1977–78 Grasshopper Club Zurich season

April 2026 Grasshopper Club Zurich 1977-78 Helmuth Johannsen Hardturm Nationalliga A 1st Swiss Cup Runners-up Swiss League Cup Runners-up UEFA Cup Semi-finals Intertoto Cup Group stage Rudolf ElsenerClaudio Sulser (16 goals) Raimondo Ponte (34 goals) 1976–77 1978–79 In the 1977-78 Swiss football season, Grasshopper Club Zurich won the Nationalliga A, reached the finals of the Swiss Cup and Swiss League Cup, losing to Servette and St. Gallen respectively. They also reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, only to lose to Bastia.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit78.html Switzerland 1977/78 RSSSF GC played their home games in the Hardturm in Zurich Squad The following is the list of the GC first team squad this season. It also includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 13 August 1977, but subsequently left the club after that date. SWI GK Roger Berbig SWI DF Richard Bauer SWI DF André Egli GER DF Jonny Hey SWI DF Bigi Meyer SWI DF Francis Montandon SWI DF René Nafzger SWI DF Thomas Niggl SWI DF Roger Wehrli SWI MF Alphons Bosco SWI MF Heinz Hermann SWI MF Raimondo Ponte SWI FW Hansjörg Bänziger SWI FW Kurt Becker MAR FW Oscar Bouli SWI FW Rudolf Elsener SWI FW Claudio Sulser Competitions Nationalliga A 1977-78 Nationalliga A Qualifying phase matches Round 1 13 August 1977 St. Gallen 2-6 Grasshopper Club Schneeberger 10Müller 87 Sulser 17Hey 28 75Wehrli 71 78Bauer 85 Espenmoos, St. Gallen W Round 2 20 August 1977 Grasshopper Club 3-0 Sion Meier 43Sulser 55Ponte 81 Hardturm, Zürich W Round 3 23 August 1977 20:00 Grasshopper Club 0–1 Summary Basel Ponte 46 0:1 Schönenberger Tanner Hardturm, Zürich 10,300 SUI André Daina (Éclépens) L Round 4 27 August 1977 Lausanne-Sports 1-0 Grasshopper Club Charvoz 46 Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne L Round 5 3 September 1977 Young Boys 1-4 Grasshopper Club Leuzinger 33 Ponte 45Meier 46Hermann 70Sulser 83 Wankdorf Stadium, Bern W Round 6 17 September 1977 Grasshopper Club 5-1 Chênois Bauer 21 pen.Meier 22Ponte 48Wehrli 66Sulser 87 Yaghcha 67 Hardturm, Zürich W Round 7 24 September 1977 Étoile Carouge 2-3 Grasshopper Club Parini 63 78 Bauer 34 pen.Elsener 37Sulser 67 Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge W Round 8 1 October 1977 Grasshopper Club 1-1 Young Fellows Zürich Bauer 55 pen. Hegi 4 Hardturm, Zürich D Round 9 8 October 1977 Xamax 2-3 Grasshopper Club Katić 83 86 Sulser 12 32Bauer 34 Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel W Round 10 15 October 1977 Grasshopper Club 7–2 FCZ summary Zürich Bauer 33 1:1Bauer 44′Bauer 45 2:2(Torstensson) 66 ogBecker 68 4:2Sulser 74 5:2Elsener 80 6:2Hey 86 7:2 14 0:1 Risi38 1:2 Cucinotta Hardturm, Zürich 13,000 SUI Ernst Dörflinger (Grenchen and Basel) W Corners: 4:12. 