Grasshopper-Club Zürich 1573615 226143621 2008-07-17T00:41:43Z Komischn 7146018 /* Famous players */ typo {{Football club infobox | clubname = Grasshopper-Club Zürich | image = [[Image:Grasshopper-Club Zürich.png|120px|Grasshopper-Club Zürich Logo]]| fullname = Grasshopper-Club Zürich | nickname = GC, GCZ | founded = 1886 | ground = [[Letzigrund]], [[Zürich]] | capacity = 26,500 | chairman = [[Roger Berbig]] | manager = [[Hanspeter Latour]] | league = [[Swiss Super League]] | season = 2007-08 | position = [[Swiss Super League]], [[Swiss Super League 2007-08|4th]]| pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=_bluehalf|pattern_ra1=| leftarm1=0000FF|body1=FFFFFF|rightarm1=FFFFFF|shorts1=FFFFFF|socks1=FFFFFF| pattern_la2=_blueshoulders|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2=_blueshoulders| leftarm2=FFE500|body2=FFE500|rightarm2=FFE500|shorts2=0000FF|socks2=0000FF| }} '''Grasshopper-Club Zürich''' commonly referred to as simply '''GC''', '''GCZ''', or '''Grasshopper''' is a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[multisports club]] based in [[Zürich]]. The oldest and most well known section of Grasshopper-Club Zürich is its [[football (soccer)|football]] team. With 27 titles, Grasshopper-Club Zürich holds the record for winning the most [[Swiss Super League|national championship]] titles and with 18 victories also the one for the most successes in the [[Schweizer Cup|Swiss Cup]] tournament. The origins of Grasshopper's name is unknown, although the most common explanation is rooted in its early players' energetic post-goal celebrations. ==History== Grasshopper was founded on [[September 1]], [[1886]] by Tom E. Griffith, an [[England|English]] student. With a 20 [[Swiss franc]] donation, the club was able to import an English football and blue and white colours. Its first match came in October that year against ETH and ended in a goalless draw. In 1893, Grasshopper became the first Swiss team to play in [[Germany]], defeating [[RC Strasbourg]] 1-0. 1896 saw the formation of [[Fussballclub Zürich]] and the beginning of a storied rivalry. The following year, Grasshopper won the first Swiss Championship, beginning a collection of 27 league championships and 18 Swiss Cup wins. In 1909, Grasshopper withdrew from the football federation until the end of [[World War I]] in 1919. In 1997, Grasshopper 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>[http://uk.builder.com/whitepapers/0,39026692,60047531p-39000909q,00.htm White Papers White Papers at ZDNet UK<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> After a number of high profile friendly and competitive [[UEFA Champions League|Europe Cup]] and [[UEFA Champions League]] matches, Grasshopper has become Switzerland's most recognizable football club. Today, in addition to its marquee football squad, Grasshopper-Club Zürich maintains competitive professional and youth teams for [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]], [[ice hockey]], [[Team handball|handball]], [[tennis|lawn tennis]], [[Real tennis|court tennis]], [[field hockey]], [[curling]], [[Squash (sport)|squash]], and [[unihockey]]. ==Stadium and grounds== *Sihlhölzli *Stadion im Quartier Seefeld *Stadion Hardau *[[Hardturm|Stadion Hardturm]] Grasshopper used to play its home matches at the Hardturm (Kreis 5 - [[Zürich]]). Starting on September 22nd 2007, Grasshopper-Club Zürich will play all of its home matches in the [[Letzigrund]] stadium, until the completion of [[Stadion Zürich]] Training facilities are located in Niederhasli, where the club opened comprehensive facility including five practice pitches, apartments for youth players and offices in 2005. ==Current squad== (As of [[3 July]] [[2008]])<ref>[http://www.football.ch/sfl/777822/de/Kaderliste.aspx?sort=1:a Swiss Football League]</ref><ref>[http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/club=50004/competition=16/index.html UEFA Intertoto Cup squad]</ref><ref>[http://www.uefa.com/competitions/intertotocup/fixturesresults/round=15292/match=302869/index.html UEFA Intertoto Cup - Grasshoppers vs. Besa, 5 July 2008]</ref> {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=SUI|name=[[Eldin Jakupović]]|pos=GK|other=on loan from [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]}} {{Fs player|no=2|nat=SUI|name=[[Kay Voser]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=SUI|name=[[Scott Sutter]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=4|nat=Spain|name=[[Guillermo Vallori]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=SUI|name=[[Josip Colina]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=6|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Boris Smiljanić]]|pos=DF|other=[[captain (sport)|captain]]}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=Senegal|name=[[Demba Touré]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=Bosnia|name=[[Senad Lulić]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=Argentina|name=[[Gonzalo Zárate]]|pos=FW|other=on loan from [[SC Kriens]]}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Davide Callà]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=SUI|name=[[Yassin Mikari]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Ricardo Cabanas]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=Peru|name=[[Rinaldo Cruzado|Rinaldo]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=Brazil|name=[[Gabriel Teixeira Machado|Machado]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=Montenegro|name=[[Samel Šabanović]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Massimo Colomba]]|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=SUI|name=[[Fabio