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Spielvereinigung Greuther Fürth (Script error: No such module "IPA".), commonly known as Greuther Fürth (Script error: No such module "IPA".), is a German football club based in Fürth, Bavaria. They play in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system, following relegation from the Bundesliga in the 2021–22 season.

Founded in 1903, the most successful era for Greuther Fürth came in the pre-Bundesliga era in the 1910s and 1920s, when the club won three German championships, in 1914, 1926, and 1929 respectively, and finished as runners-up in 1920. In the 2012–13 season, the club played in the Bundesliga for the first time, having won promotion from the 2. Bundesliga;[1] they were relegated back to the 2. Bundesliga at the end of the season. On 23 May 2021, theyScript error: No such module "Unsubst". were promoted back to the Bundesliga for the second time.[2] Upon placing 18th in the Bundesliga table in the 2021–22 season, they were relegated back to 2. Bundesliga.

History

Spielvereinigung Fürth

Template:Sister project The origins of SpVgg Fürth are in the establishment on 23 September 1903 of a football department within the gymnastics club Turnverein 1860 Fürth. The footballers went their own way as an independent club in November 1906, after they did not get enough support from TV Fürth. The team played in the Ostkreisliga and took divisional titles there in 1912, 1913 and 1914 before moving on to participate in the Süddeutsche (South German) regional playoffs for the national championship round.[3] Right from the beginning, there was a great rivalry between the SpVgg Fürth and the 1. FC Nürnberg, predicated on the historical rivalry between the two neighbouring cities.[4] The club grew rapidly, and by 1914, it had 3,000 members and was the largest sports club in Germany.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". When the club built their own stadium, Sportpark Ronhof, in 1910, it was the biggest stadium in Germany at the time.

National champions

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Historical logos of Greuther Fürth

Fürth won their first national title, the 1914 German football championship, under English coach William Townley with left winger Julius Hirsch, who had joined the team the prior season.[5][6] They faced VfB Leipzig – the defending champions with three titles to their credit – in the final held on 31 May in Magdeburg. A 154-minute-long thriller,Template:Tone inline the longest completed game in German football history (the 1922 Final was abandoned after 189 minutes due to darkness), ended with Fürth scoring a golden goal to secure the title.[7]

The team had a solidScript error: No such module "Unsubst". run of successes through the 1920s and into the early 1930s, beginning with an appearance in the national final in 1920 against 1. FC Nürnberg, which was the dominant side of the decade.Template:According to whom The rivalry between the two clubs was such that a starTemplate:Tone inline player with SpVgg was forced to leave after he married a woman from the city of Nuremberg.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In 1924, for the first and only time, the Germany national side was made up exclusively of players from just two sides – Fürth and 1. FC Nürnberg – and players of the two teams slept in separate rail coaches.

SpVgg showed regularly on the national stage,Template:Tone inline advancing to the semi-finals in 1923 and 1931. They claimed two more championships – in 1926 and 1929 – with both of those victories coming at the expense of Hertha BSC. Through this period, the club played five finals in the Süddeutscher Pokal (en:South German Cup), coming away as cup winners on four occasions. On 27 August 1929, the association was joined by FC Schneidig Fürth.

German football was re-organized in 1933 under the Third Reich into 16 top flight Gauligen. Fürth became part of the Gauliga Bayern, but their success over the next dozenScript error: No such module "Unsubst". seasons was limited to a division title there in 1935, alongside regular appearances in competition for the Tschammerpokal, predecessor to today's DFB-Pokal (German Cup).

Postwar play

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Historical chart of Greuther Fürth and predecessors' performance

After the war, the team struggled through three seasons in the Oberliga Süd (I) before slipping to the Landesliga Bayern (II).Script error: No such module "Unsubst". SpVgg quickly recovered itself and returned to Oberliga play the next season. TheyScript error: No such module "Unsubst". won the title there in 1950 and went on to the national playoffs, advancing as far as the semi-finals before being eliminated 1–4 by VfB Stuttgart.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In 1954, two players from the SpVgg, Karl Mai and Herbert Erhardt, were members of the "Miracle of Bern" team that won Germany's first World Cup.

