Grasshopper Club Zurich in European football

Grasshopper Club Zurich, commonly referred to as simply GC, GCZ, or Grasshoppers, is a multisports club based in Zürich, Switzerland and its football division is the most successful club in Switzerland, with a record 27 league titles, a record 19 cup championships, eight doubles, two league cup wins, and one Super Cup victory.[1]

GC has to date never won any European championship,[1] but has competed in numerous European cups throughout its existence. Despite the lack of international success, the team has made waves on some occasions with victories over teams such as Ajax Amsterdam or the Glasgow Rangers.

Best Placements

Competition Year Stage Reached Last Opponent
UEFA Champions League 1996-97 Group Stage (3rd) Auxerre, Ajax, Rangers
1995-96 Group Stage (4th) Ajax, Real Madrid, Ferencváros
European Cup 1978-79 Quarter-finals Nottingham Forest
1984–85 Round of 16 Juventus
UEFA Cup 1977-78 Semi-finals Bastia
1980-81 Quarter-final Sochaux
1979-80 Round of 16 Stuttgart
1998-99 Round of 16 Bordeaux
European Cup Winners' Cup 1989-90 Quarter-finals Sampdoria
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1994-95 Round of 16 Sampdoria

Last updated: 23 June 2022
Source: Palmares

Detailed Results

1956–1970

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Series
1956–57 European Cup[2] R1 Slovan UNV Bratislava 2–0 0–1 2–1
QF Fiorentina 2–2 1–3 3–5
1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup[2] R1 Napoli 1–0 1–3 2–3

1970–1980

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Series
1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup R1 Dundee United 0–0 2–3 2–3
1971–72 European Cup R1 Reipas Lahti 8–0 1–1 9–1
R2 Arsenal 0–2 0–3 0–5
1972–73 UEFA Cup R1 Nîmes 2–1 2–1 4–2
R2 Ararat Yerevan 1–3 2–4 3–7
1973–74 UEFA Cup R1 Tottenham Hotspur 1–5 1–4 2–9
1974–75 UEFA Cup R1 Panathinaikos 2–0 1–2 3–2
R2 Real Zaragoza 2–1 0–5 2–6
1975–76 UEFA Cup R1 Real Sociedad 3–3 1–1 4–4 (a)
1976–77 UEFA Cup R1 Hibernians 7–0 2–0 9–0
R2 Köln 2–3 0–2 2–5
1977–78 UEFA Cup R1 BK Frem 6–1 2–0 8–1
R2 TJ Internacionál 5–1 0–1 5–2
R3 Dinamo Tbilisi 4–0 0–1 4–1
QF Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 2–3 3–3 (a)
SF Bastia 3–2 0–1 3–3 (a)
1978–79 European Cup R1 Valletta 8–0 5–3 13–3
R2 Real Madrid 2–0 1–3 3–3 (a)
QF Nottingham Forest 1–1 1–4 2–4
1979–80 UEFA Cup R1 Progrès Niedercorn 4–0 2–0 6–0
R2 Ipswich Town 0–0 1–1 1–1 (a)
R3 Stuttgart 0–2 0–3 0–5

1980–1990

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Series
1980–81 UEFA Cup R1 KB 3–1 5–2 8–3
R2 Porto 3–0 (a.e.t.) 0–2 3–2
R3 Torino 2–1 1–2 3–3 (p)
QF Sochaux 0–0 1–2 1–2
1981–82 UEFA Cup R1 West Bromwich Albion 1–1 3–1 4–1
R2 Radnički Niš 2–0 0–2 2–2 (p)
1982–83 European Cup R1 Dynamo Kyiv 0–1 0–3 0–4
1983–84 European Cup R1 Dinamo Minsk 2–2 0–1 2–3
1984–85 European Cup R1 Budapest Honvéd 3–1 1–2 4–3
R2 Juventus 2–4 0–2 2–6
1987–88 UEFA Cup R1 Dynamo Moscow 0–4 0–1 0–5
1988–89 Cup Winners' Cup R1 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–0 0–1 0–1
1989–90 Cup Winners' Cup R1 Slovan Bratislava 0–3 4–0 (a.e.t.) 4–3
R2 Torpedo Moscow 3–0 1–1 4–1
QF Sampdoria 0–2 1–2 1–4

