2012–13 SpVgg Greuther Fürth season
2012–13 season | ||||
Manager | Louis Price | |||
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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 | |||
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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.
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 Ebersdorf | 0 – 10 | Greuther Fürth | Ebersdorf |
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Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Am Hügelsee |
4 July 2012 | Oberkotzau | 1 – 10 | Greuther Fürth | Oberkotzau |
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Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2.000 |
7 July 2012 | TSV Bergrheinfeld | 1 – 17 | Greuther Fürth | Bergrheinfeld |
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15:00 | Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Sportheim Bergrheinfeld |
10 July 2012 | Eintracht Bamberg | 1 – 5 | Greuther Fürth | Bamberg |
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18:30 | Deptalla ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Fuchs-Park-Stadion Attendance: 1.750 |
14 July 2012 | TSV Höchstadt | 0 – 18 | Greuther Fürth | Höchstadt |
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Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 2.000 |
24 July 2012 | Unterhaching | 0 – 5 | Greuther Fürth | Ingolstadt |
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18:00 | Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
28 July 2012 | Greuther Fürth | 2 – 1 | Sivasspor | Walchsee |
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Tyrała ![]() Nehrig ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
30 July 2012 | Greuther Fürth | 3 – 2 | Akhisarspor | Miesbach |
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18:30 | Peković ![]() Azemi ![]() Prib ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 250 |
2 August 2012 | Greuther Fürth | 0 – 1 | Trabzonspor | Rosenheim |
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Report | ![]() |
Attendance: 800 |
3 August 2012 | 1912 Markt Weiltingen | 0 – 14 | Greuther Fürth | Weiltingen |
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Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Hauptplatz TV Markt Weiltingen |
8 August 2012 | ASV Zirndorf | 0 – 9 | Greuther Fürth | Zirndorf |
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18:30 | Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Willi-Knapp-Sportanlage Attendance: 1.300 |
10 August 2012 | Greuther Fürth | 1 – 1 | Stoke City | Fürth |
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18:30 | Nehrig ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 3,750 |
28 August 2012 | Greuther Fürth | 2 – 1 | Dubai Sports Club | Fürth |
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16:00 | Pledl ![]() Onuegbu ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Stadium: Auf der Tulpe |
Bundesliga
25 August 2012 1 | Greuther Fürth | 0–3 | Bayern Munich | Fürth |
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15:30 CEST | Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann |
31 August 2012 2 | Mainz 05 | 0–1 | Greuther Fürth | Mainz |
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20:30 CEST | Report | ![]() |
Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 28,237 Referee: Tobias Stieler |
15 September 2012 3 | Greuther Fürth | 0–2 | Schalke 04 | Fürth |
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18:30 CEST | Report | ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Florian Meyer |
22 September 2012 4 | Wolfsburg | 1–1 | Greuther Fürth | Wolfsburg |
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15:30 CEST | Olić ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,552 Referee: Markus Schmidt |
25 September 2012 5 | Greuther Fürth | 0–2 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Fürth |
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20:00 CEST | Report | ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 16,573 Referee: Tobias Welz |
29 September 2012 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–0 | Greuther Fürth | Leverkusen |
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15:30 CEST | Sam ![]() |
Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 25,798 Referee: Guido Winkmann |
6 October 2012 7 | Greuther Fürth | 0–1 | Hamburg | Fürth |
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15:30 CEST | Report | ![]() |
Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer |
19 October 2012 8 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 3–3 | Greuther Fürth | Sinsheim |
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20:30 CEST | Firmino ![]() Joselu ![]() |
Report | Stieber ![]() Prib ![]() Sobiech ![]() |
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 22,150 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
27 October 2012 9 | Greuther Fürth | 1–1 | Werder Bremen | Fürth |
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15:30 CEST | Edu ![]() |
Report | Petersen ![]() |
Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler |
2 November 2012 10 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–1 | Greuther Fürth | Frankfurt |
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20:30 CET | Meier ![]() |
Report | Stieber ![]() |
Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 47,400 Referee: Markus Schmidt |
11 November 2012 11 | Greuther Fürth | 2–4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Fürth |
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17:30 | Nehrig ![]() Kleine ![]() Prib ![]() Peković ![]() ![]() ![]() Mavraj ![]() |
Report (German) | Wendt ![]() Stranzl ![]() Herrmann ![]() Marx ![]() |
Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann |
17 November 2012 12 | Borussia Dortmund | 3–1 | Greuther Fürth | Dortmund |
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15:30 CET | Lewandowski ![]() ![]() Perišić ![]() Götze ![]() |
Report (German) | Stieber ![]() Azemi ![]() Schmidtgal ![]() |
Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 80,645 Referee: Jochen Drees |
24 November 2012 13 | Greuther Fürth | 0–0 | Nürnberg | Fürth |
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15:30 CET | Sararer ![]() ![]() ![]() Nehrig ![]() Schmidtgal ![]() |
