2020–21 SpVgg Greuther Fürth season

The 2020–21 season was 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, Greuther Fürth participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth
2020–21 season
ChairmanFred Höfler
ManagerStefan Leitl
StadiumSportpark Ronhof
2. Bundesliga2nd (promoted)
DFB-PokalRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Branimir Hrgota (16)

All:
Branimir Hrgota (16)

Players

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Current squad

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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

Transfers

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Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Competitions

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Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
2. Bundesliga 18 September 2020 23 May 2021 Matchday 1 2nd 34 18 10 6 69 44 +25 052.94
DFB-Pokal 11 September 2020 2 February 2021 First round Round of 16 3 1 1 1 8 5 +3 033.33
Total 37 19 11 7 77 49 +28 051.35

Last updated: 23 May 2021
Source: Soccerway

2. Bundesliga

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 VfL Bochum (C, P) 34 21 4 9 66 39 +27 67 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 Greuther Fürth (P) 34 18 10 6 69 44 +25 64
3 Holstein Kiel 34 18 8 8 57 35 +22 62 Qualification for promotion play-offs
4 Hamburger SV 34 16 10 8 71 44 +27 58
5 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 16 8 10 55 46 +9 56
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]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 18 10 6 69 44  +25 64 9 4 4 34 23  +11 9 6 2 35 21  +14

Last updated: 23 May 2021.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAAHAHHAH
ResultDDDLWWWWWLWLWWLDDWWWDWDLWDWDWLWDWW
Position91213161022222232222222222222222222222
Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2021. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The league fixtures were 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
Report
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
Report
Stadium: Holstein-Stadion
Attendance: 2,239
Referee: Timo Gerach
1 November 2020 6 Greuther Fürth 4–1 Hannover 96 Fürth
13:30
Report
Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Christof Günsch
7 November 2020 7 Bochum 0–2 Greuther Fürth Bochum
13:00
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Bastian Dankert
22 November 2020 8 Greuther Fürth 3–1 Jahn Regensburg Fürth
13:30
Report
Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Benjamin Brand
29 November 2020 9 Nürnberg 2–3 Greuther Fürth Nürnberg
13:30
Report
Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Felix Brych
5 December 2020 10 Greuther Fürth 0–1 Heidenheim Fürth
13:00
Report
Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Thorben Siewer
11 December 2020 11 Sandhausen 0–3 Greuther Fürth Sandhausen
18:30
Report
Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Arne Aarnink
15 December 2020 12 Greuther Fürth 0–4 Darmstadt 98 Fürth
18:30
Report
Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Christian Dingert
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
19 December 2020 13 Eintracht Braunschweig 0–3 Greuther Fürth Braunschweig
13:00
Report
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Robert Hartmann
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
3 January 2021 14 Greuther Fürth 2–1 St.Pauli Fürth
13:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Tobias Reichel
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
8 January 2021 15 Karlsruher SC 3–2 Greuther Fürth Karlsruhe
18:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Wildparkstadion
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Timo Gerach
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
15 January 2021 16 Greuther Fürth 1–1 Paderborn Fürth
18:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Matthias Jöllenbeck
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
22 January 2021 17 Fortuna Düsseldorf 3–3 Greuther Fürth Düsseldorf
18:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Frank Willenborg
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
26 January 2021 18 Osnabrück 0–1 Greuther Fürth Osnabrück
20:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Martin Thomsen
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
29 January 2021 19 Greuther Fürth 3–0 Erzgebirge Aue Fürth
18:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Robert Schröder
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
7 February 2021 20 Greuther Fürth 4–1 Würzburger Kickers Fürth
13:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Aarne Aarnink
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

DFB-Pokal

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12 September 2020 First round RSV Meinerzhagen 1–6 (a.e.t.) Greuther Fürth Fürth[5]
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
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)
Report
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sören Storks
Penalties
2 February 2021 Round of 16 Werder Bremen 2–0 Greuther Fürth Bremen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Wohninvest Weserstadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Guido Winkmann

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total 2. Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   GER Marius Funk 1 0 1 0 0 0
25 GK   GER Leon Schaffran 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK   GER Sascha Burchert 36 0 33 0 3 0
Defenders
2 DF   GER Simon Asta 5 0 2+3 0 0 0
4 DF   GER Maximilian Bauer 32 2 25+4 2 3 0
5 DF   ALB Mërgim Mavraj 19 0 18+1 0 0 0
18 DF   GER Marco Meyerhöfer 36 3 32+1 0 3 3
22 DF   GER David Raum 37 1 32+2 1 3 0
23 DF   GER Paul Jaeckel 25 1 22+1 1 1+1 0
27 DF   GER Luca Itter 9 0 4+4 0 0+1 0
32 DF   FRA Abdourahmane Barry 10 0 6+3 0 1 0
Midfielders
8 MF   BIH Marijan Ćavar 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
14 MF   GHA Hans Nunoo Sarpei 31 1 15+13 1 2+1 0
15 MF   GER Sebastian Ernst 36 9 30+3 7 3 2
21 MF   USA Timothy Tillman 27 0 3+21 0 0+3 0
24 MF   GER Anton Stach 33 1 21+9 1 2+1 0
33 MF   GER Paul Seguin 36 7 33 7 2+1 0
37 MF   USA Julian Green 33 10 28+2 9 3 1
Forwards
7 FW   GER Robin Kehr 9 2 0+8 2 0+1 0
9 FW   DEN Emil Berggreen 4 0 0+4 0 0 0
10 FW   SWE Branimir Hrgota 34 16 29+2 16 2+1 0
16 FW   NOR Håvard Nielsen 37 11 31+3 11 3 0
19 FW   NGA Dickson Abiama 32 9 3+26 7 0+3 2
40 FW   GER Jamie Leweling 27 1 6+18 1 2+1 0
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 23 May 2021
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "2020 | 2021" (in German). SpVgg Greuther Fürth. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. 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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