Daprelà]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=25|nat=Argentina|name=[[Raúl Bobadilla]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Bruce Lalombongo]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=28|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Nzuzi Bundebele Toko]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=29|nat=Switzerland||name=[[Rolf Feltscher]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=30|nat=Brazil|name=[[António Carlos dos Santos|António]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=31|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Steven Zuber]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=32|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Leonel Romero]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=33|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Steven Deana]]|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=34|nat=ITA|name=[[Pasquale Sbarra]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=35|nat=Switzerland|name=[[Vero Salatić|Veroljub Salatić]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs end}} ===Summer 2008 transfers=== '''In:''' *[[Davide Callà]] (from [[FC St. Gallen]]) *[[Massimo Colomba]] (from [[FC Aarau]]) *[[Senad Lulic]] (from [[AC Bellinzona]]) *[[Leonel Romero]] (loan return from [[FC Wohlen]]) *[[Samel Šabanović]] (from [[FC Wil]]) '''Out:''' *[[Frank Feltscher]] (to [[U.S. Lecce]]) *[[Fabio Klinger]] (to [[FC Gossau]]) *[[Franck Madou]] (to [[FC Biel-Bienne]]) *[[Michel Renggli]] (to [[FC Lucerne]]) *[[Weligton Robson Pena de Oliveira|Weligton]] (to [[Málaga CF]]) ===Coaching staff=== *Manager: {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Hanspeter Latour]] *Assistant manager: {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Mats Gren]] *Assistant manager: {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Walter Grüter]] *Goalkeeping coach: {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Stefan Huber]] *Goalkeeping coach: {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Willi Weber]] ==Players and managers== ===Famous players=== {| |align="left" valign="top" width=180| * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Alfred Bickel|Alfred "Fredy" Bickel]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Thomas Bickel]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Stéphane Chapuisat]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Christian Gross]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Alain Sutter]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Kubilay Türkyilmaz]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Hakan Yakın]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Murat Yakin]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Reto Ziegler]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Marcel Koller]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Stephan Lichtsteiner]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Patrick Müller]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Walter Schoeller]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Ciriaco Sforza]] * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Johann Vogel]] |align="left" valign="top" width=180| *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Giovane Elber]] * {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Viorel Moldovan]] *{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Aarón Galindo]] *{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Tomasz Rząsa]] *{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Ove Grahn]] *{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Vittorio Pozzo]] *{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Kurt Jara]] *{{flagicon|Senegal}} [[Papa Bouba Diop]] *{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Günter Netzer]] *{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Franco Navarro]] *{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Wynton Rufer]] *{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Gerardo Morales]] *{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Richard Núñez]] *{{flagicon|Nigeria}}{{flagicon|England}} [[Efan Ekoku]] *{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Tosh McKinlay]] (1999-00) |} ===Managers since 1925=== {|class="wikitable" |- style="font-weight:bold" | width="272.25" Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | Manager | width="98.25" valign="bottom" | Years | width="48" valign="bottom" | Record |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Izidor Kürschner|Izidor "Dori" Kürschner]] | valign="bottom" | 1925&ndash;1934 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Karl Rappan]] | valign="bottom" | 1935&ndash;1948 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | [[Hardy Walter]] | valign="bottom" | 1948&ndash;1950 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | [[Willi Treml]] | valign="bottom" | 1950&ndash;1955 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Willi Hahnemann]] | valign="bottom" | 1955&ndash;1958 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | [[Toni Pogacnik]] and<BR> {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Alfred Bickel|Alfred "Fredy" Bickel]] | valign="bottom" | 1958&ndash;1960 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | [[Branislav Vukosaljevic]] | valign="bottom" | 1960&ndash;1963 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Alfred "Fredy" Bickel | valign="bottom" | 1963&ndash;1964 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Albert Sing]] | valign="bottom" | 1964&ndash;1966 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | [[Walter Brunner]] and <BR>{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Werner