| Club: | Grasshopper Club Zurich |
| Season: | 2024–25 |
| Manager: | Tomas Oral |
| Chairman: | Stacy Johns |
| Stadium: | Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland |
| League: | Swiss Super League |
| League Result: | TBD |
| Cup1: | Swiss Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | TBD |
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| Prevseason: | 2023–24 |
| Nextseason: | 2025–26 |
| Updated: | 31 May 2024 |
The 2024–25 Grasshopper Club Zurich season is the club's fourth season back in the Swiss Super League, after winning promotion in 2021 and avoiding relegation by winning last season's relegation play-off. The season will start on 20 July 2024.[1] Grasshoppers will also participate in the Swiss Cup.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Date of birth (age) | at GCZ since | Goals | Former club | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 50 | Laurent Seji | GK | 2004 6, df=yes | 06/2024 | 0 | 0 | own youth | |
| 71 | Justin Hammel | GK | 2000 12, df=yes | 06/2022 | 50 | 0 | Lausanne-Ouchy | |
| Defenders | ||||||||
| 2 | Dirk Abels | RB | 1997 6, df=yes | 07/2023 | 28 | 0 | Sparta Rotterdam | |
| 3 | Saulo Decarli | CB | 1992 2, df=yes | 06/2024 | 2 | 0 | Eintracht Braunschweig | |
| 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 | |
| 16 | Noah Persson | LB | 2003 7, df=yes | 09/2024 | 0 | 0 | Young Boys (on loan) | |
| 22 | Benno Schmitz | RB | 1994 11, df=yes | 07/2024 | 0 | 0 | 1. FC Köln | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | Sonny Kittel | AM | 1993 1, df=yes | 08/2024 | 0 | 0 | Raków Częstochowa | |
| 10 | Giotto Morandi | PM | 1999 3, df=yes | 06/2019 | 128 | 19 | own youth | |
| 11 | Pascal Schürpf | AM | 1989 7, df=yes | 06/2023 | 29 | 5 | Luzern | |
| 19 | Mathieu Choinière | CM | 1999 2, df=yes | 08/2024 | 0 | 0 | CF Montréal | |
| 28 | Simone Stroscio | DM | 2003 8, df=yes | 10/2021 | 3 | 0 | 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 | |
| 77 | Filipe de Carvalho | LW | 2003 12, df=yes | 01/2022 | 58 | 4 | own youth | |
| 0 | Imourane Hassane | DM | 2003 4, df=yes | 08/2024 | 0 | 0 | Loto-Popo FC | |
| Forwards | ||||||||
| 9 | Nikolas Muci | ST | 2003 2, df=yes | 07/2024 | 2 | 1 | Lugano | |
| 17 | Renat Dadashov | CF | 1999 5, df=yes | 07/2022 | 40 | 10 | Wolverhampton | |
| 17 | Tomás Verón Lupi | RW | 2000 9, df=yes | 09/2024 | 0 | 0 | RC Montevideo (on loan) | |
| 18 | Lee Young-jun | ST | 2003 5, df=yes | 07/2024 | 0 | 0 | Suwon FC | |
| 20 | Evans Maurin | ST | 2001 3, df=yes | 07/2024 | 1 | 0 | Yverdon-Sport | |
| 21 | Awer Mabil | LW | 1995 9, df=yes | 08/2023 | 22 | 4 | Cádiz | |
| 25 | Adama Bojang | ST | 2004 5, df=yes | 09/2024 | 0 | 0 | Reims (on loan) | |
| 27 | Asumah Abubakar | CF | 1997 5, df=yes | 01/2024 | 18 | 2 | Luzern | |
| 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 | 11/2024[2] | |
| Assistant coach | Giuseppe Morello | 11/2024 |
| Assistant coach | 11/2024 | |
| Athletic coach |  Jörg Mikoleit | 06/2024[3] |
| Goalie Coach | 06/2021[4] | |
| Video analyst |  Rain Nappir | 04/2021 |
| scope=col | Date | scope=col | Player | Transferred from | scope=col | Fee/notes | scope=col | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Free transfer | [5] | |||||||
| 50 | Grasshoppers U21 | Professional contract | [6] | |||||||
| 74 | Vaduz | Loan return | ||||||||
| – | Young Boys | [7] | ||||||||
| 17 | Hatayspor | Loan return | [8] | |||||||
