2021–22 SpVgg Greuther Fürth season

SpVgg Greuther Fürth
2021–22 season
Chairman	Fred Höfler
Manager	Stefan Leitl
Stadium	Sportpark Ronhof
Bundesliga	18th
DFB-Pokal	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Branimir Hrgota (4); All: ; Branimir Hrgota (5)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →
	All statistics correct as of 12 December 2021.

The 2021–22 season is 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, SpVgg Greuther Fürth participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 20 September 2021^[1]

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
2	DF	GER	Simon Asta
4	DF	GER	Maximilian Bauer
5	DF	NED	Justin Hoogma (on loan from Hoffenheim)
6	MF	GER	Adrian Fein (on loan from Bayern Munich)
7	FW	GER	Robin Kehr
8	MF	GER	Nils Seufert
9	FW	DEN	Emil Berggreen
10	FW	SWE	Branimir Hrgota (captain)
11	FW	NGA	Dickson Abiama
13	MF	GER	Max Christiansen
14	MF	GHA	Hans Nunoo Sarpei
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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	SUI	Cedric Itten (on loan from Rangers)
21	MF	GER	Timothy Tillman
22	MF	GER	Sebastian Griesbeck
23	DF	GER	Gideon Jung
24	DF	NED	Nick Viergever
25	GK	GER	Leon Schaffran
27	DF	GER	Luca Itter (on loan from SC Freiburg)
28	MF	TUN	Jeremy Dudziak
30	GK	GER	Sascha Burchert
32	DF	FRA	Abdourahmane Barry
33	MF	GER	Paul Seguin
37	MF	USA	Julian Green
39	MF	GER	Mert-Yusuf Torlak
40	FW	GER	Jamie Leweling
41	GK	FIN	Lasse Schulz

Transfers[]

In[]

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
8	MF	Nils Seufert	Arminia Bielefeld	Free	1 July 2021	^[2]
13	MF	Max Christiansen	Waldhof Mannheim	Free		^[2]
23	DF	Gideon Jung	Hamburger SV	Free		^[3]
17	FW	Jessic Ngankam	Hertha BSC	Loan	8 July 2021	^[4]
6	MF	Adrian Fein	Bayern Munich	Loan	14 July 2021	^[5]
5	DF	Justin Hoogma	1899 Hoffenheim	Loan	15 July 2021	^[6]
28	MF	Jeremy Dudziak	Hamburger SV	€750,000	16 August 2021	^[7]
15	DF	Jetro Willems	Eintracht Frankfurt	Free	25 August 2021	^[8]
19	FW	Cedric Itten	Rangers	Loan	31 August 2021	^[9]
22	MF	Sebastian Griesbeck	Union Berlin	€250,000		^[10]
24	DF	Nick Viergever	PSV	€300,000		^[11]

Out[]

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
5	DF	Mërgim Mavraj		Free	1 July 2021
8	MF	Marijan Ćavar		Free
15	MF	Sebastian Ernst	Hannover 96	Free		^[12]
22	MF	David Raum	1899 Hoffenheim	Free		^[13]
23	DF	Paul Jaeckel	Union Berlin	Free		^[14]
36	DF	Alexander Lungwitz	Würzburger Kickers	Free		^[15]
24	MF	Anton Stach	Mainz 05	€3,500,000	31 July 2021	^[16]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

10 July 2021 Friendly	Greuther Fürth	0–1	Bayern Munich II	Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)

14 July 2021 Friendly	Würzburger Kickers	1–0	Greuther Fürth	Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)

17 July 2021 Friendly	FC Ingolstadt	1–1	Greuther Fürth	Germany
15:15 CEST (UTC+2)

24 July 2021 Friendly	1899 Hoffenheim	2–2	Greuther Fürth	Rottach-Egern, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bruun Larsen 41' Rutter 87'	Report	Hrgota 2' Nielsen 37'	Stadium: Sportplatz Birkenmoos
Note: The match was played in four quarters 30 minutes each.

