2019–20 SpVgg Greuther Fürth season

The 2019–20 season was Greuther Fürth's 117th season in existence, and their seventh consecutive season in the 2. Bundesliga since relegation from the Bundesliga in 2013. In addition to the domestic league, Greuther Fürth participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal.^[1] The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.^[2]

SpVgg Greuther Fürth

2019–20 season
Chairman	Fred Höfler
Manager	Stefan Leitl
Stadium	Sportpark Ronhof
2. Bundesliga	9th
DFB-Pokal	First round
Top goalscorer	Branimir Hrgota (10)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Players

Current squad

As of 31 January 2020^[3]

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 3 DF   GER Maximilian Wittek 5 DF   ALB Mërgim Mavraj 7 FW   GER Robin Kehr 9 FW   GER Shawn Parker 10 FW   GER Daniel Keita-Ruel 11 MF   GER David Raum 13 DF   GER Marco Caligiuri (captain) 14 MF   GHA Hans Nunoo Sarpei 15 MF   GER Sebastian Ernst 16 FW   NOR Håvard Nielsen 17 FW   SWE Branimir Hrgota 18 DF   GER Marco Meyerhöfer 19 FW   GER Benedikt Zahn

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF   GER Timothy Tillman 22 DF   SWE Felix Beijmo (on loan from Werder Bremen) 23 DF   GER Paul Jaeckel 24 DF   GER Maximilian Sauer 25 GK   GER Leon Schaffran 27 MF   GER Kenny Prince Redondo 30 GK   GER Sascha Burchert 31 FW   GER Malik McLemore 33 MF   GER Paul Seguin 34 FW   GER Marvin Stefaniak (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg) 36 DF   GER Alexander Lungwitz 37 MF   USA Julian Green 38 DF   GER Maximilian Bauer 40 MF   GER Jamie Leweling

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

SC Eltersdorf   v   Greuther Fürth

4 July 2019	SC Eltersdorf	1-3	Greuther Fürth	Erlangen, Germany
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportanlage Langenau

Greuther Fürth   v   Huddersfield Town

10 July 2019	Greuther Fürth	1–1	Huddersfield Town	Fürth, Germany
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof

Greuther Fürth   v   Huddersfield Town

10 July 2019	Greuther Fürth	0–1	Huddersfield Town	Fürth, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof

FC Augsburg   v   Greuther Fürth

13 July 2019	FC Augsburg	1–0	Greuther Fürth	Kirchheim bei München, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportpark Heimstetten

Greuther Fürth   v   Bayern München II

10 January 2020	Greuther Fürth	1–1	Bayern München II	Fürth, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof

FC Vaduz   v   Greuther Fürth

17 January 2020	FC Vaduz	0–0	Greuther Fürth	Belek, Turkey
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Hallescher FC   v   Greuther Fürth

17 January 2020	Hallescher FC	3–2	Greuther Fürth	Belek, Turkey
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Lechia Gdańsk   v   Greuther Fürth

20 January 2020	Lechia Gdańsk	3–0	Greuther Fürth	Belek, Turkey
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	26 July 2019	28 June 2020	Matchday 1	9th	34	11	11	12	46	45	+1	032.35
DFB-Pokal	11 August 2019	11 August 2020	First round	First Round	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Total					35	11	11	13	46	47	−1	031.43

Last updated: 01 July 2020
Source: [1]

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2019–20 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Erzgebirge Aue	34	13	8	13	46	48	−2	47
8	VfL Bochum	34	11	13	10	53	51	+2	46
9	Greuther Fürth	34	11	11	12	46	45	+1	44
10	SV Sandhausen	34	10	13	11	43	45	−2	43
11	Holstein Kiel	34	11	10	13	53	56	−3	43

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.^[4]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	D	L	D	L	D	W	D	D	L
Position	18	8	6	6	7	4	6	10	12	6	7	5	6	7	11	9	7	8	7	4	5	7	6	5	5	5	6	7	6	9	7	8	8	9

Updated to match(es) played on 01 July 2020. Source: [2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v FC Erzgebirge Aue

28 July 2019 1	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	0–2	FC Erzgebirge Aue	Fürth
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Nazarov   25' Hochscheidt   90'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 9,970 Referee: Daniel Siebert

FC St. Pauli v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

2 August 2019 2	FC St. Pauli	1–3	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Diamantakos   45'	Report	Keita-Ruel   17', 35' Green   70'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Sven Jablonski

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v Jahn Regensburg

18 August 2019 3	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	1–0	Jahn Regensburg	Fürth
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Green   74'	Report		Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 9,665 Referee: Marco Fritz

Hannover 96 v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

24 August 2020 4	Hannover 96	1–1	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Hannover
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Weydandt   47'	Report	Seguin   22'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 25,300 Referee: René Rohde

Arminia Bielefeld v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

31 August 2020 5	Arminia Bielefeld	2–2	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Bielefeld
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Klos   28' (pen.) Edmundsson   62'	Report	Hrgota   4' Nielsen   22'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 15,820 Referee: Tobias Reichel

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v SV Wehen Wiesbaden

13 September 2019 6	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	2–1	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	Fürth
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Keita-Ruel   81', 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Schäffler   46'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 8,730 Referee: Benedikt Kempkes

VfB Stuttgart v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

21 September 2019 7	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Stuttgart
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Didavi   2' Förster   82'	Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 50,543 Referee: Sören Storks

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v Holstein Kiel

29 September 2019 8	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	0–3	Holstein Kiel	Fürth
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Serra   26' Baku   49', 61'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 9,350 Referee: Aarne Aarnink

Hamburger SV v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

5 October 2019 9	Hamburger SV	2–0	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Hamburg
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dudziak   49' Kittel   85'	Report		Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 44,180 Referee: Florian Heft

