2012–13 Grasshopper Club Zurich season

Grasshopper Club Zurich
2012–13 season
Chairman	André Dosé
Manager	Uli Forte
Stadium	Letzigrund, ; Zürich, Switzerland
Super League	2nd
Swiss Cup	Winner
Top goalscorer	Izet Hajrović (8)
Highest home attendance	18'400 2 December 2012 v Zürich (league)
Lowest home attendance	4'050 4 May 2013 v Servette (league)
Average home league attendance	8'600
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Review and events

The 2012–13 Swiss Super League began with a 0–2 loss against FC Sion. After this defeat the Grasshoppers remained unbeaten for twelve consecutive matches and goalkeeper Roman Bürki was able to set a new all-time record in keeping a clean sheet in Swiss football. He remained unbeaten for 659 minutes.^[1]

On May 20, 2013, the Grasshoppers won the 2012–13 Swiss Cup by a 5-4-victory on penalties against FC Basel. It was Grasshoppers 19th title in this competition and their first since 1994.

Matches

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendly matches

Preseason

16 June 2012 (2012-06-16)	Grasshopper Club Zurich	1 – 3	FC Wil	Niederhasli
17:00 CEST	Mustafi 85'	(Report) (in German)	79', 80', 82' Jahović	Stadium: GC-Campus Attendance: 400 Referee: Pascal Erlachner

20 June 2012 (2012-06-20)	Grasshopper Club Zurich	0 – 1	FC Vaduz	Flums
18:00 CEST		(Report) (in German)	86' Hasler	Stadium: Sportplatz Banau Attendance: 500 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

23 June 2012 (2012-06-23)	FC Thun	0 – 1	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Thörishaus
15:30 CEST		(Report) (in German)	65' (pen.) Vilotić	Stadium: Sportplatz Stucki Attendance: 600

30 June 2012 (2012-06-30)	FC Wohlen	2 – 6	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Niederwil AG
18:00 CEST	Weller 18' Bijelic 25'	(Report) (in German)	20', 48' Zuber 55', 78' Paiva 64', 85' Lang	Stadium: Sportanlage Riedmatten

5 July 2012 (2012-07-05)	Grasshopper Club Zurich	1 – 2	TSV 1860 München	Niederhasli
18:30 CEST	Gashi 7'	(Report) (in German)	17' Stoppelkamp 22' Wojtkowiak	Stadium: GC-Campus Attendance: 850 Referee: Fedayi San

7 July 2012 (2012-07-07)	Grasshopper Club Zurich	2 – 1	Standard Liège	Niederhasli
20:00 CEST	Ben Khalifa 27' Paiva 75'	(Report) (in German)	81' Batshuayi	Stadium: GC-Campus Attendance: 1'150 Referee: Sascha Amhof

Mid-season (fall)

15 August 2012 (2012-08-15)	Grasshopper Club Zurich	3 – 0	FC Wohlen	Niederhasli
17:00 CEST	Viera 30' Viera 31' Hajrović 64'	(Report) (in German)		Stadium: GC-Campus Attendance: 300 Referee: Pascal Erlachner

29 August 2012 (2012-08-29)	FC Thalwil	0 – 4	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Thalwil
18:00 CEST		(Report) (in German)	1' Adili 12' (pen.) Mustafi 30' Brahimi 69' Paiva	Stadium: Etzliberg Attendance: 600 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

7 September 2012 (2012-09-07)	Grasshopper Club Zurich	0 – 3	FC Lugano	Niederhasli
17:00 CEST		(Report) (in German)	17' Bottani 37' Bebeto 46' (pen.) Garcia	Stadium: GC-Campus Attendance: 450 Referee: Patrick Winter

12 October 2012 (2012-10-12)	Grasshopper Club Zurich	1 – 3	FC Winterthur	Niederhasli
15:00 CEST	Lang 21'	(Report) (in German)	5' Ben Katanha 40' Lüscher 72' Freuler	Stadium: GC-Campus Attendance: 200 Referee: Fedayi San

