2021–22 Grasshopper Club Zürich season

The 2021–22 Grasshopper Club Zürich season is the club's first season back in the Swiss Super League, after having been playing two seasons in the Swiss Challenge League. The season started on July 24, 2021. Grasshopper Club Zürich will also participate in the Swiss Cup.

Grasshopper Club Zürich
2021–22 season
ChairmanSky Sun
ManagerGiorgio Contini
StadiumLetzigrund,
Zurich, Switzerland
Swiss Super League5th
Swiss Cup2nd round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kaly Sène (5)
All:
Kaly Sène (5)
Highest home attendance15,700 vs Zürich
Lowest home attendance2,550 vs Lausanne-Sport
Average home league attendance6,140
Biggest win5–2 vs St. Gallen
Biggest defeat0–2 vs Basel

Review and events

On May 26, Grasshopper Club Zürich announced the appointment of Seyi Olofinjana as the new director of football.[1] It was announced on June 9, 2021 that Giorgio Contini would take over the team as the new head coach. Contini left FC Lausanne-Sport at the end of last season. [2]

Squad

Players
As of 3 October 2021[3]
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) at GCZ since Signed from
Goalkeepers
1 André Moreira GK (1995-12-02) 2 December 1995 06/2021 Belenenses
27 Mateo Matic GK (1996-01-07) 7 January 1996 01/2016 own youth
36 Serif Berbic GK (2001-11-25) 25 November 2001 07/2021 own youth
Defenders
3 Ermir Lenjani DF (1989-08-05) 5 August 1989 09/2020 Sion
5 Aleksandar Cvetković DF (1995-06-04) 4 June 1995 02/2018 Wohlen
24 Toti DF (1999-01-16) 16 January 1999 05/2020 Wolverhampton (on loan)
25 Nadjack DF (1994-02-06) 6 February 1994 08/2020 Rio Ave
31 Dominik Schmid DF (1998-03-10) 10 March 1998 08/2020 Basel
33 Georg Margreitter DF (1988-11-07) 7 November 1988 07/2021 Nürnberg
34 Allan Arigoni DF (1998-11-04) 4 November 1998 07/2018 own youth
41 Noah Loosli DF (1997-01-23) 23 January 1997 08/2021 Lausanne-Sport
51 Florian Hoxha DF (2001-02-22) 22 February 2001 07/2021 own youth
77 Bendegúz Bolla DF (1999-11-22) 22 November 1999 07/2021 Wolverhampton (on loan)
Midfielders
6 Amir Abrashi MF (1990-03-27) 27 March 1990 06/2021 Basel
7 Nuno da Silva MF (1994-03-14) 14 March 1994 02/2021 Thun
8 André Santos MF (1989-03-02) 2 March 1989 08/2020 Belenenses
10 Petar Pusic MF (1999-01-25) 25 January 1999 02/2017 own youth
22 Giotto Morandi MF (1999-03-04) 4 March 1999 06/2019 own youth
23 Nikola Gjorgjev MF (1997-08-22) 22 August 1997 07/2015 own youth
28 Christián Herc MF (1998-09-30) 30 September 1998 06/2021 Wolverhampton
29 Djibril Diani MF (1998-02-11) 11 February 1998 06/2021 Livingston
40 Hayao Kawabe MF (1995-09-08) 8 September 1995 07/2021 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Forwards
9 Shkelqim Demhasaj FW (1996-04-19) 19 April 1996 07/2020 Luzern
11 Léo Bonatini FW (1994-03-28) 28 March 1994 09/2020 Wolverhampton (on loan)
17 Kaly Sène FW (2001-05-28) 28 May 2001 08/2021 Basel (on loan)
19 Leonardo Campana FW (2000-07-24) 24 July 2000 07/2021 Wolverhampton (on loan)

Players in italic left the club during the season.

Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
7 FW   SUI Oscar Correia (at Étoile Carouge until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

In
Date No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee/Notes Source
30 June 2021 DF Marcin Dickenmann Wil End of loan [4]
1 July 2021 1 GK André Moreira Belenenses SAD Transfer [5]
1 July 2021 28 MF Christián Herc Wolverhampton Transfer [5]
1 July 2021 24 MF Tote Gomes Wolverhampton Loan [6]
1 July 2021 4 MF Amir Abrashi SC Freiburg Transfer [7]
5 July 2021 33 DF Georg Margreitter 1. FC Nürnberg Transfer [8]
8 July 2021 79 FW Vasco Paciência Benfica Loan [9]
8 July 2021 40 MF Hayao Kawabe Sanfrecce Hiroshima Transfer [10]
16 July 2021 19 FW Leonardo Campana Wolverhampton Loan [11]
17 July 2021 77 DF Bendegúz Bolla Wolverhampton Loan [12]

Out
Date No. Pos Player Transferred to Fee/Notes Source
30 June 2021 36 GK Marvin Keller Wil [13]
30 June 2021 1 GK Mirko Salvi Yverdon-Sport [14]
30 June 2021 2 DF Oskar Buur Wolverhampton loan ended
30 June 2021 4 DF Miguel Nóbrega Benfica loan ended
30 June 2021 14 MF Connor Ronan Wolverhampton loan ended
30 June 2021 30 MF Nuno Pina ChievoVerona loan ended
30 June 2021 DF Marcin Dickenmann Wil [15]
6 July 2021 11 FW Hicham Acheffay De Graafschap Transfer [16]

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 18 June 2021[17]
Position Name Since
Manager Giorgio Contini06/2021
Assistant manager Erminio Piserchia06/2021
Assistant manager (athletics) Florian Klausner06/2021
Assistant manager (goalkeeper) Jörg Stiel06/2021

Competitions

Overview
Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Super League 24 July 2021 Matchday 1 13 4 6 3 23 19 +4 030.77
Swiss Cup 15 August 2021 18 September 2021 1st round 2nd round 2 1 0 1 5 1 +4 050.00
Total 15 5 6 4 28 20 +8 033.33

Last updated: 6 November 2021
Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League
Main article: 2021–22 Swiss Super League

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Lugano 16 9 2 5 24 18 +6 29 Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
4 Young Boys 15 7 4 4 33 18 +15 25
5 Grasshopper 16 5 6 5 29 23 +6 21
6 Servette 16 6 3 7 28 31 −3 21
7 Sion 16 5 3 8 19 31 −12 18
Updated to match(es) played on 5 December 2021. Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.[18]

