2012–13 SpVgg Greuther Fürth season

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.

Greuther Fürth
2012–13 season
ManagerLouis Price
StadiumTrolli Arena, Fürth, Germany
Bundesliga18th
DFB-Pokal1st Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Nikola Đurđić (5)
All: Nikola Đurđić (5)
Highest home attendance18,000 (in 8 matches)
Lowest home attendance14,425 (vs. Mainz 05, 26 January 2013)
Average home league attendance16,842

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 Juni 2012 Sylvia Ebersdorf0 10Greuther FürthEbersdorf
Report Azemi
Nöthe
Onuegbu
Klaus
Sararer
Stadium: Am Hügelsee
4 July 2012 Oberkotzau1 10Greuther FürthOberkotzau
Report Onuegbu
Nöthe
Tyrała
Klaus
Pektürk
Azemi
Attendance: 2.000
7 July 2012 TSV Bergrheinfeld1 17Greuther FürthBergrheinfeld
15:00 Report Nöthe
Sararer
Asamoah
Nehrig
Petsos
Onuegbu
Tyrała
Pektürk
Peković
Sobiech
Klaus
Hefele
Own Goal
Stadium: Sportheim Bergrheinfeld
14 July 2012 TSV Höchstadt0 18Greuther FürthHöchstadt
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
30 July 2012 Greuther Fürth3 2AkhisarsporMiesbach
18:30 Peković  30'
Azemi  50'
Prib  50'
Report Attendance: 250
3 August 2012 1912 Markt Weiltingen0 14Greuther FürthWeiltingen
Report Azemi
Klaus
Stieber
Geis
Peković
Asamoah
Stadium: Hauptplatz TV Markt Weiltingen
8 August 2012 ASV Zirndorf0 9Greuther FürthZirndorf
18:30 Report Azemi
Mikkelsen
Onuegbu
Baba
Stieber
Asamoah
Stadium: Willi-Knapp-Sportanlage
Attendance: 1.300
10 August 2012 Greuther Fürth1 1Stoke CityFürth
18:30 Nehrig  40' Report  3' Kightly Stadium: Trolli Arena
Attendance: 3,750
28 August 2012 Greuther Fürth2 1Dubai Sports ClubFürth
16:00 Pledl  18'
Onuegbu  73'
Report Stadium: Auf der Tulpe

