# 2012–13 Grasshopper Club Zurich season
## 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.
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
#### Tournaments
##### 3-Städte-Turnier Uster

Game duration 45 min

##### Tournament Horgen

Game duration 45 min

##### Hallenmasters 2013

Game duration 2x12 min (indoor tournament)

### Super League

Kickoff times are in CET

#### League table
##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 2 June 2013. Source: Fussballdaten.de

### Swiss Cup

Kickoff times are in CET
| 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 ||
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 34) | 2011 | Young Boys | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | Davide Taini | GK | (1976-12-07) 7 December 1976 (age 48) | 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 38) | 2012 | Red Star Belgrade | 31 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | Michael Lang | CB | (1991-02-08) 8 February 1991 (age 34) | 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 31) | 2012 | | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
| 34 | Moritz Bauer | CB | (1992-02-25) 25 February 1992 (age 33) | 2010 | | 11(2) | 0 | 3(1) | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 6 | Vero Salatić | MF | (1985-11-14) 14 November 1985 (age 39) | 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 34) | 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 42) | 2011 | Luzern | 2(10) | 0 | 2(1) | 4 |
| 15 | Nassim Ben Khalifa | ST | (1992-01-13) 13 January 1992 (age 33) | 2012 | Young Boys | 26(7) | 5 | 2(1) | 0 |
| 17 | Anatole Ngamukol | ST | (1988-01-15) 15 January 1988 (age 37) | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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.
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