The 2012–13 SpVgg Greuther Fürth season is the 110th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13 the club plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It is the clubs first-ever season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2012.
| 2012–13 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Louis Price | |||
| Stadium | Trolli Arena, Fürth, Germany | |||
| Bundesliga | 18th | |||
| DFB-Pokal | 1st Round | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Nikola Đurđić (5) All: Nikola Đurđić (5) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 18,000 (in 8 matches) | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 14,425 (vs. Mainz 05, 26 January 2013) | |||
| Average home league attendance | 16,842 | |||
The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where it was knocked out in the first round by third division side Kickers Offenbach.[1]
Review and events
For the club's second home game in the Bundesliga, against Schalke 04, former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger announced his attendance, having been a lifelong fan of the club.[2] Felix Klaus put his name down in the history books, as his goal against Mainz 05 in their second game earned Greuther Fürth their first ever win in the Bundesliga.
Matches
Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
| 29 June 2012 | Sylvia Ebersdorf | 0 – 10 | Greuther Fürth | Ebersdorf |
| Report |  Azemi Nöthe Onuegbu Klaus Sararer | Stadium: Am Hügelsee |
| 4 July 2012 | Oberkotzau | 1 – 10 | Greuther Fürth | Oberkotzau |
| | Report | Onuegbu Nöthe Tyrała Klaus Pektürk Azemi | Attendance: 2.000 |
| 7 July 2012 | TSV Bergrheinfeld | 1 – 17 | Greuther Fürth | Bergrheinfeld |
| 15:00 | Report | Nöthe Sararer Asamoah Nehrig Petsos Onuegbu Tyrała Pektürk Peković Sobiech Klaus Hefele Own Goal | Stadium: Sportheim Bergrheinfeld |
| 10 July 2012 | Eintracht Bamberg | 1 – 5 | Greuther Fürth | Bamberg |
| 18:30 | Deptalla | Report | Onuegbu Hefele Asamoah Azemi | Stadium: Fuchs-Park-Stadion Attendance: 1.750 |
| 14 July 2012 | TSV Höchstadt | 0 – 18 | Greuther Fürth | Höchstadt |
| Report | 11' 32' 37' Asamoah 14' 27' Nöthe 26' (o.g.) 41', 43' Sararer 19' Kleine 40' Prib 50' 85' Stieber 69' 78' Onuegbu 73' 79' Fürstner 75' Tyrała 76' Pledl | Attendance: 2.000 |
| 24 July 2012 | Unterhaching | 0 – 5 | Greuther Fürth | Ingolstadt |
| 18:00 | Report | 18' Asamoah 51' Sararer Onuegbu Tyrała |
| 28 July 2012 | Greuther Fürth | 2 – 1 | Sivasspor | Walchsee |
| Tyrała Nehrig | Report | Chahechouhe |
| 30 July 2012 | Greuther Fürth | 3 – 2 | Akhisarspor | Miesbach |
| 18:30 | Peković 30' Azemi 50'Prib 50' | Report | Attendance: 250 |
| 2 August 2012 | Greuther Fürth | 0 – 1 | Trabzonspor | Rosenheim |
| Report | 77' Alanzinho | Attendance: 800 |
| 3 August 2012 | 1912 Markt Weiltingen | 0 – 14 | Greuther Fürth | Weiltingen |
| Report | Azemi Klaus Stieber Geis Peković Asamoah | Stadium: Hauptplatz TV Markt Weiltingen |
| 8 August 2012 | ASV Zirndorf | 0 – 9 | Greuther Fürth | Zirndorf |
| 18:30 | Report | Azemi Mikkelsen Onuegbu Baba Stieber Asamoah | Stadium: Willi-Knapp-Sportanlage Attendance: 1.300 |
| 10 August 2012 | Greuther Fürth | 1 – 1 | Stoke City | Fürth |
| 18:30 | Nehrig 40' | Report | 3' Kightly | Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 3,750 |
| 28 August 2012 | Greuther Fürth | 2 – 1 | Dubai Sports Club | Fürth |
| 16:00 | Pledl 18' Onuegbu 73' | Report | | Stadium: Auf der Tulpe |
Bundesliga
| 25 August 2012 1 | Greuther Fürth | 0–3 | Bayern Munich | Fürth |
| 15:30 CEST | Report | 43' Müller 59' Mandžukić 78' Robben | Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann |
| 31 August 2012 2 | Mainz 05 | 0–1 | Greuther Fürth | Mainz |
| 20:30 CEST | Report | 67' Klaus | Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 28,237 Referee: Tobias Stieler |
| 15 September 2012 3 | Greuther Fürth | 0–2 | Schalke 04 | Fürth |
| 18:30 CEST | Report | 48' Draxler 86' Holtby | Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Florian Meyer |
| 22 September 2012 4 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–1 | Greuther Fürth | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30 CEST | Olić 42' | Report | 27' (o.g.) Pogatetz | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,552 Referee: Markus Schmidt |
| 25 September 2012 5 | Greuther Fürth | 0–2 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Fürth |
