2015–16 Grasshopper Club Zürich season

Grasshopper Club Zürich
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

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

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
Main article: 2015–16 Swiss 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 Dabbur  30'
Caio  32'
 91'		 Report  17' Kuzmanović
 21' Gashi
 38'  80'Janko
 68' Lang
 84' Xhaka
 88' Elneny		 Attendance: 9'600
Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
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 (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'  77'
Dabbur  48'
Marko Bašić  90'		 Report  48' Russo
 59' Bottani
 54' Sabbatini		 Attendance: 5'100
Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
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 Dabbur  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'
Dabbur  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'
Dabbur  43'  87'
Bauer  64'
Bašić  69'
Vasic  77'		 Attendance: 13,403
Referee: 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  69'
Ravet  74'		 Summary Zverotić  12'
Lacroix  81'
Kouassi  85'		 Attendance: 3,900
Referee: 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  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'
Dabbur  34'  50'
Lüthi  74'
Pnishi  79'
Gjorgjev  90+2'		 Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)
17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) Round 12 Grasshopper Club 1 - 0 Luzern Letzigrund, Zürich
17:45 Dabbur  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 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  34'
Brahimi  64'
Pnishi  90+1'		 Summary Munsy  66'
Schirinzi  72'  79'
Faivre  88'		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)
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' Dabbur		 Attendance: 31,669
Referee: Sascha Amhof
21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) Round 16 Grasshopper Club 2-0 Vaduz Letzigrund, Zürich
17:45 Bašić  67'
Loosli  71'
Caio Alves  86'  86'
Kamberi  90+2'		 Summary Bühler  58'
Costanzo  65'
Jehle  83'		 Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Sébastien Pache
29 November 2015 Round 17 Grasshopper Club 5-0 Zürich Letzigrund, Zürich
16:00 Dabbur  15'
Gülen  21'
Ravet  58'
Tarashaj  64'
Caio Alves  71'
Källström  90+1'		 Summary Grgic  51'
Vinícius Freitas  66'
Buff  90'
Sadiku  90+3'		 Attendance: 14,000
Referee: 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  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 Dabbur  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' Dabbur
 52' Källström
 80' Kamberi		 Attendance: 30,682
Referee: Stephan Klossner

League table
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
Main article: 2015–16 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' Dabbur Stadium: Hessgut-Liebefeld
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

Squad

Squad, matches played and goals scored
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 GK (1990-04-26) 26 April 1990 2014 Schaffhausen 0 0 0 0
18 Joël Mall GK (1991-04-05) 5 April 1991 06/2015 Aarau 0 0 0 0
33 Timothy Dieng GK (1994-11-23) 23 November 1994 2013 Grenchen 0 0 0 0
Defenders
3 Nemanja Antonov CB (1995-05-06) 6 May 1995 07/2015 OFK Beograd 0 0 0 0
5 Alexandre Barthe CB (1986-03-05) 5 March 1986 06/2015 Ludogorets Razgrad 0 0 0 0
6 Alban Pnishi CB (1990-10-20) 20 October 1990 06/2015 Wohlen 0 0 0 0
22 Benjamin Lüthi CB (1988-11-30) 30 November 1988 01/2015 unattached 0 0 0 0
23 Jean-Pierre Rhyner CB (1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 07/2015 own youth 0 0 0 0
29 Levent Gülen CB (1994-02-24) 24 February 1994 2014 Kayserispor 0 0 0 0
34 Moritz Bauer CB (1992-02-25) 25 February 1992 2010 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
4 Kim Källström MF (1982-08-24) 24 August 1982 06/2015 FC Spartak Moscow 0 0 0 0
7 Jordan Brown MF (1991-11-12) 12 November 1991 01/2015 Wil 0 0 0 0
8 Marko Bašić MF (1988-05-25) 25 May 1988 07/2015 FC Lugano 0 0 0 0
16 Manuel Kubli MF (1995-04-09) 9 April 1995 07/2015 FC Rapperswil-Jona 0 0 0 0
31 Harun Alpsoy MF (1997-03-03) 3 March 1997 07/2015 own youth 0 0 0 0
35 Nikola Gjorgjev MF (1997-08-22) 22 August 1997 02/2015 own youth 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 Mu'nas Dabbur ST (1992-05-14) 14 May 1992 2014 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0 0 0 0
14 Yoric Ravet ST (1989-09-12) 12 September 1989 2014 Lausanne 0 0 0 0
21 Caio ST (1986-05-29) 29 May 1986 2013 Atlético Goianiense 0 0 0 0
25 Sherko Karim ST (1996-05-25) 25 May 1996 03/2015 Al Shorta 0 0 0 0
26 Florian Kamberi ST (1995-03-08) 8 March 1995 07/2015 own youth 0 0 0 0
30 Shani Tarashaj ST (1995-02-07) 7 February 1995 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

Coaching staff
Position Staff
Manager Pierluigi Tami
Assistant coach Zoltan Kadar
Fitness coach Nicolas Dyon
Goalkeeper coach Christoph Born

Last updated: 1 June 2015
Source: GCZ Official Site

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