24 October 2012 (2012-10-24)	Grasshopper Club Zurich	3 – 1	FC Freienbach	Niederhasli
19:15 CET	Gashi 16' Krasniqi 63' Mustafi 85'	(Report) (in German)	67' Forrer	Stadium: GC-Campus Referee: Alex Kern

7 November 2012 (2012-11-07)	Grasshopper Club Zurich	5 – 0	SC YF Juventus	Niederhasli
18:00 CET	Paiva 38', 62' Zuber 47', 68' Hajrović 65'	(Report) (in German)		Stadium: GC-Campus Attendance: 400 Referee: Patrick Winter

Winter break

9 January 2013 (2013-01-09)	Grasshopper Club Zurich	4 – 1	FC Wil	Niederhasli
16:00 CET	Anatole 9' Zuber 20' Coulibaly 60' Gashi 70'	(Report) (in German)	36' Mouangue	Stadium: GC-Campus Attendance: 250 Referee: Fedayi San

15 January 2013 (2013-01-15)	Grasshopper Club Zurich	3 – 2	FC Luzern	Niederhasli
14:00 CET	Lang 30' Gashi 41' Paiva 66'	(Report) (in German)	15' Rangelov 37' Muntwiler	Stadium: GC-Campus Attendance: 200 Referee: Sascha Amhof

21 January 2013 (2013-01-21)	Jomo Cosmos	0 – 4	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Cape Town, South Africa
15:00 CET		(Report) (in German)	Feltscher 32' Lang 34' Abrashi 47' Anatole 54'	Stadium: Cape Town Stadium Attendance: 100

26 January 2013 (2013-01-26)	Ajax Cape Town F.C.	2 – 1	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Cape Town, South Africa
15:00 CET	Gülen 55' (o.g.) Losper 60'	(Report) (in German)	Toko 54'	Stadium: Cape Town Stadium Attendance: 200

2 February 2013 (2013-02-02)	Grasshopper Club Zurich	0 – 0	FC Lausanne-Sport	Niederhasli
14:00 CET		(Report) (in German)		Stadium: GC-Campus Attendance: 400

6 February 2013 (2013-02-06)	FC Schaffhausen	3 – 2	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Schaffhausen
14:30 CET	Frontino 8', 31' Gül 70'	(Report) (in German)	16' Paiva 17' Coulibaly	Stadium: Kunstrasenplatz Bühl Attendance: 150 Referee: Pascal Erlachner

Mid-season (spring)

22 March 2013 (2013-03-22)	Grasshopper Club Zurich	3 – 2	FC Wohlen	Niederhasli
15:00 CET	Gashi 42' Zuber 63' Anatole 69'	(Report) (in German)	1', 37' Gaspar	Stadium: GC-Campus Attendance: 100 Referee: Sandro Schärer

27 March 2013 (2013-03-27)	Grasshopper Club Zurich	5 – 0	Zug 94	Niederhasli
18:00 CET	Zuber 6' Anatole 27' Coulibaly 50' Bauer 62' Paiva 75'	(Report) (in German)		Stadium: GC-Campus Attendance: 100 Referee: Sascha Amhof

Tournaments

3-Städte-Turnier Uster

Game duration 45 min

26 June 2012 (2012-06-26)	Selection Zürich Oberland	0 – 5	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Uster
19:00 CEST		(Report) (in German)	7', 9' Ben Khalifa 33' Paiva 45' (pen.) Feltscher 45' Vilotić	Stadium: Buchholz

26 June 2012 (2012-06-26)	FC Winterthur	2 – 0	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Uster
20:00 CEST	Bengondo 8' Kuzmanović 19' (pen.)	(Report) (in German)		Stadium: Buchholz

Tournament Horgen

Game duration 45 min

12 September 2012 (2012-09-12)	FC Horgen	0 – 9	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Horgen
18:30 CEST		(Report) (in German)	3', 11', 34' Paiva 19', 24', 26', 36' Mustafi 22' Xhaka 33' Brahimi	Stadium: Waldegg Attendance: 400 Referee: Fedayi San