| 20:00 CEST | Report | 26' Fink 33' Ilsø | Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 16,573 Referee: Tobias Welz |
| 29 September 2012 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–0 | Greuther Fürth | Leverkusen |
| 15:30 CEST | Sam 50', 62' | Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 25,798 Referee: Guido Winkmann |
| 6 October 2012 7 | Greuther Fürth | 0–1 | Hamburg | Fürth |
| 15:30 CEST | Report | 17' Son | Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer |
| 19 October 2012 8 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 3–3 | Greuther Fürth | Sinsheim |
| 20:30 CEST | Firmino 8' Joselu 67', 89' | Report | Stieber 39' Prib 84' Sobiech 90+3' | Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 22,150 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
| 27 October 2012 9 | Greuther Fürth | 1–1 | Werder Bremen | Fürth |
| 15:30 CEST | Edu 8' | Report | Petersen 44' | Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler |
| 2 November 2012 10 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–1 | Greuther Fürth | Frankfurt |
| 20:30 CET | Meier 1' | Report | Stieber 53' | Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 47,400 Referee: Markus Schmidt |
| 11 November 2012 11 | Greuther Fürth | 2–4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Fürth |
| 17:30 | Nehrig 10' (pen.) Kleine  12' Prib 43' Peković  78'  90+1' Mavraj 81' | Report (in German) | Wendt 22' Stranzl 51' Herrmann 57' Marx 90+2' (pen.) | Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann |
| 17 November 2012 12 | Borussia Dortmund | 3–1 | Greuther Fürth | Dortmund |
| 15:30 CET | Lewandowski 3', 15' (pen.) 12' Perišić 20' Götze 42' | Report (in German) | Stieber 5' Azemi 34' Schmidtgal 64' | Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 80,645 Referee: Jochen Drees |
| 24 November 2012 13 | Greuther Fürth | 0–0 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Fürth |
| 15:30 CET | Sararer 38' 71' Nehrig 63' Schmidtgal 88' | Report (in German) | Pinola 22' Feulner 35' Frantz 88' | Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Felix Brych |
| 27 November 2012 14 | Hannover 96 | 2–0 | Greuther Fürth | Hannover |
| 20:00 | Diouf 4' Eggimann 69'Schmiedebach 73' | Report | Kleine 76' | Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 32,300 Referee: Marco Fritz |
| 1 December 2012 15 | Greuther Fürth | 0–1 | VfB Stuttgart | Fürth |
| 15:30 CET | Nöthe 53' Peković 54' Kleine 69' Schmidtgal 69' Zillner 88' | Report (in German) | Ibišević  54' Okazaki 45' Traoré 51' Tasci 53' Kuzmanović 62' Ulreich 86' | Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 17,443 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer |
| 8 December 2012 16 | Freiburg | 1–0 | Greuther Fürth | Freiburg |
| 15:30 CET | Caligiuri 15' Sorg 47' Günter 84' | Report (in German) | Kleine 7' Asamoah 33' Baba 59' Nehrig 78' | Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 22,600 Referee: Knut Kircher |
| 15 December 2012 17 | Greuther Fürth | 1–1 | Augsburg | Fürth |
| 15:30 | Sobiech 69' | Report | Mölders 9' | Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 16,340 Referee: Felix Zwayer |
| 19 January 2013 18 | Bayern Munich | 2–0 | Greuther Fürth | München |
| 15:30 | Mandžukić 29', 61' | Report | Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 71,000 Referee: Markus Schmidt |
| 26 January 2013 19 | Greuther Fürth | 0–3 | Mainz 05 | Fürth |
| 15:30 | Report | Szalai 53', 84' Mallı 65' | Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 14,425 Referee: Marco Fritz |
| 2 February 2013 20 | Schalke 04 | 1–2 | Greuther Fürth | Gelsenkirchen |
| 15:30 | Bastos 47' | Report | Klaus 52' Đurđić 90 +2' | Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,693 Referee: Bastian Dankert |
| 9 February 2013 21 | Greuther Fürth | 0–1 | Wolfsburg | Fürth |
| 15:30 | Report | Dost 23' | Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 15,045 Referee: Guido Winkmann |
| 16 February 2013 22 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1–0 | Greuther Fürth | Düsseldorf |
| 15:30 | Bellinghausen 18' | Report | Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 37,378 Referee: Tobias Welz |
| 24 February 2013 23 | Greuther Fürth | 0–0 | Bayer Leverkusen | Fürth |
| 17:30 | Report | Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 14,635 Referee: Dr. Jochen Drees |
| 2 March 2013 24 | Hamburg | 1–1 | Greuther Fürth | Hamburg |
