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2021–22 Grasshopper Club Zurich season

The 2021–22 Grasshopper Club Zurich season is the club's first season back in the Swiss Super League, after winning promotion from the Swiss Challenge League. The season started on July 24, 2021. Grasshoppers also participated in the Swiss Cup, losing in the second round.

Grasshopper Club Zurich
2021–22 season
ChairmanSky Sun
ManagerGiorgio Contini
StadiumLetzigrund
Swiss Super League8th
Swiss CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Kaly Sène (10)
All: Kaly Sène (10)
Highest home attendance16,112 vs Zürich
Lowest home attendance2,550 vs Lausanne-Sport
Average home league attendance5,600
Biggest win4–0 vs St. Gallen
Biggest defeat0–3 vs Young Boys

Review and events

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Pre-season

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On May 26, Grasshopper Club Zurich announced the appointment of Seyi Olofinjana as the new director of football.[1] It was announced on June 9, 2021, that Giorgio Contini would take over the team as the new head coach, who had coached FC Lausanne-Sport until the end of last season.[2]

Before the start of the season, major personnel changes were made:

  • Portuguese goalkeeper André Moreira joined as new first goalkeeper
  • Austrian defender Georg Margreitter joined to lead Grasshopper's defense
  • Kosovaran midfielder Amir Abrashi returned to the club as the new captain (Abrashi had played for Grasshopper from 2010 till 2015)
  • Slovakian midfielder Christián Herc joined from Wolverhampton
  • In an unusual transfer, Japanese international Hayao Kawabe joined to augment the midfield

Furthermore, Toti's loan was extended for one year. Two further players were loaned from Wolverhampton (Bulgarian midfielder Bendegúz Bolla and Colombian forward Leonardo Campana). Campana was acquired to replace Léo Bonatini, who was injured at the end of the last season. Finally, Djibril Diani returned from his loan period at Livingston.

At the end of their loan period Oskar Buur and Connor Ronan returned to Wolverhampton, while Miguel Nóbrega returned to Benfica.

First round

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The season began poorly, with a 0–2 home loss to Basel, where Campana scored an own goal. However, the team showed a lot of promise and were able to hold a 0–0 draw against Swiss champions Young Boys in the next game. This game was followed up by their first win, a 3–1 victory over Lausanne-Sport. Campana shot two goals (one by penalty) and Toti shot one.

On 17 August 2021, Noah Loosli was acquired from Lausanne-Sport to bolster the defense. Loosli had played at Grasshopper previously between 2015 and 2018 and had already been part of the youth squad. The first major highlight of the season was the derby against city rivals FC Zürich, the first one since April 2019. Grasshopper started well with a 1–0 lead in the 7th minute by Margreitter, via corner, however Zürich was able to equalize almost immediately. In a back-and-forth game, both teams had their chances at victory, but it was Zürich who managed to eke out the win in the last minute of injury time.

On 1 September 2021, Senegalese forward Kaly Sène was loaned from Basel. In his second game, he was able to secure a victory with two goals in a 3–1 win against Sion (Bolla shot the other goal). He backed up this explosive performance with another two goals in a 5–2 victory. It would be Grasshopper's most goals in one game to date this season, with Léo, Bolla, and Diani supplying the other three goals.

Grasshopper ended the first round in 5th place with 13 points (3 wins, 4 draws, 2 losses) in nine games and a 15-11 goal statistic.

On 18 September 2021, they were eliminated from the Swiss Cup, after a 0–1 loss to FC Thun in the second round of the cup.

Second round

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Grasshopper were somewhat able to connect on their good performance of the first round. In the second derby of the season, it was Zürich who grabbed the explosive start, leading 2–0 after only ten minutes. Grasshopper was able to claw their way back into the game, in part thanks to a penalty conceded in the 17th minute, which Léo easily converted. Margreitter and Herc completed the turnaround. In the second half of the game Zürich was able to equalize again for the final 3–3 result. The poor start in the game in this derby was a sign of a worrying trend: in the previous game (1–3 loss to Lausanne-Sport), they had also conceded two goals in the first ten minutes of the game.

Their highest victory this season to date occurred on 5 December 2021, with a 4–0 away win against FC St. Gallen, where Sène scored a hat-trick.

