{{Short description|Swiss sports club}} {{Redirect|GCZ}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Grasshopper Club Zürich | current = 2025–26 Grasshopper Club Zurich season | image = GC Zürich Logo.svg | image_size = 180px | fullname = Grasshopper Club Zürich | nickname = Hoppers | short name = {{flatlist| *Grasshopper Club *Grasshoppers *GC *GCZ }} | founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1886|09|01}} | ground = Letzigrund | capacity = 26,104 | owner = LAFC Group<ref name=lafc1>{{cite web |title=LAFC and Grasshopper Club Zürich form Partnership|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zürich |date=17 January 2024 |access-date=17 January 2024 |url=https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/article/17/lafc-and-grasshopper-club-zuerich-form-long-term-strategic-partnership/}}</ref><ref name=lafc2>{{cite web |title= LAFC And Grasshopper Club Zürich Form Long-Term Strategic Partnership |publisher=Los Angeles FC |date=17 January 2024 |access-date=17 January 2024 |url=https://www.lafc.com/news/lafc-and-grasshopper-club-zurich-form-long-term-strategic-partnership}}</ref> | chairman = John Thorrington | chrtitle = President | mgrtitle = Sporting director | manager = Alain Sutter | coach = Peter Zeidler | league = Swiss Super League | season = 2025–26 | position = 11th of 12 | website = {{URL|https://www.gcz.ch|gcz.ch}} | pattern_la1 = _grasshopper2425h | pattern_b1 = _grasshopper2425h | pattern_ra1 = _grasshopper2425h | pattern_sh1 = | pattern_so1 = | leftarm1 = FFFFFF | body1 = FFFFFF | rightarm1 = FFFFFF | shorts1 = 000000 | socks1 = 000000 | pattern_la2 = _grasshopper2425a | pattern_b2 = _grasshopper2425a | pattern_ra2 = _grasshopper2425a | pattern_sh2 = _grasshopper2425a | pattern_so2 = _grasshopper2425a | leftarm2 = 0000FF | body2 = 0000FF | rightarm2 = 0000FF | shorts2 = 0000FF | socks2 = 0000FF }}
'''Grasshopper Club Zurich''' ('''GCZ'''), commonly referred to as '''Grasshopper Club''' or simply just '''GC''', is a professional multisports club based in Zurich, Switzerland. The oldest and best-known department of the club is its football team. With 27 league titles, the Grasshoppers hold the records for winning the most national championships and the Swiss Cups, with 19 trophies in the latter.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=sui/news/newsid=1954325.html |title=Vilotić seals Swiss Cup success for Grasshoppers |publisher=UEFA |date=20 May 2013 |access-date=9 June 2013 |archive-date=11 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911191448/https://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=sui/news/newsid=1954325.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> The club is the oldest football team in Zurich and maintains a substantial rivalry with FC Zurich.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/rivalries/newsid=1063547/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530143035/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/rivalries/newsid=1063547/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 May 2013 |title=The great Zurich divide |publisher=FIFA |access-date=9 June 2013}}</ref>
The origin of Grasshoppers name is unknown, although the most common explanation refers to its early players' energetic post-goal celebrations and that their style of play was nimble and energetic.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gcz.ch/club/geschichte/uebersicht/ |title=GESCHICHTE DES GRASSHOPPER CLUB ZÜRICH |publisher=GCZ |access-date=9 June 2013 |archive-date=7 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107171144/http://www.gcz.ch/club/geschichte/uebersicht/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
After a number of appearances in European Cups and the UEFA Champions League, the Grasshopper Club has become one of Switzerland's most recognizable football clubs. Today, in addition to its main football squad, the club has competitive professional and youth teams in rowing, ice hockey, handball, lawn tennis, court tennis, field hockey, curling, basketball, rugby, squash, floorball and beach soccer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grasshopper-club.ch/ |title=Sektionen |publisher=GCZ |access-date=9 June 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> thumb|300px|Grasshopper Stadium Letzigrund
==History== 260px|thumb|Chart of GCZ table positions in the Swiss football league system {{main|History of Grasshopper Club Zürich}}
Grasshopper Club Zurich was founded on 1 September 1886 by Tom E. Griffith, an English student. In 1893, the Grasshopper Club became the first Swiss team to play in (what was then) Germany, defeating Strasbourg 1–0. The first Swiss championships (then called "Serie A") were held in 1897–98 and were won by the Grasshoppers, as was the first championship played using a league system in 1899–1900.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=44066/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007123824/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=44066/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 October 2012 |title=Grasshopper Club Zürich |publisher=FIFA |access-date=9 June 2013}}</ref>
Their biggest European success to date came in the 1977–78 UEFA Cup where they reached the semi-final against French side Bastia. After a 3–2 win at home, they traveled to Corsica for the second leg but lost 0–1 and were eliminated due to the away goal rule.