Fürth remained a first division side until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. The club did not qualify as one of the sixteen teams that made up the new unified national first division and they found themselves playing second division football in the Regionalliga Süd, where they were generally a mid-table side whose best finish was third-place result in 1967.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The club played in the 2. Bundesliga from its inception in 1974 until 1983 with their best performance a fourth-place result in 1978–79.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". They slipped to playing in the tier III Bayernliga, with a short three-year spell in the fourth division Landesliga Bayern-Mitte in the late 1980s.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". At this time, the club started to have large financial problems.Template:WhyScript error: No such module "Unsubst". In 1990, Fürth celebrated a 3–1 victory in the opening round of the DFB-Pokal play over first division side Borussia Dortmund before going out 0–1 to 1. FC Saarbrücken in the second round.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". They returned to the Bayernliga (III) in 1991 and the Regionalliga Süd (III) in 1994.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". But still, the club's financial issues became bigger,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". and they were forced to sell their ground to the local businessman Conny Brandstätter.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". As the financial problems continued to grow,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". the president of SpVgg, Edgar Burkhart, arranged a deal with Helmut Hack, president of TSV Vestenbergsgreuth, to let TSV join the SpVgg and changing the name of the Spielvereinigung to the name SpVgg Greuther Fürth, which is still in use.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The SpVgg so had the chance to get back in both financial and on-pitch success,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". while TSV could grow bigger in the city of Fürth than it would have been possible in the village of Vestenbergsgreuth.

TSV Vestenbergsgreuth

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Meanwhile, the small village team of TSV Vestenbergsgreuth was established 1 February 1974 and debuted as a fourth division side.[3] They advanced into the Amateur Oberliga Bayern (III) in 1987, just as SpVgg Fürth was descending to play in the division the more junior club had just escaped. TSV took part in the national amateur playoff round in 1988 and 1995. Their best performance came in the 1995 DFB-Pokal when they upset Bayern Munich 1–0, and then beat FC 08 Homburg 5–1, before being eliminated in the third round of the competition by VfL Wolfsburg on penalty kicks.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth

At the time when Vestenbergsgreuth's football branch was incorporated in 1996, in which TSV's football players came over to Fürth, both clubs were playing at about the same level in Regionalliga Süd (III). The SpVgg was runner-up behind long-term rival 1. FC Nürnberg in the division the next year, and so earned promotion back to the 2. Bundesliga after 18 years, and played in the second tier at the first time since 1979. At this time, the Sportpark Ronhof, now called Playmobil Arena, faced the first major redevelopment since the post-war years and the construction of the old main stand in 1950. They built new stands on three of the four sides of the pitch, a roofed seating stand on the opposite side of the main stand, an uncovered terrace in the north end, and an uncovered mixed standing and seating area in the south of the stadium, as well as installing floodlights in the Ronhof the first time ever.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". With the modernized stadium and a cleverTemplate:According to whom transfer strategy, they have consistently finished in the top half of the 18-team table in the 2000s,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". despite having one of the lowest budgets most of the time.Template:According to whom On 1 July 2003, the club added former workers' club Tuspo Fürth to its tradition through a merger. In 2008, the stadium faced another redevelopment, as the standing terrace in the north got a roof, and a VIP building was installed near to the old main stand. With this work, the main stand became the last piece of the stadium that has not been redeveloped.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In that time, Fürth has come closeScript error: No such module "Unsubst". to renewing its ancient rivalry with Nürnberg at the Bundesliga level, narrowly missing promotion in each of the first two seasons of the 2010s. On 23 April 2012, Fürth finally gained promotion to the Bundesliga in the 2011–12 season, eventually winning the 2. Bundesliga under manager Mike Büskens. With promotion, the 1998-built south stand was demolished, and a new one was installed, gaining a capacity increase from 14,500 to 18,000, as well as providing a roof on the south for the first time.

However, Fürth had a difficult first season in the Bundesliga as the club amassed only four victories in the 34-game campaign, one of them at the ground of their rivals 1. FC Nürnberg, when the de facto relegated side won 1–0, giving the fans of the Kleeblatt a peaceful feeling about the relegation.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The club also set an infamousTemplate:According to whom record by becoming the first club in Bundesliga history to not win a single home game during the regular season.[8] The club finished last in the league with 21 points and was relegated back to the 2. Bundesliga.