A final highlight of this round would be the final game before the winter break against long time rivals FC Basel. In an exciting game, Basel was able to gain a lead in the last minute of the first half, but Grasshopper did not let this lead last long as Kawabe equalized the game soon after restart. Petar Pusic's goal in the 86th minute looked to be the winner of the game, especially since Basel were decimated due to a red card in the 89th minute, however they were once again upset in the last minute of the game with Basel's 2-2 equalizer.

Grasshoppers went into the winter break in 6th place with 23 points after 18 games, with 10 additional points (2 wins, 4 draws, 3 losses) and 17-15 goals in nine games (total 32–26).

Winter Break

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During the winter break, Toti was recalled to Wolverhampton to help out with personnel shortages, while the Swiss league was still on break. However, he was able to prove himself and his loan period was ended prematurely. Campana's loan period was also ended prematurely. Meanwhile, Diani was transferred to Caen, in the French second league, and defender Aleksandar Cvetković left the club to join FC Aarau in the Swiss Challenge League. Cvetković had barely seen any play this season as his position was taken over by the new defensive lead Margreitter. Grasshoppers also acquired Japanese defender Ayumu Seko, Portuguese defender Tomás Ribeiro, and French goalkeeper Lévi Ntumba. In a curious move, Kawabe was sold to Wolverhampton, but loaned right back. Korean forward Jeong Sang-bin and Portuguese midfielder Bruno Jordão were also loaned from Wolverhampton.

Third round

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Grasshoppers started absolutely catastrophically into the new year, managing just one win (2–0 away against Lausanne-Sport) and one draw (2–2 at home against Young Boys, thanks to a last minute equalizer by Bolla), after which five losses in a row saw the team dangerously close to the relegation places in the table. At the end of the round, after 27 games played, they were leading 8th place FC Luzern by only five points. In fact, with only four points in nine games, they were the second worst team of the league since the winter break (only Lausanne-Sport had a worse record). A reaction was desperately necessary, as the relegation spots were dangerously close.

The end of the third round saw them in 7th place with 27 points total and a goal difference of 42-46 (four points and 10-20 goals in nine games).

During this time, Nikola Gjorgjev and Shkelqim Demhasaj were loaned out to FC Schaffhausen and FC Winterthur (both playing in the Swiss Challenge League), respectively.

Fourth round

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On 28 March 2022, Colombian forward Brayan Riascos joined the club on loan from Ukrainian FC Metalist Kharkiv for the remainder of the season. This was possible due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as a result of which the FIFA allowed foreign players in Ukraine to sign with clubs outside Ukraine until 30 June 2022.[3]

The first game of the fourth round would also be the final derby of the season. Zürich, who were leading the league by a large margin, were the heavy favorites. However, Grasshoppers were able to massively improve upon the poor performances of the previous games and managed a 1–1 draw in snowy conditions. Giotto Morandi, who had only recently returned to the team from a long injury, shot the only goal for Grasshoppers in the 52nd minute. In the next game, they missed the chance to distance themselves further from pursuing Luzern, after giving up a 2–0 lead by half-time to end the game in a 2–2 draw, after receiving another last minute equalizer. On 16 April 2022, they managed to beat Servette FC in a 1–0 away victory, their first win after eight games. Léo had scored a penalty in the 10th minute. On 24 April, the upwards trend continued and they beat Lausanne-Sport 3–1, coming back from a 0–1 deficit at 10 minutes. It was their first home victory since 2 October 2021. Kawabe and an own goal turned the game around, while Bolla put the finishing touch in the last minute of regular time.

In the following three rounds, the team was unable to gain another victory, with two away draws against Basel and Lugano, where they unnecessarily gave up a lead, and a 0–1 loss against direct competitor Sion at home. As a result, before the penultimate match of the season Grasshoppers were only one point ahead of Luzern on the relegation playoff spot in the table. In this home game against St. Gallen, nothing but a victory would do. After largely dominating their guests, Grasshoppers were up 2–0 by half-time, after goals by Loosli and Morandi. After St. Gallen were able to come back into the game, with a penalty conceded by goalie Moreira, Momoh once again raised the score a minute after being subbed on. A disorganized defense and a scuffle in Grasshoppers's penalty box lead to one final goal for St. Gallen, but Grasshoppers were able to hold their lead for a 3–2 victory. Thanks to Luzern dropping points in their game against Young Boys, Grasshoppers had a lead of three points on Luzern. With an eleven-goal advantage, virtual safety of the relegation playoff spot was secured.