12 September 2012 (2012-09-12)	Grasshopper Club Zurich	1 – 1 (5–3 p)	FC Wil	Horgen
19:30	Paiva 20' (pen.)	(Report) (in German)	19' Jahović	Stadium: Waldegg Attendance: 500 Referee: Fedayi San
	Penalties
	Adili Maroufi Tarashaj Gülen Vilotić		Jahović Božić Afsarli Madou

Hallenmasters 2013

Game duration 2x12 min (indoor tournament)

13 January 2013 (2013-01-13)	Grasshopper Club Zurich	1 – 5	FC Vaduz	Winterthur
13:00 CET	Zuber	(Report) (in German)	Maccoppi Oehri N. Hasler Hassell	Stadium: Eishalle Deutweg Attendance: 2'500

13 January 2013 (2013-01-13)	FC Winterthur	2 – 1	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Winterthur
14:00 CET		(Report) (in German)	Brahimi	Stadium: Eishalle Deutweg Attendance: 2'500

13 January 2013 (2013-01-13)	FC Wil	2 – 2 (7 – 6 p)	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Winterthur
15:35 CET	Borges 11' Audino 22'	(Report) (in German)	13' Herlea 19' Gülen	Stadium: Eishalle Deutweg Attendance: 2'500
	Penalties
	Zuber Xhaka Brahimi Gülen Massaro Bauer Meyer		Muslin Lüchinger Božić Audino Holenstein Mouangue Borges

Super League

Kickoff times are in CET

League results and fixtures

15 July 2012 (2012-07-15) 1	Grasshopper Club Zurich	0 – 2	FC Sion	Zürich
13:45	Ben Khalifa 85'	(Report) (in German)	39', 77' Léo 40' Gattuso	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 7'900 Referee: Stephan Klossner

22 July 2012 (2012-07-22) 2	BSC Young Boys	0 – 1	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Bern
13:45	Lecjaks 38' Vitkieviez 84'	(Report) (in German)	27' Vilotić 84' Salatić	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 18'711 Referee: Damien Carrel

28 July 2012 (2012-07-28) 3	Grasshopper Club Zurich	2 – 2	FC Basel	Zürich
19:45	Ben Khalifa 29', 78' Brahimi 82'	(Report) (in German)	15' A. Frei 24' Cabral 42' Zoua 47' Yapi	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 7'050 Referee: Sascha Amhof

4 August 2012 (2012-08-04) 4	FC St. Gallen	1 – 1	Grasshopper Club Zurich	St. Gallen
19:45	Pa Modou 14' Nushi 18' Mutsch 72' Čavušević 80' Nater 82' Abegglen 90'	(Report) (in German)	22' Vilotić 26' Hajrović 82' Bürki 89' Feltscher	Stadium: AFG Arena Attendance: 15'677 Referee: Patrick Graf

12 August 2012 (2012-08-12) 5	Grasshopper Club Zurich	1 – 0	Servette FC	Zürich
13:45	Ben Khalifa 51' Toko 67'	(Report) (in German)	41' Kusunga 66' Kouassi	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 6'050 Referee: Stephan Studer

19 August 2012 (2012-08-19) 6	FC Luzern	0 – 2	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Lucerne
16:00		(Report) (in German)	4', 57' Zuber 66' Ben Khalifa 79' Abrashi 90' Bürki	Stadium: swissporarena Attendance: 11'083 Referee: Ludovic Gremaud

25 August 2012 (2012-08-25) 7	Grasshopper Club Zurich	1 – 0	FC Thun	Zürich
19:45	Vilotić 39' Hajrović 44'	(Report) (in German)	31' Ghezal 60' Ferreira 67' Hediger	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 4'950 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

1 September 2012 (2012-09-01) 8	FC Lausanne-Sport	0 – 2	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Lausanne
19:45	Katz 13' Sanogo Jr. 18' Roux 39' Sonnerat 84'	(Report) (in German)	33' Zuber 49' Vilotić 65' Toko 72' Salatić 84' Hajrović 90+3' Grichting 90+4', 90+4' Abrashi	Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Attendance: 5'800 Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)

