Club: | Grasshopper Club Zurich |
Season: | 2023–24 |
Manager: | Marco Schällibaum |
Chairman: | András Gurovits |
Stadium: | Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland |
League: | Swiss Super League |
League Result: | 11th |
Cup1: | Swiss Cup |
Cup1 Result: | 2nd Round |
League Topscorer: | Tsiy-William Ndenge (8 goals) |
Season Topscorer: | Tsiy-William Ndenge (8 goals) |
Highest Attendance: | 19,326 |
Lowest Attendance: | 3,180 |
Average Attendance: | 6,967 |
Largest Win: | 5–0 |
Largest Loss: | 0–3 |
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Prevseason: | 2022–23 |
Nextseason: | 2024–25 |
Updated: | 31 May 2024 |
The 2023–24 Grasshopper Club Zurich season is the club's third season back in the Swiss Super League, after winning promotion in 2021. The season will start on 22 July 2023.[1] Grasshoppers will also participate in the Swiss Cup.
As the team finished eleventh (second to last) in the league, they also participate in the relegation play-off, where they faced FC Thun of the Challenge League. The play-off consisted of a two legs, played on 26 and 31 May 2024, respectively.
No. | Name | Nationality | Date of birth (age) | at GCZ since | Goals | Former club | ||
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Goalkeepers | ||||||||
23 | Nicolas Glaus | GK | 2002 5, df=yes | 06/2023 | 0 | 0 | Stuttgart II | |
29 | Manuel Kuttin | GK | 1993 12, df=yes | 06/2023 | 3 | 0 | free agent | |
71 | Justin Hammel | GK | 2000 12, df=yes | 06/2022 | 50 | 0 | Lausanne-Ouchy | |
90 | Steven Deana | GK | 1990 3, df=yes | 02/2024 | 1 | 0 | Lugano | |
Defenders | ||||||||
2 | Dirk Abels | RB | 1997 6, df=yes | 07/2023 | 28 | 0 | Sparta Rotterdam | |
3 | Nigel Lonwijk | RB | 2002 10, df=yes | 07/2023 | 1 | 0 | Wolverhampton (on loan) | |
4 | Kristers Tobers | CB | 2000 12, df=yes | 07/2023 | 32 | 0 | Lechia Gdańsk | |
5 | Joshua Laws | CB | 1998 2, df=yes | 08/2023 | 23 | 0 | Wellington Phoenix | |
12 | Maksim Paskotši | CB | 2003 1, df=yes | 09/2023 | 29 | 0 | Tottenham Hotspur | |
14 | Théo Ndicka | LB | 2000 4, df=yes | 08/2023 | 30 | 1 | Oostende | |
15 | Ayumu Seko | CB | 2000 6, df=yes | 01/2022 | 86 | 3 | Cerezo Osaka | |
24 | Michael Kempter | LB | 1995 1, df=yes | 06/2023 | 6 | 0 | St. Gallen | |
52 | Samuel Marques | CB | 2005 2, df=yes | 04/2024 | 0 | 0 | own youth | |
54 | Liam Bollati | RB | 2003 11, df=yes | 11/2023 | 10 | 0 | Kriens (on loan) | |
57 | Elvir Zukaj | CB | 2002 7, df=yes | 07/2023 | 3 | 0 | own youth | |
73 | Florian Hoxha | LB | 2001 2, df=yes | 07/2021 | 29 | 1 | own youth | |
Midfielders | ||||||||
6 | Amir Abrashi | CM | 1990 3, df=yes | 06/2021 | 239 | 11 | Basel | |
7 | Tsiy-William Ndenge | DM | 1997 6, df=yes | 07/2022 | 62 | 12 | Luzern | |
8 | Giotto Morandi | PM | 1999 3, df=yes | 06/2019 | 128 | 19 | own youth | |
10 | Meritan Shabani | AM | 1999 3, df=yes | 07/2022 | 34 | 3 | Wolverhampton | |
11 | Pascal Schürpf | AM | 1989 7, df=yes | 06/2023 | 29 | 5 | Luzern | |
17 | Dion Kacuri | AM | 2004 2, df=yes | 10/2021 | 31 | 1 | own youth | |
19 | Dijon Kameri | AM | 2004 4, df=yes | 02/2024 | 6 | 0 | RB Salzburg (on loan) | |
19 | Theo Corbeanu | RW | 2002 5, df=yes | 07/2023 | 18 | 1 | Wolverhampton (on loan) | |
20 | Noah Blasucci | AM | 1999 6, df=yes | 09/2022 | 3 | 1 | Brühl | |
40 | Robin Kalem | MF | 2002 7, df=yes | 06/2020 | 24 | 1 | own youth | |
53 | Tim Meyer | CM | 2004 7, df=yes | 07/2023 | 21 | 0 | own youth | |
55 | Damian Nigg | RW | 2005 4, df=yes | 07/2023 | 4 | 0 | own youth | |
70 | Oliver Batista Meier | AM | 2001 2, df=yes | 02/2024 | 8 | 0 | Dynamo Dresden (on loan) | |
77 | Filipe de Carvalho | LW | 2003 12, df=yes | 01/2022 | 58 | 4 | own youth | |
Forwards | ||||||||
9 | Bradley Fink | CF | 2003 4, df=yes | 07/2023 | 34 | 4 | Basel (on loan) | |
21 | Awer Mabil | LW | 1995 9, df=yes | 08/2023 | 22 | 4 | Cádiz | |
22 | Francis Momoh | ST | 2001 3, df=yes | 08/2021 | 78 | 12 | Heartland | |
27 | Asumah Abubakar | CF | 1997 5, df=yes | 01/2024 | 18 | 2 | Luzern | |
27 | Renat Dadashov | CF | 1999 5, df=yes | 07/2022 | 40 | 10 | Wolverhampton | |
74 | Elmin Rastoder | CF | 2001 10, df=yes | 01/2022 | 11 | 0 | own youth | |
99 | Dorian Babunski | ST | 1996 8, df=yes | 08/2023 | 31 | 4 | Debrecen | |
Players in italic left the club during the season.
