The 2024–25

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season is the club's fourth season back in the

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, after winning promotion in

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and avoiding relegation by winning last season's

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. The

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will start on 20 July 2024. Grasshoppers will also participate in the

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Squad

Players

Coaching staff

Transfers

In

Out

Absences

Injuries and other Absences

Suspensions

Test Matches

Pre-season

The preparation plan for the upcoming season was announced on 4 June 2024. Pre-season preparation begins on 18 June 2024. A training camp will be held in

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, starting on 1 July and will end with a test game against freshly promoted

FC Sion Football Club Sion, commonly known as simply FC Sion or Sion, is a Swiss Association football, football club from the city of Sion, Switzerland, Sion. The club was founded in 1909 and play their home matches at the Stade Tourbillon. They have wo ...

on 5 July 2024.

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will be hosted for a test match on 29 June 2024 before the training camp. Finally, Grasshoppers will also travel to

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for a test match against

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on 13 July 2024. On 20 June 2024, an additional test match against Austria Lustenau was announced, to be held on the GC/Campus on 10 July 2024.

Mid-season (autumn)

The first mid-season friendly was announced on 15 August 2024, to be held on 20 August 2024, against

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giants

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. It will be the first time these teams meet since 2007. Another friendly match against

FC Aarau FC Aarau is a Swiss professional football club based in Aarau. Founded in 1902, the club competes in the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football after being relegated from the Swiss Super League. History FC Aarau was form ...

will be held on 5 September 2024, during the first international break of the season.

Neuchâtel Xamax FCS Neuchâtel Xamax Football Club Serrières or Neuchâtel Xamax FCS () is a Swiss football club based in Neuchâtel. It was created in 1970 through a merger between FC Cantonal, founded in 1906 and Swiss champions of 1916, and FC Xamax founded ...

will be hosted for a test match on 10 October 2024, during the second international break of the season. A test match against partner club

Wacker Innsbruck FC Wacker Innsbruck was an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol. History The ''Fußball-Club Wacker'' ("Valiant") ''Innsbruck'' was established in 1915 by Jakob Hanspeter, Benedikt Hosp, Josef Leitner, Josef Albrecht and o ...

, who play in the Tiroler Liga, the fourth tier of the Austrian football pyramid, is scheduled for the final international break of the year.

Winter

On 17 December 2024, the club announced their training plan for the winter break. The team will resume training on 3 January 2025, before departing to

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for the training camp between 5 and 12 January 2025. The training camp will be ended with a test match on 11 January 2025. Reigning Austrian champions

Sturm Graz Sportklub Sturm Graz is an Austrian professional association football club, based in Graz, playing in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909. Its colours are black and white. In its history, Sturm Graz has won the Austr ...

will be their opponent. An additional test match was announced on 9 January 2025, to be held on 10 January against

SV Elversberg SpVgg 07 Elversberg is a Football in Germany, German association football club, located in Spiesen-Elversberg, Saarland. The club plays in the 2. Bundesliga from the 2023–24 2. Bundesliga, 2023–24 season following promotion from the 3. Liga ...

of the 2. Bundesliga.

Competitions

Overview

Swiss Super League

League table

Results Breakdown

;Home/Away Statistics ;Results by Round

Results

Relegation Play-off

:''Grasshopper Club Zürich wins 4–1 on aggregate''

Swiss Cup

''Opponent's league indicated in brackets.''

Awards

Fan Awards

;Player of the Month :July: Nikolas Muci :August: Lee Young-jun :September: Giotto Morandi :October: Tim Meyer :November: Tsiy-William Ndenge :December: Noah Persson :January:

Tomás Verón Lupi Tomás Verón Lupi (born 3 September 2000) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Swiss record-champions Grasshopper. Club career Verón Lupi is a product of Quilmes' youth system, having signed in 2014 after a stint ...

:February:

Nestory Irankunda Nestory "Nestor" Irankunda Muza (born 9 February 2006) is a professional association football, soccer player who plays as a winger (association football), winger for Regionalliga Bayern club FC Bayern Munich II, Bayern Munich II. Born in Tanza ...

:March: Justin Hammel

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2024-25 Grasshopper Club Zurich Season Grasshopper Club Zurich seasons

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