22 September 2012 (2012-09-22) 9	FC Zürich	0 – 1	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Zürich
19:45	Béda 90+1'	(Report) (in German)	51' Salatić 54' Zuber 76' Pavlović 90+4' Xhaka	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 17'358 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

27 September 2012 (2012-09-27) 10	Grasshopper Club Zurich	2 – 0	FC Luzern	Zürich
19:45	Toko 57' Lang 72'	(Report) (in German)		Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 5'400 Referee: Daniel Wermelinger

1 October 2012 (2012-10-01) 11	Grasshopper Club Zurich	1 – 0	FC St. Gallen	Zürich
19:45	Pavlović 33' Ben Khalifa 38'	(Report) (in German)	19' Regazzoni 63' Mutsch 77' Etoundi	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 14'400 Referee: Sébastien Pache

6 October 2012 (2012-10-06) 12	FC Thun	2 – 3	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Thun
19:45	Steffen 30' Schneuwly 64', 72'	(Report) (in German)	50' Zuber 56' Ben Khalifa 58' Toko	Stadium: Arena Thun Attendance: 5'127 Referee: Pascal Erlachner

21 October 2012 (2012-10-21) 13	Grasshopper Club Zurich	3 – 2	BSC Young Boys	Zürich
16:00	Hajrović 17', 30' Zuber 45' Toko 56' Salatić 59' Bürki 90+1'	(Report) (in German)	25' Zárate 46' Sutter 50' Martínez 83' Costanzo 90' Bobadilla 90+1' Vitkieviez	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 11'900 Referee: Damien Carrel

28 October 2012 (2012-10-28) 14	Servette FC	2 – 0	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Lancy
13:45	S. Lang 9' Kusunga 26' Pont 44' Eudis 68' Pasche 87'	(Report) (in German)	64' Zuber 66' Pavlović 78' Xhaka	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 5'834 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

3 November 2012 (2012-11-03) 15	Grasshopper Club Zurich	1 – 1	FC Lausanne-Sport	Zürich
19:45	Grichting 31' Hajrović 35' Salatić 45'	(Report) (in German)	7' Sanogo Jr. 13' Guié Guié 90+3' Rodrigo	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 5'500 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann

18 November 2012 (2012-11-18) 16	FC Basel	4 – 0	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Basel
16:00	D. Degen 7', 68' Schär 33' Streller 57' (pen.) A. Frei 72', 79' Dragović 82' P. Degen 85'	(Report) (in German)	21' Pavlović 32' Toko 57' Grichting	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 32'060 Referee: Daniel Wermelinger

24 November 2012 (2012-11-24) 17	FC Sion	1 – 1	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Sion
19:45	Léo 16', 30' Bühler 24' Vanczák 77'	(Report) (in German)	3', 15' Gashi 6' Feltscher 59' Vilotić	Stadium: Stade de Tourbillon Attendance: 13'200 Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)

2 December 2012 (2012-12-02) 18	Grasshopper Club Zurich	1 – 0	FC Zürich	Zürich
16:00	Xhaka 18' Hajrović 22' (pen.) Ben Khalifa 24' Pavlović 55' Paiva 90+2'	(Report) (in German)	21' Djimsiti	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 18'400 Referee: Patrick Graf

9 February 2013 (2013-02-09) 19	Servette FC	0 – 1	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Lancy
19:45	Kusunga 24' Pasche 66' Pont 69' Kouassi 84' Eudis 89'	(Report) (in German)	30' Hajrović 44' Abrashi 57' Lang 77' Vilotić 79' Brahimi	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 4'830 Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)

16 February 2013 (2013-02-16) 20	Grasshopper Club Zurich	2 – 0	BSC Young Boys	Zürich
19:45	Abrashi 12' Anatole 26', 79' Grichting 56'	(Report) (in German)	13' M. Bürki 43' Affolter 65' Zverotić	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 5'200 Referee: Stephan Klossner