In the final game of the season, Grasshoppers suffered their worst defeat, a 0–3 away loss to Young Boys. However, this was only the second defeat in the fourth round, with three wins and four draws in the other games (12-9 goals).

Review

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Despite 13 points in the last nine games, Grasshoppers still ended the season in eight place with equal points (40) as FC Luzern in ninth place. Thanks to a better goal difference (-4 vs. -11), they just managed to avoid having to play the relegation playoff.[note 1] Having achieved their goal to remain in the top flight, the season ultimately can be viewed as a success. With a large number of personnel changes and a new coach this was not a matter of course and Grasshoppers sadly had to struggle, especially in the second half of the season. At season's end, Coach Contini highlighted lacking efficiency in front of the opponent's goal and defensive naïveté throughout the season as the biggest deficits.[4] The latter was particularly notable as the team often were unable to hold a lead to the end of the game and lost a total of 25 points after a lead (resulting in eight draws and 3 losses). Particularly, four goals received in injury time cost them seven points (leading to one loss and three draws) and eleven goals received in the last 15 minutes cost them 18 points (four losses, seven draws).

Fans voted Dominik Schmid as their player of the season.[5] Kaly Sène's second of three goals in the 4–0 away win against FC St. Gallen, a stunning overhead kick after a spot-on cross from Bendegúz Bolla, was voted goal of the season.[6]

Squad

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Players

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As of 27 January 2022[7]
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) at GCZ since Former club
Goalkeepers
1 André Moreira   GK (1995-12-02) 2 December 1995 (age 28) 06/2021 Belenenses
27 Mateo Matic     GK (1996-01-07) 7 January 1996 (age 28) 01/2016 own youth
93 Lévi Ntumba     GK (2001-01-12) 12 January 2001 (age 23) 01/2022 Dijon
Defenders
3 Ermir Lenjani     DF (1989-08-05) 5 August 1989 (age 35) 09/2020 Sion
4 Li Lei   DF (1992-05-30) 30 May 1992 (age 32) 01/2022 Beijing Guoan
5 Aleksandar Cvetković   DF (1995-06-04) 4 June 1995 (age 29) 02/2018 Wohlen
14 Tomás Ribeiro   DF (1999-04-30) 30 April 1999 (age 25) 01/2022 Belenenses
15 Ayumu Seko   DF (2000-06-07) 7 June 2000 (age 24) 01/2022 Cerezo Osaka
24 Toti     DF (1999-01-16) 16 January 1999 (age 25) 05/2020 Wolverhampton (on loan)
25 Nadjack     DF (1994-02-06) 6 February 1994 (age 30) 08/2020 Rio Ave
31 Dominik Schmid   DF (1998-03-10) 10 March 1998 (age 26) 08/2020 Basel
33 Georg Margreitter   DF (1988-11-07) 7 November 1988 (age 36) 07/2021 Nürnberg
34 Allan Arigoni   DF (1998-11-04) 4 November 1998 (age 26) 07/2018 own youth
41 Noah Loosli   DF (1997-01-23) 23 January 1997 (age 27) 08/2021 Lausanne-Sport
51 Florian Hoxha     DF (2001-02-22) 22 February 2001 (age 23) 07/2021 own youth
77 Bendegúz Bolla   DF (1999-11-22) 22 November 1999 (age 25) 07/2021 Wolverhampton (on loan)
Midfielders
6 Amir Abrashi     MF (1990-03-27) 27 March 1990 (age 34) 06/2021 Basel
7 Nuno da Silva     MF (1994-03-14) 14 March 1994 (age 30) 02/2021 Thun
8 André Santos   MF (1989-03-02) 2 March 1989 (age 35) 08/2020 Belenenses
10 Petar Pusic     MF (1999-01-25) 25 January 1999 (age 25) 02/2017 own youth
20 Bruno Jordão   MF (1998-10-12) 12 October 1998 (age 26) 01/2022 Wolverhampton (on loan)
22 Giotto Morandi   MF (1999-03-04) 4 March 1999 (age 25) 06/2019 own youth
23 Nikola Gjorgjev     MF (1997-08-22) 22 August 1997 (age 27) 07/2015 own youth
28 Christián Herc   MF (1998-09-30) 30 September 1998 (age 26) 06/2021 Wolverhampton
29 Djibril Diani   MF (1998-02-11) 11 February 1998 (age 26) 06/2021 Livingston
40 Hayao Kawabe   MF (1995-09-08) 8 September 1995 (age 29) 01/2022 Wolverhampton (on loan)
50 Simone Stroscio   MF (2003-08-20) 20 August 2003 (age 21) 10/2021 own youth
56 Leonardo Uka   MF (2001-01-26) 26 January 2001 (age 23) 10/2021 own youth
58 Dion Kacuri   MF (2004-02-11) 11 February 2004 (age 20) 10/2021 own youth
Forwards
9 Shkelqim Demhasaj     FW (1996-04-19) 19 April 1996 (age 28) 07/2020 Luzern
11 Léo Bonatini     FW (1994-03-28) 28 March 1994 (age 30) 09/2020 Wolverhampton (on loan)
17 Kaly Sène   FW (2001-05-28) 28 May 2001 (age 23) 08/2021 Basel (on loan)
19 Leonardo Campana     FW (2000-07-24) 24 July 2000 (age 24) 07/2021 Wolverhampton (on loan)
29 Jeong Sang-bin   FW (2002-04-01) 1 April 2002 (age 22) 01/2022 Wolverhampton (on loan)
55 Elmin Rastoder   FW (2001-10-07) 7 October 2001 (age 23) 01/2022 own youth
58 Filipe de Carvalho   FW (2003-12-01) 1 December 2003 (age 20) 01/2022 own youth
59 Francis Momoh   FW (2001-03-25) 25 March 2001 (age 23) 08/2021 Heartland
94 Brayan Riascos   FW (1994-10-10) 10 October 1994 (age 30) 03/2022 Metalist Kharkiv (on loan)