The following season, despite not aiming for promotion, the club was a strong contender for a direct return to the Bundesliga.Template:According to whom A third place in the final standings qualified the team for the promotion play-offs, where it faced Hamburger SV. After a 0–0 draw in Hamburg, the club missed out on promotion on the away goal rule when the return leg ended 1–1. In the following seasons, they struggled to be as strong as they were before the Bundesliga promotion. They nearly got relegated to the 3. Liga in the 2014–15 season, when only a narrow win against later promoted club SV Darmstadt 98 on matchday 33, and other teams not winning on matchday 34, kept them in the league. In the same season, on early matchday 2, they gained a historicTemplate:Tone inline 5–1 home victory in the Frankenderby, their highest-ever home win in a derby. In the following two years, the Spielvereinigung finished mid-table, with not having either fear of getting relegated or gaining promotion. This period of their newer history is characterized by the relegation of FCN in 2014, and both rivals playing each year since then. In the 2016–17 season, the Kleeblatt won both derbies of the regular season for the first time since the 1970s, and finished above Nuremberg for the first time since the 1950s. In early 2016, the 1950-built main stand was demolished, and the construction of a new main stand started. Before the 2017–18 season, the construction of the new main stand was finished. With a 3–1 victory over Fortuna Düsseldorf on 17 September 2017, the club became leader of the all-time league table of the 2. Bundesliga.[9]

By finishing second in the 2020–21 season, Greuther Fürth gained promotion to the Bundesliga for the second time in the club's history. Under manager Stefan Leitl, the team secured promotion on the last matchday of the season with a 3–2 victory over Fortuna Düsseldorf.[10]

SpVgg Greuther Fürth II

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Rivals

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". 1. FC Nürnberg is by far Furth’s biggest rival, going back to the early days of German football when, at times, those two clubs dominated the national championship.[11] Matches between both teams also called as "Frankenderby". Minor rivals include Bayern Munich. Both competed against each other again in the 2012–13 Bundesliga season and the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga season.

Honours

League

Cup

  • German Indoor Cup
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Regional

Invitational

  • Tournoi de Pentecôte de Paris

Youth team

Recent coaches

List of club's coach since 1974:[13] Template:List missing criteria

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Name From Until
Template:Flagicon Alfred Hoffmann 1 July 1974 30 June 1975
Template:Flagicon Hans Cieslarczyk 1 July 1975 30 June 1977
Template:Flagicon Hannes Baldauf 1 July 1977 30 June 1980
Template:Flagicon Dieter Schulte 1 July 1980 28 February 1981
Template:Flagicon Heinz Lucas 1 March 1981 30 June 1981
Template:Flagicon Hans-Dieter Roos 1 July 1981 15 November 1981
Template:Flagicon Lothar Kleim 23 November 1981 30 June 1982
Template:Flagicon Franz Brungs 1 July 1982 30 June 1983
Template:Flagicon Günter Gerling 1 July 1983 30 June 1986
Template:Flagicon Lothar Kleim 1 July 1986 28 February 1987
Template:Flagicon Paul Hesselbach 1 March 1987 30 June 1989
Template:Flagicon Günter Gerling 1 July 1989 9 April 1995
Template:Flagicon Bertram Beierlorzer 10 April 1995 30 June 1996
Template:Flagicon Armin Veh 1 July 1996 30 June 1997
Template:Flagicon Benno Möhlmann 15 October 1997 21 October 2000
Template:Flagicon Paul Hesselbach 22 October 2000 19 November 2000
Template:Flagicon Uwe Erkenbrecher 20 November 2000 30 August 2001
Name From Until
Template:Flagicon Paul Hesselbach (interim) 1 September 2001 29 October 2001
Template:Flagicon Eugen Hach 30 October 2001 5 November 2003
Template:Flagicon Werner Dreßel (interim) 6 November 2003 29 December 2003
Template:Flagicon Thomas Kost 30 December 2003 16 February 2004
Template:Flagicon Benno Möhlmann 18 February 2004 30 June 2007
Template:Flagicon Bruno Labbadia 1 July 2007 30 June 2008
Template:Flagicon Benno Möhlmann 1 July 2008 20 December 2009
Template:Flagicon Mike Büskens 27 December 2009 20 February 2013
Template:Flagicon Ludwig Preis (interim) 21 February 2013 11 March 2013
Template:Flagicon Frank Kramer 12 March 2013 23 February 2015
Template:Flagicon Mike Büskens 23 February 2015 28 May 2015
Template:Flagicon Stefan Ruthenbeck 12 June 2015 21 November 2016
Template:Flagicon Janos Radoki 21 November 2016 28 August 2017
Template:Flagicon Mirko Dickhaut (interim) 28 August 2017 9 September 2017
Template:Flagicon Damir Burić 9 September 2017 4 February 2019
Template:Flagicon Stefan Leitl 5 February 2019 30 June 2022
Template:Flagicon Marc Schneider 1 July 2022 15 October 2022
Template:Flagicon Alexander Zorniger 23 October 2022 22 October 2024
Template:Flagicon Leonhard Haas 22 October 2024 12 November 2024
Template:Flagicon Jan Siewert 12 November 2024 5 May 2025
Template:Flagicon Thomas Kleine/Template:Flagicon Milorad Peković 5 May 2025 Present

