Grasshopper Club Zürich

Grasshoppers

Full name	Grasshopper Club Zürich
Nickname(s)	GC, GCZ, Grasshoppers
Founded	September 1, 1886
Ground	Letzigrund, Zürich
Capacity	25,000
Chairman	Stephan Anliker
Manager	Michael Skibbe
League	Swiss Super League
2022/2023	8th
Website	Club website
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Grasshopper Club Zürich is a Swiss multisports club based in Zürich. It is best known for its football team. It is the most successful football club in the country. Grasshopper won the most national championship titles (27) and Swiss Cups (19).

Grasshopper was founded on 1 September 1886 by Tom E. Griffith, an English student. The first Swiss championships ( "Serie A") were held in 1897–98 and were won by Grasshopper.

As of 25 July 2022^[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  Portugal André Moreira 4 DF  China Li Lei 6 MF  Albania Amir Abrashi (captain) 7 MF  Germany Tsiy-William Ndenge 8 MF  Switzerland Giotto Morandi 9 FW  Kosovo Shkelqim Demhasaj 10 MF  Switzerland Petar Pusic 11 FW  South Korea Jeong Sang-bin (on loan from Wolverhampton) 14 DF  Portugal Tomás Ribeiro 15 DF  Japan Ayumu Seko 17 MF  Switzerland Dion Kacuri 22 FW  Nigeria Francis Momoh 23 MF  Germany Meritan Shabani 25 DF  Guinea-Bissau Nadjack

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 FW  Azerbaijan Renat Dadashov 28 MF  Slovakia Christián Herc 31 DF  Switzerland Dominik Schmid (3rd captain) 33 DF  Austria Georg Margreitter (vice-captain) 40 MF  Japan Hayao Kawabe (on loan from Wolverhampton) 41 DF  Switzerland Noah Loosli 71 GK  Switzerland Justin Hammel 73 DF  Kosovo Florian Hoxha 77 DF  Hungary Bendegúz Bolla (on loan from Wolverhampton) 93 GK  France Lévi Ntumba 95 FW  Brazil Guilherme Schettine (on loan from Braga) — FW  China Jia Boyan

• Swiss Championship
  • Winners (27): 1898, 1900, 1901, 1905, 1921, 1927, 1928, 1931, 1937, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1952, 1956, 1971, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003
• Swiss Cup
  • Winners (19): 1926, 1927, 1932, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1952, 1956, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2013
• Swiss League Cup
  • Winners (2): 1973, 1975
• Swiss Super Cup
  • Winners (1): 1989

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