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v Dynamo Dresden

18 October 2019 10	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	2–0	Dynamo Dresden	Fürth
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Keita-Ruel   7', 38'	Report		Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Referee: Robert Kampka

VfL Osnabrück v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

27 October 2019 11	VfL Osnabrück	0–0	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Osnabrück
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Bremer Brücke Attendance: 13,386 Referee: Sven Waschitzki

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v SV Darmstadt 98

2 November 2019 12	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	3–1	SV Darmstadt 98	Fürth
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hrgota   31', 47' Höhn   37' (o.g.)	Report	Pálsson   87'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 8,225 Referee: Harm Osmers

SV Sandhausen v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

9 November 2019 13	SV Sandhausen	3–2	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Sandhausen
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Behrens   45+1' (pen.), 64' Bouhaddouz   90+3'	Report	Green   14' Hrgota   52'	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 5,632 Referee: Johann Pfeifer

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v 1. FC Nürnberg

24 November 2019 14	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	0–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Fürth
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

1. FC Heidenheim v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

1 December 2019 15	1. FC Heidenheim	1–0	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Heidenheim
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kleindienst   63'	Report		Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 10,700 Referee: Frank Willenborg

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v VfL Bochum

7 December 2019 16	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	3–1	VfL Bochum	Fürth
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hrgota   17', 87' Leweling   90+4'	Report	Ganvoula   70'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 8,875 Referee: Nicolas Winter

Karlsruher SC v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

14 December 2019 17	Karlsruher SC	1–5	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Karlsruhe
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hofmann   26'	Report	Hrgota   19' Mohr   29' Jäckel   61' Nielsen   77' Leweling   90+2'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 12,750 Referee: Sören Storks

Erzgebirge Aue v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

21 December 2019 18	Erzgebirge Aue	3–1	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Aue
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hochscheidt   12' Nazarov   64' (pen.) Krüger   66'	Report	Hrgota   80' (pen.)	Stadium: Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 13,200 Referee: Martin Thomsen

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v FC St. Pauli

28 January 2020 19	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	3-0	FC St. Pauli	Fürth
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hrgota   43' Leweling   86' Keita-Ruel   90+2'	Report		Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 9,220 Referee: Christof Günsch

Jahn Regensburg v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

31 January 2020 20	Jahn Regensburg	0–2	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Regensburg
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Wittek   11' Nielsen   15'	Stadium: Arena Regensburg Attendance: 11,013 Referee: Sven Waschitzki

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v Hannover 96

9 February 2020 21	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	1–3	Hannover 96	Fürth
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Anton   74' (o.g.)		Haraguchi   41' Elez   25'   62' Teuchert   70' Stehle   90+6'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 9,580 Referee: Sören Storks

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v Arminia Bielefeld

15 February 2020 22	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	2–4	Arminia Bielefeld	Fürth
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nielsen   73' Redondo   90+2'		Brunner   13' Klos   35' Soukou   68' (pen.) Jäckel   78' (o.g.)	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 8,770 Referee: Tobias Stieler

SV Wehen Wiesbaden v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

21 February 2020 23	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	1–1	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Wiesbaden
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kyereh   18'	Report	Nielsen   49'	Stadium: BRITA-Arena Attendance: 3,961 Referee: Florian Heft

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v VfB Stuttgart

29 February 2020 24	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Fürth
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Caligiuri   48' Ernst   76'	Report		Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 13,490 Referee: Thorben Siewer

Holstein Kiel v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

8 March 2020 25	Holstein Kiel	1–1	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Kiel
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mühling   35' (pen.)	Report	Ernst   2'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 9,390 Referee: Frank Willenborg

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v Hamburger SV

17 May 2020 26	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	2–2	Hamburger SV	Fürth
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Nielsen   35' Nielsen   90+4'	Report	Pohjanpalo   41' Dudziak   48'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Hartmann

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v VfL Osnabrück

26 May 2020 28	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	0–2	VfL Osnabrück	Fürth
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Blacha   9' Schmidt   58'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Reichel

SV Darmstadt 98 v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

29 May 2020 29	SV Darmstadt 98	1–1	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Darmstadt
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Schnellhardt   56'	Report	Stefaniak   87'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 0 Referee: Sven Waschitzki

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v SV Sandhausen

5 June 2020 30	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	1–2	SV Sandhausen	Fürth
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Keita-Ruel   71'	Report	Behrens   15' (pen.) Biada   39'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 0 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

Dynamo Dresden v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

9 June 2020 27	Dynamo Dresden	1–1	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Dresden
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Makienok   54'	Report	Keita-Ruel   14'	Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Christian Günsch

1. FC Nürnberg v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

13 June 2020 31	1. FC Nürnberg	0–1	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Nürnberg
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Raum   56'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Reichel

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v 1. FC Heidenheim

16 June 2020 32	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	0–0	1. FC Heidenheim	Fürth
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Bacher

VfL Bochum v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

21 June 2020 33	VfL Bochum	2–2	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tesche   42' Osei-Tutu   52'	Report	Hrgota   7' Ernst   79'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Petersen

SpVgg Greuther Furth v Karlsruher SC

28 June 2020 34	SpVgg Greuther Furth	1–2	Karlsruher SC	Fürth
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Keita-Ruel   2'	Report	Kother   21' Hofmann   61' (pen.)	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Fritz

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2019–20 DFB-Pokal

MSV Duisburg v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

11 August 2019 (2019-08-11) First round	MSV Duisburg	2–0 (a.e.t.)	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Duisburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Daschner   4' Albutat   14'			Stadium: Schaunisland-Reisen-Arena Attendance: 13,542 Referee: Christian Dingert

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