# 2022–23 Grasshopper Club Zurich season

The 2022–23 Grasshopper Club Zurich season is the club's second season back in the Swiss Super League, after winning promotion in 2021 and ending the previous season in 8th place, just ahead of the relegation playoff spot. The season will start on July 17, 2022. Grasshoppers will also participate in the Swiss Cup.

## Squad
### Players

    As of 17 March 2023
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) | at GCZ since | Former club |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | André Moreira | GK | (1995-12-02) 2 December 1995 (age 29) | 06/2021 | Belenenses |
| 29 | Manuel Kuttin | GK | (1993-12-17) 17 December 1993 (age 31) | 09/2022 | Wolfsberger AC |
| 71 | Justin Hammel | GK | (2000-12-02) 2 December 2000 (age 24) | 06/2022 | Lausanne-Ouchy |
| 93 | Lévi Ntumba | GK | (2001-01-12) 12 January 2001 (age 24) | 01/2022 | Dijon |
| Defenders |||||||
| 4 | Li Lei | CB | (1992-05-30) 30 May 1992 (age 32) | 01/2022 | Beijing Guoan |
| 14 | Tomás Ribeiro | LB | (1999-04-30) 30 April 1999 (age 25) | 01/2022 | Belenenses |
| 15 | Ayumu Seko | CB | (2000-06-07) 7 June 2000 (age 24) | 01/2022 | Cerezo Osaka |
| 25 | Nadjack | RB | (1994-02-06) 6 February 1994 (age 30) | 08/2020 | Rio Ave |
| 31 | Dominik Schmid | LWB | (1998-03-10) 10 March 1998 (age 26) | 08/2020 | Basel |
| 33 | Georg Margreitter | CB | (1988-11-07) 7 November 1988 (age 36) | 07/2021 | Nürnberg |
| 41 | Noah Loosli | CB | (1997-01-23) 23 January 1997 (age 27) | 08/2021 | Lausanne-Sport |
| 51 | Florian Hoxha | LWB | (2001-02-22) 22 February 2001 (age 23) | 07/2021 | own youth |
| 77 | Bendegúz Bolla | RWB | (1999-11-22) 22 November 1999 (age 25) | 07/2021 | Wolverhampton (on loan) |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 6 | Amir Abrashi | CM | (1990-03-27) 27 March 1990 (age 34) | 06/2021 | Basel |
| 7 | Tsiy-William Ndenge | DM | (1997-06-13) 13 June 1997 (age 27) | 07/2022 | Luzern |
| 8 | Giotto Morandi | PM | (1999-03-04) 4 March 1999 (age 25) | 06/2019 | own youth |
| 10 | Petar Pušić | AM | (1999-01-25) 25 January 1999 (age 25) | 02/2017 | own youth |
| 17 | Dion Kacuri | LW | (2004-02-11) 11 February 2004 (age 20) | 10/2021 | own youth |
| 20 | Noah Blasucci | AM | (1999-06-19) 19 June 1999 (age 25) | 09/2022 | SC Brühl |
| 23 | Meritan Shabani | AM | (1999-03-15) 15 March 1999 (age 25) | 07/2022 | Wolverhampton |
| 28 | Christián Herc | CM | (1998-09-30) 30 September 1998 (age 26) | 06/2021 | Wolverhampton |
| 34 | Teruki Hara | DM | (1998-07-30) 30 July 1998 (age 26) | 12/2022 | Shimizu (on loan) |
| 40 | Hayao Kawabe | CM | (1995-09-08) 8 September 1995 (age 29) | 01/2022 | Wolverhampton (on loan) |
| 50 | Simone Stroscio | DM | (2003-08-20) 20 August 2003 (age 21) | 10/2021 | own youth |
| 51 | Leonardo Uka | MF | (2001-01-26) 26 January 2001 (age 23) | 10/2021 | own youth |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | Shkelqim Demhasaj | LF | (1996-04-19) 19 April 1996 (age 28) | 07/2020 | Luzern |
| 22 | Francis Momoh | ST | (2001-03-25) 25 March 2001 (age 23) | 08/2021 | Heartland |
| 27 | Renat Dadashov | CF | (1999-05-17) 17 May 1999 (age 25) | 07/2022 | Wolverhampton |
| 11 | Jeong Sang-bin | RW | (2002-04-01) 1 April 2002 (age 22) | 01/2022 | Wolverhampton (on loan) |
| 57 | Filipe de Carvalho | LW | (2003-12-01) 1 December 2003 (age 21) | 01/2022 | own youth |
| 95 | Guilherme Schettine | ST | (1995-10-10) 10 October 1995 (age 29) | 07/2022 | Braga (on loan) |
Players in italic left the club during the season.

