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Grasshopper Club Zurich in European football

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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) France Auxerre, Netherlands Ajax, Scotland Rangers
1995-96 Group Stage (4th) Netherlands Ajax, Spain Real Madrid, Hungary Ferencváros
European Cup 1978-79 Quarter-finals England Nottingham Forest
1984–85 Round of 16 Italy Juventus
UEFA Cup 1977-78 Semi-finals France Bastia
1980-81 Quarter-final France Sochaux
1979-80 Round of 16 Germany Stuttgart
1998-99 Round of 16 France Bordeaux
European Cup Winners' Cup 1989-90 Quarter-finals Italy Sampdoria
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1994-95 Round of 16 Italy 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 Czechoslovakia Slovan UNV Bratislava 2–0 0–1 2–1
QF Italy Fiorentina 2–2 1–3 3–5
1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup[2] R1 Italy 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 Scotland Dundee United 0–0 2–3 2–3
1971–72 European Cup R1 Finland Reipas Lahti 8–0 1–1 9–1
R2 England Arsenal 0–2 0–3 0–5
1972–73 UEFA Cup R1 France Nîmes 2–1 2–1 4–2
R2 Soviet Union Ararat Yerevan 1–3 2–4 3–7
1973–74 UEFA Cup R1 England Tottenham Hotspur 1–5 1–4 2–9
1974–75 UEFA Cup R1 Greece Panathinaikos 2–0 1–2 3–2
R2 Spain Real Zaragoza 2–1 0–5 2–6
1975–76 UEFA Cup R1 Spain Real Sociedad 3–3 1–1 4–4 (a)
1976–77 UEFA Cup R1 Malta Hibernians 7–0 2–0 9–0
R2 West Germany Köln 2–3 0–2 2–5
1977–78 UEFA Cup R1 Denmark BK Frem 6–1 2–0 8–1
R2 Czechoslovakia TJ Internacionál 5–1 0–1 5–2
R3 Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi 4–0 0–1 4–1
QF West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 2–3 3–3 (a)
SF France Bastia 3–2 0–1 3–3 (a)
1978–79 European Cup R1 Malta Valletta 8–0 5–3 13–3
R2 Spain Real Madrid 2–0 1–3 3–3 (a)
QF England Nottingham Forest 1–1 1–4 2–4
1979–80 UEFA Cup R1 Luxembourg Progrès Niedercorn 4–0 2–0 6–0
R2 England Ipswich Town 0–0 1–1 1–1 (a)
R3 West Germany 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 Denmark KB 3–1 5–2 8–3
R2 Portugal Porto 3–0 (a.e.t.) 0–2 3–2
R3 Italy Torino 2–1 1–2 3–3 (p)
QF France Sochaux 0–0 1–2 1–2
1981–82 UEFA Cup R1 England West Bromwich Albion 1–1 3–1 4–1
R2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radnički Niš 2–0 0–2 2–2 (p)
1982–83 European Cup R1 Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 0–1 0–3 0–4
1983–84 European Cup R1 Soviet Union Dinamo Minsk 2–2 0–1 2–3
1984–85 European Cup R1 Hungary Budapest Honvéd 3–1 1–2 4–3
R2 Italy Juventus 2–4 0–2 2–6
1987–88 UEFA Cup R1 Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow 0–4 0–1 0–5
1988–89 Cup Winners' Cup R1 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 0–0 0–1 0–1
1989–90 Cup Winners' Cup R1 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 0–3 4–0 (a.e.t.) 4–3
R2 Soviet Union Torpedo Moscow 3–0 1–1 4–1
QF Italy 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 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 1–4 1–1 2–5
1991–92 European Cup R1 Belgium RSC Anderlecht 0–3 1–1 1–4
1992–93 UEFA Cup R1 Portugal Sporting CP 1–2 3–1 (a.e.t.) 4–3
R2 Italy AS Roma 4–3 0–3 4–6
1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup R1 Ukraine Chornomorets Odesa 3–0 0–1 3–1