Bundesliga

25 August 2012 (2012-08-25) 1Greuther Fürth0–3Bayern MunichFürth
15:30 CEST Report  43' Müller
 59' Mandžukić
 78' Robben
Stadium: Trolli Arena
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
31 August 2012 (2012-08-31) 2Mainz 050–1Greuther FürthMainz
20:30 CEST Report  67' Klaus Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 28,237
Referee: Tobias Stieler
15 September 2012 (2012-09-15) 3Greuther Fürth0–2Schalke 04Fürth
18:30 CEST Report  48' Draxler
 86' Holtby
Stadium: Trolli Arena
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Florian Meyer
22 September 2012 (2012-09-22) 4VfL Wolfsburg1–1Greuther FürthWolfsburg
15:30 CEST Olić  42' Report  27' (o.g.) Pogatetz Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 25,552
Referee: Markus Schmidt
25 September 2012 (2012-09-25) 5Greuther Fürth0–2Fortuna DüsseldorfFürth
20:00 CEST Report  26' Fink
 33' Ilsø
Stadium: Trolli Arena
Attendance: 16,573
Referee: Tobias Welz
29 September 2012 (2012-09-29) 6Bayer Leverkusen2–0Greuther FürthLeverkusen
15:30 CEST Sam  50', 62' Report Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 25,798
Referee: Guido Winkmann
6 October 2012 (2012-10-06) 7Greuther Fürth0–1HamburgFürth
15:30 CEST Report  17' Son Stadium: Trolli Arena
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
19 October 2012 (2012-10-19) 81899 Hoffenheim3–3Greuther FürthSinsheim
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 (2012-10-27) 9Greuther Fürth1–1Werder BremenFürth
15:30 CEST Edu  8' Report Petersen  44' Stadium: Trolli Arena
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Tobias Stieler
2 November 2012 (2012-11-02) 10Eintracht Frankfurt1–1Greuther FürthFrankfurt
20:30 CET Meier  1' Report Stieber  53' Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 47,400
Referee: Markus Schmidt
11 November 2012 (2012-11-11) 11Greuther Fürth2–4Borussia MönchengladbachFürth
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 (2012-11-17) 12Borussia Dortmund3–1Greuther FürthDortmund
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 (2012-11-24) 13Greuther Fürth0–01. FC NürnbergFürth
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 (2012-11-27) 14Hannover 962–0Greuther FürthHannover
20:00 Diouf  4'
Eggimann  69'
Schmiedebach  73'
Report Kleine  76' Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 32,300
Referee: Marco Fritz
1 December 2012 (2012-12-01) 15Greuther Fürth0–1VfB StuttgartFürth
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 (2012-12-08) 16Freiburg1–0Greuther FürthFreiburg
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 (2012-12-15) 17Greuther Fürth1–1AugsburgFürth
15:30 Sobiech  69' Report Mölders  9' Stadium: Trolli Arena
Attendance: 16,340
Referee: Felix Zwayer
19 January 2013 (2013-01-19) 18Bayern Munich2–0Greuther FürthMünchen
15:30 Mandžukić  29', 61' Report Stadium: Allianz-Arena
Attendance: 71,000
Referee: Markus Schmidt
26 January 2013 (2013-01-26) 19Greuther Fürth0–3Mainz 05Fürth
15:30 Report Szalai  53', 84'
Mallı  65'
Stadium: Trolli Arena
Attendance: 14,425
Referee: Marco Fritz
2 February 2013 (2013-02-02) 20Schalke 041–2Greuther FürthGelsenkirchen
15:30 Bastos  47' Report Klaus  52'
Đurđić  90 +2'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 60,693
Referee: Bastian Dankert
9 February 2013 (2013-02-09) 21Greuther Fürth0–1WolfsburgFürth
15:30 Report Dost  23' Stadium: Trolli Arena
Attendance: 15,045
Referee: Guido Winkmann
16 February 2013 (2013-02-16) 22Fortuna Düsseldorf1–0Greuther FürthDüsseldorf
15:30 Bellinghausen  18' Report Stadium: Esprit Arena
Attendance: 37,378
Referee: Tobias Welz
24 February 2013 (2013-02-24) 23Greuther Fürth0–0Bayer LeverkusenFürth
17:30 Report Stadium: Trolli Arena
Attendance: 14,635
Referee: Dr. Jochen Drees
2 March 2013 (2013-03-02) 24Hamburg1–1Greuther FürthHamburg
15:30 Beister  21' Report Đurđić  14' Stadium: Imtech-Arena
Attendance: 47,206
Referee: Daniel Siebert
9 March 2013 (2013-03-09) 25Greuther Fürth0–31899 HoffenheimFürth
15:30 Report Firmino  10'
Joselu  16'
Weis  50'
Stadium: Trolli Arena
Attendance: 15,760
Referee: Knut Kircher
16 March 2013 (2013-03-16) 26Werder Bremen2–2Greuther FürthBremen
15:30 Hunt  47', 70' Report Fürstner  55'
Petsos  62'
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 39,786
Referee: Markus Schmidt
31 March 2013 (2013-03-31) 27Greuther Fürth2–3Eintracht FrankfurtFürth
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 (2013-04-06) 28Borussia Mönchengladbach1–0Greuther FürthMönchengladbach
15:30 De Jong  74' Report Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park
Attendance: 50,206
Referee: Bastian Dankert
13 April 2013 (2013-04-13) 29Greuther Fürth1–6Borussia DortmundFürth
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 (2013-04-21) 301. FC Nürnberg0–1Greuther FürthNürnberg
17:30 Report Geis  27' Stadium: Grundig-Stadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
26 April 2013 (2013-04-26) 31Greuther Fürth2–3Hannover 96Fürth
20:30 Đurđić  41', 83' Report Abdellaoue  39'
Hoffmann  71'
Pinto  87'
Stadium: Trolli Arena
Attendance: 15,370
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
4 May 2013 (2013-05-04) 32VfB Stuttgart0–2Greuther FürthStuttgart
15:30 Report Sakai  51' (og.)
Azemi  89'
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz-Arena
Attendance: 48,300
Referee: Guido Winkmann
11 May 2013 (2013-05-11) 33Greuther Fürth1–2FreiburgFürth
15:30 Zimmermann  3' Report Schmid  69'
Kruse  78'
Stadium: Trolli Arena
Attendance: 16,735
Referee: Daniel Siebert
18 May 2013 (2013-05-18) 34Augsburg3–1Greuther FürthAugsburg
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 (2012-08-18) 1st RndKickers Offenbach2–0Greuther FürthOffenbach
20:30 Rathgeber  28'
Bender  90'
Report Stadium: Sparda Bank Hessen Stadium
Attendance: 7,620
Referee: Christian Dingert

