# 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.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 20 August 2020
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 |
| 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 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 % |
| 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 77 | 49 | +28 | 051.35 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### 2. Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 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 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 May 2021. Source:

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.

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

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | 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