28 July 2021 Friendly	FC Augsburg	Cancelled	Greuther Fürth	Augsburg, Germany
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: WWK Arena

31 July 2021 Friendly	Greuther Fürth	Cancelled	Eibar	Ismaning, Germany
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion an der Lindenstraße

31 July 2021 Friendly	Fenerbahçe	3–2	Greuther Fürth	Istanbul, Turkey
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zajc 4' Dursun 8', 30'	Report	Barry 34' Jung 56' Leweling 76'	Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium Referee: Can Cengiz

Competitions[]

Overall record[]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	14 August 2021	May 2022	Matchday 1		17	1	2	14	13	49	−36	005.88
DFB-Pokal	7 August 2021		First round	First round	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Total					18	1	3	14	15	51	−36	005.56

Last updated: 18 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Borussia Mönchengladbach	17	5	4	8	22	32	−10	19
15	FC Augsburg	17	4	6	7	17	26	−9	18
16	VfB Stuttgart	17	4	5	8	22	31	−9	17	Qualification to relegation play-offs
17	Arminia Bielefeld	17	3	7	7	14	22	−8	16	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	Greuther Fürth	17	1	2	14	13	49	−36	5	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2021. 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.^[17]

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	1	2	14	13	49	−36	5	1	2	5	7	15	−8	0	0	9	6	34	−28

Last updated: 18 December 2021.
Source: DFB

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	D
Position	17	16	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

Updated to match(es) played on 18 December 2021. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.^[18]

14 August 2021 1	VfB Stuttgart	5–1	Greuther Fürth	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Endo 30' Klement 36' Kempf 55', 76' Al Ghaddioui 61'	Report	Seguin 53' Leweling 90+3'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 18,109 Referee: Felix Zwayer

21 August 2021 2	Greuther Fürth	1–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Fürth
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Seguin 5' Nielsen 14' Hrgota 50' (pen.) Sarpei 59' Bauer 62'	Report	Klos 45' Schöpf 54' 68'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 5,890 Referee: Daniel Schlager

28 August 2021 3	Mainz 05	3–0	Greuther Fürth	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lucoqui 15' Szalai 18' Bell 25' Kohr 28' Stöger 90+2'	Report	Hoogma 22' Seguin 45'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Tobias Reichel

11 September 2021 4	Greuther Fürth	0–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Fürth
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Seguin 41' Griesbeck 90'	Report	Nmecha 10' Weghorst 14', 90+1' (pen.) Baku 30' Lukebakio 80'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann

17 September 2021 5	Hertha BSC	2–1	Greuther Fürth	Berlin
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Boateng 43' Ekkelenkamp 61' Bauer 79' (o.g.)	Report	Nielsen 51' Hrgota 57' (pen.) Barry 78'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

24 September 2021 6	Greuther Fürth	1–3	Bayern Munich	Fürth
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hrgota 20' Viergever 53' Abiama 67' Barry 83' Itten 88'	Report	Müller 10' Kimmich 31' Sané 44' Pavard 48' Griesbeck 68' (o.g.)	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 11,740 Referee: Robert Schröder

1 October 2021 7	1. FC Köln	3–1	Greuther Fürth	Cologne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Andersson 50', 68' Skhiri 55', 89'	Report	Meyerhöfer 7' Griesbeck 24'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

16 October 2021 8	Greuther Fürth	0–1	VfL Bochum	Fürth
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Seguin 30' Itten 67'	Report	Riemann 54' Losilla 60', 80' Mašović 65' Lampropoulos 75'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 10,586 Referee: Bastian Dankert

23 October 2021 9	RB Leipzig	4–1	Greuther Fürth	Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Angeliño 15' Kampl 36' Poulsen 47' Forsberg 52' (pen.) Szoboszlai 65' Novoa 88'	Report	Hrgota 45' (pen.)	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 24,758 Referee: Christian Dingert

30 October 2021 10	SC Freiburg	3–1	Greuther Fürth	Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Asta 20' (o.g.) Höfler 39' Grifo 79' (pen.)	Report	Green 41' Christiansen 50' Leweling 74'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Felix Brych

7 November 2021 11	Greuther Fürth	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Fürth
19:30 CET (UTC+1)	Sarpei 37' Christiansen 65' Hrgota 87' Griesbeck 88' Itten 90+2'	Report	Rode 75' Jakić 89' Borré 90+4'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 10,244 Referee: Daniel Siebert