44th minute, Grob saved penalty from Bauer, who then converted the rebound. Berbig saved penalty from Cucinotta. Round 11 22 October 1977 Servette 2-2 Grasshopper Club Barberis 44Wehrli 68 o.g. Sulser 20Elsener 26 Stade des Charmilles, Geneva D Round 12 25 October 1977 Grasshopper Club 3-2 St. Gallen Becker 3Meier 28Elsener 59 Mogg 26Stöckl 65 pen. Hardturm, Zürich W Round 13 5 November 1977 Sion 2-2 Grasshopper Club Luisier 28Perrier 72 Elsener 17Hey 71 Stade de Tourbillon, Sion D Round 14 12 November 1977 Grasshopper Club 2-0 Lausanne-Sports Elsener 4 60 Hardturm, Zürich W Round 15 19 November 1977 Grasshopper Club 3-0 Young Boys Sulser 63Wehrli 84Hey 90 Hardturm, Zürich W Round 16 26 November 1977 Chênois 1-3 Grasshopper Club Tachet 22 Bauer 73Hey 81Becker 86 Stade des Trois-Chêne, Thônex W Round 17 3 December 1977 Grasshopper Club 3-2 Étoile Carouge Ponte 3 6 58 Parini 23 70 Hardturm, Zürich W Round 18 11 December 1977 Young Fellows Zürich 1-1 Grasshopper Club Stomeo 56 Elsener 68 Utogrund, Zürich D Round 20 5 March 1978 Zürich 1–2 FCZ summary Grasshopper Club Scheiwiler 44 1:1 6 0:1 Sulser56 1:2 Bosco Letzigrund, Zürich 12,500 SUI Bruno Galler (Kirchdorf, Bern) W Round 19 11 March 1978 Grasshopper Club 2-0 Xamax Becker 30Hermann 85 Hardturm, Zürich W Round 21 19 March 1978 Grasshopper Club 0-1 Servette Thouvenel 28 Hardturm, Zürich L Round 22 22 March 1978 20:00 Basel 2–5 Summary Grasshopper Club Maissen 6 1:0Tanner 85 2:4 20 1:1 Sulser20 1:2 Sulser75 1:3 Elsener81 1:4 Sulser88 2:5 Elsener Becker St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 14,500 SUI André Daina (Éclépens) W Qualifying phase table main WDL Q First stage 2 GCZ Grasshopper Club SER Servette Daniel Reichmuth 2025 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1977-78.pdf Servette Rangliste 1977/78 Servette ranking 1977/78 super-servette-ch fr 2025-11-16 LS Lausanne-Sport BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 1978 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1977/78 1977/78 Rangliste Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" de-ch 1977/78 Ranking 2023-11-16 ZÜR FC Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2006–2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=29&m=0&c=0&i=0&f=0&s=0&pord=0 FCZ 1977/1978 dbFCZ de 2023-11-16 SIO Sion NX Xamax YB Young Boys (red) BSC Young Boys AG 2025 https://www.bscyb.ch/archiv-1977-78 YB Saison 1977/78 YB season 1977/78 BSC Young Boys AG de-ch 2025-11-16 CHÊ Chênois STG St. Gallen ÉTO Étoile Carouge YFZ Young Fellows Zürich 15 4 3 60 27 14 5 3 44 20 13 4 5 47 21 12 4 6 53 34 11 6 5 38 27 6 9 7 29 33 8 3 11 32 42 7 5 10 27 45 8 2 12 27 35 5 7 10 27 38 5 3 14 22 40 1 2 19 14 58 green3 To championship round CG CG CG CG CG CG red3 To relegation play-out round RG RG RG RG RG RG yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; complete rsssf.com Championship matches Round 1 1 April 1978 Sion 1-1 Grasshopper Club Djordjic 62 Hermann 47 Stade de Tourbillon, Switzerland D Round 2 8 April 1978 Grasshopper Club 0-0 Lausanne-Sports Hardturm, Zürich D Round 3 15 April 1978 Zürich 1–3 FCZ summary Grasshopper Club Botteron 22 1:1 6 0:1 Hermann14 0:2 Ponte88 1:3 Elsener2 14 89 Chapuisat Letzigrund, Zürich 10,000 SUI Hans Wolfer (Volketswil) W Round 4 19 April 1978 Grasshopper Club 1-1 Servette Ponte 41 Peterhaus 52 