In 1997, the Grasshopper Club was incorporated and as of May 2005, it is formally organized as Neue Grasshopper Fussball AG. In doing so, Grasshopper became the first Swiss sports club to go public.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.builder.com/whitepapers/0,39026692,60047531p-39000909q,00.htm|title=White Papers – Resource Library|website=TechRepublic|access-date=24 August 2006|archive-date=18 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118040358/https://www.zdnet.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Their to date last Swiss championship title was won in 2003. In 2013, the Grasshoppers ended a ten-year trophy drought with a penalty shoot-out victory over Basel in the Swiss Cup final. It would be the last trophy won for over a decade.
In 2019, the Grasshoppers were relegated to the second division for the first time in 68 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-swiss-gra-idUKKCN1SM2LF|title=Relegation completes demise of most successful Swiss club|first=Brian|last=Homewood|date=16 May 2019|publisher=Reuters|access-date=27 June 2019|archive-date=27 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627212507/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-swiss-gra-idUKKCN1SM2LF|url-status=live}}</ref>
In April 2020, it was revealed that the Hong Kong–based Champion Union HK Holding Limited had acquired 90% of GC shares.<ref name=china>{{cite web |author=Thomas Schifferle |url=https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/chinesische-holding-uebernimmt-gc-920749279421 |title=Chinesen übernehmen GC |publisher=Tages Anzeiger |date=2020-04-09 |access-date=2020-12-14 |archive-date=7 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107142222/https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/chinesische-holding-uebernimmt-gc-920749279421 |url-status=live}}</ref>
On 17 January 2024, a long-term partnership with American Major League Soccer (MLS) side Los Angeles FC was announced, with LAFC acquiring over 90% of the shares from the previous owners, Champion Union.<ref name=lafc1/><ref name=lafc2/>
On 28 April 2026, According to ''The New York Times'', Los Angeles FC offers to sell Swiss side Grasshopper Club Zurich after fan protests.<ref>{{cite news|access-date=April 28, 2026|last=Bogert |first=Tom |date=2026-04-28 |title= LAFC offers to sell Swiss side Grasshopper Club Zurich after fan protests|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7238370/2026/04/28/lafc-grasshoppers-zurich-fan-protest/|work= The New York Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Stadium and grounds==
thumb|Cantilever sign Grasshopper Club Zürich
{{main|Hardturm|Letzigrund}}
Since September 2007, Grasshopper Club Zurich has played all of its home matches in the Letzigrund stadium which is the regular home ground of FC Zurich. After the completion of the new Stadion Zurich (currently in planning stage), both teams are expected to play there.
From 1929 to 2007, the Grasshopper Club had their own home ground in the Hardturm stadium, however, this was demolished in December 2008. Before 1929, home matches were played at various other venues.
Training facilities and their football academy are located in Niederhasli, where in 2005 the club opened a comprehensive facility including five practice pitches, apartments for youth players and offices.
==Rivalries==
===FC Zurich=== {{Main|Zürich Derby}}
FC Zurich was founded ten years after GC in 1896. A year later, the first derby between the two Zurich clubs was held as part of the first Swiss championship, where GC defeated FC Zurich 7–2. As the two teams did not always play in the same league, it would take nearly 70 years until the 100th derby. To date, 251 official derbies have been held, with GC leading with 121 wins to FC Zurich's 90, leaving 39 draws.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}
The 2 October 2011 Swiss league match between the two teams is known by Swiss media as the '''"Disgrace of Zurich"''', due to rioting by FC Zurich fans. The violence followed Grasshopper supporters stealing FC Zurich fan banners and displaying them in their own section with a message mocking FC Zurich.