Results

  Win   Draw   Loss

25 July 2021 1 Grasshopper Club Zürich 0–2 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 Abrashi  22'
Diani  38'
Herc  41'
Toti  86'
Arigoni  87'		 GC report  5' Xhaka
 21' Kasami
 26' Petretta
 54' (o.g.) Leonardo Campana
 68' Quintillà
 70' Esposito		 Attendance: 3,400
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
31 July 2021 2 Young Boys 0–0 Grasshopper Club Zürich Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
20:30 Martins  44' Report  19' Toti
 50' Abrashi		 Attendance: 20,628
Referee: Sandro Schärer
7 August 2021 3 Grasshopper Club Zürich 3–1 Lausanne-Sport Letzigrund, Zürich
20:30 Margreitter  13'
Campana  35', 49' (pen.)
Toti  81'		 Report  32' Nanizayamo
 55' Suzuki
 73' Husić		 Attendance: 2,550
Referee: Alain Bieri
22 August 2021 4 Zürich 2–1 Grasshopper Club Zürich Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 Marchesano  10'
Leitner  15'
Kryeziu  49'
Aliti  64'
Ceesay  90+5'		 Report  7' Margreitter
 47'  47' Abrashi
 49' Campana
 Attendance: 14,896
Referee: Urs Schnyder
29 August 2021 5 Grasshopper Club Zürich 1–1 Servette Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 Campana  37' (pen.)
Da Silva  64'
Diani  87'		 Report  36' Sauthier
 20' Cognat
 58' Rouillet		 Attendance: 4,018
Referee: Sven Wolfensberger
11 September 2021 6 Luzern 1–1 Grasshopper Club Zürich Swissporarena, Luzern
18:00 Sidler  3'
Ugrinic  63'
Ndiaye  89'
Tasar  90+1'		 Report  51' 84' Herc
 63' Toti
 81' Kawabe		 Attendance: 9,217
Referee: Esther Staubli
23 September 2021 7 Lugano 1–1 Grasshopper Club Zürich Cornaredo, Lugano
20:30 Margreitter  50' (o.g.)
Custodio  90+4'		 Report  90+1' Margreitter
 79' Abrashi
 90+5' Schmid		 Attendance: 2,136
Referee: Alessandro Dudic
26 September 2021 8 Grasshopper Club Zürich 3–1 Sion Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 Sène  24', 49'
Bolla  30'
Herc  35'		 Report  90' Zuffi Attendance: 3,785
Referee: Luca Piccolo
2 October 2021 9 Grasshopper Club Zürich 5–2 St. Gallen Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00 Sène  9', 49'
Kawabe  14'
Léo  22'
Pusic  58'
Bolla  70'
Diani  84'		 Report  28'  46' Lüchinger
 54' (pen.) Duah
 55' Guillemenot		 Attendance: 5,789
Referee: Fedayi San
17 October 2021 10 Lausanne-Sport 3–1 Grasshopper Club Zürich Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne
14:15 Amdouni  1'
Puertas  8', 80' (pen.)  82'
Chafik  23'  54'
Kukuruzović  70'
Suzuki  90+2'		 Report  6' Bolla
 11' Toti
 68' (pen.) Bonatini
 77' Margreitter
 90+5' Arigoni		 Attendance: 3,811
Referee: Alain Bieri
23 October 2021 11 Grasshopper Club Zürich 3–3 Zürich Letzigrund, Zürich
20:30 Pusic  15'
Bonatini  17' (pen.)
Margreitter  27'
Herc  35'  40'
Loosli  76'		 Report  3', 66' Pollero
 10'  15' Džemaili
 13' Kryeziu
 Attendance: 15,700
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
31 October 2021 12 Sion 1–3 Grasshopper Club Zürich Stade Tourbillon, Sion
14:15 Grgić  47' (pen.)
Ndoye  90+5'
 Report  27' Schmid
 32' Kawabe
 44' Sène
 78' Diani
 84' Margreitter
 89' Léo
 89' Hoxha		 Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Alessandro Dudic
7 November 2021 13 Grasshopper Club Zürich 1–1 Young Boys Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00 Sène  9'
Arigoni  26'
Loosli  33'
Da Silva  33'		 Report  35' Sierro
 82' Bürgy
 90+3' Siebatcheu
 90+3' Garcia		 Attendance: 7,736
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
21 November 2021 14 Servette v Grasshopper Stade de Genève, Geneva
16:30
27 November 2021 15 Grasshopper v Lugano Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00
5 December 2021 16 St. Gallen v Grasshopper Kybunpark, St. Gallen
16:30
12 December 2021 17 Grasshopper v Luzern Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30
18/19 December 2021 18 Basel v Grasshopper St. Jakob-Park, Basel
29/30 January 2022 19 Sion v Grasshopper Stade Tourbillon, Sion
5/6 February 2022 20 Grasshopper v Zürich Letzigrund, Zürich
12/13 February 2022 21 Lausanne-Sport v Grasshopper Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne
19/20 February 2022 22 Grasshopper v Young Boys Letzigrund, Zürich
26/27 February 2022 23 St. Gallen v Grasshopper Kybunpark, St. Gallen
1/2/3 March 2022 24 Grasshopper v Lugano Letzigrund, Zürich
5/6 March 2022 25 Grasshopper v Servette Letzigrund, Zürich
12/13 March 2022 26 Luzern v Grasshopper Swissporarena, Luzern
19/20 March 2022 27 Grasshopper v Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
2/3 April 2022 28 Zürich v Grasshopper Letzigrund, Zürich
9/10 April 2022 29 Grasshopper v Luzern Letzigrund, Zürich
16/17/18 April 2022 30 Servette v Grasshopper Stade de Genève, Geneva
23/24 April 2022 31 Grasshopper v Lausanne-Sport Letzigrund, Zürich
30 April/1 May 2022 32 Lugano v Grasshopper Cornaredo, Lugano
7/8 May 2022 33 Grasshopper v Sion Letzigrund, Zürich
10-12 May 2022 34 Basel v Grasshopper St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19 May 2022 35 Grasshopper v St. Gallen Letzigrund, Zürich
22 May 2022 36 Young Boys v Grasshopper Stadion Wankdorf, Bern