Position | Name | Since |
---|---|---|
Head coach | 04/2024[2] | |
Assistant coach | Aurélien Mioch | 06/2023[3] |
Assistant coach | 07/2023[4] | |
Fitness coach | Manuel Fässler | 06/2023 |
Athletic coach | Philippe Hasler | 05/2021 |
Goalie Coach | 06/2021[5] | |
Video analyst | Rain Nappir | 04/2021 |
scope=col | Date | scope=col | Player | Transferred from | scope=col | Fee/notes | scope=col | Ref. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
– | FC Winterthur | Unknown fee | [6] | |||||||
– | FC Winterthur | |||||||||
40 | Schaffhausen | Loan return | [7] | |||||||
50 | Schaffhausen | Loan return | ||||||||
74 | Vaduz | Loan return | ||||||||
24 | St. Gallen | Free signing | [8] | |||||||
29 | Free Agent | Free signing | [9] | |||||||
44 | VfB Stuttgart II | Free signing | ||||||||
11 | FC Luzern | Free signing | [10] | |||||||
– | Grasshopper II | |||||||||
4 | Lechia Gdańsk | Free signing | [11] | |||||||
19 | Wolverhampton | Loan | [12] | |||||||
3 | Wolverhampton | Loan | ||||||||
2 | Sparta Rotterdam | Free Signing | [13] | |||||||
9 | FC Basel | Loan | [14] | |||||||
5 | Wellington Phoenix | Free Signing | [15] | |||||||
21 | Cádiz CF | Unknown fee | [16] | |||||||
99 | Debrecen | Undisclosed fee | [17] | |||||||
14 | Oostende | Undisclosed fee | [18] | |||||||
12 | Tottenham Hotspur | Undisclosed fee | [19] | |||||||
27 | Luzern | Undisclosed fee | [20] | |||||||
70 | Dynamo Dresden | Loan | [21] | |||||||
19 | Red Bull Salzburg | Loan | [22] | |||||||
90 | Lugano | Free signing | [23] | |||||||
– | Yverdon | Unknown fee | ||||||||
scope=col | Date | scope=col | Player | Transferred to | scope=col | Fee/notes | scope=col | Ref. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
– | Resignation | |||||||||
– | Termination | |||||||||
25 | Free Agent | Contract Expiry | ||||||||
33 | Free Agent | Contract expiry | ||||||||
34 | Shimizu | Loan return | ||||||||
40 | Wolverhampton | Loan return | ||||||||
41 | VfL Bochum | Contract expiry | ||||||||
77 | Wolverhampton | Loan return | ||||||||
52 | Young Boys | Contract Expiry | [24] | |||||||
28 | Dunajská Streda | Contract expiry | [25] | |||||||
10 | NK Osijek | Contract Expiry | [26] [27] | |||||||
9 | FC Aarau | Contract Expiry | [28] | |||||||
1 | Al Raed FC | Contract Expiry | ||||||||
95 | Braga | Loan return | ||||||||
51 | FC Cosmos Koblenz | Contract Expiry | ||||||||
93 | Free agent | Contract Expiry | ||||||||
50 | Schaffhausen | Loan | [29] | |||||||
31 | FC Basel | Undisclosed Fee | ||||||||
14 | Vitória S.C. | Undisclosed Fee | [30] [31] | |||||||
27 | Hatayspor | Loan | [32] | |||||||
3 | Wolverhampton | Loan return | [33] | |||||||
19 | Wolverhampton | Loan return | [34] | |||||||
74 | Vaduz | Loan | [35] | |||||||
17 | Basel | Undisclosed fee | [36] | |||||||
– | Termination | [37] | ||||||||
scope=col | Start | scope=col | End | scope=col | Player | Reason/Injury | scope=col | scope=col | Ref. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
22 | Francis Momoh | Knee surgery | 0[38] | [39] [40] | ||||||||
77 | Filipe de Carvalho | Partial ACL rupture | 0 | [41] | ||||||||
11 | Pascal Schürpf | Knee issues | 4 | [42] | ||||||||
14 | Tomás Ribeiro | Broken Nose | 0 | [43] | ||||||||
3 | Nigel Lonwijk | Torn muscle fiber | 10 | [44] [45] | ||||||||
10 | Meritan Shabani | Adductor injury | 4 | [46] [47] | ||||||||
8 | Giotto Morandi | Torn hamstring | 3 | [48] [49] | ||||||||