===Basel=== Basel has long been a rival to GC, owing largely to the rivalry between the two cities. As a result, games between Grasshoppers and Basel are also often heated games, often leading to clashes between fans.
From the late 60s to the early 80s, both GC and Basel had numerous Swiss championship victories. However, in 1988, Basel was relegated to the Nationalliga B. The rivalry flared up at the beginning of the 21st century, when FCB's improved performance has made them a mainstay at the top the Swiss league. However, with FCB's rise came GC's downfall and the rivalry has become largely one-sided. The most recent notable meeting between the two teams was the Swiss Cup Final in 2013, where Grasshoppers were able to beat Basel in penalties, with a score of 1–1 after extra time.
==Honours== ===National=== ====League==== * '''Swiss Championship''' ** '''Champions (27):''' 1897–98, 1899–1900, 1900–01, 1904–05, 1920–21, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1930–31, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1944–45, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1970–71, 1977–78, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2002–03 '''(record)''' ** Runner-up (21): 1925–16, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1937–38, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1967–68, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2012–13, 2013–14 *'''Nationalliga B/Challenge League''' **'''Winners (2):''' 1950–51, 2020–21
====Cups==== * '''Swiss Cup''' ** '''Winners (19): '''1925–26, 1926–27, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1945–46, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1982–83, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 2012–13 '''(record)''' ** Runner-up (13): 1927–28, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1948–49, 1952–53, 1957–58, 1962–63, 1977–78, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2003–04 * '''Swiss League Cup''' ** '''Winners:''' 1973, 1974–75 ** Runner-up: 1977–78, 1979–80 * '''Swiss Super Cup''' ** '''Winners:''' 1989 **Runner-up: 1988, 1990
===European=== {{main|Grasshopper Club Zürich in European football}}
* '''Champions League/European Cup''' ** Quarter-finalist: 1978–79 * '''Europa League/UEFA Cup''' ** Semi-finalist: 1977–78 * '''European Cup Winners' Cup''' ** Quarter-finalist: 1989–90
==Players==
===Current squad=== {{updated|5 February 2026|<ref name="Zürich">{{cite web|url=https://www.gcz.ch/saison/kader/|title=Kader – Grasshopper Club Zürich|first=Grasshopper Club|last=Zürich|website=www.gcz.ch|access-date=29 August 2018|archive-date=27 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727124432/https://www.gcz.ch/saison/kader/|url-status=live}}</ref>}} {{Fs start|bg=4169E1|color=FFFFFF}} {{Fs player|no= 1|nat=SUI|pos=GK|name=Nicolas Glaus}} {{Fs player|no= 2|nat=NED|pos=DF|name=Dirk Abels|other={{small|3rd captain}}}} {{fs player|no= 3|nat=SUI|pos=DF|name=Saulo Decarli|other={{small|vice-captain}}}} {{Fs player|no= 4|nat=BIH|pos=DF|name=Luka Mikulić}} {{Fs player|no= 5|nat=BEN|pos=MF|name=Hassane Imourane}} {{Fs player|no= 6|nat=ALB|pos=MF|name=Amir Abrashi|other={{small|captain}}}} {{Fs player|no= 7|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Luke Plange}} {{Fs player|no= 8|nat=SUI|pos=DF|name=Tim Meyer}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=DEN|pos=MF|name=Jonathan Asp Jensen|other={{small|on loan from Bayern Munich}}}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=CIV|pos=MF|name=Salifou Diarrassouba}} {{Fs player|no=14|pos=MF|nat=CRO|name=Lovro Zvonarek|other={{small|on loan from Bayern Munich}}}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=MLI|pos=DF|name=Abdoulaye Diaby}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Matteo Mantini}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=ESP|pos=MF|name=Óscar Clemente}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=KOR|pos=FW|name=Lee Young-jun}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=MAD|pos=FW|name=Emmanuel Tsimba|other={{small|on loan from Young Boys}}}} {{Fs mid|bg=4169E1|color=FFFFFF}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=SEN|pos=DF|name=El Bachir Ngom}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=SUI|pos=MF|name=Leart Kabashi}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Pantaleo Creti}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=GER|pos=MF|name=Sven Köhler}} {{Fs player|no=28|nat=SUI|pos=DF|name=Simone Stroscio}} {{Fs player|no=30|nat=KOS|pos=DF|name=Ismajl Beka}} {{Fs player|no=31|nat=AUT|pos=DF|name=Maximilian Ullmann}} {{Fs player|no=34|nat=SUI|pos=DF|name=Allan Arigoni}} {{Fs player|no=50|nat=KVX|pos=GK|name=Laurent Seji}} {{Fs player|no=52|nat=SUI|pos=MF|name=Samuel Marques}} {{Fs player|no=54|nat=SUI|pos=FW|name=Samuel Krasniqi}} {{Fs player|no=58|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=Yannick Bettkober}} {{Fs player|no=71|nat=SUI|pos=GK|name=Justin Hammel}} {{Fs player|no=73|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Dorian Paloschi}} {{Fs player|no=99|nat=SUI|pos=FW|name=Michael Frey}} {{Fs end}}
