2012–13 SpVgg Greuther Fürth season

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 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 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

Main article: 2012-13 Fußball-Bundesliga
25 August 2012 (2012-08-25) 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 (2012-08-31) 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 (2012-09-15) 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 (2012-09-22) 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 (2012-09-25) 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 (2012-09-29) 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 (2012-10-06) 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 (2012-10-19) 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 (2012-10-27) 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 (2012-11-02) 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 (2012-11-11) 11 Greuther Fürth 2–4 Borussia Mönchengladbach Fürth
17:30 Nehrig 10' (pen.)
Kleine Red card 12'
Prib 43'
Peković Yellow card 78' Yellow-red card 90+1'
Mavraj Yellow card 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) 12 Borussia Dortmund 3–1 Greuther Fürth Dortmund
15:30 CET Lewandowski 3', 15' (pen.) Yellow card 12'
Perišić Yellow card 20'
Götze 42'		 Report (in German) Stieber 5'
Azemi Yellow card 34'
Schmidtgal Yellow card 64'		 Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 80,645
Referee: Jochen Drees
24 November 2012 (2012-11-24) 13 Greuther Fürth 0–0 1. FC Nürnberg Fürth
15:30 CET Sararer Yellow card 38' Yellow-red card 71'
Nehrig Yellow card 63'
Schmidtgal Yellow card 88'		 Report (in German) Pinola Yellow card 22'
Feulner Red card 35'
Frantz Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Trolli Arena
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Felix Brych
27 November 2012 (2012-11-27) 14 Hannover 96 2–0 Greuther Fürth Hannover
20:00 Diouf 4'
Eggimann 69'
Schmiedebach Yellow card 73'		 Report Kleine Yellow card 76' Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 32,300
Referee: Marco Fritz
1 December 2012 (2012-12-01) 15 Greuther Fürth 0–1 VfB Stuttgart Fürth
15:30 CET Nöthe Yellow card 53'
Peković Yellow card 54'
Kleine Yellow card 69'
Schmidtgal Yellow card 69'
Zillner Yellow card 88'		 Report (in German) Ibišević soccer ball with red X Yellow card 54'
Okazaki 45'
Traoré Yellow card 51'
Tasci Red card 53'
Kuzmanović Yellow card 62'
Ulreich Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: Trolli Arena
Attendance: 17,443
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
8 December 2012 (2012-12-08) 16 Freiburg 1–0 Greuther Fürth Freiburg
15:30 CET Caligiuri 15'
Sorg Yellow card 47'
Günter Yellow card 84'		 Report (in German) Kleine Yellow card 7'
Asamoah Yellow card 33'
Baba Yellow card 59'
Nehrig Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion
Attendance: 22,600
Referee: Knut Kircher
15 December 2012 (2012-12-15) 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 (2013-01-19) 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 (2013-01-26) 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 (2013-02-02) 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 (2013-02-09) 21 Greuther Fürth 0–1 Wolfsburg Fürth
15:30 Report Dost 23' Stadium: Trolli Arena
Attendance: 15,045
Referee: Guido Winkmann
16 February 2013 (2013-02-16) 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 (2013-02-24) 23 Greuther Fürth 0–0 Bayer Leverkusen Fürth
17:30 Report Stadium: Trolli Arena
Attendance: 14,635
Referee: Dr. Jochen Drees
2 March 2013 (2013-03-02) 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 (2013-03-09) 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 (2013-03-16) 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 (2013-03-31) 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 (2013-04-06) 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 (2013-04-13) 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 (2013-04-21) 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 (2013-04-26) 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 (2013-05-04) 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 (2013-05-11) 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 (2013-05-18) 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 (2012-08-18) 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

As of 23 May 2013[3]