| 15:30 | Beister 21' | Report | Đurđić 14' | Stadium: Imtech-Arena Attendance: 47,206 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
| 9 March 2013 25 | Greuther Fürth | 0–3 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Fürth |
| 15:30 | Report | Firmino 10' Joselu 16'Weis 50' | Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 15,760 Referee: Knut Kircher |
| 16 March 2013 26 | Werder Bremen | 2–2 | Greuther Fürth | Bremen |
| 15:30 | Hunt 47', 70' | Report | Fürstner 55' Petsos 62' | Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 39,786 Referee: Markus Schmidt |
| 31 March 2013 27 | Greuther Fürth | 2–3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Fürth |
| 17:30 | Đurđić 2' Sararer 72' | Report | Inui 12' Aigner 58'Meier 68' | Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Dr. Jochen Drees |
| 6 April 2013 28 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–0 | Greuther Fürth | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 | De Jong 74' | Report | Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,206 Referee: Bastian Dankert |
| 13 April 2013 29 | Greuther Fürth | 1–6 | Borussia Dortmund | Fürth |
| 15:30 | Prib 71' | Report | Götze 12', 45' Gündoğan 15', 33'Błaszczykowski 29'Lewandowski 80' | Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Marco Fritz |
| 21 April 2013 30 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 0–1 | Greuther Fürth | Nürnberg |
| 17:30 | Report | Geis 27' | Stadium: Grundig-Stadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe |
| 26 April 2013 31 | Greuther Fürth | 2–3 | Hannover 96 | Fürth |
| 20:30 | Đurđić 41', 83' | Report | Abdellaoue 39' Hoffmann 71'Pinto 87' | Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 15,370 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer |
| 4 May 2013 32 | VfB Stuttgart | 0–2 | Greuther Fürth | Stuttgart |
| 15:30 | Report | Sakai 51' (og.) Azemi 89' | Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 48,300 Referee: Guido Winkmann |
| 11 May 2013 33 | Greuther Fürth | 1–2 | Freiburg | Fürth |
| 15:30 | Zimmermann 3' | Report | Schmid 69' Kruse 78' | Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 16,735 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
| 18 May 2013 34 | Augsburg | 3–1 | Greuther Fürth | Augsburg |
| 15:30 | Werner 30' Callsen-Bracker 55'Ji 75' | Report | Trinks 61' | Stadium: SGL Arena Attendance: 30,112 Referee: Tobias Welz |
DFB-Pokal
| 18 August 2012 1st Rnd | Kickers Offenbach | 2–0 | Greuther Fürth | Offenbach |
| 20:30 | Rathgeber 28' Bender 90' | Report | Stadium: Sparda Bank Hessen Stadium Attendance: 7,620 Referee: Christian Dingert |
Squad
Squad and statistics
| Squad Season 2012–13 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Player | Nat. | Birthday | at SVGF since | Previous club | League matches | League goals | Cup matches | Cup goals | |
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Wolfgang Hesl |  | 13 Jan 1986 | 2012 | Dynamo Dresden | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | Max Grün | | 5 Apr 1987 | 2009 | Bayern Munich | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 29 | Issa Ndoye |  | 12 Dec 1985 | 2012 | Volyn Lutsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Lasse Sobiech | | 18 Jan 1991 | 2012 | Borussia Dortmund | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Kevin Kraus | | 12 Aug 1992 | 2011 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Mërgim Mavraj (Captain)[4] |  | 9 Jun 1986 | 2011 | Bochum | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 6 | Heinrich Schmidtgal |  | 20 Nov 1985 | 2011 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Bernd Nehrig | | 28 Sep 1988 | 2007 | Stuttgart | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 15 | Michael Hefele | | 1 Sep 1990 | 2012 | Unterhaching | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | Baba Rahman |  | 2 Jul 1994 | 2012 | Asante Kotoko | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 19 | Thomas Kleine | | 28 Dec 1977 | 2010 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 30 | Johannes Geis | | 17 Aug 1993 | 2008 | Youth system | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | Matthias Zimmermann | | 16 Jun 1992 | 2012 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 8 | Stephan Fürstner | | 11 Sep 1987 | 2009 | Bayern Munich | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 | Sebastian Tyrala |  | 21 Jul 