SpVgg Greuther Furth

Spielvereinigung Greuther Furth (German pronunciation: [ˈʃpiːlfɛɐ̯ˌʔaɪnɪɡʊŋ gʁɔʏtɐ ˈfʏʁt]) is a German football club based in Furth, Bavaria. They play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system, following promotion from the 2. Bundesliga in the 2020–21 season.

Founded in 1903, the most successful era for Greuther Furth came in the pre-Bundesliga era in the 1910 and 1920s, when the club won three German championships in 1914, 1926, and 1929 respectively and finished as runners-up in 1920. In the 2012–13 season, the club played in the Bundesliga for the first time, having won promotion from the 2. Bundesliga; it was relegated back to the 2. Bundesliga at the end of the season. On 23 May 2021 they were promoted back to the Bundesliga for the second time.

History

Spielvereinigung Furth

The origins of SpVgg Furth are in the establishment on 23 September 1903 of a football department within the gymnastics club Turnverein 1860 Furth. The footballers went their own way as an independent club in November 1906, after they did not get enough support from TV Furth. The team played in the Ostkreisliga and took divisional titles there in 1912, 1913 and 1914 before moving on to participate in the Suddeutsche (South German) regional playoffs for the national championship round. Right from the beginning, there was a great rivalry between the SpVgg Furth and the 1. FC Nurnberg, predicated on the historical rivalry between the two neighbouring cities. The club grew rapidly, and by 1914, it had 3,000 members and was the largest sports club in Germany. When the club built their own stadium, Sportpark Ronhof, in 1910, it was the biggest stadium in Germany at the time.

National champions

Furth won their first national title in winning the 1914 German football championship under English coach William Townley with left winger Julius Hirsch, who had joined the team the prior season. They faced VfB Leipzi

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