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Grasshopper Club Zurich

2020–21 season
Chairman	Sky Sun
Manager	Zoltán Kádár (interim)
Stadium	Letzigrund
Challenge League	1st (promoted)
Swiss Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Léo Bonatini (11) All: Léo Bonatini (13)
Highest home attendance	2'550 vsWil
Biggest win	4–1 vsAarau 3–0 vsWil 3–0 vsNeuchâtel Xamax
Biggest defeat	2–5 vsKriens
Home colours Away colours
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The2020–21Grasshopper Club Zurich season is the club's second consecutive season in theSwiss Challenge League, having been relegated from the2018–19 Swiss Super League one year earlier, after playing in the top tier for 67 years.^[1] Theseason started on 18 September 2020 and is scheduled to end on 30 May 2021. Grasshopper Club Zurich also participate in theSwiss Cup. The first game was played on 12 September 2020.

In April 2020 the club was bought by investors from China.^[2] The new owners began to reform the club and renew the squad during the summer break, including the signing of several players fromWolverhampton Wanderers. The EnglishPremier League club is also connected to the Chinese investors.^[3] The first game of the season was played in late September 2020, a delay caused by theCOVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland.

On May 11, 2021 coachJoão Carlos Pereira was sacked after three defeats in a row. He was replaced byZoltán Kádár for the last two games of the season.^[4]

Thanks to a 2–1 win againstKriens on the last day of the season, Grasshopper Club Zurich was promoted to theSuper League.^[5]

As of 3 March 2021^{[6][better source needed]}

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)	at GCZ since	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Mirko Salvi		GK	(1994-02-14)14 February 1994 (age 31)	07/2018	Basel
27	Mateo Matic		GK	(1996-01-07)7 January 1996 (age 29)	01/2016	own youth
36	Marvin Keller		GK	(2002-07-03)3 July 2002 (age 23)	07/2019	own youth
57	Matthias Minder		GK	(1993-02-03)3 February 1993 (age 32)	09/2020	Neuchâtel Xamax
Defenders
2	Oskar Buur		CB	(1998-03-31)31 March 1998 (age 27)	01/2021	Wolverhampton(on loan)
4	Miguel Nóbrega		CB	(2000-04-17)17 April 2000 (age 25)	09/2020	Benfica(on loan)
5	Aleksandar Cvetković		CB	(1995-06-04)4 June 1995 (age 30)	02/2018	Wohlen
20	Marcin Dickenmann		CB	(2000-08-14)14 August 2000 (age 24)	06/2020	own youth
22	Nadjack		CB	(1994-02-06)6 February 1994 (age 31)	08/2020	Rio Ave
24	Toti		CB	(1999-01-16)16 January 1999 (age 26)	05/2020	Wolverhampton(on loan)
31	Dominik Schmid		CB	(1998-03-10)10 March 1998 (age 27)	08/2020	Basel
34	Allan Arigoni		CB	(1998-11-04)4 November 1998 (age 26)	07/2018	own youth
44	Elias Mesonero		CB	(2001-03-27)27 March 2001 (age 24)	01/2020	own youth
89	Ermir Lenjani		CB	(1989-08-05)5 August 1989 (age 35)	09/2020	Sion
Midfielders
8	André Santos		MF	(1989-03-02)2 March 1989 (age 36)	08/2020	Belenenses
10	Petar Pusic		MF	(1999-01-25)25 January 1999 (age 26)	02/2017	own youth
14	Connor Ronan		MF	(1998-03-06)6 March 1998 (age 27)	08/2020	Wolverhampton(on loan)
19	Nuno da Silva		MF	(1994-03-14)14 March 1994 (age 31)	02/2021	Thun
21	Ming-yang Yang		MF	(1995-07-11)11 July 1995 (age 29)	08/2017	Wolverhampton
23	Nikola Gjorgjev		MF	(1997-08-22)22 August 1997 (age 27)	07/2015	own youth
29	Djibril Diani		MF	(1998-02-11)11 February 1998 (age 27)	12/2018	own youth
30	Nuno Pina		MF	(1999-03-31)31 March 1999 (age 26)	08/2020	ChievoVerona(on loan)
33	Giotto Morandi		MF	(1999-03-04)4 March 1999 (age 26)	06/2019	own youth
47	Fabio Fehr		MF	(2000-01-15)15 January 2000 (age 25)	02/2020	own youth
48	Robin Kalem		MF	(2002-07-14)14 July 2002 (age 22)	06/2020	own youth
Forwards
3	Léo Bonatini		FW	(1994-03-28)28 March 1994 (age 31)	09/2020	Wolverhampton(on loan)
7	Oscar Correia		FW	(1997-09-28)28 September 1997 (age 27)	07/2020	Étoile Carouge
9	Shkelqim Demhasaj		FW	(1996-04-19)19 April 1996 (age 29)	07/2020	Luzern
11	Renat Dadashov		FW	(1999-05-17)17 May 1999 (age 26)	08/2020	Wolverhampton(on loan)
11	Hicham Acheffay		FW	(2000-08-10)10 August 2000 (age 24)	01/2021	Utrecht
17	Cristian Ponde		FW	(1995-01-26)26 January 1995 (age 30)	08/2020	Karpaty Lviv
42	Filipe de Carvalho		FW	(2003-12-01)1 December 2003 (age 21)	02/2021	own youth
90	André Ribeiro		FW	(1997-06-09)9 June 1997 (age 28)	02/2021	St. Gallen