| 28 | Schaffhausen | Loan return | ||||||||
| 9 | Lugano | Undisclosed fee | [9] | |||||||
| 20 | Yverdon-Sport | Undisclosed fee | [10] | |||||||
| 22 | 1. FC Köln | Free transfer | [11] | |||||||
| 18 | Suwon FC | Undisclosed fee | [12] | |||||||
| – | [13] | |||||||||
| 8 | Raków Częstochowa | Undisclosed fee | [14] | |||||||
| 19 | Montréal | Undisclosed fee | [15] | |||||||
| 16 | Young Boys | Loan | [16] | |||||||
| 17 | RC Montevideo | Loan + option | [17] | |||||||
| 25 | Reims | Loan | [18] | |||||||
| – | ||||||||||
| – | ||||||||||
| scope=col | Date | scope=col | Player | Transferred to | scope=col | Fee/notes | scope=col | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Nantong Zhiyun | Free transfer | ||||||||
| 74 | Thun | Free transfer | [19] | |||||||
| 9 | FC Basel | Loan return | ||||||||
| 70 | Dynamo Dresden | Loan return | ||||||||
| 19 | Red Bull Salzburg | Loan return | ||||||||
| 54 | Kriens | Loan return | ||||||||
| 40 | Hannover 96 II | Contract expiry | ||||||||
| 90 | Free agent | Contract expiry | ||||||||
| 22 | LNZ Cherkasy | Contract expiry | ||||||||
| 10 | HNK Gorica | Contract expiry | ||||||||
| 17 | Ankaragücü | Unknown Fee | [20] | |||||||
| 23 | FC Schaffhausen | Loan | [21] | |||||||
| 5 | Free agent | Mutual contract termination | [22] | |||||||
| – | Termination | [23] | ||||||||
| – | ||||||||||
| scope=col | Start | scope=col | End | scope=col | Player | Reason/Injury | scope=col | scope=col | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBD | 24 | CL and meniscus injury | TBD | [24] | ||||||||
| 5 | Surgery | 13 | [25] | |||||||||
| 2 | Thigh injury | 3 | [26] | |||||||||
| 18 | Work permit | 3 | [27] | |||||||||
| 99 | Adductor tendon injury and surgery | 9 | [28] [29] | |||||||||
| TBD | 27 | Bruised ankle | TBD | |||||||||
| scope=col | Date | scope=col | Player | Note | scope=col | scope=col | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Giotto Morandi | 1 | [30] | |||||||
| 6 | Amir Abrashi | 1 | [31] | |||||||
The preparation plan for the upcoming season was announced on 4 June 2024.[32] Pre-season preparation begins on 18 June 2024. A training camp will be held in Crans-Montana, Valais, starting on 1 July and will end with a test game against freshly promoted FC Sion on 5 July 2024. FC Schaffhausen will be hosted for a test match on 29 June 2024 before the training camp. Finally, Grasshoppers will also travel to Vorarlberg for a test match against SC Rheindorf Altach on 13 July 2024. On 20 June 2024, an additional test match against Austria Lustenau was announced, to be held on the GC/Campus on 10 July 2024.[33]
The first mid-season friendly was announced on 15 August 2024, to be held on 20 August 2024, against Bundesliga giants FC Bayern München.[34] It will be the first time these teams meet since 2007. Another friendly match against FC Aarau will be held on 5 September 2024, during the first international break of the season.[35] Neuchâtel Xamax FCS will be hosted for a test match on 10 October 2024, during the second international break of the season.[36] A test match against partner club Wacker Innsbruck, who play in the Tiroler Liga, the fourth tier of the Austrian football pyramid, is scheduled for the final international break of the year.[37]
See main article: 2024–25 Swiss Super League.
See main article: 2024–25 Swiss Cup.
Opponent's league indicated in brackets.