Players in italic left the club during the season.

Players out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   CHN Jia Boyan (at Dubrava until 30 June 2022)
9 MF   KOS Shkelqim Demhasaj (at Winterthur until 30 June 2022)
23 MF   MKD Nikola Gjorgjev (at Schaffhausen until 30 June 2022)
24 MF   KOS Imran Bunjaku (at Aarau until 30 June 2022)
48 MF   GER Robin Kalem (at Schaffhausen until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

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Coaching staff

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Current coaching staff

As of July 2021[41]
Position Name Since
Manager   Giorgio Contini 06/2021
Assistant manager   Erminio Piserchia 06/2021
Assistant manager (athletics)   Florian Klausner 06/2021
Assistant manager (athletics)   Philippe Hasler 07/2021
Assistant manager (goalkeeper)   Jörg Stiel 06/2021

Competitions

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Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Super League 24 July 2021 22 May 2022 Matchday 1 8th 36 9 13 14 54 58 −4 025.00
Swiss Cup 15 August 2021 18 September 2021 1st round 2nd round 2 1 0 1 5 1 +4 050.00
Total 38 10 13 15 59 59 +0 026.32

Last updated: 22 May 2022
Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League

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Main article: 2021–22 Swiss Super League

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Servette 36 12 8 16 50 66 −16 44
7 Sion 36 11 8 17 46 67 −21 41
8 Grasshopper 36 9 13 14 54 58 −4 40
9 Luzern (O) 36 9 13 14 52 64 −12 40 Qualification for Relegation play-offs
10 Lausanne-Sport (R) 36 4 10 22 37 76 −39 22 Relegation to Swiss Challenge League
Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.[42]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Placement Progression