### Players out on loan

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 |
| — | MF | CHN | Jia Boyan (at Dubrava until 30 June 2023) |
| 21 | MF | GER | Robin Kalem (at Schaffhausen until 30 June 2023) |
| 50 | MF | SUI | Simone Stroscio (at Schaffhausen until 30 June 2023) |
| 55 | FW | SUI | Elmin Rastoder (at Vaduz until 30 June 2023) |

### Coaching staff

    As of 4 January 2023
| Position | Name | Since |
| Head coach | Giorgio Contini | 06/2021 |
| Assistant coach | Romain Villiger | 01/2023 |
| Athletic coach | Philippe Hasler | 05/2021 |
| Athletic coach | Florian Klausner | 05/2021 |
| Goalie Coach | Jörg Stiel | 05/2021 |
| Video analyst | Rain Nappir | 04/2021 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Super League | 24 July 2022 | 29 May 2023 | Matchday 2 | 7th | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 56 | 64 | −8 | 033.33 |
| Swiss Cup | 20 August 2022 | 1 February 2023 | Round of 64 | Last 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 66 | 69 | −3 | 035.90 |
Last updated: 29 May 2023 Source: Soccerway

### Swiss Super League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Basel | 36 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 47 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 6 | St. Gallen | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 66 | 52 | +14 | 45 | |
| 7 | Grasshopper | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 56 | 64 | −8 | 44 | |
| 8 | Zürich | 36 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 44 | |
| 9 | Winterthur | 36 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 66 | −34 | 32 | |

#### Results by Round

| # | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | Z | H | A | H | Z | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | Z | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | Z | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | L |
| Position | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Points | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 37 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 43 | 43 | 44 | 44 |

#### Results

    As of 29 May 2023
Win  Draw  Loss

### Swiss Cup

    As of 1 February 2023
Win  Draw  Loss
Opponent's league indicated in brackets.

### Pre-season and friendlies

    As of 22 March 2023
Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | 27 | FW | | Renat Dadashov | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 1 | 40 | MF | | Hayao Kawabe | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | 95 | FW | | Guilherme Schettine | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | | Petar Pušić | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 28 | MF | | Christián Herc | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 7 | MF | | Tsiy-William Ndenge | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 9 | MF | | Shkelqim Demhasaj | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 14 | DF | | Tomás Ribeiro | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 23 | MF | | Meritan Shabani | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 8 | MF | | Giotto Morandi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 15 | DF | | Ayumu Seko | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 22 | FW | | Francis Momoh | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 77 | DF | | Bendegúz Bolla | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | 17 | MF | | Dion Kacuri | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 20 | FW | | Noah Blasucci | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 41 | DF | | Noah Loosli | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 57 | FW | | Filipe de Carvalho | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 56 | 10 | 66 |
Last updated: 29 May 2023 Source: GCZ Statistiken
Players in italic left the club during the season.

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | 40 | MF | | Hayao Kawabe | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | | Petar Pušić | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | | Giotto Morandi | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 27 | FW | | Renat Dadashov | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 22 | FW | | Francis Momoh | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 77 | DF | | Bendegúz Bolla | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 9 | MF | | Shkelqim Demhasaj | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 28 | MF | | Christián Herc | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 95 | FW | | Guilherme Schettine | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 7 | MF | | Tsiy-William Ndenge | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 14 | DF | | Tomás Ribeiro | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 15 | DF | | Ayumu Seko | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 23 | MF | | Meritan Shabani | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 31 | DF | | Dominik Schmid | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 41 | DF | | Noah Loosli | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 57 | FW | | Filipe de Carvalho | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 50 | 6 | 56 |
Last updated: 29 May 2023 Source: GCZ Statistiken
Players in italic left the club during the season.