Swiss Cup
Main article: 2021–22 Swiss Cup

Kickoff times are in CET

  Win   Draw   Loss

15 August 2021 (2021-08-15) 1st Round FC Widnau 0–5 Grasshopper Club Zürich Widnau
14:00 Report  5' Demhasaj
 53' Momoh
 57' Gjorgjev
 59' Santos
 73' Da Silva		 Stadium: Aegeten
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Nico Gianforte
18 September 2021 (2021-09-18) 2nd Round Thun 1–0 Grasshopper Club Zürich Thun
20:15 Sutter  59' Report Stadium: Stockhorn Arena
Attendance: 2,663
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

25 June 2021 (2021-06-25) Grasshopper Club Zürich 2–4 Schaffhausen Niederhasli, Switzerland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
  •  5' Hamdiu
  •  10' Pollero
  •  54', 89' Del Toro
 Stadium: GC/Campus
2 July 2021 (2021-07-02) Wil 1–2 Grasshopper Club Zürich Wil, Switzerland
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sportpark Bergholz
6 July 2021 (2021-07-06) Basel 1–0 Grasshopper Club Zürich Münchenstein, Switzerland
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Kasami  4'
Quintillà  28'		 Report Stadium: Youth Campus Basel
Attendance: 270
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
10 July 2021 (2021-07-10) Grasshopper Club Zürich 0–2 Luzern Niederhasli, Switzerland
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: GC/Campus
Attendance: 500
Referee: Mirel Turkes
17 July 2021 (2021-07-17) Grasshopper Club Zürich 2–3 Thun Niederhasli, Switzerland
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
  •  19' Karlen
  •  53' Schmidt
  •  77' Wyssen
 Stadium: GC/Campus
Attendance: 300
3 September 2021 (2021-09-03) Grasshopper Club Zürich 5–2 Dornbirn Niederhasli, Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: GC/Campus
6 October 2021 (2021-10-06) 3-Städte-Turnier FC Uster 1–5 Grasshopper Club Zürich Uster, Switzerland
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Cenerazzo
Report
Pusic
 Stadium: Buchholz
6 October 2021 (2021-10-06) 3-Städte-Turnier Grasshopper Club Zürich 2–0 Winterthur Uster, Switzerland
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Buchholz
11 November 2021 (2021-11-11) Grasshopper Club Zürich 3–1 Vaduz Niederhasli, Switzerland
14:00 CET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: GC/Campus
Attendance: 0

Statistics

Goalscorers
Rank No. Pos Nat Name Super League Swiss Cup Total
1 17 FW Kaly Sène 4 0 4
2 19 FW Leonardo Campana 3 0 3
3 33 DF Georg Margreitter 2 0 2
77 DF Bendegúz Bolla 2 0 2
5 7 MF Nuno da Silva 0 1 1
8 MF André Santos 0 1 1
9 FW Shkelqim Demhasaj 0 1 1
11 FW Léo Bonatini 1 0 1
23 MF Nikola Gjorgjev 0 1 1
24 DF Toti 1 0 1
28 MF Christián Herc 1 0 1
29 MF Djibril Diani 1 0 1
59 FW Francis Momoh 0 1 1
Own goals 0 0 0
Totals 15 5 20

Last updated: 3 October 2021
Source: Competitions

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