# 2012–13 SpVgg Greuther Fürth season

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.

## 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. 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

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### DFB-Pokal
## Squad
### Squad and statistics

As of 23 May 2013
Squad Season 2012–13 :
| No. | Player | Birthday | at SVGF since | Previous club | League matches | League goals | Cup matches | Cup goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Wolfgang Hesl | 13 Jan 1986 | 2012 | Dynamo Dresden | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Max Grün | 5 Apr 1987 | 2009 | Bayern Munich | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Issa Ndoye | 12 Dec 1985 | 2012 | Volyn Lutsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Lasse Sobiech | 18 Jan 1991 | 2012 | Borussia Dortmund | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Kevin Kraus | 12 Aug 1992 | 2011 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Mërgim Mavraj (Captain) | 9 Jun 1986 | 2011 | Bochum | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Heinrich Schmidtgal | 20 Nov 1985 | 2011 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Bernd Nehrig | 28 Sep 1988 | 2007 | Stuttgart | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Michael Hefele | 1 Sep 1990 | 2012 | Unterhaching | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Baba Rahman | 2 Jul 1994 | 2012 | Asante Kotoko | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Thomas Kleine | 28 Dec 1977 | 2010 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Johannes Geis | 17 Aug 1993 | 2008 | Youth system | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Matthias Zimmermann | 16 Jun 1992 | 2012 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | Stephan Fürstner | 11 Sep 1987 | 2009 | Bayern Munich | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Sebastian Tyrala | 21 Jul 1989 | 2011 | Osnabrück | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Milorad Peković | 5 Aug 1977 | 2010 | Mainz 05 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Edgar Prib | 15 Dec 1989 | 2006 | Youth system | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Zoltán Stieber | 16 Oct 1988 | 2012 | Mainz 05 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Thomas Pledl | 23 May 1994 | 2012 | 1860 München | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Robert Zillner | 4 Aug 1985 | 2011 | Unterhaching | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Thanos Petsos | 5 Jun 1991 | 2012 | Bayer Leverkusen | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Sercan Sararer | 27 Nov 1989 | 2000 | Youth system | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Florian Trinks | 11 Mar 1992 | 2013 | Werder Bremen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Park Jung-bin | 18 Sep 1986 | 2013 | Wolfsburg II | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | József Varga | 6 June 1988 | 2013 | Debrecen | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Felix Klaus | 13 Sep 1992 | 2007 | Youth system | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Strikers ||||||||||
| 9 | Christopher Nöthe | 3 Jan 1988 | 2009 | Borussia Dortmund | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Gerald Asamoah | 3 Oct 1978 | 2012 | St. Pauli | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Djiby Fall | 20 Apr 1985 | 2012 | Lokeren | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Edu | 30 Nov 1981 | 2012 | Schalke 04 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Ilir Azemi | 21 Feb 1992 | 2007 | Youth system | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Nikola Đurđić | 1 Apr 1986 | 2013 | Helsingborg | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2012-13 season ||||||||||
| | Tayfun Pektürk | 13 May 1988 | 2010 | Eintracht Trier 05 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last updated: 23 May 2013 ||||||||||

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 1 | GK | Wolfgang Hesl | 26 | EU | Dynamo Dresden | Transfer | Summer | 2014 | Free |
| 2 | DF | Lasse Sobiech | 21 | EU | Borussia Dortmund | Loan | Summer | 2013 | €100,000 |
| 15 | DF | Michael Hefele | 21 | EU | Unterhaching | Transfer | Summer | 2013 | Free |
| 16 | MF | Zoltán Stieber | 23 | EU | Mainz 05 | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | Free |
| 17 | MF | Thomas Pledl | 18 | EU | 1860 München | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | Free |
| 18 | DF | Baba Rahman | 18 | Non-EU | Asante Kotoko | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| 22 | MF | Thanos Petsos | 21 | EU | Bayer Leverkusen | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | €50,000 |
| 24 | FW | Djiby Fall | 27 | Non-EU | Lokeren | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | €800,000 |
| 27 | FW | Tobias Mikkelsen | 25 | EU | Nordsjælland | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | €500,000 |
| 29 | GK | Issa Ndoye | 26 | Non-EU | Volyn Lutsk | Transfer | Summer | 2013 | Free |
| 32 | FW | Edu | 30 | Non-EU | Schalke 04 | Loan | Summer | 2012 | |
| | FW | Frank Ohandza | 21 | Non-EU | Buriram | Loan | Summer | 2013 | €50,000 |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee |
| 3 | DF | Fabian Baumgärtel | 23 | EU | Alemannia Aachen | Loan | Summer | |
| 3 | DF | Asen Karaslavov | 32 | EU | Botev Plovdiv | Released | Summer | |
| 5 | DF | Christian Dorda | 23 | EU | Heracles Almelo | Released | Summer | Free |
| 9 | FW | Olivier Occéan | 30 | EU | Eintracht Frankfurt | Sold | Summer | €1,500,000 |
| 12 | FW | Kingsley Onuegbu | 26 | Non EU | Sandhausen | Loan | Summer | |
| 16 | GK | Jasmin Fejzić | 26 | Non EU | VfR Aalen | Released | Summer | |
| 20 | FW | Dani Schahin | 23 | EU | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Released | Summer | Free |
| 30 | GK | Franco Flückiger | 21 | EU | Hallescher FC | Released | Summer | |
| 40 | MF | Stephan Schröck | 26 | EU | 1899 Hoffenheim | Released | Summer | Free |