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 German 13 Jan 1986 2012 Dynamo Dresden 15 0 0 0
26 Max Grün German 5 Apr 1987 2009 Bayern Munich 17 0 1 0
29 Issa Ndoye Senegalese 12 Dec 1985 2012 Volyn Lutsk 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 Lasse Sobiech German 18 Jan 1991 2012 Borussia Dortmund 22 2 0 0
4 Kevin Kraus German 12 Aug 1992 2011 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 0 0 0
5 Mërgim Mavraj (Captain)[4] Albanian 9 Jun 1986 2011 Bochum 31 0 1 0
6 Heinrich Schmidtgal Kazakhstani 20 Nov 1985 2011 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 18 0 0 0
7 Bernd Nehrig German 28 Sep 1988 2007 Stuttgart 25 1 1 0
15 Michael Hefele German 1 Sep 1990 2012 Unterhaching 1 0 0 0
18 Baba Rahman Ghanaian 2 Jul 1994 2012 Asante Kotoko 19 0 1 0
19 Thomas Kleine German 28 Dec 1977 2010 Borussia Mönchengladbach 21 0 1 0
30 Johannes Geis German 17 Aug 1993 2008 Youth system 6 1 0 0
38 Matthias Zimmermann German 16 Jun 1992 2012 Borussia Mönchengladbach 13 1 0 0
Midfielders
8 Stephan Fürstner German 11 Sep 1987 2009 Bayern Munich 29 1 1 0
10 Sebastian Tyrala Pole 21 Jul 1989 2011 Osnabrück 1 0 1 0
13 Milorad Peković Montenegrin 5 Aug 1977 2010 Mainz 05 18 0 0 0
14 Edgar Prib Russian 15 Dec 1989 2006 Youth system 26 3 1 0
16 Zoltán Stieber Hungarian 16 Oct 1988 2012 Mainz 05 16 3 0 0
17 Thomas Pledl German 23 May 1994 2012 1860 München 6 0 0 0
21 Robert Zillner German 4 Aug 1985 2011 Unterhaching 6 0 0 0
22 Thanos Petsos Greek 5 Jun 1991 2012 Bayer Leverkusen 13 1 1 0
23 Sercan Sararer Turkish 27 Nov 1989 2000 Youth system 22 1 1 0
27 Florian Trinks German 11 Mar 1992 2013 Werder Bremen 2 1 0 0
32 Park Jung-bin South Korean 18 Sep 1986 2013 Wolfsburg II 9 0 0 0
34 József Varga German 6 June 1988 2013 Debrecen 6 0 0 0
36 Felix Klaus German 13 Sep 1992 2007 Youth system 23 2 0 0
Strikers
9 Christopher Nöthe German 3 Jan 1988 2009 Borussia Dortmund 13 0 1 0
11 Gerald Asamoah German 3 Oct 1978 2012 St. Pauli 17 0 1 0
24 Djiby Fall Senegalese 20 Apr 1985 2012 Lokeren 2 0 0 0
32 Edu Brazilian 30 Nov 1981 2012 Schalke 04 10 1 0 0
33 Ilir Azemi Kosovar 21 Feb 1992 2007 Youth system 18 0 0 0
40 Nikola Đurđić Serbian 1 Apr 1986 2013 Helsingborg 14 5 0 0
Players who left the club during the 2012-13 season
Tayfun Pektürk German 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 Germany Wolfgang Hesl 26 EU Dynamo Dresden Transfer Summer 2014 Free [5]
2 DF Germany Lasse Sobiech 21 EU Borussia Dortmund Loan Summer 2013 €100,000
15 DF Germany Michael Hefele 21 EU Unterhaching Transfer Summer 2013 Free [6]
16 MF Hungary Zoltán Stieber 23 EU Mainz 05 Transfer Summer 2016 Free [7]
17 MF Germany Thomas Pledl 18 EU 1860 München Transfer Summer 2016 Free [8]
18 DF Ghana Baba Rahman 18 Non-EU Asante Kotoko Ghana Transfer Summer 2017 Free [9]
22 MF Greece Thanos Petsos 21 EU Bayer Leverkusen Transfer Summer 2015 €50,000 [10]
24 FW Senegal Djiby Fall 27 Non-EU Lokeren Belgium Transfer Summer 2015 €800,000 [11]
27 FW Denmark Tobias Mikkelsen 25 EU Nordsjælland Denmark Transfer Summer 2015 €500,000 [12]
29 GK Senegal Issa Ndoye 26 Non-EU Volyn Lutsk Ukraine Transfer Summer 2013 Free [13]
32 FW Brazil Edu 30 Non-EU Schalke 04 Loan Summer 2012
FW Cameroon Frank Ohandza 21 Non-EU Buriram Thailand 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]

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