24 February 2013 (2013-02-24) 21	FC Basel	0 – 0	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Basel
16:00	Dragović 21' Cabral 66' Streller 82' Schär 90+4'	(Report) (in German)	17' Ben Khalifa 27' Abrashi 61' Hajrović 90+4' Zuber	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 27'653 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

3 March 2013 (2013-03-03) 22	FC Lausanne-Sport	0 – 0	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Lausanne
16:00	Roux 47'	(Report) (in German)	61' Lang 63' Hajrović 81' Xhaka	Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Attendance: 4'300 Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)

9 March 2013 (2013-03-09) 23	Grasshopper Club Zurich	3 – 1	FC St. Gallen	Zürich
19:45	Anatole 2' Salatić 56' Gashi 90'	(Report) (in German)	20' 88' Besle 26' Nushi 46' 70' Montandon 79' Janjatovic	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 8'900 Referee: Sébastien Pache

17 March 2013 (2013-03-17) 24	Grasshopper Club Zurich	0 – 0	FC Luzern	Zürich
16:00	Anatole 25' Zuber 61' Vilotić 61' Grichting 88'	(Report) (in German)	52' Muntwiler 76' Stahel 78' Wiss	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 8'100 Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

30 March 2013 (2013-03-30) 25	FC Thun	1 - 0	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Thun
19:45	Schneuwly 34' Bättig 55'	(Report) (in German)	17' Xhaka	Stadium: Arena Thun Attendance: 5'084 Referee: Sascha Kever

6 April 2013 (2013-04-06) 26	FC Zürich	2 - 4	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Zürich
19:45	Chikhaoui 12' Béda 21' Da Costa 21' Gajic 32' (pen.), 51' Gavranović 60' Glarner 68'	(Report) (in German)	12' (pen.) Hajrović 21' Abrashi 21' Toko 25' Lang 31' 70' Vilotić 62' Salatić	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 16'111 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)

14 April 2013 (2013-04-14) 27	Grasshopper Club Zurich	1 - 1	FC Sion	Zürich
16:00	Xhaka 23' Feltscher 37' 77' Vilotić 67'	(Report) (in German)	50' Gattuso 66' Yoda 72' Dingsdag 87' Lacroix	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 6'700 Referee: Stephan Studer

21 April 2013 (2013-04-21) 28	FC Luzern	1 - 1	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Lucerne
13:45	Stahel 10' Andrist 11' 86' Hochstrasser 43' Sarr 59'	(Report) (in German)	33' Lang 34' Abrashi 86' Grichting 90+3' Xhaka	Stadium: swissporarena Attendance: 12'360 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

27 April 2013 (2013-04-27) 29	Grasshopper Club Zurich	0 - 2	FC Thun	Zürich
19:45	Grichting 76' Bauer 80'	(Report) (in German)	35' Steffen 38' Schindelholz 56' Bättig 64' Schneuwly	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 4'100 Referee: Pascal Erlachner

4 May 2013 (2013-05-04) 30	Grasshopper Club Zurich	2 - 0	Servette FC	Zürich
19:45	Zuber 9' Hajrović 75' Gashi 90+1' Ben Khalifa 81' 90+4'	(Report) (in German)	48' Tréand	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 4'050 Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)

7 May 2013 (2013-05-07) 31	BSC Young Boys	4 - 0	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Bern
19:45	Spycher 27' Afum 33' Costanzo 34' C. Schneuwly 52' Farnerud 62' Nuzzolo 70' Gerndt 90+3'	(Report) (in German)	27' 57' Vilotić 52' Salatić 90+3' Anatole	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 15'069 Referee: Sébastien Pache

12 May 2013 (2013-05-12) 32	Grasshopper Club Zurich	0 - 1	FC Zürich	Zürich
16:00	Xhaka 9' Ben Khalifa 27' Grichting 64'	(Report) (in German)	54' Benito 59' Chermiti 66' R. Koch 76' Gavranović 90+5' Buff	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 14'700 Referee: Patrick Graf