R2 Italy Sampdoria 4–3 0–3 4–6
1995–96 UEFA Champions League Q Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 1–0 2-1
Group Hungary Ferencváros TC 0–3 3–3 4th Place
Spain Real Madrid 0–2 0–2
Netherlands Ajax 0–0 0–3
1996–97 UEFA Champions League Q Czech Republic Slavia Prague 5–0 1–0 6–0
Group France AJ Auxerre 3–1 0-1 3rd Place
Netherlands Ajax 0-1 1–0
Scotland Rangers FC 3-0 1–2
1997–98 UEFA Cup Q1 Northern Ireland Coleraine FC 3–0 7–1 10–1
Q2 Norway SK Brann 3–0 0-2 3–2
R1 Croatia Croatia Zagreb 4-4 0–5 4–9
1998–99 UEFA Champions League Q1 Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch 6–0 2–0 8–0
Q2 Turkey Galatasaray 2–3 1–2 3–5
UEFA Cup R1 Belgium RSC Anderlecht 0–0 2–0 2–0
R2 Italy Fiorentina 0–2 3–0 (f) 3–2
R3 France Bordeaux 3–3 0–0 3–3 (a)
1999–00 UEFA Cup Q Republic of Ireland Bray Wanderers 4–0 4–0 8–0
R1 Denmark AB Copenhagen 1-1 2–0 3–1
R2 Czech Republic 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 Portugal FC Porto 2–3 2–2 4–5
UEFA Cup R1 Romania Dinamo București 3–1 3–1 6–2
R2 Netherlands FC Twente 4–1 2–3 6–4
R3 England Leeds United 1–2 1–1 2–3
2002–03 UEFA Cup R1 Russia Zenit St. Petersburg 3–1 1–2 4–3
R2 Greece PAOK 1–1 1–2 2–3
2003–04 UEFA Champions League Q3 Greece AEK Athens 1–0 1–3 2–3
UEFA Cup R1 Croatia Hajduk Split 1–1 0–0 1–1 (a)
2005–06 UEFA Cup Q2 Poland Wisła Płock 1–0 2–3 3–3 (a)
R1 Finland MYPA 1–1 3–0 4–1
Group England Middlesbrough 0–1 5th place
Bulgaria Litex Lovech 1–2
Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2–3
Netherlands AZ 0–1
2006–07 UEFA Cup Q2 Hungary Videoton 2–0 1–1 3–1
R1 Sweden Åtvidabergs 5–0 3–0 8–0
Group Netherlands AZ 2–5 5th place
Czech Republic Slovan Liberec 1–4
Spain Sevilla 0–4
Portugal Braga 0–2
2008–09 UEFA Cup Q2 Poland Lech Poznań 0–0 0–6 0–6
2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off Romania Steaua București 1–0 0–1 1–1 (p)
2013–14 UEFA Champions League Q3 France Lyon 0–1 0–1 0–2
UEFA Europa League Play-off Italy Fiorentina 1–2 1–0 2–2 (a)
2014–15 UEFA Champions League Q3 France Lille 0–2 1–1 1–3
UEFA Europa League Play-off Belgium Club Brugge 1–2 0–1 1–3
2016–17 UEFA Europa League Q2 Iceland KR 2–1 3–3 5–4
Q3 Cyprus Apollon Limassol 2–1 3–3 5–4
Play-off Turkey Fenerbahçe 0–2 0–3 0–5

UEFA Intertoto Cup

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Main article: UEFA Intertoto Cup

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 Germany Kaiserslautern 2–4 1–1 4th
Sweden Djurgårdens 4–2 2–3
Netherlands Fortuna '54 0–1 1–2
1967 Group Poland Polonia Bytom 1–4 1–5 4th
Germany Werder Bremen 1–2 1–1
Sweden IF Elfsborg 3–1 2–5
1970 Group Germany Braunschweig 1–5 0–2 2nd
Sweden IFK Norrköping 2–1 1–1
Austria Wiener Sport-Club 2–1 3–1
1971 Group Sweden Djurgårdens 0–2 0–1 4th
Czechoslovakia Inter Bratislava 4–3 2–9
Austria Wiener Sport-Club 1–3 0–3
1972 Group Denmark Hvidovre IF 1–1 3–0 2nd
Germany Hannover 96 1–1 2–3
Poland Stal Mielec 1–1 1–4

UEFA Period (1995–2008)

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Season Round Opponent Home Away Series
2006 R2 Czech Republic FK Teplice 2–0 2–0 4–0
R3 Belgium KAA Gent 2–1 1–1 3–1
2008 R2 Albania KF Besa Kavajë 2–1 3–0 5–1
R3 Bulgaria 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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