2019–20 SpVgg Greuther Fürth season

SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2019–20 football season

SpVgg Greuther Fürth

2019–20 season

Chairman

Fred Höfler

Manager

Stefan Leitl

Stadium

Sportpark Ronhof

2. Bundesliga

9th

DFB-Pokal

First round

Top goalscorer

Branimir Hrgota (10)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 2018–19

2020–21 →

The 2019–20 season was Greuther Fürth's 117th season in existence, and their seventh consecutive season in the 2. Bundesliga since relegation from the Bundesliga in 2013. In addition to the domestic league, Greuther Fürth participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal.^[1] The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.^[2]

Players

Current squad

As of 31 January 2020^[3]

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
3	DF	GER	Maximilian Wittek
5	DF	ALB	Mërgim Mavraj
7	FW	GER	Robin Kehr
9	FW	GER	Shawn Parker
10	FW	GER	Daniel Keita-Ruel
11	MF	GER	David Raum
13	DF	GER	Marco Caligiuri (captain)
14	MF	GHA	Hans Nunoo Sarpei
15	MF	GER	Sebastian Ernst
16	FW	NOR	Håvard Nielsen
17	FW	SWE	Branimir Hrgota
18	DF	GER	Marco Meyerhöfer
19	FW	GER	Benedikt Zahn


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	GER	Timothy Tillman
22	DF	SWE	Felix Beijmo (on loan from Werder Bremen)
23	DF	GER	Paul Jaeckel
24	DF	GER	Maximilian Sauer
25	GK	GER	Leon Schaffran
27	MF	GER	Kenny Prince Redondo
30	GK	GER	Sascha Burchert
31	FW	GER	Malik McLemore
33	MF	GER	Paul Seguin
34	FW	GER	Marvin Stefaniak (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
36	DF	GER	Alexander Lungwitz
37	MF	USA	Julian Green
38	DF	GER	Maximilian Bauer
40	MF	GER	Jamie Leweling

Friendly matches

Win Draw Loss

SC Eltersdorf

Greuther Fürth

4 July 2019	SC Eltersdorf	1-3	Greuther Fürth	Erlangen, Germany
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportanlage Langenau

Greuther Fürth

Huddersfield Town

10 July 2019	Greuther Fürth	1–1	Huddersfield Town	Fürth, Germany
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof

Greuther Fürth

Huddersfield Town

10 July 2019	Greuther Fürth	0–1	Huddersfield Town	Fürth, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof

FC Augsburg

Greuther Fürth

13 July 2019	FC Augsburg	1–0	Greuther Fürth	Kirchheim bei München, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportpark Heimstetten

Greuther Fürth

Bayern München II

10 January 2020	Greuther Fürth	1–1	Bayern München II	Fürth, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof

FC Vaduz

Greuther Fürth

17 January 2020	FC Vaduz	0–0	Greuther Fürth	Belek, Turkey
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Hallescher FC

Greuther Fürth

17 January 2020	Hallescher FC	3–2	Greuther Fürth	Belek, Turkey
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Lechia Gdańsk

Greuther Fürth

20 January 2020	Lechia Gdańsk	3–0	Greuther Fürth	Belek, Turkey
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Competitions

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	26 July 2019	28 June 2020	Matchday 1	9th	34	11	11	12	46	45	+1	032.35
DFB-Pokal	11 August 2019	11 August 2020	First round	First Round	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Total					35	11	11	13	46	47	−1	031.43

Last updated: 01 July 2020
Source: [1]

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Erzgebirge Aue	34	13	8	13	46	48	−2	47
8	VfL Bochum	34	11	13	10	53	51	+2	46
9	Greuther Fürth	34	11	11	12	46	45	+1	44
10	SV Sandhausen	34	10	13	11	43	45	−2	43
11	Holstein Kiel	34	11	10	13	53	56	−3	43

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[4]

Results by round

Updated to match(es) played on 01 July 2020. Source: [2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v FC Erzgebirge Aue

28 July 2019 1	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	0–2	FC Erzgebirge Aue	Fürth
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Nazarov 25' Hochscheidt 90'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 9,970 Referee: Daniel Siebert

FC St. Pauli v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

2 August 2019 2	FC St. Pauli	1–3	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Diamantakos 45'	Report	Keita-Ruel 17', 35' Green 70'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Sven Jablonski

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v Jahn Regensburg

18 August 2019 3	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	1–0	Jahn Regensburg	Fürth
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Green 74'	Report		Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 9,665 Referee: Marco Fritz

Hannover 96 v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

24 August 2020 4	Hannover 96	1–1	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Hannover
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Weydandt 47'	Report	Seguin 22'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 25,300 Referee: René Rohde

Arminia Bielefeld v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

31 August 2020 5	Arminia Bielefeld	2–2	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Bielefeld
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Klos 28' (pen.) Edmundsson 62'	Report	Hrgota 4' Nielsen 22'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 15,820 Referee: Tobias Reichel