====Academy players with first-team contracts==== {{Fs start|bg=4169E1|color=FFFFFF}} {{Fs player|no=57|nat=ALB|pos=DF|name=Elvir Zukaj}} {{Fs player|no=60|nat=SUI|pos=MF|name=Samuele Bengondo}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=SUI|pos=GK|name=Orlando Gyr}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=SUI|pos=GK|name=Mark Mihaljevic}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=KVX|pos=DF|name=Sead Ahmeti}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=Maher Darwich}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=SUI|pos=DF|name=Diego Poloni}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=SUI|pos=DF|name=Livio Spring}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=KVX|pos=DF|name=Davud Sylaj}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=SUI|pos=MF|name=Tariq Blake}} {{Fs mid|bg=4169E1|color=FFFFFF}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=KVX|pos=MF|name=Dardan Destani}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=SUI|pos=MF|name=Eliano Guido}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=KVX|pos=MF|name=Dior Gerbovci}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=BEL|pos=MF|name=Christian Kouam}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=SUI|pos=MF|name=Nahom Tesfom}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=IRL|pos=FW|name=Tom Bloxham}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=SUI|pos=FW|name=Gabriel González}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=GER|pos=FW|name=Maksim Kličković}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=POR|pos=FW|name=Miguel Martins}} {{Fs end}}
====Out on loan==== {{Fs start|bg=4169E1|color=FFFFFF}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=SUI|pos=FW|name=Nikolas Muci|other={{small|at Mantova 1911 until 30 June 2026}}}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=ARG|pos=FW|name=Tomás Verón Lupi|other={{small|at Nacional until 31 December 2026}}}} {{Fs player|no=51|nat=SUI|pos=DF|name=Loris Giandomenico|other={{small|at Rapperswil-Jona until 30 June 2026}}}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=KVX|pos=DF|name=Florian Hoxha|other={{small|at Étoile Carouge until 30 June 2026}}}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=SUI|pos=DF|name=Joachim Williamson|other={{small|at Inter Milan U20 until 30 June 2026}}}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=GMB|pos=FW|name=Alieu Conateh|other={{small|at Amstetten until 30 June 2026}}}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=URU|pos=FW|name=Anderson Rodríguez|other={{small|at Wacker Innsbruck until 31 December 2026}}}} {{Fs end}}
===Women's team=== {{Main|Grasshopper Club Zürich (women)|Swiss Women's Super League}}
The women's division was founded in 2009, when GC/Schwerzenbach (originally FFC Schwerzenbach) was absorbed into the club. {{#section-h:Grasshopper Club Zürich (women)|Current Squad}}
==Notable former players== {{See also|Category:Grasshopper Club Zurich players}}
'''Players for the Swiss national football team''' {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Alfred "Fredy" Bickel * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Thomas Bickel * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Stéphane Chapuisat * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Patrick de Napoli * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Ricardo Cabanas * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Diego Benaglio * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Christoph Spycher * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Christian Gross * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Marcel Koller * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Stephan Lichtsteiner * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Patrick Müller * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Boris Smiljanić * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Roman