20 November 2021 12	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–0	Greuther Fürth	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hofmann 10', 57' Neuhaus 28' Pléa 43' Stindl 55'	Report	Seguin 45+2' Leweling 78' Christiansen 89'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 38,621 Referee: Benjamin Brand

27 November 2021 13	Greuther Fürth	3–6	1899 Hoffenheim	Fürth
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Leweling 22' Tillman 46' Christiansen 49' Hrgota 68'	Report	Bebou 32', 62', 80' Rutter 40', 58' Meyerhöfer 66' (o.g.)	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 3,385 Referee: Bastian Dankert

4 December 2021 14	Bayer Leverkusen	7–1	Greuther Fürth	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Adli 12' Tapsoba 17' Hincapié 45' Schick 49', 69', 74', 76'	Report	Dudziak 33' Leweling 38'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 10,455 Referee: Tobias Reichel

12 December 2021 15	Greuther Fürth	1–0	Union Berlin	Fürth
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Seguin 33' Nielsen 55' Bauer 69' Leweling 71'	Report		Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 0 Referee: Sven Jablonski

15 December 2021 16	Borussia Dortmund	3–0	Greuther Fürth	Dortmund
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hummels 15' Haaland 33' (pen.) Bellingham 43' Malen 89'	Report	Bauer 32' Willems 43'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Referee: Daniel Schlager

18 December 2021 17	Greuther Fürth	0–0	FC Augsburg	Fürth
15:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof

DFB-Pokal[]

7 August 2021 First round	SV Babelsberg	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Greuther Fürth	Potsdam
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	7' 21' 37' Hoffmann 70' Frahn 73' 90+1' Danko 97'	Report	Hrgota 22' (pen.) Seufert 39' Green 85' Seguin 102' Barry 120'	Stadium: Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion Attendance: 3,030 Referee: Robin Braun
	Penalties
	Frahn Lela Reimann Danko		Green Seguin Hrgota Barry Sarpei Bauer

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		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
30	GK	GER	Sascha Burchert	9	0	9	0	0	0
41	GK	FIN	Lasse Schulz	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	GER	Simon Asta	4	0	2+1	0	1	0
4	DF	GER	Maximilian Bauer	15	0	13+1	0	1	0
5	DF	NED	Justin Hoogma	4	0	3	0	1	0
15	DF	NED	Jetro Willems	13	0	13	0	0	0
18	DF	GER	Marco Meyerhöfer	16	1	15+1	1	0	0
23	DF	GER	Gideon Jung	2	0	1	0	1	0
24	DF	NED	Nick Viergever	7	0	7	0	0	0
27	DF	GER	Luca Itter	8	0	3+5	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
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
13	MF	GER	Max Christiansen	13	0	8+5	0	0	0
14	MF	GHA	Hans Nunoo Sarpei	9	0	7+1	0	0+1	0
21	MF	USA	Timothy Tillman	13	1	7+5	1	1	0
22	MF	GER	Sebastian Griesbeck	14	0	13+1	0	0	0
28	MF	TUN	Jeremy Dudziak	12	1	7+5	1	0	0
33	MF	GER	Paul Seguin	16	0	14+1	0	1	0
37	MF	USA	Julian Green	11	1	8+2	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	DEN	Emil Berggreen	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	SWE	Branimir Hrgota	18	5	16+1	4	1	1
11	FW	NGA	Dickson Abiama	15	0	5+9	0	0+1	0
16	FW	NOR	Håvard Nielsen	13	1	11+2	1	0	0
17	FW	GER	Jessic Ngankam	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	SUI	Cedric Itten	12	2	7+5	2	0	0
40	FW	GER	Jamie Leweling	18	3	8+9	3	1	0
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 18 December 2021
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers[]

Rank	Pos.	No.	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	FW	10	Branimir Hrgota	4	1	5
2	FW	40	Jamie Leweling	3	0	3
3	FW	19	Cedric Itten	2	0	2
4	FW	16	Håvard Nielsen	1	0	1
	DF	18	Marco Meyerhöfer	1	0	1
	MF	21	Timothy Tillman	1	0	1
	MF	28	Jeremy Dudziak	1	0	1
	MF	37	Julian Green	0	1	1
Own goals				0	0	0
Totals				13	2	15

Last updated: 12 December 2021

References[]

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