Recent seasons

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  • With the introduction of the Bezirksoberligas in 1988 as the new fifth tier, below the Landesligas, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the establishment of the Regionalliga Bayern as the new fourth tier in Bavaria in 2012 the Bayernliga was split into a northern and a southern division, the number of Landesligas expanded from three to five and the Bezirksoberligas abolished. All leagues from the Bezirksligas onwards were elevated one tier.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Key
↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated

Players

Current squad

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No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Template:Fba/core Nils Körber
5 DF Template:Fba/core Reno Münz
6 MF Template:Fba/core Sacha Bansé
7 FW Template:Fba/core Dennis Srbeny
9 FW Template:Fba/core Noel Futkeu
10 FW Template:Fba/core Branimir Hrgota (captain)
11 MF Template:Fba/core Roberto Massimo
14 MF Template:Fba/core Jomaine Consbruch
17 DF Template:Fba/core Niko Gießelmann
18 DF Template:Fba/core Marco Meyerhöfer
21 DF Template:Fba/core Kerim Çalhanoğlu
22 FW Template:Fba/core Nemanja Motika (on loan from Olimpija LjubljanaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
23 DF Template:Fba/core Gideon Jung
24 MF Template:Fba/core Marco John
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 DF Template:Fba/core Noah Loosli (on loan from BochumScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
27 DF Template:Fba/core Gian-Luca Itter
28 FW Template:Fba/core Jannik Mause (on loan from KaiserslauternScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
30 MF Template:Fba/core Felix Klaus
31 GK Template:Fba/core Lennart Grill (on loan from Union BerlinScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
33 DF Template:Fba/core Maximilian Dietz
34 MF Template:Fba/core Denis Pfaffenrot
36 MF Template:Fba/core Philipp Müller
37 MF Template:Fba/core Julian Green
42 GK Template:Fba/core Moritz Schulze
44 GK Template:Fba/core Nahuel Noll (on loan from HoffenheimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
— GK Template:Fba/core Timo Schlieck (on loan from RB LeipzigScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
— DF Template:Fba/core Philipp Ziereis

Out on loan

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No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Template:Fba/core Matti Wagner (at Rot-Weiss Essen until 30 June 2025Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Template:Fba/core Leander Popp (at SpVgg Unterhaching until 30 June 2025Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)

Notable former players

Famous coaches

William Townley, had three turns as coach of SpVgg Fürth in 1911–1913, 1926–1927, and 1930–1932 and led the club to two championships.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Notable fans

In September 2012, former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, whose family fled Nazi Germany in 1938, attended a SpVgg match against Schalke 04. He had promised to attend a game at the Ronhof stadium if the team were promoted to the top-flight Bundesliga. As a child, Kissinger had tried to watch games there, despite it being against his parents' wishes.[17] Kissinger was an honorary member of SpVgg, and for decades he kept himself informed about match results and held contact to the club.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". During his time serving in the White House in the 1970s, he reportedly asked his staff to have the team's weekend result ready for him on Monday mornings.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He visited his hometown and the club several times and attended a Bundesliga match in 2012 during the team's first season in the Bundesliga.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

References

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