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.
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.DFB-Pokal 2012/2013 .:. Spielplan DFB-Pokal 2012–13, accessed: 6 September 2012
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.Henry Kissinger, Fürths berühmtester Botschafter Die Welt, published: 13 September 2012, accessed: 15 September 2012 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
Friendly matches
Bundesliga
DFB-Pokal
Squad
Squad and statistics
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 2012 Dynamo Dresden 15 0 0 0 26 Max Grün 2009 Bayern Munich 17 0 1 0 29 Issa Ndoye 2012 Volyn Lutsk 0 0 0 0 Defenders 2 Lasse Sobiech 2012 Borussia Dortmund 22 2 0 0 4 Kevin Kraus 2011 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 0 0 0 5 Mërgim Mavraj (Captain) 2011 Bochum 31 0 1 0 6 Heinrich Schmidtgal 2011 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 18 0 0 0 7 Bernd Nehrig 2007 Stuttgart 25 1 1 0 15 Michael Hefele 2012 Unterhaching 1 0 0 0 18 Baba Rahman 2012 Asante Kotoko 19 0 1 0 19 Thomas Kleine 2010 Borussia Mönchengladbach 21 0 1 0 30 Johannes Geis 2008 Youth system 6 1 0 0 38 Matthias Zimmermann 2012 Borussia Mönchengladbach 13 1 0 0 Midfielders 8 Stephan Fürstner 2009 Bayern Munich 29 1 1 0 10 Sebastian Tyrala 2011 Osnabrück 1 0 1 0 13 Milorad Peković 2010 Mainz 05 18 0 0 0 14 Edgar Prib 2006 Youth system 26 3 1 0 16 Zoltán Stieber 2012 Mainz 05 16 3 0 0 17 Thomas Pledl 2012 1860 München 6 0 0 0 21 Robert Zillner 2011 Unterhaching 6 0 0 0 22 Thanos Petsos 2012 Bayer Leverkusen 13 1 1 0 23 Sercan Sararer 2000 Youth system 22 1 1 0 27 Florian Trinks 2013 Werder Bremen 2 1 0 0 32 Park Jung-bin 2013 Wolfsburg II 9 0 0 0 34 József Varga 2013 Debrecen 6 0 0 0 36 Felix Klaus 2007 Youth system 23 2 0 0 Strikers 9 Christopher Nöthe 2009 Borussia Dortmund 13 0 1 0 11 Gerald Asamoah 2012 St. Pauli 17 0 1 0 24 Djiby Fall 2012 Lokeren 2 0 0 0 32 Edu 2012 Schalke 04 10 1 0 0 33 Ilir Azemi 2007 Youth system 18 0 0 0 40 Nikola Đurđić 2013 Helsingborg 14 5 0 0Players who left the club during the 2012-13 season Tayfun Pektürk 2010 Eintracht Trier 05 3 0 0 0Last updated: 23 May 2013
Transfers
In
Out No.Pos.NameAgeEUMoving toTypeTransfer WindowTransfer feeSources3DFFabian Baumgärtel23EUAlemannia AachenLoanSummer3DFAsen Karaslavov32EUBotev PlovdivReleasedSummer5DFChristian Dorda23EUHeracles AlmeloReleasedSummerFree9FWOlivier Occéan30EUEintracht FrankfurtSoldSummer€1,500,00012FWKingsley Onuegbu26Non EUSandhausenLoanSummer16GKJasmin Fejzić26Non EUVfR AalenReleasedSummer20FWDani Schahin23EUFortuna DüsseldorfReleasedSummerFree30GKFranco Flückiger21EUHallescher FCReleasedSummer40MFStephan Schröck26EU1899 HoffenheimReleasedSummerFree
Sources
External links 2012–13 SpVgg Greuther Fürth season at Weltfussball.de 2012–13 SpVgg Greuther Fürth season at kicker.de 2012–13 SpVgg Greuther Fürth season at Fussballdaten.de