2014–15 Grasshopper Club Zürich season

Grasshopper Club Zürich
2014–15 season
Chairman Stephan Anliker
Manager Michael Skibbe (-08/01/15); Zoltan Kadar (interim); Pierluigi Tami (15/01/15-)
Stadium Letzigrund,
Zurich, Switzerland
Super League 8th
Swiss Cup Eliminated in quarterfinals
Champions League Eliminated in 3rd qualifying round
Europa League Eliminated in Play-off round
Top goalscorer Munas Dabbur (13)
Average home league attendance 6'173

Matches

Legend

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Friendly matches

Preseason

Mid-season (fall)

Winter break

Mid-season (spring)

Tournaments

3-Städte-Turnier Uster

Game duration 45 min

frankfurtcup 2015

Game duration 2x10 min (indoor tournament)

Super League

Kickoff times are in CET

League results and fixtures

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Basel (C) 36 24 6 6 84 41 +43 78 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Young Boys 36 19 9 8 64 45 +19 66
3 Zürich 36 15 8 13 55 48 +7 53 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
4 Thun 36 13 13 10 47 45 +2 52 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
5 Luzern 36 12 11 13 54 46 +8 47
6 St. Gallen 36 13 8 15 57 65 8 47
7 Sion 36 12 9 15 47 48 1 45 Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
8 Grasshopper 36 11 10 15 50 56 6 43
9 Vaduz 36 7 10 19 28 59 31 31 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
10 Aarau (R) 36 6 12 18 31 64 33 30 Relegation to Swiss Challenge League
Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

Swiss Cup

Main article: 2014–15 Swiss Cup

Kickoff times are in CET

UEFA Champions League

Kickoff times are in CET

Qualifying rounds

UEFA Europa League

Kickoff times are in CET

Notes
  1. ^ The match will be played at AFG Arena, St. Gallen instead of Grasshopper's home stadium, due to the European Athletics Championships in Zurich.[1]

Squad

Squad, matches played and goals scored

No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) at GCZ since Signed from SL matches SL goals Cup matches Cup goals CL matches CL goals EL matches EL goals
Goalkeepers
1 Daniel Davari Iran Germany GK 6 January 1988 2014 Braunschweig 9 0 3 0 1 0 1 0
18 Vaso Vasić Switzerland Serbia GK 26 April 1990 2014 Schaffhausen 27(1) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
33 Timothy Dieng Senegal Switzerland GK 23 November 1994 2013 Grenchen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
3 Stéphane Grichting Switzerland CB 30 March 1979 2012 Auxerre 28 0 2 0 2 0 2 0
4 Sanel Jahić Bosnia and Herzegovina France CB 10 December 1981 2014 St Johnstone 13(1) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
5 Michael Lang Switzerland CB 8 February 1991 2011 St. Gallen 35 5 3 0 2 0 2 1
19 Gregory Wüthrich Switzerland CB 4 December 1994 02/2015 Young Boys 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
20 Daniel Pavlović Switzerland Croatia CB 22 April 1988 2011 Kaiserslautern 25 0 4 0 2 0 0 0
22 Benjamin Lüthi Switzerland CB 30 November 1988 01/2015 unattached 10(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Michael Dingsdag Netherlands CB 18 October 1982 2013 Sion 25(1) 1 3 0 1 0 0 0
26 Ulisses Garcia Switzerland Portugal CB 11 January 1996 2014 own youth 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0
27 Gianluca Hossmann Switzerland CB 25 March 1991 2014 Biel 1(3) 0 1(1) 0 0 0 0 0
29 Levent Gülen Switzerland Turkey CB 24 February 1994 2014 Kayserispor 23 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
32 Noah Loosli Switzerland CB 23 January 1997 02/2015 own youth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Moritz Bauer Switzerland CB 25 February 1992 2010 9(7) 0 1 0 0(1) 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 Krisztián Vadócz Hungary MF 30 May 1985 02/2015 Pune City 12(3) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
6 Vero Salatić Switzerland Serbia MF 14 November 1985 2012 AC Omonia 10 1 0 0 2 0 1 0
7 Jordan Brown Germany Jamaica MF 12 November 1991 01/2015 Wil 0(2) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0
7 Kahraba Egypt MF 13 April 1994 2014 ENPPI 5(6) 2 0 0 2(2) 0 1(1) 0
8 Amir Abrashi Albania Switzerland MF 27 March 1990 2012 Winterthur 25(1) 2 3 0 2 1 2 0
10 Alexander Merkel Germany Kazakhstan MF 22 February 1992 2014 Udinese 3(3) 0 1 0 0(1) 0 0(2) 0
16 Matteo Fedele Switzerland MF 2 July 1992 03/2015 Sion 11(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Manuel Kubli Switzerland MF 9 April 1995 2014 own youth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Abdulgabar Al-Abbadie Switzerland Yemen MF 21 July 1994 2014 FC Rapperswil-Jona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
22 Nathan Sinkala Zambia MF 23 April 1991 2014 TP Mazembe 4(3) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0
24 Imran Bunjaku AlbaniaKosovo MF 18 October 1992 2013 own youth 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
31 Etienne Scholz SwitzerlandGermany MF 3 August 1993 10/2014 FC Bayern München 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Nikola Gjorgjev SwitzerlandRepublic of Macedonia MF 22 August 1997 02/2015 own youth 0(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 Munas Dabbur Israel ST 14 May 1992 2014 Maccabi Tel Aviv 31 13 4 5 2 0 2 0
14 Yoric Ravet France ST 12 September 1989 2014 Lausanne 28(6) 7 1(2) 2 2 0 2 0
15 Nassim Ben Khalifa Switzerland Tunisia ST 13 January 1992 2012 Young Boys 8(17) 2 2(1) 0 0 0 0 0
17 Anatole Ngamukol France Democratic Republic of the Congo ST 15 January 1988 2013 Thun 16(14) 3 2(1) 0 0 0 2 0
21 Caio Brazil ST 29 May 1986 2013 Atlético Goianiense 26(3) 11 2 0 0 0 0 0
30 Shani Tarashaj Switzerland ST 7 February 1995 2013 own youth 2(17) 1 1(1) 1 0(2) 0 1(1) 0