Bürki * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Pajtim Kasami * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Ciriaco Sforza * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Alain Sutter * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Kubilay Türkyilmaz * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Johann Vogel * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Eldin Jakupović * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Blaise Nkufo * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Yann Sommer * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Hakan Yakin * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Murat Yakin * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Reto Ziegler * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Raimondo Ponte * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Claudio Sulser * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Stéphane Grichting * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Haris Seferovic * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Philippe Senderos * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Bernt Haas
{{div col end}}
'''Players with World Cup appearances for their national teams''' {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * {{flagicon|Austria}} Kurt Jara * {{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} Izet Hajrović * {{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} Senad Lulić * {{flagicon|Germany}} Günter Netzer * {{flagicon|Iran}} Daniel Davari * {{flagicon|Italy}} Vittorio Pozzo * {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Wynton Rufer * {{flagicon|Nigeria}} Efan Ekoku * {{flagicon|Nigeria}} Femi Opabunmi * {{flagicon|Peru}} Franco Navarro * {{flagicon|Poland}} Tomasz Rząsa * {{flagicon|Romania}} Viorel Moldovan * {{flagicon|Scotland}} Tosh McKinlay * {{flagicon|Senegal}} Papa Bouba Diop * {{flagicon|Senegal}} Henri Camara * {{flagicon|Sweden}} Ove Grahn * {{flagicon|Sweden}} Mats Gren * {{flagicon|Sweden}} Kim Källström <!-- current players (uncomment as necessary) * {{flagicon|China}} Li Lei * {{flagicon|Albania}} Ermir Lenjani * {{flagicon|Albania}} Amir Abrashi * {{flagicon|Portugal}} André Santos * {{flagicon|Kosovo}} Shkelqim Demhasaj * {{flagicon|Ecuador}} Leonardo Campana * {{flagicon|Macedonia}} Nikola Gjorgjev * {{flagicon|Guinea-Bissau}} Nadjack * {{flagicon|Hungary}} Bendegúz Bolla * {{flagicon|Japan}} Hayao Kawabe * {{flagicon|Japan}} Ayumu Seko --> {{div col end}}
==Coaching staff== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Current coaching staff=== {{updated|4 May 2026|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gcz.ch/en/teams/first-team/staff/|title=Staff – Grasshopper Club Zürich|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zürich|website=www.gcz.ch|access-date=19 November 2024}}</ref>}} {| class= wikitable |- !| Position !| Name !| Since |- | Head coach || {{fbaicon|GER}} Peter Zeidler || 05/2026<ref name=zeidler>{{cite web|title=Peter Zeidler wird neuer Cheftrainer des Grasshopper Club Zürich|url=https://www.gcz.ch/news/artikel/1/peter-zeidler-wird-neuer-cheftrainer-des-grasshopper-club-zuerich/|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zurich |access-date=1 May 2026 |language=de-ch |date=1 May 2026}}</ref> |- | Assistant coach ||{{flagicon|ALB}} Shkëlzen Gashi || 03/2026<ref name=scheibiout>{{cite web |title=GC Zürich trennt sich von Cheftrainer Gerald Scheiblehnerh |url=https://www.gcz.ch/news/artikel/1/gc-trennt-sich-von-cheftrainer-gerald-scheiblehner/|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zurich |access-date=16 March 2026 |language=de-ch |date=16 March 2026}}</ref> |- | Athletic coach || {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Jörg Mikoleit || 06/2024<ref name="asscoach">{{cite web|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zürich|url=https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/article/1/start-of-training-coaching-staff-completion/|title=START OF TRAINING & COACHING STAFF & COMPLETION |date=19 June 2024|access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref> |- | Goalie Coach || {{flagicon|SUI}} Andreas Hilfiker || 07/2025 |- | Video analyst || {{flagicon|SUI}} Claudio Spiegel || 07/2025 |- |} {{col-2}}