Players in italic left the club during the season.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  SUI Baba Souare(atKriens until 30 June 2021) 7 FW  SUI Oscar Correia(atÉtoile Carouge until 30 June 2022)

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  SUI Marcin Dickenmann(atWil until 30 June 2021) 29 MF  FRA Djibril Diani(atLivingston until 30 June 2021)

Date	No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Source
30 June 2020	30	MF	Nuno Pina	ChievoVerona	Loan
1 July 2020	7	DF	Oscar Correia	Étoile Carouge	Free	[7]
1 July 2020	9	FW	Shkelqim Demhasaj	Luzern	Free	[7]
7 August 2020	31	DF	Dominik Schmid	Basel	Free	[8]
17 August 2020	21	MF	Ming-yang Yang	Wolverhampton	Free	[9]
23 August 2020	11	FW	Renat Dadashov	Wolverhampton	Loan
23 August 2020	14	MF	Connor Ronan	Wolverhampton	Loan	[10]
25 August 2020	17	FW	Cristian Ponde	Karpaty Lviv	Free	[11]
28 August 2020	8	MF	André Santos	Belenenses	Free	[12]
29 August 2020	22	DF	Nadjack	Rio Ave		[13]
31 August 2020		MF	Nedim Bajrami	Empoli	Return from loan
4 September 2020	24	DF	Toti	Wolverhampton	Loan	[14]
11 September 2020	89	MF	Ermir Lenjani	Sion	Free	[15]
22 September 2020	3	FW	Léo Bonatini	Wolverhampton	Loan	[16]
30 September 2020	4	DF	Miguel Nóbrega	Benfica	Loan	[17]
31 December 2020		FW	Amel Rustemoski	Kriens	Return from loan	[18]
11 January 2021	2	MF	Oskar Buur	Wolverhampton	Loan	[19]
20 January 2021	11	FW	Hicham Acheffay	Utrecht		[20]
8 February 2021	19	MF	Nuno da Silva	Thun		[21]
10 February 2021	90	FW	André Ribeiro	St. Gallen		[22]

Date	No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Source
1 July 2020	20	FW	Danijel Subotić	unattached		[23]
2 August 2020	28	DF	Andreas Wittwer	Winterthur		[24]
11 August 2020	10	DF	Vero Salatić	Retirement	Free
13 August 2020	13	FW	Nassim Ben Khalifa	Espérance Tunis		[25]
23 August 2020	21	MF	Mersim Asllani	Lausanne-Ouchy
24 August 2020	4	DF	Baba Souare	Kriens	Loan	[26]
24 August 2020	17	MF	Oliver Buff	unattached		[24]
24 August 2020	31	FW	Amel Rustemoski	Kriens	Loan	[26]
29 August 2020	45	DF	Nando Pijnaker	Rio Ave		[27]
1 September 2020	9	FW	Mychell Chagas	Nantong Zhiyun	Free	[24]
1 September 2020		MF	Nedim Bajrami	Empoli	€0.5 million
1 October 2020	11	FW	Nikola Sukacev	Metalac	Free
8 October 2020	11	FW	Renat Dadashov	Wolverhampton	Loan ended
14 January 2021	20	DF	Marcin Dickenmann	Wil	Loan	[28]
15 February 2021	29	MF	Djibril Diani	Livingston	Loan	[29]
18 February 2021	7	FW	Oscar Correia	Étoile Carouge	Loan	[30]
3 March 2021	21	MF	Ming-yang Yang	Nantong Zhiyun		[31]

Current coaching staff

As of 11 May 2021^[32]

Position	Name	Since
Manager	Zoltán Kádár(interim)	05/2021
Assistant manager	Marc Hodel(interim)	05/2021
Assistant manager	Ricardo Cabanas(interim)	05/2021
Assistant manager (athletics)	Walter Grüter(interim)	05/2021
Assistant manager (goalkeeper)	Christoph Born	2011

until 11 May 2021

As of 28 November 2020^[6]

Position	Name	Since
Manager	João Carlos Pereira	2020
Assistant manager	João Gião	2020
Assistant manager (methodology)	Gilberto Freitas	2020
Assistant manager (individual)	Lino Godinho	2020
Assistant manager (athletics)	Bruno Ferreira	2020
Assistant manager (goalkeeper)	Christoph Born	2011

