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
Manager	Louis Price
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
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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

Sylvia Ebersdorf v Greuther Fürth

29 June 2012	Sylvia Ebersdorf	0 – 10	Greuther Fürth	Ebersdorf
		Report	Azemi Nöthe Onuegbu Klaus Sararer	Stadium: Am Hügelsee

Oberkotzau v Greuther Fürth

4 July 2012	Oberkotzau	1 – 10	Greuther Fürth	Oberkotzau
		Report	Onuegbu Nöthe Tyrała Klaus Pektürk Azemi	Attendance: 2.000

TSV Bergrheinfeld v Greuther Fürth

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

Eintracht Bamberg v Greuther Fürth

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

TSV Höchstadt v Greuther Fürth

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

Unterhaching v Greuther Fürth

24 July 2012	Unterhaching	0 – 5	Greuther Fürth	Ingolstadt
18:00		Report	18' Asamoah 51' Sararer Onuegbu Tyrała

Greuther Fürth v Sivasspor

28 July 2012	Greuther Fürth	2 – 1	Sivasspor	Walchsee
	Tyrała Nehrig	Report	Chahechouhe

Greuther Fürth v Akhisarspor

30 July 2012	Greuther Fürth	3 – 2	Akhisarspor	Miesbach
18:30	Peković 30' Azemi 50' Prib 50'	Report		Attendance: 250

Greuther Fürth v Trabzonspor

2 August 2012	Greuther Fürth	0 – 1	Trabzonspor	Rosenheim
		Report	77' Alanzinho	Attendance: 800

1912 Markt Weiltingen v Greuther Fürth

3 August 2012	1912 Markt Weiltingen	0 – 14	Greuther Fürth	Weiltingen
		Report	Azemi Klaus Stieber Geis Peković Asamoah	Stadium: Hauptplatz TV Markt Weiltingen

ASV Zirndorf v Greuther Fürth

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

Greuther Fürth v Stoke City

10 August 2012	Greuther Fürth	1 – 1	Stoke City	Fürth
18:30	Nehrig 40'	Report	3' Kightly	Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 3,750

Greuther Fürth v Dubai Sports Club

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

Greuther Fürth v Bayern Munich

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

Mainz 05 v Greuther Fürth

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

Greuther Fürth v Schalke 04

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

VfL Wolfsburg v Greuther Fürth

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

Greuther Fürth v Fortuna Düsseldorf

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

Bayer Leverkusen v Greuther Fürth

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

Greuther Fürth v Hamburg

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

1899 Hoffenheim v Greuther Fürth

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

Greuther Fürth v Werder Bremen

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v Greuther Fürth

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

Greuther Fürth v Borussia Mönchengladbach

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

Borussia Dortmund v Greuther Fürth

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

Greuther Fürth v 1. FC Nürnberg

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

Hannover 96 v Greuther Fürth

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

Greuther Fürth v VfB Stuttgart

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

Freiburg v Greuther Fürth

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

Greuther Fürth v Augsburg

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

Bayern Munich v Greuther Fürth

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

Greuther Fürth v Mainz 05

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

Schalke 04 v Greuther Fürth

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

Greuther Fürth v Wolfsburg

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Greuther Fürth

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

Greuther Fürth v Bayer Leverkusen

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

Hamburg v Greuther Fürth

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

Greuther Fürth v 1899 Hoffenheim

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

Werder Bremen v Greuther Fürth

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

Greuther Fürth v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Greuther Fürth

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

Greuther Fürth v Borussia Dortmund

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

1. FC Nürnberg v Greuther Fürth

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

Greuther Fürth v Hannover 96

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

VfB Stuttgart v Greuther Fürth

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

Greuther Fürth v Freiburg

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

Augsburg v Greuther Fürth

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

Kickers Offenbach v Greuther Fürth

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^[update][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

In

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

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]