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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

Review and events edit

Matches edit

Legend edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches edit

Preseason edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Main article: 2015–16 Swiss Super League

Kickoff times are in CET

League results and fixtures edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Squad, matches played and goals scored edit

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 (age 33) 2014 Schaffhausen 0 0 0 0
18 Joël Mall   GK (1991-04-05) 5 April 1991 (age 33) 06/2015 Aarau 0 0 0 0
33 Timothy Dieng     GK (1994-11-23) 23 November 1994 (age 29) 2013 Grenchen 0 0 0 0
Defenders
3 Nemanja Antonov   CB (1995-05-06) 6 May 1995 (age 28) 07/2015 OFK Beograd 0 0 0 0
5 Alexandre Barthe    CB (1986-03-05) 5 March 1986 (age 38) 06/2015 Ludogorets Razgrad 0 0 0 0
6 Alban Pnishi    CB (1990-10-20) 20 October 1990 (age 33) 06/2015 Wohlen 0 0 0 0
22 Benjamin Lüthi   CB (1988-11-30) 30 November 1988 (age 35) 01/2015 unattached 0 0 0 0
23 Jean-Pierre Rhyner    CB (1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 (age 28) 07/2015 own youth 0 0 0 0
29 Levent Gülen     CB (1994-02-24) 24 February 1994 (age 30) 2014 Kayserispor 0 0 0 0
34 Moritz Bauer   CB (1992-02-25) 25 February 1992 (age 32) 2010 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
4 Kim Källström   MF (1982-08-24) 24 August 1982 (age 41) 06/2015 FC Spartak Moscow 0 0 0 0
7 Jordan Brown     MF (1991-11-12) 12 November 1991 (age 32) 01/2015 Wil 0 0 0 0
8 Marko Bašić   MF (1988-05-25) 25 May 1988 (age 35) 07/2015 FC Lugano 0 0 0 0
16 Manuel Kubli   MF (1995-04-09) 9 April 1995 (age 29) 07/2015 FC Rapperswil-Jona 0 0 0 0
31 Harun Alpsoy    MF (1997-03-03) 3 March 1997 (age 27) 07/2015 own youth 0 0 0 0
35 Nikola Gjorgjev    MF (1997-08-22) 22 August 1997 (age 26) 02/2015 own youth 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 Mu'nas Dabbur   ST (1992-05-14) 14 May 1992 (age 31) 2014 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0 0 0 0
14 Yoric Ravet   ST (1989-09-12) 12 September 1989 (age 34) 2014 Lausanne 0 0 0 0
21 Caio   ST (1986-05-29) 29 May 1986 (age 37) 2013 Atlético Goianiense 0 0 0 0
25 Sherko Karim   ST (1996-05-25) 25 May 1996 (age 27) 03/2015 Al Shorta 0 0 0 0
26 Florian Kamberi   ST (1995-03-08) 8 March 1995 (age 29) 07/2015 own youth 0 0 0 0
30 Shani Tarashaj    ST (1995-02-07) 7 February 1995 (age 29) 2013 own youth 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 2 August 2015

Note: Numbers in parentheses denote substitution appearances.

Players in italic left the club during the season

Transfers edit

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 edit

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 edit

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