Marked for Leart Kabashi
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Crisis
Squad12 Oct 2026
A fracture rules Leart Kabashi out for 16 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Grasshopper will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Sven Köhler was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
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Crisis
Squad5 Oct 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 11 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad5 Oct 2026
A fracture rules Leart Kabashi out for 23 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Grasshopper will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad5 Oct 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Grasshopper this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match3 Oct 2026
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Allan Arigoni falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
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Uneasy
Squad28 Sep 2026
A fracture rules Leart Kabashi out for 30 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Grasshopper will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Up for the corner, and Ismajl Beka delivers — 7.69
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Ismajl Beka scored, was marked 7.69, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Squad28 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Grasshopper this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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Steady
Squad21 Sep 2026
A fracture rules Leart Kabashi out for 39 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Grasshopper will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad21 Sep 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Grasshopper may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
A defender's afternoon for Sven Köhler
Defensive actions: 24. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad21 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Grasshopper this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
20 defensive actions and a clean sheet at the end of them. A defender's afternoon can only be told by what did not happen, which is why nobody makes a highlights package out of one and every manager in the division would take it.
Match19 Sep 2026
Three points for Grasshopper, 1‑0 the final word against Lugano in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Words at Grasshopper training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Moussa Cissé is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Marked 7.76. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 11. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
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Crisis
Squad14 Sep 2026
A fracture rules Leart Kabashi out for 46 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Grasshopper will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match12 Sep 2026
4 matches without a win for Grasshopper
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Grasshopper are no longer polite ones.
Match12 Sep 2026
4 matches without a goal for Grasshopper
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 4 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Squad14 Sep 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Luke Plange commits to Grasshopper for another 4 years.
Match12 Sep 2026
Sion left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Grasshopper training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Allan Arigoni is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
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Steady
Squad7 Sep 2026
A fracture rules Leart Kabashi out for 53 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Grasshopper will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market7 Sep 2026
The paperwork is done: Tim Spycher joins from Thun in a deal worth $560.0K. Now comes the harder part.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Maximilian Ullmann was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match5 Sep 2026
3 matches without a goal for Grasshopper
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Dirk Abels falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Felix Tsimba named in the team of the month
A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Felix Tsimba is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
Match5 Sep 2026
Point won or two lost for Grasshopper?
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Zurich? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
Market7 Sep 2026
A season-long audition: Independiente Medellin still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Grasshopper's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.
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Uneasy
Squad3 Aug 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market3 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Óscar Clemente commits to Grasshopper for another 4 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Grasshopper this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Grasshopper training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Michaël Frey is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.