24 | CL and meniscus injury | 36 | [50] | |||||||||
53 | Metatarsal bone fracture | 8 | [51] [52] | |||||||||
10 | Cruciate ligament injury | 30 | [53] | |||||||||
2 | Torn calf muscle and tendon injury | 8 | [54] | |||||||||
3 | Nigel Lonwijk | Torn hamstring | 2 | [55] | ||||||||
19 | Theo Corbeanu | Torn ankle ligament | 1 | |||||||||
11 | Pascal Schürpf | Torn hamstring | 4 | |||||||||
5 | Torn hamstring | 0 | ||||||||||
5 | Unknown injury | 3 | [56] | |||||||||
77 | Filipe de Carvalho | Unknown injury | 2 | |||||||||
74 | Elmin Rastoder | Unknown injury | 2 | |||||||||
21 | Awer Mabil | Thigh injury and surgery | 13 | [57] | ||||||||
55 | Damian Nigg | Unknown injury | 12 | |||||||||
54 | Liam Bollati | Unknown injury | 1 | |||||||||
7 | Tsiy-William Ndenge | Knee injury and surgery | 6 | |||||||||
29 | Manuel Kuttin | Broken finger | 6 | |||||||||
2 | Torn hamstring | 3 | [58] | |||||||||
8 | Giotto Morandi | Torn hamstring | 3 | [59] | ||||||||
9 | Bradley Fink | Torn hamstring | 2 | |||||||||
19 | Dijon Kameri | Lateral meniscus injury and surgery | 13 | [60] | ||||||||
4 | Kristers Tobers | Hamstring injury | 4 | [61] [62] | ||||||||
scope=col | Date | scope=col | Player | Note | scope=col | scope=col | Ref. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 | Amir Abrashi | 1 | [63] | |||||||
4 | Kristers Tobers | 1 | [64] | |||||||
2 | Dirk Abels | 1 | [65] | |||||||
22 | Francis Momoh | 1 | [66] | |||||||
27 | Asumah Abubakar | Violent conduct | 2 | [67] [68] | ||||||
2 | Dirk Abels | Yellow-red card | 1 | [69] | ||||||
6 | Amir Abrashi | 1 | ||||||||
8 | Giotto Morandi | 1 | ||||||||
5 | Joshua Laws | Yellow-red card | 1 | [70] | ||||||
5 | Joshua Laws | Denying a goalscoring opportunity | 1 | [71] | ||||||
4 | Kristers Tobers | 1 | [72] | |||||||
9 | Bradley Fink | Abusive language | 3 | |||||||
53 | 1 | |||||||||
15 | Ayumu Seko | 1 | [73] | |||||||
On 30 May 2023, Grasshoppers announced their preparation plan for the pre-season.[74] Preparation starts on 19 June and ends before the season begins on 22 July 2023. It will include a short training camp in Crans-Montana, Valais and four test matches. A fifth test-match against FC Wettswil-Bonstetten of the First League before the season begin was announced on 10 July 2023.[75]
On 26 July 2023, the first mid-season test match against FC Rapperswil-Jona of the Swiss Promotion League was announced for 2 August 2023, between the second and third rounds of the season.[76] Grasshoppers held test matches during all three international breaks of autumn 2023: YF Juventus of the 1st League on 19 September 2023[77] and Challenge League sides FC Schaffhausen and FC Wil on 18 October 2023[78] and 17 November 2023,[79] respectively.
The preparation schedule for the winter break was announced on 19 December 2023.[80] Following the Christmas break, training will resume on 2 January 2024. During preparation, test games against four Swiss Challenge League teams were scheduled: FC Wil, Neuchâtel Xamax, FC Thun, and FC Baden.
On 26 February 2024, a test game against FC Rapperswil-Jona was announced for the following day.[81] Two further test games were scheduled during the international break in March.[82]
See main article: 2023–24 Swiss Super League.
Grasshopper Club Zurich wins 3–2 on aggregate.
See main article: 2023–24 Swiss Cup.
Opponent's league indicated in brackets.