2017–18 SpVgg Greuther Fürth season

The 2017–18 SpVgg Gr. Fürth season is the 115th season in the football club's history and 5th consecutive season in the second division of German football, the 2. Bundesliga and 29th overall. In addition to the league business, the Kleeblätter also are participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. They play in their 118th consecutive year in their stadium, Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer, while ongoing redevelopment of the main stand is in progress since 2016.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth

2017–18 season
President	Helmut Hack
Stadium	Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer
2. Bundesliga	–
DFB-Pokal	Round 2
Home colours Away colours

Players

Squad information

As of 1 September 2017[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Marius Funk 2 DF  GER Stephen Sama 3 DF  GER Maximilian Wittek 4 DF  AUT Lukas Gugganig 5 DF  SWE Richard Magyar 7 MF  GER Levent Ayçiçek 8 FW  USA Julian Green 9 FW  GER Serdar Dursun 10 MF  ALB Jurgen Gjasula 11 FW  GER Philipp Hofmann 13 DF  GER Marco Caligiuri 14 MF  CIV Mathis Bolly 15 MF  GER Sebastian Ernst 16 MF  HUN Ádám Pintér

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  ESP Manuel Torres 18 MF  GER Benedikt Kirsch 21 DF  GER Khaled Narey 22 DF  CRO Mario Maloča 23 MF  TUR Sercan Sararer 24 GK  HUN Balazs Megyeri 25 GK  GER Timo Königsmann 29 MF  GER Tolcay Cigerci 30 GK  GER Sascha Burchert 31 FW  GER Daniel Steininger 33 FW  SVN Nik Omladič 35 DF  GER Dominik Schad 39 MF  GER David Raum 40 MF  GER Patrick Sontheimer

Transfers

Summer

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  GER Maximilian Wittek (from TSV 1860 Munich) [2] 5 DF  SWE Richard Magyar (from Hammarby Fotboll) [3] 11 FW  GER Philipp Hofmann (from Brentford F.C.) [4] 15 MF  GER Sebastian Ernst (from Würzburger Kickers) [5] 17 MF  ESP Manuel Torres (from Karlsruher SC) [6] 25 GK  GER Timo Königsmann (from Hannover 96) [3] 33 MF  SVN Nik Omladič (from Eintracht Braunschweig) [7] 22 DF  CRO Mario Maloča (on loan from Lechia Gdańsk) [8] 7 MF  GER Levent Ayçiçek (from Werder Bremen) — FW  USA Julian Green (on loan from VfB Stuttgart)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Sebastian Mielitz (to SønderjyskE Fodbold) [9] 5 DF  GER Nicolai Rapp (loan return to 1899 Hoffenheim) [10] 7 DF  GER Niko Gießelmann (to Fortuna Düsseldorf) [11] 17 MF  NOR Zlatko Tripić (released) [12] 20 MF  AUT Robert Žulj (to 1899 Hoffenheim) [13] 33 FW  KVX Ilir Azemi (released) [12] 25 MF  SLE George Davies (to SKN St. Pölten, previously on loan to Floridsdorfer AC) [14] 19 FW  NOR Veton Berisha (to Rapid Wien)

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendly matches

SpVgg Ansbach v SpVgg Fürth

24 June 2017	SpVgg Ansbach	5–2	SpVgg Fürth	Ansbach
16:00	Kroiß  6', 49', Landshuter  17', Hammeter  75', 82'	report	Hofmann  39', Serdar Dursun  51'	Stadium: Xaver-Bertsch-Sportpark Attendance: 800 Referee: unknown

SpVgg Fürth v VfR Aalen

25 June 2017	SpVgg Fürth	1–2	VfR Aalen	Veitsbronn
16:00	Hofmann  12'	report	Trianni  22', Wegkamp  82'	Stadium: Sportplatz Hamesbuck Attendance: 500 Referee: unknown

SpVgg Fürth v FSV Zwickau

29 June 2017	SpVgg Fürth	3–0	FSV Zwickau	Fürth
18:00	Berisha  15', Narey  32', Cigerci  78'	report		Stadium: Training ground SpVgg Fürth Attendance: 0 Referee: unknown

SpVgg Fürth v Viktoria Plzen

11 July 2017	SpVgg Fürth	5–1	Viktoria Plzen	Westendorf
18:00	Serdar Dursun  14', 17', 50', Omladic  40', Ernst  60'	report	Kopic  58'	Stadium: Waldstadion Westendorf Attendance: 0 Referee: unknown

ASV Zirndorf v SpVgg Fürth

14 July 2017	ASV Zirndorf	0–9	SpVgg Fürth	Zirndorf
18:30	Serdar Dursun  2', 7', 59', 72' (83), Ernst  64', 65', Sontheimer  10', Scheuchenpflug  84'	report		Stadium: Sportplatz Zirndorf Attendance: 1000 Referee: unknown

SpVgg Fürth v FSV Mainz 05

20 July 2017	SpVgg Fürth	0–0	FSV Mainz 05	Heimstetten
18:00		report		Stadium: Sportpark Heimstetten Attendance: 1000 Referee: unknown

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2017–18 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
13	1. FC Heidenheim	34	11	9	14	50	56	−6	42
14	Dynamo Dresden	34	11	8	15	42	52	−10	41
15	Greuther Fürth	34	10	10	14	37	48	−11	40
16	Erzgebirge Aue (O)	34	10	10	14	35	49	−14	40	Qualification to relegation play-offs
17	Eintracht Braunschweig (R)	34	8	15	11	37	43	−6	39	Relegation to 3. Liga

