Grasshopper Club Zurich (women)

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
Websitehttp://www.gc-frauen.ch

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

History

The team was founded in 1977 in Schwerzenbach, Zurich, 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, Zurich.

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 Zurich 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 Zurich.

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

Current squad

As of 8 January 2025[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  SUI Isabel Rutishauser
4 MF  SUI Victoria Laino
6 DF  SUI Luna Lempérière (captain)
8 MF  CRO Ella Ljustina
9 FW  SUI Géraldine Ess
10 MF  SUI Yllka Kadriu
11 FW  ARG Dalila Ippólito
13 DF  SUI Leandra Flury
14 MF  CRO Petra Mikulića
15 MF  SUI Noemi Ivelj
16 FW  SUI Emanuela Pfister
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 GK  SUI Saskia Bürki
20 FW  SUI Janina Egli
21 DF  SUI Emma Egli
22 DF  FRA Morgane Nicoli
23 FW  AUT Noémie Potier
24 MF  SUI Giulia Looser
27 DF  SUI Melanie Müller
28 FW  SVN Nina Predanič
32 DF  GER Tamar Dongus
99 GK  USA Lauren Kozal


International players

Former Grasshopper Club Zurich players in italic

Competition record

UEFA record

Season Competition Stage Result Opponent Scorers
2003–04

UEFA Women's Cup

Group Stage

1–5
4–4
1–1
Gömrükçü Baku
AE Aegina
FC Bobruichanka
Soltermann
Hügli 2, Schwarz, Zumbühl
Hügli

Overall record

Season Division Position Swiss Cup Champions League
1977–78 2 (Gr. 2) 6 / 8 ?
1978–79 2 ? ?
1979–80 2 (Gr. 3) 8 / 9 ?
1980–81 2 (Gr. 1) 7 / 8 ?
1981–82 2 ? ?
1982–83 2 ? ?
1983–84 2 (Gr. 1) 4 / 8 ?
1984–85 2 (Gr. 1) 8 / 10 ?
1985–86 2 (Gr. 1) 5 / 10 ?
1986–87 2 (Gr. 1) 7 / 10 ?
1987–88 2 (Gr. 1) 1 / 10 ?
1988–89 1 5 / 10 ?
1989–90 1 4 / 10 ?
1990–91 1 3 / 6 ?
1991–92 1 3 / 6 ?
1992–93 1 3 / 6 ?
1993–94 1 3 / 6 ?
1994–95 1 4 / 6 ?
1995–96 1 4 / 10 ?
1996–97 1 7 / 10 ?
1997–98 1 4 / 10 ?
1998–99 1 1 / 10 Finalist
1999–00 1 4 / 10 Finalist
2000–01 1 4 / 10 Round of 16
2001–02 1 4 / 10 Round of 16
2002–03 1 3 / 10 Champion
2003–04 1 5 / 10 Semifinals Group stage
2004–05 1 7 / 8 Round of 32
2005–06 1 3 / 8 Quarterfinals
2006–07 1 6 / 8 Semifinals
2007–08 1 5 / 8 Champion
2008–09 1 3 / 10 Quarterfinals
2009–10 1 2 / 10 Round of 16
2010–11 1 5 / 10 Round of 16
2011–12 1 5 / 10 Round of 32
2012–13 1 6 / 10 Round of 16
2013–14 1 9 / 10 Round of 16
2014–15 1 9 / 10 Round of 16
2015–16 1 6 / 10 Quarterfinals
2016–17 1 7 / 10 Round of 16
2017–18 1 5 / 8 Round of 16
2018–19 1 3 / 8 Semifinals
2019–20 1 Abandoned[a]
2020–21 1 5 / 8 Semifinals
2021–22 1 3 / 8 Finalist
2022–23 1 3 / 8 Quarterfinals
  1. ^ Due to COVID-19

References

  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.