# 2021–22 SpVgg Greuther Fürth season

The 2021–22 season was the 118th season in the existence of SpVgg Greuther Fürth and the club's first season back in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Greuther Fürth participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Marius Funk |
| 2 | DF | GER | Simon Asta |
| 4 | DF | GER | Maximilian Bauer |
| 7 | FW | GER | Robin Kehr |
| 9 | FW | ANG | Afimico Pululu |
| 10 | FW | SWE | Branimir Hrgota (captain) |
| 11 | FW | NGA | Dickson Abiama |
| 13 | MF | GER | Max Christiansen |
| 15 | DF | NED | Jetro Willems |
| 16 | FW | NOR | Håvard Nielsen |
| 17 | FW | GER | Jessic Ngankam (on loan from Hertha BSC) |
| 18 | DF | GER | Marco Meyerhöfer |
| 20 | MF | GER | Tobias Raschl |
| 21 | MF | GER | Timothy Tillman |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | GER | Sebastian Griesbeck |
| 23 | DF | GER | Gideon Jung |
| 24 | DF | NED | Nick Viergever |
| 25 | GK | GER | Leon Schaffran |
| 26 | GK | SWE | Andreas Linde |
| 27 | DF | GER | Gian-Luca Itter (on loan from SC Freiburg) |
| 28 | MF | TUN | Jeremy Dudziak |
| 30 | GK | GER | Sascha Burchert (vice-captain) |
| 32 | DF | FRA | Abdourahmane Barry |
| 33 | MF | GER | Paul Seguin |
| 37 | MF | USA | Julian Green |
| 40 | FW | GER | Jamie Leweling |
| 41 | GK | FIN | Lasse Schulz |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | Nils Seufert (at SV Sandhausen until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 8 | MF | Nils Seufert | Arminia Bielefeld | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 13 | MF | Max Christiansen | Waldhof Mannheim | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 23 | DF | Gideon Jung | Hamburger SV | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 17 | FW | Jessic Ngankam | Hertha BSC | Loan | 8 July 2021 |
| 6 | MF | Adrian Fein | Bayern Munich | Loan | 14 July 2021 |
| 5 | DF | Justin Hoogma | 1899 Hoffenheim | Loan | 15 July 2021 |
| 28 | MF | Jeremy Dudziak | Hamburger SV | €750,000 | 16 August 2021 |
| 15 | DF | Jetro Willems | Eintracht Frankfurt | Free | 25 August 2021 |
| 19 | FW | Cedric Itten | Rangers | Loan | 31 August 2021 |
| 22 | MF | Sebastian Griesbeck | Union Berlin | €250,000 | 31 August 2021 |
| 24 | DF | Nick Viergever | PSV | €300,000 | 31 August 2021 |
| 9 | FW | Afimico Pululu | FC Basel | Undisclosed | 7 January 2022 |
| 26 | GK | Andreas Linde | Molde FK | Free | 10 January 2022 |
| 20 | MF | Tobias Raschl | Borussia Dortmund | Undisclosed | 31 January 2022 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 5 | DF | Mërgim Mavraj | | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 8 | MF | Marijan Ćavar | | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 15 | MF | Sebastian Ernst | Hannover 96 | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 22 | MF | David Raum | 1899 Hoffenheim | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 23 | DF | Paul Jaeckel | Union Berlin | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 36 | DF | Alexander Lungwitz | Würzburger Kickers | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 24 | MF | Anton Stach | Mainz 05 | €3,500,000 | 31 July 2021 |
| 8 | MF | Nils Seufert | SV Sandhausen | Loan | 1 January 2022 |
| 9 | FW | Emil Berggreen | | Mutual contract termination | 1 January 2022 |
| 14 | MF | Hans Nunoo Sarpei | FC Ingolstadt | Undisclosed | 1 January 2022 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 14 August 2021 | 14 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 18th | 34 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 82 | −54 | 008.82 |
| DFB-Pokal | 7 August 2021 | 7 August 2021 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 84 | −54 | 008.57 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 38 | |
| 15 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 59 | −18 | 33 | |
| 16 | Hertha BSC (O) | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 37 | 71 | −34 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld (R) | 34 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 27 | 53 | −26 | 28 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | Greuther Fürth (R) | 34 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 82 | −54 | 18 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: DFB

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | D | L | D | L | L |
| Position | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.

### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER | Marius Funk | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | GER | Leon Schaffran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | SWE | Andreas Linde | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | GER | Sascha Burchert | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GER | Simon Asta | 14 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Maximilian Bauer | 27 | 0 | 18+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | NED | Jetro Willems | 24 | 1 | 20+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | GER | Marco Meyerhöfer | 26 | 1 | 25+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Gideon Jung | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | NED | Nick Viergever | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | GER | Luca Itter | 24 | 0 | 16+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | GER | Elias Kratzer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | FRA | Abdourahmane Barry | 9 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 13 | MF | GER | Max Christiansen | 27 | 0 | 22+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Tobias Raschl | 10 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | USA | Timothy Tillman | 30 | 1 | 23+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | GER | Sebastian Griesbeck | 29 | 1 | 28+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | TUN | Jeremy Dudziak | 22 | 2 | 15+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | GER | Paul Seguin | 28 | 0 | 23+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | USA | Julian Green | 25 | 1 | 12+12 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | MF | GER | Mert-Yusuf Torlak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | GER | Robin Kehr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ANG | Afimico Pululu | 8 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SWE | Branimir Hrgota | 35 | 10 | 33+1 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | NGA | Dickson Abiama | 25 | 0 | 5+19 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | NOR | Håvard Nielsen | 26 | 2 | 14+12 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | GER | Jessic Ngankam | 6 | 2 | 4+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | GER | Jamie Leweling | 34 | 5 | 22+11 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | NED | Justin Hoogma | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Adrian Fein | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Nils Seufert | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Emil Berggreen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GHA | Hans Nunoo Sarpei | 9 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SUI | Cedric Itten | 12 | 2 | 7+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 14 May 2022 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Nat. | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | | Branimir Hrgota | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | FW | 40 | | Jamie Leweling | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | 16 | | Håvard Nielsen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | FW | 17 | | Jessic Ngankam | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | FW | 19 | | Cedric Itten | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | MF | 28 | | Jeremy Dudziak | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 15 | | Jetro Willems | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 18 | | Marco Meyerhöfer | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 21 | | Timothy Tillman | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 22 | | Sebastian Griesbeck | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 37 | | Julian Green | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 28 | 2 | 30 |
Last updated: 14 May 2022