### Cards

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | | | | Pts |
| 1 | 27 | FW | | Renat Dadashov | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 1 | 41 | DF | | Noah Loosli | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | 28 | MF | | Christián Herc | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | 6 | MF | | Amir Abrashi | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 15 | DF | | Ayumu Seko | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 77 | DF | | Bendegúz Bolla | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | 14 | DF | | Tomás Ribeiro | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | 23 | MF | | Meritan Shabani | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | 31 | DF | | Dominik Schmid | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | 95 | FW | | Guilherme Schettine | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | 10 | MF | | Petar Pušić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | 40 | MF | | Hayao Kawabe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | 1 | GK | | André Moreira | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | 7 | MF | | Tsiy-William Ndenge | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | 8 | MF | | Giotto Morandi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | 22 | FW | | Francis Momoh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | 4 | DF | | Li Lei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | 9 | MF | | Shkelqim Demhasaj | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | 11 | FW | | Jeong Sang-bin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | 25 | DF | | Nadjack | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | 33 | DF | | Georg Margreitter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 88 | 2 | 2 | 104 |
Last updated: 29 May 2023 Source: GCZ Statistiken
League only.

### Appearances

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | App | On | Off | App | On | Off | App | On | Off |
| 1 | GK | | André Moreira | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | | Li Lei | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | | Amir Abrashi | 27 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 | MF | | Tsiy-William Ndenge | 27 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 10 |
| 8 | MF | | Giotto Morandi | 32 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 13 | 17 |
| 9 | MF | | Shkelqim Demhasaj | 13 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 6 |
| 10 | MF | | Petar Pušić | 34 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 23 | 9 |
| 14 | DF | | Tomás Ribeiro | 27 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 6 |
| 15 | DF | | Ayumu Seko | 31 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Dion Kacuri | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 2 |
| 20 | MF | | Noah Blasucci | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | | Francis Momoh | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 |
| 23 | MF | | Meritan Shabani | 26 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 15 |
| 25 | DF | | Nadjack | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
| 27 | FW | | Renat Dadashov | 34 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 12 | 17 |
| 28 | MF | | Christián Herc | 32 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 13 |
| 31 | DF | | Dominik Schmid | 34 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 7 |
| 33 | DF | | Georg Margreitter | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 5 |
| 34 | MF | | Teruki Hara | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 |
| 40 | MF | | Hayao Kawabe | 33 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 17 |
| 41 | DF | | Noah Loosli | 30 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 2 |
| 50 | MF | | Simone Stroscio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 57 | FW | | Filipe de Carvalho | 18 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 4 |
| 71 | GK | | Justin Hammel | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 73 | DF | | Florian Hoxha | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | | Bendegúz Bolla | 33 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 7 |
| 95 | FW | | Guilherme Schettine | 19 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 12 |
Last updated: 29 May 2023 Source: Grasshopper Club Zurich Squad

### Home game attendance

| Opponent | 1 | 2 | Cup | Avg | Tot |
| Basel | 7,153 | 5,145 | 5,029 | 5,776 | 17,327 |
| Lugano | 4,123 | 4,502 | — | 4,313 | 8,625 |
| Luzern | 5,117 | 4,135 | — | 4,626 | 9,252 |
| Servette | 3,086 | 4,840 | — | 3,963 | 7,926 |
| Sion | 4,474 | 4,602 | — | 4,538 | 9,076 |
| St. Gallen | 6,678 | 4,048 | — | 5,363 | 10,726 |
| Winterthur | 8,270 | 7,343 | — | 7,807 | 15,613 |
| Young Boys | 5,181 | 8,704 | — | 6,943 | 13,885 |
| Zürich | 16,974 | 16,185 | — | 16,580 | 33,159 |
| Average | 6,784 | 6,612 | 5,029 | 6,610 | 13,954 |
| Total | 61,056 | 59,504 | 5,029 | 125,589 | 125,589 |

## Awards
### Swiss Football League

* Player of the Round: Hayao Kawabe (Round 2), Renat Dadashov (3), André Moreira (19 & 33), Meritan Shabani (26)
* Player of the Month: Renat Dadashov (August 2022)
* Player of the Month (nomination): Ayumu Seko (March 2023)

### Grasshopper Club Zurich

* Player of the Season: André Moreira
* Goal of the Season: Shkelqim Demhasaj (1–0 vs. FC St. Gallen, on 25 May 2023)

### sport.ch

* Team of the Season: André Moreira
* Best Goalkeepers: André Moreira (1st)
* Best Winger: Dominik Schmid (5th)
* Best offensive midfielders: Hayao Kawabe (2nd), Petar Pušić (4th)
* Best forward: Renat Dadashov (10th)