16 May 2013 (2013-05-16) 33	FC Sion	0 - 4	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Sion
19:45	Aislan 22' Vanczák 54' Margairaz 82'	(Report) (in German)	54' Gashi 32' Zuber 64' Anatole 66' Ben Khalifa 90+1' Brahimi	Stadium: Stade de Tourbillon Attendance: 6'800 Referee: Stephan Klossner

26 May 2013 (2013-05-26) 34	Grasshopper Club Zurich	1 - 0	FC Basel	Zürich
16:15	Anatole 90+4'	(Report) (in German)	56' F. Frei	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 17'100 Referee: Sascha Kever

29 May 2013 (2013-05-29) 35	FC St. Gallen	1 - 2	Grasshopper Club Zurich	St. Gallen
20:30	Janjatović 7' Mutsch 22' Besle 28' 38' Nater 52' Lopar 51'	(Report) (in German)	28' Anatole 40' (pen.) 54' Hajrović 52' Abrashi 59' Vilotić 75' Lang	Stadium: AFG Arena Attendance: 18'360 Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)

1 June 2013 (2013-06-01) 36	Grasshopper Club Zurich	4 - 1	FC Lausanne-Sport	Zürich
20:30	Zuber 21' (pen.) Hajrović 28' Gashi 60' (pen.) Anatole 73' Ben Khalifa 90'	(Report) (in German)	28' Kamber 60' Chakhsi 85' Avanzini 89' Facchinetti	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 4'400 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)

League table

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	20	9	7	48	32	+16	69	11	4	3	25	13	+12	9	5	4	23	19	+4

Last updated: 2 June 2013.
Source: Fussballdaten.de

Swiss Cup

Kickoff times are in CET

16 September 2012 (2012-09-16) 1st Round	Vedeggio Calcio	0 – 5	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Cadempino
15:00		(Report) (in German)	12' Toko 17', 65', 89' Paiva 63' Feltscher	Stadium: Centro sportivo Attendance: 1'048 Referee: Roland Huwiler

10 November 2012 (2012-11-10) 2nd Round	AC Vallemaggia	0 – 6	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Locarno
16:00		(Report) (in German)	15' Grichting 48', 56', 77' Feltscher 73' Paiva 80' Gashi	Stadium: Stadio del Lido Attendance: 1'185 Referee: Ludovic Gremaud

8 December 2012 (2012-12-08) 3rd Round	FC Schaffhausen	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (2 – 3 p)	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Schaffhausen
17:30	Mangold 45'	(Report) (in German)	31' Feltscher	Stadium: Stadion Breite Attendance: 2'200 Referee: Sascha Kever
	Penalties
	Frontino Rossini Schiendorfer Dos Santos Baykal		Salatić Gashi Zuber Vilotić Paiva

27 February 2013 (2013-02-27) Quarterfinal	FC Aarau	1 – 4	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Aarau
20:15	Ioniţă 65'	(Report) (in German)	16', 74' Feltscher 89' Zuber 90' Anatole	Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld Attendance: 6'600 Referee: Stephan Studer

17 April 2013 (2013-04-17) Semifinal	FC Zürich	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Zürich
19:00	Feltscher 23' (o.g.)	(Report) (in German)	39' Feltscher 94' Hajrović	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 20'507 Referee: Alain Bieri

20 May 2013

16:00

Final^[2]

FC Basel	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Grasshopper Club Zurich
Schär 28' Dragović 57' Steinhöfer 71' Elneny 91'	(Report) (in German) SFV summary	29' Gashi 75' Hajrović
Penalties
Schär F. Frei Steinhöfer Díaz Bobadilla	3 – 4	Salatić Hajrović Lang Feltscher Vilotić

Stade de Suisse, Bern

Attendance: 27'290

Referee: Stephan Studer


GK	Yann Sommer
DF	Kay Voser		60'
DF	Fabian Schär	28'
DF	Aleksandar Dragović	57'
DF	Park Joo-Ho
MF	Fabian Frei
MF	Marcelo Díaz
MF	Mohamed Elneny	91'
MF	Serey Die		106'
MF	Valentin Stocker
ST	Marco Streller (c)		69'
Substitutes:
DF	Markus Steinhöfer		60'
MF	Raúl Bobadilla		69'
FW	David Degen		106'
Manager:
Murat Yakin