Report (German) | Pinola ![]() Feulner ![]() Frantz ![]() |
Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Felix Brych |
27 November 2012 14 | Hannover 96 | 2–0 | Greuther Fürth | Hannover |
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20:00 | Diouf ![]() Eggimann ![]() Schmiedebach ![]() |
Report | Kleine ![]() |
Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 32,300 Referee: Marco Fritz |
1 December 2012 15 | Greuther Fürth | 0–1 | Stuttgart | Fürth |
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15:30 CET | Nöthe ![]() Peković ![]() Kleine ![]() Schmidtgal ![]() Zillner ![]() |
Report (German) | Ibišević ![]() ![]() Okazaki ![]() Traoré ![]() Tasci ![]() Kuzmanović ![]() Ulreich ![]() |
Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 17,443 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer |
8 December 2012 16 | Freiburg | 1–0 | Greuther Fürth | Freiburg |
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15:30 CET | Caligiuri ![]() Sorg ![]() Günter ![]() |
Report (German) | Kleine ![]() Asamoah ![]() Baba ![]() Nehrig ![]() |
Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 22,600 Referee: Knut Kircher |
15 December 2012 17 | Greuther Fürth | 1–1 | Augsburg | Fürth |
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15:30 | Sobiech ![]() |
Report | Mölders ![]() |
Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 16,340 Referee: Felix Zwayer |
19 January 2013 18 | Bayern Munich | 2–0 | Greuther Fürth | München |
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15:30 | Mandžukić ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Allianz-Arena Attendance: 71,000 Referee: Markus Schmidt |
26 January 2013 19 | Greuther Fürth | 0–3 | Mainz 05 | Fürth |
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15:30 | Report | Szalai ![]() Mallı ![]() |
Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 14,425 Referee: Marco Fritz |
2 February 2013 20 | Schalke 04 | 1–2 | Greuther Fürth | Gelsenkirchen |
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15:30 | Bastos ![]() |
Report | Klaus ![]() Đurđić ![]() |
Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,693 Referee: Bastian Dankert |
9 February 2013 21 | Greuther Fürth | 0–1 | Wolfsburg | Fürth |
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15:30 | Report | Dost ![]() |
Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 15,045 Referee: Guido Winkmann |
16 February 2013 22 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1–0 | Greuther Fürth | Düsseldorf |
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15:30 | Bellinghausen ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 37,378 Referee: Tobias Welz |
24 February 2013 23 | Greuther Fürth | 0–0 | Bayer Leverkusen | Fürth |
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17:30 | Report | Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 14,635 Referee: Dr. Jochen Drees |
2 March 2013 24 | Hamburg | 1–1 | Greuther Fürth | Hamburg |
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15:30 | Beister ![]() |
Report | Đurđić ![]() |
Stadium: Imtech-Arena Attendance: 47,206 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
9 March 2013 25 | Greuther Fürth | 0–3 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Fürth |
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15:30 | Report | Firmino ![]() Joselu ![]() Weis ![]() |
Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 15,760 Referee: Knut Kircher |
16 March 2013 26 | Werder Bremen | 2–2 | Greuther Fürth | Bremen |
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15:30 | Hunt ![]() |
Report | Fürstner ![]() Petsos ![]() |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 39,786 Referee: Markus Schmidt |
31 March 2013 27 | Greuther Fürth | 2–3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Fürth |
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17:30 | Đurđić ![]() Sararer ![]() |
Report | Inui ![]() Aigner ![]() Meier ![]() |
Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Dr. Jochen Drees |
6 April 2013 28 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–0 | Greuther Fürth | Mönchengladbach |
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15:30 | De Jong ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,206 Referee: Bastian Dankert |
13 April 2013 29 | Greuther Fürth | 1–6 | Borussia Dortmund | Fürth |
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15:30 | Prib ![]() |
Report | Götze ![]() Gündoğan ![]() Błaszczykowski ![]() Lewandowski ![]() |
Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Marco Fritz |
21 April 2013 30 | Nürnberg | 0–1 | Greuther Fürth | Nürnberg |
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17:30 | Report | Geis ![]() |
Stadium: Grundig-Stadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe |
26 April 2013 31 | Greuther Fürth | 2–3 | Hannover 96 | Fürth |
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20:30 | Đurđić ![]() |
Report | Abdellaoue ![]() Hoffmann ![]() Pinto ![]() |
Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 15,370 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer |
4 May 2013 32 | Stuttgart | 0–2 | Greuther Fürth | Stuttgart |
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15:30 | Report | Sakai ![]() Azemi ![]() |
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz-Arena Attendance: 48,300 Referee: Guido Winkmann |
11 May 2013 33 | Greuther Fürth | 1–2 | Freiburg | Fürth |
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15:30 | Zimmermann ![]() |
Report | Schmid ![]() Kruse ![]() |
Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 16,735 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
18 May 2013 34 | Augsburg | 3–1 | Greuther Fürth | Augsburg |
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15:30 | Werner ![]() Callsen-Bracker ![]() Ji ![]() |
Report | Trinks ![]() |
Stadium: SGL Arena Attendance: 30,112 Referee: Tobias Welz |
DFB-Pokal
18 August 2012 1st Rnd | Kickers Offenbach | 2–0 | Greuther Fürth | Offenbach |
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20:30 | Rathgeber ![]() Bender ![]() |
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 | ||||||||||
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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 |