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v SV Wehen Wiesbaden

13 September 2019 6	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	2–1	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	Fürth
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Keita-Ruel 81', 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Schäffler 46'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 8,730 Referee: Benedikt Kempkes

VfB Stuttgart v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

21 September 2019 7	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Stuttgart
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Didavi 2' Förster 82'	Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 50,543 Referee: Sören Storks

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v Holstein Kiel

29 September 2019 8	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	0–3	Holstein Kiel	Fürth
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Serra 26' Baku 49', 61'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 9,350 Referee: Aarne Aarnink

Hamburger SV v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

5 October 2019 9	Hamburger SV	2–0	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Hamburg
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dudziak 49' Kittel 85'	Report		Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 44,180 Referee: Florian Heft

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v Dynamo Dresden

18 October 2019 10	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	2–0	Dynamo Dresden	Fürth
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Keita-Ruel 7', 38'	Report		Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Referee: Robert Kampka

VfL Osnabrück v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

27 October 2019 11	VfL Osnabrück	0–0	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Osnabrück
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Bremer Brücke Attendance: 13,386 Referee: Sven Waschitzki

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v SV Darmstadt 98

2 November 2019 12	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	3–1	SV Darmstadt 98	Fürth
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hrgota 31', 47' Höhn 37' (o.g.)	Report	Pálsson 87'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 8,225 Referee: Harm Osmers

SV Sandhausen v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

9 November 2019 13	SV Sandhausen	3–2	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Sandhausen
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Behrens 45+1' (pen.), 64' Bouhaddouz 90+3'	Report	Green 14' Hrgota 52'	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 5,632 Referee: Johann Pfeifer

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v 1. FC Nürnberg

24 November 2019 14	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	0–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Fürth
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

1. FC Heidenheim v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

1 December 2019 15	1. FC Heidenheim	1–0	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Heidenheim
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kleindienst 63'	Report		Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 10,700 Referee: Frank Willenborg

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v VfL Bochum

7 December 2019 16	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	3–1	VfL Bochum	Fürth
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hrgota 17', 87' Leweling 90+4'	Report	Ganvoula 70'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 8,875 Referee: Nicolas Winter

Karlsruher SC v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

14 December 2019 17	Karlsruher SC	1–5	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Karlsruhe
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hofmann 26'	Report	Hrgota 19' Mohr 29' Jäckel 61' Nielsen 77' Leweling 90+2'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 12,750 Referee: Sören Storks

Erzgebirge Aue v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

21 December 2019 18	Erzgebirge Aue	3–1	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Aue
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hochscheidt 12' Nazarov 64' (pen.) Krüger 66'	Report	Hrgota 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 13,200 Referee: Martin Thomsen

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v FC St. Pauli

28 January 2020 19	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	3-0	FC St. Pauli	Fürth
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hrgota 43' Leweling 86' Keita-Ruel 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 9,220 Referee: Christof Günsch

Jahn Regensburg v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

31 January 2020 20	Jahn Regensburg	0–2	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Regensburg
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Wittek 11' Nielsen 15'	Stadium: Arena Regensburg Attendance: 11,013 Referee: Sven Waschitzki

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v Hannover 96

9 February 2020 21	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	1–3	Hannover 96	Fürth
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Anton 74' (o.g.)		Haraguchi 41' Elez 25' 62' Teuchert 70' Stehle 90+6'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 9,580 Referee: Sören Storks

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v Arminia Bielefeld

15 February 2020 22	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	2–4	Arminia Bielefeld	Fürth
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nielsen 73' Redondo 90+2'		Brunner 13' Klos 35' Soukou 68' (pen.) Jäckel 78' (o.g.)	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 8,770 Referee: Tobias Stieler

SV Wehen Wiesbaden v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

21 February 2020 23	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	1–1	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Wiesbaden
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kyereh 18'	Report	Nielsen 49'	Stadium: BRITA-Arena Attendance: 3,961 Referee: Florian Heft

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v VfB Stuttgart

29 February 2020 24	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Fürth
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Caligiuri 48' Ernst 76'	Report		Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 13,490 Referee: Thorben Siewer

Holstein Kiel v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

8 March 2020 25	Holstein Kiel	1–1	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Kiel
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mühling 35' (pen.)	Report	Ernst 2'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 9,390 Referee: Frank Willenborg

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v Hamburger SV

17 May 2020 26	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	2–2	Hamburger SV	Fürth
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Nielsen 35' Nielsen 90+4'	Report	Pohjanpalo 41' Dudziak 48'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Hartmann

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v VfL Osnabrück

26 May 2020 28	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	0–2	VfL Osnabrück	Fürth
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Blacha 9' Schmidt 58'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Reichel