===Academy Coaches and Staff=== {{updated|31 October 2025|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gcz.ch/en/youth/youth-performance-centre/training-philosophy/|title=Youth Performance Center – Grasshopper Club Zürich|first=Grasshopper Club|last=Zürich|website=www.gcz.ch|access-date=8 July 2022|archive-date=17 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817100209/https://www.gcz.ch/en/youth/youth-performance-centre/training-philosophy/|url-status=live}}</ref>}} {| class= wikitable |- !| Position !| Name !| Since |- || Technical Director || {{fbaicon|SUI}} Remo Gaugler || 05/2024<ref name=youth>{{cite web|url=https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/article/17/new-management-structure-for-the-youth-division/|title=New management structure for the youth division|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zürich|website=www.gcz.ch|date=29 May 2024|access-date=3 June 2024}}</ref> |- || Technical Director || {{fbaicon|SUI}} Sandro Chieffo || 05/2024<ref name=youth/> |- || Talent Manager || {{fbaicon|GER}} Sascha Müller || 03/2023<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/article/17/sascha-mueller-new-talent-manager-at-gc-zurich/|title=SASCHA MÜLLER NEW TALENT MANAGER AT GC ZURICH|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zürich|website=www.gcz.ch|date=2023-03-22|access-date=22 March 2023|archive-date=22 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322102814/https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/article/17/sascha-mueller-new-talent-manager-at-gc-zurich/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- || Under 21 ||{{fbaicon|AUT}} Gernot Messner<br />{{fbaicon|BIH}} Daniel Pavlović || 10/2025<br />08/2024<ref name=fy>{{cite web|url=https://www.gcz.ch/news/artikel/1/saisonauftakt-fuer-den-nachwuchs-des-gc-zuerich/|title=Saisonauftakt für den Nachwuchs des GC Zürich|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zürich|website=www.gcz.ch|date=9 August 2024|access-date=10 August 2024}}</ref> |- || Under 19 || {{fbaicon|GER}} Dominik Probst<br />{{fbaicon|SUI}} Francesco Satalino || 06/2024<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/article/17/dominik-probst-appointed-as-new-u19-head-coach/|title=Dominik Probst appointed as new U19 head coach|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zürich|website=www.gcz.ch|date=4 June 2024|access-date=7 June 2024}}</ref><br />08/2024<ref name=fy/> |- || Under 17 || {{fbaicon|GER}} Jacob Wolf<br />{{fbaicon|SUI}} Goran Petrovic || 07/2023<ref name=utrainer23>{{cite web|url=https://www.gcz.ch/news/artikel/17/gc-zuerich-startet-saison-mit-neuen-nachwuchstrainern/|title=GC ZÜRICH STARTET SAISON MIT NEUEN NACHWUCHSTRAINERN|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zürich|website=www.gcz.ch|date=2023-07-04|access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref><br />08/2024<ref name=fy/> |- || Under 16 || {{fbaicon|SUI}} Raffaele Cardiello<br />{{fbaicon|SUI}} Adriano Mazza || 08/2024<ref name=fy/><br />08/2024<ref name=fy/> |- || Under 15 || {{fbaicon|SUI}} Ufuk Üsküp<br />{{fbaicon|SUI}} Oliver Buff || 08/2024<ref name=fy/><br />08/2024<ref name=fy/> |- || Head Goalkeeping Coach || {{fbaicon|SUI}} Andreas Hilfiker || 08/2024<ref name=fy/> |- || Goalkeeping Coach || {{fbaicon|SUI}} Gustavo Steffanuto Moino || 08/2024<ref name=fy/> |- |} {{col-end}}
===List of coaches (since 1925)=== {{Columns-list|colwidth=35em| * {{flagicon|Hungary}} Izidor "Dori" Kürschner (1925–34) * {{flagicon|Austria}} Karl Rappan (1935–48) * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Gerhard "Hardy" Walter (1948–50) * {{flagicon|Germany}} Willi Treml (1950–55) * {{flagicon|Austria}} Willi Hahnemann (1955–58) * {{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} Svetislav Glišović (1958) * {{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} Antun Pogačnik and {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Alfred "Fredy" Bickel (1958–60) * {{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} Branislav Vukosavljević (1960–63) * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Alfred "Fredy" Bickel (1963–64) * {{flagicon|Germany}} Albert Sing (1964–66) * {{flagicon|SUI}} Walter Brunner and {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Werner Schley (1966–67) * {{flagicon|France}} Henri Skiba (1967–69) * {{flagicon|SUI}} Walter Brunner and {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Werner Schley (1969–70) * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} René Hüssy (1970–73) * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Erich Vogel and {{flagicon|Hungary}} István Szabó (1973–76) * {{flagicon|Germany}} Helmuth Johannsen (1 July 1976 – 30 June 1979) * {{flagicon|Germany}} Jürgen