2015–16 Grasshopper Club Zürich season

Grasshopper Club Zürich

2015–16 season
Chairman	Stephan Anliker
Manager	Pierluigi Tami
Stadium	Letzigrund
Super League	4th
Swiss Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Mu'nas Dabbur (19) All: Mu'nas Dabbur (22)
Average home league attendance	6,461

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Preseason

26 June 2015	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	Grasshopper Club Zürich	6 - 2	FC Aarau	Niederhasli
14:30 CET		Summary		Stadium: GC/Campus

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

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

30 January 2016	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	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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Round 13	Sion	3-2	Grasshopper Club	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
13:45

31 October 2015 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 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

Kickoff times are in CET

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

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