GK	Roman Bürki		46'
DF	Michael Lang
DF	Milan Vilotić
DF	Stéphane Grichting
DF	Moritz Bauer
MF	Amir Abrashi		95'
MF	Vero Salatić
MF	Izet Hajrović
MF	Shkëlzen Gashi	29'	100'
MF	Steven Zuber		66'
ST	Anatole Ngamukol
Substitutes:
MF	Frank Feltscher		66'
MF	Nzuzi Toko		95'
MF	Nassim Ben Khalifa		100'
Manager:
Uli Forte

Squad

Squad, matches played and goals scored

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)	at GCZ since	Signed from	SL matches	SL goals	Cup matches	Cup goals
Goalkeepers
1	Roman Bürki	GK	(1990-11-14) 14 November 1990 (age 33)	2011	Young Boys	34	0	4	0
18	Davide Taini	GK	(1976-12-07) 7 December 1976 (age 47)	2011	Wil	2	0	2	0
33	Andreas Hirzel	GK	(1993-03-25) 25 March 1993 (age 31)	2012	Aarau	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	Willian Rocha	CB	(1989-04-01) 1 April 1989 (age 35)	2013	Sport Recife	2(3)	0	0	0
3	Stéphane Grichting	CB	(1979-03-30) 30 March 1979 (age 45)	2012	Auxerre	33	0	6	1
4	Milan Vilotić	CB	(1986-10-21) 21 October 1986 (age 37)	2012	Red Star Belgrade	31	2	5	0
5	Michael Lang	CB	(1991-02-08) 8 February 1991 (age 33)	2011	St. Gallen	33	3	5	0
13	Taulant Xhaka	CB	(1991-03-28) 28 March 1991 (age 33)	2012	Basel	19(6)	0	2(2)	0
19	Daniel Pavlović	CB	(1988-04-22) 22 April 1988 (age 36)	2011	Kaiserslautern	22(1)	0	4	0
22	Gianluca Hossmann	CB	(1991-03-25) 25 March 1991 (age 33)	2006		1	0	0	0
29	Levent Gülen	CB	(1994-02-24) 24 February 1994 (age 30)	2012		0	0	0(1)	0
34	Moritz Bauer	CB	(1992-02-25) 25 February 1992 (age 32)	2010		11(2)	0	3(1)	0
Midfielders
6	Vero Salatić	MF	(1985-11-14) 14 November 1985 (age 38)	2012	AC Omonia	31	3	5	0
7	Steven Zuber	MF	(1991-08-17) 17 August 1991 (age 33)	2006	Winterthur	30(2)	5	4	1
8	Amir Abrashi	MF	(1990-03-27) 27 March 1990 (age 34)	2012	Winterthur	22(5)	3	5(1)	0
10	Shkëlzen Gashi	MF	(1988-07-15) 15 July 1988 (age 36)	2012	Aarau	17(11)	4	4(1)	1
11	Frank Feltscher	MF	(1988-05-17) 17 May 1988 (age 36)	2011	Bellinzona	14(20)	1	5(1)	8
14	Izet Hajrović	MF	(1991-08-04) 4 August 1991 (age 33)	2000		32(2)	8	2(2)	2
27	Mergim Brahimi	MF	(1992-08-08) 8 August 1992 (age 32)	2001		0(16)	3	1(3)	0
28	Toko Nzuzi	MF	(1990-12-20) 20 December 1990 (age 33)	2003		22(4)	2	2(1)	1
32	Mohamed Coulibaly	MF	(1988-08-07) 7 August 1988 (age 36)	2011	Dornach	0(5)	0	0	0
Forwards
9	João Paiva	ST	(1983-02-08) 8 February 1983 (age 41)	2011	Luzern	2(10)	0	2(1)	4
15	Nassim Ben Khalifa	ST	(1992-01-13) 13 January 1992 (age 32)	2012	Young Boys	26(7)	5	2(1)	0
17	Anatole Ngamukol	ST	(1988-01-15) 15 January 1988 (age 36)	2013	Thun	13(3)	5	3	1
25	Endogan Adili	ST	(1994-08-03) 3 August 1994 (age 30)	2003		0(1)	0	1	0
35	Orhan Mustafi	ST	(1990-04-04) 4 April 1990 (age 34)	2011	Basel	0(4)	0	0(1)	0

