2020–21 SpVgg Greuther Fürth season

SpVgg Greuther Fürth
2020–21 season
Chairman	Fred Höfler
Manager	Stefan Leitl
Stadium	Sportpark Ronhof
2. Bundesliga	4th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
	All statistics correct as of 2 February 2021.

The 2020–21 season is SpVgg Greuther Fürth's 118th season in existence and the club's eighth consecutive season in the second flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, SpVgg Greuther Fürth participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

Current squad

As of 20 August 2020[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
4	DF	GER	Maximilian Bauer
5	DF	ALB	Mërgim Mavraj
7	FW	GER	Robin Kehr
10	FW	SWE	Branimir Hrgota
14	MF	GHA	Hans Nunoo Sarpei
15	MF	GER	Sebastian Ernst
16	FW	NOR	Håvard Nielsen
18	DF	GER	Marco Meyerhöfer
19	FW	NGA	Dickson Abiama
21	MF	GER	Timothy Tillman
22	DF	GER	David Raum


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	GER	Paul Jaeckel
24	MF	GER	Anton Stach
25	GK	GER	Leon Schaffran
27	MF	GER	Kenny Prince Redondo
30	GK	GER	Sascha Burchert
32	DF	FRA	Abdourahmane Barry
33	MF	GER	Paul Seguin
34	MF	GER	Marvin Stefaniak (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
36	DF	GER	Alexander Lungwitz
37	MF	USA	Julian Green
40	FW	GER	Jamie Leweling

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Competitions

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	18 September 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1		19	10	5	4	37	23	+14	052.63
DFB-Pokal	11 September 2020	2 February 2021	First round	Round of 16	3	1	1	1	8	5	+3	033.33
Total					22	11	6	5	45	28	+17	050.00

Last updated: 2 February 2021

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	VfL Bochum	19	11	3	5	36	21	+15	36	Promotion to Bundesliga
3	Holstein Kiel	19	10	6	3	32	19	+13	36	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Greuther Fürth	19	10	5	4	37	23	+14	35
5	Karlsruher SC	19	10	2	7	33	27	+6	32
6	Fortuna Düsseldorf	19	9	5	5	28	24	+4	32

Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2021. 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.[2]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
11	6	3	2	22	11	+11	21	2	1	2	8	5	+3	4	2	0	14	6	+8

Last updated: 11 December 2020.
Source:

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W
Position	9	12	13	16	10	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 5 December 2020. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures will be announced on 7 August 2020.[3]

20 September 2020 (2020-09-20) 1	Greuther Fürth	1–1	VfL Osnabrück	Fürth
13:30	Seguin 15'	Report	Santos 26'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Robert Kampka

25 September 2020 (2020-09-25) 2	Erzgebirge Aue	1–1	Greuther Fürth	Aue
18:30	Krüger 23'	Report	Ernst 6'	Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 999 Referee: Felix Brych

4 October 2020 (2020-10-04) 3	Würzburger Kickers	2–2	Greuther Fürth	Würzburg
13:30	Herrmann 2' Baumann 64' (pen.)	Report	Hrgota 26' Bauer 90+2'	Stadium: flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 1,877 Referee: Michael Bacher

17 October 2020 (2020-10-17) 4	Greuther Fürth	0–1	Hamburger SV	Fürth
13:00		Report	Khaled Narey 45+3'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 3,325 Referee: Martin Petersen

24 October 2020 (2020-10-24) 5	Holstein Kiel	1–3	Greuther Fürth	Kiel
13:00	Mühling 65'	Report	Seguin 7' Hrgota 28' Nielsen 58'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 2,239 Referee: Timo Gerach

1 November 2020 6	Greuther Fürth	4–1	Hannover 96	Fürth
13:30	Green 22' Seguin 26' Hrgota 52' 68'	Report	Weydandt 58' Bijol 59'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 0 Referee: Christof Günsch

7 November 2020 7	Bochum	0–2	Greuther Fürth	Bochum
13:00	Leitsch 66'	Report	Seguin 9' 24' Ernst 34' Sarpei 60' Mavraj 80'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastian Dankert

22 November 2020 8	Greuther Fürth	3–1	Jahn Regensburg	Fürth
13:30	Jaeckel 3' Mavraj 32' Seguin 56' Green 63'	Report	Caliskaner 14' Saller 22' Jaeckel 33' (o.g.) Stolze 66'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 0 Referee: Benjamin Brand

29 November 2020 9	Nürnberg	2–3	Greuther Fürth	Nürnberg
13:30	Schäffler 8' Dovedan 78'	Report	Nielsen 3' 36' Hrgota 47'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Brych

5 December 2020 10	Greuther Fürth	0–1	Heidenheim	Fürth
13:00	Green 49'	Report	Mohr 43' Burnić 45' Theuerkauf 60'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 0 Referee: Thorben Siewer

11 December 2020 11	Sandhausen	0–3	Greuther Fürth	Sandhausen
18:30	Taffertshofer 71' Ouahim 80' Paurević 86'	Report	Green 30' Leweling 33' Abiama 87'	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 0 Referee: Arne Aarnink

15 December 2020 12	Greuther Fürth	v	Darmstadt 98	Fürth
18:30				Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer

DFB-Pokal

12 September 2020 First round	RSV Meinerzhagen	1–6 (a.e.t.)	Greuther Fürth	Fürth[5]
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wurm 50'	Report	Ernst 72' Green 98' Meyerhöfer 103', 105' Abiama 113', 118'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 0[6] Referee: Alexander Sather

22 December 2020 Second round	1899 Hoffenheim	2–2 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p)	Greuther Fürth	Sinsheim
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Baumgartner 5' Kramarić 13' Akpoguma 49', 115' Bebou 62' Kasim 102' Gaćinović 105'	Report	Stach 10' Ernst 21' Meyerhöfer 46' Jaeckel 80' Seguin 90+4' Hrgota 101'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sören Storks
	Penalties
	Kramarić Rudy Skov Adamyan Vogt Bogarde Akpoguma Sessegnon Kasim		Bauer Raum Seguin Sarpei Hrgota Ernst Jaeckel Tillman Meyerhöfer

2 February 2021 Round of 16	Werder Bremen	2–0	Greuther Fürth	Bremen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Möhwald 12' Agu 73' Moisander 87' Gebre Selassie 90+4'	Report	Bauer 22' Stach 39'	Stadium: Wohninvest Weserstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Guido Winkmann

Notes

References

"2020 | 2021" (in German). SpVgg Greuther Fürth. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
"Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). DFB.de. German Football Association. p. 214. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
"Fixtures for the 2020–21 season for the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 will be published on 7 August 2020". bundesliga.com. Bundesliga. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
""Enormer Organisationsaufwand": Amateurklubs verzichten auf Heim-Spielort" ["Enormous organisational effort": amateur clubs do without a home venue]. kicker (in German). 27 August 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany and the organisational effort required to host the fixture, the teams exchanged the home rights to the match.[4]
The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.

External links

Official website

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[1] "2020 | 2021" (in German). SpVgg Greuther Fürth. Retrieved 20 August 2020.

[2] "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). DFB.de. German Football Association. p. 214. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

[3] "Fixtures for the 2020–21 season for the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 will be published on 7 August 2020". bundesliga.com. Bundesliga. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

[4] ""Enormer Organisationsaufwand": Amateurklubs verzichten auf Heim-Spielort" ["Enormous organisational effort": amateur clubs do without a home venue]. kicker (in German). 27 August 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.

[5] Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany and the organisational effort required to host the fixture, the teams exchanged the home rights to the match.[4]

[6] The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.

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