Kickoff times are inCET

  Win  Draw  Loss

Kickoff times are inCET

  Win  Draw  Loss

Lausanne-Ouchy v Grasshopper Club Zurich

12 September 2020 (2020-09-12)2nd Round	Lausanne-Ouchy	1–2	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Lausanne
16:30	Ndongo65'	Report	45'Kalem 66'Demhasaj	Stadium:Stade Juan-Antonio-Samaranch Attendance: 800

Grasshopper Club Zurich vLausanne-Sport

24 February 2021 (2021-02-24)Round of 16	Grasshopper Club Zurich	2–0	Lausanne-Sport	Zürich
17:30	Léo69' Ponde82'	Report		Stadium:Letzigrund Attendance: 0 Referee:Alain Bieri

Grasshopper Club Zurich vSt. Gallen

14 April 2021 (2021-04-14)Quarter-finals	Grasshopper Club Zurich	1–2	St. Gallen	Zürich
18:00	Léo90+3'	Report	5'Görtler 18'Ruiz	Stadium:Letzigrund Attendance: 0 Referee: Fedayi San

  Win  Draw  Loss

Türkgücü München v Grasshopper Club Zurich

25 August 2020 (2020-08-25)	Türkgücü München	1–0	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Weingarten,Germany
19:00CEST (UTC+2)	Boere11' (pen.)	Report		Stadium:Lindenhofstadion Attendance: 0

Grasshopper Club Zurich vLuzern

29 August 2020 (2020-08-29)	Grasshopper Club Zurich	1–1	Luzern	Niederhasli, Switzerland
18:30CEST (UTC+2)	Pusic38'	Report	70'Arqués	Stadium:GC/Campus Attendance: 300

Servette FC v Grasshopper Club Zurich

5 September 2020 (2020-09-05)	Servette FC	cancelled	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Montreux, Switzerland
16:00CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium:Stade Eugéne Parlier Attendance: 0
Note: Called off due toCOVID-19 cases in the Grasshoppers squad.

Grasshopper Club Zurich vLausanne-Sport

9 October 2020 (2020-10-09)	Grasshopper Club Zurich	1–2	Lausanne-Sport	Niederhasli, Switzerland
15:00CEST (UTC+2)	Pina30'	Report	10',63'Pedro Brazão	Stadium:GC/Campus Attendance: 0

Servette FC v Grasshopper Club Zurich

9 January 2021 (2021-01-09)	Servette FC	cancelled	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Fribourg, Switzerland
15:00CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium:Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard
Note: Called off due to frozen pitch.

Luzern v Grasshopper Club Zurich

13 January 2021 (2021-01-13)	Luzern	cancelled	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Kriens, Switzerland
14:00CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium:Stadion Kleinfeld
Note: Called off due to fourCOVID-19 cases in the FC Luzern squad.

Schaffhausen v Grasshopper Club Zurich

16 January 2021 (2021-01-16)	Schaffhausen	0–1	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Schaffhausen, Switzerland
15:00CET (UTC+1)		Report	69'Pusic	Stadium:LIPO Park Attendance: 0

Grasshopper Club Zurich vAustria Lustenau

16 January 2021 (2021-01-16)	Grasshopper Club Zurich	3–2	Austria Lustenau	Niederhasli, Switzerland
15:00CET (UTC+1)	Filipe Carvalho28',70' Correia61'	Report	84'Steinwender 88'Bertaccini	Stadium:GC/Campus Attendance: 0

Grasshopper Club Zurich vRapperswil-Jona

27 March 2021 (2021-03-27)	Grasshopper Club Zurich	2–2	Rapperswil-Jona	Niederhasli, Switzerland
15:00CET (UTC+1)	André Santos20' Kalem70'	Report	15'Casciato 56'Kubli	Stadium:GC/Campus Attendance: 0

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Challenge League	Swiss Cup	Total
1	3	FW		Léo Bonatini	11	2	13
2	9	FW		Shkelqim Demhasaj	10	1	11
3	10	MF		Petar Pusic	9	0	9
4	23	MF		Nikola Gjorgjev	7	0	7
5	17	FW		Cristian Ponde	5	1	6
6	30	MF		Nuno Pina	3	0	3
	31	DF		Dominik Schmid	2	0	2
8	8	MF		André Santos	2	0	2
	24	DF		Toti	2	0	2
	33	MF		Giotto Morandi	2	0	2
11	5	DF		Aleksandar Cvetković	1	0	1
	14	MF		Connor Ronan	1	0	1
	19	MF		Nuno da Silva	1	0	1
	34	DF		Allan Arigoni	1	0	1
	48	MF		Robin Kalem	0	1	1
	89	DF		Ermir Lenjani	1	0	1
	90	FW		André Ribeiro	1	0	1
Own goals					0	0	0
Totals					60	5	65

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