Grasshopper Club Zurich (women)

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]

Grasshopper Club

Full name	Grasshopper Club Zürich Frauen
Founded	1974 / 2008 / 2009
Ground	GC/Campus, Niederhasli, Zürich
Capacity	1,300
Chairman	Heinz Spross
Manager	Anne Pochert
League	Swiss Women's Super League
2022–2023	3rd
Website	http://www.gc-frauen.ch
Home colours Away colours

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

• Swiss League (1)
  • 1999
• Swiss Cup (3)
  • 1992, 2003, 2008

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 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 — GK  USA Lauren Kozal — DF  FRA Morgane Nicoli

International players

Former Grasshopper Club Zurich players in italic

•  Switzerland: Malin Gut, Caroline Müller, Marina Keller, Sheila Lossli, Bea Mettler, Isabelle Meyer, Jasmin Schnyder, Daniela Schwarz, Selina Zumbühl, Manuela Zürcher, Rachel Rinast, Melanie Müller
•  Germany: Anna Blässe
•  China: Zhang Linyan
•  Hungary: Emőke Pápai
•  Croatia: Ana Maria Marković
•  Slovenia: Nina Predanič
•  Lithuania: Ugnė Lazdauskaitė
•  Argentina: Dalila Ippólito

Competition record

UEFA record

Season	Competition	Stage	Result	Opponent	Scorers
2003–04 0 0	UEFA Women's Cup 0 0	Group Stage 0 0	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)	06 / 08	?
1978–79	2	?	?
1979–80	2 (Gr. 3)	08 / 09	?
1980–81	2 (Gr. 1)	07 / 08	?
1981–82	2	?	?
1982–83	2	?	?
1983–84	2 (Gr. 1)	04 / 08	?
1984–85	2 (Gr. 1)	08 / 10	?
1985–86	2 (Gr. 1)	05 / 10	?
1986–87	2 (Gr. 1)	07 / 10	?
1987–88	2 (Gr. 1)	01 / 10	?
1988–89	1	05 / 10	?
1989–90	1	04 / 10	?
1990–91	1	03 / 06	?
1991–92	1	03 / 06	?
1992–93	1	03 / 06	?
1993–94	1	03 / 06	?
1994–95	1	04 / 06	?
1995–96	1	04 / 10	?
1996–97	1	07 / 10	?
1997–98	1	04 / 10	?
1998–99	1	01 / 10	Finalist
1999–00	1	04 / 10	Finalist
2000–01	1	04 / 10	Round of 16
2001–02	1	04 / 10	Round of 16
2002–03	1	03 / 10	Champion
2003–04	1	05 / 10	Semifinals	Group stage
2004–05	1	07 / 08	Round of 32
2005–06	1	03 / 08	Quarterfinals
2006–07	1	06 / 08	Semifinals
2007–08	1	05 / 08	Champion
2008–09	1	03 / 10	Quarterfinals
2009–10	1	02 / 10	Round of 16
2010–11	1	05 / 10	Round of 16
2011–12	1	05 / 10	Round of 32
2012–13	1	06 / 10	Round of 16
2013–14	1	09 / 10	Round of 16
2014–15	1	09 / 10	Round of 16
2015–16	1	06 / 10	Quarterfinals
2016–17	1	07 / 10	Round of 16
2017–18	1	05 / 8	Round of 16
2018–19	1	03 / 8	Semifinals
2019–20	1	Abandoned[a]
2020–21	1	05 / 8	Semifinals
2021–22	1	03 / 8	Finalist
2022–23	1	03 / 8	Quarterfinals

1. Due to COVID-19