SpVgg Greuther Fürth
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Sportpark Ronhof | ||||
Capacity | 16,626[1] | |||
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President | Fred Höfler[citation needed] | |||
Head coach | Alexander Zorniger | |||
League | 2. Bundesliga | |||
2022–23 | 2. Bundesliga, 12th of 18 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Spielvereinigung Greuther Fürth (German pronunciation: [ˈʃpiːlfɛɐ̯ˌʔaɪnɪɡʊŋ ˌɡʁɔɪ̯tɐ ˈfʏʁt]), commonly known as Greuther Fürth (German pronunciation: [ˌɡʁɔɪ̯tɐ ˈfʏʁt] ⓘ), 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;[2] they were relegated back to the 2. Bundesliga at the end of the season. On 23 May 2021, they[vague] were promoted back to the Bundesliga for the second time.[3] Upon placing 18th in the Bundesliga table in the 2021–22 season, they were relegated back to 2. Bundesliga.
History
Spielvereinigung Fürth
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.[4] 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.[5]The club grew rapidly, and by 1914, it had 3,000 members and was the largest sports club in Germany.[citation needed] When the club built their own stadium, Sportpark Ronhof, in 1910, it was the biggest stadium in Germany at the time.
National champions
Fürth won their first national title, the
The team had a solid[vague] 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.[according to whom?] The rivalry between the two clubs was such that a star[tone] player with SpVgg was forced to leave after he married a woman from the city of Nuremberg.[citation needed] 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,[tone] 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
Postwar play
After the war, the team struggled through three seasons in the
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
TSV Vestenbergsgreuth
Meanwhile, the small village team of TSV Vestenbergsgreuth was established 1 February 1974 and debuted as a fourth division side.
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
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.[vague] The club also set an infamous[according to whom?] record by becoming the first club in Bundesliga history to not win a single home game during the regular season.[9] 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.[
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.[11]
SpVgg Greuther Fürth II
Fürth also fields a strong[according to whom?] reserve side which has played in the Oberliga Bayern (IV) since the 2001–02 season and finished second there in 2006–07.[citation needed] A second place in 2007–08 meant the team was qualified to play in the Regionalliga Süd in 2008–09.
Rivals
1. FC Nürnberg is by far the SpVgg's biggest rival,[
Honours
League
- German championship
- Champions: 1914, 1926, 1929[citation needed]
- 2. Bundesliga
- Champions: 2011–12[citation needed]
- Landesliga Bayern-Mitte (IV)
- Champions: 1990–91[citation needed]
Cup
- German Indoor Cup
- Winner: 2000[citation needed]
Regional
- Southern German championship
- Champions: 1914, 1923, 1931[citation needed]
- Ostkreis-Liga(I)
- Champions: 1912, 1913, 1914, 1917[citation needed]
- Kreisliga Nordbayern(I)
- Champions: 1922, 1923[citation needed]
- Bezirksliga Nordbayern(I)
- Champions: 1927–28, 1929–30, 1930–31[citation needed]
- Gauliga Bayern (I)
- Champions: 1934–35[citation needed]
- Oberliga Süd(I)
- Champions: 1949–50[citation needed]
- Southern German Cup
- Winner: 1918, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927 (record)[citation needed]
- Mittelfranken Cup (Tiers III-VII)
- Winner: 1990, 1991, 1996, 1997[citation needed]
- Runners-up: 1989[citation needed]
Invitational
- Tournoi de Pentecôte de Paris
- Winner: 1925[13]
Youth team
- Bavarian Under 19 championship
- Champions: 2003[citation needed]
- Bavarian Under 17 championship
- Champions: 2001, 2008[citation needed]
- Bavarian Under 15 championship
- Champions: 2004[citation needed]
Recent coaches
List of club's coach since 1974:[14]
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Name | From | Until |
Alfred Hoffmann | 1 July 1974 | 30 June 1975 |
Hans Cieslarczyk | 1 July 1975 | 30 June 1977 |
Hannes Baldauf | 1 July 1977 | 30 June 1980 |
Dieter Schulte | 1 July 1980 | 28 February 1981 |
Heinz Lucas | 1 March 1981 | 30 June 1981 |
Hans-Dieter Roos | 1 July 1981 | 15 November 1981 |
Lothar Kleim | 23 November 1981 | 30 June 1982 |
Franz Brungs | 1 July 1982 | 30 June 1983 |
Günter Gerling | 1 July 1983 | 30 June 1986 |
Lothar Kleim | 1 July 1986 | 28 February 1987 |
Paul Hesselbach | 1 March 1987 | 30 June 1989 |
Günter Gerling | 1 July 1989 | 9 April 1995 |
Bertram Beierlorzer | 10 April 1995 | 30 June 1996 |
Armin Veh | 1 July 1996 | 30 June 1997 |
Benno Möhlmann | 15 October 1997 | 21 October 2000 |