Squad

Squad and statistics

As of 23 May 2013[3]

Squad Season 2012–13
No.PlayerNat.Birthdayat SVGF sincePrevious clubLeague matchesLeague goalsCup matchesCup goals
Goalkeepers
1Wolfgang Hesl13 Jan 19862012Dynamo Dresden15000
26Max Grün5 Apr 19872009Bayern Munich17010
29Issa Ndoye12 Dec 19852012Volyn Lutsk0000
Defenders
2Lasse Sobiech18 Jan 19912012Borussia Dortmund22200
4Kevin Kraus12 Aug 19922011Eintracht Frankfurt1000
5Mërgim Mavraj (Captain)[4]9 Jun 19862011Bochum31010
6Heinrich Schmidtgal20 Nov 19852011Rot-Weiß Oberhausen18000
7Bernd Nehrig28 Sep 19882007Stuttgart25110
15Michael Hefele1 Sep 19902012Unterhaching1000
18Baba Rahman2 Jul 19942012Asante Kotoko19010
19Thomas Kleine28 Dec 19772010Borussia Mönchengladbach21010
30Johannes Geis17 Aug 19932008Youth system6100
38Matthias Zimmermann16 Jun 19922012Borussia Mönchengladbach13100
Midfielders
8Stephan Fürstner11 Sep 19872009Bayern Munich29110
10Sebastian Tyrala21 Jul 19892011Osnabrück1010
13Milorad Peković5 Aug 19772010Mainz 0518000
14Edgar Prib15 Dec 19892006Youth system26310
16Zoltán Stieber16 Oct 19882012Mainz 0516300
17Thomas Pledl23 May 199420121860 München6000
21Robert Zillner4 Aug 19852011Unterhaching6000
22Thanos Petsos5 Jun 19912012Bayer Leverkusen13110
23Sercan Sararer27 Nov 19892000Youth system22110
27Florian Trinks11 Mar 19922013Werder Bremen2100
32Park Jung-bin18 Sep 19862013Wolfsburg II9000
34József Varga6 June 19882013Debrecen6000
36Felix Klaus13 Sep 19922007Youth system23200
Strikers
9Christopher Nöthe3 Jan 19882009Borussia Dortmund13010
11Gerald Asamoah3 Oct 19782012St. Pauli17010
24Djiby Fall20 Apr 19852012Lokeren2000
32Edu30 Nov 19812012Schalke 0410100
33Ilir Azemi21 Feb 19922007Youth system18000
40Nikola Đurđić1 Apr 19862013Helsingborg14500
Players who left the club during the 2012-13 season
Tayfun Pektürk13 May 19882010Eintracht Trier 053000
Last updated: 23 May 2013

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