2005–06 Grasshopper Club Zürich season

Grasshopper Club Zürich
2005-06 season
Manager Switzerland Hanspeter Latour (until 3 January)
Bulgaria Krasimir Balakov (from 16 January)
Stadium Hardturm
Swiss Super League 4th
UEFA Cup Group stage

During the 2005–06 Swiss football season, Grasshopper Club Zürich competed in the Swiss Super League.

Season summary

Manager Hanspeter Latour left in early January to take charge of German club Köln. Bulgarian legend Krasimir Balakov was appointed to replace him. Balakov led the Zürich club to 4th place, one place lower than the previous season.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Switzerland GK Fabio Coltorti
2 Latvia DF Igors Stepanovs
4 Switzerland DF Roland Schwegler
5 Morocco DF Tariq Chihab
6 Switzerland MF Gerardo Seoane
7 Senegal FW Demba Touré
8 Switzerland MF Michel Renggli
9 Switzerland FW André Muff
10 Brazil FW Eduardo
11 Brazil FW Rogério
13 Switzerland DF Luca Denicolà
14 Switzerland MF Dušan Pavlović
17 Dominican Republic MF Vladimir Peralta
18 Liechtenstein GK Peter Jehle
No. Position Player
19 Colombia DF Alexander Viveros
20 Brazil FW Leandro Fonseca
23 Spain MF Raúl Cabanas
24 Switzerland DF Kim Jaggy[notes 1]
26 Republic of Macedonia MF Aleksandar Mitreski
27 Switzerland DF Kay Voser
29 Switzerland DF Marc Lütolf
30 Brazil MF António dos Santos
31 Switzerland FW David Blumer
32 Switzerland DF Scott Sutter[notes 2]
33 Peru DF Leonel Romero[notes 3]
34 Switzerland MF Antonio Aiello
35 Switzerland MF Vero Salatić[notes 4]

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
3 Switzerland DF Igor Hürlimann (to Neuchâtel Xamax)
15 Switzerland MF Ricardo Cabanas[notes 5] (to Köln)
No. Position Player
17 Uruguay FW Horacio Peralta
Switzerland GK Eldin Jakupović[notes 6] (to Thun)

Results

UEFA Cup

Second qualifying round

3–3 on aggregate, Grasshoppers win on away goals

First round

Grasshoppers won 4-1 on aggregate.

Group stage

References

  1. ↑ "FootballSquads - Grasshoppers - 2005/06". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-07.

Notes

  1. ↑ Jaggy was born in Varen, Switzerland, but also qualifies to represent Haiti internationally and would make his international debut for Haiti in 2011.
  2. ↑ Sutter was born in Enfield, England, but also qualifies to represent Switzerland internationally through his father and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Switzerland in September 2010.
  3. ↑ Romero was born in Peru, but also qualifies to represent Switzerland internationally and would represent them at U-20 level.
  4. ↑ Salatić was born in Zvornik, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but was raised in Switzerland and represented them at U-19, U-20, and U-21 level, and has expressed interest in representing Serbia or Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally.
  5. ↑ Cabanas was born in Zürich, Switzerland, but also qualifies to represent Spain internationally and has represented Galicia in unofficial matches.
  6. ↑ Jakupović was born in Prijedor, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), and represented them at U-21 level, but was raised in Switzerland and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Switzerland in August 2008.

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