Last updated: 2 June 2013

Note: Numbers in parentheses denote substitution appearances.

Players in italic left the club during the season

Transfers

Summer Transfers in
Name	Nationality	Position	Type	Moving from
Milan Vilotić		CB	Transfer	Red Star Belgrade
Shkëlzen Gashi		MF	Transfer	Aarau
Stéphane Grichting		CB	Transfer	Auxerre
Vero Salatić		CB	Transfer	AC Omonia
Andreas Hirzel		GK	on loan	Aarau
Nassim Ben Khalifa		ST	on loan	BSC Young Boys
Raphael Spiegel		GK	loan return	SC Brühl
Steven Lang		MF	loan return	Lausanne
Charyl Chappuis		MF	loan return	Locarno
Josip Colina		CB	loan return	Lugano

Summer Transfers out
Name	Nationality	Position	Type	Moving to
Raphael Spiegel		GK	Transfer	West Ham United
Davide Callà		MF	Transfer	Aarau
Alessandro Merlo		GK	Transfer	FC Wettswil-Bonstetten
Sehar Fejzulahi		MF	Transfer	Aarau
Davor Landeka		MF	Transfer	Široki Brijeg
Daniël de Ridder		MF	Transfer	Heerenveen
Paulo Menezes		CB	Transfer	Lugano
Iacopo La Rocca		CB	Transfer	Western Sydney Wanderers
Marco Kehl		CB	Transfer	Lugano
Bruno Bertucci		CB	Transfer	Neftchi Baku
Josip Colina		CB	Transfer	unknown
Charyl Chappuis		MF	on loan	Lugano
Steven Lang		MF	on loan	Servette FC
Denis Simijonovic		MF	loan return	Winterthur
Boris Smiljanić		CB	retired
Ricardo Cabanas		MF	retired

Winter Transfers in
Name	Nationality	Position	Type	Moving from
Anatole Ngamukol		ST	Transfer	Thun
Willian Rocha		CB	on loan	Sport Recife
Charyl Chappuis		MF	loan return	Lugano

Winter Transfers out
Name	Nationality	Position	Type	Moving to
Endogan Adili		MF	Transfer	Basel
Charyl Chappuis		MF	Transfer	Buriram
Orhan Mustafi		ST	on loan	Wil

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Uli Forte
Assistant coach	Zoltan Kadar
Fitness coach	Alex Kern
Goalkeeper coach	Christoph Born

Last updated: 20 December 2012
Source: GCZ Official Site

Sources

^ Bürki kriegt in Thun wieder mal Gegentore!
^ Fussball-Schweiz (20 May 2013). "88. Schweizer Cupfinal, FC Basel - Grasshopper Club 4:5 n.P. (1:1, 1:1, 0:0)" (in German). daniel schaub medienbüro gmbh. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

[1] Bürki kriegt in Thun wieder mal Gegentore!

[Schaub-Fussball-Schweiz-Cup-2012/13-2] Fussball-Schweiz (20 May 2013). "88. Schweizer Cupfinal, FC Basel - Grasshopper Club 4:5 n.P. (1:1, 1:1, 0:0)" (in German). daniel schaub medienbüro gmbh. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

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[2]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	20	9	7	48	32	+16	69	11	4	3	25	13	+12	9	5	4	23	19	+4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	20	9	7	48	32	+16	69	11	4	3	25	13	+12	9	5	4	23	19	+4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	20	9	7	48	32	+16	69	11	4	3	25	13	+12	9	5	4	23	19	+4