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

Matches

SV Darmstadt 98 v Greuther Fürth

29 July 2017 1	SV Darmstadt 98	1–0	Greuther Fürth	Darmstadt
15:30	Sulu  56'	report		Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 16,100 Referee: Sören Storks

Greuther Fürth v Arminia Bielefeld

6 August 2017 2	Greuther Fürth	1–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Fürth
15:30	Omladic  72'	report	Staude  38' Klos  44'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 9,070 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

Holstein Kiel v Greuther Fürth

20 August 2017 3	Holstein Kiel	3–1	Greuther Fürth	Kiel
13:30	Ducksch  20' Schmidt  32' Drexler  76'	report	Gjasula  12'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 8,535 Referee: Markus Schmidt

Greuther Fürth v FC Ingolstadt

25 August 2017 4	Greuther Fürth	0–1	FC Ingolstadt	Fürth
18:30		report	Kittel  55'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 8,655 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Dynamo Dresden v Greuther Fürth

8 September 2017 5	Dynamo Dresden	1–1	Greuther Fürth	Dresden
18:30	Heise  36'	report	Hofmann  82'	Stadium: DDV-Stadion Attendance: 28,016 Referee: Martin Thomsen (Kleve)

Greuther Fürth v Fortuna Düsseldorf

17 September 2017 6	Greuther Fürth	3–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Fürth
13:30	Dursun  35'  63' Caligiuri  44'	report	Gießelmann  62'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 8,535 Referee: Martin Petersen

Eintracht Braunschweig v Greuther Fürth

20 September 2017 (2017-09-20) 7	Eintracht Braunschweig	3–0	Greuther Fürth	Braunschweig
18:30	Nyman  22' Baffo  28' Kumbela  79'	Report		Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 18,785 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

Greuther Fürth v 1. FC Nürnberg

24 September 2017 (2017-09-24) 8	Greuther Fürth	1–3	1. FC Nürnberg	Fürth
13:30	Gjasula  79' (pen.)	Report	Ishak  9' Teuchert  58' Behrens  90+3'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 13,550 Referee: Felix Zwayer

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Greuther Fürth

29 September 2017 (2017-09-29) 9	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–0	Greuther Fürth	Kaiserslautern
18:30	Andersson  71', 74', 80'	Report		Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 19,179 Referee: Sören Storks

Greuther Fürth v Erzgebirge Aue

15 October 2017 (2017-10-15) 10	Greuther Fürth	2–1	Erzgebirge Aue	Fürth
13:30	Narey  40' Steininger  87'	Report	Bunjaku  78'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 9,510 Referee: René Rohde

1. FC Union Berlin v Greuther Fürth

21 October 2017 (2017-10-21) 11	1. FC Union Berlin	3–1	Greuther Fürth	Berlin
13:00	Kurzweg  3' Gogia  41' Hedlund  76'	Report	Wittek  57'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 21,344 Referee: Martin Petersen

DFB-Pokal

SV Morlautern v SpVgg Fürth

13 August 2017 (2017-08-13) R1	SV Morlautern	0–5	SpVgg Fürth	Pirmasens[note 1]
15:30		Report	Hofmann  16', 18' Raum  58' Dursun  85' Ernst  86'	Stadium: Sportpark Husterhöhe Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Robert Kempter

SpVgg Fürth v FC Ingolstadt

24 October 2017 (2017-10-24) R2	SpVgg Fürth	1–3	FC Ingolstadt	Fürth
20:45	Raum  46' Ayçiçek  72'	Report	Sekine  27' Cohen  48' (pen.)  51' Morales  71'  87' Gaus  73' Lex  83'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 4,925 Referee: Harm Osmers

1. The match took place at the Sportpark Husterhöhe in Pirmasens instead of SV Morlautern's home stadium.

References

1. "Der aktuelle Spielerkader der Profimannschaft" (in German). SpVgg Gr. Fürth. Archived from the original on 2015-11-13. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
2. "Auch Ernst und Wittek schließen sich Fürth an" [Also Ernst and Wittek join Fürth] (in German). kicker. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
3. "Zwei Neuzugänge: Fürth bastelt an der Zukunft" [Two new additions: Fürth is working on the future] (in German). kicker. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
4. ""Gardemaß": Fürth holt Sturmtank Hofmann" ["Gardemaß": Fürth gets Sturmtank Hofmann] (in German). kicker. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
5. "Auch Ernst schließt sich Greuther Fürth an" [Ernst also joined forces with Greuther Fürth] (in German). kicker. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
6. ""Viel Dynamik": Fürth holt Torres" ["A lot of dynamism": Fürth gets Torres] (in German). kicker. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
7. ""Richtig gutes Gefühl": Omladic landet in Fürth" ["Really good feeling": Omladic lands in Fürth] (in German). kicker. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
8. "Fürth leiht Maloca aus" [Furth lends Maloca] (in German). kicker. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
9. "Mielitz wechselt zu SönderjyskE nach Dänemark" [Mielitz moves to SönderjyskE to Denmark] (in German). kicker. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
10. "Hoffenheims Rapp hat für Aue den "optimalen Mix"" [Hoffenheims Rapp has for "Aue" the "optimal mix"] (in German). kicker. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
11. "Gießelmann wechselt von Fürth nach Düsseldorf" [Gießelmann moves from Fürth to Düsseldorf] (in German). kicker. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
12. "Fürth: Azemi, Tripic und Mielitz müssen gehen" [Fürth: Azemi, Tripic and Mielitz have to leave] (in German). kicker. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
13. "Hoffenheim verpflichtet Zulj aus Fürth" [Hoffenheim commits to Zulj from Fürth] (in German). kicker. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
14. "Davies heuert in St. Pölten an" [Davies hires in St. Pölten] (in German). kicker. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.