Schley]] | valign="bottom" | 1966&ndash;1967 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | [[Henri Skiba]] | valign="bottom" | 1967&ndash;1969 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | Walter Brunner and<BR>{{flagicon|Switzerland}} Werner Schley | valign="bottom" | 1969&ndash;1970 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[René Hüssy]] | valign="bottom" | 1970&ndash;1973 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Erich Vogel]] and<BR> [[Istvan Szabo]] | valign="bottom" | 1973&ndash;1976 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Helmut Johannsen]] | valign="bottom" | 1976&ndash;1979 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Jürgen Sundermann]] | valign="bottom" | 1979&ndash;1980 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Timo Konietzka]] | valign="bottom" | 1980&ndash;1982 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Hennes Weisweiler]] | valign="bottom" | 1982&ndash;1983 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Miroslav Blazevic]] | valign="bottom" | 1983&ndash;1985 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Timo Konietzka]] | valign="bottom" | 1985&ndash;1986 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Kurt Jara]] | valign="bottom" | 1986&ndash;1988 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Ottmar Hitzfeld]] | valign="bottom" | 1988&ndash;1991 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | [[Oldrich Svab]] | valign="bottom" | 1991&ndash;1992 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Leo Beenhakker]] | valign="bottom" | 1992&ndash;1993 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Christian Gross]] | valign="bottom" | 1993&ndash;1997 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Hanspeter Latour]] | valign="bottom" | 1997 interim | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Rolf Fringer]] | valign="bottom" | 1998 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Roger Hegi]] | valign="bottom" | 1999 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | {{flagicon|England}} [[Roy Hodgson]] | valign="bottom" | 1999&ndash;2000 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Hanspeter Zaugg]] | valign="bottom" | 2000&ndash;2001 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Piet Hamberg]] | valign="bottom" | 2000 interim | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Marcel Koller]] | valign="bottom" | 2002&ndash;2003 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | [[Carlos Bernegger]] | valign="bottom" | 2003&ndash;2004 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Alain Geiger]] | valign="bottom" | 2004&ndash;2005 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Hanspeter Latour]] | valign="bottom" | 2005&ndash;2006 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Krassimir Balakov]] | valign="bottom" | 2006&mdash;2007 | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |- | Height="12.75" valign="bottom" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Hanspeter Latour]] | valign="bottom" | 2007&ndash; | valign="bottom" | ?-?-? |} ==Honours== * '''[[Swiss Super League]]''' ** '''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 * '''[[Schweizer Cup|Swiss Cup]]''' ** '''Winners (18):'''1926, 1927, 1932, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1952, 1956, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994 * '''Swiss League Cup''' ** '''Winners (2):''' 1973, 1975 * '''Swiss Super Cup''' ** '''Winners (1):''' 1989 == Affiliated clubs == *{{flagicon|England}} [[Manchester City F.C.]] *{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Perth Glory]] *{{flagicon|China}} [[Shanghai Shenhua]] *{{flagicon|Russia}} [[FC Moscow]] *{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Thanda Royal Zulu FC]] *{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Chonburi FC]] ==Famous supporters== *[[Maximilian Schell]], [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] [[Academy Award for Best Actor|winning]] [[actor]] *[[Friedrich Dürrenmatt]], author of [[German language|German]] literature *[[Michelle Hunziker]], [[model (person)|model]] and entertainer on [[Italy|Italian]] and German [[television]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== ===Official=== *[http://www.gcz.ch/ gcz.ch - Official website of GCZ in German] ===Unofficial=== *[http://www.gczforum.ch/ GCZForum - Bulletin Board (Forum) for Fans of GCZ (German)] *[http://www.gc-zone.ch/ GCZone - Fansite of GCZ (German)] *[http://www.zone-romande.com/ Zone Romande - Fansite of GCZ (French)] *[http://www.grassmokers.ch/ Grassmokers - Oldest unofficial fanclub of GCZ (German)] *[http://www.blue-side.ch/ Blue-Side - Unofficial fanclub of GCZ (German)] *[http://www.grasshoppersonline.ch.vu/ Grasshoppers Online - Fansite of GCZ (German)] *[http://www.gcfanclub-ostschweiz.ch/ GC Fanclub Ostschweiz - Official Fanclub of GCZ (German)] {{fb start}} {{Swiss Super League}} {{Intertoto Cup 2008}} {{fb end}} [[Category:Swiss football clubs]] [[Category:Grasshopper-Club Zürich]] [[Category:Football (soccer) clubs established in 1886]] [[Category:Multi-sport clubs]] [[als:Grasshopper-Club Zürich]] [[ca:Grasshopper-Club Zürich]] [[de:Grasshopper-Club Zürich]] [[es:Grasshopper-Club Zürich]] [[fr:Grasshopper-Club Zurich]] [[it:Grasshopper-Club Zürich]] [[lv:Grasshopper-Club Zürich]] [[lt:Grasshopper-Club Zürich]] [[nl:Grasshopper-Club Zürich]] [[ja:グラスホッパー・クラブ・チューリッヒ]] [[no:Grasshopper-Club Zürich]] [[pl:Grasshoppers Zurych]] [[pt:Grasshopper Club]] [[ru:Грассхопперc]] [[sr:Грасхопер-клуб Цирих]] [[fi:Grasshopper-Club Zürich]] [[sv:Grasshopper-Club Zürich]] 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