1989 | 2011 | Osnabrück | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 13 | Milorad Peković |  | 5 Aug 1977 | 2010 | Mainz 05 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Edgar Prib |  | 15 Dec 1989 | 2006 | Youth system | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 16 | Zoltán Stieber |  | 16 Oct 1988 | 2012 | Mainz 05 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | Thomas Pledl | | 23 May 1994 | 2012 | 1860 München | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | Robert Zillner | | 4 Aug 1985 | 2011 | Unterhaching | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | Thanos Petsos |  | 5 Jun 1991 | 2012 | Bayer Leverkusen | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 23 | Sercan Sararer |  | 27 Nov 1989 | 2000 | Youth system | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 27 | Florian Trinks | | 11 Mar 1992 | 2013 | Werder Bremen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | Park Jung-bin |  | 18 Sep 1986 | 2013 | Wolfsburg II | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | József Varga | | 6 June 1988 | 2013 | Debrecen | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 36 | Felix Klaus | | 13 Sep 1992 | 2007 | Youth system | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strikers | ||||||||||
| 9 | Christopher Nöthe | | 3 Jan 1988 | 2009 | Borussia Dortmund | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 11 | Gerald Asamoah | | 3 Oct 1978 | 2012 | St. Pauli | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 24 | Djiby Fall | | 20 Apr 1985 | 2012 | Lokeren | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | Edu |  | 30 Nov 1981 | 2012 | Schalke 04 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | Ilir Azemi |  | 21 Feb 1992 | 2007 | Youth system | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 | Nikola Đurđić |  | 1 Apr 1986 | 2013 | Helsingborg | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Players who left the club during the 2012-13 season | ||||||||||
| Tayfun Pektürk | | 13 May 1988 | 2010 | Eintracht Trier 05 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Last updated: 23 May 2013 | ||||||||||
Transfers
In
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK |  | Wolfgang Hesl | 26 | EU | Dynamo Dresden | Transfer | Summer | 2014 | Free | [5] |
| 2 | DF | | Lasse Sobiech | 21 | EU | Borussia Dortmund | Loan | Summer | 2013 | €100,000 | |
| 15 | DF | | Michael Hefele | 21 | EU | Unterhaching | Transfer | Summer | 2013 | Free | [6] |
| 16 | MF |  | Zoltán Stieber | 23 | EU | Mainz 05 | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | Free | [7] |
| 17 | MF | | Thomas Pledl | 18 | EU | 1860 München | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | Free | [8] |
| 18 | DF |  | Baba Rahman | 18 | Non-EU | Asante Kotoko | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Free | [9] |
| 22 | MF |  | Thanos Petsos | 21 | EU | Bayer Leverkusen | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | €50,000 | [10] |
| 24 | FW |  | Djiby Fall | 27 | Non-EU | Lokeren  | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | €800,000 | [11] |
| 27 | FW |  | Tobias Mikkelsen | 25 | EU | Nordsjælland | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | €500,000 | [12] |
| 29 | GK | | Issa Ndoye | 26 | Non-EU | Volyn Lutsk  | Transfer | Summer | 2013 | Free | [13] |
| 32 | FW |  | Edu | 30 | Non-EU | Schalke 04 | Loan | Summer | 2012 | ||
| FW |  | Frank Ohandza | 21 | Non-EU | Buriram  | Loan | Summer | 2013 | €50,000 | [14] |
Out
| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | DF | Fabian Baumgärtel | 23 | EU | Alemannia Aachen | Loan | Summer | [15] | |
| 3 | DF | Asen Karaslavov | 32 | EU | Botev Plovdiv | Released | Summer | [16] | |
| 5 | DF | Christian Dorda | 23 | EU | Heracles Almelo | Released | Summer | Free | |
| 9 | FW | Olivier Occéan | 30 | EU | Eintracht Frankfurt | Sold | Summer | €1,500,000 | [17] |
| 12 | FW | Kingsley Onuegbu | 26 | Non EU | Sandhausen | Loan | Summer | ||
| 16 | GK | Jasmin Fejzić | 26 | Non EU | VfR Aalen | Released | Summer | [18] | |
| 20 | FW | Dani Schahin | 23 | EU | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Released | Summer | Free | |
| 30 | GK | Franco Flückiger | 21 | EU | Hallescher FC | Released | Summer | [19] | |
| 40 | MF | Stephan Schröck | 26 | EU | 1899 Hoffenheim | Released | Summer | Free | [20] |
Sources
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