & COACHING STAFF & COMPLETION". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  6. "ERMINIO PISERCHIA AND JÖRG STIEL NEW AT GC". www.gcz.ch. Grasshopper Club Zürich. 2021-06-18.
  7. "Saulo Decarli moves to Grasshopper Club Zurich". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  8. "GC Youngster Laurent Seji sings professional contract". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  9. "GC Zurich signs current U21 national striker Nikolas Muci". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  10. "Update Kaderplanung: Vier Spieler neu beim FC Thun" (in Swiss High German). FC Thun. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  11. "Pre-season plan 2024/25". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  12. "Additional test match against Austria Lustenau". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
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