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Results

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  Win   Draw   Loss

25 July 2021 1 Grasshopper Club Zurich 0–2 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 Abrashi   22'
Diani   38'
Herc   41'
Toti   86'
Arigoni   87'		 GC report   5' Xhaka
  21' Kasami
  26' Petretta
  54' (o.g.) Leonardo Campana
  68' Quintillà
  70' Esposito		 Attendance: 3,400
Referee:   Lukas Fähndrich
31 July 2021 2 Young Boys 0–0 Grasshopper Club Zurich Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
20:30 Martins   44' Report   19' Toti
  50' Abrashi		 Attendance: 20,628
Referee:   Sandro Schärer
7 August 2021 3 Grasshopper Club Zurich 3–1 Lausanne-Sport Letzigrund, Zürich
20:30 Margreitter   13'
Campana   35', 49' (pen.)
Toti   81'		 Report   32' Nanizayamo
  55' Suzuki
  73' Husić		 Attendance: 2,550
Referee:   Alain Bieri
22 August 2021 4 Zürich 2–1 Grasshopper Club Zurich Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 Marchesano   10'
Leitner   15'
Kryeziu   49'
Aliti   64'
Ceesay   90+5'		 Report   7' Margreitter
  47'   47' Abrashi
  49' Campana		 Attendance: 14,896
Referee:   Urs Schnyder
29 August 2021 5 Grasshopper Club Zurich 1–1 Servette Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 Campana   37' (pen.)
Da Silva   64'
Diani   87'		 Report   36' Sauthier
  20' Cognat
  58' Rouillet		 Attendance: 4,018
Referee:   Sven Wolfensberger
11 September 2021 6 Luzern 1–1 Grasshopper Club Zurich Swissporarena, Luzern
18:00 Sidler   3'
Ugrinic   63'
Ndiaye   89'
Tasar   90+1'		 Report   51'  84' Herc
  63' Toti
  81' Kawabe		 Attendance: 9,217
Referee:   Esther Staubli
23 September 2021 7 Lugano 1–1 Grasshopper Club Zurich Cornaredo, Lugano
20:30 Margreitter   50' (o.g.)
Custodio   90+4'		 Report   90+1' Margreitter
  79' Abrashi
  90+5' Schmid		 Attendance: 2,136
Referee:   Alessandro Dudic
26 September 2021 8 Grasshopper Club Zurich 3–1 Sion Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 Sène   24', 49'
Bolla   30'
Herc   35'		 Report   90' Zuffi Attendance: 3,785
Referee:   Luca Piccolo
2 October 2021 9 Grasshopper Club Zurich 5–2 St. Gallen Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00 Sène   9', 49'
Kawabe   14'
Léo   22'
Pusic   58'
Bolla   70'
Diani   84'		 Report   28'   46' Lüchinger
  54' (pen.) Duah
  55' Guillemenot		 Attendance: 5,789
Referee:   Fedayi San
17 October 2021 10 Lausanne-Sport 3–1 Grasshopper Club Zurich Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne
14:15 Amdouni   1'
Puertas   8', 80' (pen.)   82'
Chafik   23'   54'
Kukuruzović   70'
Suzuki   90+2'		 Report   6' Bolla
  11' Toti
  68' (pen.) Bonatini
  77' Margreitter
  90+5' Arigoni		 Attendance: 3,811
Referee:   Alain Bieri
23 October 2021 11 Grasshopper Club Zurich 3–3 Zürich Letzigrund, Zürich
20:30 Pusic   15'
Bonatini   17' (pen.)
Margreitter   27'
Herc   35'   40'
Loosli   76'		 Report   3', 66' Pollero
  10'   15' Džemaili
  13' Kryeziu		 Attendance: 15,700
Referee:   Adrien Jaccottet
31 October 2021 12 Sion 1–3 Grasshopper Club Zurich Stade Tourbillon, Sion