Hardturm, Zürich D Round 5 22 April 1978 20:00 Basel 2–0 Summary Grasshopper Club Stohler 30 pen. 1:0Marti 57 2:0 Elsener St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 21,500 SUI Rudolf Renggli (Stans and Luzern) L Round 6 29 April 1978 Grasshopper Club 4-1 Sion Sulser 6 66 90Ponte 85 Sarrasin 40 Hardturm, Zürich W Round 7 6 May 1978 Lausanne-Sports 4-3 Grasshopper Club Gross 30 39Guillaume 45 67 Ponte 9 80 pen.Elsener 85 Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne L Round 8 20 May 1978 Grasshopper Club 1–0 FCZ summary Zürich Grob 83 81 0:1 Montandon Hardturm, Zürich 12,500 SUI André Daina (Éclépens) W Round 9 24 May 1978 Servette 0-0 Grasshopper Club Stade des Charmilles, Geneva D Round 10 27 May 1978 20:15 Grasshopper Club 4–2 Summary Basel Sulser 39 1:0Ponte 54 2:2Elsener 77 3:2Elsener 90 4:2T. Niggl 43 1:1 Tanner50 1:2 Tanner Küng Demarmels Hardturm, Zürich 25,000 SUI Walter Hungerbühler (St. Gallen) W Championship table main WDL Q Playoff 2 y GCZ Grasshopper Club SER Servette BAS Basel LS Lausanne-Sport ZÜR Zürich SIO Sion 4 4 2 17 12 17 3 5 2 10 10 17 5 3 2 21 14 14 4 3 3 21 14 15 5 2 3 15 15 14 0 1 9 8 27 11 green1 Swiss Champions, qualified for 1978–79 European Cupand entered 1978 Intertoto Cup A yellow1 Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1978–79 Cup Winners' Cup Y blue1 Qualified for 1978–79 UEFA Cup UE1 blue1 Qualified for 1978–79 UEFA Cup UE2 blue3 Entered 1978 Intertoto Cup I1 blue3 Entered 1978 Intertoto Cup I2 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; complete rsssf.com Swiss Cup 1977-78 Swiss Cup Round 4 10 September 1977 Laufen 0-4 Grasshopper Club Bauer 47 74 pen.Sulser 74Hermann 84 Nau, Laufen W Round 5 12 October 1977 Zug 0-7 Grasshopper Club Ponte 18Meyer 46Bauer 55 58 pen.Hey 72 85Becker 87 Herti-Allmend, Zug W Quarter-final 9 November 1977 Grasshopper Club 2-0 Bulle Ponte 47Hey 80 Hardturm, Zürich W Semi-final 2 May 1978 20:00 Grasshopper Club 5–1 FCB summary Basel Bauer 12 1:1Sulser 49 2:1Hermann 53 3:1Elsener 62 4:1Ponte 88 5:1Niggl 4 0:1 Lauscher Lauscher Hardturm, Zürich 9,000 SUI Jakob Baumann (Schaffhausen) W Final 15 May 1978 15:00 Servette 2–2 yes Fussball-Schweiz summary Grasshopper Club Peterhans 7Barberis 65 Ponte 60Elsener 63 Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 33,000 SUI Walter Hungerbühler (St. Gallen) D Final (replay) 4 June 1978 15:00 Servette 1–0 Fussball-Schweiz summary Grasshopper Club Thouvenel 17 Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 18,000 SUI Ernst Dörflinger (Grenchen) L Swiss League Cup 1977-78 Swiss League Cup First round 6 August 1977 Frauenfeld 0-7 Grasshopper Club W Second round 12 February 1978 Nordstern Basel 0-2 Grasshopper Club W Quarter-final 25 April 1978 Grasshopper Club 8-0 La Chaux-de-Fonds Bouli 9 13Wehrli 33Hey 70Ponte 77 87 89Elsener 81 Hardturm, Zürich W Semi-final 9 May 1978 Grasshopper Club 5–1 summary Zürich Ponte 13 1:0Ponte 43 2:0Bosco 68 3:0Ponte 70 4:0Hey 75 5:0 70 Chapuisat88 5:1 Zwicker Hardturm, Zürich 3,700 SUI Jean Dubach (Nidau) W Final 15 August 1978 St. Gallen 3–2 Grasshopper