Last updated: 6 June 2015

Note: Numbers in parenthesis denotes substitution appearances.

Players in italic left the club during the season

Transfers

Summer Transfers in
Name Nationality Position Type Moving from
Vaso Vasić Switzerland Serbia GK Transfer Switzerland Schaffhausen
Daniel Davari Iran Germany GK Transfer Germany Braunschweig
Yoric Ravet France FW Transfer Switzerland Lausanne
Etienne Scholz Switzerland MF Transfer Germany Bayern München
Kahraba Egypt MF on loan Egypt ENPPI
Nathan Sinkala Zambia MF on loan Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Alexander Merkel Germany Kazakhstan MF on loan Italy Udinese
Gianluca Hossmann Switzerland CB loan return Switzerland Biel
Levent Gülen Switzerland Turkey CB loan return Turkey Kayserispor
Summer Transfers out
Name Nationality Position Type Moving to
Roman Bürki Switzerland GK Transfer Germany Freiburg
Steven Lang Switzerland MF Transfer Liechtenstein Vaduz
Toko Nzuzi Switzerland Democratic Republic of the Congo MF Transfer England Brighton & Hove Albion
Frank Feltscher Switzerland Venezuela MF Transfer Switzerland Aarau
Shkëlzen Gashi Albania Switzerland MF Transfer Switzerland Basel
Albion Avdijaj Albania MF Transfer Germany Wolfsburg
Manuel Kubli Switzerland MF Transfer Switzerland Rapperswil-Jona
Sead Hajrović Switzerland Bosnia and Herzegovina CB Transfer Switzerland Winterthur
Davide Taini Switzerland GK retired
Winter Transfers in
Name Nationality Position Type Moving from
Pierluigi Tami SwitzerlandItaly M Transfer Switzerland Switzerland U21
Benjamin Lüthi Switzerland CB Transfer no club affiliation
Jordan Brown GermanyJamaica MF Transfer Switzerland Wil
Krisztián Vadócz Hungary MF Transfer India Pune City
Gregory Wüthrich Switzerland CB on loan Switzerland Young Boys
Matteo Fedele Switzerland MF on loan Switzerland Sion
Sherko Karim Iraq FW Transfer Iraq Al Shorta
Winter Transfers out
Name Nationality Position Type Moving to
Michael Skibbe Germany M Transfer Turkey Eskişehirspor
Nathan Sinkala Zambia MF loan return Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Kahraba Egypt MF loan return Egypt ENPPI
Imran Bunjaku AlbaniaKosovo MF Transfer Switzerland Schaffhausen
Vero Salatić SwitzerlandSerbia MF Transfer Switzerland Sion
Etienne Scholz SwitzerlandGermany MF on loan Switzerland Wil

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager (15/01/2015-) Switzerland Pierluigi Tami
Manager (-08/01/2015) Germany Michael Skibbe
Assistant coach Romania Zoltan Kadar
Fitness coach (12/03/15-) France Nicolas Dyon
Fitness coach (-11/02/15) Switzerland Alex Kern
Goalkeeper coach Switzerland Christoph Born

Last updated: 12 March 2015
Source: GCZ Official Site

Sources

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