Paul Hesselbach | 22 October 2000 | 19 November 2000 |
Uwe Erkenbrecher | 20 November 2000 | 30 August 2001 |
Name | From | Until |
Paul Hesselbach (interim) | 1 September 2001 | 29 October 2001 |
Eugen Hach | 30 October 2001 | 5 November 2003 |
Werner Dreßel (interim) | 6 November 2003 | 29 December 2003 |
Thomas Kost | 30 December 2003 | 16 February 2004 |
Benno Möhlmann | 18 February 2004 | 30 June 2007 |
Bruno Labbadia | 1 July 2007 | 30 June 2008 |
Benno Möhlmann | 1 July 2008 | 20 December 2009 |
Mike Büskens | 27 December 2009 | 20 February 2013 |
Ludwig Preis (interim) | 21 February 2013 | 11 March 2013 |
Frank Kramer | 12 March 2013 | 23 February 2015 |
Mike Büskens | 23 February 2015 | 28 May 2015 |
Stefan Ruthenbeck | 12 June 2015 | 21 November 2016 |
Janos Radoki
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21 November 2016 | 28 August 2017 |
Mirko Dickhaut (interim) | 28 August 2017 | 9 September 2017 |
Damir Burić | 9 September 2017 | 4 February 2019 |
Stefan Leitl | 5 February 2019 | 30 June 2022 |
Marc Schneider | 1 July 2022 | 15 October 2022 |
Alexander Zorniger | 23 October 2022 | Present |
Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[15][16]
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SpVgg Greuther Fürth
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SpVgg Greuther Fürth II
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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.[citation needed]
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Players
Current squad
- As of 31 January 2024[17]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Notable former players
- Karl Mai, earned 21 caps for Germany and played in the 1954 World Cup[citation needed]
- Herbert Erhardt earned 50 caps for Germany and played in the World Cups 1954, 1958 and 1962[citation needed]
- Julius Hirsch, earned 7 caps for Germany and played in the 1912 Summer Olympics; killed during the Holocaust[citation needed]
- Heiko Westermann, German international player[citation needed]
- Roberto Hilbert, German international player[citation needed]
- Rachid Azzouzi, played for Morocco in the World Cups 1994 and 1998[citation needed]
- Gerald Asamoah, German international player[citation needed]
- Nicolai Müller, German international player[citation needed]
- Abdul Rahman Baba, Ghana international player[citation needed]
- Stephan Schröck, captain of the Philippines national team[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
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.[18] Kissinger was an honorary member of SpVgg, and for decades he kept himself informed about match results and held contact to the club.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Sportpark Ronhof | Thomas Sommer". sgf1903.de (in German). Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Greuter Fürth set to begin first-division debut". Deutsche Welle. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ "Bochum und Fürth steigen auf – Kiel gegen Köln – BTSV abgestiegen". kicker (in German). Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ ISBN 3-89784-147-9.
- ^ Burt, Mathew (12 September 2023). "Rivals: 1. FC Nürnberg v SpVgg Greuther Fürth". Bundesliga Fanatic. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ Soccer Under the Swastika; Stories of Survival and Resistance During the Holocaust
- ^ "Remembering the cream of Jewish footballing talent killed in the Holocaust". The Guardian. 6 May 2019.
- ^ "100 Jahre Meister: Das längste Spiel" (in German). weltfussball.de. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
- ^ "Runs, records and retirement". FIFA. 15 May 2013. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ^ "Ewige Tabelle". weltfussball.de. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
- ^ "Greuther Fürth: Welcome back to the Bundesliga!". bundesliga.com. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ "Die Geschichte des Frankenderbys" (in German). Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archivedfrom the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "SpVgg Greuther Fürth " Trainer von A-Z" (in German). Weltfussball.de. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
- ^ "Historical German domestic league tables" (in German). Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv.
- ^ "Ergebnisse" (in German). Fussball.de. Tables and results of all German football leagues
- ^ "2020 | 2021" (in German). SpVgg Greuther Fürth. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ Mayer-Lodge, Christopher (2 January 2013). "Fürth's most famous ambassador". Bundesliga official site. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
External links
- Official website (in German)
- Website with chronicle (in German)