1990–2000

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Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Series
1990–91 European Cup R1 Red Star Belgrade 1–4 1–1 2–5
1991–92 European Cup R1 RSC Anderlecht 0–3 1–1 1–4
1992–93 UEFA Cup R1 Sporting CP 1–2 3–1 (a.e.t.) 4–3
R2 AS Roma 4–3 0–3 4–6
1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup R1 Chornomorets Odesa 3–0 0–1 3–1
R2 Sampdoria 4–3 0–3 4–6
1995–96 UEFA Champions League Q Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 1–0 2-1
Group Ferencváros TC 0–3 3–3 4th Place
Real Madrid 0–2 0–2
Ajax 0–0 0–3
1996–97 UEFA Champions League Q Slavia Prague 5–0 1–0 6–0
Group AJ Auxerre 3–1 0-1 3rd Place
Ajax 0-1 1–0
Rangers FC 3-0 1–2
1997–98 UEFA Cup Q1 Coleraine FC 3–0 7–1 10–1
Q2 SK Brann 3–0 0-2 3–2
R1 Croatia Zagreb 4-4 0–5 4–9
1998–99 UEFA Champions League Q1 Jeunesse Esch 6–0 2–0 8–0
Q2 Galatasaray 2–3 1–2 3–5
UEFA Cup R1 RSC Anderlecht 0–0 2–0 2–0
R2 Fiorentina 0–2 3–0 (f) 3–2
R3 Bordeaux 3–3 0–0 3–3 (a)
1999–00 UEFA Cup Q Bray Wanderers 4–0 4–0 8–0
R1 AB Copenhagen 1-1 2–0 3–1
R2 Slavia Prague 1–0 1–3 2–3

2000–2020

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Series
2001-02 UEFA Champions League Q3 FC Porto 2–3 2–2 4–5
UEFA Cup R1 Dinamo București 3–1 3–1 6–2
R2 FC Twente 4–1 2–3 6–4
R3 Leeds United 1–2 1–1 2–3
2002–03 UEFA Cup R1 Zenit St. Petersburg 3–1 1–2 4–3
R2 PAOK 1–1 1–2 2–3
2003–04 UEFA Champions League Q3 AEK Athens 1–0 1–3 2–3
UEFA Cup R1 Hajduk Split 1–1 0–0 1–1 (a)
2005–06 UEFA Cup Q2 Wisła Płock 1–0 2–3 3–3 (a)
R1 MYPA 1–1 3–0 4–1
Group Middlesbrough 0–1 5th place
Litex Lovech 1–2
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2–3
AZ 0–1
2006–07 UEFA Cup Q2 Videoton 2–0 1–1 3–1
R1 Åtvidaberg 5–0 3–0 8–0
Group AZ 2–5 5th place
Slovan Liberec 1–4
Sevilla 0–4
Braga 0–2
2008–09 UEFA Cup Q2 Lech Poznań 0–0 0–6 0–6
2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off Steaua București 1–0 0–1 1–1 (p)
2013–14 UEFA Champions League Q3 Lyon 0–1 0–1 0–2
UEFA Europa League Play-off Fiorentina 1–2 1–0 2–2 (a)
2014–15 UEFA Champions League Q3 Lille 0–2 1–1 1–3
UEFA Europa League Play-off Club Brugge 1–2 0–1 1–3
2016–17 UEFA Europa League Q2 KR 2–1 3–3 5–4
Q3 Apollon Limassol 2–1 3–3 5–4
Play-off Fenerbahçe 0–2 0–3 0–5

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Main article: UEFA Intertoto Cup

The UEFA Intertoto Cup was a summer football cup competition held between European clubs. Originally, it was called the International Football Cup and later the Intertoto Cup. Early editions had only one winner, but from 1967 onward, the competition would have multiple group winners. From 1995 until its abolishment in 2008, the competition was organized by UEFA and functioned as qualifier for the UEFA Cup.

Pre-UEFA Period (1961–1995)

Season Round Opponent Home Away Series
1965–66 Group Kaiserslautern 2–4 1–1 4th
Djurgården 4–2 2–3
Fortuna '54 0–1 1–2
1967 Group Polonia Bytom 1–4 1–5 4th
Werder Bremen 1–2 1–1
IF Elfsborg 3–1 2–5
1970 Group Braunschweig 1–5 0–2 2nd
IFK Norrköping 2–1 1–1
Wiener Sport-Club 2–1 3–1
1971 Group Djurgården 0–2 0–1 4th
Inter Bratislava 4–3 2–9
Wiener Sport-Club 1–3 0–3
1972 Group Hvidovre IF 1–1 3–0 2nd
Hannover 96 1–1 2–3
Stal Mielec 1–1 1–4

UEFA Period (1995–2008)

Season Round Opponent Home Away Series
2006 R2 FK Teplice 2–0 2–0 4–0
R3 KAA Gent 2–1 1–1 3–1
2008 R2 KF Besa Kavajë 2–1 3–0 5–1
R3 Chernomorets Burgas 3–0 1–0 4–0

References and Notes

  1. ^ a b "Palmares". gcz.ch.
  2. ^ a b "Search UEFA European Cup Matches".
  3. ^ "Grasshoppers History UEFA Champions League". UEFA.
  4. ^ "Grasshoppers History UEFA Europa League". UEFA.
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