## Sources

* ↑ DFB-Pokal 2012/2013 .:. Spielplan (in German) DFB-Pokal 2012–13, accessed: 6 September 2012
* ↑ Henry Kissinger, Fürths berühmtester Botschafter (in German) Die Welt, published: 13 September 2012, accessed: 15 September 2012
* ↑ "Greuther Fürth squad" (in German). greuther-fuerth.de. 2013. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
* ↑ "08.08.2012: Mergim Mavraj neuer Kapitän - Nachrichten SpVgg Greuther Fürth". Greuther-fuerth.de. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
* ↑ "Dynamo Dresden: Keeper Wolfgang Hesl wechselt zu Greuther Fürth - Dresden" (in German). Bild.de. 2012-05-15. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
* ↑ "Hefele kommt in Fürth unter - Bundesliga - kicker online". Kicker. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
* ↑ "Zoltan Stieber wechselt vom FSV Mainz 05 zu Greuther Fürth - Fussball" (in German). Bild.de. 2012-06-20. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
* ↑ "03.04.2012: SpVgg holt Thomas Pledl im Sommer - Nachrichten SpVgg Greuther Fürth". Greuther-fuerth.de. Archived from the original on 2013-12-28. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
* ↑ Von Stefan Döring. "Nii Odartey Lamptey: Baba Abdul Rahman wird Greuther Fürth helfen" (in German). Goal.com. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
* ↑ sid (2012-05-21). "Aufsteiger Fürth verpflichtet Thanos Petsos | WAZ.de" (in German). Derwesten.de. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
* ↑ "09.08.2012: Kleeblatt holt Stürmer Djiby Fall - Nachrichten SpVgg Greuther Fürth". Greuther-fuerth.de. Archived from the original on 2013-12-28. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
* ↑ "Dänischer Nationalspieler kommt vom FC Nordsjaelland: Fürth verpflichtet Tobias Mikkelsen - Sport Fussball Bundesliga". Spox.com. 2012-07-26. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
* ↑ "SpVgg Greuther Fürth verpflichtet Torhüter Issa Ndoye". Bundesliga.t-online.de. Archived from the original on 2012-10-27. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
* ↑ Von der Goal.com-Redaktion (2012-08-13). "Offiziell: Greuther Fürth leiht Kamerun-Youngster Franck Ohandza" (in German). Goal.com. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
* ↑ "Alemannia Aachen | Alemannia leiht Fabian Baumgärtel aus | Aktuelles". Alemannia-aachen.de. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
* ↑ "19.06.2012: Asen Karaslavov wechselt nach Bulgarien - Nachrichten SpVgg Greuther Fürth". Greuther-fuerth.de. 2012-06-19. Archived from the original on 2012-06-28. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
* ↑ "Occean und Inui fix bei der Eintracht - Bundesliga - kicker online". Kicker. 1981-10-23. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
* ↑ "Fejzic ist der erste Neue für Hasenhüttl - 2. Liga - kicker online". Kicker. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
* ↑ Von der Redaktion (2012-06-03). "— Halle verstärkt sich mit Torhüter Franco Flückiger". Liga3-online.de. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
* ↑ "Stephan Schröck | Summer Transfer | 1899 Hoffenheim | SpVgg Greuther Fürth - Bundesliga - official website". Bundesliga. Archived from the original on 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2013-04-12.