2017–18 SpVgg Greuther Fürth season

The 2017–18 SpVgg Gr. Fürth season is the 115th season in the football club's history and 5th consecutive season in the second division of German football, the 2. Bundesliga and 29th overall. In addition to the league business, the Kleeblätter also are participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. They play in their 118th consecutive year in their stadium, Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer, while ongoing redevelopment of the main stand is in progress since 2016.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth
2017–18 season
PresidentHelmut Hack
StadiumSportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer
2. Bundesliga
DFB-PokalRound 2

Players

Squad information

As of 1 September 2017[1]

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
2 DF  GER Stephen Sama
3 DF  GER Maximilian Wittek
4 DF  AUT Lukas Gugganig
5 DF  SWE Richard Magyar
7 MF  GER Levent Ayçiçek
8 FW  USA Julian Green
9 FW  GER Serdar Dursun
10 MF  ALB Jurgen Gjasula
11 FW  GER Philipp Hofmann
13 DF  GER Marco Caligiuri
14 MF  CIV Mathis Bolly
15 MF  GER Sebastian Ernst
16 MF  HUN Ádám Pintér
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  ESP Manuel Torres
18 MF  GER Benedikt Kirsch
21 DF  GER Khaled Narey
22 DF  CRO Mario Maloča
23 MF  TUR Sercan Sararer
24 GK  HUN Balazs Megyeri
25 GK  GER Timo Königsmann
29 MF  GER Tolcay Cigerci
30 GK  GER Sascha Burchert
31 FW  GER Daniel Steininger
33 FW  SVN Nik Omladič
35 DF  GER Dominik Schad
39 MF  GER David Raum
40 MF  GER Patrick Sontheimer

Summer

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendly matches

24 June 2017 SpVgg Ansbach 5–2 SpVgg Fürth Ansbach
16:00 Kroiß  6', 49', Landshuter  17', Hammeter  75', 82' report Hofmann  39', Serdar Dursun  51' Stadium: Xaver-Bertsch-Sportpark
Attendance: 800
Referee: unknown
25 June 2017 SpVgg Fürth 1–2 VfR Aalen Veitsbronn
16:00 Hofmann  12' report Trianni  22', Wegkamp  82' Stadium: Sportplatz Hamesbuck
Attendance: 500
Referee: unknown
29 June 2017 SpVgg Fürth 3–0 FSV Zwickau Fürth
18:00 Berisha  15', Narey  32', Cigerci  78' report Stadium: Training ground SpVgg Fürth
Attendance: 0
Referee: unknown
11 July 2017 SpVgg Fürth 5–1 Viktoria Plzen Westendorf
18:00 Serdar Dursun  14', 17', 50', Omladic  40', Ernst  60' report Kopic  58' Stadium: Waldstadion Westendorf
Attendance: 0
Referee: unknown
14 July 2017 ASV Zirndorf 0–9 SpVgg Fürth Zirndorf
18:30 Serdar Dursun  2', 7', 59', 72' (83), Ernst  64', 65', Sontheimer  10', Scheuchenpflug  84' report Stadium: Sportplatz Zirndorf
Attendance: 1000
Referee: unknown
20 July 2017 SpVgg Fürth 0–0 FSV Mainz 05 Heimstetten
18:00 report Stadium: Sportpark Heimstetten
Attendance: 1000
Referee: unknown

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
13 1. FC Heidenheim 34 11 9 14 50 56 6 42
14 Dynamo Dresden 34 11 8 15 42 52 10 41
15 Greuther Fürth 34 10 10 14 37 48 11 40
16 Erzgebirge Aue (O) 34 10 10 14 35 49 14 40 Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 Eintracht Braunschweig (R) 34 8 15 11 37 43 6 39 Relegation to 3. Liga
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