14:15 Grgić   47' (pen.)
Ndoye   90+5'		 Report   27' Schmid
  32' Kawabe
  44' Sène
  78' Diani
  84' Margreitter
  89' Léo
  89' Hoxha		 Attendance: 7,200
Referee:   Alessandro Dudic
7 November 2021 13 Grasshopper Club Zurich 1–1 Young Boys Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00 Sène   9'
Arigoni   26'
Loosli   33'
Da Silva   33'		 Report   35' Sierro
  82' Bürgy
  90+3' Siebatcheu
  90+3' Garcia		 Attendance: 7,736
Referee:   Adrien Jaccottet
21 November 2021 14 Servette 3–2 Grasshopper Club Zurich Stade de Genève, Lancy
16:30 Kyei   32', 79'
Imeri   50'
Sasso   55'
Douline   75'		 Report   4' Pusic
  56' (pen.) Léo
  68' Lenjani
  69' Kawabe		 Attendance: 5,027
Referee:   Adrien Jaccottet
27 November 2021 15 Grasshopper Club Zurich 0–1 Lugano Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00 Diani   44'
Sène   81'
Loosli   90+4'		 Report   79' Custodio
  87' Celar		 Attendance: 3,044
Referee:   Lukas Fähndrich
5 December 2021 16 St. Gallen 0–4 Grasshopper Club Zurich Kybunpark, St. Gallen
16:30 Stillhart   18'
Guillemenot   81'		 Report   32', 43', 58' Sène
  82' Margreitter
  83' Kawabe		 Attendance: 14,335
Referee:   Alessandro Dudic
12 December 2021 17 Grasshopper Club Zurich 1–1 Luzern Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 Léo   4'
Lenjani   39'
Sène   39'
Kawabe   47'		 Report   17' Frýdek
  39' Schulz
  74'   80'  79' Čumić		 Attendance: 4,375
Referee:   Luca Piccolo
19 December 2021 18 Basel 2–2 Grasshopper Club Zurich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30 Stocker   45'
Kasami   87'
Ndoye   88'
Esposito   89'
Kasami   90+3'
Cabral   90+5'		 Report   50' Diani
  53'  57' Kawabe
  81' Léo
  86' Pusic
  89' Demhasaj
  90+7' Georg Margreitter		 Attendance: 21,422
Referee:   Alain Bieri
30 January 2022 19 Sion 2–0 Grasshopper Club Zurich Stade Tourbillon, Sion
16:30 Saintini   38'
Bamert   29'  40'
Loosli   69' (o.g.)
Cavaré   83'		 Report   37' Sène
  64' Loosli
  84' Santos
  85' Arigoni		 Attendance: 5,800
Referee:   Alain Bieri
5 February 2022 20 Grasshopper Club Zurich 1–3 Zürich Letzigrund, Zürich
20:30 Schmid   43'  90+2' Report   33' Krasniqi
  47'  84' Ceesay
  64' Doumbia
  67' Tosin
  83' Gnonto		 Attendance: 16,112
Referee:   Alain Bieri
12 February 2022 21 Lausanne-Sport 0–2 Grasshopper Club Zurich Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne
18:00   3'   89' Trebel Report   28'  67' Momoh
  38' Jordão
  86' Herc		 Attendance: 3,025
Referee:   Sven Wolfensberger
20 February 2022 22 Grasshopper Club Zurich 2–2 Young Boys Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 Herc   35'
Margreitter   45+1'  60'
Jordão   79'
Ribeiro   82'
Bolla   90+5'		 Report   53' (pen.) Pefok
  55' Fernandes
  72' Zesiger
  77' Mambimbi
  86' Niasso		 Attendance: 6,273
Referee: Luca Piccolo
27 February 2022 23 St. Gallen 2–0 Grasshopper Club Zurich Kybunpark, St. Gallen
14:15 Von Moos   7'
  58' Guillemenot
  66' Duah
  87' Toma		 Report   20' Abrashi
  63' Jordão
  90+1' Bolla		 Attendance: 18,861
Referee: Stefan Horisberger