Club Labhart 6 60Müller 80 Nafzger 19Wehrli 61 Schützenwiese, Winterthur 3,500 Bruno Della Bruna L UEFA Cup 1977-78 UEFA Cup First round 14 September 1977 BK Frem DEN 0–2 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65001--frem-vs-grasshoppers/ SUI Grasshopper Club Elsener 34Becker 39 Valby Idrætspark, Copenhagen 1,956 Jan Redelfs (West Germany) W First round 28 September 1977 Grasshopper Club SUI 6–1 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65002--grasshoppers-vs-frem/ DEN BK Frem Meyer 7 70Becker 40Elsener 57Ponte 82 83 Mikkelsen 45 Hardturm, Zürich 3,400 Horst Brummeier (Austria) W Second round 19 October 1977 Inter Bratislava TCH 1–0 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/75456--senica-vs-grasshoppers/ SUI Grasshopper Club Bauer 83 o.g. Tehelné pole, Bratislava 4,600 William Gow (Wales) L Second round 2 November 1977 Grasshopper Club SUI 5–1 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/75457--grasshoppers-vs-senica/ TCH Inter Bratislava Elsener 3 35Ponte 40Sulser 60Hey 80 Jurkemik 75 Hardturm, Zürich 5,500 Jan Beck (Netherlands) W Third round 23 November 1977 Dinamo Tbilisi URS 1–0 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65063--dinamo-tbilisi-vs-grasshoppers/ SUI Grasshopper Club Shengelia 20 Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi 75,000 Rolf Nyhus (Norway) L Third round 7 December 1977 Grasshopper Club SUI 4–0 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65064--grasshoppers-vs-dinamo-tbilisi/ URS Dinamo Tbilisi Sulser 14Ponte 46 pen. 77Elsener 90+1 Hardturm, Zürich 17,000 Michel Kitabdjian (France) W Quarter-finals 1 March 1978 Eintracht Frankfurt FRG 3–2 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65075--frankfurt-vs-grasshoppers/ SUI Grasshopper Club Kraus 58Hölzenbein 68 90 pen. Bosco 36Ponte 52 pen. Waldstadion, Frankfurt 14,000 Erich Linemayr (Austria) L Quarter-finals 14 March 1978 Grasshopper Club SUI 1–0 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65076--grasshoppers-vs-frankfurt/ FRG Eintracht Frankfurt Ponte 33 pen. Hardturm, Zürich 30,000 Dušan Maksimović (Yugoslavia) W Semi-finals 29 March 1978 Grasshopper Club SUI 3–2 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65083--grasshoppers-vs-bastia/ FRA 1974 Bastia Hermann 22Ponte 31 pen.Montandon 54 Krimau 18Papi 37 pen. Hardturm, Zürich 29,000 John Carpenter (Republic of Ireland) W Semi-finals 12 April 1978 Bastia FRA 1974 1–0 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65084--bastia-vs-grasshoppers/ SUI Grasshopper Club Papi 67 Stade Armand-Cesari, Furiani 11,000 Pat Partridge (England) L Intertoto Cup 1977 Intertoto Cup Group 4 main WDL Q 2 SLA BUL 1971 Slavia Sofia MAL SWE Malmö FF HAM FRG Hamburg GCZ SUI Grasshopper Club 5 0 1 13 7 3 2 1 12 4 2 1 3 11 15 0 1 5 5 15 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 5–0 1–0 2–3 2–2 4–1 1–4 1–1 1–3 y noflag 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete mogiel.net References Category:Grasshopper Club Zurich seasons Grasshopper Club Zürich Category:Swiss football championship–winning seasons