Matches

20 August 2017 3 Holstein Kiel 3–1 Greuther Fürth Kiel
13:30 Ducksch  20'
Schmidt  32'
Drexler  76'
report Gjasula  12' Stadium: Holstein-Stadion
Attendance: 8,535
Referee: Markus Schmidt
25 August 2017 4 Greuther Fürth 0–1 FC Ingolstadt Fürth
18:30 report Kittel  55' Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer
Attendance: 8,655
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
8 September 2017 5 Dynamo Dresden 1–1 Greuther Fürth Dresden
18:30 Heise  36' report Hofmann  82' Stadium: DDV-Stadion
Attendance: 28,016
Referee: Martin Thomsen (Kleve)
20 September 2017 (2017-09-20) 7 Eintracht Braunschweig 3–0 Greuther Fürth Braunschweig
18:30 Nyman  22'
Baffo  28'
Kumbela  79'
Report Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 18,785
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck
24 September 2017 (2017-09-24) 8 Greuther Fürth 1–3 1. FC Nürnberg Fürth
13:30 Gjasula  79' (pen.) Report Ishak  9'
Teuchert  58'
Behrens  90+3'
Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer
Attendance: 13,550
Referee: Felix Zwayer
29 September 2017 (2017-09-29) 9 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3–0 Greuther Fürth Kaiserslautern
18:30 Andersson  71', 74', 80' Report Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 19,179
Referee: Sören Storks
15 October 2017 (2017-10-15) 10 Greuther Fürth 2–1 Erzgebirge Aue Fürth
13:30 Narey  40'
Steininger  87'
Report Bunjaku  78' Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer
Attendance: 9,510
Referee: René Rohde
21 October 2017 (2017-10-21) 11 1. FC Union Berlin 3–1 Greuther Fürth Berlin
13:00 Kurzweg  3'
Gogia  41'
Hedlund  76'
Report Wittek  57' Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei
Attendance: 21,344
Referee: Martin Petersen

DFB-Pokal

13 August 2017 (2017-08-13) R1 SV Morlautern 0–5 SpVgg Fürth Pirmasens[note 1]
15:30 Report
Stadium: Sportpark Husterhöhe
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Robert Kempter
24 October 2017 (2017-10-24) R2 SpVgg Fürth 1–3 FC Ingolstadt Fürth
20:45
Report
Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer
Attendance: 4,925
Referee: Harm Osmers
  1. The match took place at the Sportpark Husterhöhe in Pirmasens instead of SV Morlautern's home stadium.

References

  1. "Der aktuelle Spielerkader der Profimannschaft" (in German). SpVgg Gr. Fürth. Archived from the original on 2015-11-13. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  2. "Auch Ernst und Wittek schließen sich Fürth an" [Also Ernst and Wittek join Fürth] (in German). kicker. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  3. "Zwei Neuzugänge: Fürth bastelt an der Zukunft" [Two new additions: Fürth is working on the future] (in German). kicker. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  4. ""Gardemaß": Fürth holt Sturmtank Hofmann" ["Gardemaß": Fürth gets Sturmtank Hofmann] (in German). kicker. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  5. "Auch Ernst schließt sich Greuther Fürth an" [Ernst also joined forces with Greuther Fürth] (in German). kicker. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  6. ""Viel Dynamik": Fürth holt Torres" ["A lot of dynamism": Fürth gets Torres] (in German). kicker. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  7. ""Richtig gutes Gefühl": Omladic landet in Fürth" ["Really good feeling": Omladic lands in Fürth] (in German). kicker. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  8. "Fürth leiht Maloca aus" [Furth lends Maloca] (in German). kicker. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  9. "Mielitz wechselt zu SönderjyskE nach Dänemark" [Mielitz moves to SönderjyskE to Denmark] (in German). kicker. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  10. "Hoffenheims Rapp hat für Aue den "optimalen Mix"" [Hoffenheims Rapp has for "Aue" the "optimal mix"] (in German). kicker. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  11. "Gießelmann wechselt von Fürth nach Düsseldorf" [Gießelmann moves from Fürth to Düsseldorf] (in German). kicker. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  12. "Fürth: Azemi, Tripic und Mielitz müssen gehen" [Fürth: Azemi, Tripic and Mielitz have to leave] (in German). kicker. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  13. "Hoffenheim verpflichtet Zulj aus Fürth" [Hoffenheim commits to Zulj from Fürth] (in German). kicker. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  14. "Davies heuert in St. Pölten an" [Davies hires in St. Pölten] (in German). kicker. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
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