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 edit

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 edit

Legend edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches edit

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
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
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 edit

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   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) 12 Borussia Dortmund 3–1 Greuther Fürth Dortmund
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) 13 Greuther Fürth 0–0 1. FC Nürnberg Fürth
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) 14 Hannover 96 2–0 Greuther Fürth Hannover
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) 15 Greuther Fürth 0–1 VfB Stuttgart Fürth
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) 16 Freiburg 1–0 Greuther Fürth Freiburg
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) 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 edit

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 edit

Squad and statistics edit

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   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

Transfers edit

In edit

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
1 GK   Wolfgang Hesl 26 EU Dynamo Dresden Transfer Summer 2014 Free [5]
2 DF   Lasse Sobiech 21 EU Borussia Dortmund Loan Summer 2013 €100,000
15 DF   Michael Hefele 21 EU Unterhaching Transfer Summer 2013 Free [6]
16 MF   Zoltán Stieber 23 EU Mainz 05 Transfer Summer 2016 Free [7]
17 MF   Thomas Pledl 18 EU 1860 München Transfer Summer 2016 Free [8]
18 DF   Baba Rahman 18 Non-EU Asante Kotoko   Transfer Summer 2017 Free [9]
22 MF   Thanos Petsos 21 EU Bayer Leverkusen Transfer Summer 2015 €50,000 [10]
24 FW   Djiby Fall 27 Non-EU Lokeren   Transfer Summer 2015 €800,000 [11]
27 FW   Tobias Mikkelsen 25 EU Nordsjælland   Transfer Summer 2015 €500,000 [12]
29 GK   Issa Ndoye 26 Non-EU Volyn Lutsk   Transfer Summer 2013 Free [13]
32 FW   Edu 30 Non-EU Schalke 04 Loan Summer 2012
FW   Frank Ohandza 21 Non-EU Buriram   Loan Summer 2013 €50,000 [14]

Out edit

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]

Sources edit

  1. ^ DFB-Pokal 2012/2013 .:. Spielplan (in German) DFB-Pokal 2012–13, accessed: 6 September 2012
  2. ^ Henry Kissinger, Fürths berühmtester Botschafter (in German) Die Welt, published: 13 September 2012, accessed: 15 September 2012
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  13. ^ "SpVgg Greuther Fürth verpflichtet Torhüter Issa Ndoye". Bundesliga.t-online.de. Archived from the original on 2012-10-27. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
  14. ^ Von der Goal.com-Redaktion (2012-08-13). "Offiziell: Greuther Fürth leiht Kamerun-Youngster Franck Ohandza" (in German). Goal.com. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
  15. ^ "Alemannia Aachen | Alemannia leiht Fabian Baumgärtel aus | Aktuelles". Alemannia-aachen.de. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
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