2005–06 Grasshopper Club Zürich season

During the 2005–06 Swiss football season, Grasshopper Club Zürich competed in the Swiss Super League.

Grasshopper Club Zürich
2005-06 season
Manager Hanspeter Latour (until 3 January)
Krasimir Balakov (from 16 January)
StadiumHardturm
Swiss Super League4th
UEFA CupGroup stage

Season summary

Manager Hanspeter Latour left in early January to take charge of German club Köln. Bulgarian legend Krasimir Balakov was appointed to replace him. Balakov led the Zürich club to 4th place, one place lower than the previous season.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

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   SUI Fabio Coltorti
2 DF  LVA Igors Stepanovs
4 DF   SUI Roland Schwegler
5 DF  MAR Tariq Chihab
6 MF   SUI Gerardo Seoane
7 FW  SEN Demba Touré
8 MF   SUI Michel Renggli
9 FW   SUI André Muff
10 FW  BRA Eduardo
11 FW  BRA Rogério
13 DF   SUI Luca Denicolà
14 MF   SUI Dušan Pavlović
17 MF  DOM Vladimir Peralta
18 GK  LIE Peter Jehle
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF  COL Alexander Viveros
20 FW  BRA Leandro Fonseca
23 MF  ESP Raúl Cabanas
24 DF   SUI Kim Jaggy[notes 1]
26 MF  MKD Aleksandar Mitreski
27 DF   SUI Kay Voser
29 DF   SUI Marc Lütolf
30 MF  BRA António dos Santos
31 FW   SUI David Blumer
32 DF   SUI Scott Sutter[notes 2]
33 DF  PER Leonel Romero[notes 3]
34 MF   SUI Antonio Aiello
35 MF   SUI Vero Salatić[notes 4]

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF   SUI Igor Hürlimann (to Neuchâtel Xamax)
15 MF   SUI Ricardo Cabanas[notes 5] (to Köln)
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW  URU Horacio Peralta
GK   SUI Eldin Jakupović[notes 6] (to Thun)

Results

Second qualifying round

25 August 2005 Wisła Płock 3–2 Grasshoppers Kazimierz Górski Stadium, Płock
18:00 Gęsior  35', 38'
Zilić  69'
Report António  30'
Eduardo  83'
Referee: Egill Mar Markusson (Iceland)

3–3 on aggregate, Grasshoppers win on away goals

First round

15 September 2005 Grasshoppers 1–1 MyPa Hardturm, Zürich
19:30 Salatić  1' Report Marco Manso  19' Referee: Dougie McDonald (Scotland)
29 September 2005 MyPa 0–3 Grasshoppers Pohjola Stadion, Vantaa
18:30 Report Touré  75'
Salatić  80'
Rogério  86'
Referee: Vitaliy Godulyan (Ukraine)

Grasshoppers won 4-1 on aggregate.

Group stage

20 October 2005 Grasshoppers 0–1 Middlesbrough Hardturm, Zurich
21:00 Report Hasselbaink  10' Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)
3 November 2005 Litex Lovech 2–1 Grasshoppers Lovech Stadium, Lovech
16:00 Novaković  13'
Sandrinho  81'
Report António  90' Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)
30 November 2005 Grasshoppers 2–3 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Hardturm, Zurich
20:45 Touré  85'
Renggli  90'
Report Nazarenko  39'
Kravchenko  61'
Mykhaylenko  84'
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Edo Trivković (Croatia)
15 December 2005 AZ 1–0 Grasshoppers Alkmaarderhout, Alkmaar
20:45 Koevermans  70' Report Attendance: 8,153
Referee: Hervé Piccirillo (France)

References

  1. "FootballSquads - Grasshoppers - 2005/06". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-07.

Notes

  1. Jaggy was born in Varen, Switzerland, but also qualifies to represent Haiti internationally and would make his international debut for Haiti in 2011.
  2. Sutter was born in Enfield, England, but also qualifies to represent Switzerland internationally through his father and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Switzerland in September 2010.
  3. Romero was born in Peru, but also qualifies to represent Switzerland internationally and would represent them at U-20 level.
  4. Salatić was born in Zvornik, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but was raised in Switzerland and represented them at U-19, U-20, and U-21 level, and has expressed interest in representing Serbia or Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally.
  5. Cabanas was born in Zürich, Switzerland, but also qualifies to represent Spain internationally and has represented Galicia in unofficial matches.
  6. Jakupović was born in Prijedor, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), and represented them at U-21 level, but was raised in Switzerland and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Switzerland in August 2008.
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