Sundermann (1 July 1979 – 30 June 1980) * {{flagicon|Germany}} Friedhelm Konietzka (1980–82) * {{flagicon|Germany}} Hennes Weisweiler (1 July 1982 – 5 July 1983) * {{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} Miroslav Blažević (1983 – 30 June 1985) * {{flagicon|Germany}} Friedhelm Konietzka (1985–86) * {{flagicon|Austria}} Kurt Jara (1 November 1986 – 30 June 1988) * {{flagicon|Germany}} Ottmar Hitzfeld (1 July 1988 – 30 June 1991) * {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} Oldrich Svab (1991–92) * {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Leo Beenhakker (1 July 1992 – 30 June 1993) * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Christian Gross (1 July 1993 – 23 November 1997) * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Hanspeter Latour (''interim'') (1997) * {{flagicon|Austria}} Rolf Fringer (1 January 1998 – 17 December 1998) * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Roger Hegi (1 January 1999 – 1 August 1999) * {{flagicon|England}} Roy Hodgson (1 July 1999 – 30 June 2000) * {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Piet Hamberg (''interim'') (2000) * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Hanspeter Zaugg (22 June 2000 – 8 January 2002) * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Marcel Koller (1 January 2002 – 2 October 2003) * {{flagicon|Argentina}} Carlos Bernegger (''interim'') (3 October 2003 – 22 December 2003) * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Alain Geiger (23 December 2003 – 4 October 2004) * {{flagicon|Argentina}} Carlos Bernegger (''interim'') (4 October 2004 – 31 December 2004) * {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Krassimir Balakov (16 January 2006 – 21 May 2007) * {{flagicon|Argentina}} Carlos Bernegger (''interim'') (2007) * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Hanspeter Latour (1 July 2007 – 30 June 2009) * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Ciriaco Sforza (1 July 2009 – 15 April 2012) * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Uli Forte (16 April 2012 – 30 June 2013) * {{flagicon|Germany}} Michael Skibbe (1 July 2013 – 8 January 2015) * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Pierluigi Tami (15 January 2015 – 12 March 2017) * {{flagicon|Argentina}} Carlos Bernegger (12 March 2017 – 24 August 2017) * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Murat Yakin (28 August 2017 – 10 April 2018) * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Mathias Walther (10 April 2018 – 23 April 2018) (''caretaker'') * {{flagicon|Germany}} Thorsten Fink (23 April 2018 – 4 March 2019) * {{flagicon|Croatia}} Tomislav Stipic (6 March 2019 – 9 April 2019) * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Uli Forte (9 April 2019 – 7 February 2020) * {{flagicon|Austria}} Goran Djuricin (10 February 2020 – 15 May 2020) * {{flagicon|Romania}} Zoltán Kádár (15 May 2020 – 5 August 2020) (''caretaker'') * {{flagicon|Portugal}} João Carlos Pereira (6 August 2020 – 5 May 2021) * {{flagicon|Romania}} Zoltán Kádár (5 May 2021 – 9 June 2021) (''caretaker'') * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Giorgio Contini (9 June 2021 – 9 June 2023)<ref name=contini>{{cite web |author=Thomas Schifferle |url=https://www.gcz.ch/news/news/artikel/giorgio-contini-neuer-cheftrainer-bei-gc/ |title=Giorgio Contini neuer Cheftrainer bei GC |publisher=Grasshopper Club Zürich |date=2021-06-09 |access-date=2022-01-07 |archive-date=9 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609105138/https://www.gcz.ch/news/news/artikel/giorgio-contini-neuer-cheftrainer-bei-gc/ |url-status=live}}</ref> * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Bruno Berner (9 June 2023 – 9 April 2024)<ref name=berner>{{cite web|url=https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/article/1/bruno-berner-becomes-the-new-head-coach/|title=BRUNO BERNER BECOMES THE NEW HEAD COACH|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zürich|date=2023-06-09|access-date=10 June 2023|archive-date=10 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610102856/https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/article/1/bruno-berner-becomes-the-new-head-coach/|url-status=live}}</ref> * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Marco Schällibaum (10 April 2024 – 5 November 2024)<ref name="schälli">{{cite web|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zürich|url=https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/article/17/marco-schaellibaum-appointed-new-head-coach-at-gc-zurich/|title=Marco