3 March 2022 24 Grasshopper Club Zurich 1–2 Lugano Letzigrund, Zürich
20:30 Lenjani   56'
Sène   77'		 Report   17'  71'  90+4' Celar
  90' Maric		 Attendance: 3,039
Referee: Sven Wolfensberger
6 March 2022 25 Grasshopper Club Zurich 2–4 Servette Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 Momoh   7'
Herc   35'  41'
Kawabe   53'		 Report   21' Bedia
  36' (pen.) Imeri
  44' Schalk
  78'  90+2' Rodelin		 Attendance: 3,885
Referee: Fedayi San
13 March 2022 26 Luzern 1–0 Grasshopper Club Zurich Swissporarena, Luzern
16:30 Léo   2' (o.g.)
Schulz   39'		 Report   1' Kawabe
  71' Arigoni		 Attendance: 11,711
Referee: Luca Piccolo
20 March 2022 27 Grasshopper Club Zurich 2–4 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 Sène   24'  59'
Kawabe   38'
da Silva   66'		 Report   16' Millar
  44' Lang
  52'  79' Szalai
  88' Stocker		 Attendance: 5,894
Referee: Urs Schnyder
2 April 2022 28 Zürich 1–1 Grasshopper Letzigrund, Zürich
17:30 Boranijasevic   11'
Džemaili   58'
Aliti   82'
Coric   58'		 Report   52' Morandi
  58' Sène
  58' Schmid
  79' Kacuri
  81' Loosli		 Attendance: 15,327
Referee: Sandro Schärer
9 April 2022 29 Grasshopper 2–2 Luzern Letzigrund, Zürich
20:30 Arigoni   13'
Momoh   29'
Bolla   33'
Loosli   39'   76'
Lenjani   55'
Sène   88'		 Report   34' Jashari
  63' Abubakar
  71' Kvasina
  87' Burch
  90' Sidler		 Attendance: 5,049
Referee: Fedayi San
16 April 2022 30 Servette 0–1 Grasshopper Stade de Genève, Geneva
20:30 Cespedes   19'
Behrami   28'
Imeri   51'
Bauer   90+4'		 Report   10' (pen.) Léo
  16' Arigoni
  46' Lei
  73' Momoh
  90+1' Jordão		 Attendance: 5,012
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
24 April 2022 31 Grasshopper 3–1 Lausanne-Sport Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 Hayao Kawabe   37'  58'
Zohouri   72' (o.g.)
Bolla   90+1'		 Report   5' Kukuruzovic
  11' Coyle
  35' Alakouch
  57' Husic
  59' Trebel		 Attendance: 3,503
Referee: Luca Piccolo
30 April 2022 32 Lugano 1–1 Grasshopper Cornaredo, Lugano
18:00 Lavanchy   39'
Sabbatini   75'
Daprelà   87'		 Report   58' Léo Attendance: 2,584
Referee: Esther Staubli
7 May 2022 33 Grasshopper 0–1 Sion Letzigrund, Zürich
14:15 Arigoni   20'
Seko   51'		 Report   70' Stojilkovic
  90+5' Cipriano		 Attendance: 4,414
Referee: Urs Schnyder
12 May 2022 34 Basel 1–1 Grasshopper St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Andy Pelmard   41'
Esposito   84'		 Report   10' Bolla
  50'  59' Riascos
  75'   77' Herc
  90+1' Moreira		 Attendance: 19,228
Referee: Stefan Horisberger
19 May 2022 35 Grasshopper 3–2 St. Gallen Letzigrund, Zürich
20:30 Loosli   18'
Morandi   45+1'
Moreira   59'
Momoh   81'
Abrashi   86'
Sène   90+5'		 Report   5' Besio
  42' Stillhart
  60' (pen) Quintillà
  87' Duah		 Attendance: 5,234
Referee: Luca Piccolo
22 May 2022 36 Young Boys 3–0 Grasshopper Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
16:30 Fassnacht   7'  8'
Fernandes   35'
Maceiras   38'
Kanga   77'
Monteiro   89'		 Report   2' Jordão
  90+1' Seko		 Attendance: 31,120
Referee: Fedayi San

