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

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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

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1956–1970

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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

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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

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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

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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   Åtvidabergs 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

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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)

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Season Round Opponent Home Away Series
1965–66 Group   Kaiserslautern 2–4 1–1 4th
  Djurgårdens 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   Djurgårdens 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)

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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

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  1. ^ a b "Palmares". gcz.ch.
  2. ^ a b "Search UEFA European Cup Matches".[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Grasshoppers History UEFA Champions League". UEFA.com.
  4. ^ "Grasshoppers History UEFA Europa League". UEFA.com.
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