Schällibaum appointed new Head Coach at GC Zurich |date=10 April 2024|access-date=15 April 2024}}</ref> * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Giuseppe Morello (5 November 2024 – 19 November 2024) ''(caretaker)''<ref name="schälliout">{{cite web|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zürich|url=https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/article/1/gc-zurich-parts-ways-with-marco-schaellibaum/|title=GC Zurich parts ways with Marco Schällibaum |date=5 November 2024|access-date=20 November 2024}}</ref> * {{flagicon|Germany}} Tomas Oral (19 November 2024 – 1 July 2025)<ref name=oral>{{cite web|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zürich|url=https://www.gcz.ch/news/artikel/1/gc-zuerich-verpflichtet-cheftrainer-tomas-oral/|title=GC Zurich verpflichtet Cheftrainer Tomas Oral |date=19 November 2024|access-date=20 November 2024|language=de-ch}}</ref> * {{flagicon|Austria}} Gerald Scheiblehner (1 July 2025 – 16 March 2026)<ref name=scheibi>{{cite web |title=Gerald Scheiblehner ist neuer Trainer beim Grasshopper Club Zürich |url=https://www.gcz.ch/news/artikel/1/gerald-scheiblehner/|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zurich |access-date=24 June 2025 |language=de-ch |date=24 June 2025}}</ref> * {{flagicon|Austria}} Gernot Messner (16 March 2026 – ''present'') (''caretaker'')<ref name=scheibiout/> }}
==Organisation== {{updated|4 June 2025|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gcz.ch/en/club/grasshopper-club-zurich/organisation|title=Organisation – Grasshopper Club Zürich|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zürich|website=www.gcz.ch|access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref>}} {| class= wikitable |- !colspan=3|Board of Directors |- ! Position ! Name ! Since |- | President || {{flagicon|USA}} John Thorrington|| 02/2026<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Thorrington wird neuer Präsident des Verwaltungsrats der GFAG |url=https://www.gcz.ch/news/artikel/17/john-thorrington-wird-neuer-praesident-des-verwaltungsrats-der-grasshopper-fussball-ag/ |access-date=2026-02-23 |website=www.gcz.ch |language=de}}</ref> |- | Vice-president || {{flagicon|SUI}} András Gurovits || 07/2023 |- | Board member || {{flagicon|USA}} Larry Freedman || 01/2024<ref name=lafc1/> |- !colspan=3|Management |- | Sporting director || {{flagicon|SUI}} Alain Sutter || 05/2025<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gcz.ch/news/artikel/1/alain-sutter-wird-neuer-sportchef-beim-gcz/|title=Alain Sutter wird neuer Sportchef beim GCZ|trans-title=Alain Sutter will be the new sporting director at GCZ|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zürich|date=5 May 2024|access-date=5 May 2024|language=de-ch}}</ref> |- | Chief Business Officer || {{flagicon|SUI}} Christoph Urech || 06/2025<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gcz.ch/news/artikel/1/gc-zuerich-setzt-auf-nachhaltige-investitionen-und-swissness/|title=GC Zürich setzt auf nachhaltige Investitionen und Swissness|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zürich|date=4 June 2025|access-date=4 June 2025}}</ref> |- | Head of Finance || {{flagicon|SUI}} Roland Gebhard || 02/2023 |- | Director of Football Operations || {{flagicon|GER}} Ramin Pandji || 10/2025<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gcz.ch/news/artikel/1/gc-zuerich-verpflichtet-ramin-pandji-als-director-of-football-operations/|title=GC Zürich verpflichtet Ramin Pandji als Director of Football Operations|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zürich|date=2 October 2025|access-date=2 October 2025}}</ref> |-<!-- | Head of Communication || {{flagicon|SUI}} Milica Ferreira da Silva || 07/2023<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/article/1/milica-ferreira-da-silva-uebernimmt-als-leiterin-kommunikation-beim-gcz/|title=MILICA FERREIRA DA SILVA TAKES OVER AS HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS AT GCZ|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zürich|date=30 June 2023|access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref> |- | Head of Human Resources || {{flagicon|SUI}} Anna Tang || 01/2022 |--> |}
==See also== {{Portal|Switzerland|Association football}} * History of Grasshopper Club Zurich * Grasshopper Club Zurich in European football * Zurich Derby * Hardturm and Letzigrund
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}}
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