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team from Niederhasli,

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representing

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in the

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History

The team was founded in 1977 in

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, Zurich, as DFC Schwerzenbach, the women's football division of SC Schwerzenbach. The team achieved promotion to the top level in 1988 and has played there since. Three years later Schwerzenbach won its first trophy, the 1992

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, and in 1999 it won the championship. FFC Bern prevented a double defeating Schwerzenbach in the cup's final in a

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. While the team's standings subsequently ranged between the 3rd and second-to-last spots, Schwerzenbach won two more national cups in 2003 and 2008 and represented Switzerland in the 2004 European Cup. In 2006, the team decided to become its own club and on 6 October 2006, FFC United Schwerzenbach was founded in Greifensee, Zurich. In May 2008, the club won its first title, with the cup victory over FFC Bern. Soon after, in June 2008, the collaboration between Grasshopper Club Zurich and FFC United Schwerzenbach was announced and in the following season the team played as GC/Schwerzenbach. This collaboration was seen as a quantum leap in women's football in Switzerland. GC/Schwerzenbach was dissolved a year later, as the team became fully integrated into Grasshopper Club as the women's football division. They would play under the name Grasshopper Club Zurich. Following a bronze in its debut season, Grasshopper was the championship's runner-up in 2010. In the three next seasons it has ended in mid-table positions. On 4 September 2023, the club decided to

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their women's football team under the name GC Frauenfussball AG.

Titles

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(1) ** 1999 *

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(3) ** 1992, 2003, 2008

Current squad

International players

: ''Former Grasshopper Club Zurich players in italic'' * : '' Malin Gut, Caroline Müller,

Marina Keller Marina Keller is a Swiss football player currently playing as a defender for FC Zürich in the Nationalliga A. She started her career in 2000 in FFC Schwerzenbach, later absorbed by Grasshopper Club, where she spent ten years. In 2008, she ...

, Sheila Lossli, Bea Mettler, Isabelle Meyer, Jasmin Schnyder, Daniela Schwarz, Selina Zumbühl,

Manuela Zürcher Manuela Zürcher is a Swiss football midfielder currently playing in the Nationalliga A for FC Zürich, with which she has also played the Champions League. She was a member of the Swiss national team from 1999 to 2004.Rachel Rinast Rachel Miriam Marcia Free Rinast (born 2 June 1991) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a defender for German club St. Pauli. Born in Germany, she represented the Switzerland national team internationally. Club career Rinast began her senior ca ...

'',

Melanie Müller Melanie "Melli" Müller (born 10 June 1988) is a German reality television personality, schlager singer and former pornographic actress. Early life From 2005 to 2009, Müller, who was born in Oschatz, trained as a restaurant specialist and ...

* : '' Anna Blässe'' * : '' Zhang Linyan'' * : '' Emőke Pápai'' * : '' Ana Maria Marković'' * : Nina Predanič * : '' Ugnė Lazdauskaitė'' * : Dalila Ippólito

Competition record

UEFA record

Overall record

References

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