SV Darmstadt 98 v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

29 May 2020 29	SV Darmstadt 98	1–1	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Darmstadt
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Schnellhardt 56'	Report	Stefaniak 87'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 0 Referee: Sven Waschitzki

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v SV Sandhausen

5 June 2020 30	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	1–2	SV Sandhausen	Fürth
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Keita-Ruel 71'	Report	Behrens 15' (pen.) Biada 39'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 0 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

Dynamo Dresden v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

9 June 2020 27	Dynamo Dresden	1–1	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Dresden
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Makienok 54'	Report	Keita-Ruel 14'	Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Christian Günsch

1. FC Nürnberg v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

13 June 2020 31	1. FC Nürnberg	0–1	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Nürnberg
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Raum 56'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Reichel

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v 1. FC Heidenheim

16 June 2020 32	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	0–0	1. FC Heidenheim	Fürth
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Bacher

VfL Bochum v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

21 June 2020 33	VfL Bochum	2–2	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tesche 42' Osei-Tutu 52'	Report	Hrgota 7' Ernst 79'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Petersen

SpVgg Greuther Furth v Karlsruher SC

28 June 2020 34	SpVgg Greuther Furth	1–2	Karlsruher SC	Fürth
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Keita-Ruel 2'	Report	Kother 21' Hofmann 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Fritz

DFB-Pokal

MSV Duisburg v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

11 August 2019 (2019-08-11) First round	MSV Duisburg	2–0 (a.e.t.)	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Duisburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Daschner 4' Albutat 14'			Stadium: Schaunisland-Reisen-Arena Attendance: 13,542 Referee: Christian Dingert

References

^ "SpVgg Greuther Furth News and Scores". ESPN.
^ "Germany - SpVgg Greuther Fürth - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
^ "2. Bundesliga – Das Team" (in German). SpVgg Greuther Fürth. Archived from the original on 13 November 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
^ "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). DFB.de. German Football Association. p. 214. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

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League competitions

Men

Levels 1–3	Bundesliga 2. Bundesliga 3. Liga
Level 4	Bayern Nord Nordost Südwest West
Level 5	Baden-Württemberg Bayern Bremen Hamburg Hessen Mittelrhein Niederrhein Niedersachsen Nordost Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar Schleswig-Holstein Westfalen

Women

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Cup competitions

Men	DFB-Pokal (Final) DFL-Supercup Verbandspokal (Baden, Bayern, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hessen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Mittelrhein, Niederrhein, Niedersachsen, Rheinland, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Südbaden, Südwest, Thüringen, Westfalen, Württemberg)
Women	DFB-Pokal Verbandspokal

European competitions

Men	Champions League Europa League
Women	Champions League

Related to national teams

Men	UEFA Euro 2020 (Qualifying: Group C) Joachim Löw
Women	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 (Qualifying: Group I) Martina Voss-Tecklenburg

Transfers

Men	Summer 2019 Winter 2019–20
Women	Summer 2019 Winter 2019–20

Men's team seasons
Bundesliga	FC Augsburg Hertha BSC Union Berlin Werder Bremen Borussia Dortmund Fortuna Düsseldorf Eintracht Frankfurt SC Freiburg 1899 Hoffenheim 1. FC Köln RB Leipzig Bayer Leverkusen Mainz 05 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bayern Munich SC Paderborn Schalke 04 VfL Wolfsburg
2. Bundesliga	Erzgebirge Aue Arminia Bielefeld VfL Bochum Darmstadt 98 Dynamo Dresden Greuther Fürth Hamburger SV Hannover 96 1. FC Heidenheim Karlsruher SC Holstein Kiel 1. FC Nürnberg VfL Osnabrück Jahn Regensburg SV Sandhausen FC St. Pauli VfB Stuttgart Wehen Wiesbaden
3. Liga	Eintracht Braunschweig Chemnitzer FC MSV Duisburg Sonnenhof Großaspach Hallescher FC FC Ingolstadt Carl Zeiss Jena 1. FC Kaiserslautern Viktoria Köln 1. FC Magdeburg Waldhof Mannheim SV Meppen 1860 Munich Bayern Munich II Preußen Münster Hansa Rostock KFC Uerdingen SpVgg Unterhaching Würzburger Kickers FSV Zwickau

Women's team seasons
Bundesliga	1. FFC Frankfurt 1899 Hoffenheim 1. FC Köln Bayer Leverkusen Bayern Munich MSV Duisburg SGS Essen SC Freiburg SC Sand Turbine Potsdam USV Jena VfL Wolfsburg
2. Bundesliga	SG Andernach Arminia Bielefeld Werder Bremen BV Cloppenburg 1. FFC Frankfurt II FSV Gütersloh 1899 Hoffenheim II FC Ingolstadt SV Meppen Borussia Mönchengladbach Bayern Munich II Turbine Potsdam II 1. FC Saarbrücken VfL Wolfsburg II