Swiss Cup

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Main article: 2021–22 Swiss Cup

Kickoff times are in CET

  Win   Draw   Loss

15 August 2021 (2021-08-15) 1st Round FC Widnau   0–5   Grasshopper Club Zurich Widnau
14:00 Report   5' Demhasaj
  53' Momoh
  57' Gjorgjev
  59' Santos
  73' Da Silva		 Stadium: Aegeten
Attendance: 2,600
Referee:   Nico Gianforte
18 September 2021 (2021-09-18) 2nd Round Thun   1–0   Grasshopper Club Zurich Thun
20:15 Sutter   59' Report Stadium: Stockhorn Arena
Attendance: 2,663
Referee:   Adrien Jaccottet

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

25 June 2021 (2021-06-25) Grasshopper Club Zurich   2–4   Schaffhausen Niederhasli, Switzerland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: GC/Campus
2 July 2021 (2021-07-02) Wil   1–2   Grasshopper Club Zurich Wil, Switzerland
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sportpark Bergholz
6 July 2021 (2021-07-06) Basel   1–0   Grasshopper Club Zurich Münchenstein, Switzerland
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Kasami   4'
Quintillà   28'		 Report Stadium: Youth Campus Basel
Attendance: 270
Referee:   Adrien Jaccottet
10 July 2021 (2021-07-10) Grasshopper Club Zurich   0–2   Luzern Niederhasli, Switzerland
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: GC/Campus
Attendance: 500
Referee: Mirel Turkes
17 July 2021 (2021-07-17) Grasshopper Club Zurich   2–3   Thun Niederhasli, Switzerland
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: GC/Campus
Attendance: 300
3 September 2021 (2021-09-03) Grasshopper Club Zurich   5–2   Dornbirn Niederhasli, Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: GC/Campus
6 October 2021 (2021-10-06) 3-Städte-Turnier FC Uster   1–5   Grasshopper Club Zurich Uster, Switzerland
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Cenerazzo  
 Report
  Pusic
 Stadium: Buchholz
6 October 2021 (2021-10-06) 3-Städte-Turnier Grasshopper Club Zurich   2–0   Winterthur Uster, Switzerland
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Buchholz
11 November 2021 (2021-11-11) Grasshopper Club Zurich   3–1   Vaduz Niederhasli, Switzerland
14:00 CET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: GC/Campus
Attendance: 0
11 January 2022 (2022-01-11) Wil   2–2   Grasshopper Club Zurich Wil, Switzerland
14:30 CET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sportpark Bergholz
Attendance: 0
15 January 2022 (2022-01-15) Young Boys   5–2   Grasshopper Club Zurich Bern, Switzerland
13:00 CET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 2,000
Referee:   Stefan Horisberger
21 January 2022 (2022-01-21) Grasshopper Club Zurich   1–1   Winterthur Niederhasli, Switzerland
15:00 CET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: GC/Campus
Attendance: 0
25 March 2022 (2022-03-25) Grasshopper Club Zurich   1–1   Aarau Niederhasli, Switzerland
14:00 CET (UTC+2) Morandi   38' Report   66' Almeida Stadium: GC/Campus
Attendance: 150
Referee: Anojen Kanagasingam

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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Rank No. Pos Nat Name League Cup Total
1 17 FW   Kaly Sène 10 0 10
2 40 MF   Hayao Kawabe 7 0 7
11 FW   Léo Bonatini 7 0 7
4 59 FW   Francis Momoh 4 1 5
5 33 DF   Georg Margreitter 4 0 4
77 DF   Bendegúz Bolla 4 0 4
7 19 FW   Leonardo Campana 3 0 3
28 MF   Christián Herc 3 0 3
22 MF   Giotto Morandi 2 0 2
9 29 MF   Djibril Diani 2 0 2
34 DF   Allan Arigoni 2 0 2
10 7 MF   Nuno da Silva 0 1 1
8 MF   André Santos 0 1 1
9 FW   Shkelqim Demhasaj 0 1 1
10 MF   Petar Pusic 1 0 1
23 MF   Nikola Gjorgjev 0 1 1
24 DF   Toti 1 0 1
31 DF   Dominik Schmid 1 0 1
41 DF   Noah Loosli 1 0 1
94 FW   Brayan Riascos 1 0 1
Own goals 5 0 1
Totals 54 5 59

Last updated: 11 April 2022
Source: GCZ Statistiken

Players in italic left the club during the season.

Assists

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Rank No. Pos Nat Name League Cup Total
1 3 DF   Ermir Lenjani 8 0 8
2 31 DF   Dominik Schmid 6 1 7
3 28 MF   Christián Herc 5 0 5
4 11 FW   Léo Bonatini 4 0 4
17 FW   Kaly Sène 4 0 4
6 10 MF   Petar Pusic 3 0 3
59 FW   Francis Momoh 3 0 3
77 DF   Bendegúz Bolla 3 0 3
40 MF   Hayao Kawabe 3 0 3
34 DF   Allan Arigoni 3 0 3
11 4 DF   Li Lei 1 0 1
6 MF   Amir Abrashi 1 0 1
7 MF   Nuno da Silva 0 1 1
9 FW   Shkelqim Demhasaj 1 0 1
20 MF   Bruno Jordão 1 0 1
22 MF   Giotto Morandi 1 0 1
29 MF   Djibril Diani 0 1 1
Totals 45 3 48

Last updated: 11 April 2022
Source: GCZ Statistiken

Players in italic left the club during the season.

Notes

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  1. ^ Curiously, if they had been in the relegation playoff, they would have had to find an alternative ground for the home leg, as Rammstein were scheduled to play in the Letzigrund that week.

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