Grasshopper Club Zürich (women)

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Grasshopper Club
Full nameGrasshopper Club Zürich Frauen
Founded1974 / 2008 / 2009
GroundGC/Campus, Niederhasli, Zürich
Capacity1,300
ChairmanHeinz Spross
ManagerAnne Pochert
LeagueSwiss Women's Super League
2022–20233rd
WebsiteClub website

Grasshopper Club Zürich Frauen is a Swiss women's football team from Niederhasli, Zürich representing Grasshopper Club Zürich in the Swiss Women's Super League.[1]

History[edit]

The team was founded in 1977 in Schwerzenbach, Zürich, as DFC Schwerzenbach, the women's football division of SC Schwerzenbach. The team achieved promotion to the top level in 1988 and has played there since. Three years later Schwerzenbach won its first trophy, the 1992 national cup, and in 1999 it won the championship. FFC Bern prevented a double defeating Schwerzenbach in the cup's final in a penalty shootout.

While the team's standings subsequently ranged between the 3rd and second-to-last spots,[2] Schwerzenbach won two more national cups in 2003 and 2008 and represented Switzerland in the 2004 European Cup.[3] In 2006, the team decided to become its own club and on 6 October 2006, FFC United Schwerzenbach was founded in Greifensee, Zürich.

In May 2008, the club won its first title, with the cup victory over FFC Bern. Soon after, in June 2008, the collaboration between Grasshopper Club Zürich and FFC United Schwerzenbach was announced and in the following season the team played as GC/Schwerzenbach. This collaboration was seen as a quantum leap in women's football in Switzerland. GC/Schwerzenbach was dissolved a year later, as the team became fully integrated into Grasshopper Club as the women's football division. They would play under the name Grasshopper Club Zürich.

Following a bronze in its debut season, Grasshopper was the championship's runner-up in 2010. In the three next seasons it has ended in mid-table positions.[4]

On 4 September 2023, the club decided to incorporate their women's football team under the name GC Frauenfussball AG.[5]

Titles[edit]

Current squad[edit]

As of 7 September 2023[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 MF Switzerland SUI Victoria Laino
5 MF Switzerland SUI Sabina Jackson
6 DF Switzerland SUI Luna Lempérière (captain)
7 FW Croatia CRO Ana Maria Marković
8 MF Croatia CRO Ella Ljustina
9 DF Germany GER Anna Blässe
10 MF Switzerland SUI Yllka Kadriu
11 DF Switzerland SUI Lara Meroni
12 GK Switzerland SUI Isabel Rutishauser
13 DF Switzerland SUI Leandra Flury
14 FW Lithuania LTU Ugnė Lazdauskaitė
15 MF Switzerland SUI Noemi Ivelj
16 FW Switzerland SUI Emanuela Pfister
17 MF Poland POL Klaudia Lefeld
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 GK Switzerland SUI Saskia Bürki
19 FW Hungary HUN Emőke Pápai
20 FW Switzerland SUI Janina Egli
21 DF Switzerland SUI Emma Egli
21 MF Switzerland SUI Sydney Schertenleib
23 FW Austria AUT Noémie Potier
25 GK Switzerland SUI Lia Winkler
27 DF Switzerland SUI Melanie Müller
28 FW Slovenia SVN Nina Predanič
29 FW Switzerland SUI Seraina Kaufmann
32 DF Germany GER Tamar Dongus
44 FW Switzerland SUI Lillian Schertenleib
77 GK Switzerland SUI Gilliane Roch


International players[edit]

Former Grasshopper Club Zürich players in italic

Competition record[edit]

UEFA record[edit]

Season Competition Stage Result Opponent Scorers
2003–04
0
0
UEFA Women's Cup
0
0
Group Stage
0
0
1–5
4–4
1–1
Azerbaijan Gömrükçü Baku
Greece AE Aegina
Belarus FC Bobruichanka
Soltermann
Hügli 2, Schwarz, Zumbühl
Hügli

Overall record[edit]

Season Division Position Swiss Cup Champions League
1977–78 2 (Gr. 2) 06 / 08 ?
1978–79 2 ? ?
1979–80 2 (Gr. 3) 08 / 09 ?
1980–81 2 (Gr. 1) 07 / 08 ?
1981–82 2 ? ?
1982–83 2 ? ?
1983–84 2 (Gr. 1) 04 / 08 ?
1984–85 2 (Gr. 1) 08 / 10 ?
1985–86 2 (Gr. 1) 05 / 10 ?
1986–87 2 (Gr. 1) 07 / 10 ?
1987–88 2 (Gr. 1) 01 / 10 ?
1988–89 1 05 / 10 ?
1989–90 1 04 / 10 ?
1990–91 1 03 / 06 ?
1991–92 1 03 / 06 ?
1992–93 1 03 / 06 ?
1993–94 1 03 / 06 ?
1994–95 1 04 / 06 ?
1995–96 1 04 / 10 ?
1996–97 1 07 / 10 ?
1997–98 1 04 / 10 ?
1998–99 1 01 / 10 Finalist
1999–00 1 04 / 10 Finalist
2000–01 1 04 / 10 Round of 16
2001–02 1 04 / 10 Round of 16
2002–03 1 03 / 10 Champion
2003–04 1 05 / 10 Semifinals Group stage
2004–05 1 07 / 08 Round of 32
2005–06 1 03 / 08 Quarterfinals
2006–07 1 06 / 08 Semifinals
2007–08 1 05 / 08 Champion
2008–09 1 03 / 10 Quarterfinals
2009–10 1 02 / 10 Round of 16
2010–11 1 05 / 10 Round of 16
2011–12 1 05 / 10 Round of 32
2012–13 1 06 / 10 Round of 16
2013–14 1 09 / 10 Round of 16
2014–15 1 09 / 10 Round of 16
2015–16 1 06 / 10 Quarterfinals
2016–17 1 07 / 10 Round of 16
2017–18 1 05 / 8 Round of 16
2018–19 1 03 / 8 Semifinals
2019–20 1 Abandoned[a]
2020–21 1 05 / 8 Semifinals
2021–22 1 03 / 8 Finalist
2022–23 1 03 / 8 Quarterfinals
  1. ^ Due to COVID-19

References[edit]

  1. ^ Profile in UEFA's website
  2. ^ List of Nationalliga tables in RSSSF.com
  3. ^ Baku make first quarter-final. UEFA
  4. ^ Nationalliga tables in Soccerway.com
  5. ^ "GC gründet Frauenfussball AG". GC Frauenfussball. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Kader". www.gcfrauenfussball.ch. Retrieved 13 September 2023.