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

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

1956–1970

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

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

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

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	Åtvidaberg	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

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)

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

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